I have a client “Antonia”. A delightful middle aged woman who came to me many years ago for Holistic healing right after surgery for uterine cancer. She told me she had a sense that it was her negative thinking that created her cancer and she didn’t want it to come back. Back then I was primarily doing imagery work and Homeopathy and Energetic Healing with people to help them explore their issues and heal them. As I became a specialist in EFT we integrated EFT into our work and we cleared many of the negative energy patterns that she was handed by her family. To give you a sense of the fear she was surrounded by as she grew up, her grandmother told her that she hoped that Antionia would fail her driving test so that she wouldn’t be able to drive. When her mother wouldn’t feel well her mother would say “God doesn’t want people to be happy”.
Our issues are reflected in our bodies. Mostly they are held in subtle ways. With Antonia it was glaring. The family was fearful about Antonia growing up. Antonia stopped growing. She was taken to doctors to figure out what was wrong. Nothing was found. She stayed the size of a child. Antonia came from a religious Italian family and was sent to catholic school. She lived with her family until they died and inherited the family house where she lives to this day
Given that her family was riddled by fears she has made great strides in her growth and has remained cancer free. But one thing that has continued to be a problem for her is that she can’t feel God’s love. (more…)
Healing won’t happen unless every part of you agrees
It’s natural to believe ourselves when we say we are ready to move on or heal our issues. It can be back pain, a chronic illness, success issues, relationship issues or anything else for that matter.
As a society we are beginning to understand self limiting beliefs and how they create self sabotage when it comes to non physical issues but not when it comes to being ill or having chronic physical symptoms.
“ Sara” is a new client of mine. She was diagnosed with cancer and came to me for Emotional Freedom Techniques ( EFT) to heal a chronic depression. As we spoke she told me she had a history of pains that were never diagnosed. “ You have no idea how many doctors I’ve seen. No one knows what it is. They keep telling me there is nothing wrong. I have a fear that there is something very serious and they haven’t found it yet.”
I asked her if she had the pain right then and she said she did. She pointed to the left side of her abdomen.
Since through my many years as an imagery therapist I’ve seen again and again the brilliance and truth of the communications of our body through imagery, I felt that it would be good to do imagery with her to give her body a chance to tell her what might be going on. (more…)
Yesterday a client of mine came in and started off our session telling me about her back. “ The chiropractor said it;s taking along time to heal. He’s changed his diagnosis to possible herniated disc. But he won’t know till I do an MRI.’ She was referring to an injury she did to her back in yoga weeks before. She was in a yoga workshop and the teacher was calling for pairs to work together and having not paired yet she went over and asked someone to pair with her. “ The response she got from the young woman who agreed to pair what her was very off-putting. The girl avoided look at her and kept looking at some friends she had been with as if to say “ Oh my god I have to be with this old lady.” My client felt very uncomfortable but made her self stay with the girl against her own inner prompting. The teacher told everyone the back bend to do and my client did it and felt something go pop in her back. After that she felt discomfort in her back. When she came into me we cleared the back pain with EFT in about 20 minutes by tapping on how she hadn’t supported herself. For peace of mind she was going to go to her chiropractor as well. . Since then we had used out sessions for other issues. Last night she talked about how she was overloading her schedule with things she felt would make her grow. She had a sleepless night and woke feeling that she couldn’t pull out of the commitments. Using interactive imagery and EFT we addressed her not supporting herself never once addressing her back pain. At the end of the session she remarked looking at me with surprise“ My back pain is practically gone”
Herniated disc may be just another way of saying” I don’t support myself”
When we don’t’ pay attention to our feelings we force our body to carry the burden of them. —LITERALLY
Interactive Guided Imagery is powerful and creative tool for exploration of your inner being. EFT is stunning in its’ ability to clear self limiting beliefs. The two together used ot address issues are often nothing short of magical.
If you have any questions about these methods and how they may be helpful to you feel free to contact me.
Have a perfect day!
Shulamit