Dear Reader ,
I often say that as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, my favourite emotion is anger. I love seeing clients that have played small for years get angry, take up space, use their voice, push back, walk away, reconnect with agency, even if only in the safety of our session. I get full-body chills just thinking about it. It feels like witnessing magic. A magic that they will soon bring into their lives to build a more fair and just world.
But what I do not mention as often is my second favourite emotion: joy. While anger talks to me about a body that finally feels safe to express itself and mobilize in order to change the world around it, joy talks to me about a body with enough capacity to hold all of life, and with enough safety to be undeniable.
Seeing a client smile in the moment, or express joy when a memory pops up…again, full-body chills.
It is our bodies reclaiming their right to live and love, moving from surviving to thriving, and unapologetically experiencing joy in a world that may not always be welcoming of it.
Bad Bunny’s half time show reminded me of this. Our right to enjoy life, celebrate, come together, and feel joy.
And it wasn’t long after that show that this reminder felt even more real. My beautiful Canada, where I live, experienced one of its saddest days ever, and as I write this, my love, Mexico, is experiencing scary times.
Being able to hold that grief and fear while also making space for joy has felt like my own way of not giving up to the darkness.
To me, when a body experiences small moments of joy in the midst of struggle, it is radical, it is like saying “I will never give up my right to live a fulfilling life, full of yummy things and people, even if part of me is afraid or grieving.”
My hope for you is that you will also cultivate the capacity for joy and connection. It is your right, and when you embrace it fully, it will become a revolution that can transform the world, one glimmer at a time.
Let’s make this happen!
With lots of intention, curiosity, and love
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