Reclaiming Our Power

We’re getting straight to it. It’s time to reclaim our power.

The Conditioning

For too long, we’ve been taught to disconnect from our bodies, our pleasure, and our natural radiance. We were told that our presence could be too much, that our emotions were inconvenient, and that our fullness needed to be managed. Somewhere along the way, those messages convinced us that being fully ourselves wasn’t safe. So we dimmed. We softened our edges. We tried to make ourselves more digestible to fit into spaces that were never built to hold our wholeness.

But here’s the truth: we were never meant to be small. We are the heart. We hold life. We are the power. Reclaiming our truth means no longer outsourcing our worth, no longer waiting for permission, and no longer apologizing for existing in our radiance. The truth is we choose us.

Embodiment

Reclamation isn’t just a concept to think about. It’s something we embody. It’s messy. It’s emotional. It’s raw and real. It looks like letting ourselves scream, cry, dance, rage, laugh, and soften. It’s giving the body permission to lead us back into truth, trusting that our emotions and sensations are not enemies but gateways home.

Community and Connection

Community is an essential part of this healing. When we gather in safe, honest spaces without masks or performance, we remember who we are. Through shared vulnerability and reflection, we see our own humanity mirrored in others. And in that remembering, we reclaim what has always been ours; our wholeness, our freedom, and our power to choose ourselves again and again.

Reflection and Integration

1. Where in my life have I been dimming or making myself more digestible?
Integration practice: Notice moments this week when you hold back your truth or shrink your presence. When you catch it, take one small action to express yourself fully, even if it’s as simple as saying what you really feel or wearing something that reflects your true energy.

2. What’s one way I can let myself fully feel this week through movement, voice, or rest?
Integration practice: Pick one day to intentionally release emotion through your body. Move, stretch, dance, hum, or rest without needing it to look a certain way. Let your body guide you.

3. How can I give myself permission to choose me today?
Integration practice: Practice saying yes or no based on your inner truth, not obligation. Each time you honor what feels right for you, you strengthen your inner safety and self-trust.

4. Who in my life offers safe, honest, no-performance support, and how can I lean into that connection more deeply?
Integration practice: Reach out to that person this week. Share something real. Allow yourself to be seen and supported without trying to appear strong or put together.

Reclaiming our power isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering who we’ve always been and choosing to live from that truth—fully, unapologetically, and embodied.

All the love,
Saniah 🌿

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