healing process

There I was, I could hardly move. The pain in the back right side of my right hip was very intense, making it hard to even walk.

Friday morning, I felt fine and went about my usual morning regime. I headed downstairs to do my exercise workout. Part way into the workout, I could feel sensations of pain surfacing in my hip area. I finished my workout and headed back upstairs. Within an hour, I can hardly move. Whatever was happening with my physical body got my attention.

At first I was focused on figuring out what I did physically to cause this pain. I reflected back on the last 24 hours and still had no clue. Eventually, I turned my attention towards my thoughts and feelings over the last number of days. What was different? What could I possibly be thinking of?

One thing I became aware of was a powerful manifesting practice I had been doing for a couple of days. I was aware my energy was changing because I was feeling more settled inside. I didn’t quite know how these changes were manifesting in the physical world around me.

I recognized the pain indicated I had unrest inside and was my body’s way of slowing me down. I needed to pay attention to what I was thinking and feeling. There was some healing work I needed to do before I could step forward and be aligned with what I was manifesting.

The intensity of pain was up and down as I continued to heal and resolve the unrest inside. When I had thoughts related to unrest, the pain was intense. When I resolved the unrest, the pain was gone. This continued for three days. On one hand I was in a lot of physical pain. On the other hand, I celebrated my pain because my body continued to communicate with me the whole time. By Tuesday, I had next to no pain and was back exercising like normal.

Have you ever experienced having pain and you had no idea what caused the pain?

When it comes to any kind of pain, here are some things I learned over the last week:

1. The sensations of pain you feel in your physical body may not be coming from the physical movements you made with your body. The pain may be coming from your thoughts and feelings.

This point may be hard to grasp. There can be times when your physical body needs to get your attention. Pain is one way to draw your attention inwardly towards your Self. What’s going on in your life? What thoughts and emotions have been present creating the changes in your physical body?

2. The intensity of pain can be an indicator of where you are in the healing process.

You may have thoughts and emotions related to unrest inside. Together, those thoughts and emotions can ‘wake up’ your pain. If the pain intensifies, you can be ‘connected’ with some unrest. When you heal and resolve the unrest, the pain related to the unrest is released and gone. This process can continue until the pain from the area is gone.

3. Having awareness of any changes in your physical body is important in the healing process.

You may experience times in your day when you don’t feel the sensations of pain. Then there may be times when the pain is intense. What movements cause you the most pain? The movements you make with your physical body can also help you to know when you have ‘connected’ with the unrest inside. For example, on Sunday morning, I tried to stretch my hips and legs. My left thigh tightened up and I started to cry. This was significant for me. In that moment, I had the realization I had been pushing my husband in his healing process. I felt so bad and did a quick forgiveness process. When I was done, the tightness in my thigh released.

4. There can be pain in the recovery.

You can experience pain going into and coming out of ‘problems.’

For me, I knew it was painful to walk and yet I continued to walk. Physical movement was one way of keeping my energy in motion. I had to ‘work out’ the energetic blocks which surfaced in my hips. As I moved physically through the healing process, my thoughts and emotions were becoming more positive and uplifting. The sensations of pain were gone. I had a sense I was now aligned with what I was manifesting and ready for the next level of growth spurt.

Pain can surface in many ways and for different reasons. Initially, the reasons may not make sense. Even though the reasons don’t make sense, consider keeping an open mind through the healing process. You may be pleasantly surprised at what you can learn about yourself. You are always ‘rewarded’ for doing your inner work.

Wherever you are on your journey, may you find what works for you…find your own truth…and you will always be guided to feel at peace inside.

Sheila Unique, Relationship Expert

It is interesting to hear people talk about the pains in their body. For example, you hear things like the pain in their joints is just arthritis because they are getting old. People say they can’t do anything about their pains. Do you catch yourself thinking like that? Is that really the truth about pain?

My daughters took me shopping to buy a new pair of runners. In the store I had my first experience where the clerk actually took time to question me about my feet and how I walked. I purchased the runners the clerk suggested. Those runners are supposed to correct my step so I’m not walking on the outsides of my feet.

I started using these new runners on our treadmill. I noticed the inside part of the heels were sore. Blisters showed up at first and now after a number of months I have slight calluses in those spots. This didn’t really mean anything to me until this past weekend.

That Friday my computer had a virus and was hacked leaving me without a computer all day. Being hacked like that was very upsetting. I processed through a lot of emotion that whole day leading me to experience a major shift in consciousness. My day closed with the computer guy fixing my computer easily. He told me I was very lucky. To me it wasn’t so much luck as it was a miracle.

The day that followed that shift I was again walking on our treadmill. My hips were swinging side to side like never before! That was another miracle to me because there was so much more movement in my hip area. After I was done walking I took my runners off and became aware of how the inside heels of my feet were unusually sore again. Why were my heels sore that day? I started to see what my body was showing me!

For me to make that shift inside, I worked with my energetics and mindsets. The negative thoughts and emotions I had were gone. My computer was fixed and a peaceful feeling came over me. With those changes in my mind and spirit, the physical body was next.

My runners had been gently encouraging the correction of my physical steps. The correction in my steps also corrects and aligns every other physical part of my body involved in walking. I was aware of the extra movement in the hip area. The soreness I felt that day on the inside heels of my feet confirmed I made a shift. The shift was helping my physical body to align and center itself even more.

People tend to think when their aches and pains show up they need to change something they are doing. Using my example, people said I needed to get new runners because those ones were hurting my heels. People told me maybe I need to stop walking on the treadmill. Is that really the solution?

When you think about what your physical body is experiencing right now, consider these questions:

What is your mindset when it comes to the aches or pains you are experiencing?
Have you noticed those aches and pains are showing up at times you are making changes in your life?
Are those aches and pains showing up indicating you are stuck and struggling or indicating you are in the healing process?

You see you are your own leading authority when it comes to you and your life! You take you with you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You know in any moment of time if something doesn’t feel right inside. You know when you are experiencing feeling stuck and you’re struggling. You also know when you are in the healing process and the body is ‘righting’ itself.

By your very nature, when you shift your consciousness the process of shifting impacts your body, mind and spirit. All three move into alignment. Saying that another way, whenever you clean up the ‘unrest’ inside yourself, the physical body follows immediately!

For me, the soreness I experienced with my feet that day wasn’t about needing new runners or not walking on the treadmill. That soreness helped me realize my feet are changing. The soreness showed me I had some resistance expressed through my feet. Now I’m not walking so much on the outsides of my feet.

Transformation and healing takes place on all levels. It doesn’t matter if the transformation and healing takes place in your health, relationships, finances, etc. There will be movement in your body, mind and spirit. Regardless of your age, there are aches and pains in the recovery as well. Your body is that perfect!

Wherever you are on your journey, may you find what works for you…find your own truth…and you will always be guided to feel at peace inside.

Sheila Unique, Relationship Expert, Transformation Coach

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