Search For Self

Welcome to the Warzone, family.

I’m Kimuura, the Pole Practitioner, and this space is where we get real about the battles we face every day with mental illness—whether it’s diagnosis, coping, healing, or the silent struggles no one else sees.

Today, we’re stepping onto the battlefield with one of the most powerful forces we fight: fear.

Fear: The Silent Opponent

Fear is natural—it’s wired into our bodies to protect us. But when it stays too long, when it refuses to leave, it begins to control us. Fear shows up as:

Anxiety that steals our peace PTSD that keeps us stuck in the past Panic that paralyzes us in the present Phobias that make our world smaller

I know this battle personally. Fear has lived in my body, in my mind, in my spirit. But what I’ve learned is this: fear doesn’t just sit in our thoughts—it traps itself in our bodies.

Where Fear Lives in the Body

Trauma and fear don’t disappear just because time passes. They hide:

In the chest, where breath becomes shallow In the hips, where grief and shame sink deep In the shoulders, where the weight of survival lives In the throat, where words we wanted to scream get swallowed

That’s why so many of us feel “stuck.” Because fear doesn’t just haunt the mind—it locks itself in muscle, tissue, and bone.

How Pole Dance Helped Me Face Fear

Pole became my weapon, my therapy, my release.

Every time I touched the pole, I had to face myself—face my fear of falling, my fear of failing, my fear of being seen. And every spin, every climb, every drop taught me something new:

To trust my grip when my mind said I couldn’t hold on To plant my feet when my spirit wanted to run To let my body flow when fear told me to freeze

Pole dance gave me a way to literally move fear out of my body. Each session became a ritual of reclaiming space—my space. Fear didn’t leave overnight, but movement gave me the courage to stop letting it lead.

Releasing Trauma Through Movement

Pole dance, like other forms of somatic healing, allows us to shake loose the fear we’ve been carrying:

When we pivot, we practice flexibility in life. When we climb, we remind ourselves we are strong enough to rise. When we invert, we flip our perspective and prove fear doesn’t own us.

This isn’t just dance—it’s medicine. It’s transformation. It’s how I learned that healing is not only about talking through fear but moving through it.

My Invitation to You

If fear has been gripping your spirit, I want you to know you’re not alone in this Warzone. You can loosen its hold. You can move it out of your body. You can reclaim your story.

That’s what this space is for. That’s why I show up as Kimuura, the Pole Practitioner—because I’ve lived that fight, and I’ve felt what it’s like to release fear one spin, one breath, one movement at a time.

Resources for the Battle

NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness Mental Health America 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

And if you’re ready to move fear out of your body with me, join my pole dance community where we don’t just work out—we work through.

✨ Tune in to my Warzone Livestream this Wednesday, where we’ll dive even deeper into fear—how it’s used against us, and how movement can set us free.

Because in this war, survival isn’t enough.

We are here to heal. Don’t shrink to fit their story! This is Story, let your body tell it, You are the Movement!