April 9, 2025 • 18 mins
If anxiety lives in your mind or body as tension, tightness, or a constant sense of unease—this episode is for you. Today, we explore the powerful truth that your body remembers! We discuss how learning to track sensation and work with the nervous system can lead to deep emotional healing, relief, and regulation.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
🌀 How anxiety shows up in the body—tight chest, shallow breathing, numbness, buzzing, chronic illness
🌀 How the mind-body-soul connection plays out in every area of life: relationships, work, business, and health
🌀 The transformative impact of somatic healing, from my first breathwork session in Vermont to supporting clients today
🌀 Simple, embodied tools for regulating anxiety
Through somatic work, you can begin to alchemize anxiety, shame, grief, or emotional discomfort into clarity and connection. When you meet what’s arising in your body with compassion and support, you create the conditions for healing.
“Emotional suffering is optional in my world. There gets to be another way.”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Radiant Life Podcast.
I'm your host, rae the SomaticCoach, and I'm here to support
you in healing your past, livingin the present and creating
your future so that you canbecome the most centered,
embodied and happiest version ofyourself.
Each week, I'll be bringing youepisodes to help you navigate
life's challenges, ease stressand tension and learn more about
(00:24):
holistic healing, spiritualityand wellness.
If you're interested inbecoming the best version of
yourself so that you can livethe life of your dreams, then
you're in the right place.
Subscribe to the podcast andthe monthly newsletter and
follow me on Instagram andTikTok to know when new episodes
are released each week.
I am so happy that you'velanded here.
(00:45):
Let's dive in.
Welcome back to the podcast.
If you are new here, I'm Rae,I'm a somatic coach and
breathwork facilitator, and ifyou aren't new here, welcome
back.
I'm so glad that you're tuningin for today's episode.
So one front desk item for youbefore we dive in is that the
(01:08):
name of the podcast is nowSomatic Healing for
Wellness-Focused Women.
And yes, I did change the namelast week and now it's a new
name this week.
So that is the life ofentrepreneurship and, yeah,
we're running with it.
So I'm glad that you're here.
(01:30):
I'm excited for this shift andthis change and, yeah, so for
today's episode on the podcast.
We are doing the second episodeof the series Rewriting the
Story of Anxiety, and this is atopic near and dear to my heart.
I love helping other womennavigate anxiety, because it's
(01:54):
something that I myself havestruggled with for a long time
too.
So today's topic is all aboutthe body.
The body remembers anxiety,navigating different sensations
and the somatic approach andsomatic healing.
So the first time that Iactually understood what it
(02:15):
meant to feel connected to mybody, I was in a session.
I was in the beginning of mysomatic coaching certification
program and we were doing apartner exercise.
And so I was in the beginningof my somatic coaching
certification program and wewere doing a partner exercise,
and so I was in when I say in asession, I was in like a
breakout partner room of doingone of these exercises and it
was all around the sensation ofsafety and the questions that we
(02:39):
were asking each other in thatexercise was where do you feel
safest in your body?
And on a scale from one to ten,like, how safe does that
sensation feel?
And it was just this likeexploration of this feeling of
safety in the body, and Iremember just feeling like so
much relief and so much made alot more sense to me because
(03:04):
nobody had ever asked me thatquestion before.
And when it comes to anxiety,usually typically the typical
approach is really being focusedon the mind and working with
those worry thoughts.
What ends up happening isthere's a big friction, there's
(03:28):
like two parts that are fightingwith each other internally, get
to release and subside and kindof breathe and exhale, and then
we get all this other insightthat we didn't have previously,
because now we're working withthe sensation and what's coming
up for us from a different lens,from a different perspective,
and it's really really nice,it's really awesome.
Another time where I felt evenmore connected to my body was
(03:55):
the first time that I had donebreathwork, and I share this
story because it was so powerfulfor me on my journey and it's
also how I discovered breathworkand breathwork is so much of
what I do today for my personalpractice and also for the work
that I do with my clients.
And breathwork specifically.
I was at a yoga festival withone of my friends in Vermont and
(04:19):
I saw, when you're at the yogafestival.
