Body As A Resource.

Healing comes less like a falcon

with mighty wings,

and more like an earthworm

that slowly, slowly moves

beneath it all, tightening up,

then stretching out, tightening up

and stretching out, a simple

two-part rhythm. Some days,

that is all the body can do.

Contract. Expand. Contract. Expand.

In the meantime, through this

artless act, what is dense

becomes porous.

In the meantime, what is stuck

and clotted gets moved around.

What is dead passes through,

is processed by the grit inside.

There are tunnels now in the soil of me,

thin channels of recovery —

a blessed loosening,

a gradual renewal. It’s unhurried, but

I feel the air, the rain,

the life coming in. - How the Healing Comes, By Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer 

When the body is a resource, we know when to expand into connection, and when to contract and disconnect.

When the body is a resource, we can be present with a sensation, a feeling, or a memory without needing to flee or fight it away.

When the body is a resource, we are embodied.

In order for the body to be a resource, it first needs to be resourced and nourished.

There are many ways to nourish and resource the body so that it grows in capacity and regulation, and ultimately becomes a resource for our healing.

When the body is a resource, it becomes an ally for our healing work.