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Wisdom of the Body
We often use our thinkings and feelings to figure out what we need, physically or emotionally. But there’s another whole level of thinking and feeling that we sometimes neglect. It’s not what goes on inside our head, exactly, but rather what our body is “thinking and feeling.” A simple example is paying attention to what your appetite says you should be eating, and when. Or when your aching back, shoulders, or neck tell you that you’ve been spending too much time on the computer. Modern psychotherapies focus on the often very subtle but powerful messages conveyed by body sensations. Sometimes the wisdom of the body seems to go astray, but more often than not we fail to really listen to what it is saying.
Wisdom of the Body
We often use our thinkings and feelings to figure out what we need, physically or emotionally. But there’s another whole level of thinking and feeling that we sometimes neglect. It’s not what goes on inside our head, exactly, but rather what our body is “thinking and feeling.” A simple example is paying attention to what your appetite says you should be eating, and when. Or when your aching back, shoulders, or neck tell you that you’ve been spending too much time on the computer. Modern psychotherapies focus on the often very subtle but powerful messages conveyed by body sensations. Sometimes the wisdom of the body seems to go astray, but more often than not we fail to really listen to what it is saying.