By Dianne Trussell, BSc Hons, Goonellabah, NSW
It is possible to tune in to a particular part of the body to find out what is going on there and what is needed. Science confirms that all the cells of our body communicate with each other in various ways, and we can consciously access those messages.
I had a most striking experience of this while preparing for shoulder surgery late last year. I knew this would render my right (dominant) arm unusable in a sling for a couple of months and relatively useless for a couple more. Thus two weeks before the surgery I began training my left hand to clean my teeth, so that at least there would be something I could do for my own hygiene while in a sling. At first it was like trying to poke holes in my own face, as you can imagine! But it did improve and in 2 weeks I could do a fair job of tooth cleaning with my left hand. This is all very normal and expected – that one can, with time and repetition, train a part of the brain to co-ordinate an activity and muscles to carry it out when they are not used to doing it.
However something else happened in this left hand training story, which was quite a myth-busting surprise to me. One morning before the surgery I was lying on a mat doing my yoga, and there’s a move consisting of gently rotating my arms outwards until my palms face up, then back in again until my palms face down. I found that at a certain point in the rotation, my left hand moved in a series of little jerks, while my right produced a smooth movement. Makes sense – the left is not as ‘trained’ to make such fine movements as the right, right? When my right was going to be in a sling I wanted my left hand and arm to be able to do all the jobs the right normally did. In ‘neuroscience belief mode’, I thought it would be just a matter of ‘training’, i.e. doing the same move repeatedly every day. But that made no difference to the jerkiness. None! So what was going on there?
Then I had the inspiration to ‘ask’ my left arm what the problem was. And immediately got the answer: that I was expecting my left arm to be able to move in the same way as my right and it was trying to oblige, which it could not do. “OK, left arm, here’s what we’ll do…” This sounds hilarious, I know, however you could try talking to your own body sometime… very illuminating! I gave my left arm permission to do the move its own way, infinitely slowly, and claim or consolidate each successful increment without jerking before moving on. When I say slow, I mean SLOW. It felt lovely – a very deep, still connection with my body.
But here’s the cool and surprising bit. Just 24 hours later, ALL the unaccustomed movements I made with my left arm and hand were vastly, incomparably smoother and more competent. This was no muscle/nerve training exercise that takes weeks or months – this was a quantum jump. It applied not just to left-handed tooth cleaning but to brushing my hair, using the computer mouse, opening jars and slicing vegetables one-handed, drawing and writing, you name it. Our conventional anatomical and physiological explanations don’t cut it here. A quantum jump like this has to be sought in energy first, with matter following the lead and reconfiguring itself accordingly. It shows several things: the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.
However there’s more to this story. After my right arm was free of the sling and could begin to resume normal activities, I chose to keep using my left hand equally. One day I was using the computer mouse left-handed and did a fast, complex series of moves very accurately. My left hand still felt awkward, ‘unco’. But hang on a minute! Didn’t my left hand just perform that complex series of moves fast and perfectly? So why do I think it feels ‘awkward’? Then I had an ‘aha’ moment: ‘awkward’ is a judgment, a belief, a label and a habit programmed in by the ‘association cortex’ of the brain. It is a label for the feeling in my body of using my left hand for anything normally done by the right. Labelling it as ‘awkward’ is no longer relevant or appropriate; it’s just different, and the perceived awkwardness is just an old association from when the left hand was previously uncoordinated in its movements. So I let go of associating that feeling with being awkward, and am learning to accept it as merely different, merely the way the left hand feels when it’s working at tasks that are relatively new to it. Way to go, leftie!
I look forward to the next ‘conversation’ with my body or part thereof, when something comes up that needs attention!
Read more on listening to your body’s wisdom:
Medicine and Serge Benhayon 
“the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality” Reading this made me wonder how much else in our everyday lives is altered when we understand the power of consciousness as an energy.
Yes, it is science that can lead to a healthier and more loving life, and supports a gentle, cooperative and communicative approach to the body. It’s science with openness.
What you have shared here Dianne is a collaborative relationship with the intelligence of the body, which is very honouring. Mostly we live from our brain and cut off from the body, and may also have a relationship to our body that is dominating over it, not really in touch with our body nor regarding it. I remember doing a Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy and Esoteric Yoga class one morning, at the end I was deeply connected to my body and instantly felt what was needed for breakfast (soup) and the communication was very clear, very different to a craving, just a clear request from the body for what was needed to nourish it. Acting on this resulted in quite a different feeling in myself and felt supportive for my body for the whole day, and a very different experience to the constant to-and-fro thinking of what to eat, or being on auto pilot and having the same thing.
Dianne, I love how you have defined the movement and feeling in your less dominant hand as awkward but then redefined it as just different. There is so much in life which is truly natural to us but does not feel so any more because we have forgotten or have done things differently. This is a reminder to allow the body to return to its natural way of being and not impose upon it how we perceive it should do things.
Yes so true – a whole other way of living is available for us to step into simply by redeveloping an honoring relationship with the intelligence of our body, as we once lived when we were very young.
Thank you Dianne for the great wisdom offered here of how our bodies are always responding to a divine order as is our Soul and when both are aligned and surrendered to, we then are moved in a way that naturally honors divinity and this intelligence, in its unique form of expression. So much to appreciate here – thank you.
The more we talk to our body the deeper our connection becomes and not only are we more aware of our body, we also understand the movements thats are required.
We would learn so much if our conversations with the body were open and honest.
The conversations I have with my body are always illuminating and bring understanding. I connect, feel my body and straight after the feeling comes the words in my mind that explains whatever it was I am inquiring about. The answers don’t come to please my expectations but always presenting the energy behind everything and anything.
This is a stunning blog Dianne and revolutionary in terms of how we understand motor control and training. As a physiotherapist I find this fascinating and I have also experienced similar things with my own body, especially when it comes to strength training in the gym. I find if I am really present and connected to my body I can achieve the same results in terms of strength and fitness with light weights and gentle movements in contrast to the way I used to train in the past with much harder, faster and with greater levels of resistance. All by just focusing on the quality of my movements and really honouring how my body naturally moves rather than imposing my own ideas about how it should move upon it. Much less exercise soreness and injuries this way also!
We tend to have very fixed ideas about what constitutes a decent workout so it’s fascinating to read that you actually achieve the same results by moving in a different way. The more I observe my body, the more it shares with me. It turns out it’s not difficult to read my body, and it’s very responsive to the basic changes I make – I just need to listen to what it’s telling me, rather than impose my ideas onto it about what I think/how I think it should be. When we dictate to our bodies how they should be, we close ourselves off/shut ourselves down from hearing what they’re trying to communicate to us.
Thanks Andrew for everything you have shared here, it’s a huge shift from ideals and beliefs and how we impose through thinking how the body should be, to actually being with the intelligence of the body and letting it lead the way – which takes humility and surrender. Amazing also that the same results were achieved with your gym workout from presence with the body and gentle movements impulsed by the body.
I wonder what else we might be doing to get in the way of our body if it can express and perform its potential beyond our expectation when it is left to its own devices, and it is so enlightening to read how our mind might actually be limiting the body’s potential, thinking it knows how it should move.
Anything that we do consistently, when done with tenderness, absolute love and deeply self nurturing will support the body to heal and move in a way that no longer compromises it. It is truly amazing what is possible when we approach our own self care in this way.
I have and continue to learn so much by having these types of conversations with my body.
“…‘awkward’ is a judgment, a belief, a label and a habit programmed in by the ‘association cortex’ of the brain. It is a label for the feeling in my body of using my left hand for anything normally done by the right.”
This is a great example of how one seemingly small belief can cap our true expression. If we are doing this with our hands, what else are we doing it with that is flying under the radar?
Dianne – I love the conversations you have had with your left arm and the profound way that it has responded with smoother movements in short time – perhaps a way forth for re-habilitation centres.
“Just 24 hours later, ALL the unaccustomed movements I made with my left arm and hand were vastly, incomparably smoother and more competent. This was no muscle/nerve training exercise that takes weeks or months – this was a quantum jump”.
It is amazing how well we can use our other hand with a little training when we don’t try to control it and override its natural movement. It is a great realisation of how we automatically think using the other hand feels a little weird, when it is capable of doing many tasks, we just have a preference to be right or left handed.
This blog had me captivated Dianne, because I love how you explain profound scientific concepts using everyday experiences that everyone can relate to and it shows just how much comparison tends to not only separate ourselves from each other (or in the case of your hand movements, not accept the beauty of how your left hand wanted to move to support you in its own way) but also caps our own development and flow of love via judgement and putting things into little boxes of classification.
I have always been a bit ambidextrous. I have always used my left hand to do more detailed work like write, sew, paint etc, but used my right hand to do more physical tasks like chop food, use a broom, hold a bat or racket, use scissors, and then used either to stir, clean, brush my teeth. So very interesting what you talk about here Dianne. I injured my right hand a few years ago and was not able to use it for sometime so had to train my left hand to do more than it would normally do. Patience and a willingness to stay connected to my body really supported me to remain steady, and to not over extend myself. It was amazing how well my body adjusted, the deeper I was willing to take care of myself. It even became fun as I explored a different approach to doing things.
How do I feel to do X,Y and Z? I often can mentally plan how to do something but how I approach situations from how I feel to do it does often feel really lovely.
I just love the conversations you have with parts of the body, the way you respond in making your body and the way it moves or behaves the experiment and work with that without judgements is truly inspiring and very loving towards yourself. It exposes how many judgements I have when my body is not working in the way I expect it to work.
I agree Annelies, as does it expose how imprisoning these judgements are and to what extent they inhibit our true movement.
Its great when we allow our bodies to support us in this way. Preparing the left hand to do what the right hand usually does takes commitment and compassion. An inspiring blog, thank you Dianne.
There are so many places where we hold judgement because something is different or not the ‘norm’, I love this exploration you have shared as so often it is just our perception and what is in fact normal is the complete opposite to what we might perceive.
I love the way you research Dianne – learning so much from the body and the wisdom of its flow.
In the science of placebo effects, it’s known that how we speak to patients can influence the outcome of a medicine for example. So it makes sense to that how we speak to ourselves and the words we use would directly effect our own body.
My understanding was that the placebo effect was ‘non existent’ or only from ones mind, but I’d question if it was more the power of energy that heals rather than something that comes out of nowhere or from ones head.
Interestingly there is a whole area of research dedicated to the placebo effect and it is showing that it is definitely not ‘not existent’ and definitely not from the mind. Some of the research is amazing and will certainly lead us to asking deeper questions about how we are much more than the physical aspect of medicine.
I’ve read an article on the healing effect of care and spoken with my doctor about it who informed me that care has a very beneficial effect on patients and outcomes, this is the energy of sincere care and not referring to the physical acts of care. I find it very healing to know I am cared about and receive that care from others. I’ve also seen instant changes in others when unwell when I support them with a quality of care and nurturing. In one case the person was very pale, unsettled emotionally and feeling nauseous, within a few minutes of feeling my nurturing and care his complexion changed to a better colour, he settled and began to feel more at ease and less sick. This happened very quickly and was very reflective of the energetic quality I brought to the interaction. Science knows everything is energy so the energetic quality we bring can and does have an effect.
As the words of the song says
” I listen to my body it has a lot to say
it tells me how I truly feel went to rest and play”… Sound advice 🙂
This is really really cool. I so love your style, Dianne. What a loving and fun thing to do – giving yourself a prep training to use your left hand prior to the surgery on the right. We are a creature of habit and anything that challenges our comfort is experienced as awkward. It is very inspiring to feel how innocent curiosity opens space for us to appreciate the unexpected.
This is yet another beautiful and majestic example of how the body is far more intelligent than we often give the needed credit for.
This is quite ground breaking and demonstrates that the body responds to being listened to and respected as the carrier of our wisdom.
Or perhaps, we can ask the body how it needs to move rather than impose upon it through a preconceived idea or concept.
A different way of understanding the saying ‘the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing’.
Our thoughts or beliefs can be a road block to listening to the wisdom of the body. Through connecting to our inner heart (Gentle Breath Meditation is a great first step), the body can be more clearly heard.
We can learn so much from the wisdom that is embedded within us, just waiting for us to listen.
Dianne – another inspiring blog. I love how you explore your body through the understanding of science and then discover so much more through checking in with the body itself and listening to its profound wisdom.
As the children’s song goes… I listen to my body it has a lot to say, it tells me how I truly feel and when to rest and play 🙂
I love how you took awkward out of your movements through your awareness and willingness to let go of any judgement or previous ways of viewing things….in this case your own movements.
It seems that it was that very deep, still connection with your body, that gave you the space to explore movement outside the box of how you had, to this date, moved with your left hand. Fascinating study on movement Dianne, thank you.
Always love reading your blogs Dianne, in this instance when we don’t use our left hand as our predominant hand we expect it not to perform as well as our right, yet as soon as we do this we are already measuring its capability and capping it at the same time, when it is in fact capable of working equally as well, with a little practice.
I love the connectivity of the whole body and how beautifully the body responds when we treat it with utmost respect and care and tenderness – in fact this allows us as a whole being to blossom.
I love how you share that you thought it felt awkward but actually it was just feeling different which makes sense because we are used to use our right arm our whole life (years and years and years) and we expect it to feel the same with our left hand after a couple of months!
We perceive so much to be true and yet when it’s truly tested we see there is more to life than mere perception. As the article is saying our body communicates if we ask the questions and yet the perception would be it couldn’t or you’d be mad or similar and yet it’s tested and here we have the truth of it. I find this article a real exploration into how we can be with ourselves, our body to a different level. It breaks open communication and awareness to our whole body that can be at times one sidedly dominate and I love that the awkwardness we can at times feel is changed to just a difference. This article has changed the way I look at things in relation to my body and how it operates and I have more awareness on how I move.
History is riddled with examples of truths emerging in science followed by an enormous backlash, such as the truth about the earth being round and not flat. It seems that certain beliefs are treated as facts and attached to and defended, if not ridiculed. The truth though still eventually emerges – that to me is true science.
That we see our non-dominant hand as weaker than the other is something I need to ponder on much more.
We can get so caught up in the busyness of life and forget about the vehicle that is making all of that busyness possible, so it’s great to move with our bodies so that we are then aware when something feels not right. And when we do need to have surgery working with our bodies as you have Dianne, is a huge support right through the whole process.
Expectations of our body and our relationship with all of our body, something most valuable to ponder and review in the way we see and relate to it.
Dianne I just love the way you present your lived experiences in a way that is totally engaging, fun and full of absolute gold. Thank-you.
I loved how you have proven the power we are capable of through communicating with your body and allowing matter to reconfigure in alignment to conscious thought. For the innate wisdom of the body to be released and your left hand to act out movements that should take muscular training is an extraordinary testament to our capabilities that remain largely untapped.
This shows us time and time again that when we say we don’t have the ‘know how’ well now we know we do!
I am writing this comment with my left hand, whilst my dominate hand has a reluctant rest and although it is taking longer with lefty, it is very interesting how difficult it is to have my right arm to take a rest. It’s almost like my right arm is very sore and damaged, it has RSI…repetitive strain injury. Every day, the health of my arm depreciates and the pain is beginning to dominate that is why I am so grateful to try some of your tips. I am going to start the training and connection, thank you Dianne and thank you Lefty for paving the way for all other leftys!
Wow, Dianne, I love how you have described this, and it feels like I need to bring more of this allowing in my movements of my whole body all of the time! – “I gave my left arm permission to do the move its own way, infinitely slowly, and claim or consolidate each successful increment without jerking before moving on. When I say slow, I mean SLOW. It felt lovely – a very deep, still connection with my body.”
Way to go indeed! I smiled so much reading this blog, Dianne Trussell you have such a gift for making science so engaging, fun, and part of our everyday life. Thank you.
Timely blog that made me smile! Typing with left little finger as broke right wrist Friday! Already discovering how amazing my left hand is and to think I have ignored it all these years! Thanks Dianne😊
Asking our body what it needs at the time can be invaluable – knowing that this too can change from day to day – moment to moment. We have so learned to ignore what our body asks for – even when it is screaming at us – to maybe stop and rest. Actually asking what is required is something we should all be taught from a young age. Would we then start smoking, drinking alcohol etc, if our body said to us ‘please don’t do this to me’!
We are so conditioned to be directed by information and knowledge that we are fed from the world outside of us, from societies ideals and beliefs, that we have as a result relinquished our ability, our innate power, to be guided by the great communication offered to each and every one of us through our whole-body intelligence, which delivers us direct access to our innate wisdom and inner-knowingness.
A very cool sharing that transpires ideals and beliefs. The body is there to show us and support us. What’s cool is the way you cared and prepared you body. It is very much our responsibility to care for ourselves in the recovery period.
A beautiful exploration and discovery Dianne, and such a pleasure for my body to read! as you bring the point that judgement of a body part is stifling, and therefore there is no full acceptance of our selves until we simply allow the body to move in its natural way.
Your blog Dianne is a great inspiration for us to tune into, and listen to, the profound wisdom in our bodies. A fun and informative blog, thank you.
What I love about this blog is the way we are offered the opportunity to not be directed by certain ideals and beliefs that come from our knowledge. To come to an awareness that the body is all knowing and when we give this vehicle the permission to express, it does offer us simplicity and gold at the same moment.
Thanks Dianne, you have inspired me to converse in a new way with my body once again. This is not my first read and I can feel each time I come to this blog how different my relationship is with my body. I feel so much more connected now and able to listen more deeply to my body. There is also a level of respect that grows because the intellect of the mind is given all the focus for our source of intelligence, and we don’t normally equate the body as having intelligence, so it can take time to be open to the body.
What a great insight into the simplicity of science and our inner knowing. Trusting and coming from the body is by far the most powerful research we could every tap into. Thank your for writing a blog that does this so well for all to read and appreciate.
The intelligence and magic of the body is just astounding when we get ourselves out of the way and listen to what it is saying and work with this … something I am continually learning. I loved just how much love and care you have for yourself that you were preparing your body so that it could truly support you after your operation … simply gorgeous.
I agree Vicky, it’s getting ourselves out of the way, education does not provide us with the foundation to understand the intelligence of the body, only the intelligence of the mind, so it can take some time to be open to and aware of 95% of ourselves we ignore for “thinking”!
What you have shared here is huge Dianne. I can feel how much I have imposed upon my body in my expectation of how I thought it should perform. How much more loving it would be to ask my body to show me rather than tell it how to do something. After all the wisdom our body holds is infinitely greater than our mind.
Amazing conversation with your body Dianne, Thank you for sharing it.
Our bodies are incredibly responsive what we might call miraculous so, when we simply listen to them and treat them lovingly or at least respectfully.
I had a very similar experience with my right foot. One day I tried to make a simple movement with it that I had not tried since surgery a few years earlier and nothing happened – it didn’t move at all – very strange feeling. I had a practitioner check it out and they said there was nothing wrong and to just keep trying. Knowing there was nothing anatomically wrong I connected a bit deeper and hey presto suddenly the pathway was restored and normal movement restored.
I love this extraordinary piece of information that is casually almost given at the start of this article… Science confirms that all the cells of our body communicate with each other in various ways, and we can consciously access those messages.… I mean really this is the game changer for the way we live in general and also a harbinger of the potential that we have… Each one of us to live in a totally different way.
Very true Chris – well said. When we break it down and truly observe the amazingness of what our bodies are already capable of and communicating to us, regardless of if we listen or not, it certainly does raise the question – are we living our full potential?
Dianne its lovely to read about yet another quantum leap that you have made in relationship to your body, energy, the universe and everything. Thank you again for your willingness to open these doors for us all.
Another great blog Dianne, love how you experiment on yourself and learn so much about your body. When we feel awkward about a movement it is not because it is awkward, it’s because we have already decided how it should be beforehand, and when we simply allow a movement it has its own flow.
Our bodies surely are very responsive to energy and consciousness! And it makes sense if we think about how our body is energy at its most fundamental level and that we essentially live in a sea of energy…
There is so much wisdom within our bodies which usually lies dormant and unappreciated, and this is just another example of how things are not what we think they are. How many of us remember writing with both hands when young and having so much fun whilst doing it – there wasn’t the judgement of getting things wrong or not being able to do it, we just did it.
Our bodies are such amazing instruments and when we care for them and give them the attention in the way that you have done here Dianne they can be so responsive. This is a great article about how much is possible if we care to give space for it.
Golly I realise here how much I rely on my right had to do much of the work on my keyboard, sometimes all of the work and can now reflect on what is it about my left side that I am choosing to use less of in preference to the right!
Doing Esoteric Yoga, I have found without doubt that you can tune into certain parts of the body. What I have found is essential to receive this information is to place no demands or expectations on what that part of the body should feel like. When we do this, it fights and holds back the communication. When we observe and are patient, it is amazing what comes out! It’s like the difference between a person who ‘talks over’ others compared to one who actively listens.
Now this is true science that anyone could relate to and benefit from reading!!! Brilliant Dianne you have delivered gold once again. One day very soon talking to our body will be considered the most normal thing in the world . . .because it is and it works.
Brilliant observations from a true scientist – one who doesn’t cement her knowledge but welcomes having her preconceived ideas be smashed and digs deeper in order to find out what it is that the body is showing her. Your contribution is deeply humbling and a great inspiration.
Gosh, I look fwd to your next conversation with your body! These articles require a space of their own.
Beautiful Dianne. I wonder how many of us would consider preparing for surgery and post surgery by the way you have. It’s actually a very considerate thing to do for yourself as well as very common sense. I love your observations, but I also love the support and care that you were showing to yourself.
I loved reading this post Dianne , such fun and wisdom combined.
For sure our bodies hold a vastness of wisdom and knowledge in the way it knows to move to express the natural essence it is connected to, without any judgement, only being. Instead when we come from the mind we force our body to make movements to a certain image we hold and this movements will never equate the quality of movement when we give permission to our bodies to move in its natural way and will be judged as such because of the image we hold on to. How ugly is that to judge oneself, where have we learned that and with what purpose?
