Your Body Isn’t Confused It’s Communicating

Lately, I’ve noticed how common it’s been to push through exhaustion and ignore the body’s cues in the name of productivity and resilience. What often brings relief isn’t doing more - it’s slowing down and reconnecting with the subtle signals that help your nervous system feel safe.

We’re taught to think of stress, emotion, and physical symptoms as separate problems to manage or override. But the body doesn’t work that way.

Tight shoulders. A clenched jaw. A heaviness in the chest. Chronic tension that won’t quite release. These aren’t random. They’re patterns—signals shaped by the nervous system, lived experience, and emotional load over time.

In somatic and trauma-informed work, we don’t ask, “What’s wrong with me?”

We ask, “What has my body been responding to?”

This is where subtle body chakra-based awareness—when approached gently and without dogma—can be useful. Not as a belief system or a diagnosis, but as a map for noticing where and how experience shows up in the body.

Each chakra corresponds to common physical regions and emotional themes that many people recognize intuitively: safety, expression, boundaries, connection, intuition. When attention is brought to these areas slowly, without pressure to “fix,” something important happens—the nervous system begins to feel seen rather than controlled.

Awareness creates choice.

Choice creates regulation.

And regulation doesn’t come from forcing calm—it comes from listening long enough for the body to soften on its own.

Explore This Work More Gently

If this resonates, the MindfuLL Roots Chakra Workbook was created as a simple, non-overwhelming entry point into body-based awareness.

It includes:

• Clear, grounded explanations of each chakra (no prior knowledge required)

• Body areas and emotional themes written in non-judgmental language

• Journaling prompts designed to build awareness—not analysis

• Space to move slowly, return often, and follow your own pace

This is not a diagnostic tool.

It’s an invitation to notice, reflect, and reconnect.

👉 [Purchase the MindfuLL Roots Chakra Workbook here]

Written by Thraese Brown, PMHNP, RYT200- Founder of Oliphant Holistic Health & Wellness