By Annette Bray
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05 Mar, 2024
Closing off our body and emotions is a function of the nervous system's quest to find safety. When we're facing a threat of harm to our body, it makes sense to get small and protect the precious physical resources at our center. It's something that most of us learn in our early years before our mind has the skills to analyze the physical safety of our environment. We can feel threatened by physical or verbal advances. Because we don't have the faculties early on to sort through what happened, why it happened and have the realization that it doesn't have to continue, we develop a patterned response in thought, feeling and in body. It's a circuit in the nervous system whose wire gets tripped when a trigger is presented. And...our physical form manifests this presentation which, ultimately, causes a misaligned posture and all the discomfort that can bring. You know the experience...when you're in the presence of someone you care for and trust, vs someone who's constantly critical, you're body looks totally different. If you haven't noticed yet, pay attention. If this is a commonly embodied state for you or someone you know, it's also creating a negative feedback loop that compels the fear emotion to persist. One of the greatest realizations about this, is that as you develop awareness of closed posture, you can help it at both ends. You can be present with the patterned emotion as you become aware and when you notice a closed posture, it can queue you that you're playing out a fear program. It takes very committed intention to release and select a new way of being, but it's the way to transform it and go beyond coping with the pain. Please ask me if you'd like to learn how this can impact your pain . Wishing you well :)