A enjoyable read of your relationship with your body. Maybe I’ll try a few of your techniques out.
Developing a loving relationship with one´s body instead of expecting it to function and healing instantly so that we can simply continue our old ways is a very personal and necessary affair, literally a love affair, that brings to the surface all the ideals and beliefs, the numbness and disconnection we hold in the body and thereby have lost touch with it. No wonder that we expect medicine to do it all for us until we take responsibility and make the body ours again, our true companion in good and bad days.
Every time I read this blog and the first part I am inspired to expand on these conversations. I have for some time now reacted to a particular ache from my body. But like your jerky left hand what if I just stopped for a moment and was curious rather than critical of what is being communicated? In the instances I have done so much is uncovered once the surface reaction is removed.
Quite telling that we (our brain) judge by comparison even our own body parts like left and ríght hand. How is it that we not just accept ourselves, the parts and the whole, for what it is? One aspect is the doing and function we identify ourselves and worth by, how good we are at doing things, performing certain tasks, the expectations we try to live up to etc, but all of this comes from the outside first before we internalize such ideals and beliefs. Coming back to exploring and accepting every part of us for its unique expression and characteristics sounds like a very wise and healing way of being, a true medicine only we can administer.
What I have recently experienced is that the right and left side both can work together, but they simply express differently. Like two dancers dancing solo then joining together. My left feels like the holder of quality and the right feels like the expresser, the celebrant of what is being held. But also for so long this relationship has been clouded by my ideals and beliefs around my body or how I should be in the world. It’s only been through re-connecting to and having conversations with my body have I come to this point of understanding.
Thank you Dianne, a beautiful research of self-discovery and the wisdom of listening to our body.
Amazing Dianne. It makes me wonder what our bodies are actually capable of… and the level of relationship possible, that we are denying ourselves.
A mountain of wisdom gained and shared just by simply taking the time to stop and listen to your body – so awesome and super inspiring Dianne.
I love the experiential nature of your blogs Dianne, true science that has an aliveness and truth.
Energy preceding matter is explained in a very relatable way. It really brings home “the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality”, and how key it is for us to be aware of what energy we are choosing to align to that then plays out in our life.
Another truly brilliant presentation Dianne offering much to consider. This observation – ‘the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality’ – reveals a huge truth for us all to be aware of, as the consciousness or energy we choose align to is what moves us and as such shapes us through the lifestyle choices we make. All that we choose is reflected through our bodies and as such our bodies reveal the consciousness that we agree to be part of.
We can tune into our bodies so profoundly that they will let us know exactly what is happening on many levels around us to the point of graphically perceiving the resonance of words and expression in general.
I can so relate to this sharing Dianne i have been exercising in the mornings and observing the differences on my left and right side – frequently i have been alarmed at how unco-ordinated my left side movements feel, yet at the same time I have observed that the smoothness on my right side was often dominated by control – a control that allowed me to drive this side without it being so obvious, so my right side seems more dishonest and guarded, the side where I have better mastered the art of concealing the truth, to myself and the world. My left is less familiar, and brings up a rawness, a fragility in me that when I surrender to it feels very confirming and in a beautiful way brings greater balance and equality to my entire frame.
Wow I love it Dianne…simple science that makes sense! Listen to the body and everything you need to know is there. I just shared with a lady this week about asking her body if it needs a particular treat or ‘unhealthy’ food that the mind is very loudly saying yes to. She shared the next day how when she asked her body it was very clearly saying no to the treat and the intense thoughts dissolved. There are so many beliefs and ideals that take us further away from listening to our bodies innate knowing. I love how you caught yourself comparing between your arms and allowed them to move in the way that they needed to… gorgeous, and an inspiring reflection for many other things in life, like allowing women and men to live in a way that supports them, or siblings to live and do things differently.
A great example of how our beliefs of how things should be get in the way. Of course my left arm is different from my right, why would I think any different? I am working at using my left arm more as my right arm needs a rest. Thank you for this insight into changing my patterns, it can be applied in many parts of my life.
Thank you once again for another of your top blogs Dianne Trussell.
What sticks out for me is when you talk about the quantum jump and it is clear that there is something in this energy before matter and your simple explanation makes total sense.
Next – that ‘awkward’ thing you talk about coming from a judgment, belief, label programmed in by the ‘association cortex’ of the brain speaks volumes if you ask me.
Our world would benefit so much if they could read blogs like this that are not going to complicate or baffle you with science and words you don’t grasp and understand. This is making so much sense.
What a giggle, I talk to my body parts regularly! As strange as it sounds the moment you know your body communicates to you all the time, sometimes you just have to say, ‘ok, clearly I am not getting it, what are you trying to tell me?!’ Inevitably, the moment I ask the answer comes back. We can either choose to hear and listen or not, but asking is always worthwhile!!
Enjoyed this as much for the humorous way of looking at things that you have Dianne, as the inspiration that energy influences a thousand times faster and more completely than any outside form of control.
This shows how we expect things to be the same, maybe because it makes us feel safe and we know, or think we know, what is going to happen. But the reality is different when we let go of our need for uniformity and control – and so much more fun and alive.
You make exploring the body and its movements absolute fun and I love how you say that awkward in your situation was simply different and not awkward at all. What a revelation.
This blog and the Part 1 before it has stuck with me ever since I first read them. As such since then I talk to my body on a daily basis and have learnt so much over the last year! When we take the time to stop and listen the body is more than willing to share and tell us so much. Today I felt tired and started to reach for some nuts in my bag and my ear started to ring, a sensation I know comes from not listening to my body (it’s like playing really loud music with headphones on and when you take off the headphones there’s an ear ringing – or going to a music concert and feeling numb and vibrating when leaving the venue). So in that moment I stopped and asked myself why I would listen to my ear rather than carry on nut munching. And I’ve got to say that every time I listen to my body I feel lighter, healthier and more vibrant than any nut, job done, box ticked, recognition gained has ever brought, in fact all of those mentioned are so much less than the feeling I get from listening and following my body’s messages. Thank you Dianne.
A great observation Leigh – even the smallest signal from the body is well worth listening to
just the fact that you chose to tune into your body couple of weeks before the operation is a wonderful sign of a deep willingness to connect to your body, Dianne , which is a great inspiration for all of us… To take this much care.
You raise the beautiful point Dianne of how we constantly make assumptions not based on an actual observations or reality. We rely on heuristics to jump moments rather than staying present and feeling what is going on.
Tuning into our bodies on such a simple level can be extraordinarily profound, and the simplest movement can open the biggest doors!.
its amazing what can happen when one limb is taken away, or we are faced with a condition of some sort, we learn humility very quickly! loved reading your blog dianne as it is a constant reminder of the amazingness of our body and that there is joy and learning in movement – which beats old ingrained patterns any day!
I love your experiment using your left hand in preparation for surgery on your right shoulder. You are debunking so many myths here, starting from the demand of sameness of function to the true sense of what awkward means in this context; a great read and inspiration.
Simply considering that we can listen to, communicate with, our bodies on such a deeper level opens the possibility for a degree of responsibility and connection that would revolutionise self-care and health care in our society
Thank you Dianne, I love reading your blogs, through them you communicate so much wisdom in a very fun and real way, the realness of talking to your body, and it talking back, is just great.
Thanks Dianne once again for another fun and informative blog…..a great read.
Very interesting article, it is a revelation to see that you didn’t need months of training to get the left hand to work smoothly and in a coordinated fashion. I wonder how may of our limitations are in place due to our own mental constructs of what is right and wrong and what we can and can’t do?
Your blogs are so interesting, inspiring and such fun Dianne, and I get so much from reading them. Imagine how much more we would learn if Science was taught in this way at school. By relating the body to a bigger purpose other than simply how and why it functions on a physical level brings an enormous amount of understanding to the subject. I for one would have learnt a whole lot more if it was taught in this way.
Hi Dianne it makes perfect sense that the left side of the body would express differently to the right, as it in fact does so. Having any expectation that it would conform is simply rejecting what it has to bring to a movement. And it makes perfect sense that we leave out judgments, as they taint and put limits where there need be none.
I love this blog. I have just learned so much reading it. This is the sort of stuff that I want to be learning in science class. It makes science interesting and also helps to make sense of it.
This is a great high five to not judging ourselves “So I let go of associating that feeling with being awkward, and am learning to accept it as merely different, merely the way the left hand feels when it’s working at tasks that are relatively new to it. Way to go, leftie!” Way to go indeed.
I love the awareness shared here of what happens when we label something ‘awkward’ when in truth it is just different. There is a great sense of opening up when we let go of such judgements and this is the power of words and how we label things. Being more aware of the language we use and apply to our lives is an amazing thing.
The ‘quantum jump’ experience has many potential applications in life doesn’t it. I’m no scientist but it makes sense to me and as you say Dianne, it exposes ‘our conventional anatomical and physiological explanations’. Something worth exploring further for sure.
Our bodies give us back so much when we really listen to and honour what is being asked. Im learning that it’s a no brainer!
The body is able to support us in far greater volumes than we are lead to believe.
As strange as I find the blog to read, at the same time I know this feeling of either forcing the body to be a certain way vs just moving with it. As it happens I find myself pretty tired today, and know I have exactly that choice ahead of me… to force it, or find the movement that is natural for me today.
A few days ago, I & some friends were in the midst of moving to music, and my body wanted to do half the speed to everyone else. I was about to force myself to match everyone else, but realised how gorgeous my body actually felt with that speed and how I became numb to that when I forced it to be quicker, so I continued with half speed. Then all of a sudden my body seemed ready and picked up speed naturally and smoothly with the earlier gorgeous feeling. It seems that the slower period was required as preparation for this next bit.
That experience and your mention of giving your left hand permission to do things its own way, and noticing afterwards all movements were enhanced, has me reflect further on the natural intelligence our body has and the wisdom in us honouring what we feel.
“the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.” These points are huge, and when we actually go there and have these conversations with our body, so much can be learned and understood. The body knows acutely what to do and when and how to best live in harmony. But the consciousness that we have that the mind is in control of everything south of the eyebrows often does not have this harmony in it’s intentions, otherwise how would such forms of abuse (alcohol, smoking, food etc) that we have in the world occur, if the body’s wisdom was adhered to?
The more conversations I have with my body, the louder this wisdom speaks, over and above what the mind can at times appear very convincing to paint a picture of how life is to be that always falls short and doesn’t have the quality of feeling in the whole body that listening to the body can bring.
What I love most about this blog Dianne is you stopped judging your body and just observed it. We have so many judgements on our bodies (like our left side being ‘unco’) rather than endeavouring to understand and accept what is really going on. It’s so refreshing to hear from someone who just lets their body be how it is, it feels like a much healthier relationship to have with ourselves.
Dianne- thanks for another fascinating blog combining scientific data with the innate mechanics of the body. Great to get a deeper understanding and awareness.
The very simple process that Dianne talks about, the staying connection with oneself and rotating one’s hands sounds so simple, and yet when this movement is done truly connected with one’s body it can be quite a revolution, and has been so for many people… I know it’s simple but try it!
It is with this simplicity cjames that we have been able to break through some very entrenched habits and behaviours that have kept us in a state of contraction and discomfort. When we allow ourselves to be in this connection with our bodies and innermost, then we can’t help but have a simple, easy and harmonious life. I know which one I prefer.
absolutely cjames, when we feel from within our body, are present in, for example, the arm and then move with awareness and presence our whole body can change. The presence will allow us to feel, and thus when needed change, the quality we move in.
Well said Gill, we spend so much time training our bodies to conform to certain ways, how to run, hit a tennis ball and etc… it can become 2nd nature, yet when it goes against our natural flow it will always find a way to tell us, whether it be tennis elbow or calf splints the body says when enough is enough.
Wow, Dianne, another great blog! What struck me about this one was that you took the time to prepare your body for an event you knew was about to happen and then how you were able to observe it and go beyond normal perception. This shows a true scientist in action – one who has the willingness to let go of all personal beliefs to find the truth of the matter. Your understanding of your left hand as having a different way of moving shows the impersonal love that is the foundation of true science.
When ever something comes up within our body it is our body’s way of communicating with us. I am learning to pay more attention to my body when I have an ache, coldness, numbing feeling, tightness, contraction, stiffness etc., indicating to me that this part of my body needs more love. Simply bringing my awareness to the area can make all the difference.
I am inspired to ‘talk’ to my body more often. Thank you Dianne for sharing yet again another blog full of wisdom supporting me to connect more deeply to my body.
My day used to be crammed with jobs to do, getting them done in the minimal time possible, so that I could have a rest once they were done, yet if I had stopped and questioned how I was feeling and paid attention to my body, injuring myself and becoming stressed would have less likely occurred. So in the long run we don’t ‘save’ time by getting what needs to be done in as little time, we simply think we do because we haven’t as yet made the connection between our sick days and how we have been living.
It is interesting how we have been taught to use our body from a place of our mind where we place our demands and expectations on it. I have recently come to realise that by listening, trusting and respecting my body first, it is my new way to be and live.
A quantum leap for the mind of humanity yet just another extraordinary ordinary for the body we inhabit. I love every word you write, Dianne for it confirms and recalls for me a way of being with the body I have lived before. Thank you.
That is so true – “what the body can teach us can be very revealing.” Could it be that this is one of the reasons why most of us do not like to feel the body? – too much to look at and no way to hide.
It always amazes me when I see people who, through medical circumstance, have to learn how to use their body differently.
Dianne Trussell – I love reading what you write about and come up with and discover with your open curious approach to life. This is true science.
I agree Matts, to be curious and open to all possibilities and learn from what we feel in the body instead of the mind is true science.
A beautiful expose of mind over matter versus energy and awareness. We think our mind controls the body, whereas in fact it is the quality of energy and the depth of presence and awareness that feeds the mind. Conecintg with your arm and following the body instead of imposing your will onto it has offered you this quantum leap. Awesome.
The way you make a very accessible bridge between science and the undocumented world of energy is amazing.
Isn’t it amazing how, even when, as you shared, we can do a series of complex movements (e.g. the left hand using the computer mouse… ) and then still have a level of self judgment towards the body by feeling awkward, when in fact, the body had just performed amazingly well… This is a highlight Dianne, in revealing how there is a program of pattern, within the body that chooses to take the the negative instead of the self appreciation path. It is super awesome to catch ourselves mid pattern in doing this, as this helps stop that pattern in its tracks, and elevate self awareness.
Do the old associations we hold and don’t question about the body hamper what it is capable of in our movements now? I’d say yes. I’ve been more aware lately that if I move or behave in an old way then it becomes like a time warp feeling of reliving old situations, perceptions and behaviours that are not actually happening anymore. Asking the body how it feels to move now feels like going back even further than any negative childhood movements/behaviours, movements that are lighter and more freeing. What if how the body feels to move is greater than anything we can introduce to it? More conversations with my body are required it seems! Thank You Dianne.
What a beautiful sharing you are having with your body Dianne, you are inspiring me to deepen my relationship with my own body, I feel it would love to be our favourite confidante! There’s so much in this blog, I just love it, thank you 🙂
Reading this today really puts my slightly ‘bully’ tatics on my body to the wayside. When it comes to having incurred an injury or medical procedure. Wanting the injury/wound to recover quickly so that ‘normal’ everyday activities can resume. This is such a brilliant sharing Dianne – for our bodies to adapt and take on the role of performing new movements it makes complete sense to tune in on a much deeper level (connect) and slow down those rushed old familiar patterns. As our bodies communicate loud and clearly – all the time.
Very well said Gill. Very well said.
Whoa whoa whoa. Loved reading this Dianne. This packed so much in such a well delivered way. Our body responds to so much and is truly supportive if we but work with it, not against it. “At first it was like trying to poke holes in my own face, as you can imagine!” Hilarious. Switching things up and feeling our body is a great way to stay present on the things we are doing.
What a godsend this blog is now! Making life about presence is now much more in focus as I wash up, carry, fold things now with my left hand. Slower, yes, but will I be more tired at the end of the day because of it? I doubt it.
What your sharing has also highlighted for me Dianne, is that our relationship with our body is not only from a physicality or functionality perspective but also the quality of the relationship we have with it, the quality of how we communicate with it, the quality of the way we move our body, the quality of how we work in relationship with it, trusting that it holds an intelligence different to the intelligence associated with the brain and mind.
Like you Dianne, my body is the most beautiful science book I have ever read. It goes way beyond the physical and scientific facts to an intelligence that science is not even coming close to yet. It holds within a story of life, of psychology, religion, love. It is the library of who we all are in our divinity.
I love this Elizabeth.
What you have shared, Elizabeth, is a wisdom, which can only be understood when it is brought into a way of living and this is the beauty of it, where it unfolds its magic.
Beautifully expressed Elizabeth, true intelligence is held in the body not the mind.
Beautiful comment Elizabeth. My body has all the answers, every thing there is to know… it is a question as to whether I choose to listen and act on it or not.
Wow Elizabeth. The body is”… the library of who we all are in our divinity”. I wonder if we all knew just how divine our bodies were if we would treat them the way we do?
A great sharing Dianne and so much to understand about our bodies still this lifetime.
Thanks for this fun and revealing blog Dianne, our body truly is amazing.
Dianne I love the way you and your body communicate to each other. I have found your blog great to read and re-read. Why when we look around us and see the wisdom of the universe every where, would not our bodies – also part of the universe – be exactly the same.
I have felt Mary, how my body is limitless flowing and cycling as its own smaller universe within the larger universe we live in. This has then allowed me to feel my grandness as part of the whole. I have to keep reminding myself to feel this connection otherwise I’m back to feeling individual and small, separate from everything.
Great question Mary. lt exposes how quick we are to dismiss and disregard our own innate wisdom for something outside of us.
I heard Serge Benhayon present that there is no point trying to be “normal” as there is no such thing. We are all completely unique, our own ways of expressing and being in the world. It is no wonder we suffer so much identity crisis, as we are always trying to fit in at the expense of our uniqueness. We all have something special to bring to the world, trying to fit in robs us all from this.
This line makes sense “Labelling it as ‘awkward’ is no longer relevant or appropriate; it’s just different, and the perceived awkwardness is just an old association from when the left hand was previously uncoordinated in its movements”. I have pains in my body that I have registered, and now are ‘old’ after feeling more or nominating the issue, going back into them or associating the old way is like being stuck in time. A great revelation and totally understand that any pain can be felt and a reminder to give yourself permission to feel more or go deeper with it.
I loved this line also Rik, It reminded me of how I used to think I was weird in regards to how I noted other people to be. Yet as Dianne so elegantly put it.. “‘awkward’ is a judgment, a belief, a label and a habit programmed in by the ‘association cortex’ of the brain.” It’s my choice to associate how i am as normal once I have accepted it as myself… without the outside or previous views.
Another inspirational blog Dianne – a great educational practical read. I felt this line was a pearler and something so simple that we can all try and have own ‘experiment’ with a part of our body “I gave my left arm permission to do the move its own way, infinitely slowly, and claim or consolidate each successful increment without jerking before moving on.” Permission is the key. Give yourself permission.
lt is amazing what is possible when we choose to give ourselves permission to try something different. lt can often be a real revelation as seen in Dianne’s blog. lt takes confidence, willingness and playfulness to dare ourselves to try something unfamiliar.
lt is worth it.
Wow what a fascinating discovery and investigation of your body! I’ve often wondered about my left hand and right hand not having the same ability of function – but I’ve never actioned it. I wonder if it’s wise having one side of your body able to perform tasks with so much more ease than the other half. Much food for thought thank you.
It is as you say Gill truly inspiring when Dianne so beautifully offers us all the opportunity to reflect on her experiences of life and the way she has allowed her body to lead the way. We have been under the influence of a world that has been predominately led by intelligence and this has encouraged a total lack of living from our own wisdom and integrity. As we begin to return to knowing ourselves from within we gradually come back to a way of living that is spherical and all inclusive and truly honouring our place in the Universe.
Wow this is amazing Dianne, thank you for sharing.
“the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality”. We are just beginning to see the light in this statement. It sounds futuristic, but the reality is that it is, and already has been, here for quite a while.
Yes Matthew, we are only just beginning to realise that we can be living the future now and that the only thing that is stopping us is our unwillingness to let go and allow ourselves be guided by the Wisdom of the Universe and all that it offers us in each moment. Our body is innately wise and wonderful when we let go of the reins and surrender to it’s ultimate wisdom.
Beautifully expressed Susan. Our body has an amazing ability to reveal to us the wisdom of the universe. I love how every part of our body tells a story about our divine qualities and supports us to express these.
Totally agree Susan. Our bodies are truly amazing and it is not until we willingly surrender to them that we feel the innate wisdom that they have to offer us.
We go ga-ga at the latest bits of technology, but what your words highlight to me Dianne, is just how truly advanced and powerful our body is. You writing shows how there is so much more beauty to our relationship with it, than we sometimes see.
True Joseph. We can get so excited about the latest technology and app, whilst we have the most powerful reflections and learning we can have through our own body if we choose to deepen our relationship. It would serve us so well if we dedicate even half the time we spend on learning and discovering about those ‘new’ items outside of us, to instead re-connecting with the very ‘old’ wisdom within us and building our understanding about life as Dianne has so beautifully presented.
True Joseph – we do melt over technology without truly appreciating the magic our body beholds and offers us. I feel the more I listen to my body the more it can show me. Our bodies are capable of healing quickly or getting very very ill – they are very sensitive and us listening to that is so important. We are missing a trick when we are so concerned about the latest gadget yet not truly honouring the body. Recently there has been a craze out of bands that monitor your heartbeat, sleep and number of steps and calories you burn in a day. An example of getting an insight to our bodies and yet the danger is we use this tool to push our bodies to do things they are not naturally able to do. An interesting way to look at the responsibility we have to be more aware of our bodies.
So true Joseph ! our body is this amazing thing that we completely disregard. Better then any computer. When we truly understand its capabilities to support the whole, its incredible.
