533 thoughts on “Letter to My Body”

1. It’s really interesting to read everyone’s comments because we all agree when we listen to our bodies there is so much to appreciate and understand how our bodies never lie and communicate to us that we are using the intelligence of our minds rather than the vaster intelligence of our bodies. The interesting part is that none of us would have this awareness if it wasn’t for the teachings and presentations of Serge Benhayon. Those of us that have listened to the revelations have reaped the benefits of listening to our bodies instead of our minds and in doing so have changed our lives completely. Science is starting to catch up with Serge Benhayon as research is showing that whole body mindedness, when the mind is in unison with the body is the optimum way to live a healthy life.

2. Gorgeous to read this letter of appreciating, caring and loving our body, ‘my dear and truly amazing body, I trust you can feel my absolute love, respect and appreciation I have for you’.

3. Our essences share so much when we are open to listening and although we may have shut you out the moment we return you are their ready to return us to our most natural way of living, which is Soul-full-ness.

4. The constant communication of love flowing through our body calls for ever deepening appreciation.

5. I LOVE this blog, I wished I had read this letter years ago as my relationship with my body was that of hardness and abuse, whether with food or exercise, it was unloving. So it was a no wonder I had constant colds, coughs, chest infection and so forth.

   Your best friend is your body and nothing else, it is by your side all the time and will never let you down. And there’s a communication it speaks just like the young child who would listen to it, it is always there and will never let you down.

   There is some discernment throughout our ageing years and if the foundations are there, then we will treat our bodies just like the way we would care for our Porsche’s, Audi’s etc. It is never too late to re-develop that loving relationship with your body, it will always be there till the day we take our last breath.

   1. I agree something every teenager should read. It would have supported me loads if I read this when I was a teenager. Of the importance of these reflections ✨

   2. Our body is our best friend, and a wise best friend too.

6. Reblogged this on and commented:
   I love this blog – “So, my dear and truly amazing body, I trust you can feel my absolute love, respect and appreciation I have for you – though I am sorry I may not always show it and live it, you know I’m working on it.”…..

7. Over the years I too have learned to love myself up so much more and I can certainly feel the difference. Our society does not teach us to be self loving and self caring in a true sense – instead the self care is mascaraded as a tick box system of making sure one has exercised and eaten their vegetables like a to do list rather than making it about what the body really responds to. But knowing this, we can make the changes ourselves and bring more of a connection with the body and what it really is asking for to be looked after.

   1. Henrietta spot on, our world sees self care in a bog standard system, exercise, and diet and that’s it and I was one of those who thought that was it as well, till my body gave me my stop moment. Our unhealthy thoughts pollute us and our bodies too and be discerning of this too.
      True self care requires that connection to oneself before connecting to anything else…

8. Funny that when we start realising all the ways we have been abusing ourselves and our body! But from this it follows how simple it can be to begin the path of self love and self care so that we re-awaken the body’s awareness and begin to listen to its communications. What a blessing to re-discover this and begin our return.

9. I can so relate to the freedom we had as children as our parents were so caught up with their own stuff we were allowed to run wild and we did. But then going to school and growing up took its toll and I stopped listening to me. But there were times when you were so loud and insistent that I had to listen. I remember my psychologist suggesting I tried yoga as a way of dealing with my anxiousness; I tried it once and my body absolutely rejected it. There were so many times I got the loud No but I also knew how to override the No and that was by drinking alcohol; there is something about alcohol that totally obliterated the messages that you gave me. Thankfully I don’t drink it anymore and this has allowed a much deeper relationship with me, it’s like going back to my childhood again and having that open communication.

10. The more I appreciate my body and how it has held and supported me through my life and a lot of wayward choices, the closer I come to really honouring myself as a reflection of the love that is innate in us all.

    1. Well said Matilda – for it is one thing to feel what the body needs, and another to ‘honour’ what one has felt in other words put into loving action what is needed to complete what has been felt.

11. When we understand that our body is ours to take care of, the whole game changes.

12. “most importantly, just simply knowing and claiming the absolutely amazing team that we are.”
    There can be no harmony with others if there is first no harmony within.

13. There are so many things shown to us by the body that our mind can ignore completely, we can be convinced that we don’t know why it’s happening to us but that is because we have let the mind run the show. If we pay close attention, the messages from the body are very clear and obvious.

14. Having abused myself for years, appreciating my body is something quite exquisite, to feel how sensitive and delicate it truly is and how I have completely ignored this part of me believing instead that sensitivity and delicateness was somehow ‘sissy’ that to get through life I had to be tough, and there’s the trap ‘getting through life’ rather than living life to the full; such a difference.

    1. Yes Mary I agree. And to realise the power, strength and sureness of delicacy too. Magic.

    2. Yes Mary, I too thought I had to be tough to get through life, not gentle, sensitive and delicate, I now realise there is more strength in being delicate.

    3. Appreciating myself, and my body has been new to me, and still is a learning process, so gorgeous to read what is shared in this blog, ‘I appreciate your patience and unwavering support.’

       1. LJ because we are not currently taught to love and deeply consider ourselves from young it will always be a learning process. What we have learnt and have reconnected to we can share with our children and family so that this way of living gets passed onto the next generation so that they can love and cherish themselves. The old religious dogma that you should look after others before looking after ourselves will then be laid to rest as it is something that has never worked except to keep us in the separation to the intelligence that our body holds.

15. I have a much deeper love and respect for my body than I did when I was 20. To know what I put my body through back then, and yet it still keeps going, lovingly showing me when I am not being loving with myself or others. I now know that supporting my body is one of the most precious things I can offer myself, so that I can live in a way that then supports everyone else.

    1. Exactly, by supporting ourselves we are then able to support another, ‘I now know that supporting my body is one of the most precious things I can offer myself, so that I can live in a way that then supports everyone else.’

16. When we stop and truly observe and listen to our body we realise that it holds back nothing. Every moment and every opportunity it is communicating. All we need to do is listen.

17. As I grow older I am appreciating and thanking my body for supporting me in this life. I have not been very nice to it at times, yet its incredible resilience and healing ability has deepened my respect for it. Thank you! I am now committed to taking better care of it now.

18. This is perfect to read this morning – as I was feeling that the more connected I feel with my body, the more gets revealed to be felt. This is a continuous deepening process of surrender and a very humbling one.

19. Thank you Matilda… And as the words of the song and you say… let’s care for our bodies
    I Listen To My Body

    I listen to my body it has a lot to say
    It tells me how I truly feel like when to rest and play
    How to eat and when to sleep how others feel to me
    My body is amazing it shows me all the way

    My body feels everything that I say and do
    And just as much it can feel other people too
    And saying everything I feel, I can just be me,
    So caring for my body is where I want to be

20. Recently I realised how I have not been appreciative of the sensitivity of my body, how the relationship with my body was one of blaming it for what it ‘did’ to me, not wanting to see the blessing of every message it has given me and keep giving me lovingly. So yes to me and my body an absolutely amazing team.

21. Thanks for sharing such an intimate conversation with your body, Anonymous. I am inspired to read about this sense of joyful re-union – ‘Here’s to the rest of our lives with our Mind and Body working as one, in union with each other.’

22. The body communicates in so many ways, if we bring our attention to whatever the message is and are honest with ourselves the answer is then beautifully revealed.

    1. Like white spots on our nails to show we need zinc, so clever, and one of the ways I have honoured my body when and if this happened, ‘The white spots you have put on my nails to let me know I am lacking and not absorbing zinc very well. Nice work!’

23. After living most of my life not really understanding the power and the wisdom of my body, and as a result not treating it with the love and care it deserves, I have finally come to know that “we are a team for an amazing life together”. This knowing was a long time coming but I am so delighted it has arrived for as a result the quality of my life has improved out of sight as has my vitality and my joy for life. Yes, we are definitely one amazing team.

24. Being connected with our body has way more benefits that we might understand and I would say it’s the answer to our out of control rates of illnesses and diseases in the world. Like you share in this blog living with our body with the aim to really listen and be guided by it is the most intelligent way forward, has to be. Not listening to the very body we have to live in and with and grow old in will bring us the unhappiness we then might complain about so your approach in this blog is pretty much the answer to a lot of the societal problems we face today.

    1. I have a friend who didn’t listen to their body and was given a wake up call. They had to go through a few months of rehabilitation in hospital and during that time they realised that actually their body had been very loving because the severity of the condition could have been much worse. They have completely changed their diet, they exercise twice a week which is something they never did and genuinely want to take greater care of themselves. They have listened to their body and their overall health has improved as a result.Which has shown me it is never too late to listen to our bodies.

25. A moment of appreciation for our amazing body’s and the wisdom we consistently overlook – thank you for the reminder.

26. It is a beautiful reminder of how much we should honour our body, listen to every word it passes onto to us, and most of all, always come from love.

27. Just becoming aware that there is a natural way to be with our body is revolutionary.

28. Is it possible that our body is not truly ours but a vehicle to honour and care for that provides a passageway to the Soul and can ultimately set us free?

    1. A significant and worthwhile question to ponder on.
       What if that was the case? What would that say about the intelligence we have been considering intelligent when it dismisses and deliberately overrides the call for greater care and attention through our body? And what would it be like if we did honour our body as “a vehicle to honour and care for that provides a passageway to the Soul and can ultimately set us free”?

       1. A great question to ponder, ‘what would it be like if we did honour our body as “a vehicle to honour and care for that provides a passageway to the Soul and can ultimately set us free”?’

    2. Wow! Conrad now there’s a question to contemplate, we seem to value our minds over our bodies but what if we have got this the wrong way around? that it is our bodies that we should be listening to and not our mind. I know from personal experience that my mind has got me into a lot of trouble, our minds are very cold, calculating and the mind always wants to be in control.

29. The sweeter we are with our body the more our body can just allow itself to be.

30. The body is our faithful companion; it never leaves us, even when we are asleep or unconscious, and at death, we leave it rather than it leaving us. And then it clearly demonstrates that we are no longer there, that the spirit is gone and that the Soul has departed, this time around.

31. To deepen the connection with myself has been life changing, the Esoteric Yoga modality and the Gentle Breath Meditation has supported me to be more connected and present in my body, allowing me to feel what my body is communicating to me.

32. We learn so much when we connect and deepen our relationship with the body. I have found Esoteric Yoga is a great support to get really honest with our selves and what the body is showing us. Actually stopping and simply feeling offers incredible insight.

33. We could write a book, couldn’t we? The constant loving communication the body offers us. Imagine if we responded with such attention and love, we would see a very different quality of life than the one we may settle for.

    1. Yes, it is like becoming your own doctor, biologist and physiologist. There is so much we can know about ourselves and our bodies’ working simply by observing and ‘listening’.

34. It’s interesting how as a child we are so joyful and in tune with our body. Then as we get older and take on or react to the intensity of the world around us. How can we not think this does not play out in our body and compromise our health and well-being?

35. I love the inspiration of this letter to your body. The sweetness and relationship building that inspires the development of our every day communication with our bodies and a reverence for the wisdom we have access to when we do.

36. Our body it is to be respected and cared for deeply. Any ‘ailment’ is a message, a post card, a parcel from our Soul asking us to pay more attention and listen… and find a way that is more gentle, more caring, more loving, with no compromise.

37. Anonymous, I really appreciate the understanding you bring to true teamwork and sisterhood through connection to the body.
    “I understand now that by truly listening to you, we are a team for an amazing life together”.

38. I love the invitation to think of you and your body as a team. #teamflenners I like it.

    1. And my experience is that our bodies love playfulness and light heartedness even when we are dealing with super important and serious considerations like the built-in behaviours we have that are self-abusive. #teamtilda

       1. go #teamtilda #goteamflenners #goteamhumanity #togetherwegotthis

       2. Yes a light and playful approach is the way to go #loveit #lovethebody

39. Our bodies have so much to say, when to wake, sleep, play, when they are tired and when they are hungry. The body simply amazes me and continues to amaze me whether or not I pay attention to it. It is forever dedicated to it’s role and job. I am starting to wonder if, not only should I respect the conversation it is trying to have with me, but I should also see it as a role model for how to surrender to being part of a divine order that knows so much more than my mind could explain? It is not really too hard to answer that one!

40. This is very different to the rushing mentality that runs our society, when we are always going somewhere but never actually ‘there’ in the moment

    1. Well said, Susie. And the difference between always running ahead and actually being present where we are is absolutely huge when we feel how our bodies feel.

    2. And raciness being a sure fire way to damage and ultimately annihilate the body which works in moments, moment by moment, and is never ahead of itself – unlike the mind that delights in and falsely elevates itself by being in several places at once.

    3. Susie your words are very wise everyone is in the ‘doing’ of life but we are missing out on just ‘being’ in life there is so much to life that we all miss out on. It’s like swimming on the surface of the water, if we were to dive down we would see all the wonders that the water holds.

41. The list of how you ignored your body seems so familiar and I noticed another “Oh I am bad and wrong” kind of thought trying to squeeze in. Then I read “my favourite way to connect more with you is being present with our movements, as I am now, feeling how lovely our fingers feel typing this” and I smiled. Regardless of how far we have strayed, it is so easy to make a start.

    1. There are many ways people ignore their bodies, getting caught in ‘perfectionism’ being one of them, ‘I can remember things started to go a little pear-shaped around 8 years old when I got caught up in trying to be perfect. Perfection I have since learnt is extremely destructive and takes you down a slippery and very unpleasant path.’

