Lifting Heavy Things Quotes

“You can’t address your needs if you don’t know what they are, and you can’t know your own needs if you cannot feel them. And when you’re overwhelmed by stress and have been thrust outside your window of tolerance, you will likely flee your body in one way or another and not have access to that embodied knowing.”
― Laura Khoudari, Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep at a Time

“[F]itness, as we often use the term, tells us virtually nothing about how fit we are to complete certain tasks. When we say someone is “fit,” it’s almost never because we saw them demonstrate said fitness, but because they have a certain body type that leads us to assume what they can or can’t do. These industries aren’t selling fitness, but the promise of a socially acceptable body.”
― Laura Khoudari, Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep at a Time