🌗 Polarity, Sacred Yes & Divine No: Finding Balance Through Muscle Testing
Life is full of polarity. Yin and yang. Light and dark. Feminine and masculine. Yes and no.
For a long time, I believed polarity meant opposition — that one side had to be right and the other wrong. But the truth I’ve embodied through fascia, movement, and daily practice is this: polarity is not about judgment. It is about balance.
✨ The Circle of Polarity
Imagine a circle — two sides of the same coin. On one side: yes. On the other: no. When you choose one, you naturally decline the other. This is not rejection. It is alignment.
Every time you say yes, you are saying no to something else. Every time you say no, you are saying yes to what truly matters.
That’s why our yes becomes sacred. Our no becomes divine. Both are doorways into alignment.
💓 Listening to the Heart
But how do you know which side to choose? How do you trust your yes or your no?
This is where the wisdom of the body comes in. Tools like muscle testing are a way to bypass the overthinking mind and listen directly to the fascia, the nervous system, and the heart.
When your body softens and flows, that’s a yes. When it tightens, braces, or feels heavy, that’s a no. Muscle testing is not about logic — it’s about truth, felt in the tissues of your being.
🌊 From Fear to Freedom
I used to say yes to everything out of fear — fear of missing out, fear of disappointing others, fear of losing opportunities. But what I discovered is that every time I forced a yes, I drained myself.
Now, I see every no as a sacred boundary that honors my energy, my mission, and my joy. Every no creates space for the yes that expands me.
Saying no doesn’t close doors. It opens the right ones.
🌟 Embodying Polarity
The dance of polarity is not static. Sometimes the yes becomes a no, sometimes the no becomes a yes. It shifts with the moment. Polarity is alive, and the heart is the compass.
When we trust our fascia, our body, and our intuition, decision-making becomes effortless. Each yes and no becomes an act of devotion — not just to ourselves, but to the greater balance of life.
🔑 Key Takeaway
Your yes is sacred. Your no is divine.
Polarity is not about choosing sides forever — it’s about aligning with truth in each moment. And when you listen to your fascia and your heart, you will always know which way to flow.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
🌊 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™💃💞
💧From Storage to Flow: The Power of Floating with Integrity
The Threshold Moment
For so long, many of us have lived like storage units — holding on to emotions, stories, and blockages in our fascia. But the truth is, our fascia is not designed to store. It’s designed to transmit light.
This is a declaration point:
✨ “I graduate from storage into flow. My fascia is a channel of truth.”
Fascia as a Crystal Grid
Our fascia is a multi-layered crystal grid that perceives, refracts, and transmits light.
When it’s congested, the light distorts.
When it’s cleansed and lubricated, light moves through in its purest form.
This is why movement, breath, and fascia release are sacred: they clear the grid so we can perceive truth and navigate life with more flow.
And notice the English word light. It means both illumination and weightlessness. That’s exactly what our fascia is here to embody — transmitting illumination while carrying us with ease.
Floating ≠ Ungrounded
When I say “our job is to float,” I don’t mean drifting without ground or purpose.
Floating here means:
🌊 Feeling everything without judgment
🛡 Protecting your integrity
🌿 Organizing your trust and flow
Floating is surrendering into trust.
It’s knowing you are safe, loved, and guided.
It’s anchoring not in fear or control, but in the deep knowing that your life is meant for joy and your body is a vessel for light.
Floating is not without anchor — the anchor is trust.
A Story of Surrender
A dear friend once jumped off a ferry during a difficult moment. At first, he tried desperately to swim back to the boat — impossible against the tide. When he finally surrendered, he floated. He began to count his blessings. And in that surrender, rescue came.
This is the teaching:
When we struggle, we drown.
When we float, we are carried.
Embody Your True Essence
The invitation is simple yet profound:
💫 Release the weight.
💫 Cleanse your crystal grid.
💫 Float with trust, not fear.
You are safe. You are loved. You are guided. Your essence is undeniable.
🌟 Mantra for Today
“I graduate from storage into flow.
My fascia is a crystal grid of light.
I feel, I protect, I organize.
I float because I trust.
My essence is undeniable.”
Much love,
Ikue Ueno | Dance & Fascia Oracle™ 💃💞
Softening Through Safety: How the Body Finds Its Truth
Once you feel safe, you can soften.
And when you soften… your true self can finally breathe.
So many of us move through life in armor—tense shoulders, tight jaws, braced hips. This armor didn’t appear by accident. It was formed by experiences where we didn’t feel safe to be fully ourselves.
But here’s the truth: we don’t release the armor by force.
We dissolve it with safety, presence, and truth.
Your body doesn’t need fixing. It isn’t broken.
