I invite you to take a deep breath in and as you exhale allow all tension to leave your body. Let your scalp, forehead and face relax. Let your jaw, throat and shoulders ease and allow your back, abdomen and pelvis to follow. Now, let your breathing be at peace as you relax your legs and feet.
Have you noticed a change in your body? Do you realise how much you hold on to? If you are doing it with your body, then you are doing it with your mind.
Over the past month there have been a few things that have happened in my life, and like most, I did not pay much attention to how I was feeling and I just kept going. Without realising it, I was holding on to a lot of emotions, unintentionally pushing them to the side, but then my body forced me to stop and pay attention to what was going on and what I was doing. I have always believed that the body is going to force you to stop and so it did. It took me burning myself pretty badly to realise what I was busy doing and that I had to let it go because it was only hurting me.
Usually when I have a physical symptom that pops up, I open one of my favourite books, You Can Heal Your Life, written by Louise Hay. I flick to the list to find the correlation between the dis-ease and the probable cause, and just like that I had my ah-ha moment.
Burns are associated with anger. Reading this, it all made sense. It was not one big event that made me feel angry but not dealing with or processing a number of small things that upset me in my day to day life. I had been holding on to them and my body had to find a way to release it- so it did. As soon as I became aware of this, I could start to deal with it, I could work through it, but most importantly I could let it go. I spoke up and voiced my needs which immediately took a weight off my shoulders, I went for a long walk and I cried it out. And yes, it felt amazing. I then went for a beautiful treatment with Dr Amber to restore balance to my mental, physical, emotional and spiritual body.
Emotions are purely energy in motion, they are meant to be felt and released. When emotions are not expressed, the energy is repressed and as energy it has to go somewhere. Many of us have been conditioned through different experiences to run away from our feelings. Perhaps there was never a safe environment for us to express ourselves or we were criticised, judged or reprimanded for being in our feelings. Because of this, we find ways to bypass our emotions and feelings, or we express them in ways that keep those around us comfortable. But ultimately these stuck emotions will begin to make us sick, as unprocessed emotions, especially anger and fear, will start to show up as physical symptoms or ailments. They will cause dis-ease.
“Sit with it. Sit with it. Sit with it. Sit with it. Even though you want to run. Even when it’s heavy and difficult. Even though you’re not quite sure of the way through. Healing happens by feeling.”
(Dr Rebecca Ray)
Do not let anger, fear, sadness, shame, resentment, guilt, blame etc. make you sick. Explore your emotions and feelings with curiosity and compassion. Make mental and emotional house cleaning part of your daily regime. It takes time and practice to make it part of your daily life, but just think, if children gave up when they fell for the first time, they would never learn to walk.
When we learn to see feelings like waves in the ocean, simply coming and going, playing their role without us becoming attached to them, we can appreciate their beauty and lessons.
Holding on to the past, no matter what it was or how awful it was, is only hurting you. So let it go, let it out and allow yourself to feel. Find a healthy way for yourself to express all those suppressed emotions. You will be surprised at how much lighter life will start to feel.
At Centered Health we are here to help you become aware and support you on your journey to health. We are serious about nurturing and nourishing the entire body, mind and spirit. Feelings can be scary, uncomfortable and painful, but we are here to support you, guide you and help you explore those stored and stuck emotions. You are not alone in this journey.
-Together we can do what you cannot do alone. –