Great point shared Joseph. The wonderment that we can connect to through the body shows the potential we all have to appreciate. how the body is able to support us in far greater volumes then we are lead to believe.
l agree Joseph and so much untapped wisdom in our bodies.
This is so true Joseph. As soon as a new bit of technology comes out, everyone wants it because its smaller, faster, does more than the model before, and we pay far and above more attention to that item than we do to our amazing bodies. How would it be, to consider that perhaps our modern day technology had been inspired by the miraculous workings of the body? And that perhaps, if we paid more attention to what our bodies were telling us via the signs and symptoms that we consider to be an inconvenience, were in fact messages telling us to take more care of how we look after ourselves. Could this in fact be a true lesson in communication and connection with oneself, without the need for any high tech gadget?
‘What your words highlight to me Dianne, is just how truly advanced and powerful our body is.’ I love your use of the word advanced – I reckon our bodies are way more advanced and sophisticated in the way they work than we could ever fathom!
There is so much in life that we assume is limited to how we have always approached it. This article shows beautifully how life offers us opportunities to explore and expand our understanding and connection if we choose to stay open, flow with what we are facing and learn the lessons we discover.
Beautifully and well said Golnaz, I agree entirely!
The fact that we label the expression of parts of our body as being awkward is showing me that even on the level of our body we live in separation and are able to make some parts of the body lesser than the parts we have made dominant. This awareness in turn makes me question why we have chosen parts of our body to be dominant and to ingrain only that movement into our bodies, and in that do not give space for other parts of our bodies to bring expression to the whole?
This is an interesting question Nico…my feeling is that as we get older, we may experience a slight pain or discomfort in a part of our body, possibly due to an injury or just habitual use, and so we begin to compensate for that part by using for example the opposite side of the body to balance things out. Over time this just becomes what we know and we ignore using the other side. It is how we become so disconnected from certain parts, until such time that something else goes wrong and we have to use that opposite part once again. If we were to continually check in with how our body was feeling from a young age, maybe much of our physical pain and discomfort could be avoided.
Reading what you’ve shared above Nico and Sandra, reminded me of during an Esoteric Yoga session when I bring focus to my left side of my body and then my right side and how different they feel. But I have experienced an equality with this even in their differences. One side will feel beautiful in its delicateness and fragility and the other feels beautiful in its strength, confidence and solidness.
Yes Elizabeth, a confirmation that different sides/parts of our bodies can do things equally as well as another, but it is done differently. In the same way that we as people can do the same thing, but each of us will approach it in a slightly different way. This is to be honoured and celebrated.
l agree Sandra, and it would go a long way to alleviate auto pilot tendencies and help us stay consciously present in our daily actions.
“If we were to continually check in with how our body was feeling from a young age, maybe much of our physical pain and discomfort could be avoided.” I know this is true for me Sandra, for the pain and discomfort is the body’s way of letting us know that all is not well. It’s much the same as the baby that is crying – once we listen and attend to it the baby/body no longer needs to express its discomfort. Our habit of ignoring the first signals means that it has to cry louder to get our attention.
Yes Sandra, and all too often the cries are adhered to too late, which then involves more people, more pressure and more money to take care of the condition that has resulted from the lack of care and over riding of the earlier signals that the body was sending us.
This is huge Nico as we have been condition to only focus on parts and at no point have we been educated until now to focus on every single part and the importance of this.
It is huge indeed Amina, and to add to what you say, next to focus on any single part we also have to put our focus onto the whole of our body as how to use and move it as one with all its individual parts.
Very true Nico, If we have parts of lesser in our body, imagine the quality of the whole.
Once again reminding us of importance of bringing presence to everything we do. Great sharing her Nico and Emily.
lt brings to light the fact that we encourage ingrained behaviors because they offer us a level of comfort we then try to hold static. We need to acknowledge that we are ever evolving and need not get stuck in ingrained behaviors because they seem so familiar and normal to us.
Yes Irena, and because we are defined by how we move, those ingrained behaviours will keep us stuck in our patterns. As we ought to be forever evolving, we ought also to adjust our movements accordingly and let go of the ingrained behaviours we have built that comfortable life with that will withhold us from evolving otherwise.
Your blogs have been a real highlight to read in 2015 and I’ve learnt so much from them. I look forward to reading more of your blogs in 2016. They teach me so much and open my heart and mind up to things I would not have considered. Thank you.
I fully agree with you Tracy, we want more of these Dianne…
Most of my life I have kind of pushed and shoved my body around. There hasn’t been this kind of respect and communication. In my mind I’ve felt I’ve known best, yet my body has consistently reflected great strain in my choices. It’s great to read your blog and reflect on the wisdom of the body. It’s not just a functioning “thing”, but a very wise part of the universe.
Everything I was ever taught was that our body was a functioning thing – then in walked Serge Benhayon. The teachings he and Universal Medicine have presented have allowed me to learn for myself the absolute wisdom on offer when I listen to my body.
Yes Jane, Universal Medicine is presenting a way of living that is changing my life. What is on offer is immense wisdom that is inspiring and as I listen and surrender is waking me up to connect and honour my body like never before in this life.
It is wise to listen when true wisdom is on offer. You have shown here that we have true wisdom within our own bodies and it is available to us 24 hours each day. That is certainly something worth listening to!
True Jane, ‘It is wise to listen when true wisdom is on offer.’ We do indeed have true wisdom in our bodies, so that makes us unwise to say the least when we ignore this wisdom, we are meant to be intelligent, so why do we ignore this wisdom?
I read this blog and I want to be your body! It sounds like you have an absolute hoot – giggling and hanging with each other, playing and teaching each other. I love it. A massive inspiration. Leading from the front Dianne. Awesome.
This is so inspiring Dianne, taking honouring our body’s wisdom to a whole new level
I have taken developing body awareness to another level since reading your blog Dianne by letting my body show me how it wants to move when exercising, especially the left side which is often crunchy around the shoulder and wing. It feels amazingly gentle and true to surrender to the body’s intelligence, and I have found it very healing too, as my body has started to re-align and move more smoothly on the left side. I found to trust and surrender are the keys.
As always I love reading Dianne’s writings… And this time is no exception, and combined with a feeling of inner awakening and liberation, of something being freed up by the wonderful synaptic dance that she leads us on with her words that awaken and inspire.
Thank you Dianne, what a great article, it opens up the possibility that there are many ways to our being, and our openness to that can be a wonderful thing.
Having these kinds of conversations with different parts of our bodies sounds very constructive. It’s also interesting that you picked up on how we bring judgement in, instead of just observation and this colours how we feel about different parts of our bodies and their movements. For me, I always think I move awkwardly as I was told this from an early age. Perhaps I can suspend this judgement and accept how my body feels and see how that goes.
This willingness to explore and not let the mind tell you what to do but allowing the body to show you what it wants to do is a new way of living. A living that Serge Benhayon has presented since 1999. This Way of the Livingness is a game changer just like Dianne has shared and what I love about Dianne’s sharing is she is so playful and curious within herself.
I also am still developing a deeper connection with my body. I can be so aware and then can lose it at times. Your blog has definitely inspired me to go deeper, create the space to ‘ask the question’ and then let the answer come.
Since reading this blog I have been using my left hand more often at work and just letting it feel its own way at its own pace, with far better results as opposed to when I was forcefully willing it to do as good as my right.
Dianne I just felt to re read this amazing blog again and refresh my memory of the connection you achieved with your left arm. It is so inspiring on many levels including the respect I now have for the body that I took for granted most of my life, until I met with Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon and yourself as a Scientist. Thank you.
It is such a joy to live in connection to my body (something I am still developing on a deeper level). It makes me wonder why I never did it in the past as once you make that connection the rewards are huge on many, many levels. How strange that instead so many of us actually fight, poison and abuse our bodies which are in truth our greatest and wisest friends.
It is absolutely wonderful to be able to communicate with my body. How strange that I have lived in this body my whole life but it is only in the latter years (since meeting Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine) that I have started to discover the depth of wisdom, joy and vitality that is available to me the more I respect, honour and listen to my body.
Dianne, I love the way you question life and peak curiously below the surface at the truth waiting beneath. What you discovered about the left hand needing to be honoured as it’s own limb rather than trying to be the right hand is gold. And what you shared about labelling your left hand as ‘awkward’ in fact being a judgement that doesn’t allow it to be what it is is pure revelation.
Dianne, what a superbly gorgeous article. I love the way you allow your thoughts, feelings and your natural expression to be seen in your writing. Bring on the next conversation with your body – I’m looking forward to reading it!
This blog really highlights how much there is to learn just from our bodies, it’s like there is this whole complete science there is actually left un-explored when we do not listen.
Dianne- thank you for sharing your fascinating science experiment and discovery of the body. I have learnt so much. I feel inspired to try out my left hand, and feel what my body is communicating to me.
What I love is the simplicity of this experiment – listening to our bodies. Nothing more needed than that.
Maybe we don’t talk or really listen to our bodies as it would expose the loveless choices we have made, and the fact we’ve listened to our heads for far too long, overriding our innate divine wisdom and truth. For deep down we all know the answer to everything lies within our bodies and not our head.
After reading this blog I felt to brush my teeth with my left hand, just to see what it felt like, I was much more gentle, precious and delicate and took more time, with my left side than my right.
Our bodies can offer us such a deep level of communication it is quite amazing. We can sometimes take for granted the mechanics or inner workings of our body and the extent to which it is simply fascinating and a great teacher.
I have noticed recently how even when I am doing something such as drying my hair or whisking an egg – in the past I would push through with my right hand, my stronger hand, but lately I have naturally shared the responsibility between my hands, and it feels very different in my body. Yes it asks me to slow down, but I really enjoy this part of it too.
Reading your blog again Dianne, what stands out to me is the conversation that can take place with the body and the wisdom that is there to be claimed. It is so simple really and it questions deeply the ‘complication’ we bring to all that we live. Thanks Dianne.
‘But here’s the cool and surprising bit. Just 24 hours later, ALL the unaccustomed movements I made with my left arm and hand were vastly, incomparably smoother and more competent. This was no muscle/nerve training exercise that takes weeks or months – this was a quantum jump.’ Dianne, I find what you are sharing brilliant and a powerful testimony that can be applied to movement science, rehabilitation, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. I am familiar and fond of really slow movement when a joint movement is jerky. In fact if the movement is fast muscle strength can over ride the jerkiness and it goes unnoticed so a certain amount of slowing down is needed and then slowing down again to relax through the stuck and jerky parts. Not only do I find this a more powerful tissue release than stretching it is also relaxing if not deeply connecting to move with such loving surrender and focus.
Yes great point Deanne, what Dianne has shared and this understanding would be very valuable in rehabilitation, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. It is also of course very valuable for everyone in everyday life as well. In many ways we all need rehabilitating because it is in fact a great dis-ease to be disconnected from our bodies but we only acknowledge that dis-ease when we are in physical pain or the reduction in function becomes extreme.
I like what you are saying here Deanne about how we override our bodies with faster movement and mask rough or jerky movement. Also how in choosing a different quality of slower movement, it allows the tissue to release and I agree, this is a very different quality of release, rippling through the body, in contrast to stretching in the usual way stretching is performed.
Another ‘hands on, fun science presentation’ Dianne. It is very inspiring to read how we can bring equal-ness in the movement and use of both our hands in this way.
It wasn’t that long ago that being left-handed was considered strange – another example of the beliefs we hold of how the body should be. An uncle of mine had a shock when he saw my young nephew was left-handed and asked my nephew’s father/my brother “are you going to do something about that?”
Dianne it shows how the beliefs about our bodies can influence the movement and function. As soon as you allowed your left arm to just be, it did everything and more.
Dianne I love the connection and understanding you have of your body and the way you seek its wisdom. This is a big re-imprinting of how we relate to our body. It also shows me how insidious the judgements we have about everything are. Feeling different doesn’t mean that it is wrong or awkward, just different.
On reading this blog and Part 1, you have taken connection to the body to another level. I live in my body 24/7, in fact I live no where else, yet how well do I know my body? What if my body is able to offer me so much more that what I allow? This blog Dianne has opened me up to the possibility that the body is far far greater than what I give it credit for.
Awesome revelations. It has got me pondering on my neglected left side…
Hi Ariana, this is a great example of how communicating with our body is the most normal and practical thing we could and can do, and yet we so often do not think to open the conversation and worse still, when the body tries to give us a clear message, we tend to over ride it to our very own detriment.
It is true Kathleen, we do over ride the body’s messages. We use pain killers of all descriptions, stimulants like sugar and alcohol, comforters like ice-cream, cheese and milk coffee, all in an attempt to not listen to the body. And yet, the body has so much love and understanding to share with us, what kind of a relationship are we actually having with ourselves?
Yes Lisa if we had the kind of relationship we have with our bodies with another person they would soon get sick of being ignored and shunned, abused and battered, and disregarded as if they meant nothing to you and be forced to leave you to it . . . if they valued themselves at all.
I love this Dianne. Talking to your body is the way to go! Recently I had a pain in my back and had to really listen to and ask my body how I should move so that I could get around, albeit very gently. It was amazing how it supported me and how quickly the pain disappeared.
This is really cool, Dianne. I noticed this auto-pilot-judgements in my daily life. Once I have an issue with something or somebody in my life, my mind facilitates the same thoughts even if I don’t have the issue anymore.
We can learn so much from using our left hand about the control we try to have over things in life. I often notice that when I have become very controlling about “the way I want things to be” I damage my right thumb in some way. I am also very aware of the tension and the hardness in my right hand and arm from continual overuse. The left hand can teach the right hand many things, and some of those are gentleness and care, and a new connection with the senses.
I have been sitting and pondering this comment and come to question why we give dominance to one particular way of doing things simply because it becomes the norm. I had never considered my body like this, just assuming that it is the way it is. What an awesome reflection each side of our body offers the other.
Interesting indeed Michael. It looks like we ingrain our habits and beliefs in the movements we make every day, and also the fact that we have a preference in using one side of the body over the other and more ingrain than train these parts by the repetitive movements of our everyday tasks is astonishing.
It’s easy, it feels good, it’s comfortable. I like how Dianne shared that it’s not awkward, just different. If we take the awkward label away, have no picture of how we are meant to do something and turn off automatic pilot, perhaps favouritism would start to diminish.
What are we closed to when our choices are limited by patterns we are in? It feels so much more open to allow ourselves to remove the limitations and to consider what lies outside of our normal view of living.
“What an awesome reflection each side of our body offers the other.” I love this sentence Michael. It is so true that we just get used to doing things in a certain way with certain parts of our bodies, and it is not until we are unable to use that part that we have to do things differently. It is amazing how much we can actually do with our ‘other’ hand when we really give it focus and the space to do it. As Dianne says, “its not awkward, just different.”
‘What are we closed to when our choices are limited by patterns we are in?’, great point Michael, what are we closing off? The potential for amazing wonderment, awareness and love…and so, why do we make choices that limit us?
This is true and worth reflecting on Michael, ‘What are we closed to when our choices are limited by patterns we are in?’ And how many of these patterns run our lives that we are not even aware of? How great to become aware of these limitations and so bring back a choice and freedom to ourselves.
I love this Joan. It is a gorgeous celebration and appreciation of what your left arm and hand have to offer.
Dianne this is an awesome elaboration on the science of energy, that our bodies receive energy and that they are divinely designed to work with energy in different ways. The fact that the left arm and hand worked in a different way to the right while the actual working mechanics of both arms are the same ( I have noticed this in many dexterous tasks myself), alludes to fact that our left and right sides do have different energetic expressions and thus that there is much more to explore and appreciate about our bodies and how we live in them than being merely about functioning to get through the day.
It is fascinating exploring the energetic expressions of each and every part. It’s no different than identical twins looking the same, being brought up in the same way, but each with their own expression. When we understand there is more to life than function, it is amazing what we can learn.
Simon and Jenny. These are great points. Why indeed would one side of the body respond differently when physically there would be no reason to start favouring one side? This question is just not asked. And the different expression of identical twins is indeed another one of those indications that there is more to life than our physical and functional view.
this blog actually adds something to the world and to the world of science – and to how people can understand the inner workings of the human body – thank you Dianne.
I like that blog very much Dianne Trussel, as it is a revelation and revolution for the awareness of the bodies wisdom and communication. How exciting is, what you have experienced and shared here! How revealing to the fact, that much more beliefs will also be a blockade to the bodies natural movement and flow, and how beautiful to become more open to that, as you have inspired me now to be. Thank you!
‘It shows several things: the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.’ There is much for us to learn that Science is only just beginning to touch upon and it’s great having scientists like Dianne who can bridge both worlds.
After reading this blog I went to work and explored using my left hand in conjunction with my right to carry out certain tasks that I had been exclusively reserving for my right hand only – a kind of personal experiment inspired by Dianne. The results were amazing because I was surprised by how capable my left hand is, and how much less stress was put on my body simply by including this other limb in to the tasks, spreading the work load a bit more and sharing out the responsibility for the job at hand throughout my whole body, and not just expecting one part to do it all.
Love that. Gonna give it a go. Love what you say about sharing the load – so cute. I can’t help but giggle at all the left hands (and a few right hands) that are going to be chatted to after this blog.
I absolutely love this Dianne, your playful willingness to unravel the mind and body is super inspiring. Not only do these explorations uncover the fallacy of our mindsets but equally empower us to converse with an all intelligent friend, the wonder of our bodies.
Building that relationship with our ever-present and infinitely intelligent friend is one of the best things we can do for ourselves and our body!
Reading your blogs Dianne makes me really really want to get to the same level of communication with my body as you have with yours, you are such an inspiration.
I totally agree, Kevmchardy!
Yes Kevin, I agree and I already want to practise this on a particular area of my body.
Talking arms and hands – I have always been able to apply my left hand when needed – particularly in work situations to support me in doing jobs – what I have observed is that the right is a bit of a work horse and holds steady whereas my left hand can deftly move a glass, make an adjustment with a table setting and it is much more delicate and gentle. I get the difference in the body but this feels similar to what has been expressed by Dianne each body part cannot be – a rule of thumb in the way it acts – for it is expressing all of who we are according to universal geometry. What we are shall be.
Thanks Lee for your awareness on and appreciation of the finer details you notice between the differences of your right and left hand and the connection to universal geometry. It can be easy to assume that both sides should function the same, without a second’s appreciation for the difference.
Somehow, Lee, when I was reading your comment, I was pondering about I am not expecting my left hand to do, what my right hand is able to do, while caressing someone with love. I am “allowing” both hands then to find their own expression for the beloved person. So maybe this can be a marker to everything else too? I like that…
I can really feel you Lee in what you’re writing. It’s like I’m connecting to the way you move your hands and the different qualities they bring to you and life. There’s a completely different way of moving, a different ‘flow of energy’. As I connect to you I notice naturally that there’s also a different flow in my own arms and hands. Very different in fact. There’s a lot of sensitivity and delicateness in my left hand and a leading and purposefull flow in my right arm. Thank you Lee and Dianne. Wonderous.
I must say Floris that as a result of reading your comment and those above have caused me to think and feel a little more tenderly about my body, especially in this moment about my arms and legs – as I am typing this for example I can feel no difference between the functioning ability of the left hand, each finger and thumb, and those of my right hand – but when it comes to accomplishing certain chores for example wiping, scrubbing etc. the right hand is dominant with the evidence of familiarity of the effort and the energy that is being used – Dianne’s blog has certainly brought a different level of awareness to my attention.
I love the tender, fragile and honest way of sharing Roberta. It is bringing me more stilness as I’m letting go of some driving energy. I’m still under the illusion that there’s a drive to heal my hurts as fast as possible. Where this actually takes me away from me. This pattern is quite strong and from reading your comment I got (once again) confirmed that it’s okay to give myself space to unfold. Little or baby steps are equally as beautiful and evolving as big ones. I can feel the judgement on ‘a slow process’. Clearly there’s a picture that is still ‘running’ me rather then just being me. I’m okay for who I am. I don’t have to get anywhere. Deep breath out… Thank you.
Beautifully expressed Lee. The expectation on the left of it to match the right means we miss out on what the left has to offer. I love how you describe the delicateness and the gentleness in the way the left moves.
I can feel a deep level of appreciation in being aware of our left and right side differences. One is not lesser and one is not greater. Both are individual pieces of the whole and both bring their own unique qualities. There are similarities between our hands and humanity – we are all individual parts of the whole, each with a different expression – none is lesser and none is greater.
Beautifully written Lee – every piece has the very planned expression needed to truly serve us all.
Beautifully said Lee and Lee 🙂 It is like the in and out breath we do not expect them to be the same – each has their own purpose and expression.
A great observation, Lee. When I have thought about using my left hand like my right, I often think that they should be able to do the exact same things equally. But what you have brought here is the question of, what if our hands have different properties to them and serve to express those properties as a needed part of our whole expression?
And how much fun does it become when we ‘release’ the body from what we need it to ‘do’ to what can it ‘be’.
Oh, so much fun!! Suddenly there are possibilities where I had fooled myself into thinking that there were none.
It is interesting that we can accept that each person is different and the way they express themselves. This blog has reminded us to stay as open and non judgemental with ourselves and every inch of our precious body.
Well observed Lee. It comes down to letting go of control and expectations we may have on how our body ‘should’ move but simply surrendering and allowing it to move in its own way. This is something I have only recently observed and felt while participating in an exercise with moving my arms and letting go of the control I was feeling in my shoulders.
I love your open enquiry and truly scientific approach to everything in life Dianne, thank you. If we all held the same wonder of discovery and learning of what we actually already know, how different could our world be.
I agree Annie – if there was this continual openness that Dianne has our learning would be greatly expanded and deepened, on such a grand scale!
Well said Annie – I am in complete agreement with you. Dianne’s blogs always inspire with her practical science lessons!
Same here Annie, there is a great willingness to understand the truth of what’s going on, not just accept something for what it is when that may not in fact be the truth. It opens up a new level of inspiration to how we go through life.
