Part of growing wiser is unlearning the habit of dismissal. It’s learning to ask not just “What do I think about this?” but “What does my body register here?”
Unless I am mistaken, it was Lao Tsu who advised: All knowledge worth knowing is in the body. It certainly appears that way to me. A priori wisdom is not rocket science. It is just the knowledge before the thoughts come thru about what is going on within/without that the body apperceives. First knowing, as I put it. When my brain listens to my body, I can motivate myself to correct some denial or misconception. If not, I suffer. One cannot experience Maslow's levels of hierarchy unless the bottom platform is solid - that would be the corporeal body, the foundation of biotic matter.
As a somatic therapist and energy worker, this really resonates with me. One of the techniques I use takes this to a whole new level by allowing me to communicate with the subconscious mind using muscle testing/kinesiology as it guides us to the exact imbalances in the body that are causing whatever emotional or physical issue is being addressed. So, the body really does know everything about us and our subconscious mind is our very own inner healer. I'm very excited about this technique, as well as how somatic therapy and other energy techniques like EFT are finally hitting the mainstream. Hoping to get the Emotion & Body Code on people's radars so I'm posting about it here. If anyone wants to know more I'd be happy to chat.
This is quite the apt insight, one I particularly appreciate having been looking into it. While we may say "listen to the body", even that is an indicator of misunderstanding: you are not separate from your body. We need our heads to heed our more intimate connection with Nature, something our bodies do as a species of Planet Earth. Just fully inhabit our connection. From the pelvic bowl to the enteric plexus, heart complex, brainstem, and multiple geniuses of the midbrain, we are whole if we choose to let the ego take care of itself without overpowering our well-being. A source that has been quite the grounding for me is Philip Shepherd's "Radical Wholeness" (North Atlantic Books, 2017). It isn't a matter of control, but of greater resonance and grace.
My favorite little book 📕 on listening to our bodies is THE POWER OF FOCUSING by Ann Weiser Cornell. It is a fast an easy read to inspire paying ATTENTION to our body SIGNALS. 😉
Unless I am mistaken, it was Lao Tsu who advised: All knowledge worth knowing is in the body. It certainly appears that way to me. A priori wisdom is not rocket science. It is just the knowledge before the thoughts come thru about what is going on within/without that the body apperceives. First knowing, as I put it. When my brain listens to my body, I can motivate myself to correct some denial or misconception. If not, I suffer. One cannot experience Maslow's levels of hierarchy unless the bottom platform is solid - that would be the corporeal body, the foundation of biotic matter.
As a somatic therapist and energy worker, this really resonates with me. One of the techniques I use takes this to a whole new level by allowing me to communicate with the subconscious mind using muscle testing/kinesiology as it guides us to the exact imbalances in the body that are causing whatever emotional or physical issue is being addressed. So, the body really does know everything about us and our subconscious mind is our very own inner healer. I'm very excited about this technique, as well as how somatic therapy and other energy techniques like EFT are finally hitting the mainstream. Hoping to get the Emotion & Body Code on people's radars so I'm posting about it here. If anyone wants to know more I'd be happy to chat.
This is quite the apt insight, one I particularly appreciate having been looking into it. While we may say "listen to the body", even that is an indicator of misunderstanding: you are not separate from your body. We need our heads to heed our more intimate connection with Nature, something our bodies do as a species of Planet Earth. Just fully inhabit our connection. From the pelvic bowl to the enteric plexus, heart complex, brainstem, and multiple geniuses of the midbrain, we are whole if we choose to let the ego take care of itself without overpowering our well-being. A source that has been quite the grounding for me is Philip Shepherd's "Radical Wholeness" (North Atlantic Books, 2017). It isn't a matter of control, but of greater resonance and grace.
My favorite little book 📕 on listening to our bodies is THE POWER OF FOCUSING by Ann Weiser Cornell. It is a fast an easy read to inspire paying ATTENTION to our body SIGNALS. 😉
Thank you Thom. I've started doing body work and hopefully am living life more intuitively.