All About You

Picture Credit: Lakshmi Ambady

This body

Of mine — carved of breath and bone,

The most sacred temple I have ever known.

Its walls of flesh, its veins of fire,

A vessel frail, yet full of choir.

The hands that tremble, reach, and mend,

The feet that carry me through journeys’ end,

The heart, a drum of an ancient beat,

Still marching on, through joy and heat.

The skin remembers sun and rain,

The scars -a script of love and pain,

The lungs hold storms, and winds of grace,

The eyes reflect both time and space.

My body bends, breaks, and it learns to heal,

It teaches me what touch can feel.

It births, it bleeds, it learns to die,

And yet lifts me always toward the endless sky.

So, I honour not just my soul or my mind—

But limbs and lungs and all that’s entwined.

For in this shell of blood and clay,

The sacred lives and lights the way.

Your Body Doesn’t Just Carry Your Pain — It Carries You Through It

Your body is a container — a vessel that holds everything you feel, sense and experience. But pain, especially, seems to leave a mark always. Whether it’s physical aches or emotional weight, we tend to associate the body with the burden it carries. But we often forget something essential: the body doesn’t just hold pain — it helps us move through it.

Your heartbeat doesn’t stop when your heart breaks. Your lungs keep breathing, even when anxiety tries to steal your breath. Your legs still carry you, step by step, even when life feels too heavy to move forward.

Your body is more than a silent witness to suffering — it’s your most loyal companion. Through grief, heartbreak, illness, or exhaustion, it shows up for you every single day. It bends but doesn’t break. It adapts. It heals. It holds memory and strength in equal measure.

So, the next time you feel frustrated with your body — for hurting, for feeling tired, for not looking or performing the way you want — pause. Take a moment to thank it. Not for being perfect, but for being resilient.

Because your body isn’t just carrying your pain.

It’s carrying you.

Respect it. Love it. Be curious about it.

Somatic experiencing is a way to be friends with your body. Somatic experiencing is simply-

All about You.