Did you resign yourself to inevitable decline, because “I’m getting older”?
Do you find yourself saying or feeling, or worrying about, “it’s getting hard to pick up my grandchildren”, “I have this pain that won’t go away,” “I can’t reach up”, or “I feel stuck.”
Are you only in your 40’s or 50’s and already have mobility issues, digestive problems, or your spouse is complaining you aren’t remembering things the way you used to?
When we adapt to machines or environments, whether it is driving a car long distances, hunched over a computer, or typing endlessly, and override pain or discomfort signals our bodies are sending, we develop habits that distort our bodies, and forget that we can regain voluntary control over muscles that we have ignored. But we can wake up out of postural distortions and pain.
Emotionally, when we stuff our feelings in order to keep up appearances, or continue to carry over from childhood the shoulds/oughts, the blame/shame games or various ways of belittling ourselves or making ourselves bad or wrong or small, or push ourselves to puff up to some image of perfection a parent demanded of us, or strain to win approval for who we really are inside, but are afraid to show, our stuffed feelings accumulate and take a toll on our bodies and minds. No wonder they feel locked up or rigid!
We are a digestive system. When we have life experiences we can’t digest, we feel stuck. Processing and clearing away those stuck places can add years to life.
Some people go to massage therapists or doctors looking for healing. I once saw this placard in a nursing home: “What I do for you makes me stronger. What you do for yourself makes you stronger. Which do you choose?”
A Senior Sovereignty™ mini-workshop offers a three hour educational program to remove self-imposed limitations through improved awareness of your innate structure, while you free yourself to move more easily. Recently, I have been teaching this to individuals, rather than groups, but maybe need to expand….Any thoughts or suggestions?
Rosi Goldsmith, LMT
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