Your body can communicate with you in ways which your head may not. It can be very helpful or useful to notice what happens to your body.
These are emotions which you may not have thought come from your body as much if not more than from your head. When you feel sad, for example, your body posture will change. So it’s important to connect to these changes. Does it feel tense, relaxed, excited, sad?
Notice not only what happens but where in your body. Notice where there are areas of tension in your body, especially when something happens which you don’t want to occur. Similarly if you become aware of the tension then ask yourself what went on just before you felt that tension.
As you notice these things become more aware of the way your mind and body are interconnected. Even though you spend most of your day at work, using information in your head, your body is there too and is telling you something.
Connect with your body and start to listen to it. If you can’t hear anything yet then take a few minutes to sit quietly with your eyes closed and scan though your body from head to feet, noticing as you go if any area feels tense.
When you find such and area ask it, (yes, really!) what it wants to say to you, then listen to the first thought which comes into your head.
Write it down. Have a conversation with your area of tension. For example if you have a backache ask your back what it wants to tell you. What does it want from you so that it won’t ache? How can you stop the ache? The answer will include your posture of course but when you really connect with your body you may be surprised at what it can tell you.
