How does your body speak out?

Its been quite a while since I blogged and I have had a very life changing few months. Firstly I got ill, very ill and after hospital intervention realised that it was time that I took stock. Before my illness I had been to a healer and said I really needed some space and LOTS OF time. Basically I was knackered and wanted silence and stillness. The healer picked this up and said that I had some life changing times ahead, that I should trust myself and relax. Of course I agreed but my body did more and 7 days later I was in hospital.

It’s quite hard explaining to a surgeon with a glint in his eye that you just need some rest, a few days off and not his knife but I did and when I got home I rested and rested and found a new awareness of my body that I have never had before. Namely that its there to be cherished and looked after and the person to do that is me.

So some months later I am having my feet done, having weekly shiatsu and getting back into acupuncture. A client said the famous quote to me a few weeks ago " apothecary heal thy self" and that what I am doing. Nice things; walking, laying in bed watching Lewis or Morse box sets and relinquishing guilt and shoulds. I am also on one of the most life changing journeys of my life as I am training to be a counsellor, so along with the weekly therapy, group therapy and hours of soul searching, I realise that I am beginning to get to know me again and my body is with me on that journey. Giving me pointers when I need to be still, cry, dance and sing loudly to Hendrix on the A37.