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Assume Your Body Always Has Something to Say
“Your embodiment is always telling a story.” –Hillary McBride, The Wisdom of Your Body What would happen if we assumed that our body is always telling a story? What if…
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Three Ways to Bring Prayer to the Body
If you’ve grown up in a Protestant church tradition, as I have, you may have learned that prayer is a spiritual and intellectual experience, not a bodily one. Prayer is…
When Pain Remains
A few weeks ago, I had a mild panic attack. My neck and shoulder had been hurting all day. But all of a sudden, the pain became almost unbearable. I…
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What Is Not Mine to Carry?
My shoulder started to hurt the day our kids went back to school after Thanksgiving break. I hadn’t done anything to injure it. Not even a round of pushups. It…
Free PDF: A Guide to Body Prayers
Free PDF: A Guide to Body Prayers Do our bodies use pain and illness to send signals to our hearts and minds? I’ve started to believe they do, at least…
Body Prayer in Action
A friend of mine just asked this question: ”Also, since this has been your jam lately, can you pray for me and/or send any thoughts about how to engage some…
Body Prayer: A Guide
Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared stories of various parts of my body. When my body aches, or when I get sick, I have learned to wonder whether the…
Body Prayer: Throat
I used to “lose my voice” often when I needed to speak in public. I canceled multiple events because I couldn’t creak out the words through my throat. Once I…
Body Prayer: Nose
I started sneezing when we were driving home from an end-of-the-summer vacation. I sneezed maybe a dozen times? I said out loud, “Am I suddenly allergic to something?” From the…
Body Prayer: Back
A few months into the Covid-19 pandemic, my back became a board. So tight I thought it might just crack open. And all my friends were saying the same thing—I…
