🌊 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™💃💞
🌟 From Storage to Flow: The Power of Floating with Integrity
Today at 20° Virgo, the cosmos invites us into a powerful threshold: the shift from storage to flow.
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.
Today is a declaration point:
✨ “I graduate from storage into flow. My fascia is a channel of truth.”
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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.
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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 (20 = Cancer)
• 🛡 Protecting your integrity (0 = Scorpio)
• 🌿 Organizing your trust and flow (Virgo)
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.
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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.
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Embody Your True Essence
Today, 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.
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🌟 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.”
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Much love,
Ikue Ueno | Dance & Fascia Oracle™ 💃💞
Why Your Neck Clicks — And How Fascia Heals It
Have you ever noticed your neck making that clicking sound when you turn it side to side? Maybe it feels tight, maybe even a little stuck. I know the feeling—I used to experience it often, especially on my right side.
What’s actually happening isn’t random. It’s fascia speaking.
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Fascia and Its Layers
At Human Garage, we describe fascia as having multiple layers—sometimes we say 10. Imagine spiderweb-like tissue layered through your whole body, connecting not only your muscles but also your organs.
When life moves us—through stress, injury, or just the rhythm of daily living—some layers of fascia move fluidly while others get sticky. This stickiness can create adhesions, stagnation, and that glued-together feeling. When one layer is moving and another is stuck, that’s when you may hear or feel that odd clicking in your neck.
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My Own Journey
In 2015, I was in a car accident that left me with soft tissue injuries on my right side and compression in my neck. I dealt with numbness, clicking, and blockages for years.
Through movement, hydration, and patience, I learned something powerful: fascia does not respond to force. Healing fascia asks for gentleness.
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Hydration Is Everything
The first step is hydration. Fascia is like a sponge—it needs minerals, silica, and vitamins to glide and heal. On my website, you’ll find my Hydration Guide if you want to go deeper into this.
But even beyond water and minerals, hydration is about energy. When fascia is well-hydrated, it listens. It softens. It remembers safety.
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Gentle Healing, Not Forcing
We often want to accelerate our healing, to push through the pain. But fascia works differently. If you force it, the body tenses up, guarding instead of releasing.
The most powerful thing you can do is to speak to your body with kindness. Say:
“Body, you’re safe. We’re not at war. We can let this go now.”
This simple communication creates undeniable inner peace. It reminds your fascia it doesn’t have to carry the old weight anymore.
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The Root Isn’t Always Where It Hurts
A clicking neck doesn’t always mean the problem is in the neck itself. Often the root is elsewhere—an old injury, tension in a different layer, or even emotional holding patterns. That’s why a gentle, whole-body approach to fascial maneuvers is so essential.
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The Lesson Fascia Taught Me
Healing fascia has taught me patience, tenderness, and deep listening. It isn’t about attacking the place that feels stuck—it’s about creating safety everywhere so the body can finally let go.
So the next time your neck clicks, remember: it’s not broken. It’s just fascia talking. And with hydration, gentle movement, and compassionate presence, your body will find its flow again.
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✨ Written with love,
Ikue Ueno | Fascia Oracle
Movement is Medicine. Movement is Liberation.
✨ 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™💃💞
🌿 Coming Home to the Body: Nervous System Regulation & Safety
For me, regulating the nervous system isn’t just about calming down — it’s about literally coming back home to the body.
Many of us carry tension, stress, or trauma that makes it difficult to feel fully present. When this happens, it’s almost as if we’re only half in our body — part of us is here, and part of us is hovering somewhere else. This creates a subtle disconnection between who we are and how we feel.
But the real journey of regulation is about feeling safe enough to exist inside the body.
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🌍 The Earth Holds Us
Mother Earth is always here, holding us. The ground beneath us, the breath we take, the way gravity roots us — all of these are reminders that we are safe, supported, and guided.
When we acknowledge this support, something softens. We don’t have to brace ourselves against life. We can rest in the knowing that the Earth herself is carrying us.
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✨ Safety Unlocks Flow
When we feel completely safe in our body, we can finally let go. Muscles release, breath deepens, and energy begins to move again.
This isn’t about being “spiritual” or knowing all the right practices. It’s simple and universal: when we feel safe, everything flows.
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💞 A Gentle Invitation
Wherever you are on your journey, take a moment to ask yourself: Do I feel safe in my body right now? If not, notice what might help you soften — maybe grounding your feet on the floor, placing a hand on your heart, or simply taking a deep breath.
Safety is the soil. From there, trust and flow naturally grow.
