What Does It Mean to Come Home to Your Body?
For many of us, “home” has never felt like a safe or steady place. Maybe growing up, there wasn’t room for our feelings, our needs, or even our voice. We learned to stay small in order to keep the peace, or abandon ourselves in order to feel like we belong.
Over time, those patterns don’t just live in our thoughts, they live in our bodies. Tight shoulders, a clenched jaw, the shallow breath, fawning to others, not setting boundaries, and we may not notice it until someone points it out. Our nervous system quietly holds the story of what we had to do to survive.
So when I talk about coming home to your body, I’m talking about creating a new kind of home in your body, one that is safe, compassionate, and has the capacity to experience vitality.
Coming Home Begins with Noticing
Coming home doesn’t mean fixing yourself. It starts with the smallest act of noticing:
The weight of your body in a chair.
The sound of your breath.
A place in your body that feels even a little bit at ease.
Why We Leave Ourselves
It’s important to name this: self-abandonment wasn’t a flaw or a mistake. It was an adaptive strategy. We learned to ignore our body’s signals, to override our “no,” to silence our voice, all in the name of getting through/survival.
The challenge is that those strategies follow us into adulthood, where they no longer serve us. We say yes when we mean no. We feel anxious setting boundaries. We disconnect from ourselves to make others comfortable.
Coming home to the body is the repair. It is no longer abandoning ourselves or our wants and needs.
The Path Back
Through somatic coaching, we create conditions for your body to feel safe enough to be heard. We listen to the language of sensation, explore gentle practices of presence, and begin building trust where there was once only disconnect.
Coming home looks like:
Listening to your body’s signals instead of overriding them.
Allowing your needs to matter.
Meeting yourself with compassion, even when old patterns arise.
This is how self-trust grows. This is how self-love becomes possible.
An Invitation
Coming home to your body is not a quick fix. It’s a gentle return, moment by moment, to yourself. And you don’t have to do it alone.
At The Woven Path, I guide women who are ready to reconnect with their bodies, reclaim their voice, and step into a life of deeper presence and self-trust.
If this speaks to you, I invite you to book a consult call to explore what this path might look like for you.
Because you deserve to feel at home in your body, your truth, and your life.