500 thoughts on “Presence in the body – Our key to True Intelligence”

1. Perfect timing to read this today, as I started it being reminded that we can stay connected to feeling in our bodies or sit in our minds (and so many of us do the latter), but the gateway to all truth in the body, so being with and feeling it allows us to access our inner knowing and truth.

2. A lot of medical and nursing literature is currently talking about the need for health care practitioners to be “present” with their patient/clients. This makes absolute sense because otherwise we just play a role rather than be with people.

3. Exploring and feeling what conscious presence means to me has been an unfolding process for sure, at first it was a real awkward feeling because it didn’t feel natural to do it. Really focusing on what it is that I was doing and not being swept away off into my head about something. This has been great and sometimes I need to come back to that and feel the body as I go about life. What I have recently been connecting with is not only the body but the quality in how I am, my connection to God and how that feels as I go about life, still very much a surrendering and an allowing process, yet life and being consciously present is not just the practical and physical it is a soulful embodiment as well.

4. The universe is comprised of, to an enormous percentage… Space. If we viewed our bodies from the same perspective we would find… Space. And within space we find the interconnectedness of all things. Within us we do have a reflection of the universe in all that it is.

5. You know, I haven’t really reflected on or considered this! ‘We need look no further than the way in which the Digestive System transports matter with consistency’ and feel I take so much for granted with my body. This is a bit of an eye opener! Like with the detail and magic of the body. It (the body) really is quite incredible ✨

6. So much of our education system sets us up to think that intelligence is just in our head but as you share here the intelligence of our whole body is vast and such a rich resource to tap into that truly benefits us all.

7. Thank you, Cherise, for spelling out so clearly how the intelligence of our body is beyond our mind’s comprehension. It’s a sheer madness how the mind tries to control or at times even fight the body – and yet it happens all the time.

8. Our presence in the present is the present we deny ourselves when we live life looking forward or looking back and missing the gold in between.

9. “There is something so harmonious about the human body, its connections between all systems and the grand job description it is dedicated to; whilst it has the natural potential to live it all, coherently and effortlessly with each cell playing its role within the whole.” The way in which each part of the body works in harmony with every other part is constantly showing us how to live in Brotherhood with each other.

10. I’m finding more and more the importance of being present with my body and realise how much time during my life I have wasted pursuing pastimes that keep me away from doing this and the momentum that goes with this that plays a big part in the mind games that keeps me from being present more.

11. That our bodies can ‘hold another body within them’ during pregnancy is deeply symbolic of the fact that we are eternally held within the Body of Thy Father (the Universe) for we, both men and women, are the tiny sparks of light that are his many fallen Sons. Our task is to resurrect ourselves back into the godliness we are from so that our life here on Earth does not become a vastly reduced version of such majesty, until such a time that we all stand in the light of our true self and not the imposter we have lived for centuries in its place.

12. Being present with everything you are doing is the greatest “security” you can have- as your body has every answer to any situation, whilst you are listening to it and inhabiting its kingdom. You simply have to move into the unlimited source of power.

13. That is beautiful, when we connect more with the physical, our body, we can feel more of our multidimensionality and soul even though many would think it is the other way around.

14. .’..running the body in a way to just get from a to b.’ An exhausting way to act I sometimes can be caught in. Actually it is misusing the body and only make it functional without any connection to our body, to the divine we are a part of.

15. The more consistent we become at holding our presence the greater wisdom we have access too.

    1. This is true Sally, and I have noticed that when reading the many symbols that are presented every day it becomes easier and quicker to access the meanings.

16. Conscious Presence with the body is something that continues to deepen and as it deepens so does the awareness of being so much more than a human being housed in a limiting framework of the physical body.
    “To live in such a way that is present in our physical bodies opens us up to the grand possibility that we are so much more than just physicality – that we are a being with a Soul, that life may hold a greater purpose, that there is a worldliness to us and an interconnection between us and all things that we can’t access when we live solely from the mind or disregard our bodies”.

17. I love the continual exploration and wonder on offer through deepening our connection to our body and the intelligence that resides within not only our body, but also therein is access to the multidimensional intelligence of our Soul.

18. Staying more present in the body and with ourselves in our daily activities is such a support to remain steady and see what is really happening around us. In gives space to observe the reactions and behaviours of others and offers us the space, in that moment, to not react ourselves.

19. It is not often that the human body is considered to be universal, as normally there is the tendency to separate the different sciences in education, so we have the study of the universe and the study of the human body, but never are the two placed together under one enquiry. Which perhaps is a contributing factor to the many ills and crises that exist today, because if our bodies innately know that they are in fact objects of universal order, then how stressful must it be to living contra to that…?

20. It seems we forget the magnitude of what our body delivers when we bring it all back to the physical alone. But reading this blog reminds me of the incredible and endless capacity our bodies have to support us.

21. The deeper the re-connection to the body, the more natural and simple the energetic way of being and relationship with God is.

    1. Yes very true Stephanie – our body moves and pulses to a natural rhythm and universal order, and when we are willing to be obedient to this order that we are inescapably held in, we are at one with our divinity and it is this quality we then magnify through our daily lives.

    2. The body is the key to the universe and to reconnect back to where we all come from – from a divine Oneness.

22. It would be an interesting experiment to see what would happen if we put as much time into being as ready and present and correct with our bodies as we do to our constant, non-stop thoughts. Could it be that simple things in life, like our own day-to-day confidence would be greatly affected?

23. I have a block… with our education system as it is where we are constantly being taught as though we don’t know anything how can we access universal communication? I can feel in every cell in my body that I can tap into divine wisdom, the intelligence of my body at the click of my fingers yet I can sense impositions such ideals and beliefs from outside of me I have allowed to get in the way. I suppose the more I can feel and sense the block and what that block means to me the more I can let it go.

    1. Yes, we are not an empty vessel that needs to be filled up by an external source, we are a vessel through which universe intelligence is constantly communicating to and through if we simply remove the barriers we have put in place that inhibit our awareness of this. We are the custodians of the space we occupy and this includes the space within us and all around us, that we move through and that moves through us – God’s communication field.

24. I for one know I can appreciate my body, its order, its flow and cycles a whole lot more than I currently do. I agree the human body is amazing and we have so much to learn about this including the truth of it energetically.

25. We can be present with our body yet not listen to it! I found myself very clearly doing this yesterday based on fulfilling another’s needs and not that of my own, an old behaviour I am gently coming out of but still presents itself from time to time!

26. I love that it is so simple, that through bringing our awareness to our breath and the way we move and allowing a quality to be with us as we move can make such changes to the way we are in life. If we only focus on one activity like brushing our teeth for example or turning on a tap and every time we do this activity we bring total presence to it soon this presence expands to other activities and we appreciate more and more what awesome beings we are.

27. It’s no wonder we feel anxious when we’re disconnected to our bodies: if the body has incredible access to Universal wisdom, then when we disconnect from that it makes sense that we feel isolated and wobbly, unsure and uncertain of our next steps.

28. Yes, there’s no trying in simply being with our bodies, and no need for everything around us to be quiet or still either. When we are focused on how we’re feeling, we take that everywhere we go – and live from there, instead of needing things from the outside to compensate for not connecting to that full and complete feeling we get when we connect to and live who we are.

29. How can anyone orchestrate this amazing mechanism of our physical body with logic? It is simply beyond our mind’s comprehension. The more connected we are to our body, the less doubt we would have there is God.

    1. Beautifully said Fumiyo

    2. Yeh incredibly said, logic just doesn’t not cut it when it comes to the order, beauty and intrinsic mechanical detail of the human body.

    3. Yes this is so eloquent… And so revealing for the world… The more we connect to our body… The more we know God

       1. And therein is exposed the evil of any teaching that instructs us to transcend our physicality by lofty spiritual pursuits that leave the body and its particles well behind.

30. Our whole body intelligence brings us such amazing wisdom and true knowledge, to know a multidimensionality that is for everyone.

31. Being in connection and presence with our body is key to a greater awareness of being more than just a human being.
    “There is a great big universe out there and the human body is our own personal reflection of the harmony and grand intelligence that is equally accessible within us, available to any body at any time”.

32. Presence and awareness of our movements delivers great insight into what our body needs from us to support it.

33. Staying present with our body allows the wisdom of the body to lead us in life.

34. This is a beautiful comment… That our bodies are our own personal reflection of the universe… And these words are so true in fact, more then we can actually comprehend until we truly feel and know the interconnectedness of all things.

35. The body is indeed truly amazing, it keeps going, working away, often unappreciated to keep the body physically functioning. When it falters, we berate it and feel let down, yet struggle to place it higher up the list of priorities. The more I learn about the body, the more I give it credit for being the larger percentage of my body and may recognise my head to be the lesser, which tends to end up in meaning I am much smarter about my choices.

36. As I allow myself to appreciate my body more deeply and my body changes as if in appreciation of my appreciation…it really is a wonderful and truly intelligent mass of particles.

37. ‘What follows on from this choice to connect back to ourselves and our quality is a beautiful change in the movement of our bodies and the way in which we express who we are, in all that we think, say and do.’ And through this deeper connection there is a universe of wisdom at our disposal if we choose to connect.

38. Absolutely beautiful to read this Cherise.

39. Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are. So very true Cherise, and the constant choice to honour and move in that connection builds a solid foundation that supports us in life.

40. Our whole bodies are indeed intelligent on every level and a simple choice to feel and move in presence with ourselves is the key to learning that there is far more to life than meets the eye. So true Cherise, and it’s not until we do choose to connect to our bodies more, that we feel the truth of this for ourselves.

41. What if the way we think, the kind of thoughts we have and intelligence that we’re connected with comes from the way we are in our body first… This is something that I’ve heard Serge Benhayon present and it made a lot of sense to me and my experience to date is that this is very much the case – I notice that by changing the way I am doing things, the way I’m moving in my body and how I take care of it does really make a big difference with the kind of thoughts that I have, including my mood or outlook on life. I think if we took this more into account it would have a very beneficial effect on the field of psychology.

42. ‘we don’t actually need to be in solitude, keep quiet or even do nothing to keep in our flow, on the contrary and as harmoniously as the human body moves, we can make movements in the quality of our own natural presence.’ I love your point here Cherise.

43. Developing greater presence in my body has enabled me to develop greater awareness in life, being able to read situations more clearly and remain more solid in myself when things get challenging.

44. It is amazing the way our body is ordered and the way all the systems flow and work together, it’s a kind of magic that makes me realise there is a grand intelligence innately inside us all.

45. It’s gorgeous what you’ve shared about presence. There are so many distractions out there asking us to give up presence, check-out from life, go into our heads and be taken on a journey into different ‘worlds’ and away from our own relationships/reality, e.g. gaming, TV, food and so forth. What if in our ‘down time’ we did things that could instead support us to feel more in touch with our body, relationships and feel rejuvenated (rather than drained/bloated) to love what we do for work and life in general?

46. Yesterday I had a very busy day, and at one point decided I needed to have a rest. I lay down very purposefully as I had more to do afterwards. I made sure I was super comfortable and warm so that I felt fully supported. I only had about half an hour, but this rest felt like I was giving myself my very own healing session. When we keep our focus on the purpose of what is on offer to us, we are supported in more ways than we could possibly imagine.

47. I feel so much more me when I appreciate and am fully present in every movement my body makes. It is about living here and now, to give my mind something to do that has nothing to do with the past or the future but only present time. Feeling so much more of me is a joy that I feel in my whole body as my body knows the grandness I belong to.

48. “Our whole bodies really are intelligent, but how often do we really stop to not only appreciate this fact, but to tune in to this intelligence for ourselves:” A great question Cherise. We so often take our body for granted, ignoring its call to go to bed, to stop eating, to go to the loo etc. Listening to my body – and honouring and also appreciating what it tells me is transforming my life.

49. We can never appreciate our bodies enough, nor ourselves enough when we are fully present together.

50. Beautiful to read this reminder of how intelligent our bodies are.

51. When we are consciously present we are moving in complete harmony and flow with the world around us.

52. ‘…there is a great big universe out there and the human body is our own personal reflection of the harmony and grand intelligence that is equally accessible within us…’ Accepting we are part of this grand universe is inspiring.

    1. And comes with the responsibility to live all we are becoming aware of.

53. Yes indeed there is far more to life than meets the eye, nose, ear or any of our five senses – something that we can start to connect to with our sixth sense.

54. As someone who recently had a baby, I have massive appreciation for the way in which the body adapts to growing another human. And whats more, the way your body naturally returns back to itself once you have had the baby and have stopped breastfeeding. The whole process is an opportunity for a woman to more deeply connect and surrender to her essence and the delicateness and power of her body.

    1. Yes the call back to stillness is very powerful and if we can allow ourselves moments of surrender the support it offers so incredibly naturally will be felt.

55. The Gentle Breath Meditation which you mentioned was the first time a meditation practice supported me to be more aware of my body rather than take me into some form of numb bliss. This awareness came slowly through greater ability to connect to and feel an inner stillness, together with tips about how to keep my mind with me and my activity rather than rush all over the place. The insights, wisdom and awareness we can access through our bodies is huge. Most of us have had blips of this at various moments in our lives. It makes absolute sense that we make the most of this natural and innate ability.

56. In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies, not just in our minds or our thoughts. Absolutely Cherise, and what a divine place to be for ourselves, with our bodies, which nourishes us to the core.

57. “The sheer fact that the human body can literally hold and build another body during pregnancy is beyond profound!” Indeed it is Cherise. I remember being in total awe of this when my first child was born. It was something that has stayed with me ever since and is as you say, “beyond profound”. But equally the way the rest of the human body works, which most of the time goes unnoticed by us, is completely magical.

58. I’m discovering that in every sense, that to keep presence in my body and how I move, is the way I can ensure I’m taking deep and proper care of myself.

59. Presence in the body is step one to building awareness and communication with others.

60. The make up of the human body, all the very many intricate systems and how it works harmoniously continuously so regardless to how we treat it (although of course this does have an impact on our health when we do not treat our health and body preciously) is truly divine and magical and I can absolutely put my hand up and say I do not appreciate this or work with my body in the way I truly could. This magic, the magic of our being and body should be taught to everyone when little, maybe just maybe then we would treat it with the care it truly deserves in supporting us to live all of who we truly are.

