Most of you are probably familiar with the language and voices in your mind. If your mind is anything like mine, then it is on, working and talking, often very loudly, 24/7. Did you know that your body has its own voice and language, too?
Your body talks to you and gives you information every second about the world around you, what you feel, your truth, and your life. It doesn’t lie.
Your body speaks in sensations instead of words. The sensations in your body paired with your beliefs about those sensations are what create your feelings. You can probably name some of your feelings, but you may have a hard time deciphering the underlying sensations that led you to those feelings in the first place.
Brave and Bold Challenge
The next time you clearly notice that you are feeling a specific emotion – like happy, sad, angry, lonely, excited, anxious, etc. – start paying attention to all of the underlying sensations present in your body. Examples of sensations include cold, heat, pressure, tension, tingle, flow, open, prickly, shaking, flushed, constricted, etc.
Every sensation has something to say to you. The more you start to tune into them the better you’ll get to know them, their meaning, and the meaning you make of them. As a result you’ll be able to make decisions from your body and mind together. You’ll feel confident and clear, and you’ll have more trust in yourself and your decisions than you ever imagined.
Share one of your recent noticeable body truths and how you determined their meaning. What decisions were you able to make as a result of focusing on your emotions and sensations?
Julie Zeff is a Life Coach for busy and working moms; Author of Vivid Living for Busy Moms: Coach Yourself to an Extraordinary Life – Coming in 2012; and a trained Forest yoga instructor building strength and flexibility with emotional and spiritual intelligence. Request her FREE report – Top 10 Tips to Vivid Living or receive her FREE Monthly Coaching Tidbits and 5 Anytime, Anywhere Breathing Tips by visiting: http://www.vividliving.net.