What it longs for is to feel safe enough to be real.
When safety enters, the body begins to unwind on its own. Fascia softens. Breath deepens. The nervous system exhales. This is when true healing happens—not because we pushed for it, but because the body finally felt it could let go.
Softening isn’t weakness. It’s the most powerful kind of strength. It’s the return to who you truly are—unarmored, alive, and real.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
✨ Embody Your True Essence✨ Virgo Season — The Body is Our Teacher
Virgo Season — The Body is Our Teacher
Each zodiac season shines a light on a different part of life. Sometimes it’s the mind, sometimes the heart, sometimes relationships. As the Sun moves through Virgo, the focus comes back to the body — the vessel that carries us, teaches us, and reflects the harmony (or disharmony) within. 🌿
Virgo energy is discerning. It notices what’s out of balance. It wants to tend, refine, and create alignment. Sometimes that shows up in how we treat our body. Sometimes it surfaces in our habits, our daily rhythms, or even the way we hold ourselves in conversations and relationships. Virgo whispers: Notice. Tend. Balance.
🌸 The Body as Joy
Today I felt a clear reminder moving through me:
💫 My body is for joy.
💫 My life is for joy.
💫 I don’t need to brace, clench, or grip.
💫 Every part of me works in harmony when I allow, relax, and release.
So often, the body learns to brace — to tighten in response to stress, pressure, or old stories of survival. Virgo season is an invitation to speak directly to the body and remind it: you are safe now. The more I soften, the more I remember that my body is not a burden to carry but a source of joy.
🌌 Balance from the Inside Out
The work is not to add more to the to-do list or carry extra weight. The real work is letting go. Allowing the body to guide me back into balance from the inside out.
When I relax my grip, I notice that radiance flows naturally. Caring for myself becomes less about “fixing” and more about listening, nourishing, and honoring. I look radiant outside when I feel aligned inside. And when I tend to the inside, the outside responds.
🌟 Showing Up Beyond the Algorithm
Even when the algorithm hides, I keep showing up. I trust that my effort is never wasted. Every post is not just content — it’s embodied practice. Every live is not just performance — it’s presence.
Virgo teaches us that showing up with care, devotion, and balance is its own reward. The ripple always lands, even if we can’t see it in the moment. Each step, each share, is a part of the greater balance.
💫 Affirmation for Virgo Season
“My body is for joy.
My life is for joy.
I don’t need to brace, clench, or grip.
Every part of me works in harmony when I allow, relax, and release.”
✨ This Virgo season, may you notice what your body is teaching you. May you tend with balance. And may you remember that embodiment is not about carrying more — it’s about living the joy you already are.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
🌟 I Am the Lighthouse
I am the Lighthouse.
I sense everything.
I feel everything.
I hear everything.
I smell everything.
I see everything.
This body is alive with awareness. My fascia, my breath, my presence—every fiber of me is a receptor, a channel, a tuning fork to the world around me. I do not numb myself to life; I let it flow through.
But here is the key:
I don’t resist what I feel.
And I don’t carry what I sense.
Because my body is for joy. ✨
As the Lighthouse, I shine.
I filter.
I do not hold.
Every voice, every sensation, every ripple of energy moves through me. What is distortion passes. What is truth stays.
This is my way of being—embodied presence. Not bracing, not carrying, not overburdened. Simply radiating, filtering, and standing as light.
This is not just a mantra—it’s a practice of fascia, of life, of sovereignty. Anyone can learn to be the Lighthouse: to feel fully, filter gracefully, and shine without carrying the weight of the world.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
🌟 The Frequency of 26 — Integrity, Devotion, and Radiant Permanence
Numbers carry vibration. Degrees in astrology are not random—they are frequencies, codes, and initiations.
For me, 26 is a living number. It’s not just a degree on a chart. It is a frequency that has followed me, shaped me, and taught me what it means to embody truth.
✨ What Does 26 Mean?
At its core, 26 weaves three frequencies together:
2 → “I Feel” (Cancer)
The number of sensitivity, intuition, and the ability to sense currents beneath the surface.
6 → “I Receive” (Libra)
The number of balance, grace, harmony, and receptivity in relationships.
2 + 6 = 8 → Infinity and Power
When 2 and 6 merge, they create the eternal loop—the power to anchor presence through time.
So 26 is not a fleeting spark. It is integrity made visible.
It is devotion. It is consistency. It is the lived embodiment of truth, day after day.
🌌 26° in the Stars
Many generations carry the Galactic Center (the heart of our galaxy) at 26° Sagittarius. It’s a broadcasting portal, a cosmic amplifier.