42. When we take deep care of ourselves we feel better in every way – such simple wisdom that, when applied to our lives, starts to fundamentally change our relationship with ourselves, and our purpose in the world.

43. Feeling and connecting to the essence of who we are and living this in our daily movements and connecting to our bodies on a much deeper level is now the only way forward for me. Which I love the concept of this being my future.

44. ‘despite my frustration with you in those times where you are not ‘complying’ with my wishes.’ how much do we force our bodies to do things that in truth abuse our bodies.. when we have all the guidance we need to live respectfully and caring to our body from our body itself, all we need to do is listen.

45. If I sat down and wrote a letter to my body it would be full of apologies, for the first 40 years of my life I had absolutely no respect for it and I treated it as though their was no consequences to my actions. It turns out it is never to late to turn this around and I am learning my lesson not to let this happen again.

    1. On reflection of my life, my many-years span for my letter would be full of apologies too Kevin. How cruel we are to ourselves when not remembering that we are so much more than human beings and torturing ourselves for forgetting this fact.

46. We can wonder and love the harmonies that come with people surrendering back to their bodies and singing together, it is so innately beautiful. And yet the harmony that can be within one body between mind and body is absolutely sublime.

47. “Here’s to the rest of our lives with our Mind and Body working as one, in union with each other. ” Absolutely, it would have been amazing if I had understood this when I was younger, but it is never too late to change what ever age we are, and live in a way where our Mind and Body work together in absolute union with each other and allow the magic to happen.

48. It is truly shocking how we have a mind set that says to ourselves to ignore the only vehicle we have in which to live our life. So ethically wrong is this that if it were put forward in a court of law we would find ourselves severely reprimanded. Let’s not wait for the law of our body to override our erroneous way of living in it by delivering illness and disease, let’s take heed as offered above, and honour what our body has to say.

49. There is so much to appreciate and being in a body that really cares for us and has our wellbeing at heart 24/7 is phenomenal. When we bring care to it what an awesome marriage that makes.

    1. Bringing care and honouring to our body is essential for our well-being.

50. If I am not connecting to my body then what exactly am I connecting too? To have and build on the markers of what it feels like to be connected to my body is without a shadow of a doubt supporting and reminding me that when I am off track and connected to something that is not me that by being honest with where I am at I can be brought back to a marker that I know is true which I have sensed in my body patiently waiting to be connected to within me.

51. Super cute conversation with our greatest friend. If only we were taught to listen in this way from the start, to be informed and make changes based on how we are feeling and what our body is reflecting back to us.

52. Yes, our body is our greatest teacher when we stop, feel & are honest with the clear messages it gives us.
    It’s not about beating ourselves up when we slip up & make a less loving or honouring choice. And, it’s not about perfection, because there is no such thing. Surrendering & accepting where we are at are so important. As well as appreciating when we do honour our body, the grace, gentleness, stillness & divine sacredness which is always there when we choose to reconnect to it.

    1. Appreciating when we honour and care for our bodies, ‘I really notice the difference, how we feel better when we have taken the time to care for us, whether it be healthy delicious food, the Gentle Breath Meditation™, early to bed and early to rise; it feels awesome as it allows a more connected and purposeful intention going into our day.’

53. Like all great relationships, I am really appreciating my body the more I get to know it. It is my guide in life, for when I am on the right or wrong track. It is also the one that prompts me to notice when I have changed or grown in some way. I can get caught in my fixed idea of who I am or how I live, but my body is ever-responsive and lets me know when some things in my life have to change to match where I am actually at or what I need at that time.

    1. What you have touched on is the consistency of the body to be responsive to the energy we are from. We do not stand still it seems, we are constantly returning to the stillness we came from that powers our every move. Therefore, we could build an awareness and relationship with our body that shares with us when we are fighting that return. I have found it does not want us to stop, but to be obedient to its communications which are always part of a bigger plan.

54. I love your appreciation here, if we can appreciate ourselves and our bodies and just how finely they are tuned to help us with everything we do – life becomes more an exploration than a struggle.

    1. This is great Meg, ‘life becomes more an exploration than a struggle’ how much lighter it feels for life to be explored.

       1. Yeh I love it when I approach life this way – when it’s more about discovery and exploration nothing seems so bad, it adds in an element of observation rather than coming from self-critique.

55. I used to be so separate from my body, zero relationship, hardly talked to it…and although I do not have a direct vocal conversation now, I do have a conversation of sorts, it shares and I choose to respond or ignore….to ignore does not support me, responding is healthy, and there has been significant shifts to appreciate through being responsive.

    1. Thank you, Samantha, for the understanding of how we learn to be in relationship with our bodies and how this is an ongoing and forever process.

56. Great to have your list of messages and feeling of unease in different areas of life, and the choices we can make in them, and how your body always showed you in a loving way that these were not true for you. I just love how my body reliably always knows and shows me.. it’s down to me to listen.

    1. What a team our body and mind are when we listen, honour, love and care, ‘ a forever deepening care of self-love and accepting every part of you, for all that you are, just as you are, warts and all!’

57. My body’s patience and understanding is something that blows me away on a daily basis… even when I do not listen and continue to disregard it, it supports and guides me without waver.

    1. It’s true Matilda how ever much I have mistreated my body it was there to support me, I didn’t always see it like that, my broken wrist was an inconvenience at the time and caused a lot of pain, but now with much deeper understanding of the messages my body is constantly communicating to me I am beginning to really love my body, it’s honesty and loving intelligence, it is now the marker by which I lead my life.

58. “I now know dear body it was purely you communicating to me that I needed to change my ways and connect back to you; ” Simple and profound. Inspired by you I’m now feeling to write a letter to my own body.

59. Writing a letter to our body is a beautiful invitation of getting to know ourselves better through our bodies.

60. From feelings of discontent and warning signs, to the expansive ‘Yes!’ – the body tells us everything we need to know.

61. I love how precise the messages from the body are. I used to react very strongly to gluten and dairy yet I would continue to eat them both until it just got too much and I was forced to admit that I was allergic to both. What an arrogant way to treat the body yet most of us do it.

62. This is so gorgeous and supported me in seeing where I can love my body more 💕

63. How deeply healing it is to reclaim our body and our relationship with our selves and to forever cherish and deepen our connection.

64. It’s so strange that we should feel so separate from our bodies. That we have to get to know them and learn how to love them. There is such a separation here.

65. It feels liberating when we appreciate our body to be in the team we call me, as indeed it is teamwork and we have to work together as one. As to my current life shows so clearly, all illness and disease comes from not living in this team approach but instead as individual mind and body.

66. My body is talking to me loud and clear and I’m listening. It has always spoken to me but I have spent the greater part of my life ignoring it and so consequently living a lesser life. I have at last understood that doing life is not it, being driven, doing things for recognition, to be liked, to stand out really hurts our bodies. Too me I can feel how I have beaten myself up all these years not appreciating my sensitivity, my delicateness or my fragility. Now at last I am back in contact with these delightful qualities my body is asking me to move in a completely different way to be with me in full conscious present in all that I do.

67. How can I learn and grow when perfection clouds over me? This has been a trap I have most certainly fallen into, to not jump in for fear of not getting it ‘perfect’ first time!! OMG how capping! No more excuses in taking responsibility now as I see myself as a student forever learning and seeing to the best of my ability that there is no such thing as right and wrong.

68. I can honestly say that my body has much wisdom and I have proof of this everyday, even though I may not at first recognise and act on this fact.

    1. Indeed Roslyn, we may not always clock the intelligence and wisdom our body holds, but when we stop and listen we cannot else than appreciate the unconditional love and wisdom we are held in by our body every moment of the day.

69. How loving our body is to continually send messages to guide us to living loving lives, in how we look after ourselves to our beliefs and patterns of behaviour and to our movements, always there guiding.

70. Yes, it helps me to connect more with my body when I feel my movements as I move, ‘My favourite way to connect more with you is being present with our movements, as I am now, feeling how lovely our fingers feel typing this.’

71. ‘Here’s to the rest of our lives with our Mind and Body working as one, in union with each other. Hear, hear!

72. Our bodies offer us the simplest of signs at the earliest of stages. A little runny nose, a little diarrhoea , perhaps gastric reflux, or a minnie melt down as a toddler etc. etc. We all know the progression – some symptoms and signs accelerate, some are intense at times, some become chronic, some physical and or some mental health issues. All the signs are there, it seems the hiccup is we are relying on the signs being read and interpreted by people who are in exactly the same place, living the same way. Tricky to understand the true meaning and reading of what is behind the physical out plays when many are in the exact same position. A fresh understanding is very supportive and insightful- thanks to Universal Medicine this is available to All.

73. I love this letter and the sweetness of communicating with your body in this way. Great inspiration, something for me to go for, and actually a project I am going to take to some of the children I work with.

74. What a great project this would be in schools if we were to encourage children to listen and write about the loud & clear communication offered by our bodies. This helps support self awareness and self appreciation a vital duo for the demands of our current education system.

    1. I agree Lucinda, whole body intelligence would be a great addition to the Education System.

75. Developing a loving connection with our body is simply amazing however it is not until we do that we truly appreciate it and the wisdom we are part of as our innate divinity known.

76. Developing a deep connection with our bodies is certainly worth committing to as your blog so lovingly reminds us, the wisdom we constantly receive from our bodies is absolute and divine truth.

77. Anonymous, I used to think that it was unfair that my body spoke so loudly and that I got sick when I drunk alcohol and got ill when eating certain things, I now deeply appreciate the messages from my body and rather than see them as an inconvienience, I enjoy listening to them more and working with my body rather than against it, nurturing rather than disregarding my body.

78. Your blog shows us how the most important relationship we have first starts with self love.

79. It’s a real turn around to not only listen to our bodies messages but also to value them and not think that we have done something wrong or being punished for something. Our body is simply communicating, without any judgment.

80. Simply appreciating my body and the deep support from the stillness within – when things get rocky, my body calls me back to be with itself and in the stillness within, in full.

81. “I got caught up in the emotions and the unease of life and felt unable to hold you steady through all of this.” Emotions are basically toxic to our bodies, and we can soon spiral out of control if we let them get a hold of us. They are literally exhausting. But by bringing back the divine connection we all have within us it is possible to remain steady and to shine evermore brightly.

82. It is ironic that humanity has been spending so much time and resources on eradicating and managing our various ills and diseases and so little focus on seeing why the issues are there in the first place. The wisdom reflected by our body as a marker of truth available to us 24/7 is precious gift that we do not appreciate and honour nearly enough.

83. Our ideals and belief related to achieving perfection in our roles can drive and deplete our bodies to exhaustion.

84. Our own grace and the love that we naturally are in combination with our gorgeously divine bodies, are a match you simply just can’t beat.

85. To consider our body as our friend, our lover, would make a huge difference to the way we treat it. Stuffing it with food so that it can’t function in a harmonious way is not loving, and neither is the way we think because every negative thought, every judgement we put on ourselves or another creates a tension within that is not conducive to good health. We let our minds override everything and that needs to change. We need to allow our bodies to express what they feel and we can move in a way that allows that expression.

86. When we appreciate our bodies for the messages they offer us, and honour those messages, our whole life transforms.

    1. So true Paula. And this means when we do not honour and pay attention to the messages reflected by our body, we retard our evolution and expansion.

87. I keep coming back to this blog as it feels so lovely to appreciate my body. As was shared in the blog, we had so much fun in our bodies as kids. Although I am much more aware of my body now, the adult pattern of overriding my body or ignoring it at times still happens. There is control getting in the way of really letting it run my life and allow the joy of this that I felt as a child.

88. ‘I needed to change my ways and connect back to you; to get out of my head with all its chit chat and nonsense.’ – To realise that our body is actually constantly communicatiing with us makes a profound difference, to then honour and not override what is being communicated is the next step.

89. Although I am definitely listening to my body more and listening to its communications… I know there is a forever deepening in understanding my relationship to the messages I am receiving.

90. The reflection from the body gives a deepening message that grows as we connect more to it. It is fascinating to observe my relationship with it, sometimes it appears stronger than others, but i am aware it is always there, and maybe sometimes, I’m choosing to listen less or more at certain times.

91. The body – it sure does bring an opportunity for honesty to us all.

    1. Yes, and I love the no nonsense, no where to hide aspect of this – we can choose to duck and dive but our bodies simply go on showing us the impact of our choices.

92. The more I listen to my body the more I feel what supports it and what does not. Simply the way I move with it changes everything – am I moving with it or trying to force it to do something.

93. “We have had 33 years together so far and I really just want to take the time to appreciate and thank you for everything you have done for me… despite my frustration with you in those times where you are not ‘complying’ with my wishes.” Our bodies are completley miraculous the way that they keep going despite what we throw at them. This is a gorgeous way to confirm that we are in fact responsible for any ill that our body suffers, and to accept that this is the case is the first and very significant step towards our path of true healing.

94. I’m so inspired to write a love letter with my body because I’ve been mean and demanding and an abusive partner. Time to start over with love.

