Day 182 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - The Body Holds Everything...

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Lesson 182: The Body Holds Everything...

The body literally holds onto everything that happens in our lives. Whether we do it good or bad, it holds onto it all – trauma being one of them. Today is about thinking about trauma and where we think it is held in our bodies. Think about those old wounds that cripple you, ask the Divine where you hold the trauma and if you would like them removed. Start to notice the shift.

My past trauma was very much held in my mind and heart. I think it was very gut wrenching too. Where emotions build up and all I could do is cry because it hurts so much. I went to go to hypnotherapy as a quick measure to release all past trauma. I did try facing them one by one, but I found because I had held onto a lot of trauma for over 10 years, it was taking some time. Not saying that I wouldn’t have eventually faced them all and released, but I just wanted it over and done with and chose hypnotherapy as the route. What I learned is that some was buried deep in my subconscious, whereas others were evidently at the forefront of my mind and heart.

The best part was not having the same attached emotions to past trauma when I had hypnotherapy. It was a release that allowed me to be free of the hold these memories had. I felt lighter. Like the literal weight had been lifted off my shoulders and I could finally live. I recommend it to anyone who is open to going into the depths of their mind and having the attached pain released. It’s so freeing not being your worst enemy with all those thoughts cycling through your head.

If hypnotherapy isn’t for you, the method I was using was going through meditation and facing the deep, dark emotions I felt towards my memories. There was a lot of crying and facing the truth, but also admitting the truth to myself – that the reasons people did bad things to me was because of them, and not me. That however I was being shown, was some higher power directing me to the real reasons as to why someone would harm me – a lot of which wasn’t about me at all. I recognised that all people have some bad traits that you don’t necessarily see because you’re blinded by them at the time or manipulated. You have to be open to the fact that those people aren’t good for you or don’t have your best interests at heart, when you are trying to face that trauma. In fact, some people do not care for you at all or in the same way you care for them, and then somehow this makes you a target for them. I think a lot of trauma caused by others is because they never had your best interests at heart – that’s the truth I found. I believe it might be the same for a lot of people. I think when you’re ready to let go, then you will. I think it’s important to let go because the trauma impacts your life in ways that you don’t even realise sometimes – like being guarded, not trusting others, not being open… It’s so automatic that even you might not see it.

So, think about your trauma and work on ways to release. You will notice changes in you that are for the better.

Day 181 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - The Physical Body Can...

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Lesson 181: The Physical Body Can...

“The physical body can change in an instant, but mostly, it changes slowly; you eat a meal, and feel one way. You sleep, and feel another. The emotional body can change in milliseconds, riding up one wave of emotion and down the other. The waves are not true: they are just the movement of energy, up or down.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to thinking about what we do when we have a rise or decline in emotion. What do we do to make ourselves balanced again when that emotion doesn’t serve you anymore?

I personally take deep breaths in and then breathing out. I actually do a lot of visualisation that the air I breathe in is some energising white light and what I breathe out is all the anxiety, pain, frustration etc that goes back out into the Universe. That’s what I try first.

Other times I just watch TV or listen to music to just take my mind away from things because then I don’t have to use brain power thinking about anything. Sometimes it’s just nice to have these outlets to get lost in for a moment.

Another thing I do to rebalance is meditation or just simply asking the Universe to take what doesn’t serve me away. I think simply by asking it to not be in my mind anymore and asking my guides to help me, makes a difference. Then I usually sleep on it and I don’t have so much emotions the next day.

These methods are all my methods of trying to rebalance – what are yours?

Day 161 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Raising Vibration in the Emotional Body...

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Lesson 161: Raising Vibration in the Emotional Body...

Not only do we need to raise the vibration in our physical body but also in the emotional. We can do this by establishing connection, through touch, in prayer, in meditation or spending time in nature. The raise in vibration in both the physical and emotional keeps us balanced. Today we are to think about our spiritual and physical practises and recognise if one is lacking. How can we balance this so both are equally at the forefront?

I know I have been focusing on my spirituality more than ever before in my life. I feel like it was important to focus on. I know that I do not consider my physical practises at a high level with my spirituality. I am solely focused on connecting with a path in which I can truly find myself and follow. This leaves not enough room to focus on health for my physical body. I sometimes feel like I don’t have enough time in the day to focus on physicality. If we are to be balanced, then I need to bring it up in order to feel good in both aspects. If anything, this is a wake-up call for me. I will spend more time thinking about how to integrate more love to my body rather than just the emotional.

I don’t think I’ve ever focused on my physical body so much either. It’s time to place more good practises in. How balanced are you spiritually and physically? Is there anything you need to change?