Feeling Symptomatic...You body may have a story to tell?

Feeling symptomatic?

Perfect…let’s dive right in.

Your body holds memories of everything you have experienced and memories take us back to feelings we had at that time. Like our first kiss, our first ride on a roller coaster, the time we scrape our knee or our first heart break, the loss of a loved one or all the relationships we navigate throughout our life that challenge what we actually believe about ourselves, positively or negatively.

Everything you hold in, all the emotion you don’t express, they lock into your body and begin to create patterns.

Think about how often you find yourself in a pattern whether it is with your partner, a friend, colleague, your children, parents, a new job, an old job or even just simply stepping out of your comfort zone.

Sometimes these patterns can even show up alongside changes of how we feel physically.

You might feel like the record is on repeat and find yourself wondering why this same pattern keeps coming up.

Maybe the pattern is speaking your truth, holding everything in, carrying too much responsibility, always needing to be right, perfectionism, rejection, resentment or???

Patterns build into pressure points.

Think about the first time you didn’t authentically express yourself:

Hey, I need support.

I would like to be included.

That felt disrespectful.

The energy exchange in this relationship feels out of balance.

Whatever needed to be expressed but was not, got tucked away in your memory and in the emotional landscape of your body.

From what I have seen and understand is that this physical life is connected to your soul’s growth. There are promises and agreements you made before arriving here, experiences you would navigate to deepen your inner wisdom, heal family patterns, and support your soul’s evolution.

Both the blessings and challenges that we face give us the chance to enhance our emotional intelligence.

The places that you find yourself stunted in self expression are your biggest opportunities for your soul’s evolution. And…oh so challenging…which is why you might find that certain lessons repeat through different people, relationships, and circumstances. The details may change but the invitation remains the same,

The lessons and patterns keep knocking at your door because they want your attention. And, sometimes they have been knocking for so long that the body begins to shout.

Your body and your symptoms have a story to tell and it only takes a minute to listen. Listening through curiosity of the emotional, spiritual and physical layers of what you are experiencing. And…also listening to your inner wisdom of seeking medically necessary channels too.

Imagine that you allow a moment to ask:

What are you trying to show me?

The unfolding just might reveal the wisdom your soul has been guiding you toward and the Sacred Shift you are ready to make.

From the spiritual and emotional landscape, not the medical side (because I am not a medical expert)…

Let’s say you’re struggling with digestive congestion, ask yourself

What am I holding onto?

What am I having a difficult time releasing?

Because if you’re the type of person who feels like you always have to hold it together, you have to be the strong one, be the peace keeper, you can never fall apart, you hold back your truth or let anyone down, then your body has to hold onto everything…

And that’s a lot, for one person and one body to hold.

Eventually what has been contained will find a way to be expressed. Whether it finds expression from overwhelm, an emotional outburst, conflict with those around you or a deep knowing that it is time for a change

Maybe you feel like you’re not digesting…what is it in your life or your relationship that you are not digesting?

Is your skin irritated? Who or what is irritating you or getting under your skin?

These questions are a deeper invitation to explore your emotional and spiritual landscape (not to diagnose in a medical sense) and they also share a theme:

Speak up.

Share your feelings. Ask for the support that you need. Practice expressing yourself in small, honest ways until it begins to feel natural, safe and unapologetic.

You’re here to fully be yourself, not restrained or edited.

Let your body, your lessons and your patterns be your companion, your messenger, and a bridge to deepen your inner wisdom.

As you care for yourself, listen with curiosity, compassion, and wonder.

Let your light illuminate your gifts, your patterns, all the spaces within you and the environment that surrounds you.

If you feel called to understand the language of the body more deeply, my self-paced Intuitive Body Scanning course will guide you in using your natural intuitive abilities to listen beneath the surface, recognize energetic and emotional patterns, and uncover the deeper wisdom waiting to be revealed.

And I would love to hear from you: What pattern has your body—or your life—been asking you to pay attention to?

In love and light, Rochelle Kindell Stanley