No, it's not that. When T asks me to check in to body, it's the internal sensation to be noticed, not how my body looks. When you're feeling ashamed of your body, you're still in your head.

T talks about the 'felt sense'. By paying attention to the body, we slow down our wild and crazy minds. We become more attuned to our emotions. Otherwise, it's much too easy to ignore how we feel, try to get rid of how we feel, argue with how we feel instead of really and truly paying attention to how we feel.

According to T, our 'felt' senses communicate honest information to us. We just need to learn how to listen and to learn that language. By paying attention to what the body can tell us, we let go of analyzing, asking why and judging.

So, it has nothing much to do with our feelings of shame about our body, although that could be one issue to address while 'listening'.

I am slowly, ever so slowly attempting to put this kind of awareness into my daily life.