What Your Body Knows: New Year, Same You (But Kinder)
Your body has been keeping score long before your mind caught up.
That tightness in your shoulders when you think about your goals for the year. The shallow breathing when you scroll past other people's achievements. The heaviness in your chest that shows up every morning like clockwork.
Where do you feel the weight of January right now? Place your attention there, just for a moment. Not to fix it. Just to notice.
Here's something most people don't realize: stress doesn't just live in your thoughts—it lives in your tissues. Your body remembers every deadline, every disappointment, every moment you pushed through when you should have rested.
The tension in your neck? That's accumulated pressure. The knot in your stomach? That's anxiety finding a home. The fatigue that sleep doesn't fix? That's your nervous system asking—no, begging—for a different kind of rest.
When we ignore these signals, they don't go away. They just speak louder.
Try this for 60 seconds:
Find the spot in your body that feels the heaviest right now. Place your hand there gently, like you're greeting an old friend. Take three slow breaths directly into that space.
As you exhale, whisper: "I hear you. I'm sorry I've been rushing past you."
Notice if anything softens. Sometimes acknowledgment is the first medicine.
When the spark feels gone and your body is asking for help, Inner Spark Recovery can help reignite it gently.