21/04/2026
Everyone talks about yoga and bodywork helping with stress or easing aches, and yeah, they do that. But it’s more than that.
Most of us spend a lot of our time way up in our heads; thinking, planning, scrolling, rushing about. . . and the body just sort of tags along for the ride.
After a while, you stop really noticing it. You miss the small things, like when you’re tired, holding tension, feeling overwhelmed, or just need to slow down a bit.
There’s actually a word for that; interoception. . . basically your ability to feel what’s going on inside your own body.
And when that goes a bit quiet or you outsource it (to Apple Watches, the Internet etc) you stop trusting your in built wisdom.
You push through. You second guess. You ignore what your body’s trying to tell you, because you’ve spent so long not listening. . .
That’s where yoga and bodywork come in. . . in a really simple, steady way.
Moving, breathing, paying attention to sensations, actually being present for a bit.
Noticing where you’re tight, where you’re holding on, where you can soften. Noticing your breath, noticing your gut feeling, noticing where an emotion sits in your body.
It’s less about fixing stuff, and more about getting back into your body, and listening to what it’s saying.
It’s exactly how we’re meant to be 💚
When was the last time you properly slowed down and felt what was going on in your body?