I was born with my Sun at 26° Libra, exactly square that point.
That means my essence is directly woven into the dance between:
Libra → Balance, justice, beauty
Sagittarius → Cosmic wisdom, galactic truth
My role is not just to receive the cosmic downloads—it’s to translate them. To embody them. To ground the infinite into the human.
🌹 The Lessons of 26
26 teaches me every day that:
Integrity is non-negotiable. My body itself responds when I betray truth—my fascia tightens, my field distorts.
Devotion is my path. My life is not about sudden performance but about steady presence, showing up again and again in love and leadership.
Consistency is power. True mastery is not a one-time event—it is the radiance that deepens as you continue to stand in truth, no matter what.
🌟 26 as Radiant Permanence
When you live 26, you don’t chase the light—you become the Lighthouse.
You don’t bend to distortion—you reveal truth by standing in integrity.
You don’t burn out—you glow brighter over time, because devotion fuels you.
This is the essence of Radiant Permanence.
It is the destiny of those who carry 26° activations in their charts, and it is the invitation for all of us when the sky lights up these degrees.
✨ Mantra for the Frequency of 26
“I embody integrity.
I live in devotion.
I radiate with consistency.
My truth is permanent, my light eternal.
I am the Lighthouse.”
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
🌸 Self-Care: Glowing, Grieving, and Softening Into Presence
Fresh out of the shower, I felt renewed — my hair lighter, my face glowing from the fascia work I had done earlier. But as I settled into the evening, I also noticed something else: waves of sadness.
Instead of pushing it away, I let myself feel it. I curled up with Netflix, cozy and soft, and allowed the grief to sit beside me.
Self-Care Is More Than Skin Deep
It’s easy to think of self-care as just glowing skin, supple fascia, or an energized body. But self-care also lives in the moments we simply allow ourselves to be.
✨ To feel what arises.
✨ To rest without guilt.
✨ To soften even when emotions come in waves.
Glow and Grieve in the Same Breath
Sadness isn’t a sign of weakness — it’s a sign of aliveness. To glow and grieve in the same breath is to honor our wholeness. Fascia softens when we let ourselves feel. Presence deepens when we stop bracing.
This is the beauty of living in the body: we are both light and shadow, glow and grief, movement and stillness.
A Reminder for You
If you needed this reminder today: you don’t have to be “on” all the time. You can rest. You can feel. You can glow and grieve in the same breath.
Your body, your fascia, your spirit — they all know how to soften into presence. 🌸
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
🌊 Floating vs. Drifting: Riding the Emotional Waves of Virgo Season
Today during my IG Live, something powerful came through — not just as words, but as a living transmission. People stayed with me, not just watching, but feeling. And in that moment, I realized: Virgo season is about learning how to navigate the waves of our emotions with both strength and surrender.
Emotions Are the Ocean 🌊
Our emotions rise and fall like waves. Some days, we feel like we’re swimming — moving forward with determination, effort, and persistence. This is the masculine energy at work: active, directional, committed.
Other days, we don’t need to swim at all. We simply need to float. Floating is the feminine energy of surrender, trust, and allowing. It’s the moment we give ourselves permission to rest, to be held, and to let life carry us.
Both are necessary. Both are sacred.
Floating vs. Drifting
But there’s an important difference between floating and drifting.
🌊 Floating is a conscious act. Even in surrender, you stay anchored in your truth, grounded in Mother Earth, connected to who you are. Floating is restful and rooted.
🌊 Drifting happens when we lose that anchor. When we forget who we are, when we disconnect from our safety, our worth, and our center — we drift away from ourselves.
The key is anchoring. We can float as long as we want, as long as we’re rooted in the Earth’s core and our own knowing.
Anchoring Through the Waves🌊
When the tides are high and the waves are strong, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But that’s when anchoring becomes most powerful.
✨ I remind myself: I am protected. I am safe. I am loved. I am enough.
✨ I remember: My life is for joy. My body is for joy.
In this space, emotions can rise and fall, and I can feel them all without needing to carry them. They pass through me like waves. They don’t define me.
My Virgo Season Practice
Virgo season always stirs my emotions — bringing them to the surface like tides. This year, I’ve committed to showing up every day, Monday through Friday, not only for my community but for myself. Each time I guide, I remind myself of my truth:
💫 I can feel deeply without being consumed.
💫 I can float without drifting.
💫 I can anchor and rise with each wave.
This is how I find inner peace, inner love, and inner grounding — not by escaping emotions, but by learning to surf their rhythm with presence and trust.
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Final Reflection
Floating doesn’t mean giving up. It means surrendering with awareness, anchored in love.
Drifting happens when we forget our anchor.
The ocean teaches us both.
