#78: Special Announcement and Two Real Life Mind Body Connection Examples
Hello and welcome to Find Yourself, Change Your Life. I’m your host, Mary Clavieres. This podcast is here to help you rediscover yourself and become the leader of your life, however you want that to look.
For today’s episode, I would like to share two different recent examples of mind-body connection in real life. These are two stories about things that I’ve witnessed for myself around deepening into my own mind-body connection, and primarily around the body and listening to the body and seeing what’s up with it.
But before we get into that, I want to share a special exciting announcement that I am so happy to be putting out into the world.
Special Announcement: The Return Community Is Here
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I am someone that always says — yes, you can read the books and you can learn the things. We have no shortage of information in this world, that’s for sure. But information is only great until a point, and then you need to put it into practice. And so this community is about practicing. It’s about checking back in with the self. It’s about learning different mind-body connection tools, learning different things about how you work and supporting you in your life, in your relationships, in your career.
And it’s also about having that community support from other people that are going through the same things along the way.
A friend reminded me recently that we are all here walking each other home. And this community is a space, and is my way of showing up to do just that.
I really believe that the more we come together, the more we stay open and curious about ourselves, the more we show up with intention and love, the better all of us will be in the long run. So this community is a place where you can come and learn about different tools. I’ll be covering things around mind-body connection, covering things around Human Design, and sharing personal stories and also sharing stories from others.
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Mind Body Connection Example #1: My Ear and What My Body Was Telling Me
Now let’s get into the two stories.
Over these past few months, I’ve been traveling quite a bit. Sometimes when I travel, things can get thrown off with my ears. I try to chew gum at takeoff and landing, because it helps with the swallowing and having movement in certain places.
We came back from vacation and my ear was really bothering me and making this whirring sound. Like a pulse. And it’s something that after a little while was kind of annoying because I could hear it all the time, even when I would lay down to go to bed. At its worst, I also felt very dizzy. I laid down for a few hours and could still barely stand. I was like, what is going on?
So I booked an appointment with the doctor. She took a look at everything, looked in my ear, and said that basically there’s this tube — I’m not a doctor, and I navigated this half in English and half in French, so bear with me with my summarizing — but basically there’s a very thin tube that runs from somewhere around your nose across and to your ear on each side. She could see that the tube for me was very congested. She said that tube is clogged.
And when I mentioned the dizziness, she said: yeah, the noise and then the dizziness are part of your body telling you that something is off. Because essentially there was a disconnection. This tube got clogged and it kind of disconnected a little bit of what was going on in there for me.
What stuck with me is she said the dizziness is coming from your body knowing that something was out wrong and was giving you a signal that it was out of balance.
That’s my body doing its best and doing its work and showing that something is wrong.
Why This Story Matters
While it may seem like, sure, Mary, something happened, you went to the doctor, they found the solution… it was also a reminder. Because I feel that personally, things that show up with your body happen on a very physical, earthly, grounded way. They also happen on energetic levels, depending what it is and how long you’ve had it for.
Yes, I went to the doctor and did the things. And it was my body telling me something wasn’t right.
But when we don’t pay attention, or when we brush something off and say, oh well, that’ll fix itself, or I don’t have time to go to the doctor right now, or that’s no big deal, I’ll just live with it… that’s when we start to pile up these experiences that absolutely do not support us. And that’s what eventually drives our bodies to kind of go into the ground, because we just can’t do it anymore because we’ve been holding it together and pushing for so long.
So that for me was a story and reminder yes, our bodies are so powerful and so magnificent. Most of us walk around just saying, yeah, okay, whatever, not paying attention. Not having gratitude for all the things that our body does do.
It just really had me thinking about it and wanting to share it with you. As just a gentle reminder to say yes, pay attention, listen to your body. It knows so much more than what we give it credit for. And it connects so much for us between our mind and our soul and our being. I really believe that our body is this vessel connecting the two.
Mind Body Connection Example #2: The Master Key Meditation
The other story is also very powerful. I started a new book recently called The Master Key. It comes in like 24 or 26 parts, and you’re supposed to look at one part per week. My dad recommended it to me years ago, and I was not ready for it. And over the summer, I picked it back up and I started working with it.
Each week you’re meant to do the next part, but you have to do the activity that goes with each part. The activity for the first part is sitting in meditation for at least 15 to 30 minutes in stillness, sitting upright but not moving your body at all. You’re supposed to show that you have control over your body. So I take that to mean also, like, if you have an itch, you don’t scratch it. You observe it and then you keep sitting in your meditation. Really not fidgeting or anything.
