Let’s Face It, No Body Likes Pain….

 

 

 

It’s hard to believe, but in pain often lies a hidden blessing.

Let me explain what I mean.

 

Jo* came to me with a sports injury which had resulted in persistent leg pain. In fact it was so bad that sitting for just 20 min could cause excruciating pain in her leg when she then tried to move it. Even worse it was difficult to find a comfortable position in bed despite the support of pillows and bolsters and trying different lying positions. For 18 months Jo hadn’t had a full nights sleep.

Not even back surgery, painkillers at night-time or an ongoing rehabilitation program stopped the nagging and debilitating pain.

 

Imagine how depressing it must have been for her to think she‘d have to live like this for the rest of her life!

 

Jo was referred to me for massage therapy which gave her some temporary relief, but it quickly became apparent to me that there were deep seated emotions associated with this pain linking to a traumatic event in the past – Jo had suffered repeated abuse in her childhood.

 

She was very anxious about facing up to her past trauma, so I explained to her that the Journey process that I had in mind for her was a very gentle healing method.

It took huge courage for Jo to first of all trust me enough, and then trust that the Journey would help her to sort something out she had avoided dealing with all her life.

 

I felt very moved by Jo’s fierce determination to heal herself and to be free.

Much anger, frustration, hurt, helplessness, sadness, confusion, grief, shame came to the surface. Jo had carried these feelings in her body for over 40 years.

Is it a surprise that they ended up manifesting as physical pain…?

Jo also became aware of old beliefs she had formed around that time in her life, beliefs like “I’m not good enough’, ‘I can’t trust anybody’, ‘I have no control what might happen to me’. She could see clearly how these old beliefs had been running and limiting her life.

 

At the same time the Journey also provided Jo with profound experiences of freedom and even bliss. She reconnected with her essence, that deeper part that is whole and remains untouched by anything that happens to the physical body.

Amazing healing becomes possible when we connect with our real Selves.

 

After the first session Jo felt freer and lighter just by virtue of having faced something that she had suppressed for a very long time, and that was impacting on her relationships, her work and obviously on her health. At the same time Jo was still in turmoil. Something so deep and painful was going to need more than one session to allow positive lasting change. Process by process Jo met and released these old painful feelings, like peeling layers off an onion. Jo let go of her old beliefs and integrated new healthy ones. She also got remarkable insights and tools which help her now to live life in a new empowered way.

Something amazing happened in Jo’s 4^th session, all of the years of anxiety and turmoil melted away, the past had lost its power at last and she was completely free.

 

Jo is now pain free and gets good sleep, which is in itself a small miracle. However, the real bonus is the deeper seated healing. She is now in charge of her life, makes decisions more easily, has more confidence, and is able to feel the real joy that she had shut herself off from for years.

 

So, even though nobody likes pain, here is one story of the gift the Journey can give those brave enough to face themselves. Are you brave enough?

 

*Name changed to protect privacy