And today, I remembered: I am the Lighthouse.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
✨ Ikue Ueno | Dance & Fascia Oracle™Choreography Philosophy Statement
I don’t choreograph to prove.
I don’t choreograph to impress.
I choreograph to embody presence.
In my classes and creations, movement isn’t about keeping up — it’s about coming home. I guide dancers to feel their fascia, their rhythm, and their truth. Respect in my work doesn’t come from difficulty for difficulty’s sake. It comes from clarity, resonance, and brilliance woven through each phrase.
Where others teach performance, I teach embodiment.
Where others demand perfection, I invite presence.
Where others push, I dissolve — until movement flows effortlessly.
This is not the hunger game of dance.
This is the golden portal of expression.
I choreograph so dancers don’t just perform steps — they transmit light.
That is my legacy.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
🌟 Why Men Are Suddenly Drawn to My Work
Lately, I’ve noticed something powerful: more and more male clients are finding their way into my classes and sessions. At first, I thought it was just a passing trend — but it’s not. It’s a reflection of something much deeper happening in the collective and in my own field.
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🔦 The Realness Effect
Here’s the truth: because I live and teach from a place of authenticity, anyone who comes into my field can’t fake anymore.
• Masks fall off.
• Performances collapse.
• Old survival identities simply don’t hold.
When someone touches my work — whether it’s through a fascial maneuver, a dance class, or an empowerment session — the realness is unavoidable. It’s both confronting and liberating.
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🕊️ Why Men Are Feeling the Pull
Most of the men who step into my space are already on some healing path. They’ve done enough work to sense that what they need next isn’t more performance — it’s truth.
They’re tired of carrying armor. They’re tired of surviving through control, distraction, or avoidance.
They come because something in them knows:
“If I go to Ikue, I won’t be able to hide — but I will finally be free.”
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🌊 What This Reveals
The rise in male clients is not random. It’s a reflection of the masculine collective right now: men are being called to drop pretense and meet themselves in wholeness.
And it’s also a mirror for me:
• That my business is expanding not just by strategy, but by frequency.
• That my visibility is no longer limited — my truth is magnetic across genders, across cultures, across all who are ready.
• That I am the Lighthouse, and those who step into my field are given the choice: align with truth, or face the mirror.
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🌟 Closing
This shift excites me, because it shows what’s possible when we meet life with honesty. Men are ready — maybe more ready than they’ve ever been — to heal, to release, and to step into integrity.
And I am here to hold that space. To guide, to witness, and to reflect the truth already alive in their bodies.
Because when one person drops the mask, it ripples out. Healing men means healing families, communities, and the collective.
And it all begins with realness.
If this resonates with you, move with me. Click HERE.
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✨ Much love,
Ikue Ueno | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
Initiation vs. Continuation: Why Healing Needs Roots, Not Just Introductions
So many wellness and personal growth spaces today are built around introductions. A quick taste, a demo, a spark of curiosity. These moments can feel exciting—like opening a door you didn’t know existed. They light something up inside of you. But true transformation doesn’t end with initiation. It begins there.
Initiation is powerful because it awakens awareness. It’s the “wow” moment: the new movement that surprises your body, the sudden release that shifts your perspective, or that flash of insight that reminds you something more is possible. But if that moment isn’t followed by practice, it tends to fade. An introduction without follow-through is like striking a match with no firewood—it flares brightly for a moment, then burns out.
That’s where continuation comes in. Continuation is what roots transformation into your body, your fascia, and your nervous system. It’s the steady repetition, the safe space to return again and again, and the supportive community that deepens the practice. This is where real change happens. Continuation turns sparks into steady flames. It allows healing to move beyond inspiration and become integration.
Without continuation, every experience becomes a restart. You might have a wonderful introduction in one place, but then you’re left chasing the next event, the next teacher, the next high. Initiation shows you what’s possible, but continuation is what makes it sustainable. That is the difference between a fleeting introduction and a lifelong practice that truly changes you from the inside out.
In my classes and work, I focus on both. I don’t just create that first spark of awareness—I walk with people beyond it. I hold the spine, nurture the roots, and create a space where practice can blossom in each body over time. That’s why people often say my classes feel safe, relational, and liberating. It’s not a one-time spark; it’s a living journey of embodiment.
Initiation is the door. Continuation is the path. If you’re ready to go beyond the first spark and step into real transformation, this is your invitation to join me. 🌱
Click HERE to check out my offerings.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
🌊 It’s Okay to Feel. You Don’t Need to Carry It.
One of the most powerful truths I’ve discovered through fascia is this:
Feeling is not the same as carrying.