95. This ‘Letter to my body’ is an example of developing a relationship of love – Self love – with oneself.

96. My problem is that I’m 61 nearly 62 years of age and I feel 20 years old! And so I think I can just keep going. However, my body is showing me these last few days that I have gone too far and need reining in. And that is exactly what I’m doing, I have listened. I’m still working but at a much slower pace and I have had a chat with myself that I I’m trying to run before I can walk that my body needs building up to be able to do all the things I want to do. I need to appreciate I’m not 20 and it is amazing that I do what I do in my 60’s when most people are thinking of retiring. I’m still very much loving what I do and feel I can go on for a good few years yet, but taking my time after all where am I going? No where just round and round the sun!

97. I think we can all relate to this in how our body has given us messages and how we have ignored them. Great you have started to change this though. Yep our body holds the key alright we just have to adhere to it.

98. It is through movement that we become attuned with that which is from heaven.

99. I used to think I was trapped in my body with thoughts such as: ‘oh no, I am stuck in this thing for my whole life!’ Such was the cycle of self-abuse I was caught in. Now that I have taken time to care more deeply and honour the physical form I am enhoused within, I now appreciate that ‘my body is my buddy’ and not only a friend that will see me through to the ‘end’ and sending me messages when I stray off the path, but also a vehicle through which to express the truth of who we really are – the undying love and light of our Soul.

    1. It brings a whole different appreciation as well as responsibility when we realise our bodies are vehicles of expression for the light of truth to come through.

100. Staying in constant communication with our body is on-going, as we begin to listen to its daily signals and wisdom and respond to them, we are richly rewarded.

101. ‘I especially appreciate how clear you were when I was with the wrong men. Trust me, I heard you loud and clear despite my mind’s need for attention and affection trying to convince me otherwise.’ – The signals we get from our bodies are so clear that we can only be disconnected from ourselves to not feel them, or choose to ignore what we feel for various reasons.

102. ‘So as the years went on with all these outside forces of life presenting themselves daily and my perception of them’ wouldn’t we like to be able to blame something else all of the time when in fact it is our own choices that shape how we view things and the experience of life we have.

103. Building a loving connection with our body is the way forward for our health and wellbeing listening to all its wisdom and knowing from its connection to the all with love and appreciation for all we are.

104. The other day I finally listened to a message from my body which it had clearly been communicating for many years, and it was interesting to reflect on how I could possibly have ignored it for so long.

     1. This is the thing when we finally stop and take notice; often we know already that the thing we have been ignoring has been there for a long time. Then there comes the point where it speaks to us so loudly that we can no longer ignore it – often that point is illness and disease. It just shows the force required to override these messages the body so clearly communicates.

105. Today i can see clearly that i have always been someone who experiences life through my body, through the feel, the senstation of my interactions and movements; that bodily trust & dialogue was absolutely there when i was young. Yet as time went by, just as Anon has described, i began to override the messages, the soreness in my stomach, the stiffness of my neck, the weakness of my voice, i turned my back on what was on offer and started to live from my head, my thoughts, from external pictures that I thought identified me and made me unique.
     To re-engage this relationship with my body has been immensely enriching, consistency confirming what feels true and allowing me to once more claim this magic union with my body.

106. Super cute and playful way to share the profound impact of having a tender and intimate relationship with our bodies. Thank you.

107. My letter to my body is more of a eulogy of a life I no longer live. Today, I try to appreciate every moment and the amazing world that is unfolding for us all!

108. The body is a steady, solid communicator of unconditional love, never giving up on us, never holding back, and always delivering exactly what needs to be delivered.

109. When I speak to and treat my body with this tenderness and understanding, the struggle, hardness and exhaustion starts to dissipate… amazing actually.

110. Imagine if you had a friend who came everywhere you went, to every single meeting, night out and social event. Imagine if they slept with you in the evening and even went for a shower when you did. How would it feel to ignore them? Surely it would get pretty awkward, pretty quick? And yet isn’t this what we effectively do with our bodies? Anonymous you help us see that if we want true health and vitality that it only makes sense to connect and build a loving relationship with our bodies. They know us inside out.

111. Haha, I always took it for granted if I had white spots on my nails that my zinc levels had fallen too low, and I would just increase my levels of zinc or take a different form of zinc that was more absorbable. I never took a moment to stop and really appreciate all the little ways my body communicates the minutest details, it is truly amazing.

112. I often want to write a similar letter to my soul. The appreciation I feel for my soul, which I feel through my body is huge when I am connected but can be non-existent when I am ignoring it. It feels the most patient, loving, steady friend that is always there when you turn back to it.

113. Even when the body ‘does not work well’ it means that it is doing its job. Its sole purpose is to work for us and our evolution. What we try to do with it is a different story. How we relate to it is a different story too. What is clear is that working together is an option; yet one that requires deeply appreciating and loving it.

114. I have noticed that when I have pain, I am very aware of my body and how I move it, because if I’m not, it hurts. But without pain, we can maintain that awareness of connection to the body, why would we not listen to the wisdom of those messages? We get distracted but it makes no sense at all to ignore the body, it works so hard to support us.

115. This is a fun way to thank the body and of course reflect on all the times that it may have been trying to tell you something that you just didn’t want to hear. I remember when I was 19 my body was really trying to get my attention and so every time I would sweat, I would break out in hives. I was literally reacting to my own sweat, at the time I was working at a night club and going to bed at 4am every night. I was also drinking alcohol daily and everything else (that I won’t mention) but goes along with that lifestyle. I went to a Naturopath that recommended I go off all sugar for 3 months, I did, it took me a year to complete the 3 months but I did it. No sugar meant no booze and I was feeling better than ever at the end of it. But because I had not healed or addressed the issue once my symptoms had cleared up, I was back to my old ways, literally the day my 3-month cleanse was over. It was not until Universal Medicine that I was able to quit my old lifestyle effortlessly and begin to truly listen to my own body.

116. This is such a gorgeous blog in that the depth of appreciation you have for your body is palpable. Thank you Anonymous for reminding us what is available to us if we choose to listen to the constant stream of messages we are being given by our bodies.

117. When I am open to it, I so appreciate how my body communicates the consequence of every choice I make, especially if I have been abusive towards it. There is only so much of it the body can allow and the clearer I get the more rapid the communication. Every time I get a reaction in my body I say a silent thank you for the support!

118. I used to be annoyed from the tension I felt in my body, not willing to understand that it was my body telling me that something was not right but instead constantly looking for ways to get rid of it or to numb this constant tension. And although I managed that quite well, I was very smart in finding different ways to numb my body constantly, the underlying tension and unsatisfactorily feeling about life did not disappear. It was actually a huge effort in keeping myself in this momentum of not wanting to feel what my body had to tell and too a huge relief when I returned to my senses and started to listen to my body in all honesty and understanding more and more. No more pushing and seeking for relief, just surrendering to what my body is communicating makes my life much more in ease and more purposeful to all the people I live with instead of only being busy with myself.

119. Deepening the relationship with the body no matter whether it tells us is easy or not so easy to accept, comes from a Deep humbleness that this body is not separate from everyone and everything.

120. The one lesson I see here is the need for us all to work together with our bodies and allow the amazing changes to unfold.

121. So often we are fighting our body and working against it. Oh, the miracles that can happen when we work with our body.

122. I wonder how it would read if your body were to write a letter to you…

     1. I reckon it would contain a lot of love, support, understanding, humour, insight and wisdom.

123. Our body is a reflection of unconditional love.

124. It has often been said meeting Segre Benhayon was like coming home. And, in opening the door after being on holiday from our self for years, there is a mountain of unopened mail awaiting us.

     1. Great analogy here Steve with the pile of unopened mail that has to be opened and dealt with just as the ideals, beliefs and hurts buried within have to be dealt with in order to return home to love..

125. A beautiful confirmation of our choices and the constant two way conversations we share with our bodies and the wisdom it shares. There is always so much we can learn and appreciate about our bodies and how they speak to us only ever from love, not only allowing us to then make choices to support this love with honesty but also understanding too.

126. Bringing our awareness back to our whole body, to how and what we’re feeling and the sense of the way in which we’re doing things, walking or moving gives us the opportunity to tune in with a harmonious way of being; one that is in tune with all of us.

     1. Love this… the bringing together of the fact that we are all one and that the care we take of our bodies has an impact on others… this is the magic of responsibility.

127. Our body is a constant communicator, delivering us packages of understanding every step of the way. This blog shows the depth of connection that can be lived through movement and listening, and this is a support for us all.

128. What a gorgeous love letter. This line was a standout for me – “You always let me know with that underlying sense that something wasn’t right. Thank you, dear body, for if it wasn’t for this I may have never questioned things.” What an incredible gift our bodies give us, if it was not for the tension, how would we know there is more to life? And that something is not right?

129. Committing each moment to living with my mind and body in harmony feels amazing. I write this because I can feel the difference when I’m not choosing this, my body has whatever it will take to communicate to my mind the truth of my choices, bringing us back together, one-unified is the our true purpose.

130. We may not like the messages of the body but we can be sure it never lies and will never let us down to wake us up to the truth we eventually and inevitably need to embrace. It is the body who teaches us honesty and one day truthfulness.

     1. It is really remarkable to accept this fact when spend so much time, energy and money (and lifetimes) looking outside of ourselves for answers when we have them with us all the time. Heaven is truly within.

     2. Yes, Alexander, I agree and I am also learning the exquisite and powerful quality of humility from my body.

131. I am finding more and more that there is nothing random in life. Whenever I am running with a choice to deepen in an area of life, I find so much in life seems to constellate to support me in various ways, including showing me in detail how I have been living that is not in alignment to what I am unfolding. And the messages from my body are always the most immediate in this. Seeing this it seems very unwise to ignore any of the messages my body offers me, whether I have consciously chosen to look at that area or not.

132. There is so much our body shows us but we are so unwilling to listen as we have learned that the body is to be used and abused to get us the seemingly pleasures of life.

133. The more I listen, honour and appreciate my body the more the body is communicating to me. There is so much the body has available to us if we allow and embrace such wisdom.

134. Great point about appreciation – do we appreciate our bodies for the incredible reflections and messengers of our choices, or do we get frustrated and annoyed by the fact that they’re not/can’t keep up with the unreasonable demands we place upon them? This isn’t about being soft and not doing anything in case it becomes too strenuous or difficult, but about building an ever-deepening relationship with our body so that there’s an ever-deepening connection with it, and clarity of messages that it’s relaying back to us, constantly giving us opportunities to read and understand more about ourselves and others.

135. As children we responded to the body without thinking as we were so connected to it and understood how we felt life through it. It is only as adults that we have lost that connection and rely on our minds to figure life out.

136. Lots of appreciation for my amazing body and for putting up with me during all the disregard! That was in the past, but today we are both carried in all the love I am now allowing and receiving.

137. So much can be felt and known from just one simple stop moment in total presence and connection with our body.

138. We are in fact loved without measure despite the irresponsible and abusive way we choose to live. The true quality of love with which God holds us is a beholding, in which he does not get in the way of our choices and the mess we have been creating in our body and in our world.

     We are given the opportunity to keep having another go day in day out life after life until all of us as a whole choose to return to the grandness we separated from. And our body which is our vehicle of expression on this plane of life is our greatest marker and a wonderful ally in this.

139. “We both know full well that when I was a child I was awesome at listening to you – it came out so naturally. I reaped the rewards of living this way as I had so much fun in you dear body and felt so much joy, playfulness and silliness” There is such an innocence in the way that children relate to their bodies in this way – I remember it well myself, but somewhere along the line I too lost this connection. Thankfully now it is re-emerging and I am loving the rediscovery of this joy and playfullness and being silly that has always been there, but had just been lying dormant for a while. We all have this within us, we just have to know how to reconnect to it.

140. From simply using the “Gentle Breath Meditation” so that returning to our divine connection feels amazing and provides us with a True purpose!

141. What an amazing sharing of the power of our bodies and how they never stop communicating with us. This sharing I can vary much relate to and it reflects to me the extent to which I denied the messages my body was showing me.

142. ‘To listen or not to listen to my body, that is the question’, but not really, much more we may ask is there any good reason to not listen. There is not, not really, but most ignore their body anyway. To explore the why will reveal the character occupying the body, using it for whatever it chooses, no matter the costs. We are more than the body but without honouring and listening to the body we will not know the real you, only the wayward reduced version of the greater being we divinely are, the Soul.

     1. ‘To explore the why will reveal the character occupying the body, using it for whatever it chooses, no matter the costs.’ – Love it – just explore the WHY.

     2. ‘We are more than the body but without honouring and listening to the body we will not know the real you…’ A beautiful reminder, Alexander, that indeed we are more than the body but that taking it back to the basics of self care, self love and appreciation of the body is the key to opening the door and stepping across the threshold to the Soul.

143. Blogs like these are just bulging with appreciation

144. A beautiful connection and understanding of our body and all its communication with us. It is never to late to stop and listen in the stillness of our soul and change our ways appreciating our body and all the wisdom we are given to share and simply be with.

145. There is a wealth of wisdom to be gained from a deep connection to our bodies, I am becoming more loving and tender with my body and as this love deepens so does my appreciations of the gift that it is.

146. Treating our bodies with the utmost care and respect is our foremost lesson in responsibility and also where we get to understand the ripple effects of it.

147. “Letter to My Body” – LOVE, LOVE LOVE, that’s it.

148. Learning to feel my body and take notice of what it is communicating, honouring this and responding accordingly, has been one of the most supportive moves towards greater health and well-being I could have ever made.

149. I echo your words Elizabeth – our bodies are our best ever friends and there is so much to explore and deepen in this relationship. I am loving exploring parts of my body that were overlooked.

