Belonging: It’s Culture in Action (And It Sounds Like Home)

"The right song doesn’t just fill a room—it fills your spirit. That’s what belonging sounds like."

Let’s be honest—the wellness world talks a lot about belonging. But too often, it stays surface-level: a slogan, a branding message, an image of someone meditating on a clifftop. The truth? Belonging isn’t a vibe. It’s a cultural necessity.

At REESET, we’re calling time on hollow promises. Belonging isn't about everyone looking the same in matching yoga sets. It's about being able to show up as your full, glorious, complicated self—and still feel held.

Culture as the Compass for Belonging

Culture isn’t something you visit on holiday. It’s your internal map—the food you crave when you're homesick, the smell of your auntie's kitchen, the phrases that don’t translate but still mean everything. And, maybe most viscerally, it’s the music that calls you back to yourself.

Music is more than sound—it’s memory. It’s movement. It’s medicine. From lullabies sung in native tongues to the beat drops that pull your body into dance without asking permission, music is a cultural anchor. It reminds us where we’re from and makes space for where we’re going.

When we centre culture in wellness, we open the door to deeper healing. We acknowledge that:

• Community care came before self-care. Many cultures prioritise collective wellness over individual gain.

• Spiritual practices weren’t invented in Silicon Valley. Meditation, breathwork, and movement have lived in sacred traditions for centuries.

• True inclusion doesn’t erase difference. It celebrates it.

And yes—your playlist matters. Because that song you grew up with? The one your nan danced to while cooking? That’s not nostalgia. That’s nervous system regulation.

Why DEI Matters in Wellness

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) aren’t corporate checkboxes. In wellness, they’re the bridge between intention and impact. Without DEI, the wellness space becomes performative—claiming to be for "everyone" while centring whiteness, wealth, and Western ideals.

Here’s what we believe:

• You shouldn’t have to decode a space to know you’re welcome.

• Your identity shouldn’t be something you "manage" to access healing.

• Wellness should not cost your authenticity.

What Belonging Actually Looks Like

It’s a trans man feeling safe to take off his shirt in a breathwork session. It’s a Black woman being led in yoga by someone who understands her lived experience. It’s queer joy on a retreat that doesn’t just tolerate difference—it dances with it. It’s the drumbeat that reminds you of your father’s homeland. It’s someone who doesn’t speak the dominant language being held through sound, movement, and care.

It’s also the quiet: the soft knowing that you don’t have to prove you belong. You just do.

Let’s Keep It Real

This April, we’re asking: How does culture shape your sense of belonging?

What songs or sounds have guided your healing?

What would it feel like to bring all of you—including your musical roots—into wellness spaces?

We’re building a movement where you don’t have to ask permission to belong. You just need to arrive. Bring your playlist.