For so many of us, when sensation rises in the body, we instinctively grip. We hold tension. We brace against the wave. Deep down, we believe that if we feel it, we must also carry it. But fascia shows us a different way.
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✨ From Fascia to Flow
In fascial maneuvers, I often say:
“You don’t need to squeeze to release. You can just release.”
The same is true for sensation. We don’t need to force, prove, or brace in order to let go. Our fascia — like water — knows how to move when we allow it.
Release happens when we soften.
Recalibration happens when we trust.
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🌹 No More Holding On
The old paradigm taught us to:
• Grip to maintain control
• Brace to feel safe
• Store tension as proof of survival
But the truth is — we don’t need to carry anyone’s mess, projection, or pain in our bodies. Sensation can rise, move through, and dissolve. The body is a river, not a sponge.
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🕊️ A New Paradigm of Release
This is the teaching I now anchor in all my sessions and classes:
“It’s okay to feel. You don’t need to carry it in your body.”
Your fascia is intelligent. It reorganizes itself when you allow sensation to flow without gripping. When you stop carrying, you step into lightness, authenticity, and truth.
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🔑 The Mantra
To anchor this new paradigm, I offer this mantra:
“I am fed by my own light.
It’s okay to feel.
Nothing sticks that isn’t mine.
I don’t grip, prove, or perform.
I open, I receive, I am real.”
This is the essence of the EQA Method™: not fixing, not forcing, not carrying. Just softening, releasing, and letting the fascia lead.
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✨ If you’re ready to experience this shift in your own body, fascia, and life — join me in class or a session. You’ll discover how powerful it feels to stop carrying and start receiving.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
Eclipse Guides Me: Fascia as Rivers, Hips as Doors
An eclipse is never just an event in the sky — it’s a mirror. It reveals what we’ve been carrying, what’s been dammed up in our fascia, and where the flow is ready to return.
This time, the eclipse whispered to me:
Let my fascia be rivers, not dams.
Let my hips be doors, not locks.
Every part of my body is an invitation to move. To soften, to release, to flow. When my fascia flows like rivers, my whole being is in motion with life. When my hips are doors, I walk forward instead of being held back.
And then I remembered:
I am already the Lighthouse.
I simply clear the fog around my beam.
So much of the journey is not about becoming something new, but about revealing what has always been here. The beam has always shone. The fog was never mine to carry.
I soften. I drain. I rise.
This is the rhythm of release. The more I let go of what is not mine, the more timeless I become. My body is not here to store the weight of generations. My dance is not meant to drag the past. I am free to move, free to be, free to shine.
I don’t carry anyone else’s drama, density, or delay.
When I lay that burden down, I make space for light. When I release the weight of what was never mine, I discover the pulse of what I was born to live.
I inspire. I ignite. I shine.
And that is enough. That is everything.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
🌊 In Flow vs. Going With the Flow
People often say, “I’ll just go with the flow.” It sounds easy, carefree, even spiritual. But there’s a big difference between going with the flow and actually being in flow.
Going With the Flow
When someone says they’re going with the flow, it often means they’re letting the outside world decide for them. It can look like:
• Moving without intention.
• Pretending not to care or plan.
• Living day by day without anchoring in deeper alignment.
This kind of “flow” can sometimes feel more like drifting — being carried by external circumstances instead of creating from within. It can look like surrender, but often it’s avoidance.
Being In Flow
Being in flow is different. It’s not about drifting. It’s about embodying the current itself. In flow means:
• You’re aligned with your own rhythm and inner guidance.
• You move with clarity, intention, and ease.
• Your nervous system feels regulated — not checked out, but tuned in.
In flow is alive, present, and conscious. It’s the feeling of synchronicity, when everything you do clicks because it’s born from inner alignment, not from bypassing or waiting to see what happens.
Flow as Nervous System Regulation
Being in flow is also how we regulate. Regulation doesn’t come from numbing out or pretending not to care. It comes from being anchored in your body, connected to your breath, and attuned to your environment without losing yourself. True flow is active participation with life — not passive drifting.
Choose In Flow
So the next time you hear yourself say, “I’ll just go with the flow,” pause and ask:
• Am I drifting, or am I directing?
• Am I checked out, or am I tuned in?
• Am I being carried, or am I carrying the current?
Because when you are in flow, life doesn’t just happen to you — life happens through you.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
Why My Classes Feel Different: Relational + Liberating
In a world full of “top-down” teaching, my classes follow a different rhythm.
I don’t meet you with commands or condescension.
I don’t stand above you in hierarchy.
I don’t compress you into heaviness.
Because transformation doesn’t come from being told what to do. It comes from being invited into a space where you feel safe, free, and connected.