61. All we have to do is listen, and that just takes stillness, and with the stillness our hearts open to the universe.

62. Getting caught up in our heads about situations that are happening and things that may or may not happen is a sure way to exhaust us. Conscious presence on the other hands does the opposite, and in fact, allows us access to feeling more vital and energetic. Maybe it’s time to listen to the body instead of going around in circles in our headspace.

63. Our whole body is the expression of an intelligence that is greater than one’s isolated piece of it. Our mind can’t ever surpass any other part, just surrender to the harmony and the equalness that each part of us brings in their balanced collaboration.

64. The amazingness of our bodies and all they offer us is even more amazing when we realise that through the simplicity of our gentle breath we are reconnected to it all so beautifully and the enormous wisdom that resides within us all. “What follows on from this choice to connect back to ourselves and our quality is a beautiful change in the movement of our bodies and the way in which we express who we are, in all that we think, say and do.”

65. ‘Our whole bodies really are intelligent, but how often do we really stop to not only appreciate this fact, but to tune in to this intelligence for ourselves; accessing the universal communication that is constantly being offered far beyond physicality….’ This is a reality that we could be operating in all of the time.

66. This need to be shared in all aspects of work life as the education model of our current society is far from sharing this truth. The body is now a marker of how we can function rather than feel.

67. ‘The sheer fact that the human body can literally hold and build another body during pregnancy is beyond profound!’ it certainly is. It speaks for itself the intelligence that is on offer from our body if we learn to listen to it.

68. Recently I went on a trip with a friend and I was so inspired by the way she moved, especially the way she walked. There was a gentle sway of her hips and a real grace that seemed to ripple through her body. I am now far more conscious of my own movements and of having my feet firmly planted on the ground, giving my body permission to feel grace from the inside and let it express through my body. This in itself seems to encourage more expression in my conversation and a greater awareness of when I am holding back.

69. It is so easy to get caught up and ahead of ourselves, constantly thinking and moving to the next thing, it is an exhausting way of living and makes sense of why we rely on coffee and so many other substances to keep us going. It is confronting to stop this momentum as you then have to feel everything you may have been avoiding.

70. I just watched an amazing tv episode http://sergebenhayon.tv/episodes/whole-body-intelligence/ which reflects the truth of what you are describing here Fiona. The harmony and the whole body intelligence are one and the same, it can really be felt.

71. If I am not with my body there is gap, this allows an intelligence that is not mine to govern me, my every movement counts to the quality of intelligence I bring through, am I with my body or not.

72. Bringing my mind back to the quality of my movements throughout my body really does help me to feel more in tune with who I truly am and to be more aware of how to express and respond to life in a way that feels harmonious for all.

73. Amazing to consider that through the physicality of the human body we can actually discover that we are so much more than the physicality that we hold. That there is something greater that we are a part of.

74. Our bodies hold universal wisdom in every particle, the more we make our bodies sacred the more we can feel from the universe.

75. Connecting with and developing presence in my body allows me to feel the aspects of being that go beyond my physicality and allow a connection to a whole body/mind intelligence.

76. What a great article. I love the concluding two paragraphs. Yes we have access to a very definite intelligence within our own body that lets us know in no uncertain terms that “there is far more to life than meets the eye”.

77. With presence in my body I get to know what is going on, what games are being played and how I feel. – My body is able to tell me things that my mind could never admit to or know.

78. If we were to stop and ponder on the body’s amazing natural ability to heal itself as well as how all its different parts work together harmoniously we would have to acknowledge the body’s innate intelligence. The paradigm shift here to consider the body in every choice rather than coming from the head is a revelation, but the simplicity of it speaks for itself. This can be easily seen when we observe children and animals simply obeying what their bodies are telling them when to sleep, when they need food and when they feel safe.

79. The title to this blog says it all! In a society where we champion true intelligence with how much we can recall or promote the body to push certain ideals and beliefs, the body waits patiently for us to start with the basics. A simple connection where the true source of learning lies.

80. Our bodies are incredible. How they are always rebalancing themselves and finding a place of homeostasis is quite incredible, especially when someone has been very sick. Appreciating this is super important, for like you have said Cherise, we can easily live our life from our mind and miss the everyday wonder that is our body.

81. This is one of my favourites to read. It’s so important to have an understanding of the wonder of the body, to appreciate and care for it based on how miraculous and incredible it is. I recently saw a talk on cells and how they work together and take care of the whole body in complete unity, every move is for the all. It’s kind of weird to consider that the foundation we are physically made of is something we choose to not be in harmony with in terms of our own actions and behaviours. What we are made up of is not how we act. We have so much to learn (or remember) from the intelligence of the body.

82. Since reconnecting to my body I have learnt that the mind alone only knows how to manage, cover up or repeat patterns. Its approach to life is rigid, isolated and fear-full. The body however approaches life openly and willing to reach out and connect to others for and to support all equally.

83. I never cease to be fascinated by how our bodies work. I am studying a course in nutrition and had to learn about the digestive system. The intricate role of each organ in that system and how they work together is absolutely amazing. It just brings my attention to the intelligence that is going on inside me every moment of the day. How I live each day will either support my body to do its job harmoniously or not.

84. Serge Benhayon continues to present that true medicine is all about body intelligence. And how our bodies offer us so much wisdom. Medicine is not just the pills we take to cure the symptoms, it is how we live in a way where in fact we don’t necessarily need to get the symptoms in the first place.

85. “To live in such a way that is present in our physical bodies opens us up to the grand possibility that we are so much more than just physicality – that we are a being with a Soul, that life may hold a greater purpose, that there is a worldliness to us and an interconnection between us and all things that we can’t access when we live solely from the mind or disregard our bodies.” There is a modality taught by Universal Medicine called Connective Tissue Therapy-this modality deeply introduced me to what you have described here Cherise. A client reflected similar words to me just the other day. We are multi-dimensional beings and so much more than we give ourselves appreciation for.

86. I am starting to feel just how important (and possible) it is to have a real and solid sense of ourselves, and how a deep connection to our body is the very thing that supports this.

87. Our bodies are truly stupendous, we have so much to learn from them – whether it is the innate harmony within each tiny cell or the greater reactions to what not to eat, or way to move. Our body is a constant, super intelligent teacher.

    1. Our body is super intelligent and a very dedicated and constant teacher. Always showing us the results of our choices without an inch of judgment. It simply presents.

       1. Yes it does Jennifer – and we can listen attentively or choose to play-up and not want to learn 🙂
          However there is only one way that the body can support long term, and that’s the former.

88. I love this, to consider the way the body works as being part of an intelligence that is greater and far beyond what our minds can fathom.

    1. Our bodies are like undiscovered countries, still waiting to truly be explored and truly understood.

89. ‘What follows on from this choice to connect back to ourselves and our quality is a beautiful change in the movement of our bodies and the way in which we express who we are, in all that we think, say and do.’ When we breathe in gently, the body cannot but change its movements in gently ‘moving forward’ on our path of return to Soul.

90. In a world where not truly knowing who we are is common and many seek outside themselves to find themselves, to feel this connection and knowing through presence and from there be able to expand that to a confidence, beauty, self acceptance, absoluteness and trust is a blessing beyond words.

91. We seem to see life as a series of mistakes and failures, and that in all of this our body is perpetually letting us down. But what if it isn’t this way but our body is consistently showing us how to truly be? Your words here Cherise help me see that our body supports and tells us everything if only we are willing to see.

92. ‘In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies’ and it is here that we can enjoy everything we do and accept the responsibility we have to live a quality that supports and nurtures ourselves and others.

93. When we are fully present in and with ourselves we give permission to others we meet to be the same, this is very beautiful as we enhance each others qualities and bring grace to planet Earth.

94. “… there is a great big universe out there and the human body is our own personal reflection of the harmony and grand intelligence that is equally accessible within us, available to any body at any time…” Beautifully put, then if our body is not in harmony, it must then be in ‘dis-ease’. Space, the Universe, nature are great markers for harmony and order that we live amongst.

95. I’ve just listened to a presentation by scientist Dianne Trussell, who has written several blogs on this site, she delivered an amazing presentation on the intelligence of the cells that make up our body. If we took note of the way they interact with one another, their willingness to get on with their jobs, work together, support each other, maintain harmony and put self aside, we would have a model of society that would need no policing as we know it, have minimal call on the healthcare system, less psychotic illnesses and need for drugs or institutions, a completely transformed education system, no war or daily abuse of each other… The body’s intelligence is truly something to cherish, nurture and surrender to.

96. No need for complicating our lives and living to all the should’s, rather the simplicity and flow of reconnecting to a quality within and moving through life in this quality.

97. Beautiful Cherise, how glorious it is to connect with our bodies and realise that all the complicated answers that we seek outside of ourselves are not it & that our greatest friend will simply show us the way if we allow it.

98. Sometimes we can get so caught in our own little lives, our own little heads we forget the grandness that surrounds us, inside and out. I love how you point out the fact that our body is a reflection and reminder of this universe. I had this visual come to me whilst I read this article, I imagined this stunning solar system, perfectly still, harmonious and balanced. Then I imagined someone introducing rubbish on Saturn and toxics to that picture. My first reaction would be outrange, how could anyone want to wreck such beauty but this is what most of us are doing to our bodies, which are equally beautiful and balanced when left to their natural order.

    1. What a great comment SK, the body is the microcosm to its larger counterpart the Universe.

99. Cherise you have summed up beautifully what Serge Benhayon presents is possible a way to live that includes the whole body and not just one aspect of it, our minds.

100. “not just in our minds or our thoughts, as this can often feel like we are no more than a severed head floating by!” I know this feeling and it is not a great way to live. The more I am in my body and feeling it all the time the more obvious this fact becomes when I get caught up in my mind.

101. If we are present in the body of course we will know what it going on. If our mind is a million miles away how can we expect to know? The body knows and feels the truth. We need to be connected to it in order to be able to listen.

     1. Indeed Rebecca how far we have drifted from the wisdom offered by our bodies – and this wisdom offers a simplicity that we all crave within our busy lives.

        1. The simplicity that you share here LucindaB is exactly that simple when we make our body movements more loving. A great marker for how we can live in this busy world and continue to contribute rather than contract.

102. When I make movements in the quality of my own natural presence there is such a harmony and surrender in my body that I often wonder why do I not choose this every single moment. On the other hand let’s appreciate the times that I do connect and am present in my body and enjoy the natural flow in life.

103. It doesn’t make sense that we live in disregard of our body and its innate ability to feel and sense. We have made development of the mind all important but when I bring myself back to my body I feel so much more me, so much more connected and present in life. The mind is part of the picture, but so is the body and those feelings and senses. Time to embrace the all that we are, the whole of us and not just live in parts.

104. Yes there is no perfection but when there is connection and presence it feels so amazing that this often has me thinking this is so simple when we make it part of our everyday livingness.

105. The body and the being coming together and being one is something that I have been working on for a while and the mind can bring in some curve balls to intervene from this happening but each time when I bring it back to my body, my movements and my touch then I get to feel the power of my being within.

106. I heard someone talk the other day of needing to leave the big city on the weekend to regain his sanity after the experiences through the week. I guess this is a common thought, but how we help ourselves I would say lies far more in that willingness to feel and nominate the experiences we encounter in each moment – to be present and not so bashed around by life. We need be less affected by the outside world the more we honour the fact we are deeply sensitive and that a lot of the world around us really does not make it easy for us to appreciate our qualities that are innately within us all.

107. Cherise you bring new purpose as to why we need to regard and care for ourselves and our bodies deeply – “that we are a being with a Soul, that life may hold a greater purpose, that there is a worldliness to us and an interconnection between us and all things that we can’t access when we live solely from the mind or disregard our bodies.”

108. I do marvel at our bodies’ intelligence… I see the inspiration of this at my work in hospitals all the time. All we have to do is be willing to take heed.

109. Sounds as magic to my ears.. Our presence is the absolute breath of God that allows all to be and surrenders itself to even more grandness of who we truly are.

110. Recently I have been questioning my level of true care for myself and how that is perceived by others and sometimes misunderstood and it makes me realise that I need not in any way explain myself and that also I need to honour my commitment to myself or I can begin to go back to old habits which no longer support me.

111. “there is a great big universe out there and the human body is our own personal reflection of the harmony and grand intelligence that is equally accessible within us” – Such a gorgeous statement, wow. Do we ever really want to poison something of such grace?

112. Cherise, I love re-reading this article and being reminded that we are so much more than our physicality – that we are a being with a soul. We come from the stars and it is so easy to forget this and get caught up with everyday issue and dramas, so thank you for the reminder of who we truly are, this feels expansive and purposeful and makes any issue seem insignificant in the grandness of who are are and where we are from.

113. Imagine if a part of the body complained about what it does and has a strike or resigns from service. It would be crazy! But we do it in real life in a one body of Mother Nature.

114. The real appreciation of the magnificence of our human bodies and our connection as divinity is something truly beautiful with our true intelligence from within. Our real appreciation is so often our missing key.

115. Thank you Cherise, it reminded me how often we disregard the intelligence the human body must have to simply live, when we connect to our body and feel the absoluteness that it is, we have a far greater understanding and appreciation for not only what it does but also for what it can unveil to us too.

116. “Our whole bodies are indeed intelligent on every level and a simple choice to feel and move in presence with ourselves is the key to learning that there is far more to life than meets the eye…” so true Cherise. There is so much more going on around us all of the time than we can physically see, but we do feel so much of what is happening than we often care to realise and appreciate.

117. “…there is a great big universe out there and the human body is our own personal reflection of the harmony and grand intelligence that is equally accessible within us, available to any body at any time…” I love this and can totally relate to what you share here all due to participating in Esoteric Yoga… where you become to recognise that within your body it is as deep and infinite as the Universe out beyond Space… ‘As is above is below’… That Love is Intelligence.

118. I love reading the appreciation and true wonderment that you share here for the human body – it makes me wonder how often we treat it as our precious ally appreciate the reflections it offers us..?

