Discussion with your body

What kind of conversations do you have with yourself? 

And have you ever had one with your body?

This might sound strange but I believe that your body has a way of communicating it’s needs for you.

Yesterday reminded me of this, as something funny happened.

Do you want to hear what it was?

I had been going for the gym for a few months and running every now and then. 

And last week, when I wasn’t doing those things I would go for a walk, especially since we had our friends' dogs staying with us until this morning.

It was Monday night 7 o’clock and since I had had a few interrupted nights, I thought to change to my pyjamas really early.

But then it happened.

It felt like for me, I explained to my husband later, like my body was actually talking to me.

Have you ever experienced that? I continued asking my husband.

He probably thought it was a bit funny, too.

What ended up happening after that interesting moment?

I heard myseld saying out loud: “I’m going for a walk, so if someone wants to join me, let’s go now!”

My husband ended up going for the walk with me.

And while we were walking he heard about my interesting experience.

It all got me thinking how I had actually become so much better in listening to my body’s needs lately.

I would start my morning always with a big glass of water, to combat any possibility of dehydration.

Then I would stretch, not every morning, but if I felt stiff.

I would stop eating when feeling slightly full.

I would work with my self to change the snack into a fruit instead of a muffin that was offered in my lunch place.

I would drink mate tea instead of the too-strong-for-my-stomach coffee while at work.

And I would move my body consistently, giving it proper resting days in between the heavier exercise and only doing some light movement instead then.

And I would go to sleep at 9 pm.

This routine I started recently to get the 8 hours of sleep before waking up to work with my business content creation at 5 am.

But as I did all this I didn't expect my awareness of my body’s needs to become this evident.

What a lovely surprise.

Especially after living so many years with the false thought of “I’m not athletic so my body's needs don’t really matter”.