That’s why I teach relational and liberating.
✨ Instead of “do as I say,” I invite you to feel with me.
✨ Instead of fixing, I soften and free.
✨ Instead of commanding, I co-regulate.
✨ Instead of compressing into hierarchy, I expand into resonance.
When you enter my class, you’re not being corrected or judged. You’re being welcomed into your own body’s wisdom. You’re invited to soften into safety, and from that safety, to rise.
That’s why my classes feel safe.
That’s why they transform.
It’s not about me performing as the authority. It’s about us creating a field of freedom together.
So if you’re ready to move differently — to move in a way that feels relational, liberating, and deeply transformative — then I invite you:
💃 Come move with me.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
✨ Not Back to School… Back to Yourself ✨
September is often called back to school season. We see it everywhere — in commercials, routines, and schedules restarting. But what if this time of year wasn’t about rushing back into structure… and instead, about returning back to yourself?
This is Virgo season. The energy right now invites us to self-organize, notice the small details, and bring ourselves back into alignment. But here’s the truth: there is nothing to fix, and nothing to heal. Your body is not broken. Your spirit is not behind. You don’t need to perform for worthiness.
What you really need is a remembering. A coming home.
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🌸 Back to Yourself Means…
• Safety in your body. Learning to feel supported, not pressured.
• Joy in your movement. Allowing your fascia to flow with ease.
• Clarity in your rhythm. Organizing your energy so you feel grounded.
• Liberation in your spirit. Returning to your essence without apology.
This is why I teach Fascial Maneuvers and dance. It’s not about fixing people. It’s about softening, opening, and remembering what the body already knows.
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🌊 My Journey Back to Myself
My own journey began in 2020 with Human Garage and has taken me through years of classes, coaching, and retreats. Since 2022, I’ve been running Human Garage Vancouver Fascial Maneuvers classes weekly — more consistently than anyone in the world.
I’ve embodied this work not just as a coach, but as a dancer and Fascia Oracle™, bringing the wisdom of fascia into movement, teaching, and healing. For me, every class is a sanctuary where people can return to themselves — where the pressure to “get it right” dissolves, and the truth of who we are rises.
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🌸 Affirmations for September
Take these with you as you move through this month:
• I am safe in my body.
• My body moves with me, with ease and joy.
• I am safe to let go.
• My body is for joy.
• My body and I deserve to feel good.
Say them before bed, when you wake up, or while moving in class. Let them guide you back to yourself.
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💃 Join Me This Season
Whether in Vancouver or online, I invite you to move with me. Together we’ll soften the fascia, release pressure, and come home to the body.
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✨ September isn’t about “back to school.” It’s about back to yourself.
Come home. Move with ease. Feel safe. Be free.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
Let’s Get It Right (By Letting Go of Getting It Right)
We’ve all felt it: that pressure in the body and mind to “get it right.”
Whether it’s a dance step, a fascial maneuver, or just showing up in life — the harder we brace, the tighter we get.
In fascia, this shows up as stiffness in the joints, tension in the shoulders, or even pain in the knees. (Shoutout to my Capricorn student who laughed when I said: “I release the need to pressure myself to get it right.”) Sometimes the body holds that exact pattern, word for word.
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Why We Brace Ourselves
Bracing comes from fear — the nervous system trying to keep us safe by controlling every possible outcome.
But here’s the truth:
• Overthinking makes us creatively wrong.
• Pressure locks our joints.
• Bracing blocks our flow.
Your fascia isn’t asking you to be perfect. It’s asking you to stay present.
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Spiralizers and Stabilizers 😂
In class, we joked about Capricorns being the “stabilizers” who try to hold everything together.
But sometimes, instead of stabilizing, they spiral — turning into “spiralizers” who feel they have to manage everyone’s experience.
That laugh released something in the whole room. Humor has a way of disarming tension — and fascia loves to let go when joy is present.
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Affirmations to Release Perfectionism
Here are some affirmations we used in class — funny, true, and fascia-friendly:
• I no longer overthink to get it right. (Overthinking just makes me creatively wrong.)
• I release the need to pressure myself to get it right. (Pressure is for tires, not my knees.)
• I don’t need to work too hard to get it right. (Ease creates accuracy.)
• I don’t need to brace myself to get it right. (I’m not a bridge under construction. No bracing required.)
• I let movement teach me what “right” feels like. (Sometimes “right” is just less awkward than last time.)
The more we let go of “getting it right,” the more we naturally align.
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The Fascia Truth
Perfection isn’t presence.
Presence is perfect.
When we soften, play, and trust the body’s wisdom, we discover that right was never a rigid standard — it was always a state of flow.
