Our lives are experienced through our bodies. All of our stories - including our past, habits, behaviours, and how we connect with others - are contained in the cells of our bodies.
This is why when we intend to change our circumstances and our stories - we can do so through our bodies. A lot of times, our stories - of limitations, fears, perceptions - are just another internal sensation. Not the reality itself.
Many times what we need to do is to just meet ourselves in our internal world. All of our bodies contain complete and intricate connections that we believe to be a concrete story. However, when we come back to our presence, we realize that these stories do not exist. Right here and now is all there is and all that exists.
Unlike the idea that the external world is linear, it isn't. It is chaos and indescribable. How simultaneity is a true occurrence. Everything that is meant to outlast, goes through a slow, evolving growth process. Change doesn't happen overnight. But if you commit to showing up every day, and do what needs to be done, you have already won most of the battle.
Our life is experienced through our bodies. When we fulfil our internal measures, it is more satiating than our external measures. This is why at every point, when we check in with our internal selves, we will almost always know what needs to be done.
Our bodies carry our personal wisdom. It is our soul's vessel and our guide. All of our soul's paths differ from one another, and each of our journeys is incomparable. This is why we hold space for another. To go beyond the external structures; to meet the truth and the divinity of the other.
A practise:
The next time you are confronted with a new circumstance, notice the sensations activated in your body. Depending on the circumstances, different parts of your body can be activated. It can seem intense in some areas, and less intense in others. Be present with these different sensations. Reserve any kind of judgment, criticism or a need to label it. Allow the sensations and spend time with them. Eventually, the feeling passes, and you begin to feel comfortable in the new circumstance, or space. This is an intentional practice. Remind yourself to practise this amid discomfort. Change happens during distress. This is a practice to break the cycle of repeated patterns.
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