Coming Back to Life
Many of us live much of our lives feeling dulled, tense, or slightly disconnected — as if something essential has gone quiet.
You may notice it in very ordinary moments.
A sense of restlessness, discomfort, or aliveness arises in the body, and without much thought, attention moves elsewhere.
We pick up the phone.
We stay busy.
We start thinking, eat something, or move on.
The moment passes.
And with it, the feeling of being fully here.
When this happens again and again, life continues — but we are no longer meeting it directly. Over time, this is what creates the sense of numbness, flatness, or being not quite alive inside.
When we turn away from these sensations — the small stirrings of energy, tension, or aliveness — the body doesn’t get a chance to settle on its own. Those signals stay quietly held, building fatigue, tension, or that flat, dulled feeling.
Staying with them, even for a moment, doesn’t mean forcing anything or trying to fix it. It simply means noticing what’s happening: the tightness in your shoulders, the flutter in your stomach, the heaviness in your chest. Let yourself follow the feeling — notice it move, shift, or expand — without judgment or expectation.
In this gentle noticing, the body begins to soften. Breathing can deepen. Energy can flow more freely. And slowly, the quiet numbness begins to come to life again.
Slowing Down and Feeling
Even a small pause can reconnect you with the life already present in your body.
Take a moment.
Notice your breath.
Feel your chest rise and fall.
Sense any movement, warmth, or tension in your body.
There’s no need to change anything, no need to push or fix. Just be present with what is.
Even thirty to sixty seconds of this simple noticing can help your body settle, allow energy to flow, and bring you back to your natural aliveness.
Exploring this further
Both the meditation classes and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy sessions I offer create space to move out of habitual tension and holding, and to rediscover the aliveness that is already here, felt directly in the body.