Archive for September, 2008
September Juicy Body Tip: Move your Spine!
Posted by: | CommentsTake time to breathe and move your body. Try this: breathe into your spine and let it move in a way that feels good, comfortable, loving, easy. Don’t push or strain, just gently roll the area like a piece of seaweed being supported and pushed by the rolls of the ocean. Give yourself permission to feel the flow and glide of the spine, wherever you are – sitting in a chair, standing, driving, lying down. Allow the spine to lead the movement, put on some music, and allow the music to support the flow.
This flow is very important – it is where the unwinding & releasing of the spine can take place, and it also opens up a space where the information or truth from the body can be revealed. It is in the fluid system where the wisdom and knowledge that is held in the body is stored. So, this simple practice not only feels good and reduces tension in the area, but it also allows for communication with the deep messages and intuition of the body. Do this practice for 5 minutes a day (or more!) to wake up the awareness of your spine. See how this impacts your life – you’ll probably find you are feeling more rejuvenated, alive, present, and connected! Most importantly, ENJOY and play with the movement so it feels good!
We know that moving is healthy… health experts recommend a minimum of 20 min/day for circulation of the blood flow for oxygenation of the body, for pumping the lymph system to remove the “garbage” in your body, and for lubricating the joints giving you a “grease and oil change”. Equally important, however, the work I have described above brings awareness into the body, allowing you to feel the sensations that are there, and to wake up the inner connections. As most of us have lost that connection, we have been trained to ignore our body’s sensations and knowing. And yet true and lasting healing comes from within the body, connecting to it, to our soul and to the Divine.
The Power is in Your Pelvis
Posted by: | CommentsI am constantly amazed that if you just keep asking the body, the truth keeps rolling out. Every time I do a private session, teach a class or run a workshop, I am in awe and gratitude at the same time. The body just keeps revealing the truth and the healing that comes from that is incredible and inspirational.
In August I facilitated an “Embracing Your Feminine Power” workshop and it was an extraordinary experience. We spent five hours in the what I call the Feminine Heart Center. What do I mean by this? As women we know about our loving hearts, our good minds and how much we are givers. However when we give from this place and don’t source from our core then we as women deplete ourselves. As one of my friends just said to me, “women have been pulled out of their feminine,” which I wholeheartedly agree, and my experience is that we as women don’t even know the sensation of being in our feminine body. We know driving, doing, achieving, taking care of, providing (the wonderful and necessary masculine energies) but we don’t know the opposite. That’s where the Feminine Heart Center comes in!… where our real feminine power lives. The place in our bodies where this energy resides is in the pelvis. Often we think of our pelvis as sexual and nothing else, but it is so much more than that. As women, our feminine power lives in our pelvis – hence – The Power of the Pelvis!
I am absolutely passionate about women owning and inhabiting their pelvis (as my students & clients know) and here’s why …. because it is the source of our feminine energy. If we as women disconnect from this part of our body, we cannot embrace the vitally important quality of “receiving”. Without this, we cannot source ourselves, we cannot connect, nurture, or feel sensual and delicious as women. It is in our anatomy to receive, it is what the feminine energy is all about. About receiving, being, allowing, embracing, surrendering to, including, going with the flow, letting go of control. Receiving comes from inhabiting our bodies. It comes from allowing us to receive what is present in our body, listening inside, following the flow, sensation, feeling, and knowing of the information and wisdom that is there.
