Most of us are used to listening with our ears.
We listen to people, to music, to instructions, to thoughts in our own minds.
But very few of us were ever taught how to listen with — and through — the body.
Yet the body is constantly speaking.
It speaks in tension. In stillness. In warmth and shivers.
It speaks through your heartbeat when you’re afraid, through your gut when something feels off, through the way your shoulders tighten when you’re holding back words.
This language is subtle. But once you learn to notice it, it’s unmistakable.
The Body Doesn’t Lie
Your mind can talk you into or out of almost anything.
It can rationalize, avoid, explain, or doubt. But your body tells the truth.
Not in words, but in sensation.
When you learn to move and pay attention at the same time — without forcing anything, without performing — you start to hear that truth.
It might come as an urge to curl up, to shake, to breathe deeper, to stretch into something you didn’t know was tight.
These small impulses are intelligence. They are your body asking for what it needs.
Movement as Listening
At Shamanic Movement Art, we don’t teach people how to move. We help people remember how to listen.
We hold space for movement to arise naturally — not from instruction, but from inner awareness.
This kind of practice isn’t about “doing it right.”
It’s about creating enough quiet to notice what’s already happening inside you.
When you let the body lead, something shifts.
Instead of trying to control or override your feelings, you give them space.
Instead of ignoring discomfort, you get curious about it.
And instead of numbing out, you begin to come alive — sometimes slowly, sometimes all at once.
What You Might Discover
You might discover that your body knows things your mind has forgotten.
That it remembers what you’ve avoided, what you’ve loved, what you’ve lost.
That it knows how to grieve, how to release, and how to come back into balance — if only you give it time and space to speak.
Listening through the body doesn’t mean having all the answers.
It means allowing yourself to be with what’s real, moment by moment, breath by breath.
You don’t need years of training to do this.
You just need willingness. Curiosity. A few minutes a day.
Your body is not a problem to be solved.
It’s a voice worth hearing.
And the more you listen — truly listen — the more whole you become.