This week's session dives into the core of what embodiment truly is, moving beyond just feeling better to choosing better because all parts of you are on board. It emphasizes alignment, integration, emotional regulation, and faith-infused nervous system work.
📚 Resource Mentioned:
The Embodied Healing Workbook by Catherine Cook-Cottone
Key Concepts & Insights:
The Real Secret to Embodiment is Alignment.
True embodiment is not just about saying the right things, like affirmations, journaling, praying, or visualizing.
It's recognizing that despite these efforts, if your body still feels anxious, your heart isn't convinced, or your actions don't align with your beliefs, it's not wholeness. This is "performing wellness instead of living it".
Embodiment doesn’t start with behavior; it starts with inner agreement.
What is Alignment?
Alignment is when your mind (what you believe), your heart (what you feel), and your body (what you choose) are all saying the same thing. This inner agreement carries power.
The source references James 1:8, stating that a "double-minded man is unstable in all his ways," viewing it as an invitation to wholeness rather than a judgment, highlighting how feeling scattered results when parts of oneself are "off".
This Week's Truth:
"Your body can’t embody what your heart hasn’t felt safe to believe".
The Order to Move into Alignment (3 Key Steps):
Manage the Emotion: This is crucial because your nervous system must feel safe enough to hold anything new.
Feel the emotion and let it rise.
Tap your collarbone and say, "I honor what I feel, and I choose safety now".
Ask: "What is this emotion trying to protect me from?".
The goal is not to suppress emotions, but to create space for alignment.
Rewire the Belief: Every misalignment stems from a lie or a limiting belief you've absorbed.
Ask: "What is the lie I believed?".
Then ask: "What is the truth God speaks over this?".
Speak that truth out loud, letting your body hear it and your heart feel it.
Choose Aligned Action: This is where embodiment is activated.
Ask yourself: "What would the aligned version of me do right now?".
These actions can be small and sacred, such as taking a break, raising rates, posting an offer, saying no, going for a walk, or resting without guilt.
"Small actions birth spiritual momentum," reflecting the principle from Luke 16:10.
The Power of Alignment:
You don't need more pressure; you need peace, and peace flows from agreement.
Alignment is described as the "frequency of overflow". When your nervous system, inner beliefs, and external actions work together, there's no resistance, just flow.
Conversely, misalignment (e.g., body exhausted, mind pushing, emotions unsafe) creates a loop of anxiety, procrastination, burnout, or numbness.
Integrity means "wholeness," and you were made to live whole.
Prophetic Truth:
You were not created to live divided but were made in the image of a God who is oneness, wholeness, and harmony.
When all parts of you are on board, embodiment becomes magnetic, allowing your future to flow through your present safely.
Journaling Prompt:
Where are you out of alignment with the future you say you want?
What emotion, belief, or behavior is asking for love—not judgment?
And what one small action would bring you back into harmony?
Looking Ahead to Next Week:
The series will explore the embodied "No"—how boundaries, sacred space, and Spirit-led self-trust are embodiment in action.