119. “a sense of knowing of who we truly are” Isn’t that what we want? I searched down all kinds of avenues and eventually found myself right here, within my own body – feeling a connection to something deeper and grander than what I had thought I was looking for.

     1. Isn’t that ironic? We spend years searching all over place and in all sorts of ways to find the answer to the question as to who we truly are yet the answer is, and has always been, within ourselves.

     2. I did a similar thing Rosanna, and only began to find the answers I had been searching for when I was able to understand and accept that they were already within me, and so much more besides that I could ever have imagined or dreamed of.

     3. I can relate Rosanna, after many years of searching the globe, I found that I did not have to go anywhere after all, and what I was looking for was within me all along.

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121. Living a life in connection brings out our natural authority and confidence like nothing else.

     1. Agree Sarah, and it brings out the expression of love – that we have all been starving ourselves of for so very long. It is key to life.

122. “What follows on from this choice to connect back to ourselves and our quality is a beautiful change in the movement of our bodies and the way in which we express who we are, in all that we think, say and do. ” Yes I noticed this at work, when it became quite intense I lost my rhythm and my movements were not as present as they had been I had gone into a rush and a slight anxiousness and I could feel I was generally losing it, not in a huge way but enough to feel a vibration in my body and the harmonious ease with which everything flowed until that point was suddenly lost.

123. ‘There is something so harmonious about the human body, its connections between all systems and the grand job description it is dedicated to’. When we move in a harmonious way we allow those systems deeper connection and more harmony. So simple.

124. Loving this appreciation for the human body it is indeed divinity, love and magic at play.

125. It is so ingrained in us to think that it is our mind that is intelligent which stops us from feeling the intelligence the body is continually communicating with us. People are praised for the intellectual mind but really how well has it truly served us for our health and wellbeing is getting worse by the day.

126. “In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies” – this is a beautiful reminder, Cherise. I love the simplicity in your blog. If we do connect to our bodies, rather than letting the mind run the show, life too is simple.

127. I love the vitality I feel when I have listened and responded to my body. It is becoming more and more obvious when I have dishonored my body by not listening to it. My vitality and clarity just disappears.

128. Just imagine if we were taught the extraordinary harmony that is in the body, understanding the energetic Interflow between the organs, and how the organs were affected by everything we do and think… Imagine if we were taught this right from the start… How different our lives would be.

129. For most of us we run our bodies on auto pilot – they are so miraculous that almost anything can be done on auto pilot and without presence. Yet not being present in and with the body means we miss out on a whole lot of joy and many other things. How can we feel what is there to be felt, along with the magic of God if we are not really here but elsewhere in our mind?

130. When we are not connected with our body we are anything but wise. Our body tells us what is true; if we listen to it we find that there is a much greater flow and harmony in life.

131. The body moves in relation to the flow of the universe when naturally left to do so, and by simply stretching ourselves upwards, we are opening ourselves up to that flow, as when I am stuck in something, I always find, I have pulled myself in and down.

132. One of the core issues with our current way of living is that most of us have a condition where we can feel one thing in our body and deep down know it’s true but have an arrogance to ignore that and simply do what we think is best to do even when we feel it is not. When we live like this for a while we get used to overriding our innate truth and it is no wonder we feel self doubt and lack of confidence when we are so used to running with the lies of our disconnected minds.

133. Any reminder to stay in our bodies and out of our heads is always welcome… thanks Cherise!

134. I have found the Gentle Breath Meditation to be the most supportive tool to reconnect me to my body so that I am no longer that ‘severed head’ racing around doing its own and usually very disregarding thing. This meditation is so simple and the beauty is that it can be done anywhere at any time. I have shared it with many others, from a three year old child to a 93 year old woman and in all cases it has taken only a few gentle breaths for them to return to their body and to develop a very relaxed and natural breathing rhythm This is one tool that I appreciate having in my tool box for life.

135. Our bodies are amazing. Often, we forget to appreciate how intelligent and incredible it is. Reading this blog is a beautiful reminder. Once we stop to appreciate its magnificence it is then very difficult to abuse our body in any way.

136. How much do we appreciate our bodies and how they keep it all together for us working consistently day and night? No wonder they begin to shut down after years of neglect and abuse. Our breath is the most fundamental to the continuation of life in a body so it makes sense to become aware of our breath and have it be harmonious. Breathing through the nose at all times, even while swimming and breathing gently with an equal in breath to out breath is such an easy thing to connect to and allows us a deeper connection to our bodies . Our bodies appreciate this basic and caring way of breathing and then we get to appreciate how it responds in the process. A continual deepening of this brings an awesome relationship with our bodies and ourselves.

137. When we ‘reconnect’ we are being religious because the word in truth means to reconnect or rebind with God. So as a baby we were never told how to breathe, but every baby at-least breathes gently through the nose. So could it be this is what it is meant in the bible, to get into heaven we have to return to being like a child and breathe with an extremely tender and delicate breath like a baby?

138. Beautifully shared Cherise. Yes indeed our bodies are an awe to behold with an intelligence to match. When we are willing to embrace the truth, all of it, we then are willing to explore our loving relationship with our bodies, as such our awareness develops of the intrinsic connection that is naturally present between our body, being, the universe and all. Through this awareness we can bring this presence to the lives we live and share, and as you have shared, live our worldliness as was truly and divinely intended.

139. Our bodies respond beautifully if we are present in each moment, however if our minds take us to the past or the future how can the body respond to that?

140. Cherise there is something very beautiful in your description of our bodies
     “There is something so harmonious about the human body, its connections between all systems and the grand job description it is dedicated to; whilst it has the natural potential to live it all, coherently and effortlessly with each cell playing its role within the whole.”
     And when I felt into what you are saying it feels to me how similar we are to plants and animals as they also have very intricate cellular systems and that maybe we should curb our arrogant tendencies in thinking we are the most intelligent species on this planet. To me we are not so intelligent if we take illness and disease into account – it’s out of control and very few people are asking the real question
     “what is going on here, all the band aids we are currently using are not working”.

141. The body really does have an incredible ability to know how to function and to heal itself. The fact that it knows how to repair and make new tissue, is constantly working to circulate blood around the body, deal with toxins and waste is pretty amazing: all of these thousands of processes happening in every moment without us even thinking about it. Quite magical, really.

142. ‘This can expand to feelings of absoluteness and authority, confidence, beauty, self-acceptance and trust and a natural ability to communicate with people free from the needs to be liked or accepted by anyone else.’ It really is quite remarkable how a few simple moments of actively choosing to connect to my breath and feel my body supports with how empowered I feel in the next moment.

143. It has been my experience also that it is super simple to be present with my body and live life from this conscious presence and when I do the intelligence, awareness and ability to understand my life increases dramatically and constantly astounds me.

144. It is a constant and consistent relationship with oneself to really bring that level of awareness to our bodies and feeling what they are communicating with us. Then to move and go about life not disconnecting from this connection to our bodies and being within and expressing this in all that we do. Feeling this quality and letting it radiate out.

145. For every moment that I am present and in relationship with my body, I am offered huge resources for living life with purpose and to my full potential. My body has made it very clear to me what supports and what does not in terms of diet, exercise and rest for example and all I have to do is listen and respond!

146. “An important point as we don’t actually need to be in solitude, keep quiet or even do nothing to keep in our flow”. I find I am more in the flow through movement and connecting, there is a beautiful flow as I move with conscious presence, staying connected to my body.

147. Being steady and present in our bodies is the key to living in the modern world; I love that you have highlighted this in your blog Cherise;
     “Our whole bodies are indeed intelligent on every level and a simple choice to feel and move in presence with ourselves is the key to learning that there is far more to life than meets the eye.”

148. I love the body so much because it is always there as a constant reminder for us to check in with. When we get unwell, it does its best to repair us. It supports us unconditionally without criticism. It gives us so many messages when we go off course, to make us stop and return to be present back connected to it and listen to its wisdom.

149. Conscious presence is important in order to develop awareness, and awareness supports us to make changes which are needed in order to stay healthy and vital.

150. It is quite remarkable yet so natural to feel who I truly am as I have built a connection with my body, with no perfection.. but always a place I can reconnect to if that sense is not there.

151. I was playing with my breath seeing what the difference was physically by holding my hand under my nose and breathing normally then breathing gently. I was amazed at the difference, the breathing normally had a force with it, when I said to myself to breath gently the force was gone and replaced by a soft warm breeze. Incredible the power within when we align to love.

152. It is only now in my life that I am beginning to appreciate how amazing our bodies are and the messages they are able to communicate to us. Our bodies are finely tuned instruments that are able to connect to a wealth of wisdom that feels ancient yet familiar, if we are able to stay present and aware of each movement we make.

153. ‘What if our most simple tool to reconnect to ourselves and to feel consciously present was as easy as making a choice to breathe in gently first?’ So simple and yet we can make it so complicated, feeling like we’re so far off track that we’ll never come back to ourselves. The ability to feel more ourselves is always there, but sometimes covered in a few layers of fog or dust if we haven’t been practising feeling it for a while.

154. The days when I don´t have the same presence that I know I can have the way I experience myself and life it is very reduced to what it otherwise is; by way of comparison it simply is flat. With presence comes fullness, vividness, meaning and purpose; without life is mundane.

155. Beautiful to read this again the message is so simple and it is true it requires a willingness to make the changes and then feel the differences within that makes living from the mind the soulless existence it is. Rather there is a soul filled joy to live.

156. What I’m discovering is that when I am with myself it is the most confirming experience to have and there is no need, push, drive, wanting someone to recognise me in any way. I have everything I need within me it is the most delightful feeling.

157. The beauty of our bodies true intelligence is amazing and the appreciation of this through our presence is very supportive and confirming of this allowing a different way of being which shows that there is far more to life than meets the eye.

158. The more I consider it the more I recognise the exquisite harmony, order, flow and genius of the universe reflected within our own bodies. This in it self deserves deep appreciation and honouring, let alone when we start to realise the significance of the intelligence we tap into through our body in terms of our development and evolution.

159. yes, yes, yes ‘our bodies are amazing things’ and the beauty of them is they are with us 100 per cent of the time! This means the communication from them is there always. However I find it is only in making the choice to be present with it that there is the possibility I will hear what it is telling me. Over the years making this choice and deepening my relationship with my body means my choices can then come from it – not always but I feel a big difference when I am present then can feel, listen and act on the messages.

160. The body is so humble! It is amazing. Reading this has allowed me to appreciate how connecting to our body we are connected to the wonders of the universe which just get on with their daily miracles.

161. Presence is powerful and a choice to claim the light we are here to represent.

162. What I’ve come to realise is that being present in my body is the one sure way to be solid and steadfast amidst the onslaught of daily modern life. If I’m not present in my body i am anxious, frustrated, annoyed, emotional, teary etc etc – sure tell-tale signs to gently breathe my own breath again into my lungs and feel the tenderness of my own body.
     And the more I do this, the stronger the connection becomes. I wonder why I would want ever want to leave the precious place within… and so my will to stay in my body becomes stronger and stronger. Pure awesomeness.

163. “Our whole bodies really are intelligent, but how often do we really stop to not only appreciate this fact, but to tune in to this intelligence for ourselves” Great question Cherise, and one that the majority of us undoubtedly do not ask often enough, for if we did, there would be a significant inrease in the amount of people who were considerably healthier than the overall state of health that we are currently experiencing in the world today and who were actually content with their lives as they are.

164. “An important point as we don’t actually need to be in solitude, keep quiet or even do nothing to keep in our flow”. Yes often it is from moving that I deepen the feeling of being in my body.

165. Indeed Cherise there is something harmonious about the human body. I love your message and reminder that in each and every moment we have an opportunity to feel, live and know that harmony.

166. ‘In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies,’ Keeping our awareness tuned into our innermost being allows deeper relationship ourself and all others.

167. Great what you share the answers are within us and outside, all we have to do is start connecting with our own body with our presence, and in the quality of our movements we are given access to the higher intelligence from the Universe, which is there for everyone to access.

168. ‘There is a great big universe out there’ this is the beauty when we stop to truly feel what we are part of and the reflection given to us, we are equally magnificent as the Universe, if we just allow ourselves to connect to this knowing, so much more is given to us.

169. ‘In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies’ and it is here, when I choose this awareness, that the world, my next step, the purpose of everything makes sense. All I have to do is make this awareness my default.

170. I’ve been working a lot on being present from moment to moment in the last week, and I can whole-heartedly say that my body has massively appreciated it. What I noticed is that every moment has a beautiful exact precision to it, and in that precision my body is always looked after to the highest degree.

171. Yes our bodies are amazing and reading your blog I appreciate this even more. They are a wonder and are our pathway to the multi dimensional divine beings we are, if we choose to connect to them and listen to their guidance and messages.

172. Indeed the body offers us a great understanding of the level of connection and interdependence that is natural to our very being in essence. Equally so the body in disharmony and illness shows us clearly that we are not living in that natural harmonious connection with each body system working independently or with blockages.

173. In the past, scriptures have recommended freeing ourselves from the attractions of the flesh, but that was not about ignoring and abusing our physical body, but about letting go of the carnal behaviours such as the decadence, greed, gluttony and emotions people indulged in that take us away from the Soul. The fact that we proudly choose to ignore or go against the wisdom of our bodies, the deliberate cutting off from such a fundamental support for our awareness and evolution, shows how arrogant and unintelligent our current intelligence truly is.

174. Breathing and moving with gentleness isn’t about checking out and feeling bliss, but about connecting and feeling more. As we start to feel more, we feel everything around us- the good and the not so nice, it’s all there. The choice is to be aware enough to feel or not, and then how much we want to feel. The steadier we feel within, the more we allow ourselves to feel, and read instead of reacting to it.

175. This is a daily reminder to keep it about presence in my body. To feel and connect to what the body is communicating and vibrating at. Making sure the tasks and jobs for the day are not the most important thing and to keep coming back to how I feel in my body and the quality of my being.

     1. So our focus becomes about quality not quantity and when I do this I do not feel spent and racy at the end of the day, which is huge.