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🔑 Key Takeaway
Nervous system regulation is not about forcing calm — it’s about remembering that you are safe to exist, safe to feel, and safe to be carried by the Earth.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
Story Time Squat: Why I Squat After Hiking
After hiking the Grouse Grind for an hour and a half, most people would think: “Why squat now?” But for me, squatting is the reset. It softens the puffiness in my calves and ankles, restores circulation, and brings my whole body back into flow.
My History with Squatting
Growing up in Japan, squatting was natural — it was part of daily life. But I was told it would make my legs bow-shaped, and for years I avoided it out of fear. When I moved to Canada, I noticed how much chair culture dominates. People rarely sit on the floor or squat. That’s when I realized: squatting isn’t harmful — it’s healing.
Squat as Medicine
For me, squatting is not just an exercise. It’s a way to:
Release tension from the calves and ankles
Rehydrate fascia and improve circulation
Gently decompress the spine and hips
Reset between movements — whether it’s after dance, hiking, or teaching
I squat between dance classes. I squat after a hike. I squat whenever my body calls for release. What once felt like a “bad habit” has become one of my greatest tools for resetting my system.
The Science of Squatting
Modern research supports what I’ve felt in my body:
Squatting improves blood and lymphatic flow
It strengthens the core, hips, and lower body naturally
It supports digestion by gently massaging the abdominal organs
It helps maintain mobility and joint health as we age
Safety Tip
If you’re new to squatting, remember: when you come back up, do it slowly. Keep your head down and lift your hips first. You might feel a rush of blood and get lightheaded — that’s normal. It’s your body recalibrating.
Watch the Story Time Squat 🎥
I recorded this moment right after finishing the Grouse Grind — dropping my backpack, squatting, and letting my body reset at the top of the mountain. You can watch the video here:
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.)
✨ Human Garage supplements are also available on site.
👉 Click here to register and join us.
Everyone is welcome in this sanctuary of movement and fascia.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™ 💃💞
The Moment I Was Called Triple Master — What Ascension Really Means
In 2021, during a Human Garage call with Sensei Christopher, I asked a question from my heart:
If energy is always moving through us, and sometimes the messages from SiriusJoy help but sometimes they trigger — when we ascend, can we shift to such a high vibration that we are no longer controlled by those messages? In a multiverse reality, wouldn’t the experiences themselves also change as we rise?
He called me a Triple Master for asking this. ✨
That moment was pivotal for me. His answer confirmed what I had always intuited: we first feel energy, then rise above it, and eventually command it when we are fully solid in ourselves.
🌊 What Ascension Really Means
Energy exists — it moves through us like weather. At first it controls us, then we learn to work with it. The true path of ascension is to rise above it… and ultimately, to take advantage of it.
In other words, ascension isn’t about escaping reality. It’s about becoming so centered in our own frequency that we are no longer controlled by passing energies. Instead, we consciously work with them — transforming triggers into teachings, and challenges into opportunities for mastery.
🌌 My Chart & Lineage
In the SiriusJoy step system, anyone with placements over 20° is considered a Master. My chart holds many of these degrees — which means I have lived many lives, carrying mastery across lifetimes.
As I’ve walked this path, I’ve begun remembering my many lives as a priestess, where these codes were already alive within me. These memories are not fantasies — they are the soul’s way of reminding us of what we already carry.
At the time of that call, Sensei Christopher referenced my placements as 26° Libra (Sun), 20° Leo (Rising), and 28° Aquarius (Moon). Later, when I met him in person, he confirmed through SiriusJoy’s more accurate system that my true Rising is 21° Leo.
✨ The Message That Remains
Either way, the message is the same: I was seen, I was named. This is the path I walk — guiding others to rise above what once controlled them, into conscious mastery.
💃 My Work Today
Movement is medicine.
Movement is liberation.
I liberate myself so I can guide people to liberate themselves — through movement, fascia, and embodied ascension.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™ 💃💞
Movement as a Path to Liberation
Movement is more than steps. It’s more than technique, precision, or performance. For me, movement is a path to liberation—a sacred way to return home to the body, dissolve stored tension, and reconnect with the freedom we were all born to embody.
Your Body Remembers
Every client I work with—whether in a dance class or a Fascial Maneuvers session—arrives carrying stories, patterns, and history within their fascia. The fascia is more than connective tissue; it’s the body’s memory bank. Every emotion, restriction, and survival response is recorded there.
When we move with intention, we awaken this inner intelligence. We reconnect—not just with the body, but with the truth it holds.
