Movement and the Search for Meaning - Rae Dwyer - Episode 87

weMove Podcast

There is always a little bit of truth where theres a problem,
Rae Dwyer is our second guest and it was the following instagram post that we read that made this the next step in the series.
"Something that has left me in awe and rendered me speechless of late: The experience of f e e l i n g over thinking when it comes to the formation of core beliefs. I really want to do what I'm trying to say justice. Stay with me.
It's that in-your-actual-bones knowing. Perhaps a thing you've realised that maybe part of you would like to unrealise for convenience but knows that it's impossible. A belief/perception/epiphany that is completely untethered from motives of the ego and societal conditioning, so therefore cannot be denied and will in fact often come about as a result of having peeled away those rotting layers of internalised capitalism, homophobia, patriarchy. A bubbling up that at first, gives rise to a deep discomfort and frightening confusion, but once integrated, preceeds something that might actually be akin to freedom.
Living life on our own terms from the outside appears to be the result of bravery. But I would counter that with living life on our own terms is a result of feeling safe, and I don’t mean wrapped up in cotton wool safe and devolving our innate power and wisdom to external forces. Rather developing a sense of safety internally, in our own mind, in our own soul and in our own body"
We are living in a world where more and more is seemingly being taken from us. or we are giving it away because we have been told that is what we must to be safe. To be safe we need to understand what is going on inside us, understanding the feelings, understanding the sensations, understanding intuitively the constructs of the world around us, what is real, what is not, what we know to be certain.
This awareness doesn’t just happen, it requires work. It requires The Work. And that work we define as 3 elements that for me create a foundation for safety within and they are what weMove is built on. Move, Nourish, Equip. Move your body. Nourish your Self and Equip your mind. These are not linear ideas, they are multidimensional that when integrated are the pillars to feeling whole, complete and ultimately safe, because we know who we are, and why we are here. Things, life, parents, school, jobs etc have just clouded our paths.
That is my take away from todays weMove podcast and the third conversation in our Movement and the search for meaning series.
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Enjoy the episode, there’s a lot in it for the soul and Self.