176. I agree when I am present everything I need is with me, awareness, what to say, what to do…there is flow that is a joy to be part of…presence is very awesome to explore and practice.

177. It’s amazing how presence with ourselves and our body can transform the way we feel about ourselves.

178. Life starts and end with our breath and yet we can always choose the quality that we take in from the world and what we give out.

179. Being present with the body may not sound like anything special or exciting – and it’s not, as it is our natural way to live. But despite the simplicity and apparent ‘boringness’ of this choice, I can say that it changes everything about how you relate to life and yourself. It brings steadiness, confidence and the knowing that we are way more than a physical being. It also teaches us to never look outside ourselves for anything, as it is all there within us.

180. Although my body has given me intense pain recently, I appreciate how it has worked at returning me to my stillness with every breath and every moment with everything I do. This is no exaggeration, there was a stage where I had no choice but to simply focus on every breath, because of the pain. The whole body intelligence has made me rest and put myself first while others have supported me beautifully. Now is the time for me to ponder how I had been living to need such a loud message. There are many old patterns to change when we observe this true intelligence.

181. I have noticed the confidence I feel when I stay present with my body. It’s as if there is no room for nervousness and anxiety.

182. Yes there certainly is far more to life than meets the eye, it is beautiful, wondrous, magnificent and more.. and how amazing and humbling it is that we can all access this through connection with our body.

183. The appreciation and amazingness of our bodies and are being part of the universe as a whole is something that is so important to appreciate and truly claim for ourselves and the support offered to us with this allows the natural harmony flow in our bodies to be lived.

184. “There is something so harmonious about the human body, its connections between all systems and the grand job description it is dedicated to” but do we ever realise this? When we are in our mind we do not recognise that our body is key in connecting to everything we are so longing for and in search for all of our life. Joining religion, delving into the new age movements, joining charities and so on will never bring what we are looking for as that is simply inside. Inside our delicate and tender body that is divine and in correspondence and connection with all, that place where conscious presence will bring us.

185. “There is a quality within each of us that is not so far from reach and to surrender, connect to and experience this quality brings with it a tangible warmth, a sense of healing and an acceptance of living in the here-and-now that many of us often crave in daily life.” – Deep within, we all ache for this quality, consciously or unconsciously, and we can often spend years and lots of travel and money seeing it from the outside, whereas all the time it lies within and we carry it with us everywhere we go. The key lies in the surrender which can be the hardest thing to let go of in a world where surrender is seen as a weakness. And yet, it is all a breath away should we choose it!

186. “There is something so harmonious about the human body, its connections between all systems and the grand job description it is dedicated to; whilst it has the natural potential to live it all, coherently and effortlessly with each cell playing its role within the whole.” – the role of the microcosm in the macrocosm: everything each cell does affects the whole body; every thing we do as individuals affects our family, community and society, and everything we do as a nation, affects all other nations in the world. every thing we do on planet earth affects the universe and beyond. Have we ever stopped to consider how important our each and every breath and movement is in the grand scheme of things? And how empowering this is to realise how small and insignificant we may seem, and yet how incredibly powerful we are in ways unfathomable?

187. The body is divine, and extraordinary in how it naturally heals itself, repairs cells and coordinates all of its systems, but what is the character within us that tries to bend the body, making it do what it naturally doesn’t do? It must be that consciousness is in fact inseparable to our human bodies!

188. Our bodies are really an amazing thing and it’s only when we stop and when I read something like this that you appreciate it more. I mean and as is offered by the article, a woman’s body can grown another body inside it, that’s pretty amazing alone. I love that our bodies keep speaking even though at times they may not be heard to the point that is needed. Even at the moment I can feel different parts of me waking up to this simple appreciation, we are amazing and it’s only us that doesn’t always see it that way.

189. You’ve described beautifully how our bodies are the key to understanding life, cycles and laws which govern the universe – can you imagine how things in society would change if we treated them as such? And how differently we would treat each other knowing that we were all part of something much grander than the mundane?

190. I read recently that to be consciously present is to be at one with God, this stopped me. What is it about me and what I am choosing that I wouldn’t want to be with God? What energy am I choosing if I am not with God? And then that led me to understand that for the most part we have cut ourselves off from God, because for the most part we do not choose to be in conscious presence. I feel we have been hoodwinked; in the past we were sold a lie via most main stream religions, they held the control of how we were to behave, think and do. Now we have so many other distractions that keep us from our conscious presence that religion doesn’t need to be the dominant force any more; it doesn’t need to be as we are encouraged to numb ourselves with all the different distractions on offer. It feels to me as though there is something else pulling our strings and we have become mere puppets to the energy that keeps us away from God.

191. “Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are. This can expand to feelings of absoluteness and authority, confidence, beauty, self-acceptance and trust and a natural ability to communicate with people free from the needs to be liked or accepted by anyone else” What a beautiful sharing of our natural intelligence with the universe and it is waiting for us as we are all part of it all.

192. It never fails to blow me away how amazing our bodies are and how so many of us take the function of our bodies so very much for granted until we break bones or are struck down by illness. How when the body is forming that each cell knows what to form into is beyond amazing.

193. It makes absolute sense that if we are wholly present within our body then we will be equipped to respond to life rather than be at the mercy of another’s rhythm and flow at odds with our own.

194. “…there is a great big universe out there…” and there is a universe inside just the same and then we realize that it is one and the same, one vast space.

195. It seems there is a part of us that is far less intelligent than our body is!

196. I am appreciating the whole body intelligence much more as I learn this takes EVERYTHING into account, to give me the messages I need to hear. The mind can so easily be dominant but it cares not for the body and races ahead, encouraging me to follow. When we connect to the whole body, we are in touch with true intelligence.

197. Returning my focus to my breathing is a tool I use to bring me back into my body when I have been distracted and heady. I then use it to stay connected, and really enjoy the feeling of each in breath and out breath. It is so simple yet so very powerful.

     1. I agree and the impact of this awareness and attention is amazing, arresting all sorts of wayward patterns of behaviour in me – like stress, anxiousness, overwhelm…

198. I love the simplicity, authority, self acceptance and surrender that comes with what you have expressed here Cherise;
     “Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are”.

199. The title itself speaks volumes about the simplicity we can live with and the complications that lead us down the path of overwhelm, exhaustion and other forms of illness and disease. The tool box is there for the waiting and we have the all the necessary tools to use at our disposal.

200. ‘What if our most simple tool to reconnect to ourselves and to feel consciously present was as easy as making a choice to breathe in gently first?’ It really is that simple and having spent many years searching for answers in disconnection to my own body I found the gentle breath meditation was a true homecoming, leading me to connect deeply to my body and its infinite wisdom.

201. I love the stillness and settled feeling when I take a moment, feel my breath and am totally in my body in the present moment. I’m not thinking about a million things or being ahead of myself – which causes my body to be in tension as it can’t be anywhere but the present moment no matter how hard I push it to be ahead. When I take a moment like this, I don’t even need to stop what I’m doing, it’s simply a full check-in with whatever I am doing and checking-in with my being – me as a being that is in the doing.

     1. I agree Nikki – I have recently brought a focus to having these moments in my day as part of a routine. When they are not there I can feel how much they become more important than anything I’m doing.

     2. A human being doing is very different to a human doing doing 😉

202. Presence in the body is more than just being connected to what your body is telling you. Yes this is super important and very necessary but there is another element that we must incorporate. That is what the connection is that is flowing through the body that you are choosing to connect to. Our bodies are made up of millions of particles and they can be inspired and connected to, so the question is are we connecting to a source that will confirm and expand this or not?

203. Until I listened to Universal Medicine presentations I had subscribed to intelligence being what we learn and recall at school. To understand that whole body intelligence provides a deeper wisdom that can be easily connected to through presence was a revelation…and yet deep down it was something I already knew but wasn’t applying.

204. ‘ Deeply exquisite and so intricately detailed is the human frame that we are still learning more about how it all happens and its magnificently intelligent and engineered design.’ True Cherise, science is still discovering more and more about the incredible human body and its abilities. And we can connect, ‘tune in’, and surrender to the amazing intelligence we walk around in every day.

205. “Our whole bodies are indeed intelligent on every level …” I totally agree with you here, as having practised Esoteric Yoga, when the body becomes very still, there certainly is an intelligence the body absolutely knows in the way it relates to time, space and its particles.

206. When I look around I see it is a rare for people to appreciate and cherish the intelligence of our body in our society. It was only at Universal Medicine that I started to become aware and appreciate that we all have equal access to this level of intelligence.

207. I agree the ‘most simple tool’ to be aware of our breath changes everything, how we feel, our awareness and our ability to make choices.

208. I love what you write Cherise, living with a deeper understanding of my body has not led to a more idealistic lifestyle, but just a deeper acceptance of myself, becoming less affected by other people’s words, and less easily embarrassed in social situations. Who would have thought that such a change could start from such a simple base as the gentle breath meditation.

209. I know and have felt that true confidence comes from being present with the body in our movements bringing about a powerful, steady and untouchable way of being yet it is not what I choose consistently. If I do not choose this way of being which I know to be true in every cell in my body then what is going on within me to not live it?

210. This is something that I have fought a lot in my life, to really just be present with myself. To really honour and cherish my movements, just being in my body. I didn’t ever feel like I wanted to be in it most of my life because I was always so hard on myself, but as you say being present actually opens us up to the reality that we are so much more than just the physical, now if that isn’t an incentive to be present, I don’t know what is.

211. I loved your opening statement about the body, it really offers an appreciation of something that we ‘can’t get away from’; it really is incredible. It offered me a moment to pause and appreciate this.

     And there is even more as you state:

     ‘To live in such a way that is present in our physical bodies opens us up to the grand possibility that we are so much more than just physicality – that we are a being with a Soul, that life may hold a greater purpose, that there is a worldliness to us and an interconnection between us and all things that we can’t access when we live solely from the mind or disregard our bodies.’

212. I love what you’ve shared about the body being a mirror for the world we live in and vice versa. You can’t help but see the similarities in the divine design of nature, its geological processes and the systems within the body, and this gives both the ability to show us how OUR movements as humanity are affecting the natural cycles and beauty that makes up everything.

     1. This is grand scale awareness and appreciation – I love it.

213. ‘There is a great big universe out there’ and the more I embrace this fact the more I realise that I am made of the same… I feel it as a deep star filled sky in me.

     1. I know the feeling – it is amazing.

214. Thank you Cherise for sharing the amazingness of how our bodily functions are carried out by an innate intelligence within, and the grandness of our universality, our connection to the all. Connecting to our bodies within via the gentle breath brings to us a greater sense of the quality of love into all our movements.

215. It is only via connection to our body that we can know who we are as without such connection we are very reduced in truly feeling and know by feeling as well as direct impress the much more of what makes us who we are, the dimension beyond the physical human being and the limitations of temporal life. The body is the door to otherworldliness.

216. Grand indeed Cherise! How do you access this grand intelligence in the whole body? I’m aware you touched on it via The Gentle Breath but is there something more before this? Is there the Will to hold this in the body – a movement towards claiming it in full body!

217. moments of appreciation for the body are essential for it, and something that counters the drive, and anxiousness that is underpinning almost everything we do.

218. Being present with my whole body does give me a sense of true confidence too – it’s like I’m there with all of me and ready for whatever is needed.

219. Our bodies are simple and know their truth – and with the input of a separation to the natural intelligence that we are comes the flows of life which are run externally and are a layer above our bodies. We tense up, change it and disregard it to make a mark, to go from ‘a to b’ or get something done but forget that our body does it all – it has a harmonious way already.

220. The truth you present about our bodies is absolutely incredible. When I begin to connect back to my body I am faced with feeling all the unloving choices I’ve made so it isn’t always easy but you remind me why it is worth it.

221. And when we connect with this amazing intelligence that is innate within us, we are able to speak with such authority and wisdom. You see, when we are this deeply connected, the interconnectedness of all things becomes something that is lived, so that one’s expression comes from a spherical rather than a linear awareness… And people actually hunger for this expression.

222. “Our whole bodies really are intelligent, but how often do we really stop to not only appreciate this fact, but to tune in to this intelligence for ourselves;” Not often enough! There is so much available for us to access when we really stop and consider that we are actually connected to, and an intrinsic part of the Universe and its Universal Laws.

223. I so agree with this, presence in the body, changes everything we experience and choose in life; it is gold and something to build and nurture.

224. To uncover the layers of needing to be liked and the belief to be dependent on somebody else in order to evolve is a process of letting go in deeper connecting to the inner wisdom of myself and stay in conscious presence with my body and its wisdom.

225. The Gentle Breath Meditation has been a complete marvel for me over the many years not having before been aware of my breath through always being out of breath in most situations due to stress, anxiousness, emotional living.. with this gentle breathing meditation through its simplicity and activation i discovered a new way of being in the world, steady and naturally confident.

226. Our body as the key player in our intelligence, rather than the mind. This is the world upside down. We’ve all been sold (lies) that our intelligence is in our mind and that some are more intelligent than others. Yet, we all have the same choices to connect to the intelligence of the universe through connecting to our bodies. We’re all one species, no one is not given the grace of love inside our bodies. This is the absolute beauty of life. And indeed, as this grows, the more authority we have. Naturally, obviously. And as such we’re inspiring others!

227. When we look at nature you can see the harmony and intelligence of the universe, it is effortless and absolute. We live in miraculous bodies that are literally perfect and yet we question the purpose of our existence! Isn’t God seen every where? We just stopped looking.

228. I love the fact that we do not have to go far to access our intelligence as it is all in our body.

229. Presence in the body comes with great purpose and committment.

230. ‘Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are.’ Letting go of pictures and ideals I have learned is so important because even though I would like to be more present with my body I am far from perfect with this and quite often still find myself in too much motion or coming from my head! However my yard stick with this is being able to feel my quality when I simply stop and feel my body and connect with it..

     1. Stopping to feel and appreciate our own qualities is in itself a beautiful reminder of who we are.

231. The connections between the body’s systems show the natural flow and order that we are a part of.

232. Moving with presence, breathing with presence, listening and speaking with presence has changed my life and through my reflection it has changed the lives of others.

