22 | Intuition is the body’s intelligence

Intuition isn’t mystical.

It isn’t magical.
It isn’t psychic.
It isn’t fantasy.
It isn’t special powers.
It isn’t spirituality.

It’s biology.

It’s the body processing reality faster than the mind can think.

Your nervous system is constantly reading the world.

Before language.
Before logic.
Before thought.
Before reasoning.
Before explanation.

It reads:

• safety

• threat

• coherence

• resonance

• truth

• distortion

• alignment

• mismatch

• ease

• friction

And it sends signals.

Through:

• tension

• relaxation

• warmth

• tightness

• nausea

• heaviness

• lightness

• calm

• agitation

• breath

• posture

• sensation

That’s intuition.

Intuition is not a voice in your head.

It’s a state in your body.

A contraction.
An opening.
A pull.
A push.
A yes.
A no.
A leaning in.
A leaning away.

Not dramatic.
Not loud.
Not theatrical.

Quiet.

Subtle.

Immediate.

Your body knows things your mind hasn’t worked out yet.

It knows when something is off.
It knows when something isn’t safe.
It knows when something doesn’t fit.
It knows when something feels wrong.
It knows when something feels true.
It knows when something feels like home.

Before you can explain why.

This is why people say:
“I don’t know what it is, but something feels wrong.”
“I can’t explain it, but I don’t trust this.”
“It looks perfect on paper, but it doesn’t feel right.”
“I don’t have a reason, but I know I can’t go there.”
“I just know.”

That’s not irrational.

That’s signal processing.

We’re taught to distrust this.

To override it with logic.
To silence it with reason.
To suppress it with politeness.
To ignore it with obligation.
To dismiss it as fear.
To override it with expectation.

So we learn to:

• rationalise danger

• explain away discomfort

• intellectualise red flags

• minimise unease

• override signals

• betray our bodies

And then we wonder why we end up:

• burnt out

• broken

• trapped

• drained

• unsafe

• overwhelmed

• depleted

• lost

Intuition is not dramatic wisdom.

It’s coherence recognition.

Your body reading:
“This fits.”
“This doesn’t.”
“This is safe.”
“This is not.”
“This is aligned.”
“This is off.”
“This is true.”
“This is false.”
“This is mine.”
“This isn’t.”

When your system is regulated, intuition becomes clear.

When your system is dysregulated, intuition becomes noise.

Anxious systems misread signals.
Traumatised systems confuse danger and safety.
Overloaded systems misinterpret input.
Burnt systems distort perception.

So intuition isn’t something you “activate”.

It’s something that emerges when the system is calm enough to read reality clearly.

Intuition requires:

• safety

• rest

• coherence

• regulation

• embodiment

• gentleness

• honesty

• truth

Not chaos.
Not urgency.
Not pressure.
Not overload.

This is why intuition feels quiet.

Not loud.

It doesn’t shout.
It doesn’t argue.
It doesn’t persuade.
It doesn’t convince.

It simply is.

A knowing.
A sense.
A pull.
A resistance.
A signal.

Learning to trust intuition is not learning to follow impulses.

It’s learning to listen to your body.

To notice:

• what tightens you

• what relaxes you

• what drains you

• what fills you

• what exhausts you

• what nourishes you

• what constricts you

• what expands you

Intuition is not emotional reaction.

It’s system information.

It’s the body saying:
“This is coherent.”
“This is not.”

When you trust your intuition:

• relationships become safer

• choices become cleaner

• boundaries become clearer

• life becomes simpler

• confusion reduces

• self-trust grows

• coherence deepens

Not because life becomes easy,
but because you stop betraying your own signals.

Your intuition is not there to make life comfortable.

It’s there to make life true.

It doesn’t promise happiness.
It promises alignment.

It doesn’t promise success.
It promises coherence.

It doesn’t promise safety.
It promises truth.

And the more coherent your system becomes,
the clearer your intuition gets.

Not louder.
Not dramatic.
Not mystical.

Cleaner.

Quieter.

Truer.

Your body knows the way.

Not because it’s special.

But because it’s built to read reality.

And when you learn to listen to it,
life stops being something you guess your way through.

It becomes something you feel your way through.

Not blindly.

Not naively.

But coherently.

This is intuition.

Not magic.

Not fantasy.

Not mystery.

Just a human system
doing exactly what it was designed to do.