Listening to the Body: The Forgotten Language of Healing
How Compassionate Inquiry and Pain Reprocessing Therapy help us feel where emotions live in the body
“Why does my body feel heavy when I’m stressed?”
Have you ever noticed:
- A tightness in your chest when you’re anxious?
- A knot in your stomach before a difficult conversation?
- A heaviness in your shoulders when life feels overwhelming?
This isn’t random.
It’s your body speaking — a language most of us have forgotten how to listen to.
The Body Remembers What the Mind Forgets
In yoga and modern neuroscience, there’s a shared truth:
The body stores our experiences — especially the ones we couldn’t fully process.
When emotions like grief, anger, or fear aren’t expressed, they don’t vanish. They settle into the body as tension, pain, or even numbness.
This is why:
- Suppressed sadness can feel like heaviness in the chest.
- Fear may show up as a racing heart or shallow breath.
- Anger can live as jaw tightness or clenched fists.
Your body remembers what your mind tries to push away.
Pain as a Messenger: Not Just a Symptom
Many people experience chronic pain without clear medical explanations. This doesn’t mean “it’s all in your head.”
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) offers a revolutionary perspective:
- Chronic pain often arises when the brain misinterprets safe body signals as dangerous.
- Emotional stress and unresolved trauma can amplify pain pathways.
- By changing how we relate to pain — with curiosity and reassurance instead of fear — we can actually rewire the brain and reduce pain.
In other words, pain is often a message from the nervous system, asking us to slow down, feel, and heal.
How Compassionate Inquiry & PRT Help Us Listen
In my program, The Art of Witnessing using Compassionate Inquiry, I integrate CI and PRT to create a holistic healing experience:
- Gentle questioning: “Where do you feel this in your body?” and “What might this pain be trying to tell you?”
- Pain reprocessing techniques: Learning to reinterpret pain signals as safe, reducing fear and tension.
- Curiosity instead of judgment: Exploring sensations without rushing to fix or suppress them.
- Safe witnessing: Creating space for emotions and memories that may be linked to physical discomfort.
Instead of talking “about” emotions or pain, we experience them directly — and discover their hidden roots.
Yoga and Body Awareness
As a yoga therapist, I bring yogic tools into this process:
- Grounding breathwork to calm the nervous system.
- Body scans to notice subtle sensations we usually ignore.
- Mindful movement to release tension and shift emotional energy gently.
This integration of Yoga + CI + PRT creates a bridge between body, mind, and emotions — helping you reconnect with your inner wisdom.
Final Thoughts
Your body is not just a physical vessel. It is a living record of your life story — holding unspoken emotions, unhealed wounds, and even amplified pain signals.
When we learn to listen with compassion — instead of fear or judgment — we open the door to profound healing.
If you are ready to explore this inner language, I invite you to experience:
The Art of Witnessing using Compassionate Inquiry & Pain Reprocessing Therapy — a journey back to your body, your emotions, and yourself.
With presence,
Amulya Parmesh
Join Glitz Arogya and begin a journey of authentic living — through the Art of Witnessing.
About the Author :
Amulya Parmesh, MSc Psychology (BPS), YCB-certified Yoga Teacher & Evaluator, and Holistic Therapist (CI, PRT, CBT), is the founder of the Glitz Arogya Mind-Body Program. She brings a unique blend of scientific understanding and yogic wisdom to her practice. Glitz Arogya is dedicated to empowering individuals to achieve holistic well-being through integrated mind-body therapies.
