What is embodiment?

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Written by Daphne

Daphne is a registered yoga therapist, movement educator, bodyworker, and a specialist in somatic therapy.

November 2, 2021

What is #embodiment?
Is it in the waking hours when I feel my breaking heart aches for love that I’ve lost, when my drifting soul yearns to be anchored, when the weight of my being longs to be held.
Are they the dark sleepless nights when my shadows come out to play, in my dreams when grief and fear and sorrow rip open my guts…

Embodiment involves contacting our messy, vulnerable states, resisting the urge to run away, but to stay and listen….

This post was previously posted on Yogawithdaphne.com on May 27th 2019

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