Imagine a piece of furniture standing outside for a long period of time, the dirt, the water, the environment gets on top of it and at a certain moment you can’t see what that wood was originally like. You can clean it, you can wash it, but the layers are too thick to be removed with simply some soap. So we might need to sand it, get a machine and peel all the layers, so we can come back to its original beauty. And that however we don’t do with our own bodies, carrying all the emotions since the moment we were born piling up, layer after layer, after layer… On the latest episode of The 2nd Half podcast I look at the body and how we can create some true self care, so that we can start removing and releasing stuck emotions in our in our bodies as a regular practice, as part of our regular ongoing work. Body care that is not necessarily going to the gym, kicking, boxing cycling, having a facial and a pedicure. This year my theme is the body and I have gone deeper into different practices. Here are some of the things I covered during this episode as part of my own journey of exploration:

Breath - Wim Hof and Hollotropic breathwork
Movement - Ecstatic dance, 5 rhythms
Sound - Any kind of Sound Healing sessions
Yoga - Yin, Kundalini
Massage - Nurturing, healing massages 

Books:
Breath by James Nestor
Training the Mind, Healing the Body by Deepak Chopra and David Simon
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

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Music Production by Jarl Hector at Clear Music Amsterdam
Podcast Editing by Jorge Pastrana
Artwork by Lazslito Kovaks