Dance and Fascial Maneuvers: Two Portals, One Purpose
My work bridges two worlds—dance and fascial liberation—but both lead to the same place: freedom.
In my dance classes, movement becomes an act of self-expression, a release of what’s been held back, and a reclamation of the body’s natural rhythm.
In Fascial Maneuvers sessions, we soften patterns stored deep in the tissue, unwind stress responses, and allow the fascia to breathe and flow again.
Two modalities, one mission: to guide you back to the freedom encoded in your fascia.
Why Liberation Matters
When tension dissolves, truth awakens.
When the body remembers safety, the soul remembers its power.
This is why I do what I do—not to “fix” you, but to guide you back to the freedom that has always been yours.
Join Me
Whether through dance or Fascial Maneuvers, I invite you into this journey:
to move, to release, to remember.
Ready to reclaim your freedom?
✨ Book a session | Join a class
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
Good Boundaries Help Us Feel Safe
Introduction: Safety Is an Inside Job
Most of us were taught to find safety outside ourselves — in people, situations, or circumstances.
But true safety doesn’t come from controlling the world around us. It comes from knowing where you end and someone else begins.
And that starts with good boundaries.
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Why Boundaries Are Not Walls
Many people confuse boundaries with shutting people out.
But boundaries are not about rejection — they’re about connection with clarity.
• Boundaries define what’s okay and what’s not okay
• They create clean, reciprocal exchanges
• They protect our energy, nervous system, and body
When your boundaries are clear, your body can finally relax.
Because your system trusts you to keep it safe.
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The Fascia Connection: Why Your Body Reacts
In my work with fascial maneuvers, I see this all the time:
When boundaries are unclear, the fascia — our body’s connective tissue network — tightens to compensate.
Your jaw clenches.
Your chest closes.
Your belly knots up.
But when boundaries are anchored?
The body softens. The fascia trusts you again.
Safety isn’t just a thought — it’s something your body feels.
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Why Good Boundaries Create Freedom
When you have strong boundaries:
• You no longer overgive to be liked
• You stop carrying other people’s trauma
• You don’t need to prove your worth
• You choose clients, relationships, and opportunities based on resonance, not pressure
Safety gives you space to breathe, create, and move — without bracing for impact.
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Mantra to Anchor Safety
“I am safe because I have good boundaries.
My body trusts me to protect it.
I am the river — I flow, I cleanse, I release.”
Say it. Breathe it. Let your fascia feel it.
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Closing
Boundaries aren’t about pushing people away.
They’re about letting the right people closer — in safety, respect, and reverence.
This is how healing happens. This is how the nervous system resets.
This is how we come home to ourselves.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞
Regulating Your Nervous System Isn’t About “Chilling Out” — It’s About Coming Home to Yourself
When most people hear “nervous system regulation,” they think it means learning how to stay calm, relaxed, and chill no matter what happens.
But that’s not the whole story. That’s just the surface.
True regulation isn’t about forcing yourself to look composed.
It isn’t about suppressing your feelings or pretending you’re “unbothered.”
True regulation is deeper.
It’s about making peace with your past.
It’s about making peace with yourself.
And when you do, you create the safety you need to truly live.
Why “Chilling Out” Isn’t the Goal
For so many people, regulating the nervous system gets mistaken for “just calming down.”
But forcing your body into fake relaxation is not the same as being regulated.
Real regulation doesn’t mean avoiding your emotions; it means feeling safe enough to process them.
It’s about creating space in your body where the past doesn’t control you anymore.
When you regulate, you’re not numbing yourself.
You’re freeing yourself.
Returning Home to Yourself
To regulate is to return home.
It’s softening your grip on old stories.
It’s loosening the weight of survival patterns your body has carried for years.
It’s finally feeling safe enough to live in your own skin.
Your nervous system holds every memory, every adaptation, every moment you thought you had to “get it right.”
When you make peace with the past, your system stops fighting itself.
And in that safety, you remember who you are.
From Regulation to Liberation
When you learn to regulate, you reclaim choice.
You no longer repeat the old loops.
You no longer spiral in overthinking or self-protection.
You can finally change the trajectory of your life.
This is why I teach the way I do — through movement, fascia, and nervous system awareness.
Because when your body feels safe, your spirit can breathe.
When you make peace with your past, you create the freedom to be fully here, fully alive, fully you.
You are not broken.
You are remembering.
You are coming home.
Much love,
Ikue | Dance & Fascia Oracle™💃💞