10/19/2025
Slowing down and listening to your body when it tells you it’s tired and stressed is KEY to avoiding burnout. Take a moment and check in with your body.
Turn your attention inward. Notice how you’re breathing.
Then take a few slower, deeper breaths. Make your out-breaths a bit longer, and gently blow out as if through a straw, long and slow. It might help to close your eyes.
Get curious and interested in what’s going on in your body. Don’t judge – this is NOT about assessing, approving or grading feelings. Just notice what’s going on without trying to change anything.
Skin: Can you feel moving air against your skin? Prickling? Heat or cold? Sensitivity? Or something else?
Stomach/ gut: Is there a sense of constriction? Openness? Expansion? Clenching? Quivering? Hardness? Or something else?
Chest/ lungs: Does your chest feel tight and held-in? Relaxed? Vulnerable? Limited? Or something else?
Throat: Does your throat feel blocked? Raw? Neutral? Delicate? Or something else?
Eyes, jaw and face: Is there tension? Relaxation? An urge to tighten, or loosen? Or something else?
Neck and shoulders: Are you armouring or bracing against something? Or do you feel loose and open? Or something else?
Arms and hands: Can you feel an impulse to hit out, or to pull in? Is there jitteriness or snapping? Or something else?
Legs and feet: Do they want to stamp? Jiggle? Do they feel wobbly or strong? Or something else?
Use this check-in to gain more awareness about yourself and it can provide you with knowledge about how your body is feeling.
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