🌸 Urge vs. Urgency: Moving from Somatic Truth Instead of Panic

Not everything fast is urgent.

Some things move quickly because they’re true.

As someone who lives and leads from the body, I’ve learned to feel the difference between urgency and urge. It’s subtle, but powerful. One tightens the fascia. The other frees it. And when you move from the right one, your entire reality recalibrates.

🌪 Urgency is Fight-or-Flight Dressed Up as Productivity

We’re taught to glorify urgency.

To rush. To hustle. To keep up with timelines that weren’t even made for our nervous system.

Urgency comes from fear—of being late, missing out, disappointing others, or not being enough.

It shows up in the body as tension, breathlessness, and tight fascia.

And even when it looks productive on the outside, it’s reactive on the inside.

It says:

“Move now or else.”

This is the root of burnout. Of disconnection. Of living out of sync with your own timing.

💗 Urge is a Somatic Yes

Then there’s urge—the quiet, clear pulse that rises from deep within.

It doesn’t scream. It doesn’t rush. But it’s unmistakably alive.

Urge is what happens when your body, heart, and field align with divine timing.

It feels like:

“Yes. Now. Because it’s true.”

It’s not performative. It’s not forced.

It’s felt.

And when you follow it, everything flows—because you’re not fighting time, you’re dancing with it.

🌊 Embodiment Means Knowing the Difference

Today I followed the urge.

Not the urgency.

And it made all the difference.

I took action—not from panic, but from peace.

And the result? Ease. Flow. Alignment.

This is leadership from the body.

This is what it means to be anchored in fascia, not force.

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💬 What about you?

What are you being urged to do—not out of pressure, but out of love?

Can you pause before you act, and feel:

Is this urgency, or is this urge?

Your body already knows.

Let it lead.

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🌸 Join my weekly classes in Vancouver or tune into my daily Instagram Lives for more embodied teachings.

You don’t need to rush to arrive—you just need to move in truth.

Much love,

Ikue Ueno | Fascia Oracle™ & Dance Embodiment Mentor