The Mind-Body Way

Saturday October 3 join us for our first community grief ritual at morrisorchardnaturalburial 🌳🍁❤️

Amanda Lucia | 🌈Embodiment Photographer Michael Judd | Educator + Author

Saturday October 3 join us for our first community grief ritual at morrisorchardnaturalburial 🌳🍁❤️

Amanda Lucia | 🌈Embodiment Photographer
Michael Judd | Educator + Author

My latest alchemy in poetry. It sure is something to be a human in this time.

I’m looking forward to gathering in healing spaces which feel so aligned for me… upcoming grief rituals and group containers. As much spaces for my own process and purpose as I intend them to be for your process and purpose.

Offerings:

9/15 Sacred Kin Circle: Tending our Grief

10/3 Tending our Grief: Ritual & Community Gathering morrisorchardnaturalburial (sign up available soon)

Fall online group container weaving grief work and purpose work - coming soon

Ongoing:

Somatic Journey Toolkit - Me in your Pocket for Self-Paced Embodied Learning and Healing

1:1 Somatic Coaching - Building Safety, Trust, & Resilience through Body Wisdom

Somatic CranioSacral Therapy - Attuned Touch for Nervous System Care, Release, & Early Developmental Repair

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Hey friends. I’ve been on a journey with my gender for the past 8 or so months. For the last few years I’ve identified as q***r and enjoyed having a word for the fluidity I’ve always felt. Then something deeper clicked in - in particular a realization that certain somatic experiences I was having were not always related to sexual trauma, but actually to my gender identity. Over a few months, I rested into identifying as non-binary, and played with my pronouns more - landing with they/them.

I wish I could say this has been a big celebration for me, because it has dropped me into deeper authenticity in myself. I definitely do feel a relief and freedom in stepping outside of the boxes of “female” or “male.” But the most prominent emotion on this journey has actually been grief.

It also corresponded with a pretty grief-y year, so maybe that’s part of it. But there has been a lot of grief in this journey. Some for the younger self who felt off but had no words or role models to understand myself by. Some for the loss of the woman identity (although I still really resonate with the experience of women). Some for this subtle but profound gap I’ve experienced for a long time in my sense of self.

But really the biggest grief has been landing here with this identity while trans rights are being actively destroyed in this country and around the world.

But I really do want to celebrate myself. I’m feeling a lot more comfortable in my body. I’m feeling some type of deeper self-assuredness settling in that I couldn’t quite put my finger on before.

Continued in comments.

When something hard comes up - whether an emotion, symptom, or physical sensation - do you find yourself wondering what you did wrong?

If you are someone who:

🌱knows there is a deeper layer of healing in your body because you can feel the physical tension, the energy inside that wants to move, but when you try to be with it, it feels too big, hard, or confusing to be with or know what to do with

🌱feels torn when you try to feel what’s present - is this too much? Am I doing it wrong? And who needs a guide to understanding how your nervous system works through lessons you can use to self-reflect, real life examples, and tangible tools…

🌱so you can get back the energy that’s been caught up in managing survival responses in your body. More focus to accomplish tasks, more mental space to enjoy your kids, more heart to make art, write, create, connect, & play.

Try the Somatic Journey Toolkit, my self-paced course & toolkit for nervous system resilience, self-trust, & healing.

Link in bio.

This post is part 2 of a series I’m writing to distill the somatic healing that I teach and facilitate into core tenants. I really enjoyed writing this one - you can read the full piece on my Substack (link in bio).