Belly Intelligence Information

Belly Intelligence is a doorway to realizing the natural and organic capacity of our body to support and inform us in an intelligent way. I call this Belly Intelligence because sensing into our belly center is the way we gain entry to this world of knowledge. Our body is a resource to be valued, not an object to be used and abused. Belly Intelligence first teaches us how to change our relationship with our body, so that we learn to trust it as a supportive ally. The body is also a storehouse of information about our relational patterns, our health, our self destructive behaviors, and our potentialities; so it can give us perspective into the recurring challenges we face day-to-day. Our body has a record, a somatic impression which reflects the impact from our environment, past and present. These impressions literally get stored in our tissue, and mentally they appear as beliefs and constructs about ourselves, the world and the relationship between the two. Belly Intelligence is also about investigating these imprints somatically, in a truthful, curious and open-ended way. Our bodies don't lie - if we listen on our bodies' terms. Once we understand these historical influences and see how they are impacting the present moment, we can also begin to explore the third level of belly intelligence: our body's innate wisdom, a perspective and understanding much deeper than the ordinary "intellect" we use in daily life. When we begin to feel and sense on a gut level, we can then bring this amazing resource to our everyday challenges. Simply put, Belly Intelligence is about understanding our somatic imprint & signature, our unique perspective in life, and our body's intuitive faculty that helps us thrive in the challenging times in which we find ourselves. WHY IS BELLY INTELLIGENCE IMPORTANT? Whenever I speak about Belly Intelligence, people always tell me, I can use some of that, I am too much in my head! When faced with any challenging issue, especially those filled with reactivity, most of us circle around in ...