Day 1 – Soft | Come Home To Your Body (FEQ)

In this feminine embodiment practice, you are invited to slow down, soften, and gently come back into your body. Inspired by yin yoga, somatic awareness, and tantra for women, this practice supports nervous system regulation and embodied femininity. Softness is not weakness. Softness is where your feminine essence lives. It’s where your nervous system can finally exhale. Through gentle movement, breath, and awareness, you’ll explore softness as a form of deep inner strength — a way of listening, sensing, and allowing your feminine energy to move through you.

This video is part of the 21-Day Femme Embodiment Quest — a journey through 21 feminine qualities to embody, unlock, and remember the feminine wisdom that already lives within you.

Transcript

Hi, My name is Dike and welcome to the Femme Embodiment Quest. This is day one with the theme of softening or becoming more soft. What we're going to be focusing on is getting out of your head and really connecting and dropping into the body and sort of coming into this yummy, Mushy, Melty, Soft space within where you're remembering how amazing it is to connect to your body to sort of come home into that feminine essence. For now all that you need to know is that one bell marks the start, Three bells mark the end of this practice. Coming to sit in a cross-legged seated position just like I am, I prefer sitting on a little bolster or a little block or a little cushion but it could also be nice to just sit on the floor depending on the mobility and the flexibility of your hips but just making sure that you're really comfortable here. So taking a moment to set yourself up and then just placing your hands resting somewhere on your knees in your lap. You can take a moment to close your eyes and connect to that intention of soft or the word soft or softening and taking that moment here to thank yourself for showing up and then we're going to open the practice. And then from here we're going to start by taking a deep breath in through your nose, Filling up your lungs and then exhale with an open mouth, Sigh it out. We're going to do that two more times. Deep breath in, Filling up your lungs, Exhale open mouth, Relax jaw, Sigh it out. I'm noticing what that exhale does already in your body. One more time, Deep breath in and exhale let it go, Open mouth. And so during this practice I'll remind you a few times to take a deep breath in and a deep breath out, Really relaxing your jaw. For now let's start off with the hands. So starting to shake the hands a little bit, Relaxing the hands. When we have really stressed, Busy mind when we're in our head, What tends to happen is that we tense our hands also. So for now just starting by shaking out the hands, Playing, Moving around with the fingers, Because relaxed hands is a relaxed mind. And again here taking a deep breath in, Exhale sigh it out. And one more time, Deep breath in, Keep shaking, Keep playing, Keep relaxing those hands, And exhale sigh it out. Beautiful. And then letting that movement in the hands, That shaking come to stillness a little bit. And letting the hands just gently sort of like a little feather flow down, Resting them on your legs, Taking a moment to actually feel and sense. So close your eyes, Just being curious how do your hands feel right now? Maybe you feel a lot or a tingling or some sort of sensation, Maybe there's not much, Both are perfectly fine, Just being curious. Slowly bringing back some movement into the fingertips, And then from here we're going to raise the arms up, Breathing in, Stretching out, Stretch out your body, Your upper body, Maybe give a little stretch, Just noticing like hey how does my body feel today in this moment? Maybe even making a little sound of that stretch. Another deep breath in, Stretch up, And exhale. Let the arms gently come down, Let them float down. Let your chest cave in a little bit, Shoulders relax, You don't have to sit up nice and tall. Another deep breath in, Stretch out, Reach up, Reach up, Reach up, Exhale, Let the arms float down, Relaxing the upper body. Once more, Deep breath in, Reach the arms up, Stretch up, Exhale, Let the arms come down, Chest relaxed. And from here we're going to bring some movement into the shoulders, So inhale shoulders forwards and up, Exhale move them back and down, Inhale forwards and up, Exhale back and down, And exhale. Letting the movements be slow and mindful, Reversing that direction, So inhale they go back and up, Exhale forwards and down. And I like to close my eyes so I can really feel and just sense and sort of bring my curiosity, My awareness to what's happening in my shoulders, How do they feel today? And by consciously using my breath, I use that exhale to relax any tension in my shoulders, You can play around here with some free movement in your shoulders. And if you're noticing a specific area that feels more tense, Feel free to hang out there for a little bit. And then from here we're going to bring some movement into the neck, Inhale you're looking one side left or right, Exhale drop your chin down towards your chest, And then inhale chin goes all the way up, So you're rotating making circles with your neck. Inhale chin goes up, Exhale chin to the side, Chest, And so you're continuing the movement here, But I invite you to close your eyes to really go within and noticing like, How does my neck feel today? And if you're encountering an area that feels specifically dense or tense, You're always free to just hang out there for a little bit, Maybe moving your neck left and right, Up and down, Sort of like exploring how you can stretch out that tension. And then reversing that direction to balance it out. Two more rotations here, And then slowly coming back to the center, And just giving your body, Your upper body, Your shoulders, Your head and a little shake, A little shimmy, Take another deep breath in. And then from here, Placing your hands on your face, And just giving some loving touch here, Caressing your cheeks, Your forehead, Maybe your head, And specifically paying a little bit more attention to the jaw. I invite you to massage out your jaw, So you can place your fingertips sort of at the connection point, Where those bones come together, And just massaging out some tension. And let the face be a little weird. Taking another deep breath in, Exhale, Sigh it out while massaging your jaw. Maybe letting some weird sound come out. And then some loving touch, Some loving stretch, And then from here, We're going to stroke all the way down. So again, Placing your hands on top of your head, Take a deep breath in. And then exhale, Gently caress down your face, Your hair, Your head, Your chest, Breasts, Belly, Down into the hips. And so with that touch, Reminding yourself, Remembering that you have this body. Maybe stroking out your feet. And then coming back into that beginning position, Placing your hands somewhere on your legs, On your knees. You can close down your eyes. And just taking this moment to sense, Really be aware, Witness of your body. And noticing how amazing it is to have this body and to live from your body, From this soft, Connected, Feminine space within. And those three bells mark the end of this embodiment practice. And place your hands in front of your chest, And namaste, Thanking yourself for showing up. Thank you.