I'm Prentiss in Pill and this is finding our way. So when we were talking about

starting this podcast I knew that I wanted to start with the body. I'm someone that has studied somatics and embodiment for the last 10 years

so I always want to start with the body.

It's important especially for me to interrupt the Western paradigm that our bodies are only these fleshy

encasements that carry our brains around. They are shaped, they are impacted,

they are molded, they are loved, they are the place where our stories reside and for most of us

figuring out how to be in our bodies actually requires a journey not only of

acceptance but one of deep love, a love that allows and revels in the sensations,

the textures, the experiences of these lives and these bodies.

All of these bodies, these aging bodies,

these queer bodies, these disabled,

these fat bodies, these trans bodies,

these black and brown bodies, these bodies that if we weren't so

intent on controlling them might actually teach us about the vastness of creation.

The person that has really inspired me around how we do this love is

Sonia René Taylor. What Sonia René Taylor does for us is really break down to the

level of science,

how we get to this kind of self-love practice

and what it really promises to shift

in our relationships and our lives.

Radical self-love, as she teaches it it isn't just a nice phrase it's a practice it's a

commitment at the very center of life. I'm really really excited to have

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