Living Authentically From the Body: A Step-by-Step Guide (Returning to Source Through the Wisdom of the Body).

1. Recognize the Experience of Suffering

• Notice moments of inner struggle, heaviness, anxiety, or disconnection.

• Instead of jumping to labels like “I’m anxious” or “I’m depressed”, simply acknowledge: “Something in me is hurting right now, something needs my loving attention”

• This is the entry point — suffering is the body’s way of saying: “Come closer, I need you to listen.”

2. Acknowledge Resistance to Feeling

• Observe how quickly the mind tries to escape:

  • Distracting yourself.

  • Numbing with food, substances, overwork, distraction.

  • Rushing to “fix” it.

• Recognise that this resistance is learned conditioning. From childhood, we were taught to avoid discomfort at all costs, to fill space so we don’t feel the raw truth of the nervous system underneath.

3. Notice the Mind’s Fear of Spaciousness

• The conditioned mind is terrified of nothingness — of the quiet, open space where it loses control.

• It fills silence with chatter, busy-ness, or problems to solve.

• Spaciousness feels threatening because it is clarity — and clarity dissolves the mind’s illusion of control of chaos.

• Begin to welcome pauses, stillness, and moments where there is “nothing to do.” These are doorways to truth; to reconnect to the pure intelligence of the body.

4. Listen to the Body’s Natural Wants

To tell the difference between conditioned impulses and authentic needs:

• Conditioned Mind: Urgent, restless, seeking instant relief or reward, often rooted in fear or “shoulds.”

• Authentic Body: Gentle, steady, and clear. It seeks what supports life — rest, movement, nourishment, connection, nature, love, nurture.

• Ask: “If fear and obligation were removed, if nobody judged me, what would my body want right now?”

• Your body’s truth will feel grounding, even if it’s uncomfortable at first.

5. Allow Discomfort Without Trying to Change It

• The body may carry deep sensations — grief, shame, vulnerability, intense fear — that the mind will want to escape.

• Stay present. Breathe. Feel. This is where integration happens.

• Remember: feeling discomfort is not a sign something is “wrong” — it’s a sign you’re touching truth.

6. Live as God, Source, or Essence

• When you live according to the body’s truth, you are no longer acting from the ego’s survival fear based scripts — you are moving from the intelligence of Life itself.

• God/Source isn’t separate from you — it expresses as your clear, embodied presence in each moment.

• Spaciousness, once feared, becomes the very fullness you were seeking in 'meaning'.

7. The Benefits of Living Authentically

• Profound peace that isn’t dependent on circumstances.

• A nervous system that feels safe and regulated.

• Natural clarity in decision-making — less confusion, more flow.

• Deeper connection with others, without needing to perform or please.

• A life that feels aligned, effortless, and divinely guided.

• The quiet joy of being — no longer chasing a better “someday.”

Anchoring Reminder:

“The body’s truth is God’s truth. To honour it, however challenging is to live as Love itself.”