We are all emotional beings - and we can all choose how we acknowledge those emotions

It gives me so much hope when you see people being courageous enough to be fully human and just show up as they are, being open in their emotions. Letting emotions be felt without judgment, without thinking of them as wrong or unwelcome. Or, maybe thinking that, acknowledging it, and then allowing ourselves to feel it anyway.

It's so moving and healing for people to be witnessed in that; for them to let their emotions move without them being judged. It’s also so powerful for other people to see that; people setting that example of how to just be emotional human beings.

A beautiful moment with one of my regular breathwork class attendees (taken and shared with permission).

Because, guess what? We're all emotional human beings, but we're putting on a front most of the time. Whether it’s because we don’t feel comfortable sharing emotions, or it doesn't seem appropriate, or we're in a society which is all stiff upper lip, or whatever. All of these reasons are understandable and valid, and deserve acknowledgement.

And yet, at the end of the day, we all have the power to make a different choice. To choose to really show up for ourselves, taking radical responsibility for our emotional healing and growth. Without blame for others; just recognising that everyone is doing the best they can with the information they have.

I love, love, love seeing people have the courage to show up for themselves in their emotional healing. To be with their felt experience, and to let themselves be seen in that. It isn’t easy to be vulnerable in front of others; it can only happen when we feel safe in our body to let go. It’s just so lovely for me to see all of this in the spaces I hold. It’s powerful, and that's why I love somatic healing work.

I don’t take full credit for creating that safety, either. When people show up in compassionate community with such kindness for each other, it just fills me with so much hope. Never underestimate the impact you can have on others, whether you’re actively speaking encouraging words, or simply seeing them, with gentle presence, just as they are.

When we’re witnessed in our full humanness, it can be both terrifying and the best feeling on the planet. Everyone just wants to be acknowledged for who they really are. And that person is never a broken person. We’re all whole, deep down. As someone said to me in a recent breathwork class, it’s not easy meeting our emotions; it’s a ‘journey’ alright…and it’s so, so powerful.

Someone else shared on my online course that they had never prioritised themselves before now. We just don’t think we’re allowed to. And yet we absolutely must, so we can show up for ourselves and others. I have seen people show up for each other in small yet profoundly meaningful ways lately.

Both in online and in-person spaces. It is giving me LIFE. People are good and kindness is a superpower. It’s not only healing for someone to feel seen and validated; it also changes the person who sees that example being set, and it has a lasting effect on me to see all sides of it in the spaces I hold.

We’re all just walking each other home ❤️

Becky x

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