The Art of Listening Inward ~ Your Body Has Been Trying to Reach You

We are trained to listen outward — to noise, to demands, to other people’s needs. But what happens when you slow down enough to listen to you? Not just your thoughts. But your breath. Your tension. Your emotions. Your longing.

This is the art of listening inward. It’s a practice of turning toward yourself — not to fix, but to feel. To notice the messages your body has been trying to send.

And it begins with a quiet question:What part of me is asking to be heard today?

Your Mind Speaks in Thoughts

Let’s begin at the top — the brain. What thoughts are looping right now? Are they helpful or unkind? Focused or scattered? You don’t need to manage every thought. You just need to meet them with awareness. Notice. Name. Breathe. That’s enough.

Your Eyes Reveal Your Focus

Where is your attention going? What are you noticing — about the world, or about yourself? Your gaze has wisdom. It tells you what you’re drawn to. It tells you what you avoid. Tuning into your eyes is really asking: What am I willing to see more clearly today?

Your Ears Echo Your Inner Voice

That voice in your head — is it loud or soft? Gentle or demanding? What are you telling yourself, without even realizing it? We all carry inner scripts. Some are healing. Some are inherited. Listening inward means interrupting autopilot and asking: Is this voice mine — or is it someone else's?

Your Mouth Holds Truth

Not everything you feel has been spoken. Sometimes, the truth lives in the tension between your throat and your heart. What are you holding in? What haven’t you said — even to yourself? You don’t have to speak it aloud. But you do need to let it be real.

Your Heart Knows What You’re Carrying

Your heart doesn’t lie. It holds what’s raw, what’s rising, what’s ready. What are you feeling today — without explanation or apology? Let your emotions exist without rushing them out the door. The act of naming a feeling is what frees it.

Your Hands Reveal Your Holding

Hands are storytellers. Are they clenched, restless, giving, gripping? Are you holding tension that isn’t yours? Are you grasping something you’ve outgrown? Feel your hands. Ask what they’re trying to release.

Your Feet Know Where You’re Headed

Feet ground us. They carry us forward — or away. Where are you standing right now? Are you rooted in your truth, or drifting from it? Don’t just ask where you’re going. Ask whether it’s where you want to go.

This Is How You Come Home

Listening inward is how you build trust with yourself. It’s how you get honest. It’s not always comfortable. But it’s real. And over time, it becomes a kind of home ~ There's No Place Like Soul.