Great call Annie, it is absolutely inspiring reading Dianne’s blogs and how she is so inquisitive about herself, her body and the actual science in how we work. As you say it is something that we all know because this is what we are, it’s just a matter of tuning into it and the answers are all there.
I love your appreciation and observation here Annie. I completely agree. It is very inspiring and humbling to read Dianne’s blogs. It’s like having biology classes related to life and me. The Wisdom and Art of exploring and relating to people and our bodies is just Awesome. I absolutely LOVE it.
And how great would it be to have this way of being with our bodies brought into our biology classes, or education as a whole, so that it becomes the norm to truly listen and honour our bodies.
Yes Lorraine, and experience how lovely it is to be with our bodies from a very young age. Or even better, being confirmed that being with our bodies actually is the most natural thing to do! I’ve only recently re-connected to the natural sweetness and tenderness that is within my body. It is such a lovely, warm, holding, solid, constant feeling. Really precious. And how would it have been if I would have never left it…
I love this too Annie. Dianne has a natural openness and inquiry that is inspiring. She brings a scientific approach to the discovery of what her body already knows – beautiful.
Beautiful so well put Annie, how different science and the world today would be if it had the open approach and learning with a wonder and discovery like Dianne offers us all, so inspiring, expansive and full of joy thank you.
This is awesome Dianne I love your openness to conversing with your body and feel inspired to appreciate the intricacies of my body more, and take the time to start my own conversation. Accepting difference rather than making a judgement about certain movements being ‘awkward’ feels a lovely confirmation of the way your body rose to the challenge of supporting you when your right arm was out of commission.
Helen this is so true the intricacies that our bodies are communicating with us is massive and Dianne’s experience that she has shared with her left hand is simply incredible but also it is our natural way of communicating. Dianne has allowed her body space to share what it is wanting to tell her and with out fail all has been revealed. Such harmony.
Absolutely, ‘Dianne has allowed her body space to share what it is wanting to tell her’. Just imagine if we all listened to our bodies like Dianne, all the time, what a turn around that would bring to our health and well being.
Yes, and with the simplicity of Dianne’s example we have no excuse any more of ‘not knowing’ – the wisdom is within when we are open to listening – it’s all so simply beautiful.
It would be very interesting and possibly very revelatory Helen, if everyone started a conversation with their body. I often feel what my body is communicating with me however having a more open conversation with it like Dianne has done might bring an even deeper and more intimate relationship with it. I’m going to try it and see what happens.
Calling out any judgement we have towards our bodies and accepting it for as it is, feels so loving towards ourselves. I have much accepting and appreciating of my body to do, but simply by becoming aware of any criticism and saying ‘No’ to it, is a big step forward towards loving and claiming myself in full.
“From the horses mouth’ I think the saying goes. Why not ask our bodies what is going on and why, as after all surely they are an expert on themselves?! So often we rely on advice or information outside our bodies to give us answers to our health problems and skip over the greatest source of wisdom we have literally right under our noses.
It’s true Andrew, so much of the ‘wellness’ industry is based on looking externally or tracking our body with external measures in order to calibrate where it is at. The fundamental piece missing from this is a deep connection with our body in the first place – it can tell us more than any machine or piece of technology can, we just need to know to listen again.
I agree Amelia. Despite the high sales of fitness tracking devices I am yet to see a corresponding uptick in wellness. For me the key is connecting to and listening to my body – this is a work in progress as I don’t always like what it is telling me.
Andrew, Amelia and Lee, you all make great points, we have become detuned to the sensitivities of our bodies, it is like we have this gift under our noses that will tell us everything and more that we need to know, yet we overlook it in favour of expensive medical intervention. As Lee says we are not achieving greater wellness, in fact the opposite is the case so might it be time for a new approach? We could make a great start by delivering education on simple ways to listen to the signals that come from the body. In this regard the presentations by Serge Benhayon are truly fascinating, making a link as they do between anatomical and physiological responses and our patterns of behaviour.
Absolutely Amelia, our bodies are so wise, and have the answers if we just take the time to connect with them and listen.
‘The fundamental piece missing from this is a deep connection with our body in the first place – it can tell us more than any machine or piece of technology can, we just need to know to listen again’.
Yes Lorraine – and I wonder why we have taken so long to realise all the wisdom in our body. We have been looking for so long in all the wrong places for the answer to our illness and disease, that we have forgotten that our body is there speaking to us all the time – if only we take time to listen and then act on these messages that will slowly and lovingly return us to our true way of living. We have been far too busy blaming our body for letting us down when in truth it is us that has lacked responsibility and love.
That’s a great point Amelia, there’s a massive trend on tracking our fitness and wellness, but this form of tracking is very 2D, sure things like our pulse and our movement are part of our body and what is going on for us, but there is SO much more going on inside us for us to discover that does not require any technology or tracking device.
I will never forget the first time I heard Serge Benhayon present on exercising to be well versus to look good. For the first time I really understood it was not about pushing the body to get results, which often lead to torn muscles and injury, but to a way of connection with the body, listening to what it needed and not what I needed, which it turns out ends up looking the best. No more pushing and simply just more listening.
So true andrewmooney26, I remember getting so lost in the mass offerings of advice and information that was available to me when I bore my fist child and began to breast feed. I over rode many of my bodies messages and hence got pulled down all sorts of alternative routes that rarely felt right for me and my baby, consequently my self worth became rocked.
Lucindag,
Thank you for your comment. I too found the plethora of information out there on how to feed your baby and the should dos very confronting when I had my first child. The way much of the information was delivered is where I felt such harm. As I was really fragile and quite unsure of my abilities. Every bit of information claimed to be the way, but so much of it was conflicting. So it left me a bit bewildered. That is until I allowed myself to be guided by my daughter. Her little body was very definite on what was good for it and wasn’t. As I ponder over that time now, I am very grateful that I responded to what she required, as until I did this, there were times where she was very uncomfortable, so needless to say so was I.
So true Andrew, and a great comment to highlight. Why don’t we ask our bodies when they know absolutley everything there is to know about what is going on inside them? When you put it like that it shows how complicated we want to make our lives in order to keep ourselves separated from who we truly are.
Beautiful Andrew. Our Greatest source of Wisdom is right under our nose, as well as above our nose :). What I’ve found really fascinating over the years is that the quality of my thoughts are actually depending on the quality I am with my body. So the thoughts are not just thoughts, they need a source of energy. And that source of energy is either a loving source (when connected to my inner-heart) or a source that is not so loving that is connecting to us every time we choose to not connect to ourselves. Up until today this I am often enough oscillating between the 2 choices. Where I obviously more and more choose the source of Love rather than anything outside of me. Because there’s nothing lovelier than feeling connected to myself.
Beautifully said Floris, really nailing that the quality of our thoughts depends on our connection to our bodies, or not. What I have really noticed lately is that when I am with my body, it is so natural to move with care for my body. My posture is lengthened, and my movements are tender. When I am not with my body my posture slumps and I am hard on my body, when I am like this my body hurts and I often hurt it by lifting too much, doing too much, or doing things without supporting my body before I start. It doesn’t take rocket science here to think, maybe this could be the cause of much illness and disease.
Beautiful Leigh, my experiences are really similar in regards to the thoughts. Realising this made me contemplate on the long-term effects of choosing of not being connected to our bodies. Could it be that in this lies an important factor of illness and disease? In my own experience I found it really difficult to cope with moments that didn’t go that well. I closed off and became critical and judgemental on both myself and what life presented. I’ve found that in this closing off lies the source of my critical and judgemental way of being with me.
What I am realising more and more is that I am the one who’s choosing how to deal with those moments. Am I dealing with them in a judgemental way or am I ‘using’ these moments to learn. Since I’m accepting that I am to learn from life, the wonderful thing is that my relationship with life is completely changing. From a need to be in control all of the time – based on my own ideals and beliefs – to a more open and loving relationship with life that is presenting countless possibilities to learn. How different is this. And could this also prevent illness and disease on the long term? I am experiencing definitely much more clarity, joy and vitality since I am changing the way I am with life.
I agree completely andrewmooney26. It is interesting that we so often don’t listen to what our body is telling us. Our body often speaks loud and clear, maybe we don’t want to hear the answer that it is offering? Maybe our body is telling us that the issue we have is a result of our choices and maybe taking responsibility for those choices is somewhere we aren’t prepared to go yet!
So true Andrew, we have so much under our nose, yet we seek approval from outside of our bodies. That truth is we all know how to communicate with our bodies, we just need to start doing this all the time.
I am finding this also that the body does know what it wants or what the issue is. At the same time when I do feel something ugly or uncomfortable (which at the moment is about 80% of the day) there is reaction, a hardening and a pull to numb and avoid feeling. But what if this relationship with our body’s messages was fostered from the outside into us? Just like looking for the answers outside of the body? Because my feet have never said a bad word about me, they say it as it is and they respond in kind to changes in my choices. Not like my detached-from-the-body head/mind that can have very ugly thoughts about the body and every other body around me and has no intention of support or change, only stay in the judgement.
Fascinating revelation you have delivered Dianne, I thoroughly enjoyed and learnt from it
Dianne, you are a master of the body and a true physician.
No labelling only difference; a very powerful message Dianne, not just for our bodies but for all aspects of our lives.
Thank you for sharing your experiences and your wisdom.
No labelling, just different. This is a very powerful message Dianne; for our bodies but also for so many other aspects of our lives.
Thank you for sharing your experiences and your wisdom.
Thank you for sharing this beautifully intimate relationship with your body Dianne, to have that kind of an ’in’ to the wealth our body shares with us, is a brilliantly invaluable gift and the beauty is – we all have it! I greatly appreciate the inspiration I feel in being prompted to deepen my own relationship with my body in this way.
Dianne your conversations with your body inspire me to open up to the wonders of my own, of letting go of judgement and assumptions and beliefs that may not be true at all that I hold about it.
Already I have seen the. ‘the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality ‘ in my facial features. When I am holding onto a very constrained, negative consciousness it shows in my face. When I let go of it, my face lifts and is light again. It’s not just my perceptions, others have seen this too.
You’ve sure inspired me to speak to my body more Dianne, to ask what I’m feeling exposes all of the held pictures and beliefs that we carry and leaves them for dust!
I agree, Dianne has a humble quality rarely found in someone with such a high intelligence and in-depth understanding of science and the body. She possesses a loving, warm and gentle quality that supports you to consider what is possible, beyond limited ways of thinking – and to be able to do THAT – is true intelligence.
This is superb Dianne on a scientific note but also the pure beauty of allowing yourself to discover and explore your body and what it is telling you. This is breaking all rules and makes so much sense… I too can’t wait to read about your next conversation with your body. In the mean time I’m going to do more of the same. Thanks very much.
Dianne – I love the time and space you allow for your body to openly communicate with you. The inspiration to be one with the body, to inquire, to wonder and let it chat about what it knows is palpable and real. There is no fantasy here or any airy-fairy rituals taking place – it’s just simple and clear, ask the body a question or bring attention to an area and it has a wealth of wisdom to share.
Yes Rachel, and like the true scientist Dianne is she systematically hypotheses and tests and explores a question from every possible angle until the truth is known.
This is a super real way of being with the body and a way that can really support us to develop further a relationship with our bodies that truly supports us back. We put in the honesty and we receive the honesty back! and from here we have all the information required to make further choices that support and build our bodies to equally support us back. It’s win-win!
Just another thought coming to me – most of us have a dominant side, which is determined by our ‘handedness’ and yet if I can feel a greater balance and equality between the 2 sides of my body simply by reading a blog and bringing my left hand into greater awareness for a few minutes, I could bring harmony and balance to my body and being by bringing this awareness to all my movements. It’s so true that we are the quality of the energy with which we choose to move, so if we persist in the belief that we are left or right-handed, we will continue to be dominated by that side and feel unbalanced.
I too felt how easy it is to let one side dominate because we write with that hand. I often go for walks and feel how balanced each side is – whether one side is pushing ahead, the other holding back or if there is an equality working together. Swimming also highlights this too. But after reading your comment and this article there’s all the movements in the day to bring this attention to.
I am also inspired to ask my body more questions. Clearly nothing knows our body like our body does so it makes sense that it’s going to have all the answers.
Yes, this was the first inspiration I had from reading this article. In asking the question and being open to listening to the answer seems the key – not a flippant, accusational and blaming why are you doing this to me sort of a question!! But a I’m listening.
I can’t wait to go and try cleaning my teeth with my left hand! As I was reading I started to use my left hand to move the mouse and now typing I’m much more aware of how it feels. I’m usually so focused on my right hand that I really don’t register or appreciate that often my left hand is working just as hard. This blog has given me the opportunity to feel that although it feels different, my left hand is equal to my right and completely in balance with it even if my mind is not.
Very illuminating Dianne, as always. As hilarious as it may seem it does actually make complete sense to ask our bodies what is going on. I love what you have highlighted here – ‘Science confirms that all the cells of our body communicate with each other in various ways, and we can consciously access those messages.’ And so it seems only natural that we would then choose to tune into our bodies messages to explore why there is dis-harmony, dis-ease or an imbalance instead of just following or settling for an explanation that comes from an external source that has been formulated from the mind of another. As it is through our connection to our bodies that we are connected to our truth and as such the wisdom we hold within, which we all have access to. Through developing this connection I have discovered that we are always being guided to live in harmony with the truth. Thank you Dianne for this inspiration as I will be exploring this more in depth.
Great point Carola. It is interesting that talking to one’s body is really scientifically backed – ‘Science confirms that all the cells of our body communicate with each other in various ways, and we can consciously access those messages.’ This is a science we can no longer afford to ignore.
Beautifully said Carola, and perhaps by the very fact that we have long dismissed this intimate communication we all have access to with our body, that it is we have disease and imbalance in the first place!
Brilliant, love what you say here Dianne – ‘Our conventional anatomical and physiological explanations don’t cut it here. A quantum jump like this has to be sought in energy first, with matter following the lead and reconfiguring itself accordingly. It shows several things: the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.’
Dianne, your blog rocks! I have been forced into becoming more balanced on both sides due to pain in my right arm, at first it was challenging but I was surprised how normal it became, I got a tip off a friend to prepare the left arm with tooth brushing as it would build its skill and would be more coordinated at work if I eased it into it with tooth brushing, it was a great tip. I love my left side now and the pain ended up being a blessing!
Yes sarahraynebaldwin I agree. Dianne’s blog and your comment highlights to me how one-sided I have automatically moved, because I believed was only ‘right-handed’ and have no coordination in my left. It feels much greater to be aware and embrace that it is a simply a difference in expression and not a awkwardness that should be avoided. Thank you.
I agree, embracing my lefty with out judgment has been awesome!
Hi Dianne, I love your blog and know exactly what you are saying. Over 10 years ago my right hip started to deteriorate. I found that I could no longer chase my granddaughter on the beach. I asked my body what was going on and I got this answer ‘ if you don’t walk in your power you won’t be able to walk at all’ And this is true as this is exactly what happens.
Thank you Kathleen, very powerful and a message for us all. ‘if you don’t walk in your power you won’t be able to walk at all.’
Yes absolutely Jenny. Thank you kathleenbaldwin for these words of wisdom, lived and shared.
The science and wisdom in this blog are years ahead, proof of this is not here yet, but we have proof in this very blog and personal accounts of those that experience this type of communication. Clairsentience is something we all do all the time, but mostly dismiss that what we feel is truth and hand over the power to an expert. It’s time to make this normal.
Yes Matthew as we will soon learn that we are the authority on our own body. We actually do know what is going on for us and why. All we have to do is ask our body and the answer will come.
Yes Matthew. I agree that clairsentience is something we have learned to ignore and dismiss and what a great learning and understanding Dianne’s blogs have been when she has chosen to express her honouring and engaging with what she has been experiencing. It is indeed time we shared more about our experiences and made this normal.
Spot on Matthew – our understanding of energy needs to be ‘let loose’ for we know it all if we allow and let go.
Love this Dianne. After reading your two blogs I might give this conversation thing a go! It’s fascinating to hear about how your body responded to you actually paying it attention when something felt strange, rather than going into your head and applying knowledge or solutions. Thank you for sharing your experiences 🙂
Awesome sharing Dianne. I love the simplicity with which you share about the science of the body and how relevant you make it to everyday life. I’m not normally interested in reading about science however when you present it I am fascinated.
I agree Kristy the way Dianne presents science and how relevant she makes it to everyday life brings science alive and allows a greater understanding of ourselves, of others and of the world we live in .
Me too Kristy – it’s a pleasure to read science when it comes from the playfull-ness and wonder that is Dianne Trussell. She has a beautiful way of making science relative to everyone and not exclusive to the academias – science is for everyone as it is our bodies way of communicating all it knows. Magic!
This is brilliant Dianne, you take it to another level beyond the physical body to the reflection that we get ‘used’ to the way our body functions in its particular ways, and when it is done differently then it is judged as awkward or not right etc, rather than allowing that part to be experienced as it is, as you have stated Dianne ‘perceived awkwardness is just an old association from when the left hand was press obviously uncoordinated in its movements…’ Key words for me perception and association…
I will bring more attention to my body in this way…i loved the left hand example, now I will experiment with the left hip area, as my body has been calling out to me! Inspiring, thank you!
Very interesting reflection provided here by your discovery of how your left hand has been able to engage in all sorts of activities that had been reserved for the right hand, not in exactly the same manner as the right hand, but in its own way – and if you had not been so open and attentive you might have kept on trying to force it to duplicate the right hand and then get frustrated and give up. I wonder how many times in life I have tried to force myself or my body to respond in the way my mind had thought was the only way, and not listened to what my body had to say, and how wise it is to choose to listen all of the time.
That’s it Golnaz, i agree ‘the way my mind had thought was the only way’, the mind has been the leading way in determining how it is to be at the expense of the body and allowing the body to express how it is designed to express without our interpretation and what is familiar to us…
Hi Dianne you have once again clearly demonstrated that everything is everything all of the time. And that comparison and judgment doesn’t even work on body parts.
You can’t even judge a single freckle on the body.
Too right Heather, not even a freckle!
I have an incredible number of freckles, like stars in the sky, and I love them. I’m sure every one of them has something to say about the way I’ve been with my body, about my physical ancestry, genetics and epigenetics, the history of my health and environment… a veritable encyclopaedia of freckledom!
Haha I love this Dianne. . .”a veritable encyclopaedia of freckledom!” I also have a complete history that could be read from my skin alone. And I can read it in detail if I sit still with myself and open that conversation. This is the beauty of your article it so reminds us of the extent of the relationship we could be having with our own bodies if we just give ourselves that space.
When you drop judgment that you may have on a body part, it seems to free it up. I have a very sore nerve-damaged right arm, from a combination of over use and past and present choices, I have been using my left arm more than ever, after I stopped judging my left arm it really started to be very impressive and cute in supporting me. It’s like it blossomed and I know it sounds weird but it felt like I got to know my lefty and loved having this new friend!
That’s really cool saahraynebaldwin! This really shows the importance of dropping all judgments.
So true Kathleen because it is our judgments that keep poor little lefty forever feeling inadequate, which in turn could lead to lefty developing a deep seated self worth issue, which is hard for arms to come back from, in fact they are up in arms about the left right discrimination in the first place! But seriously treat you arms with equal respect or they just might punch you in the face one day!
Hahah sarahraynebaldwin! Funny and true! As a wise man once said ‘everything is everything all of the time’.
I am slowly learning that your wise friend is true, everything is indeed everything!
Indeed it is sarahraynebaldwin, indeed it is!
It is indeed but even though it’s natural, it’s a retraining to be natural and you must commit to this moment to moment.
So very true sarahraynebaldwin and I love the ‘retraining to be natural and you must commit to this moment to moment’. This is so important as we have so forgotten who we truly are.
In one way we have Kathleen but isn’t it fascinating that in a split second we are able to remember everything and thus it is a choice to forget, as its really not that hard to be love, as we are actually made from love after all.
Wise and true words sarahrayne. In fact it is harder work to not be love!
So true, although it does not always feel that way.
It only does not ‘feel’ that way because we are actually thinking and projecting and not really feeling at all. We have overlaid ideas of how it ‘should ‘be and when it is not as we think it should be we judge and condemn, as Dianne has exposed so beautifully here.
The perfect package delivered to me by you today Kathleen, I love what you have shared as it can pretty much be applied to EVERYTHING IN LIFE.
You nailed it sarahraynebaldwin . Feeling and observing rather than projecting an idea on a situation or person and looking for a certain outcome ‘can pretty much be applied to EVERYTHING IN LIFE’
The other day everything went “wrong” and nothing worked out the way I had planned. I bumped into someone and they asked how my day had been….I paused and let myself feel before answering and realised I had a great day, it hadn’t gone the way I had planned but in fact the quality I held throughout the day was a real marker and that alone was a huge success.
What this experience taught me was sometimes we go into thinking we are struggling because that is what society feeds us or what is socially acceptable and not because we actually feel or are in struggle.
That’s beautiful sarahraynebaldwin, our projected successes are so unrealistically out of reach that they set us up for a bad day as instead of enjoying all the little mishaps and laughing and appreciating all the messages and reasons they constellated especially for you. We tend to miss all this and focus on an outcome that should never have been the focus in the first place!
Exactly, when you brake through “projected success” you are able to see that nearly everything is successful, if you remain in a true equality and don’t abandon your own ship, that in itself is success!
Beautiful Sarah! What you have outlined here is a way we can truly love our selves; with no judgment we can be in the pure joy of living and learning.
Well said Kathleen, when we approach life as a forever student we are able to be to be in the joy of living and learning.
I’m glad to hear that Lefty has been allowed into the Body & Soul club again! Things just aren’t complete without him!
You bet ya Naren, The Body and Soul Club is not the same without good old lefty!
How can we ever be alone when we have the wonders of our body that constantly communicate with us. In the stillness of our being we are never ever alone.
