There is an intelligence that lives within the body. Not as an idea, but as something real and present. Here and now.
Can you hear the quiet order beneath the surface of your experience? Can you settle in to the space where words cannot go? When you begin to notice the body’s voice, speaking in sensations, the listening begins.
Nothing is required of you. There is nothing you need to do well. There is nowhere you need to get.
The body does not need you to transcend it. It needs you to accompany it as a witness to its speechless wisdom.
We do not heal by forcing ourselves forward. We heal by moving with care. We heal by listening to the body’s truth.
Nothing in you is a mistake. If something softens, welcome it. If something stays guarded, respect it. We will witness the body, not override it.
We are not here to make anything happen.
We are here to create space so that what has been unreferenced and held in silence may no longer need to hold itself alone. Just notice and allow yourself to be gently present within it.
When what arises in the stillness speaks, will you be with it? Will you listen to sacred wisdom, and give the body space to understand its own language?
© Barbara Dugan
