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Article 22<br />
Are you present<br />
with Your Body?<br />
Marizete Da Silva<br />
Most of the people are not present in<br />
their bodies, they are in their heads,<br />
they are in the future. They think they<br />
are creating their life, but how can you<br />
create your life without being present<br />
with your body?<br />
Another thing that can stop us from<br />
being present in our bodies is using<br />
force by ignoring its choice. Like when<br />
you start to do an exercise that your<br />
body hates to do just because other<br />
people are doing it. And you want<br />
to fit in the standards reality. What if<br />
your body is different and has its own<br />
consciousness and choice? What if you<br />
could start asking it - “hey body, what<br />
would you like to do, to eat, to wear?<br />
How much fun are you having with<br />
this person, body?” Sounds silly ?<br />
What if it is a way to start a Friendship<br />
with your body?<br />
We were born in this beautiful structure<br />
of bones, blood and glands. Firstly, we<br />
have no awareness about it. Then we<br />
start the adventure of embodiment.<br />
Do you remember the first time you<br />
knew you had a body? The first fall<br />
from a bike? The first time you felt<br />
the rain on your skin? How was it?<br />
What have you done with it ? Did you<br />
care for your body? Or did you take<br />
it for granted? How was your attitude<br />
towards this awareness?<br />
“hey body, what would<br />
you like to do, to eat, to<br />
wear?<br />
Let me tell you a story. Since I was<br />
in my mom’s uterus, I was fighting to<br />
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