The Wisdom of the Body
Standing here nearly a decade later into my journey in the healing arts, I have in my heart a deep sense of wonder and amazement for our bodies,
hand-in-hand with grief and sadness.
The body is so wise, yet somehow in the hierarchy of mind-body-soul it comes through as just a dense vessel. Lost in translation is the deep wisdom that holds the key to profound and sustainable healing. To truly moving on from repeating patterns of self-destruction and self-sabotage, wherever they may come from. Coming back into the body is in fact the pinnacle of spirituality, and as we walk this path we cross through a doorway to true inner peace.
The body is wise, it holds onto trauma till we are ready to process it. It expresses itself through disease when we don’t allow ourselves to express what we hide from.
I grieve for my body, so misunderstood that even when she was here to show me the truth I could not listen. I grieve for my body, so wise that she took on this trauma my mind and soul could not bear and held on to it till I was ready to feel again. Till I was resourced with the right tools and support that she knew I could finally let go.
Thank you, body, for everything you do for me. Thank you, body, for being the vessel to carry me into the most spiritual journey of my life. Thank you, body, for being the magical container in which I hold space for others. In which I created love like no other, within which I created my child. Thank you, body, for holding onto my connection to my family system in every cell you host within you.
The same way talk therapy encourages disembodiment through hyper-intellectualization, spirituality and misinterpreted religion can do just as much damage, by focusing so much on the soul that it bypasses the body.
Spiritual escapism, as it is sometimes referred to.
The process of embodiment is the process of re-experiencing pain that we shut out. It can be chaotic and arduous. And if you are someone who spent years telling yourself “Mind over Matter” it can feel a little unhinged at times. Self-doubt creeps in. Am I making this up? Am I exaggerating this experience? Why does it feel like I’m free-falling off a cliff into the abyss? It can be scary. It will flood your whole system with emotions you’ve spent years building a dam around. Fear, guilt, shame, rage. This is where Somatic Experiencing comes in. It’s not about moving slowly, it’s about moving at a supported, consistent pace. It’s about moving at pace where the nervous system is gently rewired to support expansion, peace and joy as a new baseline.
Take a minute today and connect to your body. Ask what it has to show you! When the urge to distract comes up; through numerous vehicles like eating, alcohol, smoking, television, whatever you’ve been doing to stay disembodied, experiment with taking a step back and sit with the discomfort in your body for a minute, maybe more.
There are clear messages for you here waiting to be uncovered. You just have to be ready to see them.
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