01/26/2026
🙏🏼Your body is not meant to be a battlefield.
Just a little check in since so many do not know how to process all that is going on right now. So many of us are walking around tight-jawed, shallow-breathing, exhausted—and calling it “being informed.”
But our bodies don’t understand headlines the way our minds do. They understand threat.
When there is upheaval in our nation—division, fear, uncertainty—our nervous systems go into survival mode. Even if we’re “just watching,” our bodies store it: in clenched shoulders, aching hips, chronic fatigue, restless sleep, sudden irritability. Trauma doesn’t always come from one event; sometimes it comes from living too long in a state of vigilance.
Healing doesn’t begin with fixing the world. It begins with letting the body know it is safe right now.
That can look like:
• putting your feet on the floor and noticing the room you’re in
• slowing your breath—longer exhales tell the nervous system it can soften
• moving your body gently instead of forcing productivity
• crying without explaining yourself
• receiving touch, bodywork, or deep rest without guilt
• stepping away from the news long enough to feel your own heartbeat again
This isn’t avoidance. It’s regulation.
And regulated bodies make clearer, more compassionate choices.
You don’t have to carry the weight of a nation in your tissues.
Your body is not meant to be a battlefield.
Care for your nervous system.
Tend to your body like it matters—because it does.
“Today is my peaceful day.” ~Venerable Monk Bikkhu Pannakara