150. The more I deepen my relationship with my body the more in awe of its beauty, simplicity, magnificence I feel. The body’s ability to heal is one of the most humbling things to experience.

     1. Priscila, I agree with you, ‘The body’s ability to heal is one of the most humbling things to experience.’ Over and over my body has healed from the disregarding ways I have lived restoring to health and vitality from multiple health conditions through applying the teachings of the Ancient Wisdom presented by Serge Benhayon to my life. I am humbled and in awe.

     2. Indeed it is very humbling Priscila. We trash our bodies over and over, and still they lovingly heal themselves, always working towards restoring balance.

151. One of the things education is truly missing is the understanding of the intelligence of our body that is communicated every moment to us through the ills, conditions, diseases and feelings of joy, vitality and yumminess how we are living and if it is supporting us or not. Beside that it is also a big learning to surrender to it and listen to its symptoms because the basics like drinking when we are thirsty or stop eating when we feel full is something I noticed most of us find already challenging.

152. There is no escaping the messages of the body, we can try to ignore them, but they lovingly continue until we listen.

153. I love this. Outside forces can get us but not the body. The body stays true and steady amongst it all. It may not seem steady through illness and disease but it is – it is the body communicating that we have not been moving in our divinity.

     1. Great point Nikki. “Outside forces can get us but not the body”. The body is never tricked. It stands solid in its truth, and simply reflects to us all that we have chosen, including if we have allowed ourselves to be influenced by forces.

154. ‘You always let me know with that underlying sense that something wasn’t right. Thank you, dear body’ I am eternally grateful for work of Serge Benhayon and the growing awareness that allows me to trust my feelings and my body.

155. Being gentle is a great start before we get on our way to be self-love, and this is building an honest approach to deepening our connection. Then the focus on our movements brings a deeper awareness within the body of how much more we can be!

156. “That underlying depression and anxiety I felt as a teenager and when becoming a Mum, that was you wasn’t it? Letting me know that there is more to life and that too often I was giving up on my Joy.” I recognise this very well. What a blessing to know that our amazing body is there supporting us all the time, regardless of what we are going through. My appreciation for my body grows every day as I learn to listen to its messages, however small they may be and then respond to its requests.

157. ‘I am really beginning to understand that you are helping me’, this is where I find myself at the moment, learning to truly appreciate my body and how much it is looking out for me.

158. ‘I am really beginning to understand that you are helping me…’ – most times people consider their body and its messages to be annoying, disturbing, keeping them from doing what they are used to do or simply misinterpret or ignore it. Realizing the body to be our best friend who never lets us down should be a lesson learned when young so that we can appreciate having that great companion at our side and listen to its wise council.

     1. Spot on Alex, pre-school and then kindergarten should be the places where we introduce body awareness as our “best friend”.

159. When we get to a place in our lives and we look back and review how we have been and how we got to where we are today it becomes an interesting reflection. What I love is that we at any given moment have the choice to make a different one and this can change our lives for ever.

160. Learning to re-listen to my body in all honesty is a slow process and even after coming to an understanding of how I can re-interpret so much of what is being shared by my body, I still find my self getting frustrated.

161. Perfectionism can be a real trap striving to achieve an ideal or unrealistic expectation that does not really exist and denies that we are already enough as we are.

162. Our bodies give us so much support when we respond to what they are asking for.

163. Another level we can go to, when we recognise how our choices, diet and rhythm directly affects our body, is to see how our thoughts and movements that may not have a direct affect on us i.e. the quality of how we walk and talk are all equally impactful.

164. Your blog comes at an awesome time for me Anonymous as I too are learning to truly appreciate my body, and are appreciative of what it is telling me about my past choices. Seeing the things that the body is showing me now as a loving time to look at what my body is calling for that is needed now.

165. If our body wrote down on paper everything it communicates to support us we would not have enough room in the house to store it.

166. I am just beginning to get an understanding of how much disregard I have been living in for most of my life. How far I have allowed myself to be knocked off course because I didn’t have a belief in myself any more. That everything I felt could actually be true and that those people in my life had actually got it wrong all this time. I am re-building a deep trust with my body again to really deeply appreciate everything it knows naturally so with no trying or drive involved. I am starting to feel just how precious our bodies are and that they need to be cherished just as we would a new born baby.

167. I have to humbly apologise to my poor body for all the abuse it has put up with over the years and also thank it for the constant wisdom it has shown me even when I don’t listen.

168. The smallest change in our bodies concerning our food or behaviours is a reflection for us to know if we treat our body in a healthy and vibrant way or not.

169. Our body constantly gives us clues as to how far away we have stepped from our natural way of being, and this is actually a really beautiful way of communication for it is the ‘voice’ of the body. So the little feelings and the subtleties that we sense are the body speaking up. This ‘voice’ becomes louder and easier to hear the more we listen to it and the more we heed it. This is all about developing that relationship with the body.

170. “The white spots you have put on my nails to let me know I am lacking and not absorbing zinc very well.” – I love looking at the nails and the tongue and the skin as they tell us so much about what is going on in side the body!

171. Our body communicates to us in so many ways, and the physical symptom picture is only one means for it to do so – and with this physical symptom picture it can crank up the volume as needed to get our attention. For example, a sore throat or some bloating or some tiredness or in more extreme communications a broken limb or a full blown illness or condition. How much do we listen to the body? And how much do we heed what it shares in its communications?

172. If I consider the neglect I have treated my body with over the years I am so, so appreciative that it continuous to bounce back and offer me another opportunity to treat it with the love and deep respect it deserves.

173. A very appreciative reflection of the beauty and support of our body and the amazing team we have inside us showing the way with the strength and love of listening to all it is showing us of who we are and the care and treasuring we deserve.

174. Anonymous, this is so simple but so powerful; ‘My favourite way to connect more with you is being present with our movements’, this is what I am learning at the moment; that if I stay present with my movements rather than being ahead of myself or in my head thinking then I feel a lightness and joy.

175. Just re-reading your blog makes me deeply appreciate that incredible gift that my body gives me every single day, helping me know what is true, what will help me evolve and grow and what will get in my way and stop me.

176. At times in my life I thought I had done enough to destroy this connection with my body as collateral damage in self abusive behaviour. It’s almost like I didn’t want to trust it would still be there if I looked for it but in doing so found that it was still there and it only take few small steps to begin to rebuild it.

177. This underlying sense that something is not right is one of the greatest gifts we have. If only we pay attention and honour it more. In truly getting when things feel wrong, we can start getting a clearer indicator of the quality and magnificence we are actually about. Becoming clear about what IS NOT it, gives us a greater clarity about what IS it.

178. Our bodies are made to work in unity and harmony and so clearly show when we are not moving in life with that natural flow and order, separate and disharmonious in its parts.

179. Appreciating that our body constantly supports us is liberating rather than seeing our body as something to contend with.

180. I want school children to study this love letter, for it holds an awful lot of wisdom which if taken on board will avoid much pain.

181. I love the reconnection to my own body though movements and the way it communicates with how I feel as I do this.

182. ‘You always let me know with that underlying sense that something wasn’t right. Thank you, dear body, for if it wasn’t for this I may have never questioned things.’ Our body constantly delivers messages to us, and our part is to be willing to take notice and honour them.

183. When we impose our wants and beliefs onto our body it will eventually break down and then we think that our body is against us. When we surrender our choices and moment to the body we will find that it knows far better then us what the next best choice or move is.

184. It is forever a choice to revere our body as the temple that it is to support all that we are to express forth in the world or to negate its wisdom and loving feedback.

185. I can feel how the body gets such joy when we stop battling against it and it does not need to correct us quite so many times in the day. We can listen to it and work in unison with its rhythm and flow, there is much to appreciate how it works for us all the time.

186. If we learnt from very young that our body is our best friend and to continue to listen to it no matter what was going on around us and who was saying whatever to us, we would always have a marker that we could trust….our body.

187. If we have always wanted a partner, a teammate, a union, our body has been patiently waiting for us to realize that we have always had the opportunity to be that with it. How deeply beautiful, this is the most loving and precious relationship we could ever have and are we appreciating it enough? Every time any deepening is needed with any outside relationship we can always come back to deepening this union with our body first.

188. I cherish my body now, this is not something I have always done. You may even hear me say sorry when I bump into something or move roughly. It feels out of rhythm and harsh and not part of me. This has developed from being honest about how I feel and then beginning to be responsible for each choice after that honesty. You do not abuse a body you cherish.

189. I love the offering that the communication from our bodies is a great way to not be caught in the ‘chit chat’ in our heads – always worth returning to in those moments when thoughts seem dominant.

190. Hear hear to this, “Here’s to the rest of our lives with our Mind and Body working as one, in union with each other.” My body’s particles are dancing with appreciation of this movement..all the way home.

191. The body is forbearing and honest, ie it is accepting of everything that it experiences and at the same time never holding back to reflect the quality of all these experiences with the utmost clarity for us to learn and understand and that we do eventually – in that sense it is the most patient and successful teacher we could ever wish for.

192. To live our day to day lives in acceptance and appreciation of our body is true medicine.

193. By choosing to disconnect from our bodies and using our minds to navigate through life, we surely do ourselves a disservice as we are making life so much harder for ourselves.

194. Dear Body,
     When I express from you the words come with the authority of the stars
     Yours Truly…

     1. And for mine Elizabeth

     2. Goosebumps Elizabeth, goosebumps.

195. Thank goodness that we do have a body that helps pull us up when we’ve gone ‘off track’ so to speak; it may not always seem so convenient to have the signs and symptoms that are communicating with us but they are there in our favour helping us to come back to our true way of expressing and living life rather than being totally lost in ideals and beliefs about how we think we should behave and relate with one another…

196. I started hating my body very much so around thirteen, it didn’t do what I wanted it to do though it did an amazing job despite how I abused it with exercise and my diet and all the emotions I loaded it with. I can so clearly see how I dumped and blamed all my issues onto it and it carried on loving me without fail. It showed me I needed to rest when I got glandular fever,it showed me and shows me so much. I couldn’t see this and still am not consistent with appreciating it is my most loving and loyal friend. Any time I’m not appreciating it is when I’m in my head feeding off unloving thoughts of needing to be a certain way that has nothing to do with truth. But all I need do is come back to my body and allow it to move in the way it knows how to express love, and then the hardness goes and the love returns.

     I’d say there is much to practice with this but the difference is I’m recognising it’s not my body who has to confirm to what my mind wants, it’s me relating and being obedient to what my body knows – a humble allowing knowing this is where true grandness lies.

197. Imagine the amazing support and education we can give our children if we encouraged them to pay attention to the messages from their bodies at an early age. What a powerhouse of wisdom they will be when they allow themselves to access and be guided by the unfathomable intellect contained within their cellular biology.

198. Love your blog Anonymous and many things you shared I can relate to as well. So good to be now much more connected to my body than ever and it is showing me daily where ‘we’ are at 🙂

199. Love this phrase that reminds us of the amazing relationship that’s possible with our body when we choose to be an active partner with it: ‘…by truly listening to you, we are a team for an amazing life together.’

200. Our relationship with our body is an interesting one, because we not only have a relationship with a physical object, but a relationship also with our whole being. So the true relationship with the body comes also with a comittment to our being and it’s quality, hence why it doesn’t work to be so skilled, technical or functional with the physical body alone – for example why do people with great talent overdose on drugs?

201. “We both know full well that when I was a child I was awesome at listening to you – it came out so naturally. I reaped the rewards of living this way as I had so much fun in you dear body and felt so much joy, playfulness and silliness;” How much we miss out on when we let go of these beautiful qualities as we get older and take on ideals and beiliefs of those around us. But thankfully our bodies never forget they are an innate part of us and we simply have to choose to reconnect to them in order for them to be re-ignited.

202. Yes, I’d like to express that same gratitude to God also.

203. A relationship with our body is the foundation to walk our steps of return.

204. Our body is the gateway to our Soul. When we pay attention, listen and care for it with the practical physical mechanics of life we get to feel there is so much more to us than meets the eye. We feel our body communicate with us and we become one with it. In this oneness we gamer to feel the oneness of the universe. Universal movement in our earthly body.

205. Love this, Ariana, and I couldn’t agree more!

206. Yes indeed, we set ourselves up for constantly big falls when we live by ideals and try to be perfect.

207. The body is so knowing. Nearly 20 years ago I was in someone’s house at a social event. At one point I needed to go to the loo, but my body absolutely refused to take me there. (I waited until I left the house to go an hour or so later). At the time I put it down to feeling insecure and was feeling a little self-critical. It wasn’t until years later that it got revealed that the person whose house I was in had hidden several secret cameras in the bathrooms. What strikes me is that even before I was consciously aware, my body was and even if I was in denial of energy my body was not. On some level, there is some appreciation that I didn’t override my body on that occasion but there have been many times that I have. Stopping to really appreciate the wisdom and communications from the body is gold.

     1. If I really stop to ponder on this experience there really is so much wonder that the body is so knowing and how quickly that knowing is communicated, even before an event has happened the body is impulsed. How cool to be aware of this and how cool when humanity simply lives this as the accepted norm.

208. The body’s particles are innately under the pull of the divine – despite the attempts by the wayward behaviours to ignore this fact.

