A review by hao_ming_zi
Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation by Hilary Kinavey, Dana Sturtevant
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
NOTES TAKEN WHILE READING:
I reclaim my movement, my rhythm, my flow. When was the first time you realized a problem with your body? Who benefits from these beliefs? Who is making money off of them? You are learning to trust your body and your body is learning to trust you. Body trust is not a place we arrive but a connective energy we cultivate. It is an endeavor for a life time, and your practices will change and grow throughout our evolution. Live in the middle that is discernment, without binaries & with internal, inherent resources. Your presence is not a burden even when it’s too much to bear.
I reclaim my movement, my rhythm, my flow. When was the first time you realized a problem with your body? Who benefits from these beliefs? Who is making money off of them? You are learning to trust your body and your body is learning to trust you. Body trust is not a place we arrive but a connective energy we cultivate. It is an endeavor for a life time, and your practices will change and grow throughout our evolution. Live in the middle that is discernment, without binaries & with internal, inherent resources. Your presence is not a burden even when it’s too much to bear.
You can be trusted.
You were born with an inherent connection to and trust within your body.
When we listen, we can’t be selective.
What if you don’t need to fix yourself?
What if this journey is about opening to the wholeness and aliveness already within yourself?
What was never yours to embody? What can you let go of?
Anger is the purest form of care and illuminates what we belong to and what we are willing to protect.
How can you hold your sacred ground? How can you attune and tend to your inner world?
You must experience fullness, satisfaction, joy and pleasure to trust in your wholeness.
Grief must be ritualistic.
Shame works because it so often speaks the voice of the dominant culture and those who have had the most power over you in your life. Shame is on the side of control, compliance, and fear. It convinces you are the monster. It doesn’t create meaningful change. Meaningful work is grounded in connection and united humanity.
Can you appreciate what is? Do you credit yourself for your hard work and positive outcomes?
Perfectionism is a protective flex where we can’t tolerate the humanity within us.
Healing is about knowing how to call ourselves home.
RECLAIMING MOVEMENT
—movement is what we’re born into, exercise is what we’re sold
—movement is for fun: walk away from cosmetic fitness
—figure out what feels good to you—movement wise, less structured exercise, let yourself figure it out, start when you start and stop when you stop
—sit in in-action until something that is genuinely yours comes up