When we go with emotional, psychological and continuous stress for a long time, without dealing with it, it will eventually show up as symptoms in our bodies, and we think we can do things with our bodies that our bodies can’t necessarily do, especially in the moment of stress. For example at this time we often distract ourselves instead of listening. It could be doing things that make us feel good in the moment like extreme sports, skydiving, running too far, lifting too heavy weights, cross-fit, work, eat or drink too much etc. It makes us feel great in the moment because of that feeling of ecstasy but that does not necessarily take care of our bodies.. sometimes it could even become like a drug, an escape to not process our emotional health. When I think about it, it’s not so much what I did, but how much and how hard I did it. Continuing to ignore the alarms, we can easily get injuries and chronic pain everywhere in our bodies, which happened to me. I believe our bodies remember those stresses, and it can get stuck in our bodies for a very long time and develop more serious illnesses, unless the energy is released. No matter how much physical therapy and medication I took worked. After starting listening to my body and taking care of my stress, I realized I didn’t have to go to extremes in anything in my life in order to feel good. When I made a slow change my body started to respond in a positive way. After finally surrendering and taking it slow, I realized my mind and body are connected to each other, and needs to be treated equally in order for both to function together.
Yoga
One of the ways that helped me was yoga. I had to consciously move through space with my breath, slowly leading the way to a mindful way of thinking and moving. Yoga opens our hearts and minds to see endless possibilities in our lives and can be a great tool to open your mind through movement of our bodies. I had to concentrate on my body and I was forced to slow down and be mindful of what I was doing. Repeat - trust - repeat - trust. Even if your body disagrees at first it will eventually accept and adjust and you start to trust the earth you stand on. It will always hold you. Go slow, breathe and trust. When I started doing yoga I was stale, frustrated and angry. Not only couldn’t I do what everyone else did, but I hadn’t dealt with the emotional pain that hindered me and my body to do anything. After a while I realized my mind was trying to control what my body didn’t want or couldn’t do yet. With time, practice, being gentle to myself and consistent, it slowly changed, not to perfection, but to a mindful way to use both my body and mind together.
Today’s Assignment:
Today do one thing that you normally don’t do with your body. It could be moving very slowly when you normally do something quickly.
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