Listen to Your Body’s Innate Wisdom
The women’s retreat in Blue Ridge
Greetings from Adela,
Question: What if your body is the most honest voice in the room?
You have heard me say: the body is always in the present… the mind, however, often future tripping or ruminating in the past.
That truth has been moving through me in unexpected ways lately.
I just returned from a 10-day healing retreat in the Arizona desert, one of those sacred, quiet places that invites deep listening.
I came back softer, clearer… and also with a torn meniscus.
While tending to my own healing, I returned home and held space for others at my Blue Ridge women’s retreat, leading the weekend while in physical discomfort/ limitations. We had an incredible transformational weekend (Read reviews here )
It’s been humbling.
Not just physically, but emotionally.
Our bodies carry so much. Sometimes they whisper, sometimes they shout. Mine has been asking me (maybe even insisting) that I slow down, listen more carefully, and stop pushing through.
It’s easy to override that wisdom. To stay busy, keep performing, keep producing. But what if the invitation is to stay with what’s real?
This injury has surfaced grief, frustration, and also gentleness. It’s asking me to meet myself, just as I am. And it’s reminding me that we don’t have to wait for a breaking point to listen more deeply.
Here are a few ways I’ve been practicing that listening:
Pause before you push. Ask yourself gently: Is this moment asking for movement or stillness?
Track sensations without judgment. Tightness, heaviness, fatigue; they’re messengers, not problems.
Let your breath bring you home. Slow breaths can reconnect us to a quieter truth inside.
Notice your inner no. Sometimes our body says no before our mind can catch up.
Rest as a form of respect. Not weakness, not laziness…just deep self-respect. Rest is sacred.
Move gently. A walk, a stretch, or even placing a hand on your heart can invite connection.
Ask directly. Try this: “Body, what do you need right now?” And listen, even if the answer is silence.
This isn’t about fixing anything. It’s about softening into presence.
Whether you’re navigating illness, stress, healing, or simply the weight of the world, your body is still here, still wise, still worth listening to.
I’m learning (again) that being present with the body is an act of love.
And I wanted to share that reminder in case it lands where you need it most today.
-Adela