THE BODY AS A COMPASS, NOT AS AN ENEMY

In our culture, the body is often treated as something to be controlled, corrected, or silenced.

An object to model, a problem to solve, an obstacle to overcome.

Yet the body is one of the first channels through which emotional experience takes shape.

Even before the mind finds the words, the body signals.

Tension, tiredness, hunger, withdrawal, restlessness.

These sensations are often interpreted as annoyances to be eliminated or defects to be corrected.

Actually they are signals .

Messages that speak of stress, adaptation, unmet needs, unsustainable rhythms.

The body does not speak wrong language:

it simply communicates differently than the mind.

When the mind ignores these signals for a long time, the body tends to make itself felt more intensely.

Not to hinder, but to bring attention to a balance that has progressively shifted.

In these cases physical discomfort is not an enemy to be fought,

but an invitation to slow down, reorient oneself, renegotiate one's limits.

Taking care of your body doesn't mean chasing an aesthetic ideal or an external model.

It means rebuilding a relationship of trust with one's own feelings, one's own timing, one's own boundaries.

It is a process that requires listening, gradualness, and respect.

I don't control.

In mind-body work, the body becomes a compass.

It does not indicate a forced direction, nor does it provide immediate answers.

But it signals when something is no longer aligned.

When the pace is too fast.

When the load has become too much.

Learning to read these signals allows you to intervene before the discomfort becomes chronic,

promoting a more sustainable balance between mind, emotions and body.

Listening to your body doesn't mean following every impulse,

but to recognize that well-being does not come from forcing.

It comes from the ability to relate to oneself,

in a more conscious and less judgmental way.

What signals is your body trying to send you right now?

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