There's like this calendar oflike all these different classes
that you can choose fromeverything you could even think
of, from like dance to art,coloring, to yoga, to meditation
, to different inspiringspeakers and really cool stuff.
And I saw this one class and itwas radiant love or radiant
(04:43):
heart breathwork, and thedescription was absolutely so
wild and I was like I need to dothis class.
I have no idea what this is,but like this sounds like
something I need to do and Iwant to say there was maybe like
a hundred of us.
The class was like pretty largeand they had us all underneath
this humongous tent andeverybody was in a circle, so
(05:05):
it's like one big circle.
And it was such a powerfulexperience for me and it was the
first time that I really feltconnected to my body, safe in my
body, and also I felt like ahuge emotional release.
So that is why today I'm sopassionate about using the
(05:27):
somatic approach and usingbreathwork as a way to work with
the sensations and what comesup for people with anxiety, and
anxiety shows up for us in somany different ways.
It's definitely very present inthe mind.
You know.
That's when we experience worrythoughts.
You might experience emotionalspirals or anxious spirals,
(05:49):
worst case scenario thinking.
Definitely there is a mentalcomponent to anxiety and that's
usually the thing that is theloudest and the most apparent
and the approach with using thebody we do get to the mind, but
we start with really workingfrom the bottom up and I'll talk
(06:10):
a little bit more about whatthat means.
But there is definitely acomponent of anxiety in the body
as well.
There's physical symptomstightness in the chest, shallow
breathing.
There could even be like anumbness, like so anxious that
you feel like you can't feelanything.
This is also where, likechronic illness can come out.
So there's definitely bodysymptoms as well.
(06:33):
And then there's, of course,the energy body as well.
So that's when we're talkingabout, you know, the energy
systems chakra, soul, spirit,things like that that are an
element of anxiety as well.
That I don't think people reallytalk about or take a note of,
and it's really important whenworking with the sensations of
(06:54):
anxiety and working with thebody and the mind when it comes
to anxiety is taking in theenergetic experience as well,
and so you have these differentelements of anxiety and then it
can come out in ourrelationships.
I mentioned a little bit abouthow that was happening for me in
the last episode, episode 71.
And then it can also come outat work.
(07:15):
It can come out in ourbusinesses.
That was definitely somethingthat was happening for me at one
point.
I think the beginning of mybusiness was a really good
healing experience for me.
It was an outlet for me thatallowed me to really work
through a lot of the blocks thatwere coming up for me, and so
(07:35):
that's been really fun and alsoreally eye-opening and very
rewarding for me as well.
It can come out anxiety cancome out in our health as well,
so there's a few different areasof life that it can be present.
And what's great about using thesomatic approach and working
with the body is this element ofbeing able to track the
(07:58):
sensation in your body of whatanxiety feels like.
And what happens when you'reusing that tool or that approach
is that you're really able tomeet yourself exactly where
you're at.
So it doesn't matter what iscoming up for you.
It doesn't matter the differenttextures and layers.
(08:19):
When you use the tool oftracking the sensation in your
body, you're automaticallymeeting yourself with exactly
where you are, with what'scoming up for you, and this
practice can be uncomfortableand the more you do it, the more
that you're able to build thatsensation of safety in your body
(08:44):
as well.
So you're getting familiar withsafety, you're meeting your
anxiety exactly where it's whereyou're at, and you're also
slowing down.
It takes a level of mindfulnessand awareness to pause in the
moment and slow down and meetyourself exactly where you are
with a sensation or a feeling oremotion.
(09:05):
And when you do that, italleviates the resistance, that
friction that I was talkingabout earlier.
It alleviates the internal warthat happens when it comes to
uncomfortable emotion andsensation and feeling.
And practicing this sensation,tracking and allowing yourself
(09:27):
to feel a feeling or somethingin the body, I think it is a
practice.
It is something that takes time.
It's definitely not somethingthat I was familiar with or
really felt safe doing on my ownfor a very long time.
