Sometimes life delivers a blow so strong it knocks us to the ground…..

Sometimes life delivers a blow so strong it knocks us to the ground.
In the aftermath, people often say: “I don’t feel like myself.”

It’s more than sadness. It’s the sense of losing your ground, of not knowing who you are or what you mean — to yourself, to others, to the world. You may still have people around you, even support, yet you can’t connect to the feeling of being held. Inside, it feels hollow. Empty.

And often, that emptiness shows up in the body. Movements feel mechanical, gestures carry no weight. The body forgets what it’s like to move with purpose, to move with meaning.

This is exactly where my work begins. With people who know they’ve lost themselves — and who are ready to begin the journey of coming back.

Because movement is meaning. When we dance, we are not only shaping the air around us — we are shaping our inner world. Even the simplest gesture is an act of saying: I am here. I am alive. I matter.

For me, the deepest joy has always been found in dance — in navigating time and space, in discovering the brilliance of light, rhythm, and breath. Every step, every breath is a new way of belonging. Yet I also know what it’s like to lose touch with that joy. In seasons of deep grief and over-caretaking, it felt like amnesia — like I had forgotten what delight even was.

That’s why I invite people to begin not with grand leaps, but with the smallest of movements.

Try this: open your hand. Now, slowly, slowly close it — as if counting to a hundred. Notice what arises.

Maybe it feels rich and full. Maybe it feels empty, meaningless. But even to say, “this feels empty” is to create meaning. Even emptiness has a voice. And from that voice, from that noticing, recovery begins.

This is the heart of the Whole Body Recovery Foundations Intensive — invitation to rediscover yourself through the smallest, most human gestures, and to rebuild your sense of meaning from the inside out.

If you recognize yourself in these words —if you’ve had moments of feeling lost, yet know there is more life waiting for you — I invite you to a discovery call. Together, we’ll explore whether this individual intensive is the right fit for you.

And if it isn’t, my wish for you is simple: spend a little time each day moving with awareness.

Even the smallest gestures can open the door back to meaning.

Because your body remembers. Your spirit remembers. And recovery begins with a single conscious movement.