The body as a means of communication.

This a line in the Course of Miracles. One that took me sometime to wrap my mind and heart around. Let me see if I can serve your understanding of this statement.

As a young woman I pondered so much! One thought that kept floating through my mind was “God gave me this body (suit I wear for now) and my job was to learn how to care for the body.” This meant my mind and emotions also. This too, I also had to learn to “care” about.

So this body, is the container for my Essence, Spirit, Consciousness and Awareness. How cool is that? And we all have a very Loving Spirit. Since it is love, Spirit wants what is best for us, to ensure our growth and maturity.

I have worked with hundreds of clients helping them to uncover what the body is saying. The language of the body is sensations and emotions. The language of the mind are thoughts.

So when we have pains/ sensations in the body it is a voicemail from Spirit. It is truly a gift of love.

What do you do when you are having uncomfortable pain/sensation in the body? Most of us, will either ignore it, medicate it or get overwhelmed by this happening in the body. This serves to drive it deeper in the body, the unconscious.

Think of all the times that this happened to you growing up. It could be a simple remark from someone you held in high esteem. Perhaps you were bullied? Perhaps you were the bully? Could be a fall, accident or some other type of trauma.

As a bodyworker for 30 years I have seen so much of this causing the pain, stress and imbalances in the body, mind and emotions. There is a term we use “issues in the tissues”.

I would like to share a personal story with you as an example.

I had a doctor appointment several weeks ago. Someone was to meet me there as support. We checked in when I set the appointment, asking if they put that in their calendar. They said yes. I got the paperwork to fill out and 1 week prior did that. I gave it to this person to drop off at the doctor office. Again asking “is this in your calendar”? Once again the answer was yes.

Got there and did not see them or their car in the parking lot. I called. I asked them where they were. I heard “oh, I forgot”.

The stress response and trauma response kicked in full blown!!!! (I knew this because the reaction was way bigger than the event warranted). I reacted with a very nasty text ;-). It felt good in the moment for sure!

With the skill set I have and help others learn, I became aware of the body as a means of communication in that moment. Because of the intensity of it, I knew it came from deep within.

Sitting in the waiting room, my mind was spinning with all sorts of thoughts. These caused the body to dump even more stress hormones into it.

Once I could step back, listening to the communication my body was giving me, I felt empowered. I sat in my heart, breathing to calm the nervous system down. I activated the parasympathetic branch of the nervous system.

I began to watch what was happening rather than being what was happening in me. From the heart, the I dropped into my body. I named the “feeling” as rage/anger. Then I dropped the story the mind was telling me as to the reasons of this.

I just kept “feeling” the sensations. It was hot, the pain I was seeing the doc for ramped up to about a 7. Heart tensed. I felt a trembling in my arms, then my legs, then my core. I just stayed in my heart with compassion.

After about 3-4 minutes it totally subsided. There was a peace. Next was sadness. That felt heavy, very different from the anger. Sat with that for another minute or so, and it dissipated.

I heard my name being called. My own personal session over ;-). I went into office and they wanted to take my blood pressure. Yikes I thought. It will be very high.

However, it was very low! I was impressed!

So, when we listen to the body, and what it is communicating to us, we began to free it of the “issues in our tissues”!!!

If I can ever be of service to you in this way, please reach out.