Beautifully put, Vicky. We only feel alone when we are disconnected from that stillness, and then go searching for a substitute for the connection in all else but that which will return us to ourselves.
So very beautifully said Vicky and Naren. The wisdom you share reveals how our bodies are indeed the gateway to Heaven through which we can live Heaven on earth. And this is equally possible by all that have a body to live with.
There is a great distinction that you have brought, Carola. That is that we can “live heaven on earth” which is very different from making earth into heaven. Heaven is a lived way of being, and we express that lived way through our body.
About 15 years ago I ‘gave up’ writing with my right hand for a short period because my writing had become so illegible (not messy at all, just super over controlled and small). I threw caution to the wind and took up my left hand. The change was totally remarkable and once I had got over the fact that I couldn’t micro control every mark, I became playful with the experience and through ‘hanging out’ with my left hand re-taught myself to write. Reading this article encourages me to consider the habits I adhere to without question; the extraordinary dynamism of our bodies and the balance that they naturally want to live.
Matilda, what you share here is extraordinary to me, that you were aware of your right hand writing and how it was limiting you and your expression and then retrained with the left hand, our bodies are designed to express in full and its like we develop habits to keep our bodies limited! God in Heaven what would happen if we did allow our bodies to be in their true natural way and we expressed from there in the most simplest of ways…we may find we could even enjoy ourselves!
What a great example of how habits develop that we assume are serving us in some way but are merely just an example of our control and protection. It sounds liberating to simply ‘hang out’ with a part of your body and see what it has to communicate and offer.
I love the freedom of the idea of ‘hanging out’ with parts of my body and being open to whatever is communicated.
I love feeling your connection and relationship with your body. This is the most beautiful relationship we can have, the relationship with our body, as it holds so much wisdom and truth. It makes my life more full and joyful as I am having someone with me all the time – my body. I am inspired to listen even more to my body by your blog thank you Dianne.
Dianne – I hugely appreciate how you present science in a way that works with the body rather than simply trying to prove a theory.This is so strong in your writing, and how you have shared your experience of your relationship with your left arm is just magic. What I get from this is us simply taking away the judgement of our left needing to be equal to our right, and just allowing more space for our bodies to move in a way that honours them. i love how you communicated with your body, and discovered for yourself the depths of what is possible by observing and allowing.
What I am getting from your blog Dianne, in fact all if them, is how complicated science has made everything by being invested in the outcome of their research and experimentation. There is a truth and it can be known by and in our bodies – the body does not lie. The body is our guide.
Yes that makes sense Jeannette, complications and yet when we make it about the body, it becomes simple and obvious – and some how simple and commonsense hold a lesser standing yet it is these ways that reveal what is really going on.
I once worked with a doctor who was right handed and had an injury, so had to use his left hand to do all of his documentation, for which he did not practice before hand. His ordinary right handed writing was difficult at the best of times. Something we fondly referred to as his “chook scratchings”. Anyway low and behold is left handed writing was much more legible than his right. What we noticed was that he was more methodical with his writing, taking more time, but also completing each task before he moved onto the next. He basically didn’t rush, because he couldn’t. Makes me wonder about the effect that rushing has on everything that we do.
Wow that’s really interesting and great to consider the impact rushing has and how we can be so used to living in that way – thinking that we are getting things done more quickly whereas it actually goes against efficiency!
Also that we often live like we are on auto-pilot, and through being forced to be present, magical things can happen.
Revealing discovery Jennifer, goes to show what is missed whilst on ‘auto-pilot’, and all that can be uncovered when allowing ourselves to step out of our comfort zone and go beyond.
We can be very hard on ourselves, even when we are learning something new, because we have an expectation of ourselves. I love what you have shared here Dianne as it really blows those beliefs out of the water.
The judgements and beliefs we have of ourselves can be very subtle, but when we realise what they are, they are huge. It’s interesting to ponder on Dianne how we become so used to the way we do something that we don’t ever question it, until we are in a situation where we need to do that differently. But at the same time we are offered these opportunities regularly.
Absolutely Jennifer – I agree. When we hold judgements and beliefs on ourselves about how we are or how we should be we are limiting and restricting who we actually are and all that is possible to truly live, as we don’t even question if there is more. Yet as you say we are ‘offered these opportunities regularly’ to explore the wonders of who we are through our bodies and the wisdom they truly hold.
Amazing Dianne, what you are truly sharing is that our body can teach us how to live and move by feeling the quality that is registered and not by dictation on how we think it ought to be. Our ingrained movements come from patterns of energy that we choose, and each behaviour has a recall of the energy that we use to do certain things, but what if there was a natural way that the body worked, in an energy of stillness and not the energy of anger, protection, hardness, stimulation etc that most of our movements are based on.
Great point Harry! I hate to compare us to animals but I will anyway…
If you look at nature and the way that animals move together and communicate through movement, you can see that this intelligence does not come from the brain, but is felt as an energetic exchange.
Spot on guys! I’ve also watched how animals move with an instantaneous natural responsiveness to energy flows. There’s no way the individuals in a flock of a million birds are watching their neighbours and mentally processing all that movement information through their nerves in order to think and decide which way to move! That would be very slow and result in chaos in the flock. Yet those big flocks move flowingly like wind and clouds and currents. They are fully IN the flow of energy that they feel. No ingrained habits or mentally-chosen patterns there. Now why can’t we be like that too? Well, we can….
Flocks of birds are exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote this comment. I often watch birds and think about them in comparison to the way we live. I imagine one bird wanting to be an individual and having a Mohawk and one have chronic fatigue and refusing to fly, one being over weight and slowing down the flock… It sounds ridiculous as they do not operate like that, they have a responsibility to each other and nature. I feel we also have this responsibility, but have stepped away from it.
Love the way you have nailed this Sarah – super powerful and so obvious when you observe.
Dianne I love your openness to constantly experimenting and to whatever it is that you may learn from. This is the mark of a true scientist, and one that can teach so many on the abundance of discoveries there are to make about life and our bodies. Thank you for bringing the joy you bring to this Earth.
Absolutely Amelia, the true scientist indeed!
Im going to try doing everything with my left side now, what a load of FUN!
Love this Harry you are super fun.
Harry your curiousity and enthusiasm is so infectious!
Dianne this is absolutely brilliant! And reading it I am again reminded to be aware of the left side of my body! Seriously though, what you are writing is so brilliant, as these are things we never think about or consider when we are living our everyday lives, we just go about “using our dominant side” which is the right for most people I believe. Loved what you said about feeling the sensitivity in your left side and how it wanted to move, so often we thing we dictate how our body moves, but it has a natural way that it likes to be and all we have to do is ‘ask’ it, like you have shared.
Your enthusiasm is infectious and I love the point you shared that our bodies have a totally natural way to be, move, express, rest etc. When I accept this and actually ‘listen’ I feel the exhaustion and struggle slip away. It is like I give my brain a rest and put the master of my body back in the driving seat – my body itself.
I agree Matilda, I love that point too – that our bodies do have their own innate intelligence – all we have to do is not try and override it, but instead surrender to the harmony that is naturally there and enjoy moving with it, letting go of any picture we hold of how we think it should be.
This extraordinary experiment could potentially change how patients are both prepared before surgery and perhaps rehabilitated thereafter – and be a game changer in terms of the length of time it ordinarily takes to recover from injuries or adjustments to them.
How beautiful to know we can have have an intimate relationship and conversations with our body this way Dianne. If we all asked our bodies questions more, instead of telling it the way it should be, I wonder how the world would be?
That’s so true Joseph and that is very clearly Dianne’s approach, a sense of wonder and amazement. True science and a very fun scientific experiment.
It takes humbleness to approach life with curiosity.
It’s a very different way of looking at our body, ask it what it feels rather than telling it what to do. The more I do this the simpler my day is. It would no doubt change the world health as by the very nature we would be engaging in preventative medicine rather than trying to fix our ill ways.
Yes, Joseph, reading about this way of relating to our bodies opens up our awareness to a more intimate and divinely attuned experience of life.
Yes this inspired me to get closer to my own body, and since I have had a left hip getting to the point where it is screaming at me for attention, I shall adhere to its call…it is very simple, the body communicates with us, it’s learning to communicate with the body from the body and not the mind. As the mind has its perception that is not connected to the body.
Great imagining Joseph Barker – I imagine we would be like a swarm of Christopher Columbus’, all going about our day discovering things about ourselves, our bodies and life as big as discovering that the Earth is not flat after. Perhaps we would discover that life is not lineal but is spherical.
This is gorgeous Joseph, taking the time to have a deep and meaningful with the body – a new way of loving ourselves to the bone.
I love how you bust through your own beliefs Dianne and those of medicine and science whilst remaining the consummate true scientist yourself. Way to go, Dianne!
yes – Dianne is a “myth buster” extraordinaire. Time to start talking to my body more!
Your blog Dianne, got me thinking about my left hand and how right handed centric I am. I have always thought what an inconvenience it would be if something happened to my right hand. Reading your blog has opened me up to another possibility, and shown me my limited way of thinking and operating habitually from my right. It makes me realise again the amazing capacities we have inside us when we move beyond our usual ways of looking at things.
Josephine I am ambidextrous, naturally right handed but use my left hand to sew and for other things, but have never communicated with either hand to see what more they might like to do! I understand brain cells love and are energised by unusual and new physical acitivity. It’s like brain gym.
Well said Joesphine, I am having huge amount of pain in my right arm and have had to rely on my left much more, my approach will be much different after reading this supportive blog!
Great to bring awareness to this , I am left handed and can feel how I can leave my right hand behind as I love moving with my left.
This blog got me thinking about all the ideals and beliefs that are actually in our way from enjoying our bodies and our health – and how limited we can be by this.
Very inspiring Dianne : To ask my body what it needs and let it respond back with its own truth. Not imposing my pre-conditioning on the way I think my body should be able to move or respond, but give it the grace to actually show me what is there and move within the capacity of that at the moment.
This article puts an interesting view to the practice of training children who are left handed to write only with their right hand. We even call the right hand ‘right’ as if the left hand is ‘wrong’. Maybe there is a greater social context being played out here beyond the physicality of our bodies, because as Dianne says, consciousness comes first before matter is moved.
Society once did indeed consider left-handedness not only wrong but evil. My dad and his sister were natural left handers (at school in the 1930s to 1940s), but were actually physically punished by teachers if they used their left hand to write. They were abusively forced to use their right hand. As a result they became ‘ambidextrous’ which was more socially acceptable than being left-handed! It’s interesting when you look at heraldry – the coats of arms on shields and family emblems. A line that goes to the left is called ‘sinister’ and indicates someone born out of wedlock, stamped with the perceived stigma of that. Now we use the word ‘sinister’ to mean evil. How deep runs our connection between the left, wrong and evil. Even in the old occult and esoteric books they refer to the anti-evolutionary path as ‘the left hand path’. Wondering what this all means energetically!
I read this blog before going to bed yesterday. I commented and went to bed. When waking up in the morning this blog came to me again, quite instantly. I’ve never ever considered the fact that our body parts actually communicate with us how they want to move or not move. And that this can differ from one sight to the other. And even from moment to moment. For a long long time I’ve tried to convert everything I felt (and feel) into a doing. In a ‘fixed’, ‘controlled’ way of moving. Were what you’re writing here Dianne is the total opposite. Wow, what a revelation – more than one. The question towards myself now is how am I gonna ‘change’ this (a doing) or more truthfully said, how am I to let go (allowing) the controlled way of moving my body…
Wow Floris, as I read your comment I too can relate to how much I have controlled my movements and restricted my body in tension. As I sit here I can feel the difference by allowing myself to be…I am asking my body ‘how do you want to be?’ … the response is immediate…it’s just letting go, surrendering and opening up. Beautiful.
Wow Floris and Rachel, these two comments stopped me in my tracks – I get the body doing and then realised how much I do not ask of it how it wants to be – it’s still like a machine I power up every day and get it to work. Exposing the very depth of relationship that awaits if I let go, surrender and truly start to BE with my body in this very communicative, tender and loving way.
Isn’t it that simple Rachel. It’s lovely to read your response on my comment, as I am realizing that the power of these words are actually reflected in my daily life and that I find more and more the joy, allowing and surrendering to my body. How deeply Simple and Divine is the amazing science that I am. By simply connecting to the Truth in this blog, I’ve started to set myself free from the restrictions in my own body. And your comment is supplying me the possibility to reflect and confirm. Wow! Thank you Rachel (and Floris:)).
Beautiful Lee. When reading “Exposing the very depth of relationship that awaits if I let go, surrender and truly start to BE with my body in this very communicative, tender and loving way.” I already could feel the tenderness and love entering my body communicating how tender and loving I am. I love how the words ‘to BE with my body’, made me aware of how natural it actually is. And how crazy that we’re choosing to NOT be with our bodies. Where this is to most natural thing! I wanted to write … thing to do, realising that this is exactly NOT what it is. It definitely is an allowing and surrendering. How Gorgeous am I and everyone else…
Very true Floris. Me too. My relationship with my body has been much to do with doing things. I am going to have a go at building a relationship with it based on just being in and with it.
It really is quite incredible when you stop to think about the detail in which our bodies are able to communicate to us how they would like to go about the business of moving. Dianne’s example was incredible, she really demonstrated the way that the body knew how to move when given the freedom to do so and what an amazing outcome! It makes me wonder how rehabilitation could be turned on its head if we didn’t structure it so intently from the physio’s training, but allowed the body to dictate the way back to health. Have we jeopardized people’s recovery by structuring their rehabilitation?
It is so true Floris that it is a completely different way to operate. To drop the control of how we do things to listening to what the body communicates and naturally feels to move.
Yes Jenny, so very True. It is completely different when we allow ourselves to surrender to our body and let it impulse us forth. This in fact feels so natural that I sometimes fight the naturalness of it as it is so supernatural, yet so superloving and superyummie. How we communicate with ourselves, is the way we communicate with the world. Isn’t that just AMAZING!
One of the little methods I use to change, is to remind myself that many things about how we use our bodies are simply habit that we have chosen one way or another (by control or just by default). And thus done repeatedly without much consciousness. Someone once shared with me that every so often, at random intervals, they put their wristwatch on the opposite wrist. Doh? I tried it – ooh what a difference in awareness! It made me so aware of how habits allow us to ignore our bodies and thus stick with habitual, unconscious ways of moving that might not be the best for our wellness. This underscores the importance and value of what Serge Benhayon is teaching us – to be consciously present in our bodies all the time, reading our bodies and situations so we can choose to respond appropriately. Life and the universe are an ever-changing flow, and our bodies are part of that flow, tuned harmoniously with it. We simply cannot stay stuck in habits that go against that harmony and against our bodies, without ill consequences.
I Love these two sentences Dianne: “Life and the universe are an ever-changing flow, and our bodies are part of that flow, tuned harmoniously with it. We simply cannot stay stuck in habits that go against that harmony and against our bodies, without ill consequences.”. You’re sharing with us in just 2 lines all life and the reason behind any illness and disease. The word ‘flow’ says it all, doesn’t it. It feels lovely, light, pulling, evolving, togetherness, simple. I am personally learning more and more to be and move with that flow. Which feels amazing. I have the tendency when I am with the flow to want to ‘control’ it again or making ‘it’ less. I am learning that also these behaviours are ‘just’ habits that I go into. Which can only happen when I choose to stop feeling the otherwise flow. Wow, how much delicateness, power and responsibility is there in living the flow.
We do get stuck in habits, that are on auto pilot. I like the idea of playing with ideas like you suggest, ‘that every so often, at random intervals, they put their wristwatch on the opposite wrist. Doh? I tried it – ooh what a difference in awareness!’
It is amazing to read about the preparation and care that you took to support yourself post surgery. Even that choice seems super supportive. I have witnessed a lot of people go into helplessness and frustration because they haven’t thought what they may need in terms of support post surgery.
Often the time leading up to a surgery is filled with anxiety and concern, so that there is no space for contemplating what would support moving forward through recovery. Most of us are just wanting to get back to “normal life” but the condition is offering us a time to stop and reflect on how we have been living, and what might need to change.
That is very true Heather. Each ailment or disease we face, in fact every time we stub our toe, offers us an opportunity to reflect on how we may be living in ways that do not serve and support us, nor others for that matter. What a great thing it would be if we all knew this and knew how to ‘read’ each situation. Serge Benhayon through Universal Medicine leads the way in teaching us how to, about the Science of Reflection and personally it has been a very powerful gift.
I have found that the more deeply you are prepared to do this, the deeper the opportunity for healing actually is…but as you say – most people are in a rush to get back to what they were doing before hand.
Dianne’s article exposes how what many consider a ‘normal’ activity of the body is actually restricting its full expression.
Yes I agree nicolesjadin the preparation Diane did to support herself post surgery is amazing and also a wonderful inspiration for me to keep this in my mind. To feel helpless and frustrated is not what makes life easier after such a surgery.
To prepare in this way also seems to be a beautiful way to fully feel the healing that was on offer in this situation. Very inspiring Dianne.
So true Nicole, it seems we are quick to resign ourselves over to incapacity, yet in doing so we dishonour the wisdom we hold and stifle the wealth of discovery we can have in giving ourselves the space and patience to be where we are.
I like what you and Heather have added here that the condition is offering us a time to stop and reflect on how we have been living, and what might need to change and the patience to be where we are. It feels like Dianne was able to do both – very inspiring.
In how Dianne approached this whole experience of pending surgery what was beautifully illustrated to me was the deepening of her relationship with her body and the commitment she has toward an ever expansive discovery of how marvelous our bodies actually are, absolutely inspiring!
I agree Gill, Dianne has a way of bringing the true simpleness of science back to humanity.
Great idea Elizabeth.
I will be paying more attention to how my left hand moves, and becoming aware of what the word awkward is used for has made me ponder again on how we are so caught up in expecting things to be a certain way. I feel a new level of allowing in my body movements is required after reading this very interesting blog. Thank you Dianne.
There really is no limit to what we can do when we harmonise our body and mind.
I loved reading about the fact that consciousness i.e. the way we are configured to think about something as “real” when it is in fact only a construct of the mind – affects the physical body. This blog confirmed this for me without a doubt.
Marianna I also love that Dianne has confirmed that every part of us is interconnected with the whole, and its actions affect the whole. If we heeded this truth that every thought, every movement, every choice affects our bodies we may be able to start unravelling the as yet ‘unsolvable’ mysteries around the pandemic mental and physical diseases we face.
That is so true jeannettegold and I am wondering why it is not known by every doctor around the world.
Thank you for another inspiring blog, Dianne. For a scientist such as yourself to share with child like wonder how magical and incredibly intelligent the body actually is, makes for joyful reading.
I agree Janet. I would love to read articles like this being published in the regular science journals and magazines.
I agree. I love reading the sheer joy that Dianne shares through her discoveries with her body. This is science in action and so easy to read because it is so relatable. As I read it I am in the wonder of my body too.
Literally celebrating the body and its marvels every time Dianne writes. What a journal this will make in time to come.
Science can be hijacked and easily put in the boring realm. Dianne has a beautiful way of expressing with wonder this same science.
One of the myths this article busted for me was that any physiological change will require periods of time and training. When I accept that the energetic configuration comes first, I also have to accept that the change can be instant too. What will then follow, if I choose to commit to it in terms of exercises or practise, is the ‘rooting’ of this shift so that it can be sustained.
I agree Matlida, the same jumped out for me..”quantum jump like this has to be sought in energy first”…back to that same foundational principle for us to understand life by energy first.
It’s like the difference between seeing counsellors and psychotherapists for years without any significant change in the underlying condition and having sessions with esoteric medicine practioners for months and seemingly intractable health problems are understood and cleared very quickly.
Spot on Matilda and what a complete change of thinking – no thinking at all in fact, just a huge dose of love and appreciation and knowing that we are energy first.
Indeed Matilda we have been so conditioned to think the body needs to be trained over and over again, rather than engaging with its own natural wisdom and allowing it to find its own way that works.
This was a myth buster too. I wonder if this myth comes from asking the body to be a way that isn’t its natural rhythm so that constant repetition has to ingrain an unnatrual way until this way becomes the body’s norm. But when the body is given space it flows naturally again.
Recently I noticed how when I walk my ankles feels very stiff, as if there is no joint there at all. There is a tension held there. I started to walk conscious of this and began to allow them to release the tension. It changed my whole gait as they loosened up and even started to feel a bit floppy. These moments are what builds our relationship with our bodies and thus with our hearts, with God and with everyone in the world.
This is a lovely example Jinya of when we connect to our bodies and start to listen to them openly how miracles can happen! As Matilda highlights below there was an acceptance of energetic configuration and a commitment to making it more loving, thus transmuting and re-configuring it to its natural state.
So simple and so true Jinya, our relationship with our body is paramount. It is everything as you say. The body is the portal to God.
I agree Jinya, developing a relationship with ones body and being able to communicate to it and respect it strengthens every relationship around us. It’s not exclusive to just the body… nature, God, family and friends are all included in this deepening and expanding.
I love this example as well Jinya. This example really resonates with me. I’ll have a go with to be with my ankles next time I feel the tension there. And will see if I can deal / be with it just as you share here.
The humorous style of your article Dianne is bringing so much lightness and playfulness to be with our bodies. Thank you.
I know it is so easy for me to conveniently forget that I am a divine multidimensional being and it seems so easy sometimes to get caught up in the physical temporal world with all its complexities and believe that that is all there is, even though I know that this is not the case. There have been so many life experiences that have proven to me beyond a doubt that we are so much more than physical machines so it is so important for me to keep reminding myself and appreciating the divinity that is all around and within me constantly.
What a difference in those 2 words: awkward and different. I am realizing that there’s much more space in the word different. This feels lovely and worth a try! Rather than the judgements and giving myself a hard time… Thank you for the inspiration once again Dianne.
Well said Floris – it is very easy to go into judgement and give ourselves a hard time – what Dianne is presenting allows the space to deeply connect to our body and see how it truly works.
