Rotating bodyworkers can, in the long run, maximize healing for every part of your physical and emotional bodies. My own experiences receiving massage have recently reaffirmed for me that every bodyworker has specific strengths that work for particular parts of my body, but no one has the whole thing down. For example, where one person I might see does wonders for my legs and hips, another affords my upper back and neck just the right pressure and motion to encourage maximum healing.
We tend to stay with one practitioner because they do good work overall, and there is nothing wrong with that approach. Yet, when we try a session from another practitioner, we find that certain areas of the body get addressed in new and different ways. It’s important to put the body’s overall needs ahead of long-term habit patterns. Many of you may be doing this already, but for those like myself who recently awoke to my own pattern of seeing only this person or that person for massage, only to find new healing epiphanies for various parts of my body I didn’t even realize were that much in need, I offer the possibility.
Remember that barter suggestions and asking for what you need in terms of sliding scale can sometimes be keys in finding a win for you and Body. Options that many bodyworkers are open to include partial payment combined with partial barter, or time payments with a stated end time. Not every situation will meet your needs, but keep trying. Your intent to get the healing touch you need will pay off in right timing, even if money is an issue.
Tips for long-term Body health: to aid in liver detoxification and as a preventive measure, I like to start off my day with fresh-squeezed organic lemon juice, wedge and all, in an unsweetened cup of herb tea. Whenever I take in or do anything with an intent for health lately I’ve been cultivating the habit of either thinking or saying an affirmative statement out loud. With my lemon tea I might say to myself something to the effect of, “I am clearing myself of toxins.”
We have to overcome a lot of negative conditioning from the media and our past about what happens to us that “we have no control over.” We can tangibly reverse this negative flow by making statements to ourselves that we can feel the truth of, believe in, and enact a positive “placebo effect.” With a gulp of the green powder drink that I consume after my morning tea, I like to say “I am taking in a magic restorative elixir of healing life force from Earth.” You can stretch this even further by saying “I drink life and the fountain of youth” every time you take a drink of water. See what comes up for you when you say this! It could be some sneering voice in your head – it’s alright. Use all the tools at your disposal to address this voice head-on.
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The author of this new site is one of my main sources of material discussed over time in this column, regurgitated through my own levels of understanding, of course. She has brought forth eight books on the kind of emotional healing and dealing that I feel is crucial in these times. The FAQ page I find particularly clear and informative.