11/06/2026
There was a time when I thought feeling disconnected from my body meant I needed to try harder. More yoga, more meditation, more awareness. If I just practised enough, surely the connection would come.
What I’ve learned over the years, both personally and through working with others, is that connection isn’t something we can force.
For many people, feeling disconnected isn’t a problem to be fixed. It’s often an adaptation. Sometimes it develops through stress, overwhelm, illness, trauma, grief, addiction, or simply spending years focused on getting through life rather than noticing how we actually feel.
This is one of the reasons I teach yoga the way I do. I’m rarely interested in whether somebody can achieve a particular pose. What interests me more is whether they can notice their breath, feel their feet on the floor, or spend a few moments paying attention to their experience without judgement.
And sometimes even that can feel difficult.
Some days you may not feel much at all. Some days the connection doesn’t come. In my experience, that’s not a sign that you’re doing it wrong.
The practice isn’t about forcing yourself to feel something. It’s about creating the conditions where connection can slowly begin to return. Often through the simplest things: a breath, a sensation, a moment of curiosity.
Especially if being in your body hasn’t always felt easy.
