Coming Home to Yourself: The Quiet Practice of Somatic Awareness

There are moments in life when we realize we have become strangers to ourselves.

We know how to meet deadlines, care for others, solve problems, and keep moving forward. Yet when someone asks, How are you really doing? we pause. The answer isn’t always obvious.

The mind is often the first place we look for clarity. We analyze, explain, compare, and reason. Sometimes that works. Sometimes it simply creates more noise.

The body offers another way.

Navigating from the nervous system discusses a perspective and a collection of tools designed to rewire my brain to change my physiological responses to stressful situations. I can respond to triggers rather that react and be stuck in a state of high alert.

As my awareness grows, I can see different states of my me. An open presence and closed presence.