The “re” phase of any cycle is often bypassed. Reorient. Reflect. Reassess. Rest. Renew.

of your courageous commitment to change. It requires a new vision of how your body responds to your beliefs and how you can change those beliefs through an embodied approach”

“True sustainable change requires gaining access to the cultural beliefs that deny you the rewards

Learning how your body responds to and holds beliefs is an aspect of change (and health) to attend to carefully. Martinez suggests honoring the truth of who (or what) needs to be abandoned for an individual to move forward and rebuild their strength.

“It takes a village to raise a child”

Community support is an incredibly important part of approaching any change.

“Learning to choose is hard. Learning to choose well is harder. And learning to choose well in a world of unlimited possibilities is harder still, perhaps too hard”

As difficult as it sometimes can be, we have to ask ourselves hard questions. Sometimes we might know the answers at the body level but are not yet fully aware in our mind.

Tuning into—and honoring—the decisions made in our body system before we even realize them is an important part of getting out of our heads and breaking a significant barrier to change.