Alegra Loewenstein
  • Book Writing Services
  • My Books
  • Contact

The Easiest Hardest Thing

6/12/2018

0 Comments

 
With all the demands of our crazy modern world, we are very quickly disconnected from our own bodies. Despite that we hear the message "listen to your body" on a regular basis... we may not know how or even what exactly that means!!!

There are myriad reasons why we become so disconnected from our bodies. We don't typically use our bodies for our work - we use our brains. We are often living a sedentary lifestyle with a lot of sitting, so we don't get the chance to simply BE in our bodies without distraction. We drive to get places, which further takes away an opportunity to feel what is happening in our bodies in a natural part of the day through simply walking.

And then the people who are telling us to get in tune with our bodies or listen to our bodies... well they can be annoying and come off as self righteous. Yes, I realize I may be including myself in that category!

Hopefully though I can introduce to you a simplified way to listen to your body that isn't quite as obnoxious and does not involved burning nag champa incense (because I actually hate incense!)

My radical point of view is that you can stop and listen to your body at any point in time and the only thing you have to do is slow down. Take a deep breath. What hurts? That is your body talking at the most basic level.

For me, I've been at my computer for about an hour and my back is hurting. I did a trigger point massage class this morning (where I laid around and let tennis balls dig into my muscles from beneath me - hurts so good kind of thing) and I felt AMAZING all day... and now I feel like that looseness is tightening back up while I sit here typing this.

Normally, we just ignore all this information, as I am doing while I continue to type this article. However, by simply stopping to NOTICE these details, I know that I should do something else when this article is done, and NOT write the next one.

What I do next is also simple. Take a short walk, get a drink, do five minutes of stretching, or whatever, it doesn't really matter, as long as we don't keep doing what is making us hurt. This is Body Wisdom 101. Stop doing what makes your body hurt. Simple, but not easy, in fact I've heard my clients say it's "the easiest hardest thing."
​
Ready for your next lesson? Get your copy of Body Wisdom Journal.

Want some sparkle in your inbox?

* indicates required
Yes! I'd like a little magic with...
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Alegra

    #1 Selling Author & Creator of Small Steps, Big Magic: Crafting a Life That Sparkles 

    Categories

    All
    Anxiety
    Audio / Podcast
    Body Wisdom
    Control
    Cooking
    Emotional Eating
    Environment
    Exercise
    Food
    Giveaway
    Guest Post
    Herbs
    Meal Planning
    Media
    My Books
    My Favorites
    My Story
    Plant Spirit Magic
    Recipes
    Reviews
    Seasons
    Self Care
    Shop
    Simple Actions
    Stress
    Sugar
    Support
    Video
    Weight Loss
    Wheel Of The Year
    Will Power
    Woo
    Writing Services

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    December 2020
    September 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    October 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016


  • Book Writing Services
  • My Books
  • Contact