Elevate Your Mental Health Through Movement

Life-force

Life force is the energy that animates and moves us; it is the breath of life. Life force is sensed and experienced in the body and lets us know we are alive. We often recognize life force when we fall in love. We feel warmth and tingling when the person comes near or when we think of them. We might feel excited or anxious “butterflies” in our stomach or chest. Our breath quickens when we see them and when they hold us, our breath and body calm. We enjoy the sensation of falling in love. We also feel the sense of being alive while exercising. This is where we meet the sensations of flexibility, strength, stability, mobility and agility. All of our emotions are sensed as energy and can be tracked in the body. Fear is often sensed in the gut and cuts off or shortens our breath. The more we train ourselves to sense and pay attention to the movement of energy in our body, the more we become present and aware. This allows us to make choices to shape our energy, and our sensations in ways that help us heal. The power of change resides in the body.