The Spectrum: Embodiment ↔ Identification

On a spectrum of how you relate with your body, you’ve got two ends.

On one side is embodiment. On the other side is identification.

The more embodied you are, the less you mistake your body for the full truth of who you are. You live inside it, with it, through it... but you know you are more than it.

The more identified you are with your body being who you are, the less embodied you tend to be. You’re locked into how it looks, how it’s perceived, how it measures up, instead of actually inhabiting it.

Growing up, I was VERY identified with my body. I was a ballerina. I knew exactly what my body looked like in time + space, every angle, every line. But I wasn’t really living inside of it. I didn’t respect its boundaries, and because of early body-based trauma, my soul fragmented + exited.

So even though it looked like I was very “in” my body, my presence was mostly in my head. My mind was running the show... constant thoughts, looping, not actually rooted in my tissues.

Through embodiment work, I realized that as we come back into our body, something huge shifts. We get access to a constant stream of energy + thought, but now it’s creative thought. It’s generative. It’s not intrusive noise or obsessive, meaningless loops.

The more I inhabit my body, the more life feels spacious, alive, expansive... not because I’m fixated on how my body looks, but because my soul is actually home.

• Embodiment = being present inside your body, respecting its boundaries, inhabiting it as a vessel for your soul. The more embodied you are, the more expansive and alive your life feels.

• Identification = over-attaching to your body as the source of your worth, identity, or control. The more identified you are, the less freedom you have to actually be in your body.

  
  

Embodiment is not about identifying with the body, it’s about inhabiting it fully so your soul can express through it. The paradox is: the more you embody, the less you cling to identification, and the freer you become to live as your whole self.