233. I disregard my body a lot of the time – I’m not sure as to why in full yet, lack of self love or maybe I just like the game – complicating life, creating issues and dilemmas where there are none. Life would be really really simple otherwise.

234. Why do we make life so difficult for ourselves going into our head when connection to the truth of who we are.. our amazing qualities and the wisdom of the universe is all there from our body.. presence give us access to it all.

235. Some times the Gentle Breath feels like being connected to the pulse of the planet, as if connected to a higher order.

236. The need to be liked or accepted by others I can very much relate to as being a big part of my life but I know that by living in this way I am not only disregarding myself but I am not being true to myself and therefore I am not being true to others.

237. Our body knows far more about itself than we can ever can, yet we still rely on ‘experts’ to tell us how to look after it. How silly is that? What a difference in our wellbeing when we interact with it, the medical professions and ourselves together in harmony.

238. Our breathing can be very much at the mercy of our emotions, which in turn puts a strain on our heart and blood pressure. The Gentle Breath Meditation is a powerful way to enable our body to re-establish a steady equilibrium and over time, empowers us to quell our emotional ups and downs much to the relief of our heart and lungs.

239. “The truth is that our bodies are amazing things!” I fully agree, the depth of the amazingness of the body is hard to fathom, each area intrinsic and incredible in its nature whilst the quality and care we take of our body being what allows us to connect with and feel the amazingness we also are.

240. Our bodies are truly amazing – the way they work naturally with no instruction from us – we could learn a lot by observing what is going on in our bodies instead of imposing our lifestyle on them.

241. Full presence in the body gives us the widest range of choices to live truthfully, joyfully and simply.

242. Living harmoniously with our body so it can then flow on to all those who we come in contact with, is one of the loving aspects of being in a true religion. Living in harmony is power-full and with this divine connection the Student of The Livingness is simply asked to live to the best of their ability, so that a true reflection of what a life lived in transparency is all about.

243. We have intelligence far beyond intellectualism, it is just that we choose not to access it.

244. ‘accessing the universal communication that is constantly being offered far beyond physicality’ this is a fact most of us are completely unaware of as we go about our daily activities, the fact that we have access to a universal wisdom that is not found in books, or on the Internet, but in our bodies.

245. We can place such great importance on external factors in our lives at the expense of the divine quality that we connect to from within – time to reassess our priorities in life.

     1. Very true Michael but we know that nothing is greater that the connection to our body and even though I can look for external factors to distract me from feeling my essence I am learning to make my priority to be present and connected to my body and as I do the distractions especially what I think are big ones are gently dropping away.

246. It is so easy to go into auto-pilot, with our mind so busy with thoughts, emotions and other distractions that we do not eve feel our body. Yet what a tragedy that is in truth when we miss out on what you have picked up on: “the grand possibility that we are so much more than just physicality – that we are a being with a Soul, that life may hold a greater purpose’”.

247. ‘There is a quality within each of us that is not so far from reach and to surrender, connect to and experience this quality brings with it a tangible warmth, a sense of healing and an acceptance of living in the here-and-now that many of us often crave in daily life.’ We think we have to search far and wide for this connection and create many complications along the way, when the truth is so much simpler and as close to home as you can be.

248. ” …Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are…”Agree.. it is wholeheartedly living very practically, honestly, aware and with love.

249. There are many tools we can use with the Universal Medicine modalities to connect us back to ourselves, but the Gentle Breath Meditation is a great simple way to start this re-connection back to our bodies. We breathe all day and returning to observing our breath in the body every day keeps us back on track with our re-connection back to our soul.

     1. Yes, the Gentle Breath Meditation is a great bridge back to ourselves, one we can walk at any time.

250. What ever we think the body has no option but to respond or react, depending on the quality of the thought and therefore the potential to drain our energy on things that might happen in the future or have happened in the past is immense. Bringing our attention home to our bodies with simple tools like the Gentle Breath Meditation enables us to keep body, heart and soul all on the same page and in the same place. The effect on our health and energy levels is astonishing.

251. So much appreciation for the body reading your blog, it’s intelligence, connection to soul, God, the universe. The gentle breath meditation is such great tool to connect back with the body and the Truth of who we are, a guide in life well worth listening to and taking deep care of.

252. As I re-connect back to my body I am realising all the amazingness that I have been missing for many, many lifetimes. The simple technique of the Gentle Breath Meditation begins the path back to an inward connection to the inner heart, and from here we can expand and embrace the whole of life and not live life in segments. We have been living life in a very distracted and segmented way and now we can come back home to a body that offers us all the wisdom of the Universe as we come back to our true home living in brotherhood and unity.

253. “Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are.” How true this is Cherise. Once we have experienced this connection, there is no denying it and the more we feel it, the more it starts to become very obvious when we lose touch with it, even for a moment.

254. We can have a great life with many amazing moments – but if we do not appreciate them we miss out on the fullness of this amazingness. Like appreciating the incredible way the body works so very harmoniously as this blog says and not just taking it for granted. With dedication and commitment, appreciation can become a way of life – something well worth developing in my view.

255. A beautiful blog to re-read. We all just a gentle breath away from the quality of stillness that can be our living foundation.

256. ‘we don’t actually need to be in solitude, keep quiet or even do nothing to keep in our flow, on the contrary and as harmoniously as the human body moves, we can make movements in the quality of our own natural presence.’ Such an important point Cherise – we can’t keep true harmony to ourselves.

257. Considering many of us live on auto a lot of the time we may initially need some tools to support our reconnection and ability to be truly present with our bodies. The breath is one such tool, which is always with us. Another tool that supports and develops conscious presence and reconnection with our body and its movements is Esoteric Yoga, http://www.esotericyoga.com/. Well worth checking out.

     1. Agree Victoria. We can use movement to bring ourselves back into the body, one of my favourite sections is on The Science of Movement, which looks at the quality we move in http://www.esotericyoga.com/science-of-movement.html

258. Being able to surrender to my body is something that I am working on but I can feel just how this process does not end, for the body holds universal wisdom which is forever expanding.

259. Cherise, I share your absolute appreciation of our body, it is truly amazing in every way. With presence comes awareness and so much is accessible to us through our bodies, a gateway into our connection with the inner and outer world. In presence we can connect to the quality of stillness that informs all our movements thereafter.

260. Beautiful Cherise. You have captured the basis of what true connection is. It not keeping our minds in one spot. It’s about moving in a vibration that expands and connects us to our divinity.

261. This called me back to my body today, thank you.

262. Being committed to ensuring that I take care of my body no matter what has been the best medicine for me. It has brought a purpose to my life that was lacking before I came across Universal Medicine.

263. Great question ‘how often do we really stop to not only appreciate this fact, but to tune in to this intelligence for ourselves; accessing the universal communication that is constantly being offered far beyond physicality’ We could also ask given our body has all the answers why is it that we often default to the mind which feeds us lies?

264. “What if our most simple tool to reconnect to ourselves and to feel consciously present was as easy as making a choice to breathe in gently first?” Yes a change in breath can change the whole feel of a situation because most anxiety is created by us ourselves when we tense our bodies and breathe shallowly. Breathing gently and with awareness of the breathing does change our experience of situations around.

265. The Gentle Breath Meditation has been the changing point in many lives thanks to Serge Benhayon. This technique is different to all other breathing techniques that are out there. Why you may ask, and I too asked the same question but once I started to practice it and introduced it into my life then I started to notice some major changes. How I was moving around in life, how I was being more focused and aware, then bring in the conscious presence into my day started to become normal.

     Each day it is a choice, whether I go there or not with myself – over time I have started to deepen it and feel this quality in the way I do things, the way I type, the way I walk, every movement and how this has a quality. The question that I keep reminding myself is what quality is it in? If I’m off and not connected to my Soul then The Gentle Breath Meditation supports me to come right back. Such an important choice but one that is not encouraged at all in today’s world. It’s all about what you can do rather than who we are and the quality we do things in. This is massively exposing and where we are in society could be the answers to all the devastation, illness and disease and wars to name just a few dis-harmonious things that are going on in life.

     1. The Gentle Breath Meditation has been the pot of gold that I go to everyday. A simple 5 mins makes the difference between me doubting and reacting to a problem -choosing instead to take that moment to breathe my own breath and understand the situation for what it is rather than from me.

266. When we are not present with our body we are lost, because it is our body that holds an intelligence that guides us through life.

267. ‘In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies’ – Put like this it sounds a bit weird that we would not be in our bodies, as we may think we are. Fact is that most of us spend most of the time not at all present in our bodies but completely checked out and at the mercy of our mind’s games and distractions.

268. ‘the flow with which our cardiac system delivers blood through the heart and whole body’ – You used the word ‘flow’ and ‘cycle’ later in your blog Cherise, and they’re such great descriptions of how the body operates seamlessly in a purposeful, specific way. There is detail without complication, and function without drive – what an amazing inspiration and example of how we could live our lives.

269. Our bodies breathe so naturally that it’s not something most of us think about except perhaps when we are breathless after some hard exertion. What if the way we lived generally made our breathing harder? Stress quickens our breath, and it is well known that many of us take shallow breaths instead of deep breaths that fill our lungs. The rhythm of our breath is automatic, our body just does it without our mind being engaged in the process, but what if it was, what if we were conscious of our breath 24/7, and if we deliberately chose to breathe gently? Our bodies become less tense, our speech becomes less edgy and our whole way of being becomes more tender.

270. Cherise, amazing article, ‘What if our most simple tool to reconnect to ourselves and to feel consciously present was as easy as making a choice to breathe in gently first’, whenever I read this article, I breathe gently and this feels divine, thank you for the reminder that something so simple can have such a profound effect.

271. In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies… that’s a lot of moments! It can be easy to become distracted and only focus on the task in hand from the mind, but when carrying out those tasks, whilst being aware of my body makes a huge difference to how I feel and how the task is ultimately completed.

272. We can imagine the body to be like an antenna. It needs to be aligned to the transmitter to receive the ‘data stream’. The way we move is our ‘antenna’ that defines the alignment to the source we receive energy from to then express who we are. Presence in the body is key to know one´s source and movement.

273. “In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies”. It really is simply a choice.

274. “An important point as we don’t actually need to be in solitude, keep quiet or even do nothing to keep in our flow, on the contrary and as harmoniously as the human body moves, we can make movements in the quality of our own natural presence.” An essential point Cherise. Learning to keep our presence, rhythm and quality amidst the hustle and bustle of daily life offers everyone another reflection of how to be, another way to live life that is truly gracious and wholesome.

275. The simplicity of what you have shared is awesome. There is so much available to us through the simplicity of connection and coming back to our presence. Breathing is definitely one of the first I worked on for myself, to breath for myself for me. It was with the Gentle Breath Meditation I was able to get the true understand of breathing in a way that truly supported my presence and body.

276. Our bodies really are amazing, it blows me away everything they do and how every little part works together. And from what I’ve been learning my body has a whole massive intelligence that my mind can’t compare too, and interestingly if you make a choice from the body it takes into consideration everything including the mind, but a decision from the mind does not take into account the body.

277. This is why The Gentle Breath Meditation is so powerful in its simplicity. The tangible warmth makes it very real, a sense of healing let’s us feel there is more to us than we may have before considered, and an acceptance of living in the here-and-now is a ‘coming home’ to the body that takes us through life – a connection that many crave in their day-to-day.

278. We seriously to have to come full turn around back to using our full body intelligence by nurturing it and being taught about it from an early age, so we don’t have to leave it going into mind driven, complete waste of time pursuits.

279. The body gives us everything we seek from the outside world. It’s just a matter of accepting its grandness and expressing from that place.

280. This is brilliant, because it is absolutely true. Being in and with my body, conscious of how I move – not slow or orchestrated, but aware, is exquisite. I know i am in my movements, and when i choose to move with grace, I know I am divine.

281. Interestingly, once we are connected to our body we can actually interrupt that connection if we then breathe gently as that form of breathing is a bridge but not the destination.

282. I love this statement as it makes me feel how the body is very much the doorway to our Soul … “there is a great big universe out there and the human body is our own personal reflection of the harmony and grand intelligence that is equally accessible within us,…”

283. Our bodies are made up of the divine, hence to live IN it is an opportunity and a blessing.

284. When we bring it back to our bodies, everything has so much more meaning and purpose, and is naturally more from love.

285. I am experiencing to a deeper level just how much everything depends on quality movement – it is like a commitment to truth that carries me forward/inward, to an ever expansive space.

286. To benefit from being meditative it is so true we don’t have to stop our movement and retreat to a cave, in fact it is enhanced by going about our daily lives. The magnification of our choices are always apparent, and so to bring the quality of gentleness from the meditation into daily life is an huge enhancement of how we live and has a great knock on effect as a reflection for others to feel too.

287. Without connection to the body we are as dumb as one can be even when our intellect considers itself to be brilliant. It is simply two very different forms of intelligence, the intellectual one reduced to the capacity of the mind, the other vast and all-encompassing through a whole-body-mind unity.

     1. There is a big range of mental intelligence, from the very low to an intelligence that is quite aware of its limitations but, as you said, the body is considerably smarter and both can work together and complement each other.

     2. Alex wise words and a great article that confirms where true intelligence comes from and in that it explains why there is so little wisdom in our society as we ignore the body over the mind.

288. “To live in such a way that is present in our physical bodies opens us up to the grand possibility that we are so much more than just physicality – that we are a being with a Soul, that life may hold a greater purpose, that there is a worldliness to us and an interconnection between us and all things that we can’t access when we live solely from the mind or disregard our bodies.” – True multidimensionality uses our body as a vehicle to express God.

289. For us to hold an eternal awe about the human body is the way for us to realise that there is more to life than science, and that we are actually being held by a grand power, a very humbling realisation indeed. Yes we can rationalise that this is how the heart works as a muscle that pumps blood, or that the delicate elastic texture of the lung tissue allows the process of inspiration and expiration like a balloon inflating and deflating. But despite all these mechanics, in the end we can ask ourselves what actually powers this human life of ours – and to me this is the very core we get to which is the magic that we can connect to if we choose to – that there is a magic of God in every breath and every pump of the heart, that there is multidimensionality without which there would be no true life. Thank you Cherise for always holding in awe our body and its processes.

