Renegade Heart Show, 1-8-12
January 9th, 2012We begin the new year with greetings and desire for you each to see major improvements in your personal, physical, emotional, spiritual, relational and social lives.
Cohost Michael shared with us some of his personal “goals” (I don’t like to call them “resolutions”) or areas of focus for the next few months. He has been working to resculpt his body into the ‘body builder’ form he has had previously.
That prompted a discussion about tightness and stretching. Interestingly, I also have trying to get my own body more “connected” to my mental/spiritual self via the learning of Kung Fu and my Sifu (teacher) just this week told me I need to loosen up. When asked how I could do that he said that he didn’t mean I had to stretch, but had to “let go” and “get in the flow”.
That prompted a discussion about what that meant.
Michael also pointed out he has been following the advice of Tim Ferris who wrote The 4-Hour Body (and The 4-Hour Workweek).
Next we began a discussion about the work of Dr. John Sarno who began by noticing a discrepancy between symptoms of back pain and actual anatomical changes that would cause the pain.
He postulates that each of us, just because of living life, suffer or perceive that we suffer, some lack or even many lacks (Michael’s word). When we don’t get the love or attention that we need or want we learn very early to repress that feeling which he says is rage.
Then, because it has our best interest at heart, our subconscious mind won’t let us deal with the emotions directly since it thinks we can’t. Rather, it causes symptoms in our body that are “almost” physiologic so that we put our time and attention on the physical symptoms instead of on the real problem, the emotional issues. When we do this we get “dis-eased” and dis-eases.
This is unlike the animal world which, when under extreme stress, goes into “freeze” mode and then, when the stress is over, immediately “shakes off” the extra “adrenaline energy” and goes merrily on with life.
Talking about the body, stretching, being in the flow, and admitting then releasing the repressed rage all go together as ways or a means to release the stress we all deal with both on a daily basis and as a result of the more significant crisis times in our lives.
Going back to the Garden shows us that when we just Live life and experience it without having to control it or figure it out, we are in this flow. We will also be moving our body in the natural squatting and pulling motions that strengthen our core and keep us rooted and grounded.
Exposing the emotions for what they are (getting “naked”) will also provide the means of releasing the repressed rage and provide healing.
All in all it provides us with the opportunity to enter the new year with a “shift” of awareness, moving away from exclusivity and towards unity with our selves, our neighbors and our world as Gerald O’Donnell talks much about.
Here is a link which talks a lot about similar ideas and attitudes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ZFU4FoNvY
from a talk given by Vishen Lahkani of Finer Minds. Enjoy!
Until next time,
Work your body! Make it reflect the mind/spirit you truly are!
Go in Health,
Dr Jon
Renegade Doc
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