The Power of My Hands

## How Do We Know What We Know? What happens when you've been doing something for so long that you no longer consciously know **how** you know what you know? This episode grew from my recent blog, *The Hand Looks Simple Now: What 30+ Years Taught Me to Notice*, and from an unexpected experience I've had while working with AI: being repeatedly asked to explain the **how and why** behind work that has become deeply embodied over more than three decades. We explore the difference between knowledge and embodied knowing, intuition and pattern recognition, and why expertise may have less to do with having all the answers and more to do with recognising when the map no longer fits the territory. I also share how the process of reverse-engineering my own knowing led somewhere I hadn't expected — into articulating the deeper worldview beneath my work and, eventually, writing another book, ***The Way to Freedom and the Way Home***, which will be released soon. In this episode: * How knowledge becomes embodied through years of practice * Why my hands have become an interface for much of my work * What AI taught me by continually asking, “But why?” * The difference between useful structure and rigid prescription * Why experienced practitioners still need to say “I don't know” * What happens when a familiar map reaches the edge of its usefulness * How our own unexplained knowing can become an invitation to enquiry * The unexpected journey from explaining my work to writing *The Way to Freedom and the Way Home* Perhaps we don't always need to immediately explain what we know. Sometimes the first step is simply to notice what we're noticing. **Notice the pattern. Change what's possible.** ### Mentioned in this episode **Blog:** *The Hand Looks Simple Now: What 30+ Years Taught Me to Notice* **Coming soon:** *The Way to Freedom and the Way Home* ### Connect with Shamarie Explore my work, courses, readings and healing sessions at **Shamarie.com.au** Follow me on Facebook and Instagram: **@ShamarieFlavelEnergy** *Journeys Beyond with Shamarie* explores healing, consciousness, embodied wisdom and the wonderfully complicated experience of being human.