Overview
What if you could live your life unafraid to make mistakes or take risks? What if you were undaunted by tough emotions, and as a result, could better tolerate the messiness, unpredictability, and adversity of life? In a world where many of us struggle to sit with difficult feelings and are quick to distract, avoid, or numb ourselves, The Feeling Muscle offers concrete tools to stay present with and outlast our most challenging emotions. In her timely and compelling debut, Dr. Jenn Rapkin defines the term ""felt emotion,"" questions the widely held assumption that feeling is a cognitive or mental process, and asserts that feeling is, instead, the body's job. The Feeling Muscle can help you recognize and respect your felt emotion as a tangible experience within the body and teach you how to use felt emotion to stay connected to yourself rather than choosing behaviors that numb and distract. The Feeling Muscle is an accessible, self-paced, step-by-step guide to feeling, sitting with, and outlasting hard feelings through the development of a neutral, trusting, and attuned relationship with the body. Dr. Rapkin shares hard-won personal experiences as well as insights from her clinical practice to show how integrating mind and body is possible for everyone. Filled with simple exercises designed to be done at home at your own pace, The Feeling Muscle is a manual for choosing mindfulness over mindlessness and living a life filled with deeper feeling, more connection, and increased resilience.
Full Product Details
Author: Jenn Rapkin
Publisher: Mind-Body Practice
Imprint: Mind-Body Practice
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.395kg
ISBN: 9798218755744
Pages: 294
Publication Date: 11 November 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Dr. Jenn Rapkin is a naturopathic physician, bodyworker, former dancer, and Frequent Feeler with more than 25 years of experience in mind-body and body-centered therapies. Her new book The Feeling Muscle chronicles her personal and professional transformation from physician to a shepherd of ""feelings."" In her clinical practice, her bodywork table is a place to hold space for, validate, and give voice to her patients' inner felt emotion. She has had the good fortune in her life to balance deep and meaningful inner reflection with rich and interesting life experiences - from growing up on Nantucket Island, go-go dancing in the Guggenheim Museum, and living as an expat in Barcelona to raising two amazingly soulful and spirited children in Connecticut.
