Remidi
Sense and Wander
Attunement lives in the body, long before words.
Long before we speak.
Long before we move.
They feel it.
Before a word is said, the dogs already know.
They sense who we are.
They sense how we feel.
They sense whether itās safe to unfold as they are,
or whether theyāll need to adjust to meet us.
The Unspoken Field
Dogs live in a world of subtle signals.
Their nervous systems listen to what ours leave unsaid.
They feel the tension resting beneath a smile,
The flicker of uncertainty inside confidence.
The hesitation behind a cue.
This isnāt magic.
Itās attunement.
And theyāve been practicing it far longer than we have.
The Body Never Lies
It isnāt our words that reach them.
Itās our movements, our stillness, our heartbeat,
our breath, and the rhythm beneath it all.
That rhythm, when what we feel and what we express align,
is congruence.
And when that alignment steadies between beings,
it becomes coherence.
Dogs notice when a hand is soft, but the energy behind it is hurried.
They notice when we pause to rest, but our minds keep moving.
They sense what is real within us.
That sensing is just one of the many gifts they give to us.
A Science of Connection
Thereās science within this, too:
The fascia network that carries our experiences.
The vagus nerve linking breath to safety.
The synchrony of heart rate and cortisol exchange.
But dogs donāt need the language of science to recognize truth.
They already experience and feel it.
Congruence isnāt theory to them.
It's how life stays connected.
Becoming Honest
When we set aside the mask, or notice that one was there,
when we sit with them without fixing or correcting,
they come closer.
They rest.
They offer themselves to the moment.
Because they are met in the space where they live:
In the body.
In the breath.
In the now.
This Is the Invitation
The dogs already know.
The question is:
How do we move through the world
in a way that honors what they experience within us?
Because when we do, things change.
They soften.
They open.
Maybe they reciprocate.
We donāt always have to teach.
We can align.
Attuned, coherent, congruent.
We become someone they can trust with the truth,
inside and out.
