Tune in. Get still. These are sooooo important to being a good listener...and do you know why? Other than because it feels good to drown out all external stimuli, this how you tune into what your body is trying to tell you. Yep, your body. Every single day, it sends you (probably 100s) of messages and signals to let you know how it is feeling, telling you what it needs from you and I am curious if you ever stop and listen to what it is trying to communicate to you?
There is a quote that is floating around social media that says something like, "If you listen to you body when it whispers to you, then you won't need to respond to it's screams." Now that isn't exactly what it says, but you get the drift. Let me paint a picture for you. You have this off and on low back tension. You aren't sure what it is, but you assume it'll go away in a few days and you carry on with life as usual, even though you are pretty annoyed with it when it's there, but it's not all the time so it's no biggie. A few more days pass and before you know it, you realize that the pain is there pretty much all day, every day. It's a aching and you know that you should probably go get it checked out but all you have time for is to pop a few pain relievers when it gets really bad...if it's still like this next week, you'll call for an appointment to have it looked at. By the time next week rolls around, you call your chiropractor and the earliest available appointment is in 5 days and by now, you are on your second bottle of Advil and you're tired of using a heating pad just to be able to fall asleep at night. Finally, it's your appointment day! You are excited to be able to get some relief at last! Little do you know that it is going to take about four or five appointments to get your low back and YOU functioning like a normal human being again. Ugh.
Does any of this sound familiar? I know that this has been me on countless occasions in my life. But not no more people! Nope! I refuse to let "life" get in the way of me taking care of myself. Because here's the thing, if you don't take care of YOU, then everyone else that you take of will not be getting the best of you...they will get the rest of you. #truth
Your body is speaking to you right now. Stop and listen. Is it telling you to go to bed early because it's tired? Go do that workout because it needs some energy? Do you need to take a night off of working or doing housework and just veg out in front of the TV? Or maybe it needs a visit to the dentist, doctor or other health care pro? Hey...I'm all for a massage in the middle of the week, too!
Why is all of this so important?? Because honestly, I don't know about you, but I DO NOT like dealing with the screaming. I don't want an injury, toothache, sore back, or to shut down because I am so stressed out that I can't even deal.
So before you go to bed tonight or the next time you can steal just a few moments of peace, close your eyes, deepen your breath and tune in. Listen to what your body is trying to tell you. Then, please HONOUR THAT. Your body will thank you. <3
