The only things telling you that your current circumstances will always be that way And that your habits will always be that way Are your body and mind They are used to certain inner states and sensations If we allow them to feel a new inner state and get comfortable with other sensations that they currently don’t enjoy and help them enjoy them Then they learn to be joyful as a default state That’s why working with the body is so valuable

I used to think change came from forcing new thoughts or fighting old habits. But I’m starting to see something different. The body and mind don’t just “obey” us they run on familiar states. And when those states don’t change, everything else keeps repeating. So instead of only trying to think differently, what if we learned to feel differently first? Even small shifts in how your body feels can slowly change what your mind believes is possible. I’m new here, but this idea has been on my mind—curious if anyone else has experienced this shift too?

I’m not so sure that the hidden wounds that people seem to talk about actually exist If we were to open up your body, would we actually find those wounds? What if you’re simply not feeling good and we can get you feeling better?

If your body can learn one thing- what feels better for it than your current tensions and habits with breathing Then it can learn another thing- how to relax and not cause the same tension in the first place And it only has an urge to feel better if it isn’t already feeling happy.

What seems to be holding our thoughts in place? It seems to be the body After getting tension out of my body in a deep way My thoughts about the past and who I was improved Not because I had somebody fill me with thoughts, but because they opened the way for me to consciously choose the ones I did want in my life