29/08/2020
I've worked hard for this body...
In 2003 I had a severe accident, a truck plowed into the car behind me and there were 3 more cars in front of me also hit like we were dominoes
We were stationary, the truck was going at about 80km, I didn't have a retractable seatbelt to hold me in place, nor crumple zones in my car to absorb the energy of the impact
I barely had any time off work to recover, nor barely any rehab, nor an understanding of how stress and the normal western diet had an inflammatory effect on my body exacerbating my injuries further
With zero support and nothing but criticism from family I sucked it up and kept on pushing forward with parenting on my own, living with a narcissist and working full time, and eventually in an unconscious effort to self-protect I put on an extra 20kg
Over a decade ago I began the conscious inner journey of healing and began to understand how our bodies are a reflection of who we are within...
How we store our emotions in are bodies...
How our cravings are feeding an emptiness within us...
How our past lives are embodied in this life...
How are ancestral trauma and gifts are inherited in our DNA...
I kept healing, I kept clearing, I lost 15kg and reduced inflammation...
And this time during COVID, although I was ripped apart emotionally by a family member postmortem, and discovering I had a genetic degenerative bone disease plus bursitis I couldn't emotionally do much of anything, but the one thing I could proactively do was further heal my body
Last night I hit a milestone... for the first time in years I hit a flow state while swimming laps and more than doubled my my swim length
If the pool wasn't closing I would've been able to continue and I'm feeling nothing but good pain today
People think spirituality is all astral travels, chakra cleansings, past lives, and talking to spirits
But a huge missing component that is misunderstood is EMBODIMENT
Bringing spirit down into the body, and to do that, we also need to heal the body the best we can
I'm proud of this body, it's carried me through so much in this life and keeps on carrying me 🙏💃🧜♀️