Your comment Lee is connecting me to the fact that I hold also a lot of sadness, grief, of not having connected to that space that naturally is within my body. For a long time I’ve denied the fact that I do not have a say in how I feel or not. I never ever consciously accepted that how I feel, am, has everything to do with the choices that I’ve made in regards of nurturing and caring for my body. That in Truth that my body is my ‘house’ that has the space for my Love, as well as the Love of the Hierarchy, to pass in and through it. And my body does so whenever I choose. How honouring is my body towards my choices? And am I honouring my body the same way as ‘it’ honours me?
Following on from the ‘awkward versus different’ observation, last week I was in a motel room and needed to iron a dress. But the location of the power plug and furniture was such that ironing with my right hand would be difficult. So I used my left. Easily, though I had never ‘trained’ my left hand to do the ironing. And what was equally gorgeous was that it did not feel awkward, only a little different!
Oh the judgements I have placed on my left side!
Hi Nikki, same here, as well as on the right side. As I was showering in the morning I suddenly felt how my whole body wants to actually work together – in union. The Grace and Delicateness of the left hand side, working in union with the Power and Tenderness from the right hand side. It’s like my right arm actually is constantly trying to move away from the body and the left hand side’s given up. Rather than allow them to feel themselves and start communicating on how they could work best together. It’s so humbling and beautiful to connect to this. Very accepting and celebrating my body for the Wisdom it carries. I can feel that I am to allow myself to let myself be supported by myself, rather than running away. There’s much to be revealed. Lovely, thank you Nikki!
This is such a helpful realisation you share Floris, I find it difficult to accept the left side of my body as different – when lying still I notice there is asymmetry through the body, anatomically I do not feel my left side rests as spaciously as the right side. To me it does feel awkward, there is an energetic and physical holding back that does not feel true however the word different also carries acceptance, as you say it takes out the judgement. So while I will most likely still feel this as awkward I can also accept it is different and deserving of spaciousness.
Your comment Deanne is instantly bringing up the memory of judgement. How I still want things, my body, people, myself different than they are or I am. Rather than just noticing that, feeling the judgement, feel what’s after that, rather than fight whatever I feel. Such a trick of my spirit and body to keep me from being who I am. I can feel the difference between the delicateness of my left arm and the ‘hardness’ in my right arm. And as I’m connecting I can also feel that there’s more of a drive in the right arm, to do good, to perform. So I am starting to feel that is only about connecting and feeling everything that presents itself.
I’m right handed, with a shoulder that plays up when I get too attached for too long to my computer mouse, so 15 years ago I switched to left-hand mouse mode to avoid more pain, was totally competent on the left within 48 hours and haven’t looked back since. The dexterity I have in manoeuvring my way around the screen is actually far superior using the left than if I have to do the same tasks with my right. Such is the true power of the body to adapt. Maybe we’re a bunch of ambidextrous beings after all?
That’s so cool Cathy. It is truly amazing how adaptable we really are if we allow ourselves to be.
Very cool Diane – and what you share opens up a whole new way to work with rehabilitation therapy and physiotherapy. I happen to know of one particular physiotherapist who already works in such a incredibly and delicate way – Kate Greenaway – she connects with the body and helps you listen to what is needed. This is not so common in our society as yet, but I feel it is the future of medicine and rehabilitation therapies.
So awesome Dianne! You make reading about science so easy and fun!
Something I noticed back when we all started to use computers was the fact that using key boards meant that we all started to use both hands and sides of the body. I wondered at the time if this did make a difference to how we felt and thought? Are we more balanced?
Dianne what you have shared with us here is revolutionary. Not only have you become a living science experiment but you so playfully open our hearts to different more loving ways to live and understand our bodies. Like talking to them. I LOVE It. This part…..
‘A quantum jump like this has to be sought in energy first, with matter following the lead and reconfiguring itself accordingly. It shows several things: the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.’
Thank you for smashing that idea that only crazy people talk to themselves. When really, we would be crazy NOT to talk to our bodies to find out what is going on. Powerful, exposing, informative and humorous Dianne. Thank you.
That’s fun Simone … and confirming to me as I talk to myself and my body all the time …. The thing is I don’t always wait for the answers… Now that’s crazy!!!
Ha ha merrileepettinato, I know, I am learning to be more discerning at the answers I listen to. Sometimes the answers come in so quickly, but they are not necessarily the ones I should listen to. Giving myself space to receive the message and checking how the choice feels in my body is allowing me to develop this discernment. A work in progress here!
Ha Ha – I like that Simone – yes just because we talk to ourselves does not mean we are crazy! Tuning into the body is indeed powerful and even more powerful than that is when we respect the body and carry out or live what it asks of us.
I agree. It is actually more crazy NOT to talk to your body as it is a fountain of wisdom that we deny ourselves all the time.
So true Simone. I went to a training course the other day and we were asked ‘who do you talk to the most?’ People said their partners, best friends, work colleagues, mum, sister etc. What came out of the discussion is that we actually have a running internal dialogue with ourselves for most of the day. We talk to ourselves the most, even if it’s not out loud.
That’s true Debra. We do talk with ourselves so often – but rarely do we check in with and have conversations with our body. We are too busy and caught up with what is going on in our mind to actually hear the messages that our bodies are giving us – when these are the ones that are most important!
Thank you Dianne, I love reading all about the changes you share that are possible in our bodies if we let ourselves develop our relationship with it. I have found that once it knows we are listening it reveals more and more to us.
It seems totally fitting that a person of science is also fascinated by the greatest scientific instrument that will ever be, our bodies.
Absolutely Simon, a forever, on-going experiment!
Love the way you are with your body Dianne and how by this, you challenge and experiment with certain accepted beliefs and teachings about the body.
Thanks, Dianne, it makes so much sense that we can communicate and learn from our bodies in this way.
Hilarious in its profoundness! Isn’t this how science should be, open and curious about how everything works! Definitely, Dianne Trussell you lead the way here, love it!
Yes I agree “science should be, open and curious about how everything works! Definitely, Dianne Trussell you lead the way “. I so absolutely agree. Dianne is great blessing in what and how she is sharing about science and our bodies
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Yes Matts, this is a great question indeed, “Isn’t this how science should be, open and curious about how everything works?!” If science lessons were approached in this way, it is more than possible that many more children would take an interest in this fascinating subject, rather than being overwhelmed by all the equations and technicalites of their more ‘intelligent’ contempories, and how the subject is currently taught. What a different world we would live in if this were the case.
Yes for sure – this to me is a true scientific approach!
We think our mind controls all the actions of our body but what you are showing here Dianne is that our body knows and understands energy and if we allow it, this is what it responds to more than our mind. “The power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.” With this understanding I feel there is much the medical profession could take from this.
My unscientific question is why are we right or left handed? I remember early in school where children were made to write right-handed by teachers. If we are all one in brotherhood and are a piece of the big puzzle, we all bring our bit to what is needed… being awkward must be an important role in our evolution!
Thank you Dianne for sharing your experience with training your left arm and hand. I was very much impressed and I love the following sentences as it feels so true and also so revealing to me: “the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.” This left me being humble to what is possible when we allow ourselves to be open to the power of energy.
Thank you Dianne for this insightful sharing about your left hand and arm. As I do not use my left side as my right side, your sharing feels nurturing to appreciate the qualities of the left side. This is inspiring me to bring more awareness to my left side, which sometimes feels like an orphan.
Being awkward, is just different i.e. not wrong, what a judgment and criticism to kick out Dianne. Great! Loving the draw to acceptance too.
Dianne, I love this piece of body-science (!) the conversations you have with parts of your body are amazing and inspiring. Although I brush my teeth left-handed for years, and do quite a lot of other stuff with my left hand…Immediately after reading your piece I switched my mouse over to the left hand side.. and it taught me how much expectation I do put on myself to get it right, done quick, or fast, and anything less than this is not good enough, so it is related also to worth. Using the left mouse I had to be slower, more precise and with what I was doing… so often we go into autopilot with what we know really well, that it’s great to be able to challenge this as if back to equal balance.
This sounds like a great experiment, and it comes not from a necessity but from a willingness. I can already feel what the implications would be if I were to swap hands, and I can most definitely see that the casualness would disappear and a much more precise and present way would come forth.
A really interesting blog, thank you Dianne. I can relate to having to learn how to do everything with the left hand, when I am right handed normally. I had Ross River fever a number of years ago, which made my right hand swollen and useless for many months. I had to learn to do everything with my left hand, and it took quite a time for me to learn how to write with the left hand and quite a time before it was anywhere as neat as done by the right hand. I did not have the benefit of understanding how to truly connect with my body that I have since learned through Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine. How much more I would have come to understand all that you found during your experience, wonderful how you found that your left hand had its own way of doing things that were normally done by the right hand, and once you let it do things its own way, it quickly learned how to do it smoothly. It is interesting how we think that one side of the body should do everything the way the other side does. How important it is for us not to have expectations, but to really pay attention to what the body is sharing.
I am learning that there is far more to movement than just a series of commands I give my body. Through movement it seems much will be revealed.
Dianne, I love this, it has inspired me to have a go the next time I go snowboarding. Unlike skiing, when you snowboard you need to be able to ride both directions on the board because when you jump and rotate you need to be able to carry on snowboarding after you land. I have always struggled with this and I would get frustrated and feel ‘awkward’ so would give up all too easily. I know it’s relatively easy to do, but would be hard on myself and my body in the process. I love the idea of talking to the left hand side of my body to see what it has to say about this. Perhaps then, with some gentle understanding I will find an ease in snowboarding on my unfamiliar side.
I love how you show us here how retarding holding expectations on our bodies to be and moving a certain way can be.
Yes Abby but it is not just the holding of expectations it is also the judgments we so readily place when expectations are not met.
I am completely inspired to honour the wisdom my body clearly has. For too long it has suffered because my brain thought it knew best, but it has been waiting patiently for me to finally ‘get it’ and that I do, at least a little 🙂 It feels a little like how God might feel, waiting patiently for mankind to stop abusing themselves and to awaken to how life truly is.
This seriously challenges the belief that we have about training and forcing the body to move in a certain way though practice and repetition. I know as a Physiotherapist motor control learning is one of the foundations that exercise therapy is based on. However maybe it is not about 1000s of repetitions and hours or rehearsal? This blog is living proof that as therapists we should be supporting people to connect to consciousness and their bodies way before they even move a muscle.
Another awesome blog Dianne. What a belief I/we have that both sides of our bodies should move in a symmetrical way. It just goes to show how many beliefs and ideals we have about our bodies and our health which get in the way of actually just reading and observing our bodies and therefore simply asking them what’s going on.
I love reading about the refined attunement you have to your body and the amazing intelligence that come through in your blogs, always inspiring Dianne, thank you.
Dianne, thank you for such a great insight it our bodies. What you share here is so simple and powerful and I really appreciate the awareness you share from your experience. What’s more it makes so much sense to accept and appreciate how our body is as it is without the pressure of pre-conceived ideas and thoughts, that way it has the scope to respond and expand its potential. A micro example of a truth that applies equally to the macro of the universe we live in.
This is tremendous Dianne; by bringing such a level of love appreciation and stillness to your left arm that it had not felt before, and that you were asking your body what it needed your arm was able to respond to the love it was shown. This is indeed a quantum jump in coordination that cannot be explained by conventional anatomical and physiological means. This example could change completely the way we look at medicine, and life by looking at the energy in which we move.
Another gorgeous study of the human body Dianne, full of child-like wonder and the wisdom of the ages. What this highlights for me is how much we use the beliefs and ideals we hold firmly in our minds to impose on our bodies, our ‘vehicles of expression’, rather than just allow them to do what they are divinely designed to do and that is, to respond to impulses from their environment. A body left unencumbered by the human will, is free to listen to the call of God and in this will respond accordingly and much to the surprise of the being inside who is attempting to run the show. When we surrender the control, we actually allow something far greater to come into being, free of the layers of self created imposition we have spent lifetimes lacing our bodies with. Dianne you have shown us how simple it is to tap into a wisdom far greater than our human intelligence by listening very astutely to our human bodies, thank you.
Beautiful comment Liane. Letting go of control and surrendering to the call of God, is so huge yet our most natural way of being. It is a chicken and egg situation. Do we surrender our dominance over the physical body first or our control over our beingness?
‘When we surrender the control, we actually allow something far greater to come into being, free of the layers of self created imposition we have spent lifetimes lacing our bodies with.’ So true Liane.
This sentence says so much Lianne “A body left unencumbered by the human will, is free to listen to the call of God and in this will respond accordingly and much to the surprise of the being inside who is attempting to run the show.” It says so much to me because I know it to be true, and am eternally inspired to continue to surrender to the wisdom of my body, for I feel deeply that I have barely scratched the surface of what it is possible for my body to express as a vehicle of Gods wisdom.
Hear, hear, Liane, as it is through our body that we get to truly know God.
Beautiful Lianne, perfectly timed for me to read this! When we let go of the self will, the Universal Will or God will can come into being and we are again who we truly are. This is not to say that self is unimportant but an important part of the whole. Dianne blog is indeed very excellent!
Keep the conversations flowing as they truly are a quantum leap in the understanding of how our bodies truly work. I try to use my left hand at work when my right gets tired of doing repetitive tasks. I never last that long with the lefty as it does feel awkward, but thanks to your blog I shall persevere without judgement and see what happens.
I love this blog Dianne, another stunner! It is fascinating that when we talk to our bodies with true intent how they will respond, and in a sense not that surprising when we consider that everything is connected and every internal system works in unison with each other. We can spend so much of our lives living in ways that don’t really consider if what we are doing is ok with our bodies, and just carry on with no regard for the consequences. This is a great example of how important it is to honour what we really feel and to act on what our bodies are telling us.
We have so many concepts about how our body does have to be and does have to work. If we let go of them and start listening to and communicating with our body – as you shared Dianne – we will see that we are capable of much more than our mind can grasp.
I also love how playful you are Dianne in developing your relationship with your body, it really has inspired me to be more present, playful and honouring with the way I treat my body, for our bodies are truly miraculous!
I found it so fascinating reading what you’ve shared here Dianne, as I have never really explored my relationship with my body in this way. I too am right handed and have so often considered when using my left hand and side that I am “unco”, I truly hadn’t felt how judgemental that was till I read your article. What you shared was truly amazing, by giving our body permission to move in the way it feels we release this judgement and what results is miraculous. I have such a newfound respect for what is possible when we remove all limitations.
This is a great part two Dianne, we really do need to start communicating in this way with ourselves! It would save so much expense to the national purse if we first kept abreast with the signs our body gives us or stayed with that connection through recovery. Love hearing about your experiments and conversations with your body Dianne.
Yes absolutely Rosanna, this way of communicating with ourselves is sorely needed for our own personal health and that of our national purse and healthcare system.
Hear, hear Rosanna. However, not only would it be a saving on the ‘national purse’ but the nation, and all of humanity, would be so much more joyful and harmonious.
Absolutely Jonathan, it’s a win win win, what’s not to love. So simple yet so effective and life enhancing.
What is lovely about this is how you prepared for surgery and took time to work with your body and build this beforehand. Equally what is lovely is that after the operation you didn’t let this go and go back to old patterns but still worked on building the strength and connection with your left hand. In reading your blog I have felt and seen more clearly how I take my body for granted and do not work with it in the way I could. Thank you.
Dianne I was looking forward to your 2nd blog and sure enough it was amazing. I have learnt so much from your sharing about the body and not to underestimate it in any way at all, certainly I won’t in future! For our bodies to respond to our questions in such a way, energetically opens the door for so many conversations that can improve our wellbeing. HOW WONDERFUL ARE OUR BODIES?
Yes, I can relate so much to what you write Fumiyo. There has definitely has been a desire of not wanting to hear what my body is communicating because of what it would practically mean for me. However, the more I listen and respond the more I am learning to trust what is communicated. I find it inevitable to be correct and beneficial in the long run.
I love these revelatory sharings, Dianne. “It shows several things: the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.” There is so much here in this one example with your left arm that could change medical journals forever, if there was an openness to honouring the simple wisdom inherent within us.
As you say Janet, Dianne has offered us such a depth of understanding and comprehension with these words which are also a revelation and inspiration. With such a reflection we are able to support her in taking this wisdom out into the world to share with humanity. In this way we can honour the ‘simple wisdom’ as a way to change the world in a way that is evolving and expansive for the whole Universe.
Dianne – your blogs are just the most amazing science – so understandable and real and beautifully expressing the detail of how our body works – I am aghast. I have always had a big block where science was concerned – and suddenly I am loving it – thank you so much.
I agree Susan, I am learning so much from the way Dianne presents science that I actually want to listen, or in this case read and not switch off.
Yes I whole-heartedly agree – I am more inclined to go out of my way to look up things and find out about the science of my body and what will support it – something that I would never have done in the past. I also find it most confirming when I look up into the sky and connect to the Universe and know that we are all part of this greatness and grandness that is life.
I was very interested in your observation of how ‘awkward’ your judgement of your left hand was… when I was younger, I used to experiment playing soccer with both feet. My right was the natural and more agile partner, but I simply enjoyed the challenge of using both. Over time I noticed that even though I was never as comfortable with my left, I was actually more accurate with shooting and passing, as even in the rough and tumble of the game, I was always more present when ‘concentrating’ on the left.
That’s a really interesting point Simon. It makes complete sense that you are more present with your less dominant side, because we take our ‘right’ side for granted, expecting that it will know what to do without instruction, whereas our less dominant side requires more concentration.
That is an awesome point Simon, that you were “more present when concentrating on the left”. Is this yet another thing that we have been conditioned to do, to use only the dominate side of our body because it is easy to do so with out presence?
Great example Simon of how we can go onto autopilot with accustomed moves and how using your left foot allowed you to be more present with positive results. I feel inspired to play with this as a way of bringing greater presence to my movements and acknowledging the awesomeness of my body which carries out so many tasks each day that I totally take for granted.
I do enjoy reading these conversations you have with your body Dianne, as they are inspiring me to look at my own body and the conversations that are there waiting for me to have.
I tried an experiment for months when I was younger and taught my left hand to write joined up writing. At first it felt very strange as though my left hand was incapable of the task but eventually things became more fluid and less jerky. Then the handwriting became clearer but there was always a judgement on my part that the left handwriting was never as good as the right.
It is so refreshing to read of DEconditioning as opposed to Reconditioning. Spot on Dianne, letting go of expectations or paradigms (packages) of how our body should work, allows us to discover a whole new way of being and the wisdom it comes from – This of course includes right down to very practical daily tasks, as it naturally must, otherwise it would not be true wisdom.
Simon, that is a great point. We are not used to de-conditioning ourselves, just re-conditioning. This is worth repeating.
Well said Simon, the de-conditioning Dianne has claimed actually passes the ultimate test, that the outcome can be experienced in a very tangible, physical way in everyday life. After all, a theory is no good to us unless we can apply it our everyday lives. The test for any philosophy is: can we put it into practice in our everyday lives and Dianne has showed that allowing her body to relinquish inappropriate conditioning arises from a true philosophy.
This is gorgeous Dianne. You show me that my body is capable of serving me in all that I have to do and that activities I am used to do with my right hand can equally be done with my left hand if I choose do to so. I have immediately tried what you shared and for the first time in my life I have written a few lines with my left hand and I am surprised about the results. There was a joy in me when doing this and not any feeling of discomfort or awkwardness. It felt that I was just honouring my body for its pristine preciousness and what it is capable of and in that to free my body of the control my limited aware mind uses to have a hold over my body instead.
Wonderful Nico! That using your usually unused hand brings joy and preciousness. Everybody needs a little more joy and preciousness in their lives! I love it when my body teaches me far more than my mind ever could.
I like how you have pointed out how easily we label and judge occurrences, and how we can choose another way, that responds to things in the presence of the moment. We have to constantly update our perceptions and not just live on auto pilot.
Emma you make a good point here – it is easy to live on ‘autopilot’ especially as so many of our actions are repeated and are simple enough for us to not think about doing them, however, when we focus on each task and how our body is in that task, it is amazing how different it feels.
Agreed Carmel, even the simplest of tasks, we are used to performing many times a day on autopilot, becomes a brand new activity when purpose and presence are brought into the equation. I can feel this is what has been lacking from my body.
I agree when we perform a task with presence and purpose it feels completely different regardless of how many times we may have done it before on autopilot.
So true emmadanchin and Carmel – the choice to bring the quality of our presence into each and every movement in our day by feeling our body is life-changing.
Yes, Carmel, “it is easy to live on ‘autopilot’, and I admit that I have done much of that. But how great it is when we truly focus on everything that we are doing, being completely with the body each time, it feels so absolutely amazing I have found. And we can discover so much about ourselves in doing this. In Dianne’s case, she came to realise that she was expecting her left hand to work exactly in the same way as her right hand, but then learned that the left hand had its own way to do things. How great it was that Dianne felt the truth, to let the left hand do it its way, so much more natural, rather than trying to train it to do things like the right. The proof of the pudding was how quickly the left hand was able to do the task smoothly by being allowed to do it its own way.
I love what you say Carmel – it is truly amazing what we can bring to each moment of our lived lives when we live life fully present and appreciating the immense beauty of our own sensitivity and delicateness.
It’s like we need to bring our body into account in all that we do, giving the space for it’s natural intelligence to inform us – and not just be driven in our activities by our habitual momentums and behaviours. As you say Emma, all about bringing our awareness to presence.
It feels like the left side required a deep stillness and honour for it to perform an action. As the left side of our body directly relates to our femaleness, this makes sense. I have been very aware that my right side dominates all my movements and have been giving tasks to my left hand to bring more balance and harmony in my body; to slow down and feel the quality of preciousness and delicateness of allowing my left hand to complete a task. I haven’t attempted cutting or writing or more dexterous tasks, but thanks for the inspiration Dianne, maybe I will.
