The Body is the Gateway to Spiritual Opening

Fully inhabiting the body is what provides us with direct spiritual connection & mystical experience. ⁠ ⁠

As I continue integrating early trauma and INHABITING my body more deeply,⁠ ⁠

The aliveness of all that surrounds me & how it communicates with me becomes increasingly evident ✨⁠ ⁠

While the mind can conceptualize spirituality, it is the body that experiences spiritual connection as real.⁠ ⁠

This is what makes trauma integration such an integral part of the spiritual path.⁠ ⁠

We can only inhabit the body to the extent that it is SAFE to do so - and this has to do with nervous system capacity.⁠ ⁠

Many teachings emphasize the importance of OPENING. Continuously. To more love. ⁠ ⁠

But this is not the way of nature 🌿⁠ ⁠

It is not more “spiritual” to open than to close.⁠ ⁠

Both are equally necessary and if we are striving for OPENNESS while condemning the close, we end up in a place of forcing nature rather than trusting in its intelligence. ⁠ ⁠

We also end up condemning the very thing that is needed (the closing/withdrawal) in order to healthily build capacity in the body to experience more love. ⁠ ⁠

To open, open, open doesn’t create space to effectively navigate overwhelm, freeze, panic, etc which occurs as our nervous system reaches its capacity in terms of how much information it can receive, hold, & process. ⁠ ⁠

My body does not feel more alive & connected to spirit when I tell/force it to open. ⁠ ⁠

(This is also why I feel so repulsed by some of the male embodiment teachers out there who are constantly directing women to “open” themselves.)⁠ ⁠

My body *naturally* opens to more & more love as it feels MET & resourced (internally & externally) - i.e. when I experience safety. ⁠ ⁠

ATTUNEMENT, more than anything else, supports opening. ⁠ ⁠

Learning what uniquely supports you to feel RESOURCED (what guides you towards stability & safety), supports opening. ⁠ ⁠

And *not* condemning closure —> supports opening.⁠