How to Keep Your Elephant Happy

 

You know the old phrase "an elephant never forgets?" Well, our bodies are like elephants. They remember everything! You may not remember all that's happened during your life, but you can be sure your body does.

When I was 10, I fell six feet from a slide. It hurt. I cried. But once the bruises faded, so did my memory of the accident. My body, however, remembered. It recorded the impact of the fall most clearly in the body parts (right hip and shoulder) where I hit the ground. As an adult, these areas were weak and painful... until I "undid" the old memories through intensive bodywork. online marriage counseling

The body stores three major types of experiences: physical (like my fall from the slide), emotional and traumatic. Each type of experience is registered and recorded in the body, where it remains until you release it. Psychotherapy

Different emotional experiences lodge in different locations in the body. You may have heard someone say, "I can't stomach this." As the stomach is the seat of emotion, such a person is likely experiencing overload or overwhelm. If this continues, he or she could be a candidate for constipation, acid reflux or Irritable Bowel Syndrome. marriage counseling near me

Or you may know people who have constant and significant financial concerns. Chances are their lower back will likely be extremely ridged, exceptionally weak or chronically painful. The lower back carries the load of survival issues. marriage counseling

Lastly, the body records trauma. If a shock or trauma is strong enough, such as witnessing extreme violence or being sexually abused by a family member, it can threaten a person's sense of self and self worth. This can show up in the posturing of the person's whole body. He or she might become physically rigid, experiencing ailments such as hypertension or fibromyalgia. Or, at the other extreme, may show signs of whole body collapse, resulting in depression or chronic fatigue. the marriage counselor

Experiences stored in the body from the past can cause real problems in the present... and in the future. But there are a number of ways you can release them. A combination of modalities usually works best. For instance, you could take up meditation and yoga, you could receive bodywork or massage or chiropractic from someone who works with the body mind, or you could receive body-cantered psychotherapy. diversity training

Although your body never forgets, you can reconfigure some of its memories. The result will be a happier, healthier little elephant.

By Don Bruce.