If you want the truth,
I’ll tell you the truth:
Listen to the secret sound,
the real sound,
which is inside you.
-Kabir
To be free from the hustle, grind, and burnout culture of the old paradigm, we must tune into our body’s wisdom, which carries knowledge our mind does not.
Have you ever realized that your mind told you a completely untrue story?
Such as:
“If you publicly speak, everyone will laugh at you and you’ll be ostracized.”
Or:
“If you put yourself out there, you’ll be denied; you’ll fail; you’ll lose all your money and you might die.”
Or:
“You can’t move forward until you find the absolute perfect solution.”
So you keep obsessing about the same situation over and over again and find yourself in the endless loop of inaction, stuck.
Yeah, not our minds’ best moments.
The mind isn’t the problem, though – it’s a tool based on our survival.
It will tell us any story and create entire limiting belief systems to keep us “safe,” which also keeps us small.
The mind always needs a problem to solve, so if you don’t give it anything to chew on, it will look for any minor issue and scrutinize every detail until it creates a problem. It thinks it’s being helpful, but ultimately it’s holding you back.
So how do we create a healthier relationship with the mind? By dropping into the body.
And this is what embodiment is all about.
It’s also the first pillar of Rose Gold Goddesses because it’s the foundation everything else is based on.
What does embodiment even mean?
The term embodiment means the state of being in your body.
EM - comes from the French word “en”, meaning, “in, into” and “put in or into, bring to a certain state.”
BODI- Refers to the body
MENT- An action or resulting state.
Embodiment is the practice of actively being, feeling, and experiencing your body.
But aren’t we always in our bodies?
Technically yes, but energetically no.
Think about a time you were NOT in your body.
Perhaps you were in an anxious spiral and you didn’t realize how you were breathing quickly and shallowly, or you had a knot in your stomach and were sweating in your palms.
Or, maybe you were sitting for hours scrolling through social and didn’t realize how much your shoulders and back hurt until you got up.
Or, maybe something happened in your life that caused you to check out of your body because it was too painful to be there.
We have all had many moments where we were disembodied, probably more than we were embodied; especially in our adult lives.
However, we were born embodied. We’ve just been taught that the mind and logic are more powerful than the body + intuition, so we have been trained to check out of our feelings and into our thinking.
Think about a baby, feeling their way through life. They are connected to every feeling, texture, and emotion in the room. This is how you naturally are.
If we hadn’t been put into desks, institutions, and offices, we would still be embodied today. Think about parts of the world where they live connected to nature, their bodies, and Earth wisdom. We all still have access to this – it’s just a matter of tuning in.
So, how can we become more embodied?
Through my Goddess Embodiment Practice!
This short and juicy practice brings you through a series of my favorite songs through ecstatic, free-flowing, authentic dance. There is no choreography - to allow your body the opportunity to dance through you. I will guide you through the practice so you won't feel awkward or alone. You'll be amazed to see how GOOD it feels to let your body guide you! Plus these are some of my favorite songs ever!
How was that practice for you? How did it feel? Share with me by tagging @iamsahararose!
Songs
Skysia & Sommer Love - Free
Phaeleh - Afterglow
BLOOM - Earth Breath
Sahalé - Djiin
What makes me feel embodied?
Is it dance, gardening, breathing, connecting?
Share a picture of you feeling embodied or one of our below affirmations/quotes that resonate with you, along with a caption of what makes you your most EMBODIED self!
Tag me @iamsahararose + @rosegoldgoddesses so I can see, share and celebrate you.
Go beyond the mind and into the body through the art of sacred feminine wisdom.
It's time to take your embodiment practice to the next level through divine feminine embodiment. Are you ready to:
Then this course is designed for you! The divine feminine is calling you to bring ease and flow into your every day life.
With Gratitude,
© 2021 | Rose Gold Goddesses®, Sahara Rose®