Trauma and the Unbound Body: The Healing Power of Fundamental Consciousness

by Judith Blackstone

To be aware of our body in this way is much better than not being aware of our body. But it is not the same as living within the body. In order to experience the difference, you can try this: PRACTICE Inhabiting Your Hands Rest your hands, palms down, on your legs. Now take a few moments to become aware of your hands. In becoming aware of your hands, you may feel how tense or relaxed they are. You may feel the temperature of your hands, whether they are cool or warm. This is becoming aware of your hands. Now enter into your hands. Become present within the internal space of your hands. Let yourself feel that you are the internal space of your hands; this is part of who you are. This is inhabiting your hands. I remember one man’s response to this exercise when I first taught it to him. “This is going to sound strange,” he said to me. “But it feels as if my hands fit inside my hands. I’ve never felt that before.”

Exercise for 'being inside' your hands.