Physical/Somatic Intelligence (PQ)

Listening to the body p.xvii, in touch: How to Tune In to the Inner Guidance of Your Body and Trust Yourself. J Prendergast

Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. notice sounds in the environment, the weight of your body. Let yourself be held by whatever you are sitting on as well as the ground beneath you. 

Notice where in your body your attention is localized. Often it is the forehead. If so, gently redirect your attention to your chest. Imagine that your breath is directly entering and leaving the heart area. 

Notice how the area of the heart feels. Does it feel open or closed, alive or numb, or something else? Take a minute or two and just sense what is here. As your attention rests here, you may notice subtle shifts of feeling or sensation. It's fine if your attention wanders off a bit; this is its nature. When you are aware that it has, gently bring it back to the heart area.

Now reflect on specific time when you made a major life-changing decision that felt right. Perhaps it was committing to a partner or ending a relationship, choosing a new career, attending a school, or deciding to move. What do you notice in your body right now as you recall this decision? 

Take your time exploring the sensations. Then focus on an important decision that you are currently making. As you sit with it, how does the heart area feel inside? How about the whole body? Is there a sense of peace and resonance, or is there some sense of discord? 

Simply take note without judgement. as you come to the end, slowly open your eyes and to your environment. Review your experience. You may want to make notes. 

It is important that if you sense the resonance that you act on it.  This creates “evidence” that you have inner guidance and will complete and reinforce the process of discovering it.  If we fail to act on it then it will recede.