"Somebody"

The other day I was listening to a friend’s playlist and a song called “somebody” came on. While listening to the inspiring lyrics and singer I woke up to the devolution of the assignment of meaning to words.

I realized that now a days people think being somebody is a good thing. We hear it all the time, “I want to be somebody … (when I grow up, important, inspiring, etc.).” But the truth is, striving to be somebody has devolved us so far from the magnificence of who we truly could be.

Merriam-Webster defines somebody as; a person who is not known, named, or specified. One or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity.

Somewhere along the way we lost sight of the importance of being and knowing precisely who we are.

Use of language in culture continues to pull us out of relationship with ourselves. Just like the assigned meaning of “somebody” was distorted to be portrayed as something desirable - similar to how barbie dolls are now staged as models on makeup commercials for young girls - misguiding people away from who they are to become an unknown, unnamed, indefinitely unidentified person… talk about identity crisis.

Merriam-Webster definition of identity crisis; personal psychosocial conflict especially in adolescence that involves confusion about one’s social role and often a sense of loss of continuity to one’s personality.

“Some” body in embodied practice means that we are without our complete energetic development. This leaves us only partially with our body and our knowing of who we are, ever longing to complete our development. The devolved assignment of the meaning of “somebody” pulls us down a path of desiring and searching to be “somebody” other than who we are, rather than fully taking form in who we are and expressing ourselves completely – becoming embodied.

Your individual energetic development is a natural process that brings you into a complete relationship with who you are. This process of becoming embodied is unlike any other practice because it connects you to who you are across time and space.                                                                   

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