Is There a Barrier to Play?

There's many people who tragically do get stuck in what Zach Stein calls like the tragic. Play is inherently opposed to the part of ourselves that wants to be productive, because it requires that we do something for the sake of itself. And I think for many of us speaking for myself, play is a really it's a really edgy thing to lean into. We have this deep in body sense of safety, and bringing it back to the nervous system to some degree, which means that we feel safe in our bodies.

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