And when I'm doing this workwith clients, sometimes it's
like a 90 second practice andthey're like well, now I feel
(09:49):
better, like now I don't have,like they're not saying the same
story spiral of like being inthe mind, like now they're in
the body and they're just likewell, how'd you do that?
And I'm like I didn't doanything really like.
Well, maybe like some things, ofcourse, like I'm guiding and
I'm facilitating, I'm holdingspace, but this, the experience
(10:12):
of you being in your body likeyou did that that's you meeting
your sensation and your feelingof what's arising in your body,
with my support, a regulatednervous system, energetic
guidance, I there's a lot that'sgoing on when you're sitting
across from somebody and it'sreally allowing you the
(10:32):
permission and the safety to goto this place of regulation and
release and ultimately, alchemy,like alchemizing.
What's occurring for you inyour moments, in your spiral, in
your anxiety.
Um, and even to this day, likeI have challenging arisings, I
(10:55):
have challenging moments whereI'm like this is not the best
sensation or feeling or thoughtpattern.
Um, definitely before I get myperiod pmsing, oh, my goodness,
that is like really challengingfor me.
Uh, waves of grief I'm veryhard.
(11:16):
Uh, waves of shame, very hard,imposter syndrome, all that good
fun stuff.
So, although we're talking aboutanxiety in this context of
tracking sensation, once youhave this tool, you can have
this tool.
You can use it for anything.
You can use it for anyemotional arising, any anxious
arising.
(11:36):
It's going to expand yourwindow of tolerance, you're
going to have more capacity tofeel, heal, alchemize and so on,
so forth, and a few otherpractices that I find really
(11:57):
supportive for regulatinganxiety.
And these are practices thatyou don't necessarily need to do
when you're feeling anxious.
They're mindfulness practicesthat you can do when you're not
feeling anxious when you are.
They're like mindfulnesspractices that you can do when
you're not feeling anxious whenyou are.
They're kind of like tools thatyou just always can use as a
resource and really have in yourtoolkit, and they're going to
(12:19):
be regulating for your nervoussystem in some way, which will,
over time, compound and willaffect how you experience
anxiety, compound and willaffect how you experience
anxiety.
And the first is being able toorient to the space that you're
in.
So this practice is somethingwhere you can do this anywhere.
You can do this on your lunchbreak at work, you can do this
(12:42):
while you're going for a walkoutside.
You can do this in the comfortof your home.
If you have a home office, youcan do it in your home office.
It's basically looking at eachwall that is surrounding you,
taking a moment to look and seethe wall in front of you, see
the wall behind you, to thesides of you the ceiling, the
(13:04):
ground, noticing the differenttextures that you see and
allowing this awareness ofwhat's around you to bring you a
sense of safety.
No-transcript, always, itdoesn't matter the setting that
(13:27):
you're in.
And then the second tool issomatic shaking.
So this is really helpful ifyou're feeling really
upregulated, in the sense thatlike you're feeling like a big
feeling or you're feeling likeyou need to actually move your
body, not be still.
I think a lot of times we cansee, like you know, in
(13:50):
meditation, you see like, likemarketing wise, like you see
like, oh, this person'smeditating like they're so calm,
they're so still, and nothingis wrong with meditation by any
means and getting to those calmplaces.
But sometimes that might not bewhat your body needs and that's
like the common, that's likethe north star of all this work
is like learning to understandyour nervous system, what your
(14:12):
body needs and how your bodyneeds to metabolize and
alchemize and move throughsomething, and for some that can
be shaking and that looks likegiving yourself some space,
planting your feet into theground, feeling grounded and
then letting your body move andletting your body shake and you
can keep your eyes closed.
(14:32):
You can put on a song you canput on music to allow your body
to move.
For, you know, like a containedamount of time, if you play for
one song you'll have a startand an end and then, after
you're done with the shaking andmoving your body, pausing,
letting your energy settle andseeing how you feel in that
moment, maybe you need to do alittle bit more, maybe you need
(14:55):
to move slower.
So sometimes shaking you don'tnecessarily need to do it like
fast.
