Day 8 – Express | Embody Your Feminine Voice (FEQ)

Many of us were taught to stay quiet, be easy, be the “good girl,” fit in, and not take up too much space. And when we do express ourselves, we often do it from the mind — through logic, explanations, or justifying ourselves — instead of letting expression arise from the body. In this feminine embodiment practice, you are invited to explore a new way of expressing yourself — one that comes from sensation, emotion, movement, and sound. Inspired by tantra, somatic awareness, and embodied expression, this practice helps you move beyond the logical mind and reconnect with your feminine spark, truth, and playfulness. This video is part of the 21-Day Femme Embodiment Quest — a journey through 21 feminine qualities to embody, unlock, and remember the wisdom that already lives within you.

Transcript

Hi, My name is Dieke and welcome to the Femme Embodiment Quest. Today is day number eight and the word or the theme is express. So it's going to be about expression and finding a new, More feminine, Playful, Alive way to express ourselves, Basically an embodied version. Because when we think about expressing ourselves, First of all, Most of us have been taught to sort of stay silent, To stay quiet, To be the good girl, To just fit in, To just say yes and nod and don't make a fuzz. But also besides that, If we are then expressing ourselves and we're making our way there, Often we do that through the mind, Through words, Through logics, Instead of actually letting the expression come from the body and from a more felt, Embodied, Playful, Alive space, More from that feminine spark. And so today's exercise, We're going to be working with finding a new way of expression by using sound and words through not connecting them to logical words, But actually just allowing a made-up language, Random sounds to come out. And I'm going to be guiding you through that step by step. Know that it's totally normal if this feels really new, Maybe even a little weird or awkward. I remember personally the first time that I was doing an exercise like this and I realized like, Wow, It's actually really difficult to make different sounds. I actually noticed myself feeling like really shy to do so, Really sort of uncomfortable. And over the years I've had many insights in ways in which I've silenced myself, In which I've been shushed or holding my truth back, Holding my expression back for the sake of trying to fit in or from layers of shame or thinking that I wasn't good enough or that there was something wrong with me. And so know that it's normal if any of these feelings come up and let's see if we can just move and play through it and with it and just experiment. So take it as a little experiment. That's my main invitation. Okay, We're going to actually come to stand up for this exercise. One bell marks the start and three bells marks the end. And so while you are standing up, You can take a moment to sort of stretch your body, Bringing in some movement already. And just taking a moment to sort of stretch and connect to like, Okay, How does my body feel today? Maybe it feels amazing, Alive, Maybe it feels a little tender or tense. So just taking a moment to sort of tune in and already connect in that way through the body and finding an expression to be like, Okay, How does my body express how I feel? And can you give your body a shape that resembles the way that you feel? So maybe you feel really drawn inwards. Maybe you feel really alive. Beautiful. And then from here, We're going to specifically bring the attention to the throat. So of course, When we're thinking about sound, That's the main primary way of expressing ourselves. So just making sure your throat feels relaxed, Your jaw feels relaxed, And maybe giving your jaw a little bit of a massage, Maybe just connecting physically to your throat. And while you do that, Maybe taking a deep breath in. Ah, And sigh it out with a relaxed jaw, Open mouth. Ah, And using those exhales to already make a little bit of sound. So let that sound naturally just come out. Beautiful. Let's do that again, And not actually specifically making a sound, But just letting it naturally come out, A natural expression of what's here if you fully relax. Ah, Beautiful. And now let's connect that to the body. So before we were making a shape of how we were feeling or what was here, I want you to connect that expression to and that shape of the body with the sound. So if it was a sort of really inwards drawing motion, Or if it was some frustration. So try that out. Take a few different shapes. Maybe it's how you feel. If you're not sure, Just move through some different expressions and just see what happens. Maybe you're really shy. Ah, Maybe you're really relaxed. Maybe you're not sure. Amazing. So from here, Just coming to stand for a moment, And let's just play some or practice some sounds, Some different things that come out. So just follow me. I'm going to make a little ah sound. That ah sound is really linked to the heart. Let's make a little it's really linked to this sort of yummy sensuous feeling. Let's make a more grounded rooted sound. Amazing. Okay. And then from here, What we're going to do very briefly, I want to introduce something that is called gibberish. There is a whole method and a whole discourse where this comes from. It's a really beautiful meditation, Tantra meditation, Which is really linked about letting go of the logical words and just letting gibberish comes out, Come out. So that is a made up language that you don't speak. It's a really beautiful, Powerful way to express yourself and to express what's really here beyond logics. And so I'm going to really briefly demo that. And then we're going to do that together for just two minutes or so, And then sitting in silence, Two minutes. Okay. How that can look, You want to use the body as well. Okay. So now the invitation for you to let a little bit of gibberish out. So just explore if you can just speak a made up language as if you are, If you've played the Sims, I played the Sims when I was younger, Um, Like how the Sims speak or whatever comes for you. So just taking the next two minutes to do that, I won't be giving any instructions. I'll just be making gibberish out myself. And then from here, Letting the gibberish quiet down, Either standing in stillness or coming to sit in stillness. I'm just taking equal amount of time here to just witness your body, Your mind, Your emotions after this. So those three bells mark the end of this expression embodiment practice, Placing your hands in front of your chest, And taking a moment here to thank yourself for trying, For showing up. Thank you.