27/08/2025
The truth about self-care and the nervous system is that we may be doing many practices and self-care routines.
Yet our nervous systems keep getting overwhelmed, frazzled, frozen and in survival…. Have you ever wondered why?
It isn’t so much about what you may be doing or not doing, but rather how you are relating to what you are doing.
If you fail to be attuned to the internal signals that are pointing towards the real need within your internal system, what you are doing may be sending you into further survival states.
This is the main reason why results may not be happening for you in your practices. Yes, you may be doing all the things and getting the dopamine hit of ticking the box but regulation, ease and nervous system nourishment is not happening.
This can lead to not keeping up with practices, losing interest, moving from one thing to another…. Sound familiar?
Attuenement and embodiment focus on building awareness of the internal signals of your body and then tend to whatever you choose to do from a place of inner knowing, rather than what you think may be the best thing to do, tending to the core need from the inside out and not the outside in.
This way your nervous system and body will be receiving nourishment and the support it needs to feel at ease and alive.
Here is an example:
I choose to do a yoga practice every morning, I tick the box and I feel satisfied and good that I’ve done it, it helps me get through the day. Long term my nervous system keeps being easily dysregulated.
Now if I first tune in to what’s happening inside my body, I notice places of tension/contraction/stiffness. Then I can choose a sequence that tends to the softening of those places, and I give my full attention to what is happening inside of my body as I am doing it. I am nourishing myself from the inside out and the outside in, building long term resilience.
Working with attuning to the internal signals of my body has been a truly life changing practice of mine and this is exactly what we are working on within Permission, a 3-month embodiment mentorship for women.
In just a week I am offering a 3-Week Taster for just £45.
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