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Workout 1 — The Eye Block
18 min readvideo
The ocular block — where fear and suppressed feelings live. Ilana introduces Wilhelm Reich and starts with the eyes. This is a 18-minute somatic dance-movement session from Ilana Sukhorukova's Body Awakening program, rooted in Wilhelm Reich's seven-segment theory of body-held emotional tension. The...
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In this lesson you will learn:
- The ocular (eye) block is the first segment Reich identified — tension here stores fear and suppressed feeling
- Work includes palming, widened gaze, eye movement in all directions, and breath coordination
- Ilana introduces Wilhelm Reich's theory of seven body segments in the opening minutes