Author: Ann Saffi Biasetti
In “Your Body Never Meant You Any Harm: A Somatic Guide to Forgiving and Healing Your Relationship With Your Body,” an upcoming book by Ann Saffi Biasetti out in July, you will find plenty of reasons to celebrate your figure — no matter what size or shape it is in.
Published by Shambhala and distributed by Penguin Random House, this book is launching just in time for summer, when many of us look in the mirror and reflect on how our body looks — or does not.
The book is split into three main parts: understanding, embodying, and embracing.
Each chapter also contains multiple practices for experiential growth. These are based on two categories: embodied reflections, and embodied practices.
With more than 35 years of experience, Biasetti is a “transpersonal psychologist” and licensed clinical social worker, who has guided and supported individuals for decades as they healed their relationships with their bodies through movement and self-compassion.
But more importantly, she writes candidly about her relationship with her own body, making it a more relatable read.
She also asks some poignant questions, writing: “‘Your Body Never Meant You Any Harm’ is a psychospiritual, somatic guide that helps you reconnect with one of the most important relationships in your life: the one that you have with your body.
“How did we go from being born as fully embodied, deeply connected, sensing and feeling individuals to feeling disconnected from our bodies or even at war with them? How did we come to feel shame, hatred, disgust, fear, disappointment, and betrayal toward our bodies?”
Each page then offers gentle guidance and reflective exercises to try to find answers.
By the last page you will be able to at least be aware of the layers we have to shed in order to be more at home with our own bodies.
The dedication page also reflects the deeply personal themes the work carries. She writes: “I dedicate this book to my daughter Olivia, who inspires me daily with her strength, wisdom, and ability to show up in the world just as she is.”
She continues: “To my mom, who passed away during the writing of this book, I love you and know you did your best to be free. May you now be free from pain and suffering.”
