Living In The Practice

Embodiment and Everyday Devotion

In Part One I shared the beginnings of awakening— the moment when clarity starts to pierce through, revealing our patterns and calling us back to truth.

In this second part, I explore what happens when this process becomes more about embodied integration and less about chasing intellectual insights.

We get curious about what these new insights actually mean for us, on a practical level. A new question arises:

How do I live now?

This is about a lived commitment to stay with ourselves, to explore and to attune— even when it would be easier to disconnect.

Here is where the real work lies—not in the peak moments or grand revelations, but in the quiet moments. The gradual shifts. The everyday choices.

We realise the work was never about the big breakthroughs, but about allowing the system to reorganise itself in new, helpful chosen patterns.

In this way, authenticity can be not just concept but something deeply personal that arises from real needs, wants and preferences.

Regulation: Being with Life

Learning to regulate my nervous system has been a game changer when it comes to making this work practical.

This doesn’t mean seeking calmness all the time. It’s about having the capacity to be with the waves of life without abandoning ourselves.

I’ve come to understand that my nervous system does hold the map, and that my task is to learn how to decode it.

When I’m out of alignment, my body tells me. When something feels true, I experience a quiet clarity. When something isn’t aligned, I feel contraction. I try not to override these signals anymore. This is my practice.

The body is not an obstacle to healing—it is the healing. It holds the stories, the trauma, the longings, and also the wisdom, the potential for restoration, and the blueprint for our return to wholeness.

Ask yourself:
How does my body communicate with me when you I am in or out of alignment? What does my body need to feel more connected?

Mind-Body Connection

I used to seek clarity by thinking my way through everything—believing that if I could just understand, I’d finally feel safe enough to feel.

And sometimes, I still do that.
Because cognitive insight can be powerful. It’s a piece of the puzzle—just not the whole picture.

The truth is, the body speaks a different language.
It communicates through sensation, contraction, subtle impulses, and quiet yearning. It tells the truth before the mind has a chance to know.

Learning to listen to this language has felt like entering into a sacred intimacy with myself— and it never fails to enrich me.

It’s not always easy, but it is an art.
The art of bridging mind and body so they no longer compete, but collaborate—leading to internal coherence, trust and truly aligned action.

Somatic inquiry: What do I sense right now? Where does it live in my body?

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Somatics as a Lens of Exploration

Somatic work isn’t just about releasing trauma. In fact, we don’t release but reorganise ourselves from within.

In doing do, we cultivate a relationship with your inner world. We learn to stay. To soften. To respond, rather than react.

Attuned Presence, Conscious Breath, Slowness, Movement, Stillness are my tools— they bring me back to myself, especially when I’ve veered into old habits of recoiling, isolating, proving, or pushing through.

These practices return me to what’s real, to what’s here now, and remind me that healing doesn’t require sophisticated methods. It requires attunement.

Lately, my practice has deepened into the body’s intelligence, especially in the pelvis, womb, and root. This space holds so much: emotions I never processed, stories I inherited, and power I forgot was mine.

Reconnecting to these parts is not about performing or achieving; it’s about coming home to myself.

It’s a quiet, cellular remembrance.

This type of healing isn’t dramatic. It’s often subtle. And it allows the system to return to its genius— its natural rhythm of regulation, resilience, and self-trust.

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Healing As a Daily Devotion Can Look Like:

• Saying no, even when it might disappoint someone

• Letting rest and restoration be foundational, not earned

• Returning to my senses when I go into exhausting figure-out mode

• Being honest about my needs and capacity

• Tending to the parts of me that feel resistant or conflictive

• Leaning into my discomfort in small ways, as a practice of resilience

• Coming back to the simplicity of “what do I need right now?”

Reflection:
What would devotion to myself look like in this season? How might I start to honor my truth in small, everyday ways?

Stay with what arises. Let it guide your next small action.

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Thank you for walking with me. This path is rarely linear, but it is rich. If something in this article moved you, I’d love to know. Feel free to share, reflect, or simply let it land in your body. ❤️