You can again check it withyour body, see what your body
needs, and again, this also cantake time and it can take
practice to understand what youneed in that moment.
And then the third tool that Iwould love to share with you.
This is the practice that wedid at the end of our last
(15:17):
episode, episode 71.
But it's simple in the sensethat you're going to take a
breath into the body and sendingthat breath to a particular
part of your body, and you cando that by placing your hand on
(15:43):
that part of your body andletting the breath come through
the center of your palm.
So that's one practice you cando.
And you can also simply breatheinto your belly so you can let
your belly expand and place yourhands on your belly with your
breath and then let that thatbreath release and take a few of
those breaths.
So what that will do is reallyallow you to get connected to
(16:06):
the present moment, getconnected to your body and
ideally, by getting connected toyour body, it's going to quiet
the mind, it's going to let themind pause for a moment there
and if you've come to a few ofmy classes, either online or in
person, or if you've donebreathwork with me one-on-one
before, there's something that Ialways come back to and it's
that your body knows exactlywhat to do and your breath knows
(16:35):
exactly what to do.
And when we combine those twothings and we give ourselves the
space and the time to workthrough what is arising for us
with the body and the breath aspart of the equation, it
alleviates that heaviness andanxiety and worry can feel
pretty heavy.
But I believe that there getsto be another way that emotional
suffering is optional.
(16:56):
It is not the requirement, itis not the overarching state of
our being.
Emotional suffering anxiousthoughts, anxious spirals,
anxious thoughts, anxiousspirals, emotional spirals is
optional, and my belief is thatyour consciousness and your
gifts and your breath and yourbody know exactly how to
(17:19):
alchemize a challenging emotion,a challenging thought, a
challenging sensation, and Ibelieve that working with the
body and working with the breathand working with sensation and
then bringing in the mind is howyou get to shift subconscious
(17:39):
thinking.
It's how you get to change andtransform and ultimately move
closer to how you're hoping tofeel and how you're hoping to
show up in your life withoutthis challenge of anxiety
running the show.
And that is what we have fortoday's episode.
So we covered a lot in today'sepisode.
Definitely, if you have anyquestions, just send me a DM,
(18:02):
send me an email.
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incredible rest of your week.
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have an incredible rest of yourday and I will talk to you soon.
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(18:25):
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(18:46):
you on our next episode of theRadiant Life podcast.
Welcome to the Radiant Life Podcast.
I'm your host, rae the SomaticCoach, and I'm here to support
you in healing your past, livingin the present and creating
your future so that you canbecome the most centered,
embodied and happiest version ofyourself.
Each week, I'll be bringing youepisodes to help you navigate
life's challenges, ease stressand tension and learn more about
(00:24):
holistic healing, spiritualityand wellness.
If you're interested inbecoming the best version of
yourself so that you can livethe life of your dreams, then
you're in the right place.
Subscribe to the podcast andthe monthly newsletter and
follow me on Instagram andTikTok to know when new episodes
are released each week.
I am so happy that you'velanded here.
(00:45):
Let's dive in.
Welcome back to the podcast.
If you are new here, I'm Rae,I'm a somatic coach and
breathwork facilitator, and ifyou aren't new here, welcome
back.
I'm so glad that you're tuningin for today's episode.
So one front desk item for youbefore we dive in is that the
(01:08):
name of the podcast is nowSomatic Healing for
Wellness-Focused Women.
And yes, I did change the namelast week and now it's a new
name this week.
So that is the life ofentrepreneurship and, yeah,
we're running with it.
So I'm glad that you're here.
(01:30):
I'm excited for this shift andthis change and, yeah, so for
today's episode on the podcast.
We are doing the second episodeof the series Rewriting the
Story of Anxiety, and this is atopic near and dear to my heart.
I love helping other womennavigate anxiety, because it's
(01:54):
something that I myself havestruggled with for a long time
too.
So today's topic is all aboutthe body.
The body remembers anxiety,navigating different sensations
and the somatic approach andsomatic healing.
So the first time that Iactually understood what it
(02:15):
meant to feel connected to mybody, I was in a session.
