Rewire Your Mind: How Body Connection Enables Brain Retraining
- carolynes777
- Apr 30
- 3 min read
Maybe you are new to the fact that the body speaks first.... Your body, will speak in sensations, signals, and ways of being before your mind is ever aware of those things. Your body is a miracle. It is one hundred percent a miracle. How the body's systems work together each and every day, in every moment and also align with your spirit is truly ethereal. Most of us put our soul on the back burner in fear of what it might say, yet it has been aligned with the body since the beginning. Those two have a connection that is rooted in authenticity, trust, and love. If you watch a child, they are so real... not tainted by anything. They are honest, brave, curious, and most importantly, know what they enjoy. It is all so natural.
The mind, however: is the one that shows up wanting to control everything. The mind makes connections through experiences, rules, how others dictate what is good and what is bad. Our mind wants to have it our way. Our mind wants to set the schedule, do all the things, be successful, be amazing, be everything accept what the spirit wants. Unless....
Unless we listen. It sounds so simple, doesn't it. And yet it is the furthest thing from being simple.
Everything in life that is tough is usually worth it and listening is one of those things. Authentically listening to our body, the body we inhabit is truly worth every ounce of the challenge. You see, we only get one body. We might as well become friends with the body that we were given.
How would you feel if every day, you were told you were ugly? How would you feel if you were told, you were too _________? (Fill in whatever word you have said in your mind about your self) I've said, I'm too weak, I'm too short, I'm too fat, I'm too dumb, I'm too emotional, I'm too weird, I'm too creepy, I'm too evil, I'm too dark, I'm not smart enough, I'm not creative enough, I'm not successful enough, and the list goes on and on.
Unfortunately, every single one of our cells hear the negative language of those silent, yet deadly affirmations that are doing harm, damaging our flow as a system, as many systems working together. I invite you to try something a little different....
There is power in the pause.... I tend to think of it as the three second rule. Take three full seconds to respond to anything accept when there is danger present... then you can respond as quickly as possible.
Checking in.... Body scans are incredibly helpful. If you are not sure how to do one, call me and I can guide you. Body scans take about 15 minutes.
Breathing the three... When you create this practice in your life, you will notice something about the first breath. It is always the hardest and the one that can almost be sarcastic - "do we really have to do this?" The second breath is where things begin to shift, our body responding to the much needed oxygen. The third breath is where the magic is at... It's the one that changes everything in our nervous system. Now our body has enough oxygen to fully function, not on the lowest gear - unconscious breathing.
When our mind takes the opportunity to breath with our body, and our spirit, good things begin to happen. Our awareness shifts and we "notice" things. No one can do it for you, and no, you can't even read it in a book. It is a fully immersive experience that only YOU can feel.
If you are interested in learning more about somatic intelligence and how the body and mind can work together, consider signing up for our workshop that starts this weekend!