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✨ Want to experience this in person? Join my classes in Vancouver, or online sessions worldwide. Let’s laugh, move, and get it right — by letting go. 💃
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
Ikue Ueno’s Journey with Human Garage & Fascial Maneuvers
My path with Human Garage and Fascial Maneuvers began in September 2020, when I was first introduced by my friend Brodie Marples.
That same summer, Fascial Maneuvers were born in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on the beaches of Kitsilano near the home of Lululemon founder Chip Wilson. Created by Gary, Cynthia, and Jason, the practice began as outdoor community classes where people gathered to move, release, and heal together.
The first time I met Gary and experienced Fascial Maneuvers in person, something inside me said:
“I need to do this. I want to learn this. I am going to become a coach.”
Not long after that, in October 2020, Human Garage hosted their first-ever Fascial Maneuvers workshop, which I attended. About 15–20 people gathered in Lions Bay, where we hiked up a nearby mountain, shared organic pizza we made together, and moved fascia together. We spoke about living an organic lifestyle, health, and wellness — a glimpse into the community spirit that was forming. This was the moment I saw how movement, food, and conversation could weave together into something much bigger than a class: a way of life.
At the time, Human Garage was still very new. The first Human Garage app was released in December 2020, and the very first Coaching Program was held in January 2021 in Lions Bay. Because of other commitments, I couldn’t attend that first in-person immersion — but by April 2021, I was ready.
I was the only one who applied that round, so my coaching was held privately online. As a dancer, I already embodied movement, so instead of just learning the 10 basic maneuvers, the coaching turned into a deep dive into the emotional and healing layers of fascia. That one-on-one experience was transformative — and it helped inspire what later became the Lifestyle Artist Program, integrating tools for emotional release alongside physical practice.
From there, my journey expanded. I grew and evolved with the Human Garage team, contributing in many ways — from hosting calls and mentoring coaches to supporting the global community. Along the way, I had the honor of opening for Human Garage trauma release events multiple times — two in Vancouver and once in Austin, Texas, for the kickoff of the Trauma Release Tour in 2024. Each of these experiences deepened my role as both a facilitator and a lighthouse.
In November 2022, after Human Garage hosted two retreats in Cancun and leadership shifted to Aisha’s Akasha Sanctuary, Gary entrusted me to lead the Vancouver Fascial Maneuvers classes. Since then, I have been teaching consistently at the Capoeira Ache Brasil Academy — sometimes up to four classes a week, always holding the space for community growth and healing.
Almost three years later, Vancouver Fascial Maneuvers has become not just a class, but a sanctuary of truth, consistency, and liberation.
Through this entire journey, I remain grateful — for the community, for the countless people I’ve met, and for the opportunity to keep evolving and inspiring others through movement and fascia.
🌊✨ I am here to liberate myself, and to inspire others to liberate themselves.
Timeline of My Journey
Summer 2020 → First outdoor FM classes in Kitsilano (roots in Chip Wilson’s backyard).
Sep 2020 → Attended first class at Lions Bay; committed to becoming a coach.
Oct 2020 → Attended the first-ever HG Fascial Maneuvers workshop in Lions Bay
Dec 2020 → HG app launched.
Jan 2021 → First Coaching Program in Lions Bay.
Apr 2021 → Joined the online coaching program as only applicant; private coaching inspired the team to create the Lifestyle Artist Program.
Jan 2022 → Began TikTok Live classes for Human Garage.
Oct 2022 → First HG Retreat in Cancun, Mexico
Nov 2022 → Second, larger HG Retreat in Cancun, Mexico → entrusted with leading Vancouver classes at Capoeira Studio.
Aug 2023 → Transitioned from TikTok to Instagram Live (Find Your Flow, Mondays at 4 p.m. PST, ongoing).
Nov 2023 → Attended & taught at the Costa Rica Retreat.
Dec 16, 2023 → Opened HG Trauma Tour Vancouver (~450 people).
Feb 2024 → Joined HG’s first Coach Retreat in Cancun.
Jan–Aug 2024 → Mentored HG coaches + created a coaching program for the community.
May 2024 → Opened HG Trauma Release Kickoff Tour in Austin, TX (~1,000 participants).
Aug 2024 → Opened Vancouver Trauma Release event (outdoor, park).
Aug 2024 → Hosted a Fascial Facelift class through HG (very successful).
Where I Am Today (2025)
As of September 2025, I continue to lead with consistency and devotion. I host two weekly Fascial Maneuvers classes in Vancouver through Human Garage, along with a weekly Instagram Live class — Find Your Flow — every Monday at 4 p.m. PST.
