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Wellness
- Healing you body
The
body never lies. Its posture, movement, vitality and tension are
an expression of your personal emotional state. Feelings are the
life of the body and they will move through you like waves of
sensations. Therefore, the relationship you have with your feelings
reflects the relationship you have with your body.
If
you ignore or hold back and not give your feelings complete expression
they do not go away. They may subside, but they remain held and
stored in the muscles of the body creating a layer of physical
tension.
When
the next situation arises, the old pattern of holding back and
denying the feelings takes place and a build up occurs. This habitual
pattern is often created in early childhood. The tension is there
to protect you against the pain of experiencing the unpleasant
feelings. You don't feel the pain, but you live out of your body.
This can cause depression, confusion, lack of joy and physical
rigidity, which robs you of a deeper connection with yourself.
Now
I would like to ask you, how connected are you to your body? Do
you feel graceful or rigid and tight? Is your breathing free allowing
chest and abdomen to move easily and deep or is it shallow and
constricted preventing you from getting a deep breath.
Are
you open and feeling the sensation and streaming in your body
or are you disconnected, numb, lifeless and mechanical. Do you
embrace and appreciate your body, or are you holding a grudge
against it because it causes you emotional or physical pain, or
does not look like the way you want to look?
How
do we make the body alive again, you might ask? You must get out
of your mind and anchor your awareness in your body. Here is how
you begin:
Listen
to Your Body – It is Talking to You:
Practice listening throughout your day. Your body is giving your
feedback on the minor or major choices that you make every day.
Your body responds with a "yes", "no" and
"maybe" by certain physical reactions that occur. If
you listen you will learn what they mean. It tells you when you
are out of balance or when the choices you've made are in harmony
with your real self.
Try
tuning into your inner experience during your day. Identify the
sensations in your body, the temperature, do the muscles feel
tense or relaxed, is it vibrating or lifeless and stuck, do you
feel energetic or fatigued. What areas are tight and contracted,
what parts are open and soft?
Practice
listening when you are doing something you love or when you are
doing something you dislike. Try to understand your physical reactions
and the messages your body is sending to you as you engage in
life and interact with others.
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