How Much Time Do You Spend With Your Body?
Today I would like to ask all my friends a very important question. One that the answer may bring about much contemplation and adjustments…at least that is my hope for all of you. :) The question I would like to pose to you, my sweet readers, is how much time do you spend with your body? Daily? Weekly? Yearly? Please take a few moments to seriously answer this question for yourself before reading on. In fact, if you are somewhere you can write down your answer, please do!
In the past I’ve had some people express their opinion about the amount of time I spend with my body. I exercise regularly, make 90% of my food, meditate, detoxifying treatments, and spend time alone. Daily, weekly and of course yearly and still sometimes this is not enough with the plethora of stimulus I have in my life!! I have developed these self appreciating habits over time partially because my body and immune system screamed loudly for attention; also my spiritual journey led me to the realization of the beauty and importance of solitude. For years I felt guilty about this because I truly love my HUGE family and all of my friends but my body has always required attention. I’ve learned to listen to my body because if she doesn’t want to work I have nowhere else to go! Again, my spiritual journey led me to peace because I know it is in solitude that I am speaking with my Higher Power and my heart has a chance to be heard. My life has always been interesting, from the day I was born, but I was living in the most turmoil when I was not listening to my heart. I turned to alcohol, empty relationships, and sought approval from so many in search of fulfillment…however brief. I let emotions become stuck because I was too afraid to feel them and so they made home in my body leaving me with severe physical ailments. I am not suggesting that all of my neuropathy & auto-immune symptoms are a result of my experience & emotions but I am quite certain they have negatively influenced my physical symptoms. The beauty among this mock is that I am aware of this! And this is where healing begins!
I have taken responsibility for my life and my body. I know in my being that my body is my temple and I am now making the conscious decision to love the heck out of her till the day we transcend. I will be gentle, loving and understanding as she begins to heal her emotional wounds and physical ailments. Most importantly, I will accept that healing is my birth right and as I begin to feel better and better I will cherish every moment of my healing process and devote gratitude to the power of healing. Lupus, neuropathy, hypoglycemia, ADHD, these are all labels. Labels for doctors to more easily fit you into a category for diagnostics. The problem is we are not labels, we are humans…and I have never been much of a brand whore so I choose to DROP all of the labels I have been given.
As I speak with my friends, family, and random people I meet on a daily basis (I am quite the yacker :) ) I am shocked to hear the degree to which we are giving away our personal power. Time and time again I hear stories about people allowing doctors to remove very important organs and medicine lists long enough to start a personal pharmacy. I am not judging, I am loving. Each time I hear these stories my heart literally pains for these people. I go home and pray for their health and I am always left with the question WHY? Why have we forgotten that we were created by grace? That our body is self regulating. Our heart beats without us asking it to and we breathe just knowing how. So WHY do we not believe that our body can heal? Why do we immediately take an antibiotic because we have a runny nose ‘to beat the cold’ ? If given the slightest chance our bodies are enthused to repair and rebuild what we have so inconsiderately dismantled. Trust me I KNOW! I did not have gratitude for my body until it started to break down. Having experienced paralysis in my hands and feet I now give gratitude to them consistently. I think of all of the wonderful experiences I am able to have with the use of them and my heart begins to feel more expansive!
My plea today is this. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop giving away your personal power. YOU are so rocking & amazing that you MUST believe (somewhere deep down) that your body can accomplish more than what you have given it credit for. When you have the inkling to self-diagnose yourself from the bombardment of medicine commercials take 5 minutes to be with your body. Take an inventory of the symptoms that led you to this diagnosis and try to think of others scenarios that may have led to them. Ask yourself if there may be other possible solutions than a pill. Who do you know that may know more about your situation? There is always an answer and now, there is always a pill. The choice is yours. I do want to clarify that I am not against allopathic medicine I simply have a lot of faith and believe in the power of the body and the healing properties of a holistic approach.
Spending time with your body is detrimental to your health. This time can be spent however you best see fit but here are a few of my favorites I would like to share.
- Body scan – similar to meditation, sit in silence & scan your body starting at your toes and notice sensations to see if there is something going on you may have missed!)
- Exercise – vigorous for heart health, yoga & tai chi for meditative & restorative
- Cook a good meal – Cooking at home puts you in touch with your food. You can control the quality of the ingredients with the special ingredient L…la la la la love
- Meditation – allows you to become clearer about your goals & decisions, offers an array of health benefits
- Detoxifying & Restorative Treatments – www.naturaltherapeuticshs.com for more info!
When we spend time with ourselves we are at greater peace and make better decisions from a more conscious standpoint. If we all made this a regular practice, imagine the effect collectively. To me, this is the key for true world peace. When we all act like little glowworms our light will illuminate the sky.
Personal Challenge: How much time this week can you devote to spending with yourself? Respond on the blog www.nutrishnonamission.com (blog address) with your answer. I welcome all excuses too! I have a knack for finding a way around things so please let me know and I will help you find a solution!