Body, Mind and Soul, that’s the phrase. But it’s become more the joke than reality of my be-ing.
My body has been screaming, “Hey, I’m Walking Here! I’m Talking Here! I’m trying to walk the talk.”
But The Mind has been too busy, yes Too Busy and between looking up and asking,”What did you say? I didn’t hear you,” it says, “There there, have a seat and we’ll talk about it in a bit. I’ve got something important to finish up first.”
And then Body nods off, forgets and wakes up the next morning stumbling about and a bit in a panic over the sense that something didn’t get done.
“How about if we talk the walk instead?” it says sweetly and pseudo-soothingly.
That’s the repeating scenario day after day. My noisy, overbearing mind has taken over and programmed my body to Shut the Fxxk Up, dragging it along kicking and screaming.
Okay, my brain’s survival plan has gotten me Here, past scrapes and even battles. But my body’s taken to sitting in the corner pouting, refusing to Walk the Talk or even Talk the Walk.
My Brit friend and therapist Paul says that The Problem all started with that doggone “I think, therefore I am” bollocks (his favorite word which I’m loving and fast-adopting). It’s comforting to notice that this Mind dominance is not only mine but a societal tendency, to “think about it,” “think it through” until there is so much information in our noisy heads that we are hitting a wall…big-time.
Even our meditation is called Mindfulness when it should be Mindless enough to allow the Body to feel again, to express itself in its own language. And then, only then, can the broken connection between Mind, Body and Soul be repaired.
Come to my AYM sessions to explore for yourself the:
- Sounds that resonate with your body,
- Movements that clear out the heaviness and boost your joyful energy, and
- Stillness in Movement and Movement in Stillness that calms.
Fighting for Happiness 