LIStening to your body

Have we always been in pain?
Or have we simply learned to believe that suffering is part of being human?

Maybe the real disconnection isn’t from our bodies — but from the myth that we have to suffer to prove something.

For the past few months, I’ve been dealing with stiffness and tightness — an ache in my neck, my hip — and I was so frustrated. I work out every day, I go on walks, I’m very active. So why did my body feel like it was shutting down?

My friend Constance, who’s also my osteopath, looked at me and said, “You’re stressed right now.”
And I went, “No, I’m not!”
Cue her rolling her eyes and saying, “Well, thank God you don’t feel stressed — what would it be otherwise?”
LMAO. That moment hit me.

That’s so me. And then I had to stop strength training with heavy weights. My friend Nolan, who’s a personal trainer, looked at me and asked, “But when do you rest?”
Me: “When I do Pilates!”
Him: “Not at all! You need at least one full rest day. You can go for a walk, but that’s it. Your muscles never rest — your body is exhausted.”

He shared so much with me, and I’m going to apply his insights starting today. Because it made me reflect on my relationship with my body. And you know what? At some point, healthy can become toxic. You get on autopilot and forget the core principle — listening to your body.

So here I am, reinventing my relationship with it (for the 75,848th time, but who cares!). Change, shift, move — never stay stagnant. What worked ten years ago might be completely obsolete now.

So trust yourself.

Listening to your body isn’t weakness.
It’s wisdom.
It’s resting when you need to.
Breathing deeply.
Living slowly.
Simply being.

Look at the women in the tribes — grounded, intuitive, radiant.
They remind us of something we’ve forgotten: that beauty is connection, and healing begins when we finally listen.

Much Love, 
Marine Sélénée