209. My body has been writing an endless letter to me in the last two weeks. I have been laid low by a nasty flu virus and it has been communicating so clearly what it is needing in every moment. But the biggest message has been the loss of taste and with it the revealing of how much I have relied on taste when I eat. I have been able to see that the need to taste is such a powerful drive, almost an addiction, and that focusing on the actual nourishment has been lacking. Two weeks on though things have changed and the craving to taste has all but gone and the nourishment of my body has replaced it. As a result, I can feel that I have a totally new relationship with food I eat. Time to write a letter of appreciation to my body.

210. The communication line between my body and me I severed in the train wreck that I called life, which I had created for myself and lived for most of this life. But, the communication lines are all still intact; they were just switched off, just waiting to be turned on again. Reconnecting with ourselves is coming back home again to who we all indeed are, a union we never lose.

211. This relationship is so tender and understanding that it remind me of the same level of consideration that we bring to a child. Should it not always be like this?

212. Our future lies in not just listening and responding to our bodies, but in allowing them to lead us through life in deep connection to the fiery warmth within us.

213. A well-deserved love letter that I know your body will appreciate. Playful and profound – thank you.

214. Anonymous, what really stands out for me in this article is how our bodies are communicating with us about everything all of the time, from the foods that will nourish our bodies to the relationships that are true, reading this I appreciate all that our amazing bodies show us.

215. Interesting to consider why we as a species tend to live from our so called ‘intelligent mind’ instead of from our body that hold an intelligence that is so much more greater and wise.

216. It is true that our body lives each and every one of our choices and thus gives a true voice to how we are living.

217. It is scary that we learn from such young age that only perfection is ever going to be good enough – it sets us up with a lack of self-worth that most people carry for the rest of their lives.

218. We have much to learn from the wisdom of our bodies.

219. Yes our body becomes our best friend when we start to see what our body is communicating and how beautifully simple our life can be if we listen to its signals and feelings.

220. Very very wise words Elizabeth – indeed patiently waiting for us, always.

221. I’m getting a clearer sense, that when my body is agitated, nervous or tense that something important needs my attention. For so long I thought this was ‘just me’ but now I can see it was this body awareness you describe Anonymous telling me something’s not right. All I need to do is hear it out and no longer ignore.

222. Appreciating the body and all its communications is a totally different way to approaching life and living it.

223. Building a dialogue with our bodies with this level of sweetness and respect is totally life changing… thank you for sharing your story.

     1. This raises an important point Matilda, – the quality in which we receive and respond to what the body is communicating. I know from experience that sometimes I have been critical, or believed that my body has ‘failed’ when it offers a strong message, yet to meet this instead with an openness and a responsibility that understands ‘why’ the relationship becomes one of love, honouring and respect.

224. Absolutely every response from the body is a communication worth observing, from the quickest thought, or ‘smallest’ reaction, to the very physical breakdown and everything in between. Our body can never stop showing us where we are not living in accordance to its Divine make-up.

     1. That is true Rosanna, our body is in continuous communication and while we tend to get annoyed by the small and sometimes bigger messages from our body because they stop us in our waywardness, our body is actually our most truest friend in life as it knows that the we are not the waywardness and that we are so much more than that.

225. I can relate to what you share anonymous. Your blog takes me back to a time when I was dis-connected from my body and routinely abused it with food, substances and a hard driven lifestyle. What I see now is how common it was to live in this way. Other ways of being were outside my view, and even if presented, would I have listened? I was caught up in the life and friendships I had chosen. This awareness supports me to understand and not judge others still trapped in the cycle of self abuse.

226. A blessing to appreciate the truth about our bodies and begin to love, honour and obey its messages.

227. So many points of stepping away from ourselves all the while when you are in them you have no idea, each one taking us further and further away from our natural gorgeous beauty. Coming to the realisation that it was within us all the time. On the return there is much cherishing of what we separated from for so long.

228. The best friend and companion in life we could ever want – our bodies.

229. The love and simplicity felt from this is very touching and what an amazing honouring of our body and all we feel and have inside us to connect to. A real inspiration to let go of all the holding and simply be who we are.

230. Just to give that moment and allow our body to talk to us. As we connect to the deep wisdom the body communicates all it needs to very simply.

231. Anonymous, this is very gorgeous; ‘Here’s to our life embodying you as MY body with a forever deepening care of self-love and accepting every part of you, for all that you are, just as you are, warts and all!’ I love how you share about accepting every part of us, I am doing this more and this helps me feel confident with myself and makes life much more joyful, I no longer pick myself apart and criticise myself, instead I am gentle and understanding of myself and if critical thoughts come in I know they are not true so I have learnt not to go into them but to come back to accepting and loving myself.

232. This is great, the earlier in our life we can start this deepening relationship with our bodies the better – self-love builds love in all areas of our lives and ripples out far and wide. It is the best way to stay healthy and joyful.

233. ‘…all these outside forces of life presenting themselves daily and my perception of them, – thinking what I had to do, who I had to be.’ Is this one reason that we are attracted to going on holiday? It removes us from what has become our normal daily life and therefore we perceive that we escape the forces and therefore are free of the role we have learnt to play in daily life. Perhaps if we learnt to live in a way which redevelops our connection and relationship with our body every day we would not need holidays for this reason.

234. There is no stronger or more worthwhile relationship to nurture in this world than the one we have with our bodies. Building the intimacy, respect and tenderness between our selves and this amazing living vehicle we inhabit brings the rewards of true friendship, a certain open heartedness which then spills out into the world and graces all we engage with.

235. Perfectionism is really something that is so heavy and wears on us so hugely, we set ourselves up with an ideal of how it should be and our bodies, our guide are ignored … our bodies hold and show us how we can live in a real and tender way with us.

236. Our bodies clock every thing we do, say and think – our every single choice over many years… and what I find so amazing and inspiring about our bodies, is the minute you stop to love, honour and nurture them, they immediately respond. Our bodies don’t judge us for the choices we have made… they are so forgiving – we just need to be forgiving of ourselves.

237. You describe our bodies as being patient and unwaveringly supportive, this does indeed give away that our bodies know God, and what love is.

     1. And the communication is constant yet how often do we truly stop to appreciate this is the finest detail in each given moment?

     2. Yes, Absolutely rosannabianchini, Our body, being naturally ‘… patient and unwaveringly supportive…’ is a natural expression of God… which brings understanding to the term “Son of God’

        1. Johannabrown17, I love the dimension this adds to the very nature of our bodies!

238. We focus so much on the so-called negative responses we get from our body when we disregard it, but how about how amazing it feels to look after our diet, exercise, sleep, have a rhythm and be in the flow of life?

239. My favourite way to connect is also by being very present with my movements. As I am sitting at my desk typing this comment I focus on my finger tips on the key boards, my feet on the floor, my back straight and supported in my chair, and the quality of how I type , is it delicately or am I bashing my finger tips on the key board?

240. Our amazing bodies have their own natural vibration, when we live with dis-regard or abuse, our body is forced to be at a lower vibration, which results in physical and energetic consequences. It’s up to us whether we allow our bodies to sing with the sweetness that we are, or stifle them with our ill choices – knowing that we are continuously contributing something, it’s our choice whether it’s loving or harming.

241. ‘thank you for everything you have done for me… despite my frustration with you in those times where you are not ‘complying’ with my wishes. ‘ … beautiful reflection of true love – the steadiness of our bodies, holding us in absolute love and truth, irrespective of our behaviour and how abusive or dis-regarding we are. Their loving commitment never waivers and never judges.

242. Beautiful letter – I wrote a letter to myself a year ago during a big time of change and I love looking back on it

     1. It’s a great way of connecting or re-connecting and feeling into what we have expressed to our selves, and coming back to it after a period of time also allows us to see where we have been and where we are now.

        1. I agree – a bit like when we write in a diary, it is offering us an opportunity to reflect and grow and converse with ourselves.

243. It’s like little or big miracles when we honour our bodies by taking care, addressing the warning signs and developing a consistent relationship of deepening regard with our bodies, our bodies start to trust our choices and respond with healing.

244. Your bullet points are very relatable for everyone to be aware of just how the body language communicates when it is not okay with out choices. We simply have to be aware of the signals and listen to them.

     1. Yes without judgement our bodies so willingly share and keep sharing.

245. So simple, the answers are with us all the time, as our body is always with us and thus it just takes a bit of dedication and curiosity to find out what is going on with ourselves.

     1. Simple and beautiful Esther. Love the reminder of dedication and curiosity. I have heard some wise and playful words from a very wise friend which I have ever since applied to my observations, including the ones of my body: ‘Be Curious, Not Critical’!

        1. Very beautiful words, supportive and absolutely engaging with life.

     2. Yes, so very simple. All those years of suffering were actually not necessary. All we need to do is listen.

        1. Listening to our body one would think would be the easiest thing to do, and it is; until we let the mind override what the body has to say – and then the listening becomes harder. So it is to connect to the body first and checking in with what goes on and then really being discerning what the mind is then wanting to do…

     3. So true, and to be on top of the mind’s communication as it likes to be in control and often wants to dominate and override what the body is letting us know…

246. The more we feel that our bodies are not punishing us but supporting and correcting us, we can feel how we allow more flow in our rhythm and more ease with our movements. The more we listen to the body, the more the messages come to deepen our connection.

     1. Yes this completely changes our relationship with our bodies when we view it in this way Gill and therefore life feels very different.

     2. Indeed – it is time we start treating our body as our very best friend.

        1. And when we do there would be no harsh moments, movements, non supportive foods or any other disharmonious behaviour…

     3. And I love the bit about ‘the more we listen to the body, the more messages come to deepen our connection’ which turns on its head the belief that we become too sensitive when we take care of ourselves… we simply allow and nurture more of our natural awareness.

247. Our bodies are truly amazing, constantly communicating, never holding back and always being honest. But we fight our body all the way, well at least until we begin to ask ourselves different questions; tough on ourselves; have high expectations of our body in every way. But our body is not asking that of us, it is simply saying come back, come back to me.

     1. I like that Jennifer, ‘our body is simply saying come back, come back to me’ I know from my own experience I didn’t like all the messages my body was giving, so didn’t want it let alone love it, but when I got to understand what these messages were, from the presentations of Serge Benhayon, I got what my body was conveying and started to listen and chose to start my journey back to my body, to me.

248. ‘I understand now that by truly listening to you, we are a team for an amazing life together.’ – Yes indeed, our relationship with our bodies. I find it interesting that this is not the number one focus when we grow up, in our homes as well as in schools.

249. I have so much more awareness of how my body truly supports me and with this awareness my job is to honour and respect my body and it can do its job of delivering all its wise communications.

250. We complain about our body showing signs of sensitivity, exhaustion and illness and disease, but without this can you imagine how humanity would choose to live? Being honest, would we be more or less disregarding in our choices if you removed our body’s response?…

251. It’s so true that when we embrace harmony our body feels the support and love that is our innate way of being. Our bodies offer us so much love and care and are unceasingly there for us – it feels like time to return the compliment and enjoy fully this connection.

252. ‘…things started to get a bit intense and it began to feel not as easy to be with you. I got caught up in the emotions and the unease of life and felt unable to hold you steady through all of this.’ For me this is beautifully exposes the tendency I have to be hard on myself for what I perceive as ‘mistakes’. This by contrast reflects a loving understanding of the path we take and decisions made in life. Thank you.

253. It is easy to use our body from a place of function and to override the messages it constantly gives us, but the more we become aware and build a relationship with the body there comes the point when we value the body more than the instant gratification of the override.

254. When I consider how I have treated my body I am absolutely awestruck that I am still alive. The quality of health today compared to 20 years ago is astonishing and a constant reminder that our bodies are very delicate but extremely robust at the same time. Appreciating both qualities and caring for my body with utmost respect has shown me that our bodies are actually capable of a very consistent high level of health and vitality that some where along the line we seem to have abandoned.

255. When we open up to the awareness that it is not just thoughts and words that are communication – but our feelings and senses too – then we open up to the wisdom that our body has been offering us all along.

256. I’m 33 as well as fully relate to what you are saying no matter what my body has been lovingly nudging me to be more tender and delicate with myself and when I go off track it finds ways to remind me of the love that I am, that we all are. It’s the best friend who is by my side your side no matter what and never has any ounce of judgement rather holds you in absolute love.

257. I know someone who has a huge Gall bladder problem, has diabetes type 2 and MS. They are totally driven in what they do. So we could say that the body is talking very loudly saying that something is up. But I am having a lesson in how the mind can take control of the body, as they cannot seem to slow down and take care of themselves. They know the way of life that they are living is in total disregard to their body and have been told this by all the medical staff that is on their case but have admitted they just cannot seem to stop. They have actually said their mind is out of control. Too me just admitting this is the first step of the recovery of their body. I feel that most of us lead with our minds over our body rather than both being in unison with each other.

258. Yes, Elizabeth, if we appreciated the importance of honouring the body, our healthcare systems and rates of illness and disease would be turned upside down.

259. Our body is a living compass gently directing us daily on how to be in harmony with it, and when we don’t listen, offers correction.

260. Gosh, I remember the pressure of ‘perfection ideals’ being a young mum – trying so hard to get it right, living in the constant tension of self doubt and anxiety, and putting my body on the line. This is clearly not the reflection of self love and nurturing we want to give to our children.

261. Our bodies are so faithful, always there for us even when we keep on abusing them.

262. Anonymous this is a delightful and at the same time personal peek into your relationship with your body. A relationship that mirrors all of our relationships with our bodies and so your story supports us all to understand the intimate and precious relationship that we can all have with our bodies. Thank you.

