I just returned from a retreat last week led by Rose Cole and Jody England in sunny San Diego. When I signed up for this course, I was told it would be life changing. How many of you have signed up for classes and felt that they were going to be life changing? I have had my fair share, but this class was calling to me and I knew there was something that was going to be different.
This was the most emotionally draining and totally transformational experience of my lifetime! I am a completely new woman. I felt emotions I never knew I had stored deep down inside of me. I always hear people say how important it is to talk about your feelings and get them out, but I never fully realized the extent of what holding and burying emotions can do to your physical, mental and spiritual being. Many of our physical pains and body issues are caused by emotional traumas that we choose to carry with us. When we surrender and choose to let go of the story and feel the pain, then we become free to create the life which God intended for us.
A facilitator spoke to us about how important it is to create closure to our emotions. The analogy used was a circle with Mind, Body, Heart and Spirit and said that most of us get stuck in this hamster wheel of “Mind, Body”…”Mind, Body”… that we never get to complete the cycle of the pain because we continue to tell stories about the thing, or event that happened, etc, as opposed to feeling the essence of our being within the story. Whether the feeling is pain, anger, sadness, frustration, fear, jealosy, rage etc… Part of my story was being ashamed of myself and my body, about things I did, as well as things that I didn’t do as a child. I hid these feelings from everyone and kept these secrets to myself so noone would know and ever find out. I can now say that I am NOT my story, but for almost 40 years I have lived a life keeping secrets from myself and not allowing myself to fully be.
Marianne Williamson’s book A Return to Love talks about the thing that we fear the most is really our own light. You see, we have to feel the pain into our deepest darkest core of our being before we can find our own true inner light. Many of us don’t want to go to that place. We bury the memories into our subconscious but allow the essences that were created in those moments to rule our lives. What I have learned is that now that I am aware and have let go of the stories, I now have a CHOICE to evolve and live a life of purpose.
I have taken One Giant Leap in my journey, but am taking One Powerful Step in a new enhanced direction. My focus has always been on transforming the health of your family, but this newfound knowledge is allowing me to expand my vision beyond health and nutrition. Powerful Relationships are a key component to our health. Relationships with self, body, parents, siblings, spirituality, money, church etc… We have created stories about all of these relationships as well as made up excuses. Oh boy and I had some good excuses to help cover up the pain. One of my new visions is to help women and young girls become in tune with their feminine energy, to become aware of the stories that hold them back and help to teach them how to feel again so they can lean into being the loving, compassionate, sensual, powerful, amazing beautiful girls and women they truly ARE.
If you are interested in learning more, feel free to reach out for a free 30 minute consult, where I can listen to your needs, and talk with you about how I can support you or a loved one on their journey to love.