Hana Rakshani is a Somatic Movement Artist who facilitates Contact Improvisation workshops in Ashville, North Carolina. Elena and Hana discuss how emotional release can come through tuning deeply into our organs and voices by way of curiously noticing. Hana shares her top tools for navigating tracking emotion in the body and how to release it somatically.  A juicy conversation indeed!  We discuss: How do we notice emotion within the body somaticallyWitnessing sensation with body scan & body scanInteroception: sensing the internal state of the bodyTuning into our organs where emotions are heldYoga practice as a way into practicing somatics Embodied self-meeting in PlayHolding intention within the body, meeting awareness Body-Mind Centering - Bonnie Bainbridge CohenSingle cellular organisms - how they are divinely intelligent and inform movementStarfish consciousness Tuning into the pelvic floor to open the voice & faceNavigating releasing the voice Using visualization to come into the voiceResonant movement patterns to begin vocalizationEntering a trance like state to come into soundHana's recommendations for moments of emotional overwhelmExhaling to the tune of a HUMTapping - Emotional Freedom TechniqueJiggling/bouncing/shaking to wake up the proprioceptive system  Resources: Body-Mind Centering - Bonnie Bainbridge CohenContinuum Movement The Authentic Movement Method - The Witnesses AttentionSomatic Experiencing Hana's Upcoming Workshop on February 26th: Body In-Formation - Facebook events May Dance Festival with HanaFollow Hana on IG @somalibertadFollow Hana on Facebook facebook.com/hana.rakhshaniBuy Elena's book on Pre-sale til 2/8 "Grieve Outside the Box"Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/elenabox)