290. Presence in my body brings an ease, a feeling of being ‘at home’ like no other.

291. ‘The truth is that our bodies are amazing things!’ – I am certainly not going to argue with that, I am learning more and more to truly deeply appreciate the significance of my own body and the way it is continuously regenerating and repairing anything that may have been imposed on it by irresponsible choices made by myself in the past.

292. To live with “presence in the body” is to live in union with an intelligence that is so grand and so universal; an intelligence that few of us have been introduced to at any stage of our lives resulting in a lack of love and care for this amazing vessel that supports us from the day we are born until our last breath. To come to know even a little about this grand intelligence, and that we can connect to it in any moment, is so humbling and so enriching at the same time.

293. Thank you for giving me a stop moment to appreciate how our bodies are always reflecting the harmony and intelligence of the universe but am I listening?

294. Our bodies are in constant communication with the Grandness of the Universe. Our body is a physical object that cannot but be in constellation with the Universe (God). The only choice we’re to make is to either make the choice to connect to this loveliness or if we don’t, we’re taken over by a force that tries to own us in a million different ways. Pretending that we’re not the loving being that we are. From these forces come the horrible acts that play out in daily life. And then we feel terribly ashamed which leads to even more harm. A vicious cycle that can only be turned around if we start taking responsibility for our choices by making them more caring and / or loving. WIthout any push or drive. But simply because we deserve it, we’re worth it.

295. “…there is a great big universe out there and the human body is our own personal reflection of the harmony and grand intelligence that is equally accessible within us, available to any body at any time.” A great reminder Cherise of the innate and magical connection we have to the Universe that is accessible to us in every moment. Choosing to connect to it is the key.

296. Making a choice to breathe gently, irrespective of what is going on around us or within us is a very empowering thing to do. It allows us to set a standard for ourselves about how we want to be in life.

297. This is the second time I have read your blog Cherise and both times, I have stopped to feel the exquisitely gentle movements of my lungs and the letting go this simple choice has on my body. I don’t stop enough and really appreciate how much my body will support me to feel more of me if I give it the chance.

298. There is no question that if we are connected and in connection with ourself we have a whole new depth of presence and in that incredible intelligence, intelligence that is all considering and holds love and truth at its base.

299. ‘Deeply exquisite and so intricately detailed is the human frame that we are still learning more about how it all happens and its magnificently intelligent and engineered design’ – Wow, imagine if this was the job description for biochemical researchers!

300. We have developed a way of living which does not appreciate our bodies and the amazing truth it holds or the miracles it can perform. Reconnecting back and being present with it in all we do is the start of the process of changing this relationship.

301. It seems to me that we live in a truly grand and harmonious Universe that is deeply wise. Our choice is in whether we tune in and live in accord with this wisdom or to be distracted by what is the story of our own lives, thinking about the past or the future rather than being present with this grandness. It is my sense that as suggested here, we can, through this connection to our bodies in full, live in harmony with this grandness and the wisdom it continuously offers us.

     1. Yes in presence the body knows, and it is not so much a choice but an embodiment and being with what is.

302. When I look at the amazingness of our bodies, all of nature, the universe and everything, no-one could convince me in ten million millennia that there is no God.

     1. I love that Kevin, I couldn’t agree more.

303. You only have to know a tiny bit about the body to be left in awe by the way it is designed and the minute refinements it constantly makes. Whilst we are blissfully unaware of changes occurring in our body, it has already called in the troops to adjust whatever is needed to restore harmony. But apart from the marvels of what the body can do, it is what it can allow you to feel that I find most incredible. Through the body you get to feel the real you, the beauty, grace, fluidity, joy and expansiveness of the universe.

     1. I agree – we can be carrying out our days and be unaware of the fact our body is battling a bug, sending waters to different parts of the body as we become hydrated or dehydrated, constantly monitoring our temperature and carbon dioxide levels – it is truly amazing and never gives up on us even when we make its job much more difficult.

     2. The body can feel act and feel like a portal or equally it can act and feel like a roadblock, both are determined by our choices.

304. When we connect back to ourselves, everything outside of us just melts away and expands us.

     1. Yes Steve – we are all that we seek.

305. “In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies” yes this is very true, so it is up to us to make sure that we are developing a loving relationship with our bodies, if we don’t we don’t tend to listen to it let alone want to be inside it.

306. We don’t need to be in solitude to keep with the flow is something I am beginning to live and know there is so much more presence to bring both when I am with others and when I am not. Such a huge learning for one who ran from people in order to protect my delicateness.

307. “Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are.” felt very true. I’m humbled by the genius design of our bodies and it feels no less than a miracle! Thank you for sharing!

308. You are spot on Cherise when you say life is “not about perfection” but rather being in full presence with ourselves not just listening to our brain, but also our body.

309. The body reflects every day how to work and interact with many different parts so simply – it is amazing and proof it can be done with ease, harmony, joy and love. It is time for humanity to choose the same.

310. When I read this blog it makes me realise how truly intelligent our body is and what it is reflecting to us in every moment if we but take the time to stop and listen. Through the body’s commitment to working in a responsible and harmonious way in which all its parts work in perfect synchrony together, with no part being more or less important than any other part, it is also reflecting that this is our most natural way of living with each other. Yet we ignore this most precious reflection by disregarding it, still choosing abusive behaviours and by over-riding what it is reflecting to us and then we become physically or mentally ill or have an accident and wonder why.

311. When considering the body, the lymph system is like the Soul, it takes away all the rubbish then is bringing in the light so we can return to our glorious self. Then could it be possible the more we listen to what the body needs, the less rubbish, the more light?

312. ‘What if our most simple tool to reconnect to ourselves and to feel consciously present was as easy as making a choice to breathe in gently first?’ Simple, but incredibly profound!

313. A highly relevant question Elizabeth – why have most of us fallen for the games of the mind and why is it not more common to see through and thus expose this game?

314. I love how my body keeps on sharing the Wisdom it connects to and holds. I love how much we are reflected that everything – E V E R Y T H I N G – is reflecting that we’re part of a brotherhood, a rhythm, a movement, a love that tells us that we’re much, much greater than ‘just’ a human being, a functioning body. We’re super intelligent and as we’re growing, we’re connecting more and more to the halls of Wisdom that we’re in fact part of! Life is to be appreciated big time, are we ready for the choice to re-connect to the inner Wisdom that lies within our body?

315. In stark contrast to what we have bought into it is not the mind but the body that holds all the wisdom and knowing we could possibly look for and it all starts with connection to the body, the sensitivity and honesty of what we feel even when we cannot explain it. The body holds a whole universe inside, it is the gateway to the stars, ‘so to speak’.

316. When we connect deeply to the body, we can feel how our quality changes, there becomes a flow of the movement of our bodies and our expression changes in all that we think, say and do. It happens by a vibration within us that changes, so subtle to feel, but very real.

317. Presence allows us to stay with what is true and not get swallowed by the lies.

318. Do we ever stop and appreciate the fact that the body is always ‘at work’, that is, all the time, around the clock. There is no such thing as taking a holiday from the responsibilities and tasks it is so divinely designed to do, and it does this tirelessly, no matter how we treat it. I’d say something to definitely make time to appreciate.

319. Stop, be still…listen, and you will find that which you call space between the stars is alive and communicating to you 24/7. And you will wonder, how did I ever allow myself to remain deaf to that which sings so loud.

     1. Glorious. Commanding words to tame any wayward spirit.

        1. Yes, but they were not written to condemn per say, but to inspire. Nothing is gained in life by condemnation, especially of that which is intrinsically part of ourselves. As the esoteric philosophy teaches, when one connects in full to the power and love of their own Soul, the spirit does not disappear. It simply surrenders its will to the will of the Soul, as does the human being. In that moment, the human being, spirit, and Soul become one unified – the three becoming one, all surrendered to the love and will of God. At first, when one becomes aware of their “wayward spirit”, it is natural to want to judge it for its wayward ways. However, it is always worth remembering – the human being and the spirit are two sides of the same coin. Thus when we talk about “our spirit”, we are talking about ourselves, and just as judging ourselves brings no healing, neither does judging our spirit.

320. Our body ‘…has the natural potential to live it all, coherently and effortlessly with each cell playing its role within the whole.’ and when we consider that we human beings are part of a whole body, we could ask ourselves if we are doing the same: effortlessly playing our role within the whole.

321. Our bodies are so amazing, if more and more people appreciate how precious, divine and incredible our bodies are, we may start to see less abuse on the body and therefore, less illness and disease.

322. Cherise, I love how you describe the magnificence of the body… it’s a stop moment to fully appreciate the amazing physical engineering we carry with us every day. I know that I can take my body for granted and at times I push it and sometimes neglect it, but by being in appreciation it brings me back to want to take care of myself and connect to a deeper level and honour myself more.

323. ‘we don’t actually need to be in solitude, keep quiet or even do nothing to keep in our flow’ Absolutely, I would say we are designed to connect with others and in doing that there is definitely a divine flow and constellation if we let go and get ourselves out of the way.

324. When we live disconnected from our bodies it is easy for us to take the body for granted and to go into function, but when we start to feel our body there develops a whole new respect and understanding of what the body is and does for us.

325. I love how you present that the more we are grounded in our body the deeper our connection to the vastness of the universe and all it reflects.

326. ” there is a great big universe out there and the human body is our own personal reflection of the harmony and grand intelligence that is equally accessible within us, available to any body at any time.”
     Such a simple way to express our being one with the universe and what that means. It is so easy to have a mental view of it, knowing it from the head, but to actually feel how our bodies are working with the rhythms and harmony of the whole universe brings us into a whole understanding from every cell of us. Then we cannot choose but to be present with ourselves.

327. The body has an innate ability to heal and regenerate. How would it be if we chose to work in harmony with this innateness rather than use it to compensate for our less than self-loving choices?

328. ‘there is far more to life than meets the eye’ – Having this understanding, although a very simple fact, can transform everything. Life is no playing field for us to kick around, interact and play our games as we wish, because there’s actually other forces and things at play with which we are sharing the space.

329. It’s awesome to feel the potential of always remaining present in my body and when there are those moments in my day when I feel I may be influenced by the environment around me to be able to check in with my breathing to remained centered and feel what is happening.

330. People are so intent on learning the ins and outs of how to use the minutest aspect of their gadgets and apps. Yet here we are living in the most incredible piece of engineering, and we have not even skimmed the surface of understanding it on a physical level, let alone the energetic aspects.

     “A simple choice to feel and move in presence with ourselves is the key to learning that there is far more to life than meets the eye”. Yup this is a great way to start.

     1. Great analogy Golnaz. I agree we are yet to discover the wonders and magnificence of the human body. I loved reading this blog in a moment that I was just going from a to b… it made me stop and be present with my body.

     2. The iPhone has just had its 10th birthday, and we know more about how it functions than our bodies, and we have been at that for 100s of years and are still not sure how our body works!

331. This blog needs to be read again and again. The wisdom here is profound and if fully understood, has the potential to change the face of health care forever.

332. “In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies,” as I read your blog I can feel that exact choice, the change between mind and body and the depth of at ease I feel when I am about the body and not the mind, when I am “with me” something that before Universal medicine I thought made not sense as I was always with me, but the reality is I was far more often in my mind and “not with me” than I had considered. The more “with me” I am, the wiser I am.

333. ‘there is a great big universe out there and the human body is our own personal reflection of the harmony and grand intelligence that is equally accessible within us, available to any body at any time’. Incredible, but true.

334. When we connect to our bodies everything changes, at work I am trying more and more to surrender to this connection but I am still a long way off holding this connection consistently, which is mad, because when I do I have energy and joy in what I do, but when I lose it I get tired and checked out.

335. You don’t have to dig very deep into the workings of the body to see how gloriously intelligent, wise and magical it is.

336. Just the fact that we walk on two legs is astonishing in itself and a miracle that should be appreciated every day.

     1. Here here Rowena. The more I study my legs and the movement of my legs the more I appreciate the intricate science of the human body and energy.

337. “Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are.”
     From my process with learning to be consciously present I can share that it is a beautiful process of unfoldment, the more I get aware, the more I can let go, the more I am able to be in conscious presence, and the more I am in conscious presence the more I get aware.

338. The more I learn about the body and the way it works, the more in awe I am of it. Recently I have been trusting my body and listening to its many signals. Simple things like when I’m tired, when I’m hungry, when I’m full and need to stop eating, when something doesn’t feel right. When I listen and don’t let what I think complicate matters, there is a flow to my days that feels very harmonious and easy.

339. Most people think that their thoughts are quick and know the solution for all their problems, but they have forgotten their bodies. The wisdom of our body is so much quicker – it is instant so to speak. It is really time to re-connect to this inner wisdom again.

340. We do indeed operate just like a head on legs, with our minds thinking thinking thinking, then the body ends up being completely left behind and at the mercy of all that thinking. We can think we are hungry when we are actually not hungry because of the disconnection between the head and the body.

341. Quite extraordinary is the functioning of our bodies, as you have so clearly highlighted Cherise. It is our responsibility to expand, align, learn and live from the constant messages our bodies communicate.

342. We can grow a human inside of us, I mean seriously, I never really marvelled enough over this fact, even though I have actually experienced it first hand! If we are only currently using a fraction of our intelligence, then imagine what is possible if we begin to use the whole body and what it has on offer. I believe illness and disease in the body would be viewed very differently, awesome article.

343. The body and the mind (working) together is the beauty of every body. I used to place sole emphasis on my mind and developing this [what i called and believed was my intelligence] in isolation of true connection to my body. Body-connection and its harmonic stasis is the true intelligence, because in such connection we receive all the answers we’re looking for; no book or grade required ; )

344. In the flow of life our connection to our bodies and the building of presence is a beautiful movement which allows us to indeed feel our natural interdependence and connectedness to the all.

345. The point here being that this universal intelligence is available to everyone at any time they choose no matter what choices they have made leading up to it. There is no such thing as punishment for making less than desirable choices. Consequences, for the person making a less than loving choice, yes, but never ever are we stripped of our ability to connect to ourselves if that’s what we choose.

