How do you come back to yourself after a breakup?

Through movement that is for you, not for show. This Burst sets one intention, opens the body with stretching, lets the emotion move through unstructured dance, then settles with a body scan and a few lines of journaling. It runs about 95 minutes and scales down on a hard day.

Do you need to be able to dance?

No. The dancing is private and unstructured, moving however the feeling wants to go. There is nothing to get right and no one watching.

Why is this linked to FKA twigs?

She has spoken about using dance and movement as a form of self-possession through a period of heartbreak and recovery around her album Magdalene. The Burst is inspired by that stance; the sequence itself is Bearmore's, not her actual routine.

Reclaim Your Body After a Breakup

Quality: Exceptional· 100%Effort: Manageable· 01h 35m

Inspired by FKA twigs

Since it ended, you feel cut off from your own body.

Come back into your body after a relationship ends. Set an intention, let the body open up through stretching, dance the emotions out, then settle and write your way back to solid.

The runsheet

1
Set one intention
Intention setting
FKA twigs has described MAGDALENE as a work about putting herself first. Before you move, borrow that approach for yourself. This is about coming back to yourself rather than proving anything to anyone else. One sentence is enough.
5 min activitySetup 1 min · Reset 1 min · 7 min all-in
Bearmore’s thoughts on doing intention setting before stretching
This can pair well because intention setting may help you slow down mentally, and stretching gives you a gentle physical activity to move into.
2
Open up the body
Stretching
Twigs keeps a daily mobility toolbox and reframes the burn of a stretch as hot honey flowing, and not something to brace against. Warm the joints you are about to ask a lot of, and stop short of any sharp pain.
10 min activitySetup 4 min · Reset 4 min · 18 min all-in
Bearmore’s thoughts on doing stretching before dancing
This is an excellent pairing because limbered hips and shoulders free expressive range, turning dance into fluid movement.
3
Dance!
Dancing
This is the heart of this Burst. Move the feeling through and out, big or small as the day asks.
30 min activitySetup 6 min · Reset 6 min · 42 min all-in
Bearmore’s thoughts on doing dancing before body scan
This pairing is especially effective because dance activates every limb, so a scan right after lets you notice physical sensations in detail.
4
Deep rest
Body scan
After intense movement the body needs a clear way to come down. Pass attention slowly from feet to head, noticing what worked hard and what feels looser now. A Bearmore addition to close the effort safely: cooling down, not more training.
10 min activitySetup 3 min · Reset 3 min · 16 min all-in
Bearmore’s thoughts on doing body scan before journaling
This can be a good pairing because a body scan can surface subtle feelings, and writing them down lets you explore what came up rather than letting it pass.
5
Write yourself back into the world
Journaling
Twigs described Magdalene as a meditation on self-possession and finding her voice. Use a few lines for the same: what came up while you moved, and one thing to carry as yours. Write for yourself.
10 min activitySetup 1 min · Reset 1 min · 12 min all-in
Time well spent.
1h 35m that belonged to you — not the inbox, not anyone else.

The breakdown

Burst evaluation

QualityExceptional· 100%

Sequencing100%

Logistics100%

DifficultyManageable· 0

Total activity95m / 149mManageable

Physical40m / 59mManageable

Mental stillness25m / 29mGentle

Introspective15m / 29mGentle

Creative40m / 59mGentle

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Wellbeing focus

The relative wellbeing focus of this Burst.

HighEmotional

HighPhysical

HighSelf

MedSocial

MedIntellectual

About this Burst

FKA twigs is a British singer, songwriter, dancer and producer, born Tahliah Debrett Barnett in Gloucestershire in 1988. She trained as a dancer from childhood before releasing her debut LP1 in 2014, followed by Magdalene (2019) and Eusexua (2025). Her work fuses electronic and avant-pop with intensely physical performance drawing on pole work, contemporary dance and martial arts. Ahead of the Magdalene tour she undertook three years of wushu sword training.

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Reclaim Your Body After a Breakup1h 35m · free in the app1h 35m · 5 activities · Exceptional 100%

Reclaim Your Body After a Breakup

The runsheet

Set one intention

Open up the body

Dance!

Deep rest

Write yourself back into the world