07-14-16 Your Body, Your Friend
When you were young, you were embodied, or what Mary calls ‘in-bodied’ with joyful spirit. You loved to play all day, swing, do cartwheels, and roll in the grass. Your young body was a field of energy and everything flowed. Then, as you grew up, you learned to tighten your body, hold your breath, and escape into your head. Now, most of the time, you live in your head and your body is just a vehicle to get you places. Your chronic tightening might show up as a knot in your belly when your boss is disrespectful or a lump in your throat when you nearly hit a pedestrian while driving or a low-grade headache because your life is just too busy. Listen to Mary as she guides you in giving your body the attention it so desperately craves so you can re-connect to the joy and free-flowing aliveness you experienced when you were young.
