I love how much of your body you’re willing to use

I appreciated this statement a client expressed after a recent session.

Our entire body can feel. Of course yours can, and so can mine.

My sharpened elbow feels differently than my soft palms do. My hands listen differently than the heels of my feet. At the same time, my torso feels different than my hard knuckles. My kneecap feels different than my round shoulder; my forehead, different than my forearms.

Point being, I can feel you differently by using different parts of me, and simultaneously, the different parts of me can feel different to you. Including more body parts in the conversation can expand the language of sense and somatic understanding.

Something else I appreciated was the statement’s use of “willing to.”

Touching you with more of me is only something I am willing to do, it’s not what I want to do. Our time together is about your wants, not mine, and so expanding into broader registers of bodily communication takes place in the context of your safety, trust, and permission.