346. To understand this is to have turned the key to understanding that we are far, far more than we have been led to believe.

347. Your sharing indicates if but elucidates us all to realise that we all do in fact have an ability that is far greater and grander than our minds to understand life and what we are observing and experiencing. If we try to understand life purely from the level of our minds we are also locked into seeing life from the point of view of pure physicality and that we are in human bodies and that is all we are. When we are more present and aware of life from the point of view of our bodies we can see that there is in truth far more going on than meets the eye and that there is a deeper level to life than purely the flesh.

348. The more I study the universe and the body I am so amazed at everything we are a part of.

     1. Yes me too Vanessa and I have often marvelled at how our bodies when they work in harmony are very much like the universe – the parts constantly working together in harmony with each other.

349. Its a great point, our body does so much without us thinking about it, but we think our minds are in charge!

     1. Stopping to appreciate our bodies makes such a difference to the way we are then prepared to treat our bodies. Wouldn’t it be lovely if young children were taught this at school when they we learning about physicality and movement?

350. Yes we often are searching for confidence in life and actually it comes from being present with our bodies, like really feeling them from the inside out. In the past I was quite shy and always looking at others for guidance and truth never really doing my own thing but now I learnt about the Gentle Breath Meditation and connecting to my body, really feeling it I feel more sure and strong in myself than I have experienced before.

     1. Beautiful Lieke, It’s a great release and empowering to realise we already hold everything we need within ourselves.

     2. Yes, I agree Leike, for me although on the outside I presented confidence, the confidence was not true. It is only since I have started living from within and becoming far more present in my body with what I am feeling that I have become confident in a true sense and it now takes quite a bit to throw me off my feet.

351. What I felt when reading this blog full of Divine Wisdom, is that we are to (could) learn from our body that everything is to work together. Harmoniously. That any fight, any tension, any pain is a signal that there’s something not flowing. Rather than our body telling us to be wrong. The cooperation and Will to work harmoniously together with us is stupendous. It never judges, it doesn’t hold back, it doesn’t hold on to issues (in the past), it doesn’t compare. It simply is. My body as the marker of truth! As my friend, partner, teacher to support me bringing the best out of me.

     I write this in complete contrast of how I used to think about my body and treated my body. I was very hard and put my body through a lot of sports, eating foods and drinking alcoholic and very sugary beverages. I’m proud of myself to have re-build the relationship with my body.

352. Presence in the body allows a huge expansion. And as is shared here – the wisdom of the universe can be accessed if we so choose. If i consider my body to be a vessel then it makes me much more aware of the quality and care of my choices.

353. Cherise I found what you said here to be breath taking because it is so true and yet we take it for granted
     “The sheer fact that the human body can literally hold and build another body during pregnancy is beyond profound!”
     When scientists talk of the ‘big bang’ theory it seems to me that every time the egg and sperm unite the fusion is similar to the explosive action of the beginning of a universe. There has to be a blue print if you will because the cells know exactly what to do and when. To me there has to be a master scientist behind all this wonderment and yes you have guessed it, for me it has to be God, can you imagine just what a magnificent scientist he truly is.

354. A great expose of commonly understood intelligence by looking at the true intelligence of the body when we are present with ourselves.

355. It is through presence and acceptance of our bodies that we get to know ourselves and thereafter, God.

356. When I am in connection with my body there is a palpable joy and a lightness, a willingness to observe and learn, a connection with my heart, a deep felt love and an honest and open expression. No doubts.

357. To surrender to what is naturally within us is a movement in stillness.

358. As above, so below – and so within. The intricacies of the body, and its grandness, is but a reflection of the delicate and magnificent vastness of the universe… and vice versa.

359. It is indeed through presence with the body that one discovers that intelligence is not limited to the mind.

     1. And intelligence is not something to be gained – we are intelligence itself when we stop to connect with and accept this truth.

360. How all the different systems in the body work together is a miracle to me, the circulatory system, the lymphatic system, the nervous system, the autonomic system, the energetic system and the articular system, the glandular, digestive and organic systems, all working together trying to keep the body in harmony. The body needs help and support from us to maintain this, when we live our lives in connection with it, it can serve us well.

361. It wasn’t until we had our son that I really began to appreciate how the body works – it blew me away. How these little microscopic things form and grow into babies – and then the relationships formed after they arrive. And then wait a second, how my body works and functions – yeah it was a bit of an awesome revelation.

362. I know from my experience that the moment I consciously choose to be present in my body that my thoughts change, the flow of the words I speak are more tender, they hold another and myself and they always bring wisdom to a situation. To responsibly choose to be present in my body is not just for me, I can feel that it is a gift to all, a joy to live. A way of living that I no longer want to shy away from.

363. The very difference in how we are with ourselves and others, in how we speak, what we say and how we move is like chalk and cheese, as how we think, speak and respond is very different when we choose to be fully in and with our body.

364. Presence and surrender are powerful combinations in bringing a solidness and sureness to the body. There is truly a beauty in feeling this.

365. What a great analogy you share here Cherise. When in disconnection from my body, there is no sense of even having a body attached to my head, or even aware of how my feet are placed on the ground as I am walking. The mind in control this way is deeply harming to our bodies and to others as we push through with no awareness of them in front of us.
     “In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies, not just in our minds or our thoughts, as this can often feel like we are no more than a severed head floating by!”

366. Staying in the head keeps us penned into a false version of life. If we live in and from our heads then we restrict ourselves from accessing the truth. On the other hand when we live from our bodies then we open up a portal into the world of truth and the swatch of dirty lies that surround us start to drop away.

367. The decisions I make in life are infinitely wiser when I take the simple step to stop and catch my breath, breathe in and out slowly and gently.

368. Awesome to be reminded about the complexity, grandness and divine nature of the human body. It innately knows what to do, when we honour and care for it.

369. Our very physiology is designed for our awareness of life and our environment to come from our body – every signal the brain gets about the world around you comes from the body – the more presence we bring to it, the greater space there is to tune in to those signals

370. At the moment my focus is to be present in my body every time I am going from A to B and I can say that it is a real challenge. Just walking through a hallway or going to the toilet, actually a few steps but I notice I am busy with everything except my body. The difference with when I am present is huge, I feel the weight on my feet in every step and the strength this gives to my body and my whole being and it definitely makes me less tired too.

371. With such a beautiful understanding of what is truly available with-in us it belies, belief and logic that we can think doing anything else is more interesting, entertaining or important. While we might kid ourselves with these thoughts for a period of time, but eventually we may feel there is no satisfaction, sustainability or even truth if we are willing to be honest.

372. ‘there is a great big universe out there and the human body is our own personal reflection of the harmony and grand intelligence that is equally accessible within us’ – Gorgeous Cherise. And a great question to ask based on what you’ve shared, is whether we appreciate our own body as much as we appreciate the stars shining every night, the sun and universe as a whole? This would be a very interesting question to ask astrophysicists and astrologers too.

373. I know from my experience that at times we can actually fight against our natural way of being present in our body, which is crazy, however I know there is a part of me which is resistant and over time I have come to learn why and how. This makes it easy to start to look at what to let go of to bring more presence into my life.

374. There is no doubting that our body has a “grand job description it is dedicated to” but it seems that we have been raised not to acknowledge and honour that, as in the main most of us tend to treat it simply as a vehicle to get us from one place to another in the fastest possible time, often abusing it in the process. To get to know our body and its amazing ways and to work in partnership with it will only serve to build a foundation that will support us through life.

375. Without presence in our bodies we cannot know who we truly are.

376. When we connect with our bodies and develop presence in our movement we are able to feel the words Cherise scattered in the intro paragraph, they struck me with their beauty and knowing that this is how we can relate to ourselves. Listing them I can appreciate the loveliness of a body in harmony with itself: consistency, flow, cycle, heavenly, profound, deeply exquisite, intricately detailed, magnificently intelligent, harmonious, dedicated…

377. What an absolutely beautiful sharing and understanding of the amazingness we all are part of, heavenly and immensely magnificent, flowing and simple through our bodies, divinity with endless ease and magic. The knowing that “There is a quality within each of us that is not so far from reach and to surrender, connect to and experience this quality brings with it a tangible warmth, a sense of healing and an acceptance of living in the here-and-now that many of us often crave in daily life.” This is a very real supportive golden sharing for everyone.

378. “There is something so harmonious about the human body, its connections between all systems and the grand job description it is dedicated to; whilst it has the natural potential to live it all, coherently and effortlessly with each cell playing its role within the whole.” I often marvel at the way the body works Cherise, how it continuously carries on doing what it does to keep everything in working order to keep us alive because that is what it does. We don’t need plugging in as it’s all there within us. But we do have a responsibility to take care of this body so that it can continue to do its job to the best of its ability – if we negelct it in anyway then it cannot support us fully and we pay the price.

379. “In each and every moment there is an opportunity to be present inside our bodies,” This is such a simple statement but the implications are huge. If we actually do this life becomes so different. Our focus changes, our attitudes change, the way we feel about ourselves changes, and our bodies can feel awesome. Such a seemingly simple thing that can be so life changing.

380. Cherise no matter what has gone on in my day, the one thing, the only thing that confirms how my day has been is the quality of presence that I feel in myself. With that it is easy to check in and see how I am actually doing vs how I may think I am going. Presence is something that I avoided all my life but the more I bring this into the moment by moment choices I make the more amazing my life feels.

381. Everything changes when we are fully present in our bodies.

382. As I read the first paragraph about how amazing it feels to stop and feel the very subtle movement of our lungs when we breathe, I felt a letting go of tension and a reminder of how innately delicate we all are. It’s a very beautiful blog Cherise.

383. When we look at it objectively, choosing to not be fully present in our bodies is a very odd thing to do. And as I sit here and feel what it is like to experience this, there is a clear sense of anxiousness in this separation from self. Then, as I return to be as present as I can be, I feel a sense of calmness if not surrender as my body and being relax into a state of unity. Anxiety is something I have experienced a lot in my life – and I know others do too. Perhaps returning to being in our bodies in full has an answer to this widespread issue. Well worth exploring in my view.

384. Beautiful Cherise and a brilliant reminder of that we are walking around in the most stunning piece of God’s artwork going and anyone in any doubt need only to study the body and its immense intricacies to truly appreciate this fact. The more we choose to connect to, live within and deeply nurture this living sculpture, the more vibrancy and joy the body is able to hold. Our current awareness of just how much our bodies can deliver when truly honoured is just scratching the surface of what is truly possible.

385. To know God can’t be an intellectual thing, we can study religions and every word ever written about God but will never know him unless we feel him, and this is done with our bodies not our minds.

386. It always amazes me too how the body constantly corrects itself, whatever is poison comes out of the body in many different ways, it could be through pimples, a boil, vomiting or in a lump. It shows how we are always supported and the body makes it really clear how we are living.

387. The physical body is indeed magnificent in its harmony and imbued with and enlivened by rhythms that are of such purpose and precision that words pale into insignificance. How come we bash and mistreat the body so much and how come we keep choosing to live from the mind rather than the body?

388. Many years ago, when a close friend became pregnant and I watched her belly grow and then the baby was born and this thing kept growing – it was just amazing beyond words to witness how it was all working without anyone directing it. It knew everything. Mind was totally lost trying very hard to figure something out.

389. What I feel reading this Cherise is that we have this grand instrument and we’ve muted it down to be less than what it is by how we choose to live in it. We are designed to flow, to be in presence and yet we often do not, and the fact is we have to work at this .. we are naturally designed to flow and we have this amazing instrument which allows and support us to do so, our own piece of Divinity, our body.

390. Living from the body first is amazing and available. Recently I heard of a popular media entertainment group reporting that their greatest competitor for consumers was ‘sleep’. I felt shocked by this, because the media entertainment is asking that we deny who we are, the needs to care, nurture and love our body and to cast this wisdom aside and let them run the ‘human’ life. The more we lose connection to our body, the more lost we become as a population living on earth and the more we lose connection to the Ageless Wisdom within that is beckoning us.

391. Thank you Cherise. When we allow ourselves to feel and move in a way where we are always feeling what’s going on, there are far less checkout moments and then nasty surprises when things catch us off guard. When we choose to stay present and connected, we are all knowing and prepared for whatever comes our way next.

392. “Our whole bodies are indeed intelligent on every level and a simple choice to feel and move in presence with ourselves is the key to learning that there is far more to life than meets the eye” . . . This is a great point Cherise, you could go as far as to say that to move and feel in the presence of ourselves is the key to learning that there is far more to life than we think!

393. ‘There is a quality within each of us that is not so far from reach and to surrender, connect to and experience this quality brings with it a tangible warmth, a sense of healing and an acceptance of living in the here-and-now that many of us often crave in daily life.’ For anyone with issues of low self esteem or self worth, remembering this and connecting within is a simple way to redress the balance. This is a beautiful blog and one that I shall come back to time and time again.

394. You know I have never put things together as clearly as this. As the article is saying our bodies are more then amazing in what they can do and how they are. There is a detail to how they operate with everything supporting everything. Why then isn’t our body leading our way through life? Why would we deliberately harm something that is so so supportive and precise? This can’t be a co-incidence and how we/I move will take on another meaning after reading this, it just makes to much sense.

     1. Yes I agree, after reading this it feels so wrong to abuse the body in any way, all the intricate details within working in absolute harmony with each other whilst we are treating it in a way that is in many cases barbaric.

        1. The way to see this seems very personal though. We could say it looks like everyone is doing this or ‘everybody’ is living the same way but there is a uniqueness to each one, how we particularly blend the same ingredients together has a certain flavour. If we see this and we know how we are treating ourselves is not ‘it’ then we need to lead the change. No good telling the world what you have seen without bring it to yourself first. In more words walk your talk otherwise you are just adding a ‘better’ picture to the world that is already lost in pictures. We can only live what we truly see, deeper and deeper and then allow everyone else the same choice. One thing stands out, the way I have always learnt is from example, a living example, it gives us the question from here, how are we leading, through your mouth or through your body?

395. ‘Full presence with one’s body… does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are.’ I have felt this very strongly and it cuts the propensity to go into doubt and self-criticism.

