Being in conversation with your body

Written By Nicola Duffell

How are you? How's your body? How's your breath? Take a moment before reading on to really see how you're feeling in this moment. To take a pause before everything else.

I feel like there's so much moving at the moment. Do you feel it too? I could talk to you about so much. But I'll just have to be patient and focus on what I finally chose to share with you today - our bodies.

Our connection and relationship to our body runs deep, really deep. We have so many entangled beliefs about how our body should, from society, from our parents, from the media - that we disconnect from our bodies. Particularly when it isn't doing or behaving as it "should".

The truth is our bodies are working with us all of the time, sending us messages and signals. Simply saying "hear me, listen to me."

My body is saying these things to me right now. I'm experiencing symptoms (or should we call them messages?) that I haven't before. And so I'm listening intently.

I'm speaking to my body.

I share more in this short video.

Nicola Duffell

Nicola Duffell tends to grief and soul in an increasingly complex and devastating world. She knows the deepest, darkest heartbreak that comes from experiencing personal loss. She’s also alive to the collective nature of life, grief and death. Still she's someone who fiercely believes in the beauty of this life and what it is to be human in this world.

Nicola is dedicated to bringing grief out of the shadows. She believes that through tending grief - personal, collective and systemic - we can transform, not only our inner landscape, but the landscape for future generations.

Nicola provides a place of belonging when life gets difficult, when loss becomes unbearable and when foundations weaken. Her work spans multiple contexts and modalities – writing, storytelling, guiding fellow humans in her community, in hospice, and diving into the deep waters of grief through the programmes she offers.

https://www.nicoladuffell.com
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