What Happens When Movement Becomes a Conversation, Not a Command

There’s a moment in practice - sometimes quiet, sometimes dramatic - when movement stops being something we do to our bodies and starts being something we do with them.

It’s the difference between:
“Do this, now.”
and
“Hey… what do you need today?”

For years, I approached movement with structure and discipline. And to be honest, I still love a well-planned flow or a spicy barre sequence. But something shifted - especially through pregnancy - when I realised my body was already in a conversation. One I could tune into, or talk over.

When movement is a conversation, I pause more. I notice what feels expansive or crunchy. I play with tempo. I let myself swap a plank for a breath. I let go of the “should” voice, and let my body guide the rhythm.

It doesn’t mean I move less. It means I move better.
More intuitively. More respectfully. More like me.

This approach isn’t just for pregnancy, or healing, or slower seasons - though it’s especially powerful in those. It’s for anyone who’s tired of treating movement like a checklist, and ready to experience it as something more alive.

So here’s an invitation: next time you step onto your mat, or into a walk, or into your body in any way… don’t just do.
Ask.
Listen.
Move with your body, not against it.

Because some of the most powerful practices aren’t the ones that push you.
They’re the ones that meet you.