263. I really must sit down one day and write an apology letter to my body for all the rubbish I have consumed, the bones I have broken, the skin I have taken off . I know my liver you have forgiven me, my lungs are still trying to forgive me and my bones still let me know maybe till the end of my days that I shouldn’t have played rugby, ridden motorbikes or fallen down stairs.

264. Listening to the wisdom being shared with us through our bodies takes our focus away from things being ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and instead, we appreciate the opportunity to feel the truth of how things are and why they have happened, inviting us to deepen our understanding and perhaps adjust our choices moving forward.

265. “And most importantly, just simply knowing and claiming the absolutely amazing team that we are” – yes, living the body and being – as one. The key to life!

266. ‘And most importantly, just simply knowing and claiming the absolutely amazing team that we are.’ – it’s crazy how strongly we can resist doing this, Anonymous, yet when we do it’s hard to fathom why it has taken us so long to work out what a fabulously divine team we are.

267. ‘Here’s to our life embodying you as MY body with a forever deepening care of self-love and accepting every part of you, for all that you are, just as you are, warts and all!’ I love this line, so accepting, so loving, so inspiring. No need to heed outside forces on how I should be etc. but listen and love my body, something it’s crying out for.

268. Without the body I wouldn´t know anything of true value about myself or others. Everything of importance is known by, with and from the body.

269. Dear Anonymous and your Amazing Body, thank you for sharing this most intimate and deeply touching Love letter, I enjoyed reading every single word you typed in.

270. Awesome blog – How much Love is there in what is widely seen as the body punishing us? When in fact it is exactly the other way around – it is we that are abusing our body and not listening to the Loving advice it offers.

     1. I agree Jenny, it is time we put the responsibility where it belongs and acknowledge that we ourselves are making the abusive choices that then comes with different flavours of consequenses.

271. Our bodies have a lot to say – and it’s all common sense too. I have come to appreciate common sense much more deeply. Just because something is ‘common’ does not mean it lacks value. What I have found is that common sense is pure wisdom – and it is freely available to us all.

272. I know I thought for years that what I did was who I was, and it is a great trick to keep us small, and get us to not claim all we are because of our imperfections. The body gives us a constant reminder when we are off track, and it needs deep appreciation for its endless corrections to support us.

     1. Exactly Gill and I am learning not to go into reaction when those corrections come from my body, because when I embrace them, I get the learning and the expansion.

273. Clothes are an interesting reflection of how we feel about ourselves and our body – when I feel low I will just pull on a pair of jeans and a Tee Shirt but after a while I can feel that wearing those pulls me down even further so sometimes I dress up to change my mood.

274. Yes, our digestive system is wondrous in giving instant feedback about how we are eating and living in general.

275. The greatest gift we can offer our bodies for all the abuse we have given them over the years, is to start listening and choosing to honour how they are feeling.

276. Ah yes, getting “caught up in trying to be perfect”, I can feel the hard work I would put in to control everything to the degree that it came out ‘perfect’, yet this would also set me up for self criticism or disappointment. Now I much rather know I can just stay with me, bring my experience and skills to the job at hand, feel the flow and enjoy what happens.

277. Making the space to connect to our body and choosing to read its communications is the main key to coming back to our true selves.

278. When the majprity of us have beenthrough the process of this changing relationship with our bodies why are we not all asking more questions as to why? So important for lived examples of returning to appreciation of the body like this to be availble to others to feel and bring reflection.

279. It’s beautiful when we finally start to listen to the body. Our experience can go from illness to feeling full of vitality simply by paying attention.

280. What is interesting here, is the fact that the human body is made of the same particles that are found all throughout the universe, so when our bodies speak, is it in fact universal intelligence that we are hearing? And if so, how loving is that intelligence to speak in ways that always leads us back to the humbleness of knowing that what we can feel is a confirmation of what we knew all along.

281. We do at some stage as a child become aware of the unease of life around us and this awareness builds a tension in our bodies and we succumb and we comply to the way the world wants us to live. Which I have discovered is totally opposite to how we could be living with each other. We all harden ourselves against the onslaught of the world as we grow up and go out into the world. I have discovered for myself that if we take down the barriers and allow ourselves to feel the sensitivity of our bodies and grow our awareness this is far more beneficial as then we have more tools to deal and embrace life rather than shut it out.

282. A beautiful and inspiring blog Anonymous. The relationship with my body has changed beyond measure since attending presentations by Serge Benhayon – and so too, my relationship with others and life.

283. What a gorgeous way of describing the way we can be with our body: ‘knowing and claiming the absolutely amazing team that we are.’ It can be a divine and forever support to allow this awareness and to not trash the sacredness of the temple we live in.

284. Our bodies are exquisite. To treat them as anything less causes them much malaise and to seek a cure for our ills beyond the way we treat our selves is a deep insult to our body’s intelligence. So gorgeous to realize this and restore true relationship, the fruits of which benefit everyone one.

285. For me my body is my best friend and I only have to allow myself to feel what it is showing me. It is really that simple if I would not made it sometime so complicated to listen to.

     1. ‘For me my body is my best friend and I only have to allow myself to feel what it is showing me’ Yes Ester it really, is that simple: first feel and then listen. This best friend never leaves or lets us down. Amazing.

286. It struck me reading this how amazing it would be if we kept diaries with our bodies. Instead of “Dear Diary” if it were “Dear Body”. Imagine if that were a rhythm that we had as we grew up – what a document it would be and what a brilliant way to nurture and expand that dialogue and build this relationship – the most important relationship of our lives.

     1. Great idea, Otto ….. I am feeling what a lovely support it would be to have a ‘Dear Body’ moment each morning and evening to record how we are feeling and observe the changes that takes place throughout the day, week, month etc. In so doing, it would help to identify potential triggers that bring about the changes …. maybe a potential app opportunity 🙂

     2. Yes, Otto, it is the most important relationship, as it opens us up to greater truth and love in every aspect of our lives.

     3. Agree Otto our body is our primary relationship, one that we need to foster and nurture. It sets the foundation for all our other relationships.

        1. And yet most of us, most of the time, utterly ignore it – giving far more time, attention and credence to our minds and emotions.

287. A loving relationship with our body is key if we are to embrace all that we are here to do.

288. Your letter is a great example of deeply appreciating the body and our relationship we have with it

289. Such an expression of appreciation, beautiful.

290. Cute post. Cute way of self-relating Anonymous. We can so easily forget how connection, and quality connection to the body is the first relationship we have and are to treasure given how it communicates to us so lovingly, so unwaveringly from birth to passing.

291. I feel inspired to write a letter to my own body. Thank you.

292. Our body always knows. Our body always speaks. The key is in whether we choose to listen or not. And then if we are prepared to act on what we hear and feel.

293. I love how you show your body expresses to you and always has in practice examples…. I forgot about the zinc one.

294. Our body is not just a vehicle through which we can joyride or ‘get through’ life, but more so a vehicle of expression through which the light of the Soul, our true self, can be made manifest. Understanding this makes it far easier to not trash the temple that enhouses us.

295. I had not realized that the constant ills I used to suffer, headaches, stomach upsets, migraines, colds and so on were not just messages from my body about how I was treating it, they were desperate cries for help! Extremes that were not fully appreciated until I cleaned up my act.

296. Now that’s a perspective I would have loved to have grown up with! Some might feel it far fetched, but come on, our attitude toward our bodies is, in general, not healthy, and why do we accept so much negativity. Incredible how much there is to learn here, why wouldn’t you turn it around and listen to it?

297. What a stunning way for us to look at the clear messages the body shares with us every single moment.

298. My sense is perfection was created to stop us actually feeling ok with ourselves as we truly are.

299. The body is absolutely amazing at giving out signs when perfectionism is being thought of as the objective and purpose. Once anything becomes the focus that negates our connection with ourselves the body will indicate, but from experience perfectionism triggers a lot of body warnings that are very worth listening to.

300. It’s super important to realise just how much our bodies are supporting us, just how they are what can help us return to our soul, as you say “I am really beginning to understand that you are helping me, getting my attention to let me know that the way I am living isn’t our natural way.”

301. …and how has it become so rare that we hold our bodies with such respect, appreciation and affection?

302. I really feel the loving, warmth in this letter to your body Annon.

     I feel very inspired to keep nurturing the growing respect and appreciation I have been developing for my body, thanks to the inspiration of Serge Benhayon and the great support offered us all through Universal Medicine.

303. Re-connecting with the wisdom of our whole body is well worth bringing ourselves back to! Our mind can run off with ideas and pictures about how we think we should be or life ought to be but our whole body gives us a marker for what is truly harmonious.

304. “That underlying depression and anxiety I felt as a teenager and when becoming a Mum, that was you wasn’t it? Letting me know that there is more to life and that too often I was giving up on my Joy.” Our body never lets us down, it is only us who can do that to our body.

305. We can really put our bodies through hell and back, trying to fit a picture or seeking thrills or even just chasing distraction – but no matter what they remain with us and constantly reflect to us when our actions are out of line.

306. If we just paid attention and just noticed the immense care and support we are offered innately from the Universe, such as the amazing prompts we are constantly getting from our bodies and the way life also gives us constant clues, there would be so much less angst about thinking we are owed and more awareness that we have responsibility and heaps of love, understanding and wisdom to explore and express.

307. Our body is a good friend, sometimes it tells us things we don’t want to hear, but eventually we have to accept that it was communicated from a place far more loving than we at times want to be with our own selves.

308. The body can easily be dismissed for just being that thing that carries us around or be recognised for the vehicle or instrument that allows us to know who we truly are – it is our choice which kind of relationship we choose to have with our body.

309. The more I learn about the human body and my body – the more it amazes me. We are walking miracles with god knows how many particles in our bodies all designed to work together to restore us to our natural vitality. Learning to work with the natural processes of the body is one of the deepest ways we can care for ourselves.

310. I went through phases of a love-hate relationship with my body. Now, having lost so much weight, I love its slimness and its response when I eat too much of the ‘wrong’ type of food. I am sorry to say that I am still abusing it a bit, but I am learning to listen more and more deeply and the love is developing as I allow myself to feel and to express what I feel.

311. How easy it is to disregard the body and its messages. This causes so much illness and disease. I know now that is the root cause of the osteoporosis I must have been developing for years as I deprived my body of the loving attention it deserves. Appreciation is key to reversing this habit of overriding it’s calls for attention, and so bringing about healing. A beautiful awareness raising blog, thank you Anonymous.

     1. Interesting about the osteoporosis Joan. I was talking to a practitioner about the subject and was informed that just about everybody has this disease over a certain age, and unless diagnosed you don’t know that you have it as there is no pain. Apparently the young generation coming through now may well be the first generation (well some of them!) to come through without this disease because they will be the first for aeons to understand that the body must be honoured and cared for, not disregarded.

312. “So, my dear and truly amazing body, I trust you can feel my absolute love, respect and appreciation I have for you – though I am sorry I may not always show it and live it, you know I’m working on it.” I am SO thankful for the inspiration of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine that ‘I am now working on it.”

313. Our bodies are very real and true and show us exactly what is going on with them, it’s up to us to consistently choose to listen and act accordingly with love.

314. The simplest and most fun approach to a healthy body, to stay in touch with our own body and get to know him inside out.

315. Thank you for the inspiration to simply reconnect to my body on a regular basis and get out of the drive and distraction of tasks that need accomplishing. My body is thanking me for the awareness and we are both enjoying the harmony of moving together through the day.

316. ‘But I mean, let us be honest, no one is perfect and I did what I felt I could at the time.’ it’s important not to beat ourselves up over not listening to the messages and the choices we’ve made, just see them for what they are allowing us to move on and make new ones, listening to our body.

317. ‘Perfection I have since learnt is extremely destructive and takes you down a slippery and very unpleasant path.’
     Perfection is a perfect way to keep us striving for something that we will never reach in the first place because it does’t exist. Keeping us in the loop of doing, doing without the appreciation of completion and with the exhaustion this brings to the body.

     1. Beautifully expressed Monika. Perfection short-circuits the natural flow of power though our bodies and creates a hole so that we are constantly energetically ‘leaking’ or being ‘drained’ as you point out when you talk about the exhausting this causes. The simple science of energy!

318. Perfectionism takes us away from our body’s communication – why? Because how we measure ourselves against an image of perfection makes the focus of life ‘out there’ at the expense of what is and always will be ‘in here’. We loose sight of ourselves when our eyes are fixed on an image of perfection.

     1. Spot on Rachel. The more I listen to my body the more I realise how it is much more stupendous than any picture or image of anything perfect. The body is simply extra-ordinary.

319. Dear Anonymous, I loved reading your letter to yourself, honest and sweet. You confirm the healing we receive when we re-connect and honour our body. Thank you.

320. It is very touching and confronting to read this, as it is a strong reflection of how I too have abused my body in many ways over the years, and yet the body has simply and continually communicated back to me that there is a more loving way to breathe and move. Thank goodness I am starting to listen!

321. Anonymous, I love this; ‘And most importantly, just simply knowing and claiming the absolutely amazing team that we are.’ It is very beautiful to see our minds and bodies as a team – working together and not in separation, this feels like a very healthy and true way of living.

322. If we could all truly understand how totally amazing our bodies are we would be less inclined to trash them like so many of us tend to do.

