06/18/2024
Pain is simply how the body communicates.
We have an have an Exploratory Approach and Nurturing Approach in our practice, and when you are “exploratory” you will often encounter pain.
Sometimes we pull back the curtains to see what’s there. As often is the case, we experience pain. In developing your relationship to pain in your practice, please consider this:
Outside of a current acute injury or alarming pain, we don’t avoid pain in practice but appreciate it as the way the body directly communicates with us. When practicing correctly, and you are feeling intense sensations, you are often revealing in the system what are old patterns (mental, emotional or physical) that inhibit the greater health of your system, not just biomechanically but circulatory, hormonal, nervous system, even at the mental and emotional level.
The art of the practicing lies in listening very attentively, moment by monent, with a concentration that comes from a quiet mind and a nervous system at ease. You may adjust pressure/support in real time, as needed or directed - and at times reframe the entire experience from a place of wisdom.
Consider this as well: the goal is not to eliminate the experience of pain. If we did that, we would be numb and likely distancing ourselves from “reality.” Our goal is to recapture the greatest functionality we were born with as our potential but have lost in time.
Remember that the transformation process that the method delivers lies in the consistency of practice.
Keep practicing!