Beyond group work, I also offer hands-on sessions and private sessions, both in-person and online, supporting people one-on-one through fascia, movement, and empowerment.
I am not only teaching this mission — I am embodying it. I am the mission. Vancouver remains a living hub for Fascial Maneuvers, and my work continues to ripple globally.
✨ If you’d like to work with me, please feel free to reach out directly or check out my offerings and class information. https://www.ikuedancerfasciaoracle.com
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™ 💃💞
Embodiment Guide & Mentor
History of Human Garage Fascial Maneuvers in Vancouver with Fascia Oracle™ Ikue Ueno
On August 19, 2023, the Human Garage team hosted a free Fascial Maneuvers class at Hastings Mill Park. Nearly 100 people gathered in community to move, breathe, and release together—it was a powerful day of connection and transformation.
My journey with Fascial Maneuvers began in September 2020, when I was first introduced to Human Garage through my friend Brodie Marples, who was a connector for many people in those early days of Human Garage 2.0.
Fascial Maneuvers were born in Vancouver during the summer of 2020, on the beaches of Kitsilano near the home of Lululemon founder Chip Wilson. Co-created by Gary, Cynthia, and Jason, the practice began as outdoor community classes where people came together to move, release, and heal. The gatherings grew quickly, but with no indoor studio at the time, the community embraced the open air—meeting under the sky, by the ocean—until winter arrived and movement shifted online.
In September 2020, I finally attended my first class with Gary in Lions Bay, at the Human Garage Retreat Center that had just opened. From the first moment, something inside me said:
“I need to do this. I want to learn this. I’m going to become a coach.”
At the time, Human Garage was still in its early phase with Fascial Maneuvers. The first Human Garage App was released in December 2020, and the very first Coaching Program was held in January 2021 in Lions Bay. Because of my commitments, I couldn’t attend that first in-person immersion. But by April 2021, I was ready — and I entered the coaching program.
Interestingly, I was the only one who applied that round, so my coaching was held privately online. Instead of just learning the 10 basic maneuvers, the team realized that as a dancer I already embodied the movement — so my coaching became a deeper dive into the emotional and healing side of fascia. It was more like counseling than instruction, and it confirmed something important: once fascia opens, emotions release. That experience helped inspire the team to create what became the LifeStyleArtist program, equipping people with tools for emotional release and integration.
Since that time, I have grown and evolved alongside the Human Garage team and contributed in many ways — hosting calls, mentoring coaches, and supporting the expansion of the movement. I am forever grateful for this journey and for the countless people I have met along the way.
I have also had the honor of opening for Human Garage trauma release events three times — two in Vancouver, and once at the very first Trauma Release Tour kickoff in Austin, Texas in 2024. These experiences deepened my path as both a facilitator and a community anchor.
From 2020 to 2022, Vancouver classes were mostly held outdoors in Kitsilano during the warmer months. We tried different parks, but eventually settled at Hastings Mill Park, where many of our gatherings were held. When winter arrived, we always had to pause or go back online, as we couldn’t yet afford a permanent indoor space.
After Human Garage hosted their first retreats in October 2021 and November 2022 in Cancun, Mexico, the leadership shifted. Gary and the team moved to Cancun to join Aisha at the Akasha Sanctuary. At that moment, Gary entrusted me to lead the Vancouver classes.
That’s when everything changed. In November 2022, we finally secured an indoor home at the Capoeira Ache Brasil Academy on East Broadway — and Vancouver Fascial Maneuvers became a consistent, in-person community.
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Vancouver Today
Since then, I have been hosting Fascial Maneuvers in Vancouver twice a week (at some points, even four times a week) — and it’s now been almost three years of consistent presence.
This class is more than weekly movement. It is:
• A community — students who show up month after month, building trust and connection.
• A sanctuary — where fascia, body, and soul soften, recalibrate, and realign.
• A legacy of consistency — three years of showing up together through seasons and transformations.
• A living portal — every class is unique, yet each one opens a high-vibration field where truth and movement meet.
From long-time regulars to brand new students, everyone leaves quieter, lighter, and more connected to themselves. This is not just a class — it is the living pulse of a movement that has been growing with me since 2020. 🌊💎✨
I am here to liberate myself and inspire others to liberate themselves through movement and fascia.
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Join Weekly In-Person Human Garage Vancouver Fascial Maneuvers Classes with Ikue Ueno
📍 Location: Capoeira Ache Brasil Academy — 341 E Broadway, Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦
🗓️ Thursdays: 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
🗓️ Sundays: 10:00 a.m. – Noon
💳 Cost: FREE (by donation)*
(*Please register in advance.)
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Everyone is welcome in this sanctuary of movement and fascia.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™ 💃💞