Listening Unlocks Everything.
Listening is one of the fundamental keys for leading a life that we love!
We need to be compassionate listeners to be a loving and supportive partners. We need to be curious listeners to be the best parents we can be. We need to be sincere listeners to be incredible friends. We need to be courageous listeners to have the sex we yearn for. And we need to be highly skilled listeners to understand how to know what it is we truly desire and understand how to take action on our desires that bring us joy rather than suffering.
Our bodies are one of the most powerful messengers we have for creating joyful, satisfying lives. And yet so many of us have never been taught how to listen to our bodies. In fact, many of us have never been taught how to listen at all. Frequently, our listening skills were established by default from the example our caretakers practiced when we were children. We then either model the same version we learned or choose a reactionary stance based on how rejected we felt as young ones. Neither of these choices are an empowered, conscious choice. And neither of these choices will give us the mastery level of listening required to live a life that is magnificent.
So how do we become master listeners?
We start with our bodies.
We need to know how to decipher the magical language our bodies are speaking to us all the time. This requires us choosing to consistently show up to listen. The breath is an excellent place to start.
Breathing is something we take for granted because it does happens automatically. Yet when we pay attention to our breath, we begin to sense the quiet conversations of our bodies. When we slow down and get quiet, we begin to hear messages the constricted areas in our bodies are communicating regarding needs that are not being met. Sometimes this can be overwhelming as we begin to breathe into these places. Often times emotions will be the first thing that we sense. As we let the emotions flow and holding our attention on our breath, we can hear the deeper messages underneath. This may require getting a little uncomfortable (physically and emotionally).
Weathering this discomfort is so worth it because it brings the greatest kind of freedom, and with this freedom we have access to everything. We can hear our hearts desires with great clarity the more we cultivate the allowing of our bodies messages to come through. In every moment, all the answers that we are looking for are available. We simply need to be willing to stop and listen. Cultivating highly attuned listening skills is the golden key for unlocking the answers we seek on pleasure, joy, and a fulfilling human experience. When we refine our skills by listening to our own bodies, using the breath as an ally, we are able to give and receive from a place of sincerity and infinity.
As we venture within and begin to listen to the stories inside of our tension, we come across parts of ourselves that we shut down long ago when we were afraid to listen. Now, we get to hold, hear, and support them from a position of compassion, rather than survival mode. Nurturing ourselves with this degree of tenderness and attention profoundly changes our relationship to ourselves, unlocking doors that were previously unimaginable.
Dare to Desire!
Kristen
There are many practices that cultivate a deeper sense of listening. There is not one way to master this magnificent art. Finding at least one we resonate with is crucial for unlocking our passions and possibilities.
Copy the link below for a three part class series I recorded on listening to your body’s wisdom, creating safety within, and taking action from this fresh, empowered perspective.
https://app.mastermind.com/masterminds/9782