The human spectrum of emotion is vast; we can feel any number of them in any given hour. But, with the way that we’re socially taught how to express and process what we’re feeling, that scale ends up feeling a lot shorter. So how can we more consciously experience our emotions in our day-to-day lives?

According to Mark Anthony Haviland, the ability to physically experience our emotions is something that we haven’t really been taught—but it’s a skill that can grant us a deeper understanding of ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. With over 20 years of experience in bodywork, Mark has taken what he’s learned about the healing touch and transformed it into a life-changing practice for his clients.

In this episode of Your Secret is Safe with Me, Dr. Marie Murphy sits down with Mark Anthony Haviland, the Owner and Founder of Beyond Bodywork, to talk about the importance of developing a conscious relationship with your emotions. They examine the spiritual work that intimacy requires, the way we’ve been taught to understand our feelings, and why it’s important to process our emotions as physical experiences. Keep listening.