Welcome.
This practice is a short,
Practical way to listen for your inner yes,
No,
And not yet through your body instead of trying to think your way there.
Human design calls this your inner authority,
The way your particular body is wired to recognize what's correct for you.
Today,
You're not trying to solve a big life question.
You're just giving your body a chance to speak its own language for simple,
Everyday choices.
If it's safe,
Let yourself arrive.
Feel whatever is holding you.
Soften your jaw.
Let your shoulders drop a little.
Take a slow breath in through your nose and a longer exhale out of your mouth.
You don't have to force anything to happen.
You're here to notice.
Finding your home base in the body.
First,
We'll find a simple home base.
One place in your body that feels the most trustworthy today.
Let your awareness gently scan from head to throat,
Chest to solar plexus,
Belly and sacral,
Hips,
Legs,
Feet.
Where feels the most available or the least noisy right now?
It might be the lower belly,
Sacral,
The left side of the rib cage,
Spleen,
The mid-chest or solar plexus,
The throat or jaw.
There is no correct answer here.
You're just choosing a spot that feels like,
I can be here today.
Place a hand there if you can.
Let your breath move toward that place as you inhale.
And soften a little more as you exhale.
Quietly let that area know,
I'm listening.
A neutral baseline.
Before we bring any choices,
We'll feel how neutral feels.
With your hand still on your home base,
Notice,
What does your body feel like when it's not asking for anything?
Is the breath smooth or choppy?
Is there warmth,
Coolness,
Spaciousness,
Tightness?
On an inner scale from 1 to 10,
You might ask,
How settled do I feel right now?
Just sense a number without judgment.
This is your baseline.
Your yes and no are likely to be small movements away from or toward this baseline,
Not fireworks.
Testing yes and no with a real small choice.
Now we'll bring in a real low stakes choice from your life.
Think of something simple that's actually live for you.
With at least two options.
For example,
Tonight,
Go out with X or stay home.
Or tomorrow morning,
Say yes to that invite.
Say no or postpone.
Choose one scenario.
We'll present each option to your body,
One at a time,
And feel the difference.
Option one.
Silently say,
As if it's already decided,
I am choosing to blank.
Fill in the blank with option one.
As you say it inside yourself,
Stay with your home base.
Does the breath open or tighten?
Does your body lean forward,
Backward,
Or stay still?
Do you feel more warmth,
More aliveness,
Or a slight drain,
Collapse,
Or numbness?
Give it 10 to 20 seconds.
If words help,
You can ask,
Does this feel like a little more life or a little less life?
You're not forcing a judgment.
You're hearing that first whisper.
Now,
Release that option.
Take one cleansing breath.
Inhale.
And exhale with a sigh.
Option two.
Silently say,
I am choosing to blank.
Fill in option two.
Again,
Watch your home base.
Breath.
Posture.
Temperature.
Tension.
Any spontaneous uh-huh or uh-uh.
Ask again.
More life or less life?
If your body clearly prefers one option,
Even slightly,
Just notice that.
If both feel heavy or unclear,
That's important information too.
That might be a not now.
Honoring timing and not yet.
Sometimes there isn't a bright yes or no.
Especially if you have an emotional wave,
The honest answer may be,
I don't know yet.
Place your hand back on your home base and quietly ask,
Do I have enough clarity to decide this now?
Notice the first felt sense.
A soft,
Forward movement.
A grounded,
Yes,
I can choose.
A pullback.
Fuzziness or confusion.
No,
Not yet.
If you sense not yet,
That's not a failure.
This is your inner authority speaking.
You can respond,
Thank you.
It's okay that we don't know yet.
I'm willing to wait and check in again later.
Feel what happens in your body when you give it that permission.
Often,
Urgency drops a little as soon as we stop demanding instant certainty.
Closing in a tiny next step.
To close,
We'll turn this into a micro practice you can repeat in under a minute.
The simple sequence is,
Hand on home base,
Name one option at a time as if it's decided.
Notice,
More life,
Less life,
Or not yet.
Right now,
Choose one tiny action that honors what you felt,
Even if it's just an experiment.
It might be,
I'll follow the stronger,
More life option on this small thing today.
I'll give myself 24 hours before deciding,
And that waiting is my decision for now.
I'll practice this with something even smaller,
Like what to eat,
Or which route to walk.
Place a hand on your heart or belly,
And say,
In your own words,
Thank you,
Body,
For showing me what you can.
I'm learning your language.
You don't have to shout.
I'll keep listening.
Take one more slow inhale,
And a long exhale.
When you're ready,
Open your eyes,
Or return your attention to the space around you.
You can use this micro practice many times a day,
In 30 seconds or less.
Over time,
Your inner yes,
No,
And not yet,
Become trusted companions.
Not concepts,
But living sensations you recognize as your own.
