We express ourselves – our desires, hopes, dreams, values, fears, and expectations – through our physical selves. Our bodies are also the buffers for the world around us, sensing and communicating information through the various neurological input portals we all innately possess.
Emotions are experienced in the body; remember the last time you shook with fear, trembled with desire, or bounded through the air with excitement? Feelings are not ethereal concepts but measurable sensations just like sights and sounds, and they are part of being alive, part of the physical experience.
Living fully in your body will not only help you alleviate physical pain through becoming more adaptable, but you will also notice a lightheartedness and carefree attitude slip over you. Old, rigid belief patterns that don’t serve you any longer melt away and you are freed from the constraints of generations of fear, doubt, and worry.
As your body becomes more mobile and fluid, so does your expression and creativity. You may have new thoughts and ideas for your work, or you may finally feel brave enough to pursue your passion and fulfill your personal purpose in life.
When you live in your body, you take seniority over your personal space. You, and no one else, decide what enters your space. The stressed out faces of those around you don’t activate your own stress sensors, and calmness, peace, and tranquility reign.
With all the benefits of becoming more fully embodied, it’s still critical to connect with your “why.” Your why is the bigger picture in healing. Pain is the opportunity for growth and change, the inner signal that old patterns no longer serve and we must adapt. This is the place where we dig deep inside and find our motivation for living, the things that drive us onward and upward every single day.
If we do not have a purpose – goals, dreams, community, and value – in our lives, we cease to grow; where growth ceases, death slowly descends. It is critical to your healing that you not only go through the physical motions of the process – exercises, stretches, visualizations, journaling – but that you also uncover your why.
Unfortunately, we often seek outside ourselves for someone else to tell us where we belong and how we fit in; on the level of healing, the information can only come from within. It’s only when you listen to your inner voice that you will act with certainty and clarity. This is probably the most challenging component to the healing process; no one can do it for you and no one can tell you exactly how to connect with your inner self.
We tend to think of “purpose” as this big hidden thing, like a giant elephant that we just can’t see for some reason or another. We smell it, and we see the evidence of its passage, but we’re just not sure where all of that manure, dirt, and straw is coming from. Ironically, most of us are already living our purpose in life, and we don’t have to change anything except our attitude to be fully aligned with our personal legend.
For healing, it can be easier to see your why as an intention. This is a bit softer, less demanding. Whatever the pain you’re suffering now – whether it’s physical or emotional (and I believe the two are so tightly bound that it’s impossible to separate them), to truly heal, you need to find an intention deeper than the pain. “Fixing” the issue through drugs or simply tolerating the pain will only mask the problem. You have to know exactly why you want this out of your life and what it means to you.
Until you master your “why” for healing, pain and discomfort will forever plague you. You’ll be left with a nagging sensation that something is missing in your life, and into that big, black hole, rushes dis-ease, and discomfort. Until you have a sense of direction, aim, and goals, you will tend to experience anxiety, depression, and fear.
Holistic Arts Practitioner and Wellness Consultant, Sukie Baxter, helps clients achieve amazing mental, physical, and emotional vitality. To learn how to rejuvenate your body and soul using natural health strategies that get real results, register for her free weekly articles at http://www.SukieBaxter.com.
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