BodyTalk

"BodyTalk is an approachable guide to rebuilding and deepening your relationship to your body: the most foundational relationship you have. Through daily movement exercises and other body centered explorations, you will learn how to feel more secure in your body, regulate your emotions and build confidence."—Dr. Nicole LePera, author of the #1 NY Times Bestseller How to Do the Work & How to Be the Love You Seek

“BodyTalk is the road back home to yourself and the gateway to discovering all you can become. Erica’s thoughtful prompts help unearth profound insights about every aspect of life—from communication and boundaries, to trust and regulating stress and emotions. With a whole year of support in these pages, the potential for healing and self-discovery is truly monumental. Erica leads with a one-of-a-kind warmth and wisdom. Her deep expertise and down-to-earth approach make it possible to cultivate life-changing skills and tangible growth in just short periods daily.”—Alyson Stoner, actor, author, mental health advocate, and Founder of Movement Genius

“BodyTalk takes readers on a transformative journey to reconnect with their bodies, minds, and emotions. Erica Hornthal provides easy-to-implement prompts for regulation, stabilization, and creative expression, offering practical strategies for deeper self-awareness and emotional resilience. This book provides a broad and powerful set of tools to help bridge the gap between our physical and emotional worlds, empowering readers to move toward healing and wholeness.” —Britt Frank, LSCSW, SEP, licensed psychotherapist and author of The Science of Stuck and Align Your Mind

“BodyTalk reminds us to incorporate movement and a sense of our body into every day. Having this daily reminder to connect within helps us regulate our emotions and our nervous system.”—Dr. Russell Kennedy, author of Anxiety Rx

“Erica Hornthal, a devoted advocate for the benefits of dance/movement therapy and making it more accessible to us takes on this challenge beautifully in BodyTalk. To befriend the body, we must learn to engage that conversation with it, a task that can seem daunting for many who have been impacted by trauma. Erica is that friendly guide who, through these practices, makes that conversation much less intimidating.”—Jamie Marich, Ph.D., LPCC-S, REAT, RYT-500, founder of The Institute for Creative Mindfulness, author of Dissociation Made Simple

“Erica’s book takes your hand as she gently weaves a vibrant connection between a head-centric focus--where most people live—and the actual location where energy, love and action emerge, as we move with awareness. You are in store for a magical journey of coming home to your body wisdom and befriending all the impulses and aliveness waiting to express your uniqueness in the world. Dive right in a find yourself anew.”—Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D., best-selling author of Conscious Loving and At the Speed of Life

"BodyTalk is a love letter to the bodies we often overlook—the ones carrying exhaustion, tension, or unease yet yearning for connection and recognition. Erica Hornthal guides us back to ourselves, teaching us to listen to the stories our bodies hold with curiosity and compassion. Through its gentle practices and profound insights, this book creates a safe and nurturing space to heal, rediscover, and honor the resilience that lives within us all.”—Dr. Scott Lyons, Founder of The Embody Lab