Learning the Language of the Body

 I studied German in college and spent a year and a half living in Austria while a young adult.  Having an associates degree in international studies, I have thought a good deal about learning different languages.  Learning in the classroom is helpful, but nothing compares to immersion into a culture for learning a foreign language.  

How does this apply to health?  Our bodies try to communicate to us what we need to heal.  Our bodies are designed to heal themselves, but if we are sabotaging this process through toxic thoughts, toxic foods or environments, then they may become overwhelmed.  Often the messages our bodies send to communicate their needs to us are subtle at first, but they get louder and louder if we ignore them.  Learning to recognize the subtle messages can prevent bigger problems later on.  

Fevers, rashes, aches and pains are all messages our bodies use to communicate a need to our brains.  Often blisters, sore spots or dry skin on the feet are messages from reflex points trying to teach us that a certain organ or area of the body needs attention.  Listen to these messages.  Sit with them and try to figure out the translation.  

Books such as Heal Your Body by Louise Hay or Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol Kuhn Truman are great resources to learn which physical symptoms might be associated with different emotions you have trapped in your body.  

Once you decipher the message, then you can work on letting go of the toxic emotions, thoughts or environmental factors creating the problem.  

Viewing your body as this intelligent tool that is so good about communicating its needs to you can help you love and appreciate your body and then be in a better mental state to love yourself and heal.

Just as in any conversation, it is important that we reciprocate communication.  Talk to your body.  Remind it that it is in a safe place.  Give your body permission to be at peace and be still.

Thoughts and Feelings

 I have recently worked with some people about relationship struggles.  People have very different personalities and sometimes those differences create clashes.

One thing that I think is important to remember is that just because someone has an opinion about you doesn't change who you are; their opinion is just a reflection of who they are.  Listening to their opinions and then seeking to understand why they would feel or speak that way might help us better understand who they are and what their needs are.  Judgments and harsh words always come from a place of pain.  

It takes maturity to not react when someone lashes out at us, but if we just pause before reacting, we can evaluate whether there is any truth to what has been said and if not, shrug it off.  Don't give rent free space in your mind for thoughts that hurt you.  

Also, if the same issues keep coming up for you, it might be time to be still and ponder what you're supposed to be learning from these issues.  It could be that you have something you need to change in the way you treat others, which takes some humility to admit.  It could also be that Heavenly Father is trying to teach you something about love and forgiveness or something else just as important, that you can't learn any other way.  Or it could be that your body is ready to release some trauma from the past.  Similar circumstances tend to resurface until we have addressed an issue. It seems very unfair that those who have been abused are more likely to experience such events again, but it is often the case.  However, when healing takes place and that trauma is released, we are no longer attracting that kind of energy into our biofield anymore.  

Color Therapy

 Dr. Richard Frankel was said to believe that "stress is encoded in the mind as color."  (Light Medicine of the Future by Jacob Liberman pg. 132).

When I was in 8th grade my English teacher talked about how red was her favorite color and I remember thinking, how could that be anyone's favorite color?  It is the color of blood.  I had spent many hours in various hospitals with medical personnel doing bleeding time tests on me.  This consisted of being cut with razor blades while they watched me bleed.  They always told me it wouldn't hurt and wouldn't scar - both of which proved untrue.  I detested the sight of blood.  In addition, I was struggling with heavy menstruation, feeling very unsupported in the changes my body was undergoing, which only added to the trauma associated with that color. 

After working through some of this trauma, I now love the color red.  Likewise I had similar issues with the color yellow in association with self-loathing and a closed solar plexus chakra.

"Frenkel's technique goes something like this:  while patients focus on their images in a mirror surrounded by different colored bulbs, they are asked to describe any feelings or memories that come into their awareness.  Frankel reports that old, painful memories literally 'gush out' of they patients' minds during this process, frequently accompanied by the bodily symptoms associated with the original experiences.  As a physician, he believes that removing stress from the mind not only reduces human disease but also unleashes human creativity.  Dr. Frenkel has achieved a high degree of success in controlling anxiety, depression, phobias, migraines, suicide, computer fatigue, obesity, and drug and alcohol abuse."

There are many different color therapy tools available.  It is hard to weed through the details to know which ones are high quality and which ones are just high price tags, but not necessarily great therapy.