323. It’s humbling to realise that our bodies have and will always be on our side, and yet often we treat them appallingly by ignoring the constant messages that are there to help us not punish us.

324. I used to resent my body and at times had difficulty reconciling that I even had one! To know that the body is the marker of all truth and to know that all I need to know in any situation can be discerned through my body supports me in my appreciation of it. This, coupled with a growing sense of self-worth, means I no longer want to abuse it in the same way or pick fault with it.

325. Great blog, showing us just how much our body always ‘has your back’, it’s attention to and relationship towards us is always there, through the niggles and twinges. Then once we turn towards it and take notice, it is then there even more for you.

326. The ‘Gentle Breath Meditation’ is the sure way of connecting with ourselves and without a doubt, is the start to building a relationship with our body.

327. What a great read on such a powerful topic. Thank you for reminding us all Anonymous that there is so much we are offered from the body to support us and the choice we make that often alters the levels of how we can truly live with an abundance of vitality and joy.

328. Thank you, Anonymous. It’s very beautiful to read your deep appreciation for the constant love your body has always shown you, you write with such honesty and tenderness.

329. We spend a lot of time ignoring the truth our bodies are sharing as we don’t want to hear it, why, because we know it’s the truth and, therefore, to acknowledge what is being shared forces us to then take responsibility for how we are living …..! We have a very false idea of what taking responsibility actually feels like, it’s only when we go there that we realise what a mistake we have made in resisting it for so long.

330. Why aren’t we taught to respectfully listen to our bodies while we are young? If we were educated in full body awareness , life would not be such a struggle for us, and we would know the truth of what love is and be in the livingness of this.

331. This is sweet and powerful, I love how this is shared and feel like this about my body now. A relationship of love and care not dismissal. It is something that builds and there is no right or wrong with it, just being open to be honest about what we feel and the signs is enough to begin to really change lives.

332. It’s so true that complications get in the way of life’s flow and it’s natural simplicity. When we’re doing something; a task, activity or even having a conversation, we can either choose to be completely present in that and give our all into observing, feeling what’s needed etc., or we can let our mind drift off. Either way we will carry out that task, but the quality will be worlds apart.

333. The unwavering love, knowing and honesty of the body cannot be appreciated enough. It offers us the lifelong, unconditional love that we seek from other people, when it’s there right under our nose!

     1. Unwavering indeed, with no conditions, not asking for anything in return. Astonishing. Humbling.

334. Reuniting with a dear relationship which has become neglected as we go through life is amazing to feel that we do not grow out of it and it is but a choice to reignite the magic.

     1. Beautiful what you say Michael, we never grow out of it, but a choice to reignite the magic to that relationship with our own body. Once we are in communication the magic unfolds.

335. OMG this is the best love letter I have ever read, it has brought tears to my eyes.

     “So, my dear and truly amazing body, I trust you can feel my absolute love, respect and appreciation I have for you – though I am sorry I may not always show it and live it, you know I’m working on it”

     1. It has touched me deeply too Samantha.

336. Thank you for this great article Anonymous.The state of our body is certainly an accurate reflection of the way we live and what we emanate to all around us. I love your example of perfectionism:
     ‘I can remember things started to go a little pear-shaped around 8 years old when I got caught up in trying to be perfect. Perfection I have since learnt is extremely destructive and takes you down a slippery and very unpleasant path’. Perfectionism is very destructive, in fact it is a killer: in many cases it has led to the suicide of many young people around their final year exam time. It is only since hearing the presentations of Serge Benhayon that I have become aware of the blight of this behaviour – very punishing, very controlling.

337. I agree the body is the best communicator of what is going on for us. I have to admit it took my quite some time to be willing to listen and to be open enough to ‘get’ the messages. In the beginning it would be: I have pain in my stomach, I must have eaten something wrong… but that other things like my behavior, thoughts, ways of being with others or frustration could be communicated by my body was a different level of awareness.

338. This is very sweet. So much sweetness in your writing.

339. When you tune into your body, and start to listen to what it shares with you, the gold is unlimited that pours forth. It is then a choice whether or not to listen to the gold that is shared. Somedays I do listen, other days I switch off. The difference in how I feel is quite marked.

340. When we speak about very close friendships we often say things like “I’ve known him all my life”…”she knows me better than anyone”….”we’re inseparable”… “she’s so honest, she tells me anything”….”he loves me no matter what I do.” By those criteria, our greatest friendship should therefore actually be with our bodies – with whom we have been all of our life, who knows us better than anyone, from whom we are inseparable, who is only ever 100% honest and who loves us unconditionally. And yet, despite all of that, we sometimes treat our bodies terribly – way worse than we would ever treat our ‘best friend’.

     1. Really great point to make Otto about our body being our greatest friend. Further, re ” And yet, despite all of that, we sometimes treat our bodies terribly – way worse than we would ever treat our ‘best friend’”, the thing is if we treat our body terribly, we cannot really treat our best friend ‘better ‘than that as everything we do to our body we do to everyone and everything else, because ‘everything is energy’. True love for ourselves and all is the healing ingredient.

        1. A great detail and absolute truth. Thank you Lyndy and an example of how, in fact, we all belong to the one body of the Universe.

        2. Beautiful Otto!

341. Our mind can get us into all sorts of pickles and can justify almost anything, however absurd and irresponsible to ourselves and others it might be, yet our body will always remain our marker of the truth, so we will not be able to steer too far before starting to know something is wrong.

     Can we choose to ignore that and let our mind rule the day? And can we bludgeon our body with food and other abusive actions to dull our awareness? Sure we can, but we can never switch off the particles that will forever remain aligned to the flow and harmony of the Universe, and will forever keep reminding us of our true essence.

342. The body truly is so very honest even when we refuse to be – it can be the greatest gift if we can listen.

343. We may ask how it is even possible that we can have a divide between the body and ‘I’?! We will never see that in any animal. On one hand it shows that we are more than just a body with a bigger brain that supposedly makes us more intelligent and self-conscious in contrast to animals, on the other hand it exposes the kind of intelligence that is ‘running’ the body in disregard of the body. Much to explore here for everyone and especially for evidence-based science.

344. Our body is in constant communication, nothing goes unnoticed. Wise messages that are always worth listening to, that is what I am learning too Anonymus after years and years of taking my body for granted.

345. I was watching a person talk about genes and how people look at the stars and universe and say ‘how amazing!’ But our bodies are equally amazing like absolutely extraordinary and yet we pay little attention to our bodies unless something is going wrong and very rarely do they appreciate how wonderous it is.

346. Love the appreciation that you show here for your body and all the signs and signals that we get calling us back to harmony!

347. ” I understand now that by truly listening to you,( my body ) we are a team for an amazing life together ”
     Thank you ” ME “, this is a simple understanding but quite profound , for an amazing life awaits everyone and this starts with listening to your body.

348. The fact that our bodies are providing constant feedback to us in response to every physical, emotional, and mental choice we make proves to me that God’s never-ending love is working through our body to assist us in evolving towards a more loving way of living which is our destiny.

349. If I was to write from my body right now I don’t know what to say .. you know I have always wanted to write that! But my mind as it is usually reacts to the purity and realness of the body. I think it is the greatest gift we can give our body is to accept it in full where we are at. Upon that realisation of acceptance comes the inner-beauty that is always shining … but overridden by the care-less mind. It makes sense then – there is nothing to achieve it is already achieved! The body has already done it, its the mind that tries and interferes.

350. This is very beautiful to read and reflect on my own experiences and how my body has been in constant communication. Its only now that I am appreciating this and appreciating that it is now that I am re-learning this.

351. Having had 2 slipped disc in the neck area, which were both recommended to be operated, I could say I am handicapped for life. The opposite is the case. Both slipped disc healed from my own body, because I listened to what it should tell me. Changing the drive I was living my life from through many reflections and insights through the teachings of Serge Benhayon my body could finally let go of the tension that built up in the neck and shoulder area. Now I am a medical miracle- my spine feels amazing& whenever I feel a tension coming up in this area, I stop the task I am doing and check the quality I am in. My body screamed out for more tenderness through my movements- I listened- now we are the best team ever.

     1. What a brilliant story Stefanie! Thanks for sharing.

352. Our body is our best adviser and my best friend. And boy oh boy did I discard its wisdom and dishonoured this loyal friend. Since I said yes to the relationship between the two of us, I am led an amazing path of return to the true divine being that I am. I listen to the purpose that this human body represent, reminding me, that there is more to life and reflecting me the universal intelligence that everyone carries.

353. One can ask the question, why is what is shared here not how we are taught to live our life? It is so simple, practical and real, and is what eventually we will all live by.

354. Our body: the greatest PA, friend, mentor, healer, patient teacher and life compass we could ever ask for.

355. I love the playful but respectful way we can be with our bodies.

356. It’s a beautiful and very graceful turnaround when we realise and accept that every ailment our bodies have is not a negative affliction but a communication from our body back to us, about the way we are living. Our bodies know harmony and will always be calling us back to this.

357. Great blog Anonymous! Wonderfully exposing many of the things we do in modern day life a completely absurd because they abuse the very body we live in – our own body – the thing that enables us to have life here on earth!

358. The body constantly offers us its wisdom the telltale signs of what’s really going on. It’s up to us to listen and learn to read it’s messages and develop this potentially loving relationship that supports us to live an expanding, healthy and full life. Like this we turn the struggle into joy.

359. When we are connected with and listening to our bodies there is a richness and an ease to our movements. Everything feels so much clearer, being guided by the body’s infinite wisdom.

360. ‘how exquisite and right it feels when we are connected, at ease and completely filled with my true self ‘
     What a beautiful expression of your love and appreciation for your gorgeous body and self, Anonymous.

361. ‘Here’s to the rest of our lives with our Mind and Body working as one’ yes when the mind stops trying to run the show and listens and works with the body’s guidance life becomes simple, healthier and a joy to live.

362. “Perfection I have since learnt is extremely destructive and takes you down a slippery and very unpleasant path. But as much as I allowed it to consume me at times, it didn’t consume you.” How incredible our bodies are, that regardless of how much we use and abuse them they will consistently and very clearly let us know when something is not right. Its simply up to us to learn to pay attention to the messages, and far better to act on them when they are small, rather than wait until they are so big we literally cant ignore them anymore.

363. Our body is our most truthful, honest and trustworthy friend we can ever hope to have and a friendship well worth cherishing. It has taken me a while to recognize this and to then appreciate the pain I have put mine through by ignoring and overriding all it has offered me. What a joy to re-connect and honour this most precious union.

364. A beautiful blog. The only tool we need to live life successfully and in truth is to listen to our body’s messages.

365. We certainly do make a ‘team’ with our body. It’s important to consider when we’re making disregarding choices, exhausting ourselves, overeating, eating excess of certain foods etc. whether we are still being a team player and considering our whole body or if we are purely operating on short term rewards/comforts from our head…

366. The body truly is our best friend – it never lets us down and always reflects the truth. What a great companion through life!

367. Our body: the most simple, direct and honest communicator we will ever know, and one whose messages are always designed to bring us closer to living more of who we are – never to harm or hinder our natural expansion.

368. Our body never lies, is objective and non-judgmental – what greater friend could we have, we just need to connect and trust.

369. After reading this I wondered what a letter to my body would bring. Which got me wondering on how we talk to ourselves? I know for a fact that negative self talk can be very damaging and the body does react and highlight the results of those words. Likewise the body expands and we grow in confidence when speaking lovingly to ourselves.

370. This was a super blog to read. It really helped break down and go beneath all the feeling we have and ignore which are messages from our dear bodies telling us we need to make different choice.

371. All the little things that we can so easily ignore really do matter, and the body gives us the detail to observe, like a sneeze, or a spot, or a mouth ulcer. They are all signs to take notice of before a bigger message is needed from the body, it is supremely clever.

372. Anonymous, I love this article, I can very much relate to the loud messages from my body telling me that how i am living is not loving, it is beautiful to be with our bodies, to listen to and honour them.

373. I spent most of my life with decades in-between visits to doctors with the only exceptions being when I was carried in! I had created such a toxic environment in my body that bad germs could not exist. Our bodies are amazing for what we can do to them and then bounce back, almost, except the scars and bits that just don’t work as good as when they were new. Our body never gives up on us; only we can do that!

374. “my gosh how exquisite and right it feels when we are connected, at ease and completely filled with my true self” There is nothing corny about the truth.

375. I love the constancy of the messages the body shares with us, either confirming a true choice or letting us know in no uncertain terms that what we’re choosing is not in line with our deeper truth. Those latter ones we always eventually have to face…

376. After reading this blog, I paused for a moment to feel what my body would like to say this morning. My body is deeply appreciating my new level of stillness since coming back recently from Sacred Esoteric Level 3 course and receiving all those amazing facial release massages! And that I really don’t need to eat those almonds any more!

377. Just imagine how our lives would be if we were taught from very young how awesome and wise our body is and that its ‘messages’ are here to support us not just to be a nuisance and to slow us down. I know without any doubt that building a respectful and caring relationship with our body at this age will have only incredibly positive results; that’s what happens from true team work.

378. It’s really interesting how all the blogs I have read over the years have a similar thread to them. How we are so lost from the reality of who we truly are. And how we have got trapped in our minds and almost forgotten our bodies as we try and keep up with the pressures of society and what is expected of us. When we recover ourselves and start listening to our bodies rather than our minds this leads to a more harmonious way of living we feel much more alive and able to cope with life.

