The Body as Sanctuary and Teacher

Mirabai's poetry is intensely embodied—describing physical longing, ecstatic presence, the body as a temple for divine love. Yet her body was also constantly under threat: she faced poisoning attempts, family rejection, social condemnation. Despite this, she maintained fierce inhabitation of her own embodied experience. In attachment work, the body holds attachment history—anxiety shows as tension and hypervigilance, avoidance as numbness and dissociation, disorganization as chaos. The Body as Sanctuary Practice invites you to develop a safe, aware relationship with your body as the ground of attachment security. Through breathwork, somatic therapy, conscious touch, and mindful movement, you teach your nervous system that your body is a place of safety and wisdom rather than threat or obligation. Mirabai's embodied devotion models how to remain present and alive in a body that has been threatened or violated.