396. I was moved to tears this morning, what a healing to read this today, thank you Cherise. Particularly by this piece of writing:

     Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are. This can expand to feelings of absoluteness and authority, confidence, beauty, self-acceptance and trust and a natural ability to communicate with people free from the needs to be liked or accepted by anyone else

     I spent so many years (possibly lifetimes) disconnected from who I truly was, and then spent much of that searching ‘out there’ to find the answers, but it was only through my connection to my body, going inwards, and being in full presence, could I connect to a deep knowing of who I am, and the connection to God, the Universe, to the sensitive and sacred and very powerful beings we are.

     And I realised today that much of my anxiousness has gone, I have healed it and let it go, and through this knowing I have felt much more absolute, authority, confidence, beauty, trust and self-acceptance.

397. I love your appreciation of the harmony of the body. It is a representation of harmony. We can assist it in this by staying connected and gentle. And being connected and gentle with others can help to bring harmony to our world.

     1. I totally agree Rebecca. The quality of harmony is so very beautiful. It does not impose and allows the grace and space for everyone to choose harmony for themselves.

398. Brilliant blog Cherise, the intelligence and wisdom of our body is totally out of this world. Yet most of the time we conveniently forget to listen to it and often abuse it especially when we are disconnected from our body. Choosing to connect to our body means we are choosing to access the intelligence of the universe, to connect to stillness and to opening up to our communication with God.

399. When I read the line about breathing into our lungs feeling heavenly I realised I hadn’t appreciated how true this is before. You’re right Cherise it does feel heavenly, after all we are divine in our essence.

400. Brilliant simple explanation of our amazing bodies, it reminded me of years ago just how enthusiastic our Biology teacher was about Biology and how everything works in harmony with each piece like the working of a time piece, everything has a rhythm with in a rhythm which makes up the human body this teacher was one of the very few that grabbed my attention because he was in awe of how everything worked and how magical Biology can be. That you didn’t have to prove something worked just marvel in the fact that it did work and superbly so. And from that there was an understanding that there is a greater power at work that makes all of this happen and then he was talking my language because there is a genius at work here and that genius is God …simple.

     1. What an amazing Biology teacher Mary and I love how you appreciated what he brought and could connect to the simplicity of what he was saying, it makes life more interesting and relatable.

401. Absolutely beautiful to read and be reminded of the truly harmonious motion of our bodies our breath can provide the fuel of love or not and yet the body still pumps blood and oxygen around, amazing.

402. Yes our bodies are amazing things! It is incredible how everything works so perfectly constantly. Realising this brings a lot of appreciation and respect for the body as really it deserves the most loving care.

403. Biology was always my favourite subject – the more detailed and microscopic the better because you get to be really humbled by the bodies unending motion and support and yet you can feel such stillness in the body

404. Ahh so gorgeous Cherise. As I feel this lovely flow in my body now I realise that the greatest freedom from any tension we may hold is to simply honour, acknowledge and accept and eventually surrender to the truth our bodies are presenting us with. What does our body want to do?

405. ‘Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are..’ When fully connected to my body I feel a sense of spaciousness and there is much more of an ability to read situations and not get so caught up in things.

406. Thank you Cherise for the reminder that all our answers, the harmony of the universe and more can actually be found within our own bodies. Reading this I feel an appreciation of what this inward connection brings to life.

407. It is our minds that make us believe we are far away from that inner quality and presence so natural to us… because when we choose to connect to that inner essence in a true way, our bodies bring that quality instantly, no questions asked.

408. Our whole bodies are indeed intelligent on every level and a simple choice to feel and move in presence with ourselves is the key to learning that there is far more to life than meets the eye. Indeed they are Cherise, truly amazing, and capable of so very much more than the mind will ever allow us to know.

409. When I look at the mechanics and science of our how body works, it certainly blows my mind away. I absolutely agree Cherise, our body is highly intelligent, and it is great to appreciate how amazing it is.

410. It’s amazing that through an appreciation of the wonder of our physical body we can see that there is so much more to life than just the physical! Truly connecting with and caring for our physical body supports us on many levels.

411. To be comfortable and really feel good in ones own body without needing any outside stimulation is something I would say most of us do not know how it feels as we have made life so much about distraction and stimulation and thus cannot feel our bodies from the inside out anymore unless they are hurting or in discomfort. However, as you describe, our bodies are an amazing clockwork and every part is working 24/7. There is much to appreciate about our bodies and so much to feel and honour.

412. I like the description of the disconnected head, and how we can create a landslide of choices that are made in separation from our body. Ultimately it is always up to us if we allow this to happen, or if we take stop moments and breathe gently in and out. When I do this I find the body is always there waiting for me.

413. How wonderful to be reading a blog about the divine and soulful nature of the human body and being, written by a health care professional, on a site about medicine. A sign that the times ‘they are a changing’ – or more so, that we’re returning to a wisdom we already know.

414. ‘we are a being with a Soul, that life may hold a greater purpose, that there is a worldliness to us and an interconnection between us and all things that we can’t access when we live solely from the mind or disregard our bodies’. Beautifull and well said. Reading this what came to me was being present (with my body and mind together) was never something that was discussed or truly brought to my attention until meeting and knowing Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine from here I can then feel and understand what you are speaking about as over the years I have felt this and do feel this more and more with my body (there are still checked out moments I have where I am not fully and completely with me but these are getting far far less). So, how important is it for us to have these conversations, particularly with the younger generations where devices etc that they are continually on (as well as adults with mobiles) are, it would seem, designed for us not to feel and be present with our body but instead just live from the mind!

415. Our bodies are a profound reflection of the universe we are all a part of. The Hunan body is designed to move harmoniously and tenderly – consider the assault we feel from a knock in the elbow or the knee, how our body will bruise and communicate pain when it’s met with force. It’s a physical fleshy tender vehicle that renivds us that we are so much much more than mere flesh – that we belong to a divine harmonious order that expands constantly as we simply allow the flow of the universe to be.

416. It’s amazing to me how we can walk around thinking we are ‘right here’ and present with the world around us, but then when someone like you Cherise inquires if we are totally there, feeling our whole body and the flow that is there, we’ll to me it shows up so clearly how we tend to live life in measured bits, to do ‘just enough’. Why on earth do we settle for this when we can choose to experience the full monty?

417. Thank you Cherise, the pathway back to the intelligence of the body is self love and being consciously present – and from there into deeper brotherhood and the whole Universe. This really emphasises the limitations of the mind!

418. Thank you Cherise, it is becoming more and more evident that living from the mind is only giving us the fraction of a life we could have in comparison to listening and living from our bodies. What really stands out is the stark difference with the quality of our movements and then how that quality impacts on the body, either in a good or bad way.

419. I run my body in a way to get from a to b – and it’s not evolving.

420. Being in the mind means to be reduced to the human temporal aspect of who we are in ignorance of the much more, the multidimensional beingness that is our whole being.

421. “Our whole bodies are indeed intelligent on every level.” Their intricacy is amazing, but do we aporeciate this? Paying attention to the quality with which we move and go about our day – with true presence – makes an incredible difference. It seems there are more hours in the day! More time, more space…..

422. Learning to reconnect and be present in my body has been a healing revolution for me resulting in establishing a lifestyle that is enhancing and enriching rather than previously living one that was self-abusive and harming.

423. Cherise for years I was seeking something, anything that would help me feel at ease with myself, i searched high and low for it, i searched everywhere except inside me. As you shared “Full presence with one’s body is not about perfection or living an idealistic life, but it does support us to feel a connection to a sense of knowing of who we truly are.” this is what I came to feel as well, its that connection to who we truly are that is the one thing that changes everything and it comes from true intelligence.

424. I so love the whole body intelligence, Cherise, it is there waiting for us to tune into it and gives us the information we need immediately without any effort. When our minds race away, the gentle breath and the body can bring us back to a harmony where mind and body return to one in harmony.

425. Most of us live in a way that seeks something – maybe love, maybe peace, maybe happiness. But what if we don’t need to seek it but in truth surrender to what is already an innateness within us? I have found that all the seeking I do actually takes me away from this innate beingness. The momentum of this seeking behaviour is strong, but the call of that which is innate in us all is powerful too and the more my awareness of it grows along with my choices to reconnect with it, the more of this presence I feel and know. To me, seeking creates it own ‘whirl of action’ like a dog chasing its tail. This ‘creation’ needs to be ceased and the work of surrender embraced to find what was within us all along.

426. I agree Cherise – Being in conscious presence with our body is key for living with presence and awareness of the quality of movement in our every moment. This is the true and natural power we all have within us to be lived and expressed (without perfection) as you share here –
     “This can expand to feelings of absoluteness and authority, confidence, beauty, self-acceptance and trust and a natural ability to communicate with people free from the needs to be liked or accepted by anyone else”.

427. How often do we stop to appreciate how intelligent our bodies are is a great question. No matter what we do our body will support us to the best of its ability and will give us reminders, not that we always want them, to come back to the love that we are. And the question also rises how often do we stop to appreciate ourselves not just our bodies?!

428. When we connect and feel from our bodies we can no longer live in the arrogance and narrowness of our mind that has very little interest in the body and it’s magical way that it supports us, even when we abuse and misuse it. There is a vast wisdom in the Universe that we can only connect to when we are present with our body, and when we do there is a greater understanding of what our true purpose is here on this planet.

429. There is an intelligence running right through nature proving without a doubt the existence of God, and through our bodies we can connect to this also and maybe then we can head for the hills when a tsunami is coming like most animals do.

430. This piece is very unifying, thank you Cherise.

431. We do ourselves a great dis-service when we take for granted, the extra-ordinary intelligence of our bodies. Without awareness that our bodies are divinely and intricately configured we are likely to mis-use and abuse it. Most of us are not present with our whole selves, we walk completely dis-connected from our body.. A re-education is needed from childhood that teaches us to appreciate, honour, and love our body as the precious vehicle it is.

432. The realisation and awareness that in essence we are all part of the Universe answers the question of ‘Why are we here?’ and calls for a responsibility to live all that we are in connection to the Divine order of the Universe.

433. I had no idea how intelligent my body is and how much I can access through listening to my body before it was presented to me by Serge Benhayon. It really is IT, the key to true intelligence as the title states, an intelligence so much grander than the mind alone could ever conceive. So focussing on the mind alone as we are taught limits us in many ways.

434. Cherise, what a stunning piece of writing, as I read your words I felt a deeper level of stillness within me, I felt the absolute appreciation of the human form. Something most of us barely consider let alone appreciate until something goes wrong and even then we blame our body for letting us down and go about working on ‘fixing it’ without stopping first to be honest about why the body got to that place in the first place. What you present here is a very accessible article that encompasses all and shows us the simplicity of connecting to the grandness that we are from.

435. Although being present in my body is powerful it is not yet that simple for me to maintain through the day as I am so used to wander off in my mind that I find myself many times not with my body but in thoughts instead. However, this is reality for me, what i experience that I do become more aware of how I am. If I am with my body or not and that was not the case in the past, then I was not even aware of these two ways of life. But this reconnection with my body has activated a conscious that is so different from that what I found in my mind, it is a consciousness that I do matter, that we all equally do matter and that we all have to come together and work as one as an answer to all the waywardness we experience in our nowadays society. And this awareness too makes that I choose more and more to be in my body over that to be with my mind instead as it feels so yummy to be in that warm, tender and connected body while the mind feels cold and distant.

436. Being in the mind can never come close to what it feels like to live in and from the body. When I’m in my head it’s easy to think lots of wayward thoughts, get engrossed in issues and emotions and ignore what signs my body is showing… but when I stop even for a split moment and feel my body from inside, how it feels to move and go about doing what I need to do, I instantly feel a delicateness again that I can say ‘yep that’s me’.

     1. Yes Aimee I feel the same. That split second when we feel out of sorts our emotions start to creep in and bring down the quality that we are living is a reminder to go back to the true source – the body that provides all the answers waits patiently for us to appreciate all that it offers.

437. From Heaven down to Earth you have captured our place in the Universe so gorgeously Cherise. In a single breath we have all that is required to return to the truth of who we are. The ‘hard part’ is making the choice thereafter for every breath in to be in accordance with this quality we have aligned to and thus move our body in tune with this.

438. I love what you have offered in contemplating that there is more to us that living solely from the intelligence of the mind or in disconnection and thus disregard of the wisdom of the body… but rather a divine interconnection and universality when the 2 are combined, through a choice to be present and move in honour of this combined communication… and the magnificence of what is then possible when we do. Indeed a stunning way to move through life.

439. Beautiful article Cherise – it is amazing what a simple decision like connecting to our bodily presence can do in bringing awareness, bringing the power of observation and opening up to us the love and truth that is ours and belongs to the whole universe .

440. Truth is, so very many of us walk around in denial of this amazingness that is the human body, and the richness available to us, should we commit to living in a deep sense of presence with, and honouring of, it.

441. You can really feel when a person is present in their body. Their movements have a very different quality.

442. Being supported by Serge Benhayon to connect to my own true way of breathing via Gentle Breath Meditation at a Universal Medicine presentation was a life changer for me. This simple technique is available to all and the words, ‘Full presence with one’s body … can expand to feelings of absoluteness and authority, confidence, beauty, self-acceptance and trust and a natural ability to communicate with people free from the needs to be liked or accepted by anyone else,’ so show the possibilities available for everyone to enjoy as a flow-on from choosing to breathe gently during our days as well.

443. The simplicity and wisdom in life is all within us and carried with our bodies. We have everything we need and have always been looking for. We are re-learning though, the way to access this in more depth, when it is love that we choose.

444. This is a revealing sharing Cherise! There is no doubt that while we focus on the past and the future, our lives in the now are vacant and this allows in an energy that takes over where we left off and is basically running us!

445. The brain doesn’t like to admit that it is not the boss. The body waits patiently for us to listen to its wisdom.

     1. The endless patience and constant reminders from the body are incredible, the body never gives up on us, showing us with subtle and not so subtle reminders where we are off track.

     2. Is it the brain that doesn’t like to admit it’s the boss, or is it us that doesn’t like to admit we ignore and override our bodies so much?

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