It’s a Process

HEALING/ it’s a process; it takes the time it takes. As humans we want to rush it, to be “there” already. Where ever “there” actually is - some idealized version of strength or health or balance we had before, or some belief about how our lives should look or feel or be.
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Sometimes the hardest part of the healing process is slowing down enough to listen, actually deeply listen, to what our system really needs. Turning down the noise, tuning in to our own center, & trusting the wisdom within can sometimes be the hardest thing.
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LEARNING/ the beautiful thing is healing is a process of discovery & learning, often teaching us lessons we didn’t know we needed. The place of discomfort, the point of pain- holds something for us, something that can open us & grow us, if we are willing to meet it with some curiosity & grace.
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Each time we turn toward & tune into what is hurting/healing within us we strengthen our capacity to listen to ourselves, our cells, & hone a deeper slower source of wisdom.
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IN PRACTICE/ both a client & a friend shared with me today the challenge of the brain wanting to overtake & push past the subtleties of body wisdom.
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My client expressed the difficulty of finding her way back to her body & receiving the messages that live there when her mind is activated in a state of trying to manage or control her discomfort. Yet when supported, she found her way in, uncovering unexpected wisdom to guide her more gently in her healing, wisdom that could only come from within.
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My friend expressed the beauty of practicing listening. Once we find the signals the body sends, there is an art to truly hearing & honoring the messages. Most often it involves slowing down, stepping back, & allowing a different path to unfold than the way our ego brain generally wants us to go.
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Both experienced & expressed the interwoven pathways of healing & learning. Both are practicing, with support & attention, to become present to their own unfolding. Despite what we think we know, the healing process often leads us into territories of new growth where we discover so much more of ourselves & find our interconnection with everything else.