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Workout 7 — The Pelvis Block
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The pelvic block — the foundation. Where suppressed arousal and pleasure get stored, and why this one's last. 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 work o...
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In this lesson you will learn:
- The pelvic block is the foundational segment — where tension from suppressed arousal and pleasure accumulates
- Reich's rule: don't work on the pelvis until the other six blocks have been released first — which is why this is Workout 7
- Ilana is direct about sexuality and sensuality; notes that some women have trouble moving sensually at all, and that's the point to be gentle with