I wasn’t sure how this would go for me. The book said it can be really hard and it can take time for people. But I think because I have been doing so much mind-body work, it actually didn’t take me that long. It was a few days and I felt like, oh yeah, I’m okay. I feel good about this first part.
But one of the days I sat in the meditation, and after the meditation, I felt so grounded, so calm, so still. This feeling stayed with me for so long. Like for most of the rest of the day. It felt really profound. It felt really profound and really powerful.
I have been a person that says, you know, you don’t need to sit for an hour for meditation. You can find those small moments in time where you can do something and reground yourself and reconnect. And that is amazing. I fully stand by that and believe that. And I noticed for me in this next portion of my journey that actually there are benefits also to sitting in that stillness for longer and to devoting yourself to different practices and to getting curious about them and working through them.
This one really stayed with me. It stayed with me for a few days afterwards too. And I can even recall it now as I’m telling you all this, this feeling of groundedness that I experienced.
When I saw my husband, he was like, are you okay? I’m like, yep. I could barely talk because I was just in this place.
What These Two Mind Body Connection Examples Have in Common
As our journey evolves, so do we. And different things work. Really just knowing that when you ground your body and when you reconnect with yourself, there is such a power and strength and knowing that comes from that.
Our bodies are so powerful. Not in an obsessive take over the world kind of way. Strong. They’re strong. And they’re here to work with us. Your body is here to work with you in all of the ways. If you pay attention and if you allow it, if you get curious and stay open and listen to it… it wants to work with you.
So I hope those two examples resonated in some way or support you in some way. You can try those things, try listening. It can be very simple. Try listening however you want to listen. You can do a very short meditation. If you’ve been meditating for a while, you can sit for longer. There are so many different tools and ways to do it. You have to find what works for you.
And again, you’re invited to check out the Return Community. We will be practicing these types of things. This is what it’s all about. Sharing the wins and sharing what we’re going through with practicing the tools, the mind-body tools, ways to get back to self.
Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for being on this journey with me. I’m so passionate about this work in this way, and I’m really excited for all of us, however we’re showing up. I love you so much and I’m so grateful for you being here. Talk to you soon.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What are some real life mind body connection examples? A: In this episode Mary shares two. The first is a physical one… a clogged ear tube causing dizziness, which her doctor described as “your body telling you something is out of balance.” The second is a meditation practice from The Master Key that left her so grounded and still that her husband asked if she was okay. Both illustrate how tuning in to the body, whether through physical symptoms or stillness practices, reveals information we often miss.
Q: What is The Master Key book? A: The Master Key System is a book that comes in 24 parts, meant to be worked through one part per week. Each part includes a specific activity. The first part involves sitting in stillness for 15 to 30 minutes without moving as a way of demonstrating control over the body. Mary’s dad recommended it to her years ago and she recently picked it back up.
Q: How do you know when your body is trying to tell you something? A: As Mary shares in this episode, the signals can be physical or subtler. The key is paying attention before things escalate. When we brush off symptoms or say “I’ll deal with it later,” those signals pile up. Your body is constantly communicating. The practice is learning to listen before it reaches a breaking point.
Q: What is the Return Community? A: The Return Community is a one-year membership community created by Mary Clavieres for people who want to practice reconnecting to themselves with tools, support, and community. It covers mind-body connection, Human Design, and self-leadership through monthly calls, quarterly workshops, and a community space. Founding members get additional bonuses including quarterly 1:1 calls with Mary. Learn more at community.maryclavieres.com.
Q: What are the founding member bonuses? A: Free copy of the Mind Body Connection Unlocked ebook, an Ecocentric Human Design Report (through Mary’s certification with Jamie Palmer), and quarterly 45-minute one-on-one calls with Mary. The 1:1 calls are only available for founding members who join before October 1.
Q: I’ve never tried meditation. Can I still benefit from this episode? A: Absolutely. Mary’s ear story requires no meditation background at all, it’s simply about noticing when your body is giving you a signal and taking it seriously. The meditation story shows what’s possible with consistent practice, but Mary also says in this episode that short moments of stillness and reconnection are equally valid. You start wherever you are.
Q: What is Human Design? A: Human Design is a tool that helps you understand how your energy works and how you’re designed to move through the world. Mary uses it with clients and in the Return Community. You can get your free chart at maryclavieres.com/getyourchart.
