Psychoanalysis has always kept the body at the centre of the development of psychic functioning. Throughout his work Freud referred to the drive as the cardinal element that keeps the body in relation to the mind, and he considered the mind’s connection to the body as an essential part of reality-testing and of the structure of the ego. However, for many patients, inhabiting one’s body in the full sense described by Winnicott is not straightforward. By briefly following the journey of a few patients, the author shows that the long road to reach this point also involves the analyst’s body.