Tune In : Listen To Your Body

Why Listening to Your Body Builds Self-Trust and Regulation

Many of us were taught — implicitly or explicitly — not to listen to your body.

We learned to override hunger, fatigue, emotions, and intuition in order to perform, please, or survive. Over time, this disconnection can make it difficult to know what we feel, what we need, or what’s actually true for us.

The guidepost “Tune In” invites us to gently and safely rebuild the ability to listen to your body with curiosity, care, and trust.

Your Body as a Source of Information

Your body is not a problem to solve.

It is a communication system.

Sensations like tightness, heaviness, warmth, or restlessness are messages from your nervous system. Emotions, too, are signals — not flaws — offering insight into boundaries, safety, and unmet needs.

When we tune in, we gain access to this information. When we tune out, the body often speaks louder.

Why Tuning Out Is a Survival Skill

Disconnection from the body is not a failure.

For many people, tuning out was a necessary adaptation:

• to stay functional
  
• to manage overwhelming feelings
  
• to meet expectations
  
• to survive unsafe environments
  

These strategies are intelligent. But they can become limiting when they persist beyond the conditions that required them.

Tuning In as Nervous System Repair

These moments signal safety to the nervous system and help rebuild self-trust over time.

The Learning Spiral of Inner Listening

This guidepost often shows up quietly:

Just like worth and connection, inner listening unfolds on a spiral.

Some days, we hear ourselves clearly.

Other days, everything feels noisy or muted.

Returning again and again — without judgment — is the practice.

Each return strengthens the pathway between awareness and care.

Gentle Practices to Try This Week

Choose one. Let it be enough.

• Scan your body and name one sensation without labeling it good or bad.
  
• Ask: What is this feeling asking for?
  
• Let uncertainty be okay.
  

• Express how you feel through drawing, movement, or sound.
  
• Set a timer for five minutes and rest without distraction.
  
• Respond to one inner signal with compassion.

Listening Builds Trust

Tune In is not about becoming perfectly self-aware.

It’s about learning to listen with kindness — and responding with care.

Over time, this practice builds a relationship with yourself that feels safer, steadier, and more honest.

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