Show Notes
Movement, when you pay attention to it, is one of the most honest things about a person. Words lie. Posts lie. How someone moves, you can't really fake. About 400 years ago a French philosopher gave us an idea that's been running quietly in the background of how we relate to our bodies ever since: that you are one thing and your body is another. A vehicle. A biological carrier. Something to be managed, decorated, fixed, fought. In this episode Vanja takes that idea apart. Why most of what modern people call psychological — anxiety, numbness, restlessness — is actually a body that hasn't moved, hasn't been listened to, hasn't been inhabited. Why most of what we call "loving our bodies" is actually managing them from outside. Why coming back into your body sometimes hurts before it heals. And why the only relationship that lasts from your first breath to your last is the one most people never deliberately have. You can't love something you don't live in. Follow for daily movement tips: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanja.moves/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshfearfit/ Ready to start being in your body? 👉 Grab the Mobility Kit: https://movesmethod.com/yttk
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