Every day I am amazed by what there is to learn about the way I live my life, what I invite in and what I do not let go of. I am one of those people who for many years spent most of my time isolated in my apartment or out in the party scene still feeling isolated, awaiting the day to be over with lack of passion and direction. That has changed through the practice of Yoga as everyday is a chance to be provoked, challenged, inspired & healed. I am grateful to have the possibilities for this body, my vehicle, to drive me through the life I am here to live.
This leads me to the chronic neck pain that I have been living with for the last 6 months. I have had neck pain since I was 13 years old, but this time it "feels" different. These days I look within to see what I need before looking outside myself for answers. Through my Yoga practice I discover and learn about my body and connect to it in a way like never before. My Faerie belief is that the energy of emotion is moving through my physical body either that the toxicity that I have digested through my life or the daily digestion stays within to teach me something or it is just simply moving through and out when I truly surrender and let go. This is always in transition, so since I also honor what the medical field can provide, I scheduled an appointment with an orthopedist to receive the clarity between my faerieness and what could be potential damage from years of being hard on my body and not listening to the pain that pulls for attention.
In the meantime until my Dr.'s appointment on Nov.1st, I looked again at what other action I can take and I called upon
Tom Simpson, a sports medicine massage therapist of 20 years who knows the body inside/out from his own personal experience. After the massage, Tom allowed me to see that an experiment of my own experience ( Cindee's ACTION) presented itself and I made a choice to commit to a massage every week with Tom (See Below).
Yoga continues to increase the limitless possibilities by allowing me to give myself permission to seek out what will nurture and support me in listening to what my body is telling me.
Of course asking for help is a new but life changing skill that allows my habitual patterns to shift by sustaining my daily spiritual practices that support my life today.
Our bodies speak loud, are you listening? When we listen healing begins.
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http://www.thomassimpsonmassage.com/
