Your mother probably gave you lots of information on how to stay well, at least my mother did. What I remember best is her saying “Go to bed dear and have a cup of tea.” Why is this great advice for healing? It truly is a healing fundamental because you body tends to over-react. Believe me, you probably over-react emotionally as well as physically when something big and traumatic happens. And when you take time to have a breath or two, your situation, even if it hasn’t changed at all, becomes manageable.
So, go to bed dear and have a cup of tea. And after a restful sleep you can begin to see things differently and see the next step on your path to health, wealth and happiness. Well, I don’t know about the wealth part but what I can help you with is the health and happiness part.
Body How Somatic Therapy Helps You Heal Love Patterns
If you have had an injury and you did not have to call 911, it is your body telling you to slow down. A swollen ankle means you rest and stay off of it. I have noticed there is a new practice of not putting ice on it. I am not on-board. Because from my experience the body over-reacts. And if there is something you can do to take it down a notch, do it. It will calm down in any event. eventually, it will just take longer.
Whether it is a swollen ankle or a pop up event on your skin, it will get better or less obvious over time and you will figure out what next to do to support and assist the situation. Your body is always seeking homeostasis…balance. Your body is capable of healing. In fact, that’s its job.
Wu-Wei
Wu-Wei is a Taoist term literally translated means ‘non-doing’ but its proper meaning, according to Alan Watts, “is to act without forcing-to move in accordance with the flow of nature’s course which is signified by the word Tao, and best understood by watching the dynamics of water.”
Some of the ‘healing’ work I do is totally non-doing. For Instance Reiki, Natural Healing is basically channeling a vibration. It simply supports the organic healing process within you. It is in essence a meditation.
Reiki is wonderful because it instills in the student a capacity to listen without doing. And guess what, it is easy to learn.
All the other skills I have in Somatic Therapy, whether working with different body systems or dialoging with you and your body, come under the proper meaning of Wu-Wei, doing without forcing. And of course, listening. In fact , just listening to the different body systems enhances their functioning.
Take A Breath!
Take a breath and notice what you need to for yourself. Have a session. Take a Body Being & Heart course. You do not need to take the whole program. And remember your body s mostly water.
Healing Fundamental
How Somatic Therapy Helps You Heal Love Patterns
Next week’s Blog will talk about LOVE. And how to heal a broken heart with the WU-WEI of the Universe. And other adventures…your body being & heart are telling YOU!
Sending Light-Love-Healing
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does the body need rest and calm to heal?
Your body tends to over-react. And when you take time to have a breath or two, your situation, even if it hasn't changed at all, becomes manageable. Your body is always seeking homeostasis...balance. Your body is capable of healing. In fact, that's its job.
What is Wu-Wei and how does it apply to healing?
Wu-Wei is a Taoist term literally translated means 'non-doing' but its proper meaning is to act without forcing-to move in accordance with the flow of nature's course. All the other skills in Somatic Therapy, whether working with different body systems or dialoging with you and your body, come under the proper meaning of Wu-Wei, doing without forcing.
How does Reiki support the healing process?
Reiki, Natural Healing is basically channeling a vibration. It simply supports the organic healing process within you. It is in essence a meditation. Reiki is wonderful because it instills in the student a capacity to listen without doing.