I was in the beginning of mysomatic coaching certification
program and we were doing apartner exercise.
And so I was in the beginningof my somatic coaching
certification program and wewere doing a partner exercise,
and so I was in when I say in asession, I was in like a
breakout partner room of doingone of these exercises and it
was all around the sensation ofsafety and the questions that we
(02:39):
were asking each other in thatexercise was where do you feel
safest in your body?
And on a scale from one to ten,like, how safe does that
sensation feel?
And it was just this likeexploration of this feeling of
safety in the body, and Iremember just feeling like so
much relief and so much made alot more sense to me because
(03:04):
nobody had ever asked me thatquestion before.
And when it comes to anxiety,usually typically the typical
approach is really being focusedon the mind and working with
those worry thoughts.
What ends up happening isthere's a big friction, there's
(03:28):
like two parts that are fightingwith each other internally, get
to release and subside and kindof breathe and exhale, and then
we get all this other insightthat we didn't have previously,
because now we're working withthe sensation and what's coming
up for us from a different lens,from a different perspective,
and it's really really nice,it's really awesome.
Another time where I felt evenmore connected to my body was
(03:55):
the first time that I had donebreathwork, and I share this
story because it was so powerfulfor me on my journey and it's
also how I discovered breathworkand breathwork is so much of
what I do today for my personalpractice and also for the work
that I do with my clients.
And breathwork specifically.
I was at a yoga festival withone of my friends in Vermont and
(04:19):
I saw, when you're at the yogafestival.
There's like this calendar oflike all these different classes
that you can choose fromeverything you could even think
of, from like dance to art,coloring, to yoga, to meditation
, to different inspiringspeakers and really cool stuff.
And I saw this one class and itwas radiant love or radiant
(04:43):
heart breathwork, and thedescription was absolutely so
wild and I was like I need to dothis class.
I have no idea what this is,but like this sounds like
something I need to do and Iwant to say there was maybe like
a hundred of us.
The class was like pretty largeand they had us all underneath
this humongous tent andeverybody was in a circle, so
(05:05):
it's like one big circle.
And it was such a powerfulexperience for me and it was the
first time that I really feltconnected to my body, safe in my
body, and also I felt like ahuge emotional release.
So that is why today I'm sopassionate about using the
(05:27):
somatic approach and usingbreathwork as a way to work with
the sensations and what comesup for people with anxiety, and
anxiety shows up for us in somany different ways.
It's definitely very present inthe mind.
You know.
That's when we experience worrythoughts.
You might experience emotionalspirals or anxious spirals,
(05:49):
worst case scenario thinking.
Definitely there is a mentalcomponent to anxiety and that's
usually the thing that is theloudest and the most apparent
and the approach with using thebody we do get to the mind, but
we start with really workingfrom the bottom up and I'll talk
(06:10):
a little bit more about whatthat means.
But there is definitely acomponent of anxiety in the body
as well.
There's physical symptomstightness in the chest, shallow
breathing.
There could even be like anumbness, like so anxious that
you feel like you can't feelanything.
This is also where, likechronic illness can come out.
So there's definitely bodysymptoms as well.
(06:33):
And then there's, of course,the energy body as well.
So that's when we're talkingabout, you know, the energy
systems chakra, soul, spirit,things like that that are an
element of anxiety as well.
That I don't think people reallytalk about or take a note of,
and it's really important whenworking with the sensations of
(06:54):
anxiety and working with thebody and the mind when it comes
to anxiety is taking in theenergetic experience as well,
and so you have these differentelements of anxiety and then it
can come out in ourrelationships.
I mentioned a little bit abouthow that was happening for me in
the last episode, episode 71.
And then it can also come outat work.
(07:15):
It can come out in ourbusinesses.
That was definitely somethingthat was happening for me at one
point.
I think the beginning of mybusiness was a really good
healing experience for me.
It was an outlet for me thatallowed me to really work
through a lot of the blocks thatwere coming up for me, and so
(07:35):
that's been really fun and alsoreally eye-opening and very
rewarding for me as well.
