For
every mental event there is a physical event, and emotion is nothing
but a thought attached to a sensation. When you shift your attention
from thoughts to sensations, you dissipate the strength of the emotion,
because thought and sensation are no longer chained together. You can
contribute to your attitude of not minding by just allowing your awareness
to shift spontaneously to the sensations in your body--and then spontaneously
to the thoughts and ideas that accompany those sensations. ~Deepak
Chopra, Insomnia
When
healing is needed we must move into stillness, cry and be
alone
so that we may release the molecules of stored emotions in
the body and replenish our energy through their circulation.
This
process is an emotional weightloss because it takes alot of
energy to keep defense mechanisms erect. Examples are the
resistance to change and feelings that we suppress for whatever
reason
that we feel is justifiable.
If we
allow ourselves to feel our emotions fully when they come
up,
they recede naturally, giving way to another. But, if we are
afraid to feel the feeling and repress or act out the emotion
it haunts us by running our lives on an unconscious level until
we are ready to sit with it. It’s really very simple,
all we have to do is feel the feeling and avoid attaching to
it or rejecting it. We simply allow the feelings to move and
flow through the body, which then passes or dissolves.
Each time we acknowledge and give presence
to what bothers us, we discover that the difficult emotion
was a catalyst for much needed emotional healing.
Nature
connection, dreams, meditation, active imagination, tantra,
freestyle dancing, movement
techniques, drawing, music, song, art and poetry can activate
the onrush of emotion because they serve as doorways into
the
corridors
of our psyche that give us insight into our wounds and help
us to revitalize our spirit. When we have taken the necessary
time and detailed attention to restore our selves in stillness,
the recesses of the feminine, we can then begin to draw
upon
our own strength. |
We
find that gradual improvement comes by alternating between
the
whole and its parts as there are many factors that influence
the healing process. The four components of the three-fold
human are
sensation - feeling, thinking and movement. The “wisdom
of the body,” is an intimate interplay of
communication pathways between the physical body and resulting
mood states.
For example, physical activity or exercise can profoundly alter
thought patterns in the way that deep breathing can calm the
mind
and even release grief, fear or anger. The elements of the body,
mind and aspect of spirit must be integrated as they influence
one another to make the healing process fluid and self-adjusting.
Their combination sets the foundation in ways that progressive
release may come. We may see images of our past rise up, even
images from previous lives in times of trauma that have created
blocks for us in this lifetime in the same area hold important
messages. Colors and geometric patterns, images of deity and
familiar
faces are all important symbolic imagery that guides us toward
the comfort in healing our wounds. Do not lock up by analyzing
or trying to hold onto an image… just let it flow. There
will be plenty of time later to recall transitional experiences.
During this cathartic process of discovery it is essential that
we remain grounded at all times. Use the grounding
exercise daily. |
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Movement ~ Our relation to space and our center
of gravity reflected in our quality of movement as in free style
dancing, Infinity Movement Technique, stretching, yoga, Tai
Chi, Feldenkrais and Alexander techniques. Correction of movement
is the best means to create new patterns of organization because
of the elaborate series of actions that is initiated by the
brain that sends impulses to the nervous system.
In the
way that our awareness allows inner emotional debris move through
our physical tensions, we must also become aware of the subtle
and not so subtle changes in our bodies posture, stance, stability
and attitude when we are becoming reactive. This awareness one
enables us to prevent full muscular expression, which is an
ability to defer our impulses or reactivity and recognize the
stimulus for the action. Ultimately, what we do must align with
what we think and feel.
• Physical
Release shows
subtly in a sigh, tone of voice, or change of breathing pattern.
Breathing reflects every disturbance in our emotions and physical
effort such as our holding patterns or muscular restrictions.
Holding patterns may be released as twitches and jerks or spontaneous
movement as a shudder or convulsion. Release also increases
blood circulation and digestion. When the motor basis within
established patterns or habit is shifted, it breaks up the cohesion
with our feelings, thoughts and sensations that allow us to
create new and healthy patterns. In the process sometimes we
go through a physical healing crisis as we release negativity
from our bodies and come down with flu like symptoms. We may
suddenly have aches and pains or become a hypochondriac. Healing
is a time to rest and be quiet. Drink plenty of spring water. |
Feeling ~ The conscious and unconscious
emotions that color our lives that include a range of feelings
from inferiority, self-respect and super sensitivity to the
familiar feelings of joy, anger and grief. Sometimes the depths
of pain are deeper in the case of unexpressed rage. There can
be erratic mood shifts and increased sexual energy to total
loss of sexual desire.
• Emotional release. Cry,
cry and cry some more. The multitudinous layers of compressed
emotions seek to move toward release in streams of tears that
move us into awareness. The unfolding process occurs through
waves and must not be forced as prematurity can produce harm.
Emotions rise to surface when we can sufficiently handle them.
Once there is allowance of emotional release it is better to
set up an atmosphere that will allow release to happen in its
own way. Honor and respect your self with patience!
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain
or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~
Rabindranath Tagore |
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Thought ~ Thinking includes all functions
of the intellect. Memory, the oppositions of good-bad, right-wrong,
right-left; understanding, classification of things, recognizing
rules, imagining, knowing what is sensed and felt and so on,
comprise the capacity of thought.
• Mental Releaseoccurs
when thoughts are unrestrained. When the mind is free to move
beyond social barriers of accepted laws of behavior, religion,
ethnic affiliation, morality, sex, economics, art, politics
and science we are breaking through tremendous restrictions
or illusion. The mind is naked. It is not wrapped around any
particular paradigm, preconception or affiliation and is free
to float. The previously held structures come as a flurry of
mental images that regurgitates onto the mind screen with no
impact as memories or information. Some memories are fragments
of ecstatic events, trauma or childhood experiences or unintegrated
past-life personalities where the soul and personality remained
separate to be integrated in this life.
Since our thoughts are linked with our quality of movement,
we often feel the solar plexus release stagnant energy (third
chakra) that in turn shifts the mental aura around the head.
In this case the head may feel lighter. When we create psychological
resistance confusion occurs. |
Sensation ~ Includes the five senses
of sound, smell, touch, taste, and sight. Sensation also includes
the kinesthetic sense, that of pain, orientation in space, the
passage of time and rhythm.
• Awareness is
produced by an increasing sensitivity. With increasing sensitivity
the brain registers insights of great value, as it is more a
coming into consciousness than of something held within seeking
release. Sometimes the brain registers split second blips of
information or guidance from intradimensional realms. The non-physical
realms communicate via symbols, synchronicity, color and sound,
archetypal images, words, memories and intuitive teachings in waking and
dream states. These mental abstractions of increased sensitivity
stimulate the pineal gland region into activity, which
leaves a definite imprint upon our psyche. |
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Forgiveness ~ Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone
free and realizing you were the prisoner.
~ Max Lucado
• Breath is liberated after releasing
long held suppressed feelings. Symptoms of release creates new
patterns of breathing deeply, with ease and awareness.
Alisa
Battaglia©2005-2018, Exerpted from "The Essential Self, Cultivating
the Sacred Feminine through Polarity Integration" |
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