What happens when we don’t process emotions, trauma and experiences? We stuff them into our bodies and believe that we’re rid of it.
However, our body acts like a “pressure-chamber”. Heavy things sinks to the bottom of the chamber, while lighter things float to the top. The chamber has a pressure-valve, that can open and close to let out things to release pressure.
Kids instinctively know how to operate this valve, but sometimes we unlearn it. Many men are directly taught to never touch it. To be ashamed of everything that hides inside, because opening it could make us “weak”.
The result is predictable: When the pressure exceeds the chamber’s capacity, the valve is blasted open by pure force. We explode, or we implode. We ruin relationships as collateral damage.
Learning to use that valve, proactively, is the difference between being reactive and responsive. It is the difference between being brittle and being in control.
In a sauna, as the heat increases, it’s like the molecules in your chamber expands. As a result two things are easier to make happen:
1. You move from the isolation of your head to the reality of your body.
2. The rising internal pressure makes the valve easier to open.
It creates the perfect conditions for getting hands-on experience using the “valve”.
This is exactly what happened to me this weekend. I opened the valve fully and released years of pressure, while remaining in control. It took me six years of trial and error to find this mechanism on my own.
At Foundry, I want to shorten that journey for others. By bringing together the right people and the tools in a space designed for this transformation, we can stop the 'ticking bomb.'
This is the work. This is the future of Foundry.