It can come out anxiety cancome out in our health as well,
so there's a few different areasof life that it can be present.
And what's great about using thesomatic approach and working
with the body is this element ofbeing able to track the
(07:58):
sensation in your body of whatanxiety feels like.
And what happens when you'reusing that tool or that approach
is that you're really able tomeet yourself exactly where
you're at.
So it doesn't matter what iscoming up for you.
It doesn't matter the differenttextures and layers.
(08:19):
When you use the tool oftracking the sensation in your
body, you're automaticallymeeting yourself with exactly
where you are, with what'scoming up for you, and this
practice can be uncomfortableand the more you do it, the more
that you're able to build thatsensation of safety in your body
(08:44):
as well.
So you're getting familiar withsafety, you're meeting your
anxiety exactly where it's whereyou're at, and you're also
slowing down.
It takes a level of mindfulnessand awareness to pause in the
moment and slow down and meetyourself exactly where you are
with a sensation or a feeling oremotion.
(09:05):
And when you do that, italleviates the resistance, that
friction that I was talkingabout earlier.
It alleviates the internal warthat happens when it comes to
uncomfortable emotion andsensation and feeling.
And practicing this sensation,tracking and allowing yourself
(09:27):
to feel a feeling or somethingin the body, I think it is a
practice.
It is something that takes time.
It's definitely not somethingthat I was familiar with or
really felt safe doing on my ownfor a very long time.
And when I'm doing this workwith clients, sometimes it's
like a 90 second practice andthey're like well, now I feel
(09:49):
better, like now I don't have,like they're not saying the same
story spiral of like being inthe mind, like now they're in
the body and they're just likewell, how'd you do that?
And I'm like I didn't doanything really like.
Well, maybe like some things, ofcourse, like I'm guiding and
I'm facilitating, I'm holdingspace, but this, the experience
(10:12):
of you being in your body likeyou did that that's you meeting
your sensation and your feelingof what's arising in your body,
with my support, a regulatednervous system, energetic
guidance, I there's a lot that'sgoing on when you're sitting
across from somebody and it'sreally allowing you the
(10:32):
permission and the safety to goto this place of regulation and
release and ultimately, alchemy,like alchemizing.
What's occurring for you inyour moments, in your spiral, in
your anxiety.
Um, and even to this day, likeI have challenging arisings, I
(10:55):
have challenging moments whereI'm like this is not the best
sensation or feeling or thoughtpattern.
Um, definitely before I get myperiod pmsing, oh, my goodness,
that is like really challengingfor me.
Uh, waves of grief I'm veryhard.
(11:16):
Uh, waves of shame, very hard,imposter syndrome, all that good
fun stuff.
So, although we're talking aboutanxiety in this context of
tracking sensation, once youhave this tool, you can have
this tool.
You can use it for anything.
You can use it for anyemotional arising, any anxious
arising.
(11:36):
It's going to expand yourwindow of tolerance, you're
going to have more capacity tofeel, heal, alchemize and so on,
so forth, and a few otherpractices that I find really
(11:57):
supportive for regulatinganxiety.
And these are practices thatyou don't necessarily need to do
when you're feeling anxious.
They're mindfulness practicesthat you can do when you're not
feeling anxious when you are.
They're like mindfulnesspractices that you can do when
you're not feeling anxious whenyou are.
They're kind of like tools thatyou just always can use as a
resource and really have in yourtoolkit, and they're going to
(12:19):
be regulating for your nervoussystem in some way, which will,
over time, compound and willaffect how you experience
anxiety, compound and willaffect how you experience
anxiety.
And the first is being able toorient to the space that you're
in.
So this practice is somethingwhere you can do this anywhere.
You can do this on your lunchbreak at work, you can do this
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while you're going for a walkoutside.
You can do this in the comfortof your home.
If you have a home office, youcan do it in your home office.
It's basically looking at eachwall that is surrounding you,
taking a moment to look and seethe wall in front of you, see
the wall behind you, to thesides of you the ceiling, the
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ground, noticing the differenttextures that you see and
allowing this awareness ofwhat's around you to bring you a
sense of safety.