Love what you share Emmadanchin, it makes so much sense – it really does give me a newfound respect for our bodies and how each aspect of it needs to be honoured in its own right. Definitely inspires me to explore the relationship I have with my own body and to bring more balance and harmony into my body through using my left side more.
Your comment emmadanchin is wonderful in how you further add to this blog by Dianne, as you bring in the understanding of stillness and femaleness relating to the left side of the body. I have been quite resistant to doing tasks with my left hand as it is somewhat clumsy, but I now see this as an imbalance within my body and so am very keen to un-wind back to a more harmonious body.
Emma, how lovely to focus on using your left hand more frequently to bring balance into your body and an equallness in movements between the right and the left. It has never even occurred to me that there could be an imbalance in my body because I have always focused on the right hand side of the body. A new project for me to see what unfolds.
A great point that you share here, emmadanchin, it makes such sense to me that “the left side required a deep stillness and honour for it to perform an action”. Yes, when we are right handed, as I am, then yes the right side tends to dominate all my movements also. So it makes sense for us to really connect to our left side when we need to do something with the left hand, feel the quality of preciousness and delicateness that is there, and allow it to do the task in the way that is natural to the left side. I will take that into my day, and really feel what is going on with each side of my body. There is no reason that I should expect that they would do things the same as each other. They just are different.
Thank you for such a great insight into this. I will take this into my day today and honour my left side much more.
Great insight Emma. We live a life in motion and are dominated by the right side. By feeling into our left side as you say brings the ‘quality of preciousness and delicateness’ to balance us.
I love that you share your conversations with your body with us! Very enlightening… and I love the revelation of it not being awkward just different.
Yes Rosie, this revelation of it ‘not being awkward’ just different has expanded my awareness in regard to the whole of our Livingness. How we have previously taken in what is happening around us by our 5 senses and now to open to using our intuition as our natural way – not awkward just different. Love all that is opening up here. Thanks Dianne for initiating another opportunity to evolve ‘up’.
Yes I loved this too Rosie, different, not awkward, and so beautiful to feel that we can all develop a more loving and playful relationship with ourselves just as Dianne has shown.
It is amazing how we have this picture of how our body should be moving/performing. Removing the constrained goal, and allowing the body to move on its own accord makes us realise the perceived limitation comes from our own judgment.
So true Fumiyo, Dianne’s experience definitely shows just how much we restrict ourselves by our own judgments and limitations. What a true gift to ourselves to allow our body a moment to do something its way, not our way, and show us that it has its own intelligence that if we stop and connect to it, supports us a thousand more times than we could imagine.
This is beautiful Rowena, ‘What a true gift to ourselves to allow our body a moment to do something its way, not our way, and show us that it has its own intelligence.’ I have been un-well lately and am allowing my body to move how it wants to, I’m not rushing and standing up quickly, it is lovely to feel how gently and carefully my body moves naturally and how if I’m present in my body and am listening to how it wants to move then I don’t knock into things and i don’t get dizzy, I’m enjoying allowing myself to feel fragile and delicate and not to try and push through this.
I so agree with you, rowenakstewart, it is a beautiful “gift to ourselves to allow our body a moment to do something its way, not our way”, how much easier that is rather than trying to train it to do something our own particular way. There is no reason that one side of our body should do things exactly the same way as the other side.
YES rowenakstewart I agree it is “a true gift to ourselves to allow our body a moment to do something its way, not our way, and show us that it has its own intelligence” For me this was a process in allowing myself to let go of the believe that I know everything better and that I CAN do everything I want until I could accept that my body is so much more intelligent than my thoughts could ever be.
So true Fumiyo, until reading Dianne’s words I had not realised the extent to which I judged the movements of my own body in this way. Quite illuminating to realise it all comes back to the way we perceive things.
Very true Fumiyo, what a set-up we have on ourselves, and how simple can it be then if we remove this way of acting.
Indeed Fumiyo, a ‘picture’ or expectation of what we, the human mind, imagine the body ‘should’ operate. Breaking it down like this makes it simple for me to allow and accept what is, without confusing the situation with my expectations.
So true Fumiyo, it’s crazy how we have in our minds how our body should operate, move in particular ways, and not trusting and allowing the body to experiment itself. Dianne’s sharing is a great eye opener.
Yes Fumiyo, we have an expectation that our bodies will do things a certain way and that they will always perform for us. I love how Dianne has taken it back to the connection with her body first and foremost and from there everything naturally unfolded in a beautiful way.
Dianne’s experience shows so well that our body is able to show us a far greater intelligence, capability and reflection if we simply open up and allow it.
Indeed, awkward is a judgment for what is uncommon/unusual! I love it.
I agree Fumiyo, I love the re-defining of the word awkward, thank you Dianne for sharing your experience.
We also use the word ‘awkward’ to mean inconvenient or not what we expected to happen. There is often a gap between what is actually unfolding as part of a much grander picture versus what we want to happen in our own micro-life.
This is absolutely Brilliant Andrew! We call things awkward, but they could be a part of a much grander picture and are not necessarily a bad occurrence. The judgement that we have on life event is so flawed and shows very little understanding, for nothing is ‘good or bad’ but all is either that which is truth and love or that which is not.
Yes indeed harryjwhite and everything that occurs (no matter what our personal judgement of it might be) is divinely designed to bring us more love and truth and closer to who we are.
I have never connected awkward with it being judgemental, but I can feel it now. Awkward is now just different, a much more loving way to look at ‘awkward’.
Awkward is like a ‘soft’ judgemental word, soft only in the sense that it has been dressed up to be a ‘less extreme’ label to use on ourselves and/or others. But judgemental all the while still and comes with everything that judgement is…ouch.
Brilliant Leigh, using words that soften the blow never actually soften at all, understanding that if we judge others we are judging ourselves first bring about an enormous understanding that our relationship with ourselves is everything.
This is very true Fumiyo. What I can feel with this too is that there is an expectation of how our body will work/behave/perform, rather than simply allowing it to be and move in its natural way.
I am very inspired by your conversations with the body. My body has recently started showing outwardly what it has had to hold for so long, and there’s this feeling of ‘yes, I knew it’ followed by not really wanting to know/believe what I am experiencing because of what it might practically mean to me. When I become more open to listen to what the body is actually saying, it does start talking louder, not necessarily in words, but louder nonetheless. I am learning to totally surrender to its wisdom and what it is offering, and it feels like I have a lot of catching up to do, and my body is already saying it is far, far more delicate and fragile than I have ever imagined.
I love the way you are not confined by just the scientific knowledge, but you’re also open to feeling the power of conscious energy and the body’s ability to communicate its wisdom to you. This is true science and I totally appreciate your willingness to share your experiences with us through your articles. They are real treasures.
I like your matter of fact approach to communicating with the body. Very humorous as well 😛
So cool, Dianne! It is strange how often we settle for our bodies functioning in only one way, and just accept that that is the way it is. Anything outside of that realm of self-imposed limitation is labelled “awkward” or even “impossible”, and yet through connecting to our body and listening to what it is telling us, we are able to feel and begin to understand how much we are truly capable of.
Dianne this is deeply inspiring to read as it makes me feel I have permission to ask my body how it feels about different things, rather than trying to figure out in my mind why my shoulder hurts, or my chest feels tight, I can allow my body to share with me what it knows. It starts to debunk the myth that the brain is the most intelligent part of the body and shows the true intelligence that we have when we listen to our body. There is so much in what you have shared that inspires me.
I loved your personal scientific experiment Dianne – truly fascinating and inspiring to read! I will no longer take my body for granted and instead treat it with utmost respect, care and love, as it is indeed divine first before being the physical flesh.
The more aware I have got concerning my relationship with my own body the more balanced I feel my body has become: “Labelling it as ‘awkward’ is no longer relevant or appropriate; it’s just different, and the perceived awkwardness is just an old association from when the left hand was previously uncoordinated in its movements.” I can feel that I have been right dominant and this is shifting as I have begin to honour the whole of me. I have begun using my left side more and making me more present with it. It is great how you put it, that we label ourselves, rather than accepting and understanding that it is ‘just different’.
Ohhh my gosh…I adore this, thank you for sharing “It shows several things: the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.” This is ground breaking concerning how we relate to our body. If this understanding of consciousness and the body is honoured by even a few people, there will undoubtedly be a revolution in health and self awareness. I have already experienced some of this myself and observed it in others, and it is so powerful, simply and succinctly expressed in this article, I feel joy that this is being shared with the world.
I have often played with using my left hand. I have done this when I feel I have gone into automatic mode and want to bring more presence and awareness to what I am doing. I am then more focussed and deliberate in my movements, which brings a deeper connection with myself.
For most of my adult life, I declared that my left hand was useless – there was very little it could do by itself and without support. 6 years ago I had shoulder problems – first the right, then the left and then the right again for a long period of time. At first I battled to dress, brush my teeth and do my hair, but slowly my awkwardness reduced and I was able to manage. Today I use my left hand so much more, not always on its own (in complicated mouse manoeuvres), but together with my right hand.
What I feel developed the use of my left hand and what changed for me was the energy that I lived in. Life for me had been fast and driven – I was exhausted and depleted but hardened up and pushed through every day. I had no time for anything that hindered or slowed me down, including using a ‘useless’ hand. The blessing of my sore shoulders was that they made me slow right down, feel my sensitivity and fragility and seek help and healing from Esoteric Practitioners. I never consciously tried to improve my left hand but this was a natural consequence for me in being more tender, self-loving and nurturing with myself.
I love this very practical example Dianne, marrying the relationship between consciousness, energy and matter, “It shows several things: the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.” Brilliant!
Brilliant again Dianne. What strikes me as odd is that people find it odd that we would have a conversation with our body. Just shows how far away we have gotten from ourselves and the ability to be honest about what is going on without people thinking we are odd, when it is actually odd the other way around.
Yes, talking to the body is illuminating I agree Dianne. The body’s communication is very honest given the space and presence to allow it.
I love your blog Dianne. I definitely feel we can never have enough “body talk” during the day. We have this source of wisdom with us all the time and instead of abusing it we should honour it and put it to real use.
Dianne, I love reading your blogs, through your observations and experiences you share so much wisdom and make science tangible, relatable and understandable. To be so open about communicating with your body in the way that you have is revelatory. Thank you for sharing.
I love this about Dianne’s blogs. They make science real, when normally it is alien, some thing out there, not deep within our bodies.
What you have shared here Dianne is really quite remarkable. It shows the depth of love and respect for our body that can be lived, and the body listens, responds and co-operates with us. What else is possible? How far can you go with this? There is only one way to find out.
Do our left and right hands reflect our separation in life? Are we so used to using our right hand that we have created this belief that our left hand is unco. A bit like we look to the outer for love when all along it is inside of us?
Reading your blog shifted some ideals and believes in me about that you have to be right or left handed only and that you cannot be both. These believes are quite ingrained.
I love this Dianne, a beautiful confirmation at how grand our body is at communicating and guiding the way. Our body responds in quantum leaps when we deeply connect and honour it.
And by the way a lesson in acceptance versus ‘awkwardness’. Love it.
Your blog reminds me again how beautifully delicate, fragile and super intelligent we are. Bringing conscious focus to parts of our body and instructing or asking for answers seems ‘out there’ but at the same time just normal. No scientific study required, this blog is evidence enough.
I love that you talk to your body, in this instance your left arm. I’m going to start talking more to my body, whether it be a part of it or as a whole.
Thank you Dianne. This post changes the way I view my body and the way I move it.
Your openess to learn from your body and to allow everything to happen without the control thoughts as ‘this is not possible’ is very refreshing and shows me that too long we have accepted how ‘small’ we are instead of seeing and feeling the enormity of who are, there is so much more to discover and your blogs are a joyful proof of discovering life in all its aspects. Dianne you offer humanity true healing in science.
This is great to read, the consicousness can change a lot as you share here, communicating in an open way with our bodies makes it possible to let go of the consciousness and let that what it, our body, can do flow.
Dianne what you share is really inspiring, knowing that our left arm when used can perform similar task just in a different way if we allow it. As you say every thing is energy first, if we connect to the divine connection of who we truly are and allow the flow of the energy, at a cellular level our body knows what to do. It is about not judging our parts of the body but allowing the flow in its own way. I am inspired to start using my left hand more to do things my right hand normally does.
I agree Elizabeth – Dianne’s blogs are pure gold. I always learn something new abut my body. I hope there are many more blogs about ‘body parts’ to come Dianne!
Our bodies are amazing…. ” the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.” Fabulous blog Dianne. Energy first – so true.
Dianne, I totally know that gorgeous feeling of being with the movement in your body that is so SLOW you can enjoy what feels like every fiber of the muscle as it moves. it’s a very powerful way to move, I found that the presence and attentiveness in the movement healed my shoulder and restored full movement where at one stage I could only lift my arm to a certain point.
I love your real life example, Dianne that clearly shows the importance and the immense power of energy:
“A quantum jump like this has to be sought in energy first, with matter following the lead and reconfiguring itself accordingly. It shows several things: the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.”
Allowing ourselves to admit that each of us is part of what makes up God in total and that our body has the parts that are part of this omnipotence God, brings another level of intelligence and wisdom back in our lives.
It is amazing how responsive our body is to energy and consciousness and the depth of wisdom it innately holds. Often I’ve read or heard about people using ‘mind over matter’ but it never is explored in the depth that you have here Dianne – where the quality of the mind being used is taken into account. I love how you didn’t just try and force your body to do what you wanted but were in communication with it and listening to what it was saying back to you.
Yes I felt this also Fiona, there was the deepest respect and listening to the body, a quality of respect and allowing of the body’s process, very different to the forceful ‘mind over matter’ approach.
‘a quality of respect’: These words were felt in my body and have allowed an opening that I can now use to go deeper and be more understanding of my body.
Thinking about it, why would we expect our left hand to be able to move exactly as our right hand does? I know I have often experienced the left side of my body to be slower and more awkward and I have given myself a hard time for this. But perhaps it is simply expressing in its own way that is not like the right. A big lesson in learning to accept things as they are.
Yes, I like it. It is like expecting twin sisters to behave exactly the same all the time instead of honouring that everyone (hand) has its own way to express. Wonderful lesson in acceptance (of oneself).
And, why would we expect it to move exactly as our right hand does when we don’t use it most of the time?! We have not trained it and it has not had the practice to refine its competence as the right hand has had!
Rebecca you have highlighted once again the pitfalls of comparison. Generally we tend to compare our self with another self but here we have the self comparing one part of themselves with another part. What remains a constant is how damaging comparison is regardless of what is being compared, because the nature of comparison is that one of the things that is compared has to be less, and once we see it as less it is defined as ‘not as good as’ rather than simply being its own unique self.
Yes Rebecca, I agree, and maybe it has a wiser and more natural way of moving because it has not had the experience of the endless, mindless repetitions of the same movements? So it can also be a big learning about what true integrated movement is, from being present and aware of everything about that movement, the energy, where its support comes from, its connection with the rest of the body, its source and intention. Learning to use the left hand again certainly slows us down and makes us pay attention!
Dear Dianne,
Reading your blog last night reminded me of an experience I had at about the age of 10.
I fell off our trampoline and broke my right arm. At the time we had a principal in the small school I attended who didn’t let me stop doing anything, he even made me do copy book writting with my left hand. At the time I thought he was being harsh, however I have come to deeply appreciate the true gift he gave me. While my right hand is still my ‘right hand’ there are many things I do with my left hand, that I have come to realise would not have been the case if I had not used it as ‘my right hand’ for the six weeks that I had plaster on the other.
What I had not ever done though was to allow my left hand to do things ‘its’ way, as you have shared here. Since reading your blog last night I have been experimenting with this and can feel a much deeper connection with my left hand and also just how much I do use it to support my right hand. There is a definite difference in how each hand feels and how it operates and it is truly a blessing to now know this for myself and to embrace the beauty of this in everything I choose to do with my hands.
Anything you write your name on Dianne Trussell is well worth reading as it always leaves me learning and understanding more. This blog delivers yet again some simple yet deeply profound wisdom well worth sharing.
Well I got a way to go with my ‘leftie’ and what you are saying does make sense.
On that note about talking to your body, I have been doing that for many years and could do with even more now as it really has the answers for me and never takes me off track if I choose to truly listen.
One thing I do (not often enough though) is put my palm gently on middle of my body and talk to my stomach and say these are the options, do you feel to eat anything? Well blow you down it is so super accurate I am stunned. It is usually followed by my mind challenging it and over riding what I was clear about. However, if I just follow through on that internal conversation with my stomach, bingo I get it right and belly happy, body in harmony and I feel expanded. No bloating, no cravings and no tiredness.
This is great Bina, especially when we get sick and ask honestly our body – what was it that made you ill? What did I do which was not in harmony with you? In the most cases we get the answer delivered – but only if we are willing to listen.
It really can be so simple when we listen, great example Bina.
Developing our listening skills is great medicine all round.
Thanks for sharing Bina, I’m going to try your technique. I’m still learning to recognise which voice is my body’s and which is my head’s. I allow in self doubt and perfectionism which brings in confusion and I get muddled so the message gets lost.
What a great point you make Bina. So often the impulse to eat comes from the mind and not the belly. This has reminded me to get really clear on this and eat when I am hungry.
Brilliant! Thank God for your scientific inquisitiveness that dares to think outside the box. And what a great demonstration of the fact that “the power of consciousness as an energy … can alter material reality”, as you have shown.
Talking to our bodies has not been made to be ‘normal’ by the worlds standards but why not? The conversations I’ve had with my body have been illuminating as you’ve said Dianne. Listening to these communications is so vital but we’ve been trained to not listen. I still ignore the messages from time to time but reading this has reminded me that listening to the body has been the greatest director for life and health above all else bar none. How much illness and disease would be supported if not cured if we listened to the body?
Fabulous article Dianne and I look forward to the next one too. The discoveries you are sharing are exposing the great myths that we have built our knowledge of the body and indeed the knowledge of who we are on. If our bodies are controlled by a quality of energy that produces a quality of movement, it heralds in a completely new understanding of our entire anatomy and physiology.
I love your myth busting blogs Dianne. There is so much we just expect our bodies to do and follow our command with little or no relationship to how it feels. Having a relationship with all of our body as well as its individual parts is invaluable, as you have shown us here.
The blow away part of the blog for me is the quantum leap. I’m used to the ‘repetition’ and ‘muscle memory’ theory, but to simply ask the body, and then give it the time to create its own pathways leading to a smoother new relationship… that is a miracle based on the existing and prevailing forms of medicine – yet something that is naturally available.
When you were talking about how you felt your arm as awkward and then had the revelation that this was a judgement which you then let go of, it brought to my mind all the judgements we can put on the people around us, and how when we drop the judgements and accept people as being unique in their expressions, we allow more love to flow between us. This then goes on to help build and deepen our relationships, and essentially the brotherhood that we all come from.
Absolutely Eleanor, the key to brotherhood is seeing us all as equal and this is only possible when we drop all judgment. I love Dianne’s explanation ” a judgment, a belief, a label and a habit programmed in by the ‘association cortex’ of the brain.”
“A quantum jump like this has to be sought in energy first, with matter following the lead and reconfiguring itself accordingly.” This is a golden sentence further showing us that not only is everything energy, but everything is because of energy, as stated by Serge Benhayon.
Thanks you Dianne. I really enjoy reading your blogs, they are so playful, matter of fact and insightful. What an awesome example of exactly how in tune to our body we can become, and it has inspired me to start up some of these conversations with my own body so that I can learn from it without imposing my mind’s judgements on it. I had never really considered thinking that something feels awkward as a judgement, but you are right, in knowing that it is just different feels much more freeing of the part of the body in question.
For your left hand to develop the level of dexterity that you describe, Dianne, without repeated muscle/nerve exercises blows so many scientific ‘laws’ out of the water. It is is truly awesome.
Seems Dianne is coming up with some new scientific laws here. There is no end to what we can explore and learn when we are open to be forever students instead of it-can-only-be-what-I-know-scientists.
Love what you’ve said Alex. The truly humble openess that Dianne approaches science with is surely what all experiments need.
Well said Alex. There is no limit to what we know if first we understand the truth that we ourselves know nothing but can surrender to an innate wisdom that knows it all. If we try to own this knowledge, we cap ourselves and block the flow from this divine pool of wisdom. Knowledge sought for knowledge’s sake is cold and empty compared to the fullness of wisdom expressed from Soul. The Laws of Science already exist, we need merely to access them. Dianne is showing us how to do this, so simply and with great joy. Truly inspiring.
It is indeed awesome the amount of wisdom that is available to us when we accept that maybe we don’t know everything about anything and we open ourselves up to the possibility that there may be much much more to be discovered.
What a great posture to understand ourselves as humble and forever students of the marvel the universe and all in it presents.
I so love your blogs Dianne and I’m also loving all the learning we are receiving from your health experiences – I feel very lucky to be having access to them! Looking forward to having conversations with my own body later!
Not only the fresh learning, but for me it reminds me of the little experiments and realisations I had that came from an understanding of my body early in life. I’d forgotten these, but when we are growing up of course we are learning all the time from everywhere, and my own body was no exception.
Very illuminating Dianne. I love your willingness and openness to experiment and listen to your body.
I too love how Dianne treats her body like a living experiment and I feel inspired to see my body in the same way.
Our bodies are living science – this is where we learn everything. When we know a truth from our body through our lived experience nothing and no one can shake that. From our body we know God, we know what is love and what is not, we also know the truth of everything. Our body is our greatest tool to learn.
And this is the greatest gift we can give to children, for them to know that their body is their dearest friend and to be trusted always.
Trust is the key Sandra, today I’ve really felt that in my body. I’ve had an amazing experience not trying to work things out or thinking I have to be a certain way, but just simply being me, listening to my body and more so honouring my body. In doing so I completely slowed down, felt what was there to feel, even if it didn’t feel so comfortable at times – from this, the absolute solidness, clarity and presence in my body is immense.
