Cultivating Embodied Clarity: Why Coming Home to Your Body is the Key
Most people spend their lives chronically over scheduling themselves and getting further and further away from what brings them joy, clarity and feeling truly settled. They view their body as the mechanism to haul their brain from meeting to meeting or place to place. They run from place to place in constant motion, ignoring the state of their body and mind, yet, wonder why they are completely exhausted at the end of they day even though their jobs are not physically taxing. They are caught off guard when they have emotional outbursts. They feel unfulfilled, unconnected and out of touch with their loved ones and personal pursuits. They have lost their internal compass and don’t know how to reconnect to themselves or their lives.
As time goes on, the solution may look like it is to be solved by pushing harder, getting more advice, or chasing after some new solution. The problem is that trying to solve problems when you are in a confused, agitated or always on the go will yield chaotic, confused solutions. But the good news is that you don’t need to do anything. All you really need to do is come home to yourself. You learn to quiet the constant hum and chatter of your mind and body by quieting the nervous system and returning to a sense of home in the body.
Coming home in the body starts by reducing the excess noise in the nervous system by settling onto the natural support of your skeletal system. When you are truly supported and calm, “down to your marrow” a new sense of calm and clarity can arise from which new possibilities can arise. I call this state Embodied Clarity. This place of calm readiness brings a completely new way to be in the world that is easy, joyful, and clear. Developing a calm, supported nervous system, provides a powerful, potent foundation from which you can uncover your innate wisdom, regain a sense of possibility and nurture your creative nature. Your internal compass and intuition can emerge once again to lead you powerfully into a fulfilling direction.
The practical result is that as a leader, partner, parent, business owner, creative genius, or student of self-development you are able to quiet the excess noise in the system so that Embodied Clarity arises from which you can begin to look at life’s big questions. You generate the ability to sense what you want and respond appropriately to life’s challenges. And, even though you may have some difficult choices, you feel confident in and supported in your inner strength and resilience.
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