This book is a guide to embodiment. It is filled with practices exercices, as well as explanations on the different aspects of embodiment such as emotions, sexuality, power, etc. In my opinion, there’s something helpful for everybody in this book.
As someone who has great difficulty being present in my body, this book really intimidated me at first. I was scared of how it would criticize me. However, the warm introduction alone quickly made me feel welcome and safe. One of the goals the author mentions is for the book to be practical and accessible and I really feel like it does this brilliantly by using accessible vocabulary and through it’s different practices that are often short and can be done whenever or wherever you feel like doing them. It’s form allows this book to create ongoing practices in your life to help you be as connected to your body as you can and want to be every day. While doing the different practices, I had many Eureka moments where things clicked. Some of the practices felt silly, others made me cry. It has truly changed my relationship with my body. Overall, some of these practices will definitely stick with me and I would recommend this to anyone who also struggles with embodiment.
My only negative comment would be that the images did no show up properly on my kobo but that is most probably linked to the fact that this is not fully edited yet.

Thank you to Baker Academic & Brazos Press for providing me with an advanced reader copy!

A great book that could be used as a companion guide to McBride's The Wisdom of Your Body. It's filled with questions that can be used alone or within a group setting.

Practices for Embodied Living is an "experiential guide" to help readers who want to practice embodiment. The book is written to be used by individuals, therapists or leaders of groups. Dr. McBride's revolutionary book, The Wisdom of Your Body, is useful as complementary material to Practices for Embodied Living.

I found the exercises that Dr. McBride describes to be simple and well explained. An individual could incorporate these practices on their own or as part of a group. These practices are presented in a way that will empower readers to heal their relationship with their body. This book is designed as a manual of practices. Thus the true power of this book will not come from reading through the book; the true power will be realized by incorporating the practices into an individual's life.

Thank you to Baker Academic & Brazos Press and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you Brazos Press + Baker Publishing Group for the advanced copy!!!!!!! This book is a BEAUTIFUL companion to The Wisdom of Your Body, providing practical exercises that coincide with the personal experience, research, and knowledge Hillary previously shared. I look forward to continually coming back to this and incorporating these activities both into my personal life and therapeutic work with my clients.