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What if the answer you keep searching for outside yourself has been living in your body all along?

Your nervous system is not your enemy. It is your ally, and it has been trying to keep you safe since the day you were born. In this conversation, Sarah sits down with somatic psychotherapist, author, artist, and ritualist Rose Rita James, author of Tears Are Holy Water: Somatic Wisdom and Rituals for Feeling and Aliveness, to explore how listening to your body can change the way you know yourself and the world.

This is a warm, grounded, deeply practical conversation for anyone who is ready for real change, and who wants it to feel safe, gentle, and possible.

In this episode, you will learn:

• Why your nervous system can flare up even when the change is good for you, and why familiar patterns can feel safer than healthy ones
• How to grow at your own pace using titration, the gentle art of working in small doses so your body can trust the process
• What “somatic” really means from Rita's perspective, and how the mind, body, and emotions all get a seat at the table
• Why ritual is an ancient technology for feeling safe, and the simple structure behind every ritual: set the space, orient, ground, work briefly with what is present, and close with care
• What to do in the moment when panic rises, including how to feel your feet, lengthen your exhale, and find your choice points
• How to find your embodied yes and your embodied no, and why saying no can actually deepen your relationships
• What it means to become your own oracle, trusting an inner knowing that does not depend on outside approval
• Why small steps, curiosity, play, and safety are the foundation for lasting growth

You do not have to push through, fix yourself, or do it all at once. You only have to begin where you are, with curiosity.

You are the magic. And the middle is the pause where your body’s wisdom finally gets to speak.

Continue this journey:

Practice with Sarah live, Monday through Friday at 7am Pacific, for 30 to 35 minutes of Spring Forest Qigong: https://marrvelouslife.com/spring-forest-qigong-practice-group-page

Download the free Fire Horse Journey and bring these practices into your mornings, middays, and evenings: https://marrvelouslife.com/fire-horse-integration-qigong

Get Rita’s book, Tears Are Holy Water: Somatic Wisdom & Rituals For Feeling and Aliveness - https://a.co/d/0c740A6T

Follow Rita for free somatic mini lessons, journal prompts, and tiny rituals on Instagram - @roseritajames, Threads - @roseritajames, and TikTok - @roseritajames

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