Emotions are physical experiences. Did you know that ~90% of a human’s serotonin is synthesized in their gut (Barandouzi, et. al., 2022)? There is a reason people say, “Trust your gut.” And yet, our culture teaches us that emotions are in our minds and that we can will our way out of feeling them. This can leave people feeling ashamed of and isolated in their experience. Another way is possible.

How can we relate to emotions in new ways? What would it be like to shake with anger? Jump with joy? Dance with grief? The human body is wise and intuitive and is equipped with powerful methods of processing emotions and traumatic experiences. In order for the body to be able to process emotions in the ways it knows how, we must learn to listen and respond to the body’s signals. We must learn to speak the language of the body.

Movement can serve as an alphabet and sentence structure for a conversation we can learn to have. What would it be like to move with emotions rather than fight against them? What would it be like to let emotions be heard and felt in a way that is safe and contained? That is the goal of this embodied movement practice. To move with emotions and create safety within the body you call home.

Would you like to explore movement in this way? Alona offers weekly in-person movement classes in Denver, CO.