Once upon a time, I used to think that I felt my feelings in my head. I lived my whole life in my head. Books were my friends, words were my friends and I hid behind them. I ran from feelings. Feelings were big and scary and I didn't understand them at all!
But here is a thought or two. What if the body already knows how to feel good? What if the body already knows how to feel happy each and every day? Become aware of how many things feel good to your own body. Pay attention to what your body is feeling and what it is experiencing in just that moment.
Find out if you are really living in your own body.
I take my body with me every where I go. I pay attention to how I feel when I exercise, when I eat, when I go shopping, when I rub coconut oil into my skin, when I talk to my parents, my children or my friends. I listen to my body...and it lets me know what feels good and what does not.
I believe that Life is meant to feel good. Life is meant to be pleasurable. The body is completely wired for pleasure in all things. I have even found that feeling all of my feelings, even the feelings that I don't like, feels good. Feeling all my feelings reminds me that yes, I am alive!
Conduct your own experiement. Find out what feels good and what doesn't feel good to you when you are fully present in your own body. Be willing to try new things. Be willing to try old things. Be willing to change your mind about yourself and your life.
See what happens! You may be pleasantly surprised and delighted.
"Live the life you have imagined." ~ Henry David Thoreau, American philosopher and poet 1817-1862
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