Why??? Do breathing and the stomach react before the shoulders tense up?

── A sensitive person's body always lets them know a little early

1. Before your shoulders tense up, your body gives a gentle signal

When your shoulders lock up,
actually, your body gives off small signs before that happens.

But the more sensitive you are,
the more you might blame yourself for those signs,
or pretend not to notice them.

In truth,
your body is just quietly telling you,
"You're pushing yourself a little too hard."

---

2. The first thing to change is your "breathing"

Before your shoulders tense up,
your breathing becomes just a little shallower.

Feeling like it's hard to take a deep breath,
a feeling of tightness deep in your chest,
or a sensation of your breath rising up toward your shoulders.

This is
a signal that your survival instinct has quietly flipped a switch.

"Should I be a little on guard?"
It's that kind of quiet reaction.

---

3. The next thing to change is the "area around your stomach"

For sensitive people,
the area around the stomach reacts immediately.

• Feeling somewhat heavy
• Tensing up tightly
• Loss of appetite
• Difficulty breathing deeply


Just like with the shoulders,
this is a sign that your body has sensed a disturbance in distance.

Distance from others,
distance in the atmosphere,
distance from expectations.

When any of these are too close or too far,
the stomach reacts first.

---

4. The shoulders are the place that tenses up "last"

Breathing → Stomach → Back
and then,
the shoulders tense up last.

The shoulders are
the place in the body most prone to creating a "defensive posture."

Therefore,
by the time your shoulders tense up,
your body has already been working hard for a long time.
---

5. If you can notice the precursor signs, your shoulders will be less likely to tense up

Before your shoulders tense up,
if you can notice the small voice of your body,
your shoulders won't tense up as much.

• My breathing is shallow
• My stomach feels heavy
• My back has become tense


At times like that,
try speaking to your body, saying,
"You're protecting yourself a little right now, aren't you?"

Just by doing that,
your survival instinct will calm down a little.

---

6. Protecting your shoulders is your "stillness"

A sensitive person's shoulders
receive a lot of information from the world.

But that is
not a weakness,
but proof of kindness.

If you can notice the signs that appear before your shoulders tense up,
your stillness will be protected.

And your shoulders,
in harmony with your stillness,
will gently drop.

---

7. I will leave the rest on a quiet shelf for now

In the next article,
"The difference between people whose shoulders loosen and those who tend to tense up"
will be gently opened up.

---

The continuation of the survival instinct is quietly opened in another room.

▷▶▷The relationship between a sensitive heart and survival instinct that sensitive people should read first

▷▶▷What people with stiff shoulders and shoulder pain should read firstnote