When my body is in pain + has needs, my conditioned response is to cast judgment and blame upon myse
When my body is in pain + has needs, my conditioned response is to cast judgment and blame upon myself. . . “You don’t eat healthy enough” “You don’t exercise enough” “You eat too much sugar” “You need to practice mindfulness” “This is a reflection of what’s wrong with you. Fix yourself.” . . The mind will use anything as a weapon. As we reclaim the knowledge of the emotional + physical body connection, we remember that our bodies will tell us where trauma is stored and what needs our attention. . . It’s easy to turn this wisdom into judgment, with which we may continue to punish ourselves. . . I was in yoga and felt a pulsing pain in my knee. I was reflecting on this observation. I judge myself nearly every time I experience body pain that I intuitively know has an energetic + emotional component. . . I asked, “Why?” . . Flash! The answer arrives. . . As a child, if my caregivers were not okay with me being not okay, it meant that I had to force okayness upon myself as a means of making them okay. When my not-okay became their shortcoming, I experienced dismissal or criticism. When they refused to witness my truth, it meant that I was “wrong” and my needs weren’t met. . . As an adult, my active mind takes on the role of a toxic care giver and my body takes on the role of inner child. . . Body communicates simply: pain, hunger, thirst, soreness. Or just a longing for rest, to be touched, to be held, to be taken somewhere new. . . If I choose to view my body’s communication as “wrong” (as my needs were “wrong” as a child) then I will immediately jump to judgment, fixing, numbing, or ignoring. . . The reality is, everything our body is or does is okay. Everything belongs. We seek to meet needs (rest, love, nourishment, connection, medication, meditation…) and seek to cease all that doesn’t serve (ignoring, numbing, medication, and all forms of self abuse). . . However, if the primary focus is on “stopping” what doesn’t serve, then we miss the more important step: Everything Belongs. . . When the paradigm is Belonging to Self, we are able to respond to ourselves with compassion. . . Every bit of YOU, as you are now, belongs. . . : @raportraits (at Ottawa, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2uWmlEg0Zg/?igshid=xueluzwcqw69 -- source link