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Andrea's avatar

This was exactly the best thing I could have read first thing this morning. Even when nothing appears to be happening, something is happening. Thanks, Hanif.

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johanna sutton's avatar

Dear Hanif,

I've been listening to your book 'Shattered' on the BBC and its driven home to me the appalling shock and horror of what happened to you. I'm an elderly woman, disabled but I can still walk. Even so my sense of lost agency, being able to walk ANYWHERE, to dance to a point of exhaustion and more..... but of course it brings home to me the sheer magnitude of what you are going through. Today though I picked up on something you said about the fantasy of moving again and it reminded me of someone I met in my dance experience. A young disabled woman who was confined to a wheelchair on a professional dance course was studying choregraphy which at the time I thought was totally wierd BUt she had moneyed parents and would disappear a week at a time to Switzerland to work with visulaisation (somatic) techniques to awaken her body. I don't know how that story ended but I know from my own experiece the enabling power of imagining movement e.g. a difficult step or leap. Its something I'd forgotten so thank you for reminding me. Forgive me if I'm telling you something you already know but possibly find someone who can actively promote and help your fantasy. Much love,hope and luck. xxx

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