29/08/2025
Beautiful post and spot on. It's what we see and feel as Bodyworkers, Movement Therapists, Talk Therapists and Energy Workers to name a few. The body definitely is a map of your experiences and it speaks in ways we sometimes don't consciously realise Lx
If unlived experience is not able to be held and articulated β by way of symbol, language, or gesture β it will turn inward, taking up residency in tissue, muscle, and organ β finding a new home within the neural network.
This is neither pathology, nor error, but a kind of sacred signaling - where the body itself becomes the vessel for the unfinished conversation.
It can show up as tightness in the throat, difficulty speaking truth, or restlessness in the belly. In the heart, it might be an ache or longing that feels older than this life. It may manifest as fatigue, tension, heat, or trembling.
These are not random symptoms. They are the bodyβs poems of the soul, reminders of the parts of us that were never fully welcomed. They are how the body keeps faith with the unlived life - waiting, patiently, to be received with presence and love.