With somatic inquiry, one of the most powerful effects I find is that the conditioning I adopted in childhood starts to fade away. All the strategies and contorting of my mind and body – the ways in which I managed my feelings to gain the love, safety and approval I required as a child, I am no longer compelled to do. This is true liberation and freedom.

The rescuing, fixing, people-pleasing, stoic behavior, stuffing down of my needs and wants in relationship is frankly friggin’ exhausting! However, I am not going to demonize the programs I acquired as they brought me to my path of healing. They lead me to the this treasure of embodied awareness via the tools. Our challenges, difficulties, pain, trauma and suffering is what ultimately brings us to search for a path of wholeness. If I had not gotten completely sick and tired of being sick and tired, if I had not experienced as much suffering as I did, I doubt I would have been earnest enough to heal! And for that I am grateful!