Practicing Joy Somatically

Do you practice joy with your body?

This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago at the end of an exceptionally shitty day where I was feeling the emotion of despair.

Maybe this isn’t what you’re used to deep sadness looking like. I’d been brooding on the beach for a couple of hours and then a kite-surfer arrived and inspired me to run around the sand like a child holding the sheet I’d been sitting on and sulking.

When I was done, something shifted. My body sent a message to my mind and I felt lighter.

Joy is something that can be somatically expressed in an intentional way in order to shift a mental state.

Tools like this are some of the ingredients that transform adversity into empowerment.

Have you signed up for my 4 week online course on this topic hosted by @copperbeechinstitute yet? We start this Monday Oct 4 and I would love to see you, whether you’re in the middle of a crisis or in between crises, all of you is welcome in this healing container.