How To Hear What Your Body Can Offer

Ask questions to your body

Has it ever occurred to you to talk to your body? Rather than the negative, judgment-filled talk most people project at themselves, what if you actually began to engage with that beautiful body of yours? One amazing thing you might not know about bodies is that they will talk to you, too. You just have to listen.
 

As a dentist, I was trained to have many specific ideas about how our bodies function. When I started becoming aware of how my own body was communicating with me, it not only changed my relationship with myself and my practice, but how I engage with the entire world expanded and became easier.  

Bodies will talk to you. To hear and receive the gifts of what they have to contribute to your life is possible with a few simple tools:

Ask Questions to Your Body

As obvious as it sounds, how many people actually ask their body questions? How bodies respond is through giving you a sense of light or heavy. What’s true for you and your body always makes you feel lighter.

An easy way to play with this idea is to look at a menu when you are next to a restaurant, and ask your body what it would like to eat. Rather than choosing what you think, ask and see what your body has to say. Which thing on the menu is lightest? Notice what is light. That’s your body talking to you, letting you know what it desires or requires.

You can ask questions about anything. “Body, which clothes would you like to wear today?” “Would you prefer to exercise right now or do you require a rest?” “Does looking like this actually work for you?” If you’re not getting a clear sense of response, you can ask, “Hey body, I’m not feeling sure, I don’t listen to you–can you please make it really clear what you require?”

When you ask your body questions and are willing to listen to what it knows, you might be amazed at what your body will contribute to you. When I had a lump in my throat, my body let me know it needed to be checked out. The doctors didn’t see any reason for much investigation, but I tricked them into giving me an ultrasound because I knew my body was asking for it. They discovered there was a tiny malignant tumor in my thyroid.

My body showed me a capacity with bodies and awareness that I hadn’t realized I had. What can your body teach you?

Who Does This Belong to?

It might surprise you to discover how psychic you are. The vast majority of the thoughts, feelings, and emotions you have aren’t actually yours, your body is just picking them up from the world around you. How do you know if this is true? Ask!

The simple tool of asking, “Who does this belong to,” will allow you to acknowledge what’s true for you. If asking this makes you feel lighter, it’s not yours and you don’t have to hold onto it any longer! While working with dental clients, having this question was especially useful. When people walk in with dental fear, even asking this question in my head gives them more ease in the chair. 

Interesting Point of View

Sometimes we believe things are ours even when they’re not. We’ve been so influenced to believe things about ourselves, our bodies, and the world that our thoughts, feelings, and emotions really seem like they’re truly who we are.

A very practical way to dissolve those places where you have a thought, feeling, or emotion that isn’t working for you is to say, “Interesting point of view, I have that point of view.” Repeat the phrase several times until whatever it is you desire to change gets lighter. Virtually everything we’re choosing for our lives is based on an interesting point of view.

The interesting point of view tool also allows us to dissolve stereotypes and to create beyond whatever qualities we’re currently being sold as right and good. Rather than trying to make ourselves comply with current fashion, for example, we can acknowledge it’s just someone’s point of view. What would your body prefer? What else can you choose that works for you?

Our bodies are amazing receptors. They will let us know when we’re picking up things that aren’t ours or don’t work for us.

How much more ease could you have in your life if you start talking to your body? You might discover that your body has more to offer you than you ever imagined.

Author Bio

Dr. Huan Xu has acquired many titles in her career – scientist, dentist, entrepreneur, mother, wife, and coach. Curious about both human bodies and minds and studying everything from biomedical science to meditation, yoga and intuitive healing, Dr Xu now travels the globe sharing the tools Access Consciousness as a Right Voice for You facilitator, empowering people to discover their unique capacities and have the life they truly desire. Visit www.huanxu.com.au