Did you know that your adult body is more than muscles, bones, and memories
- Nowena Piispa
- Oct 15
- 1 min read
Did you know that your adult body is more than muscles, bones, and memories — it’s a living record of how our nervous system learned to survive childhood.
If you grew up in safety, your body likely learned to rest, to breathe deeply, to trust.
But if you grew up around chaos, fear, or emotional neglect, your body might still be carrying those early instructions — to stay alert, to tighten, to never fully exhale.
That’s why healing isn’t just “thinking positive” — it’s rewriting the language of your body.
So when you tremble, freeze, overthink, or shut down… it’s not weakness.
It’s your nervous system doing what it learned long ago — trying to keep you safe.
The work now is gentle re-education:
❤️🩹 to teach your body that it’s safe now,
❤️🩹 to breathe deeper, to soften, to stay.
Because every time you calm your body,
you are healing your history. 💫
Take a deep breath with me — right here, right now — and remind your body: we’re safe. 🤍
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