Reclaiming the Root: The Moment Wellness Failed Me

Written By Lona Vena

How do we find true liberation from pain when the soil we are planted in is toxic?In this second leg of The Breath of Liberation, we step off the pavement and into the quiet, blue hour of the garden. Joining Suks is Leyla Firatli, a practitioner who has walked the long, often lonely road of chronic pain recovery through the heavy fog of a Western medical system that wasn't designed to hold her.

Together, they look beneath the manicured hedges of colonial wellness to name the ghost architecture that keeps us root-bound. This is a conversation about the relief that comes when we realize the monster isn't living in us, but was actually a structure built around us.For those seeking chronic pain recovery, this conversation is a reclamation. We explore:

  • The sensory truth of how pain comes into being.

  • How to move toward a liberation from pain by shifting from personal blame to systemic healing.

  • The power of decolonial healing and mind-body medicine as a tool for returning to our original nature.

Whether you are here as a student of breathwork or a professional interested in Breathwork Facilitator Training by Inspire Breathwork, come sit with us in the mind-body healing space where we remember that you don’t have to "fix" your leaves to be worthy of the soil. Connect with Leyla:

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