379. I think it is a really great exercise to look at all the ‘signals’ our bodies are giving us and seeing what it is telling us in an open and appreciative way. I love the sharing of the white spots on your nails, I never related them to zinc deficiency when I had them years ago.

380. My body used to be very, very forgiving and put up with all sorts that I put it through, I literally felt invincible but now days it is very quick to point out when it is being mistreated in any sort of way. Just the other day from not being fully present and confident in what I was doing I badly twisted my ankle, no accident there eh?

381. It really touches me to observe the unwavering communication that our body constantly shares with us, no matter if we heard it or not… it continues communicating for us to know the quality of our living, in every simple detail

382. Adhering to the needs and the rhythms of our body is actually being obedient to the universe, that greater whole or God our body is unconditionally connected to, the place where we come from and have to return to. Actually we can say we connect with God when we connect with our bodies because we are a God and this is simply the way to do it, no need to be obedient to any man made religion, only the religion that is naturally there, the religion of our inner heart.

383. Our body is in constant communication with us, often we do not listen to the messages we are receiving and/or we allow our mind to override our body.

384. What a light hearted, fun letter to the body, thankyou.

385. Reading your words reminds me that every seemingly unpleasant symptom is actually a gift.

386. You could have been writing this blog about me & my body too.. I totally relate and am deeply inspired by the appreciation you now hold of your dear body.

387. It is awesome to appreciate our body. Most people I know, including myself often find it a nuisance that our body keeps on giving us messages through aches and pains, or a rash etc. but if we stop to understand that these messages are in fact very loving and they are our body’s way of communicating something to us through its particles, cells, bones and muscles. Our body can’t talk but it can if we give it voice through our deep connection with it and through our expression. When our body doesn’t have a voice, it is a bit like we have unplugged the cords from our voice box that is connected to the rest of our body and just connected it to our brain instead. So, no wonder our body is finding other ways to communicate to us, these messages can sometimes be very loud and strong.

388. Our bodies are the vehicle for our soul. They are neither the be all or end all of who we are or a bag of bones we just drag around. It’s an instrument, which if we learn to play is absolutely perfectly designed to help us know harmony. It’s such a shame when we ignore what it shares, like unlistened to friends on your voicemail – eventually you’ll come back and realise that all the messages were there to care and nurture us. Why run from what you are to hear? It’s in our true best interests to open up. Thank you Anonymous for the appreciation you share here.

     1. This is beautiful Joseph – the body as an instrument and a vehicle of expression.

389. Thank you for expressing such gorgeousness in appreciation of your body, its something that we can all be inspired by and appreciate in relation to our own bodies as you are most certainly not alone.

390. Yes, it is pure gold, fascinating and at times humbling how wise, loving and accurate our bodies are.

391. I am still learning to love and respect my body more and more but like you my relationship with my body is way better than when i was in my teens and 20’s. Which makes me see how much we need to be there and reflect this for our next generation so they do not have to wait as long as we did.

392. Such a wise and powerful sharing that I relate too – it makes me aware of the 30+ years I have had in my body, and how many of them I have not truly listened too it.

393. I have sure been feeling the effects on my body lately of doing things I would normally never do because I have been living alone and not had to take into account someone else’s rhythm, and also because I eventually learnt to really take care of my body so had found my rhythm. I am moving home and am going to share with another person and so have suddenly come into situations which have me shopping (for furniture) much longer than I would normally ever plan for in a day – in order to suit the situation. This has been a very silly choice and on two occasions has wrecked my body. It is hard for me to believe I have succumbed to this and am taking a serious look at how I relate and what my desires are! My dear body has certainly told me that the way I am behaving at the moment is not the way to go!

394. What a beautiful letter to all bodies really, showing how wise and loving our bodies are with the messages they give – something to listen to, appreciate and not fight.

395. Writing a letter to our body can be a fun way to express the obvious yet powerful truth that the body is much more intelligent than the mind.

396. The body oh how amazingly honest and wise it is and though we may not always adhere to it’s advice, we know that the one true constant in our lives is the wisdom held within. When appreciated and accepted for the absolute truth it holds we can begin to move with it and not fight against it to be a beautiful, vital vehicle of expression that then connects us back to the all.

397. Brilliant blog anon; simply demonstrating how the body registers everything and in fact it is through the body that we know and feel the energy that we are choosing and or that is surrounding and us from which we choose. Thank you.

398. Awesome appreciation for the communication from the body expressed here. It is this that open our eyes to all that is being shown to us and to the wisdom to read so much more.

399. No matter how much we ignore the messages from our bodies or the degree of abuse we heap upon them, it is never too late to listen to the wisdom that always lives deep within us and allow this to help guide us through life.

     1. I have never had a more patient friend like my body. The true magic starts, when you allow its voice to be listened.Feeling God’s and in effect your Love through your body is just magnificent- as it allows space, openness, transparency, true movements and multidimensional communication.

400. The magnificence of the body and the honest reflection it shares with us every single day. Brilliant, what mastery we live with.

401. “Perfection I have since learnt is extremely destructive and takes you down a slippery and very unpleasant path. But as much as I allowed it to consume me at times, it didn’t consume you.” These are wise words, to see that the body was able to hold itself regardless of the perfection the mind is filled with. I have not seen it like this before. Until studying with Universal Medicine I was resigned and identified with being a perfectionist. However, this is not so for my body.

402. It is so easy to turn off to registering that all of these signs are our bodies communicating to us. We can see them as annoying issues and try to find remedies but never really stop to consider what is really going on.

403. I have noticed that we tend to blame our body for its perceived ‘imperfections’ when what we are riling against is the abuse we have inflicted on it being reflected to us, staring us in the face.

404. As a wise man once said . . .” The body never lies”

     1. Correct, but often what we do is re-interprete the messages it is giving us to suit what we want to hear not what is actually the truth.

405. Great letter, and I think that this letter could be signed off by most of the world actually – just changing a few details about how their lack of relationship plays out for each person.

     1. Yes Sarah, having a relationship with my body is something that is relatively new to me, but it has been crucial to my turn around from being lethargic and always tired, to being much more energetic and having a more positive outlook on life. Its something I feel we should be teaching kids about this relationship and how to look after and listen to the messages from our bodies right the way through school.

406. When connect to my movements and moving through life with this connection, I know what making love feels like.

407. Even a little spot in the fingernail is a message from our body – I love that.

     1. I love that too Fumiyo but I find it difficult sometimes to read or understand what it is that my body is communicating to me. I am open to learning and observing messages from my body.

408. Our body is that friend and family many of us have looked for in our lives. It never leaves, never walks away and says you deal with it, it is continually there every step of the way. My amazing body has been showing me superclear how toxic emotions and blaming others are. So much to appreciate in the body and from the body.

409. Gorgeous appreciation with the lightness and simplicity that all it takes is awareness and willingness to understand that whatever comes up is communication. It’s not judgment, blame, mistakes it’s only a message to open up the possibility there is another way, without perfection.

410. Body intelligence certainly provides the answers if and when we are prepared to listen.

411. I love the detail in this like the spots on the nails – yes, the messages from our body are sometimes very small but that does not mean they are less important. I have very flaky nails and they have been that way for a number of years, and I have not yet fully understood their meaning. Nails is about details so I am learning to pay attention to the small details of what I can feel in my body, whether it be a slight headache, or a twinge in my back, everything means something, and it becomes clear the more we pay attention to it.

412. It’s interesting to read an article that breaks a perception or a way we live and asks us a few questions while wrapped in a story. That is what I took from this story and how everything that happens and all that goes on with our bodies is a signal, a message or a reflection for us to read to the best of our ability at the time. We are taught that you need to know the answer to things and if you don’t get it right then you are less in some way and yet somethings are needing to be unfolded. Meaning that you may not get what is considered the complete answer when you are thinking you need it but yet it’s complete in another way and makes way if you truly read it for the next part to come through.

     1. The way we are taught to learn is ‘get it right first time, or you’ve failed’ – a harsh and pressurised way of learning that allows no room for growth or expansion and no unfoldment as you’ve suggested Ray. Life is a constant unfoldment, everything in its own cycle, in its own time and space.

        1. I agree and if we look just at that why are things set up that way, “get it right first time, or you’ve failed”? Are they there to genuinely support us or are they there to keep us on an endless loop of going around and around in circles repeating the same or similar things. We are ‘owned’ by behaviours and so if something comes into your face that has been there before then just stop and do your best to feel it. Everything around us and including us lives in cycles, nature, life, seasons etc etc and so it makes sense that anything that happens to us or around us will be back again at some point in a cycle, we only need to prepare ourselves to see it. We only need to truly be as it will come to us or cycle back to us.

        2. Great point Ray.The pressure of ‘get it right or you have failed’ is a reinterpretation and bastardisation of the true ‘urgency’ to reclaim ourselves out of the mire of our repeated destructive behaviours which all work against our well-being, let alone our magnificence.’Get it right’ rhymes with ‘have a fight’.

413. Funny and so relatable:’ I have also been noticing how I feel more me, open and confident when wearing and choosing clothes that we feel great in and not clothes that have just been thrown on you in the morning.’
     Every handling made with love with showering, getting dressed and putting make-up on influences the quality that I am in and move in afterwards.

414. Oh YUM!!! Thank you for giving me an opportunity to appreciate my body as I read this blog, my body thanks you as we found another level of ease – when I thought we were at one and very relaxed :-)))) Our bodies are amazing in the communication they offer us, there is no-one more dedicated to supporting us in our lives. They are with us 24 hours a day and on the receiving end of every thought we have, every decision we make, every environment we put ourselves in. I suspect it is astounded at some of the manipulation and colluding we do to justify some of our decisions! A gem of a blog

415. Beautiful attitude towards the body, the only way that makes sense even when it at times takes us some painful lessons to learn that. The body and its truth is simply undeniable even when we try hard to deny it.

416. When we stop and look at our relationship with our body, the amount of abuse it puts up with is staggering, and at the end of the day, we have no excuses when things start to break down and start to outwardly show us our choices in the form of illnesses and disease.

417. Our body is our best friend. When we truly connect and are in union with our body we can’t help but feel the joy.

     1. So absolutely true!!!

     2. True Jenny James – joy is a very natural aspect of our being – all we have to do is connect to it.

418. ‘I understand now that by truly listening to you, we are a team for an amazing life together.’ Beautiful to feel your appreciation of your body and the constant support it unfailingly offers whether it is being listened to or not. Here’s to a awesome partnership for many years to come.

419. I love this – that no matter how perfect we aim to be with the ideas in our heads, the human body continues to remain deeply imperfect, that is, it never lives up to those ideals, it just simply carries on as it is.

420. Our body is always there with it’s unwavering love, reflecting to us (without judgement) the impact our choices have on it, and equally there to support in making those decisions if we are prepared to listen. Such as an experience I had recently when looking to purchase a car – I could feel a hesitancy in my body about a particular car even though my head was telling me it was a great deal. So much to appreciate about our body.

     1. I had a similar experience Peter – a hesitancy felt clearly in my body about saying yes to something that my head though was great (which it turned out would not have been great!). Thankfully I continue to deepen the listening to my body and amazed at the gold that has been there all along and until the past few years, mainly ignored.

421. What a great letter of appreciation. I can feel the steadiness of the body through everything you have shared and how it is the mind that takes us away from truly working together.

422. Another gorgeous and inspiring blog to read and share – thank you Anonymous. I love this very practical dialogue with your body.

423. Wow that reminded me of a lot of my teenage years, lots of cold sores amazing how we can just keep on abusing our bodies.

     1. Yes I thought this too as I read the list! There’s quite a lot when we stop to remember and also a lot to appreciate the times our bodies have reflected our supportive choices.

424. Writing a letter to our body in appreciation of all that we are aware of makes a very helpful tool that we cannot start with early enough.

425. A life embodying my body sounds so wonderful, a support from the body that is supported by my actions and choices, it feels a gorgeous symbiosis.

426. What a lovely way to share how the body is constantly communicating its love for us and working hard to keep us on track. Awesome Anonymous. My body appreciates all that you have written here.

427. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this amazing blog. It felt like a song and no less than making love with my own body. Great reminder for appreciating and being tender with the body that reflects our choices with love and care. Thank you for sharing!

428. “Here’s to our life embodying you as MY body with a forever deepening care of self-love and accepting every part of you, for all that you are, just as you are, warts and all!” Yes, yes and yes. – Me too!

429. Love feeling the playfulness in this writing. I am reminded that my relationship with my body can be fun and sweet.

430. Our bodies never impose on us, they present how our life is in any given moment… and we have a choice to make the next moment a loving one.

     1. It is true, the body never judges only reflects the choices of our movements and every moment we have a choice in what our next move will be.

     2. They also greatly reflect our choices we have made which have been quite imposing on our bodies at times. I know this is true for me.

431. Our bodies do truly expose all our choices, and it is up to us to listen and honour their messages, or not.

     1. Very true Paula. Our bodies constantly present the truth. Nothing more or nothing less. Being in appreciation of this takes our bodies messages to a whole new level of understanding.

     2. Paula it is that simple, our bodies to expose all our choices, the thing is we don’t like to take responsibility for the choices we have made and hence the spiral down fall. When we start taking responsibility that we can feel and see the shifts.

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