Great observations Dianne. Interesting how we place expectations on our body to perform a certain way rather than allowing it to determine how it’s done. Similarly, when we have an injury or illness and our body isn’t able to do what it once did, we can get frustrated by it, rather than accepting it and adjusting to a new way of moving.
Interesting indeed, Sandra, the level of control we apply to our body, demonstrating a lack of trust and surrender. And how we delay the process of healing and getting well by the expectations we put on our body.
It certainly is interesting Monika and Sandra how much we attempt to control our bodies particularly when we are unwell or have an injury instead of trusting that it will find a different way to move and express that will not compromise us. Animals are a great example of this – they can only listen to what their bodies are telling them when they are sick or get an injury, and will rest as much as they need to and move in a way that supports the rest of the body, until they recover. We have much to learn, but we can begin to do so by listening much more closely to our own bodies.
Indeed Monika, we are delaying the process of healing if we put expectations to the body. If we instead, as Dianne so beautifully describes, start the conversation with our body, then miracles could happen, as our bodies are that much more intelligent than our minds dare to accept.
Us humans try and find a way to keep going, to do what we have always done, however the illness or injury is telling us that something we have been doing, isn’t working, and therefore, we need to find another way. And so to push on through an injury or illness without making any adjustments, is just loading the body with more dis-ease and disharmony.
The arrogance and ignorance we have while pushing through is a burden we put on our bodies and completely ignores and denies the wisdom our bodies carry. I have witnessed people who surrender to the opportunity to learn and adjust brought by a disease and what struck me was the humbleness and respect they have for their body and for life.
Ohh ouch there – yep how much we try to control our bodies exposes our lack of trust in God.
We are missing out on experiencing the wonders of our body by having expectations on its performance and appearance or looks. Magic awaits us if we would start accepting, appreciating and honouring our body and the true beauty and wisdom it brings.
Oh yes Sandra, we get frustrated with our bodies for breaking down because of a lifetime of abuse and neglect. How much better is it to tune in and align yourself to what your body is asking for? Our bodies are sacred and when treated as such they respond so lovely it is undeniable.
It is true Sandra we do tend to get frustrated at our bodies when it becomes unwell. Rather than listening to it and what it is trying to tell us. When a car breaks down we have to stop and pay attention but when our body does we try and find every possible way to keep pushing through. The body is truly amazing what it puts up with, imagine what it could do if we treated it with the same care we do our cars and allow it to perform at its best.
Certainly Sandra we see it all too often, people pushing their healing bodies before they finished recovering. You see it in the work place all the time especially with people suffering from a head cold. Instead of staying at home and allowing their body to heal they push through work and spread their germs so others then become sick.
Such an inspirational sharing Dianne. It reminded me of my granny (who has since passed away) sharing a story of her younger days and how she was naturally a left hand user but as with lots of superstitions in those days – was made to stop at every opportunity both at school and within the home environment she was forced to continually use her right hand to break her of this habit. Even in her latter years her ability to use her left had remained strong – so the body never forgets. It can be gently persuaded to change.
I had the similar experience Marion. Someone close to me was naturally left handed but because of strong cultural beliefs was forced as a child to use his right hand as the dominant one. This insensitive imposition had a catastrophic impact on this young child: his emotional development was impeded and a stammer developed all because his natural expressive flow was blocked. Six decades later this person still lives with a stammer albeit in a milder form. As we know everything is connected and when one part of the body’s natural flow is disrupted it can impact on other, in this case speech and emotional well-being.
This feels pretty amazing and big, the possibilities are endless. It also shows how the temporal world uses continual repetition to separate people from themselves and to enforce belief systems that hold contracted states in which some struggle to change. There is much to be pondered here – Thanks Dianne.
This is a great point, how we use constant repetition to separate different parts of our bodies from the whole. Makes sense we can abuse the body if it is operating in parts and not as the whole it is designed to be.
A very interesting blog Dianne. My left hand feels very unco when I use it as well. I’m comparing my left to my right and expecting the same result and perfectionism as well.
This is what we do with each other also. We compare, expecting one person to be like another, or expecting yesterday to be like today. I feel encouraged by just visiting this blog to accept things, life and myself as we are. This feels to me to create much more space.
So true Shevon. If we are expecting our left hand to be the same as our right, then of course we do this to each other and allow others to treat us like this as well. Our body presents so much for us to learn, accept and express. It’s truly magical, playful and educational.
This is just so cool, Shevon and Lindell.. to accept things as they are and release expectations and pictures of the way we think they should be or we want them to be. Life feels so very different and expansive now that I am living this way.
Shevon, lovely comment, accepting with no preconceptions, no need for perfection and a deep allowing for our body and its capabilities. When we don’t put pressure on ourselves to be a certain something that is often when we surprise ourselves the most with what we can do. I often find this with workload, when I just get on with the tasks that need done, I find it amazing how quickly I can achieve so much.
Very well said shevonsimon – we do compare far too many things, people, days, our bodies how they are one day to the next, it’s exhausting and physically feels heavy carrying around all this unseen baggage. It’s much more simple to accept, appreciate, and live in the moment = a joyful, and light body and way to live.
Love what you share here about “the power of consciousness as an energy that can alter material reality, the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness, the wisdom and knowing of the body itself and its ability to communicate what it knows.” The body is such an amazing vessel of truth that responds to the energy we let it flow with and as energy always comes with a consciousness the body response is spacious and open to anything or it is reduced to what the consciousness holds it capable of. I love how you challenge the common belief about physical life and what is possible and not. We are first divine and then human, when we accept this truth and live by it the body becomes a true vessel of divine expression here on earth.
“We are first divine and then human, when we accept this truth and live by it the body becomes a true vessel of divine expression here on earth.” So beautiful, we are divine first and if we accept this, then it so easy to accept the quantum leaps and miracles that take place. As we talk to our body at a cellular level and the movements with no judgement the body honours the moves in its flow. This is so amazing.
Rachel, thank you for this simple sentence: ‘We are first divine and then human, when we accept this truth and live by it the body becomes a true vessel of divine expression here on earth.’ The word ‘first’ made it feel so strong and the only way to continue is to claim this truth.
I love this Rachel, the body is a divine vessel attuned to something far greater. I wonder if people were truly educated on the divineness of the human body if we would treat it the way we do? We have no trouble accepting a baby is divine and precious, yet for some reason as we get older we stop treating each other as such, when that divineness and preciousness never went anywhere.
Laura B- I too was just pondering on that thought that if we were taught from a young age that our body is divine first before being a human body- how different would we be treating it as we grow up into our teenage years and adulthood?
Gorgeously expressed Rachel. We are light before we are form and now we are form remembering we are light.
I agree whole-heartedly Rachel, Our bodies are truly wondrous finely tuned instruments that are very responsive to the energy we move in. They are so much more than pure function we treat our bodies with. Our bodies hold divine wisdom that is there for us to tap into as Dianne has shared with us. If we only knew how intricately beautifully and purposefully our bodies support us we would never wish to harm them with cigarettes, alcohol, or harsh movements.
Living science. Thank you Dianne for this inspiration to allow the body to teach us how to treat it rather than listen to what the mind thinks it can or cannot do.
Having just re read your article Dianne it seems apparent to me that what you have discovered needs to be rushed into medical journals and rehabilitation wards worldwide, preferably under police escort with lights flashing and sirens blaring !
This is like the discovery that the earth was in fact always round and not flat…BIG!
A very interesting blog Dianne. I use my right hand for everything but will now spend some time focusing on what my left arm can not only do but what it would like to do and how it would like to do it. One of the several things that struck me as I was reading was the strong interconnection energetically between consciousness and the responses from our bodies. It really opens up a pandora’s box regarding responsibility and intention when we consider the powerful impacts flowing backwards and forwards through all our choices.
I have not had an experience like your quantum leap but over the years with Universal Medicine I have become much more balanced between my hands and arms. I was very much left handed but now am much more ambidextrous. I wonder if this happened to others as well?
Dianne you need to be filmed explaining the countless things that you have discovered. The footage then needs to be translated into different languages and used in schools for science projects, as well as being broadcast on the television. This is not an empty suggestion for the sake of commenting, this is a deeply felt impulse. You have the most accessible way of explaining science mixed with the most gorgeous sense of fun. A dynamite combination !
Gives a lie to the saying “the left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing”, for when you connect to your body the way you did, everything is known or knowable. Gorgeous writing.
Thank you so much for sharing this Dianne, I love hearing about your adventures with your body! I love the exposure of expectations here – in this instance from one side of the body to another. If we have these sorts of expectations with our own bodies, imagine what they are like with those around us! Uncovering more of the expectations we have of ourselves, allows us to uncover more of these in relationships also.
I just love how you communicate and work with your body Dianne, it is as extraordinary as it is inspirational… for you are forever confirming the power of the responsiveness of the body to energy and consciousness and the wisdom therein. Thank you for sharing what is possible, it is truly remarkable.
This is a really amazing inspirational sharing on how are body works and our communication with it .Thank you Dianne there is lots to learn and ponder on from this and offers us so much support for our bodies and the loving way we can listen to them.
I am looking forward to working with my body this way and finding out more for myself .
Another great blog Dianne which throws much of what the current and popular view of science is (which generally excludes energy from the equation), out of the water. I love the reminder once again that everything is energy, and that when talking about anything to do with the body, this factor can never be excluded.
I look forward to your next conversation as well Dianne because I learn so much when you share your experiences with us. Thank you. Today I got so strongly to be with the body and accept it for what it is, and not to ask any more of it, except to show you what it wants and/or is capable of doing it. Sitting back and letting it do its thing.
Dianne, thank you for sharing your experience and scientific wisdom here, it makes so much sense even to the point of probably most people using the left-side of the brain for analytical thinking and then only seeing one side of everything or looking down a tunnel and not being able to see from a spherical view. I can see this when it is reflected in people’s faces that one side ‘works’ and the other side remains ‘locked’ in the same expression. I presume this comes into play with people mainly expressing from a maleness energy on the right side of the body and the analytical being on the left side of the brain a cross-over effect that the body/brain operates with. Consequently how important I feel it is to be aware of the opportunity to use more of our femaleness from the right hand side of the brain where it could be called more ‘open-mindedness’ is.
Great insight Dianne, how much our own judgements create a barrier that may not be there. Talking to your body, it does sound funny, but I have also been doing it for a while and been amazed at its wisdom.
It never ceases to amaze me how wise, how full of wisdom, our bodies naturally are – if only we were to ask our bodies, and or take notice of what they are constantly telling us!
What you share here Dianne will be very helpful for someone I know who is having right shoulder issues too – thank you for sharing your body’s wisdom.
Wow Diane, I am loving reading the unfolding conversations that you are having with your body. I’m inspired to start talking to my body and see what happens. You are an inspirational scientist Diane, taking science to whole different level, making it real, making it fun. Thank you.
Wow that is so cool Dianne. l am in awe of how to converse with your body. This feels like a whole new healing modality that you are tapping into. Or l should say an ancient way of healing that has been forgotten or overlooked and that you are rediscovering through your observations. An awesome, timely discovery and blessing for humanity.
I love your humbleness in getting your ‘self’ out of the way in order to listen to your body .. doesn’t this then make more way for the Soul? Along with the fact that you are always open to learning more. Dianne you are very inspiring.
Dianne this is awesome to read. I have always had a judgement on my left side, I have judged it to be more weak than my right. When I carried bags they will not stay on my left shoulder, as either it feels too heavy or the bags would just slide off. My judgement was on the delicateness of my left side and that kept it locked up. Until one day I decided to just accept this, so I no longer avoided my left side because it felt different from my right, but still expressed with this delicateness and what happened was the left side started to move with much more freedom. Judgement is an energy that imprisons the natural ability and flow of the body!
I love your way of writing Dianne, integrating your amazing scientific knowledge with your own lived wisdom.
I like the fact that you simply asked your left arm and got an answer right away.
This is indeed a groundbreaking discovery and it shows how very much we are conditioned to see things in a certain way. I especially like what you added about labelling it awkward how you felt with your left hand all the while it was simply different to how the same movement felt in your right hand.
As as a teenager I had a broken finger on my right hand and could not use it for weeks. There was no other possibility than use my left hand for everything. I even did write class tests with it and made curve sketching in math. I was not so aware of what you have experienced Dianne, but I was very happy that my left hand supported me in that way – and it did not matter, that it was not as ‘perfect’ as the right one. Years later I broke my thumb and was glad to have been able to rely on my left hand again. This shows me that in life we have certain procedures and how we move and behave, but if hindrances occur, our body is able show us the right way, if we listen to it.
Thank you Dianne, as ever another gem of a blog. The attention to detail you bring to everything described in this blog and the way you see everything as an opportunity to deepen that connection with your body is an education in itself.
I never considered awkwardness to be a judgement based on our perceptions but it is true. This is illuminating because it shows just how much we control life and its outplays simply by placing judgements and perceptions on it
I also love your playfulness and beautiful expression Dianne. I am a big fan of your blogs. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and gorgeousness.
I love your blog Dianne. I have never thought of having a conservation with my body but what you’ve shared makes so much sense and it’s incredible. We can definitely communicate with every part of our body and it’s funny how it seems to be a weird thing to do when it is so, so natural.
Dianne this is really interesting and makes me realise how much we do override what our bodies are communicating. I can often do this, thinking that what I am sensing or getting cannot be true and so dismissing it, but with this blog I feel a little more curious to heed what I sense is going on.
Thankyou Dianne for part two. The expectations and judgments of how we know things to be, instead of accepting and appreciating how things are with the body is something I will look at now. What you have shared feels like a very harmonious way to be with the body. I would not be surprised if over the course of history many cultures lived this way in communication with their body.
Thank you for another, deeper and always fascinating, look into the wonders of our body Diane. Your left handed story reminded me of a time in my early teens when I was unable to use my right (dominant) hand, and my left hand had to fill in for several months. It was amazing how it began to understand what was required of it and even though at times the movements weren’t as smooth as I would have liked, most of what I needed to get done, got done. I stopped using my left hand when my right hand was able to be used again, but even now, after many years, if I use my left hand it feels quite natural to do so; the memory of its extended period of use is obviously still held.
Dianne, you have a relationship with your body that I find inspiring and it encourages me to get to know my own body at another level.
Your sharings Dianne are jewels, reminding us all that we carry around with us the greatest sage, best doctor and wisest friend – our body. Instead of attempting to second guess or translate, we can simply have an open dialogue. This is gold and should be a centrepiece in the ‘how-to-be-a-human-being’ hand-book.
I am looking forward to your next conversation with your body too Dianne.
You have offered a revelation in this blog. We are so sold on the re-training model and part of the problem is that we have come to believe that is how things must be done, how they will always be.
Gee it is difficult to break down a belief like that, especially when it comes from biomedical science. If we believe it is so we are calling on the energy that will make it happen that way. Our progress will be slow, and of course conform the belief. To be open to the quantum leap requires an open mind and heart, willing to embrace energy, and to be amazed by life.
We look everywhere for answers, yet the place that has all answers and never lies is our own body. How come we never ask our own body for the truth it carries 24/7?
This is brilliant Dianne, I LOVE IT. What a refreshing article that is not only easy to read and understand but really is educational. It is a pleasure to have such information laid out in this way and I have learnt much from this. The word judgment comes up here as I can feel how this is one of the traps that gets in the way for me, Judgment of myself and of others.
I love the way you prepared for shoulder surgery, by drawing on the resource of your left arm. Instead of seeing a temporarily disabled right arm as a problem, you drew on your inner resources and found an alternative way to support yourself. This is taking full responsibiity, for all situations and bringing with it an element of fun.
Dianne you have taken communicating with your body to the next level. ‘I gave my left arm permission to do the move its own way.’ You confirm that when we surrender, and let the body show the way, miracles occur and in this case a desired body movement makes a quantum leap. What you share is another example of the kind of relationship we can all have with our bodies, playful, affectionate, we are inspired to become masters of our bodies and understand its science.
Dianne, this is the future of rehabilitation. Quite incredible what is occurring when we ‘have a conversation’ with our body. Your blog was really great to read, I just couldn’t wait to read on and see what discovery you had made.
Fabulous, as ever, Dianne. There is so much here. What jumps out the strongest for on this first read is the significance between ‘awkward’ and ‘different’. The latter is so open, non-judgmental and without investment.
Awesome, I love it ! What is so incredibly powerful is to feel the natural difference between right and left. That is energetically, and not able to match by mind. Hence the awkwardness because of the unfamiliarity with it. And an excuse to stop doing what is actually a beautiful thing to do! Nevertheless this blog has showed me how I can learn and appreciate the difference between my right and left side of my body… To feel the messages it is sending to me, and how I need to treat my body in respect – in respect of the nature of my right and left side of my body/ body parts. Beautiful adventure..
This is a brilliant revelatory blog Dianne and really it makes perfect sense, if we don’t ask one side of the body to repeat what the opposite side does then that side will find its own expression, which from what you say is infinitely easier for the body to achieve than trying to perfect a copycat move. I am definitely going to experiment with this and try cleaning my teeth with my opposite hand, the key part you bring up is about the energetic outplay in this, for it is clear that we have a lot to learn in regards to energy and our capabilities as human beings living as energetic matter in a physical body.
It is amazing how the body can adapt if we allow it without judgement or expectation. Before I came to Universal Medicine my right wrist was in a fixator for a couple of months following a broken wrist. I had already been open to using both my left and right hand so I soon learnt to do most things including writing and cleaning my teeth. I can see how If I had any judgement or comparison with my right it would have been more of a struggle to learn or I may have given up using my left because it did not feel as easy as my right..
Dianne, what a great blog. I stopped on a number of occasions while reading it as I felt the pressure of expectation I put on one part of my body to be like another, for example right now my left hip is less fluid than my right and I’m been expecting it to be equal, similarly with my left shoulder. But your blog has me asking what if I allowed these parts of my body to move in their way and I honoured that – this feels amazing and revolutionary, in that I’m allowing each part to bring their part and not pre-disposing what they should do based on how another part does it. There is so much here to explore and I immediately feel such a sense of openness with my body to see how a part I may consider less fluid and awkward needs to move. And your comment on judging it as awkward is brilliant, it’s moving in its way and labelling it is based on an expectation, rather than connecting to and feeling how that part of the body wants to move. Thank you for a treasure trove of revelations today, I can feel a whole new landscape of body exploration beckoning.
Love that Monica “.. in that I’m allowing each part to bring their part and not pre-disposing what they should do based on how another part does it”. You can apply this to everyone we meet and the preconceived ideals and expectations we want people to be that certain way. The conversation can be with our body instead of the conversation of thoughts that are going on in reaction and not willing to feel what the body is telling us.
Yes Rik, it can be taken wider, and reading this I’m seeing a whole other lot of expectations about someone being this way because another was, or they ‘need’ to fit some image or ideal I have. It really exposes how often we don’t just meet and observe life, we come to it, be it the body or a person with a frame to be filled rather than just meeting it and engaging it in how it is to be in that moment. No moment is ever the same, so it’s for us to drop any ‘glasses’ of expectations we may be wearing so we can truly see.
Way to go leftie! Indeed! Dianne another beautiful account showing the mere wonder and beauty of our bodies. If we support them, in more ways than one, they are capable of doing anything.
This is delightful, Dianne, and I love the way you communicate with your body instead of judging any movement as awkward. I have experienced a similar thing in doing regular exercise – instead of limiting myself with thoughts like ‘ooh that’s too heavy’ or ‘I can’t bend my knees that well’ I have allowed my body to do what it can and have been amazed at the results – I can lift heavier weights with ease and am way more flexible than a few months ago, it shows how clearly we can limit our physical abilities with our thinking.
This is so true Carmel, we do limit ourselves with what we think and it may be in relation to exercise as you have shared or a number of other things from the jobs we see ourselves in, the partners we choose, what we let our kids get away with, how we care for ourselves or the friendships we develop. The mind can control many facets of our lives, if not all if we do not come to realise that there is so much more potential for us all to be living.
I love how you let your body lead the way, how it was given the space to show its own knowing, its own wisdom and its own mastery. I love how you were prepared to see what was going on for you, within your own relationship with your own body, and ask the loving questions, which lead to much greater understanding. Beautiful!
Thanks Dianne, after reading this I feel very encouraged to talk more with my body. When you write about it, it sounds very much like a scientific experiment rather than a weird thing to do. I love that, especially as the effects are so profound.
I love the details in the answers Dianne gets and they inspire me to listen closer and to not settle for the first response, but to let the whole answer be heard.
Yes, I love how Dianne makes this the most natural thing in the world to be doing, talking to our bodies.
Wow Dianne thank you for another myth busting revelatory article. This has started me reflecting on how much I could be limiting life – not just physical movements of my body but also expression in many many more areas, simply by expecting it to look a particular way, labeling it as odd or awkward if it looks any other way and failing to honour or allow the natural unfolding that is required. Your examples show that this limitation imposed on ourself is HUGE.
Well said Golnaz, it is so very easy to limit our own growth and expansion, by wanting and expecting things to be a certain way. Yet when we stop and allow ourselves to feel the very real truth and accept this, everything changes. Dianne’s sharing give us a moment to ponder and to apply her wisdom to many aspects of life.
I really love this Dianne – busting wide open many of the beliefs we hold onto so tightly and what happens when we let these go and open up to possibilities and understand and accept that everything is about energy first and trust that the body knows.
Dianne I definitely look forward to hearing about your future conversations with your body. And I’m inspired to have a few conversations with my own body.
Me to hartanne60, I started to have conversations with my body right after reading this blog, and during while I comment too, the feeling and shifts were instantly available the more I committed. I have certain pains around my body, and even certain behaviours I continue to carry on with that include thoughts as well. This practical way empowers me to take hold of my life and in-root or re-imprint a way that is supportive. The awesome thing I realised, there is no need to stop everything and make a big deal about it, I can continue to do things while that conversation is going on with my body. Its absolutely divine to care and love myself in this way.