Why We MUST Talk About Body, Mind and Spirit

We put body, mind and spirit on everything. Websites, workshop descriptions, little signs beside a candle (yah we do...). It looks ...well....spiritual?  Lovely? Then we get into intuitive development and spend the entire conversation talking about spirit, as though the body and mind have gone out for coffee and aren't involved anymore.

I want us to actually talk about all three! Especially when we're teaching people to connect with their intuition. Because the person doing that connecting has a body, a mind, a history, and a life that doesn't stop just because they've sat down with a deck of cards.

You still have to be you while you're doing this work. That includes the you who didn't sleep well, has a difficult conversation hanging over their head (ugh), or forgot to eat before class. Being interested in spirit doesn't remove any of that. And pretending it does makes this work a whole lot harder than it needs to be.

I've worked in this field for more than 25 years, and I still want to know how someone is doing before we start pushing for a bigger spiritual experience. There should be room to say, “I'm exhausted today,” without someone immediately deciding it's an ascension symptom. Please..... Let's give being tired a fair shot at being tired.  

Your body is involved because it's where you experience your life. If you notice a sensation during a reading, you need some familiarity with what you were feeling before the reading began. Otherwise, you're trying to interpret something without knowing your own starting point. (Also known in my Mentorship circles as learning your baseline to learn your Intuitive Language....)

Let's say your shoulders were already tight when you arrived. Ten minutes into an exercise, they're still tight. That doesn't necessarily give you information about the person you're reading. It gives you a reason to pause and notice yourself. You can acknowledge the sensation without rushing to assign a spiritual explanation to it.  I say this a lot because we DO this alot.  

The pause  - well it matters. We're so excited to receive something that we forget we're already bringing something into the room.

The mind deserves the same consideration. I don't teach people to treat their mind like an enemy they need to shut down. It's doing a job. It remembers, makes connections, asks questions, and tries to understand what we're experiencing. Of course it's involved in how we interpret intuitive information.

The useful conversation is about noticing what we're adding. You receive an impression of a red coat, and your mind immediately remembers your grandmother's red coat. That's an association worth noticing. It doesn't automatically mean the impression belongs to your grandmother, or that everyone receiving red should interpret it the same way.  Again - reference here to your own Intuitive Language!!

Follow the impression and explore it. Give yourself the opportunity to learn how information develops for you, instead of forcing it into the first explanation that feels familiar. That takes practice, and practice is much easier when you're allowed to ask questions without feeling you've ruined the magic.

I want that kind of learning environment. We can respect spirit and still have a sensible conversation about interpretation. In fact, I believe we're responsible for doing exactly that!

Then there's the spiritual part, which matters so very much to me. My connection with spirit is part of my life and my work. I love helping people explore their own connection. But I also want that connection to support the life they're actually living. If everything becomes about the next sign or message, we need to check whether they're getting time to live any of it.

You can have a outstanding experience in meditation and still need to deal with the conversation you've been avoiding. Spirit connection doesn't make the phone call for you. Very inconvenient, I know. We'd all enjoy a guide who handled the admin, but personal responsibility remains ours.

My Philosophy

When I talk about body, mind and spirit, I'm talking about paying attention to the whole person. I don't want someone measuring their development entirely by how much information they receive. I also want to know whether they're becoming more comfortable with themselves and more able to use what they're learning in everyday life.  It's called balancing and it is mandatory in living your authentic life.

That includes recognizing when it's time to stop an exercise. You don't need to push through discomfort just to prove you're committed. You can take a break, ask for clarification, or decide today's practice needs to be simpler. Making that choice is part of getting to know yourself.

It also means being honest about what spiritual practice can offer. A circle gives you space to explore and practise. It doesn't have to carry every need in your life. You can receive support from different places without feeling you're betraying your connection with spirit.

Before your next practice, spend a minute noticing how you've arrived. Check in with your body and what's occupying your thoughts. Then choose what you want to explore spiritually. That gives you somewhere real to begin, rather than asking yourself to become an entirely different person before the exercise starts.

And afterwards, notice what you actually experienced. Leave room for “I don't know yet.” You don't need a huge explanation for every session. Learning your own patterns is useful work, even on the days when nobody's grandmother comes through and the card you pulled doesn't feel especially dramatic lol.

Take a Moment

Think about your last spiritual practice. How much attention did you give to how you were feeling before you began? Choose one ordinary thing to check next time, whether that's your comfort, your energy, or the thought you keep circling back to. Give yourself that minute before asking for more information.

If you'd like a simple weekly place to begin, Spirit Essentials offers Weekly Warm-Ups for $5 a month. For ongoing teaching and opportunities to practise with me and other guest practitioners with different spiritual and wellness modalities, there's the Spirit Essence Mentorship at $25 plus GST. Come as the person you are. That's who we're working with.

Stay Divine, Lovees, and I'll see you next week!