No-transcript, always, itdoesn't matter the setting that
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you're in.
And then the second tool issomatic shaking.
So this is really helpful ifyou're feeling really
upregulated, in the sense thatlike you're feeling like a big
feeling or you're feeling likeyou need to actually move your
body, not be still.
I think a lot of times we cansee, like you know, in
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meditation, you see like, likemarketing wise, like you see
like, oh, this person'smeditating like they're so calm,
they're so still, and nothingis wrong with meditation by any
means and getting to those calmplaces.
But sometimes that might not bewhat your body needs and that's
like the common, that's likethe north star of all this work
is like learning to understandyour nervous system, what your
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body needs and how your bodyneeds to metabolize and
alchemize and move throughsomething, and for some that can
be shaking and that looks likegiving yourself some space,
planting your feet into theground, feeling grounded and
then letting your body move andletting your body shake and you
can keep your eyes closed.
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You can put on a song you canput on music to allow your body
to move.
For, you know, like a containedamount of time, if you play for
one song you'll have a startand an end and then, after
you're done with the shaking andmoving your body, pausing,
letting your energy settle andseeing how you feel in that
moment, maybe you need to do alittle bit more, maybe you need
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to move slower.
So sometimes shaking you don'tnecessarily need to do it like
fast.
You can again check it withyour body, see what your body
needs, and again, this also cantake time and it can take
practice to understand what youneed in that moment.
And then the third tool that Iwould love to share with you.
This is the practice that wedid at the end of our last
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episode, episode 71.
But it's simple in the sensethat you're going to take a
breath into the body and sendingthat breath to a particular
part of your body, and you cando that by placing your hand on
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that part of your body andletting the breath come through
the center of your palm.
So that's one practice you cando.
And you can also simply breatheinto your belly so you can let
your belly expand and place yourhands on your belly with your
breath and then let that thatbreath release and take a few of
those breaths.
So what that will do is reallyallow you to get connected to
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the present moment, getconnected to your body and
ideally, by getting connected toyour body, it's going to quiet
the mind, it's going to let themind pause for a moment there
and if you've come to a few ofmy classes, either online or in
person, or if you've donebreathwork with me one-on-one
before, there's something that Ialways come back to and it's
that your body knows exactlywhat to do and your breath knows
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exactly what to do.
And when we combine those twothings and we give ourselves the
space and the time to workthrough what is arising for us
with the body and the breath aspart of the equation, it
alleviates that heaviness andanxiety and worry can feel
pretty heavy.
But I believe that there getsto be another way that emotional
suffering is optional.
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It is not the requirement, itis not the overarching state of
our being.
Emotional suffering anxiousthoughts, anxious spirals,
anxious thoughts, anxiousspirals, emotional spirals is
optional, and my belief is thatyour consciousness and your
gifts and your breath and yourbody know exactly how to
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alchemize a challenging emotion,a challenging thought, a
challenging sensation, and Ibelieve that working with the
body and working with the breathand working with sensation and
then bringing in the mind is howyou get to shift subconscious
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thinking.
It's how you get to change andtransform and ultimately move
closer to how you're hoping tofeel and how you're hoping to
show up in your life withoutthis challenge of anxiety
running the show.
And that is what we have fortoday's episode.
So we covered a lot in today'sepisode.
Definitely, if you have anyquestions, just send me a DM,
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send me an email.
I love to chat with you guysand, yeah, I hope you have an
incredible rest of your week.
I hope you have an incrediblerest of your week, I hope you
have an incredible rest of yourday and I will talk to you soon.
Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode.
If you are moved or inspired,please share with me by leaving
a rating and review on applepodcast.
It means the world to me and Iam so appreciative for your
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support in helping my podcastgrow.
If we aren't already connectedon social media, head over to
Instagram and TikTok and followme at RayTheSemanticCoach, make
sure you check out the shownotes of today's episode for
links to freebies, opportunitiesto work with me and ways we can
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I'm so happy that you're hereand I can now wait to talk with
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you on our next episode of theRadiant Life podcast.
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