Finding Your Ground: A 7-Minute Somatic Centering Practice
Release Date: 03/06/2026
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info_outlineMany leaders today are experiencing "Quiet Cracking," a state of Burnout 2.0 where we are expected to remain high-functioning while navigating empathy fatigue and physical exhaustion. The expectation is to "power through," but this move erodes our creative vision and ability to connect with others. If you feel this internal crumbling, know that you aren't failing; you are simply reacting to a culture where logic alone cannot solve our most polarizing global challenges. To help you find your way back, I am sharing a 7-minute somatic centering practice.
Why We Center
Centering is a practice that helps us stay present, connected, and open - even in the face of suffering. By returning to this physical place in our bodies, we:
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Counteract "Quiet Cracking". Move from automatically "powering through" to finding a grounding presence to be with what is emerging.
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Prioritize Human Sustainability. Align your body's biology with your actual capacity for leadership to find a pace that can sustain your available energy rather than deplete it.
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Reclaim the Present. Stop "leapfrogging" over your life by reconnecting with your tissues to land in the present moment, all that there is.
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Cultivate Resilience. Create a body-based home to return to when you are stirred or activated, so you respond rather than react to this moment.
Practice Highlights
In this guided session, you will:
- Expand Your Awareness. Soften your gaze to move out of the “tunnel vision” of crisis and toward imagining new possibilities.
- Connect to Purpose. Focus on your breath and your body as you answer: What matters most to me right now? to name the future you desire.
- Embody Dignity. Feel the length of your body as a reminder that your worth is not tied to your productivity, but simply to the fact that you exist as you are.
Show Notes & Resources
- 🎉 Join the Belonging Practice. Practice somatic leadership skills at our monthly Belonging Practice on Wednesday, March 25th, to build these skills in community.
- 🚀 Learn in Community. Apply to be considered to join our next Roads Less Traveled Coaching Cohort taking place this May.
- 📚 Stay Connected with Me. Learn about future Belonging Community gatherings by joining the Belonging Movement Newsletter.
- 📚 Get the Books: Dive deeper into the methodology by picking up Rhodes' bestselling books, Belonging at Work and Imagine Belonging. Shop Here
Thank You for Growing the #BelongingMovement!