The other day after a long day’s work I decided to watch some TV and happened on a bio pic about the model, Gia. Sadly, she died young of AIDS related to IV drug use. Throughout the move characters that represented Gia’s family and friends spoke about her. One thing that was talked about was an ongoing story she wrote when she was a little girl. She wrote about a girl with golden curls that everyone thought was beautiful. This girl with the golden hair lived in a beautiful house. The word beautiful was a running theme in her story. Gia herself had dark hair. Her mother was notably focused on Gia’s looks, noticing Gia’s pimples when she was in the process of detoxing from Heroine and making comments about her makeup. Gia was involved in a tumultuous attraction and relationship with another woman. That woman had blonder hair. She besieges this women with rooms of golden roses and calls her constantly until she finally tracks he down at her home. When she sees her she tells her “ You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen”
Gia not consider herself beautiful and had no sense of herself. She was terrified of being abandoned and clung desperately to her lover. She used drugs to kill the sense of discontent in herself. She found no sense in life.
It was clear from seeing Gia with her lover that Gia wasn’t having a relationship with this woman but what she needed that woman to be for her. To Gia, this was the beautiful girl she never got a chance to be because her mother never saw her real beauty. To Gia This was the (more…)
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…)
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