The Body Knows

Learn the language of your own body, and you’ve found the compass for your life.

Not only is the map you’re looking for already inside you, it always has been—you were born with it. And it’s not quiet or hidden. It’s alive in your sensations, your tension, your hunger, your tears.
It lives in your goosebumps, your clenched jaw, the spark in your chest when something feels right.
It’s actively trying to communicate with you every single day.

But so much of the world has trained us to ignore it.

Outside forces and societal norms have discouraged the connection we have to our bodies' messages. We’ve been taught that intellect is more trustworthy than instinct.
We’ve been praised for ignoring our bodies in favor of logic. For choosing productivity over presence.
That discipline matters more than desire. That if we’re uncomfortable, we should override it. That if we’re tired, we should push through.

We’ve been encouraged—sometimes celebrated—for developing the willpower to ignore our urges, silence our needs, and numb our signals. And so many of us became fluent in that.

It’s no wonder that re-learning our own innate language takes time and patience after a lifetime of disconnection.

But the beautiful thing is: if you feel anything, an ache, a pain, a desire or a despair—your body is still speaking.
It hasn’t given up on you. It’s still trying to guide you home.
It’s still whispering through every sensation, hoping you’ll remember how to listen.
And your birthright is to understand.