🌊 The Art of Micro-Bending: Flow, Fascia, and the Wisdom of Surrender

We live in a world that constantly tells us to hold it together.

Stand tall. Grip harder. Don’t wobble. Don’t fall.

But what if true stability doesn’t come from bracing — but from softening?

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Learning vs. Responsibility

One of the biggest lessons I’ve been anchoring lately is this: learning is not the same as responsibility.

When we learn, we receive.

When we take responsibility, we carry.

During a recent live, I felt that old impulse to carry the weight of someone else’s expectation. But then I remembered: I don’t have to confuse the two. I can learn from the moment, soften my fascia, and stay in flow — without picking up something that isn’t mine.

This is the micro-bend of life.

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The Dance Teacher’s Wisdom

My friend Jojo, when he teaches heels class — where we dance in high heels, which can be extra challenging — always says:

“Micro-bend your knees!”

When we’re up on heels, the natural reflex is to grip, stiffen, and lock the knees so we don’t wobble. But the truth? Locking actually makes us less stable.

That micro-bend creates flow and balance. It keeps you supple, alive, and supported.

My ballet teacher, Loreli, used to remind me of the same thing with my arms: never to over-extend. In ballet, over-extending the elbows looks strong from the outside, but it cuts off energy. When you micro-bend the elbow instead, not only is the line more beautiful — the energy also flows freely.

This is fascia wisdom in motion: over-extension blocks. Micro-bending opens.

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Over-Extension in Life

We’ve all been taught to over-extend:

• Over-extend your schedule.

• Over-extend your giving.

• Over-extend your responsibilities.

It looks like strength on the outside, but it cuts off flow on the inside.

When we leave space — just a little wiggle room, just a micro-bend — everything shifts. Energy returns. Breath returns. Beauty returns.

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Anchored in Mother Earth

Here’s the deeper truth: you don’t need to hold yourself up at all.

Mother Earth is already holding you.

The more you surrender, the more you remember: you are already anchored, loved, and cared for. Your job is not to brace. Your job is to flow.

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Flow Is the Balance

Life isn’t about avoiding contraction or chasing expansion. Both are natural.

The key is not to get stuck — not to freeze in one mode. Flow is the art of balance, breath by breath, moment by moment.

Just as we soften our knees, our elbows, our fascia — we soften in life. We stop over-extending, and we begin to flow.

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✨ Closing Transmission

We are not designed to hold ourselves up by force.

We are designed to flow, to micro-bend, and to be held by the Earth.

The more we soften, the more beauty, ease, and energy return to us.

Much love,

Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