SAGE & SASS

SAGE & SASS

Why Your Instincts Went Offline (And How to Reboot Them)

(For Everyone Who's Been Living From the Neck Up and Wondering Why They Can't Feel Anything)

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Dea Devidas
Aug 18, 2025
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Forgot you have a tail? Congratulations, you’ve been successfully domesticated! While everyone’s obsessing over “raising their vibration” and collecting crystals like they’re rare Pokemon cards, you’ve missed the most basic anatomical fact: your coccyx contains a neural plexus that’s been sending you passive-aggressive body signals for YEARS, and you’ve left every single one on read.

Your tailbone isn’t vestigial. It’s a command center. The ganglion impar sits at its tip like a throne, receiving and transmitting data your conscious mind will never access. This is where your body’s oldest intelligence lives, the knowing that predates language, the wisdom that kept your ancestors alive long before spreadsheets and pros-and-cons lists.

Picture this: You’re walking around with your most primal sensing system permanently set to airplane mode, wondering why you can’t feel your own instincts. Plot twist: the neural network in your pelvis has been trying to reach you about your life decisions, …

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