This month, we're doing something different. We're turning toward the body.
Most of us have been taught to override what our bodies are telling us. Push through. Suck it up. Ignore the ache, the tension, the exhaustion. We treat our bodies like machines that need to perform, not like living, breathing messengers that are constantly communicating with us.
That disconnection? That's shame, too. Shame doesn't just live in our thoughts. It lives in how we've learned to tune out our own physical experience.
🧘♀️This week's reflection:
When was the last time you actually stopped and asked your body how it was doing? Not to assess what's wrong, not to fix anything, just to check in with genuine curiosity? Right now, pause. Put your hand on your chest or your belly. What do you notice? Tension? Warmth? Numbness? Heaviness? You don't need to label it or change it. Just notice what's there.
Your body has been talking to you. This is where we start listening. 💗
xo, Amanda