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Read more about the article Assume Your Body Always Has Something to Say
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Assume Your Body Always Has Something to Say

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:October 24, 2022
  • Post category:Faith/Healing
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“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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Read more about the article Three Ways to Bring Prayer to the Body
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Three Ways to Bring Prayer to the Body

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 22, 2022
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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…

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When Pain Remains

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 9, 2021
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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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Read more about the article What Is Not Mine to Carry?
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What Is Not Mine to Carry?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:December 6, 2021
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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…

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Free PDF: A Guide to Body Prayers

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 24, 2021
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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…

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Body Prayer in Action

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:August 11, 2021
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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…

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Body Prayer: A Guide

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 27, 2021
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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…

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Body Prayer: Throat

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 20, 2021
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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…

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Body Prayer: Nose

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 13, 2021
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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…

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Body Prayer: Back

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:July 6, 2021
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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…

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