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Notes from the Body

I rarely listened to my body - it was like total, utter disassociation then little by little I started to feel, the organs, the digestion, then I felt headaches caused by confusion, gripping pains in my throat caused by fears and now recently - like whiplash (maybe it's from my forward motion & practising driving!!!!) in my shoulders and the top of my spine.

I listened to what it was and I got the answer. What we hold in the head DOES get passed into the BODY. TENSION.

I am constantly tense - correction - I was......

I held my shoulders up as if like a hedgehog on high alert - 24/7 - never switching off - never resting - always worrying - being hard on myself and now my shoulders have given in - can take no more - by body is my friend and it's telling me to back right off and give myself a break - stop carrying the burdens of all of life on my back - worry gets me nowhere - worry is as useful as chewing bubble gum to solve an algebra equation - whenever did I side with worry and anxiety and fear? Anyway I am so grateful for the message from my body - because I wouldn't have stopped anytime soon, now I physically can't lift my shoulders up past my ears!!!! I can no longer sit seized up as if hostage to all of life's challenges - this is a new sensation I have - I have never felt this sensation or had this particular sensation in my body before and I am so grateful for it - it comes at a time when I am totally ready to be not afraid and just be me, an apple or a banana, I don't care if I am not to everyone's tastes, but I can't change any longer - I have decided to be the best me I can possibly be and that any feathers ruffled were not intentional but someone else's issue - that I am kind, caring, compassionate and most of all considerate AND I am the most important person in my life, just like you reader, are the most important person in your life, you have all the answers and access to all the resources you will ever need.

Love Joyce x