Feminist Survival Project

59: How to Listen to Your Body, Part Two

Jun 14, 2021
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INSIGHT

Alexithymia Is A Learnable Challenge

  • Alexithymia can make sensing internal experiences extremely difficult but is not immutable.
  • Amelia learned skills over years to compensate and improve bodily listening ability.
ANECDOTE

Humiliating Conducting Lesson That Revealed Feelings

  • Amelia describes a grad professor who refused to coach her conductorial expressivity and humiliated her in class.
  • That experience wounded her but also confirmed the emotional truth she carried inside.
INSIGHT

Follow The Pull; Its Form May Surprise

  • A 'pull' toward an activity can signal an internal need even if you misidentify its form.
  • Conducting served as Amelia's path to connect movement, breath, and internal experience.
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