When I first started talking about intuition on the Hysterectomy Association, I didn't realise that was what I was referring to. I used to explain that we'd stopped listening to our body, and that the best thing anyone recovering from surgery was to learn to pay attention as it would always let us know what was needed.
Over time, I came to call it 'the still small voice within', the one that often can't be heard because of the cacophany of noise produced by ourselves and society. More recently, I think of it as both the still small voice and a way of listening three ways: with our ears to what actually comes out of our mouths, with our bodies because it is still a great barometer of where we are headed, and finally listening to our lives - as it indicates where we've come from and can point towards where we are headed.
Intuition is of course, more than all these as it is also that which 'knows' and will guide us if we let it.
You are so welcome Linda and the ladies who were reading your writing so lucky to have found you.
It is a tricky one that we have largely been conditioned out of and is referred to and alluded to in many different ways. Sometimes It seems intangible to a lot of people because we are so stuck in our heads most of us, trying to be logical.
I found while working with Irene Lyon on Nervous System Regulation work she uses the word 'impulses.' We were taught to follow our impulses for the basic bodily functions to begin with. Rather than ignoring the body's impulse to pee for example (because that's what we were taught) to go and pee when needed. Gradually, by following these basic impulses we learn to recognise more creative impulses and get a sense of what we really want to spend our time doing and therefore our and purpose. It fascinates me. :o)
When I first started talking about intuition on the Hysterectomy Association, I didn't realise that was what I was referring to. I used to explain that we'd stopped listening to our body, and that the best thing anyone recovering from surgery was to learn to pay attention as it would always let us know what was needed.
Over time, I came to call it 'the still small voice within', the one that often can't be heard because of the cacophany of noise produced by ourselves and society. More recently, I think of it as both the still small voice and a way of listening three ways: with our ears to what actually comes out of our mouths, with our bodies because it is still a great barometer of where we are headed, and finally listening to our lives - as it indicates where we've come from and can point towards where we are headed.
Intuition is of course, more than all these as it is also that which 'knows' and will guide us if we let it.
Thanks for the timely reminder Karen. xx
You are so welcome Linda and the ladies who were reading your writing so lucky to have found you.
It is a tricky one that we have largely been conditioned out of and is referred to and alluded to in many different ways. Sometimes It seems intangible to a lot of people because we are so stuck in our heads most of us, trying to be logical.
I found while working with Irene Lyon on Nervous System Regulation work she uses the word 'impulses.' We were taught to follow our impulses for the basic bodily functions to begin with. Rather than ignoring the body's impulse to pee for example (because that's what we were taught) to go and pee when needed. Gradually, by following these basic impulses we learn to recognise more creative impulses and get a sense of what we really want to spend our time doing and therefore our and purpose. It fascinates me. :o)