Okay so this is a day late, but what a long weekend it has been! I feel like I've compressed three life times into the last four days and in a sense maybe I have.
Last night was my daughter's 27th birthday party so I had a good excuse, but in addition I had been doing experiential learning all day before that, and for two whole days before that. This learning involved exploring all the body sensations stored up from whatever life traumas I've experienced.
I mean headaches, stomach aches, throat and chest restriction, panic attacks, agitation, anxiety. Believe me it was quite a party. How do you learn to manage this stuff? Well there was only one way:
Last night was my daughter's 27th birthday party so I had a good excuse, but in addition I had been doing experiential learning all day before that, and for two whole days before that. This learning involved exploring all the body sensations stored up from whatever life traumas I've experienced.
I mean headaches, stomach aches, throat and chest restriction, panic attacks, agitation, anxiety. Believe me it was quite a party. How do you learn to manage this stuff? Well there was only one way:
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| Letting Go!
It's a little bit like skiing. If you fight the hill you'll land on your ass, stiff, bruised and angry, but if you allow yourself to fall into the hill, your skis will turn for you and you'll follow a rhythm down to the bottom.
This training - Somatic Experiencing - is about helping the body regain a natural rhythm and this may involve uncovering some unpleasant stuff. But also the pleasant sensation and relief of letting it go.
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