When I was in my early thirties, I had a car accident. I remember it like it was yesterday, it was August, I was making a left hand turn at a green light and was broadsided by someone pulling out of a parking spot on the opposite side of the road. Truthfully, we were both at fault, but that is not the point of my story. The fact is, I never even saw it coming. Some might say "she came out of nowhere," but I know better. I just wasn't paying attention to all that was going on around me. There's a metaphor here, I happened to also be going through a divorce at the time and the truth is I wasn't paying attention to some of the things going on in that situation either. Some of the feelings I was experiencing and the issues that arose also seemed to "come out of nowhere." As I walked through the pain of my divorce, I literally felt emotionally broadsided. For several years after that car accident, August would come and I would get paranoid behind the wheel of my car. It appeared to me like everyone was driving AT me. What I realized happened was that the trauma of that time in my life was too much for me to handle all at once, so my body stored what I could not process in the moment in my tissues.
Cellular memory is a well researched topic by scientists such as Candace Pert, the author of "Molecules of Emotion: The Scientific Basis Behind Mind-Body Medicine (Scribner, 1997), and Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d" (Hay House, 2006). Scientists have found that literally unresolved emotional issues, beliefs, etc. are in fact stored in our tissues. Through mind-body modalities such as Integrated Energy Therapy, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, etc. we can bring up out of the cells, into consciousness the deeply held issues that hold us back in life and prevent us from finding happiness and peace. For some, this may sound scary, but it doesn't have to be.
Since the issues and the corresponding emotions are sitting right in our tissues, then every day, in every way, they are also in fact effecting our thoughts, our behaviors, and our health. We literally carry the baggage with us in our cells and our bodymind and act on them unconsciously until we are willing to address them. In other words, they lurk in the shadows of our unconscious until we shine light on them. But the reality is, whether they be in the shadows or in the light, they are there having their way with our lives until we address them and heal them. It is in fact "The Light" that heals all things. The Light of Awareness, the Light of Acknowledgement, The Light of Acceptance, The Light of InSpired Action, The Light of Faith, Trust, Hope, and Forgiveness.
So, the next time you have a nagging ache or pain, physical symptom, or major health concern, ask yourself "What is my body trying to tell me?" "What am I being called on to learn about myself?" "What quality am I being asked to develop?" The body always speaks the Truth and is a guidepost for our lives. Often times, the metaphor is so obvious, it gets overlooked. But if we can focus in, readjust our beliefs, release the corresponding emotions, change our behavior, and develop the spiritual qualities we are being called on to develop, a dramatic healing can happen.
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