So, I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about where we all come from. No, not the stork/ mommy & daddy/ hospital theories. But rather, why we behave in certain ways, why we react in certain ways...really what perspective we are coming from.
After taking a class, doing some reading, journaling, & talking I've come to understand that we all have things that have happened in our lives. This is not earth-shattering, obviously. However, coming to understand my own issues/ pain bodies (yes, that's Eckhart Tolle speaking), etc. has helped me to see that everyone around me is reacting from their own issues to things (their own stuff/issues/pain bodies).
So, great Jen...but what the hell does this have to do with working out/eating right/losing weight.
Well, my fine feathered friends, I had an epiphany of sorts today.
It came to me during spinning class (where else, right? that is of course where all epiphanies start...haha). So, if you have never taken a spinning class, saying it's intense/a hard workout is pretty much an understatment. So as I was focusing through the tough parts I found this little spot on the floor and focused on that, while working hard. Furthermore, I imagined that spot was a physical representation of the pain (the pain from my life issues. As I did this I noticed myself working harder. I also noticed that I wanted to get rid of the pain, I wanted to make the pain better, and by having a physical outlet for that pain I felt better mentally and spiritually. At the end of my class my issues/stuff/pain was lessened.
It got me thinking (as I immediately headed a Zumba class--which rocked by the way) how can I share this information with others? What other ideas can I share. I thought of a few girlfriends of mine who have shared a few of their own issues/pains with me & also things I hear people talking about on TV, in books, in the news. Some common themes for issues/pain emerged. Things like: I want to be loved...I'm afraid of being abandoned...I'm afraid of not having money...I'm afraid of appearing incompetent...etc. These issues can manifest themselves in many, many ways.
For now though, I'll choose one issue. As I was walking to class one of the big-screen TV's had on one of those Divorce Court shows, so we'll use a common marital issue as our example. Infidelity. If you use my example of focusing on the pain, you would not be saying...'look what that asshole did to me....i want to kill that whore...i imagine i'm stomping on her face....i imagine i'm kicking him in the groin'. No! This is not helpful. You have to get to the raw emotion, the actual pain. Simply, 'something in my life happened that I am experiencing pain from, it sucks, I hate the pain, I want the pain to go away, I imagine as I punch, kick, jump, pedal, lift (etc) that this pain is slowly easing away...the physical pain I am feeling is simply a manifestation fo the mental/spiritual pain I am feeling in my life...the more I feel the pain of the exercise, the less I feel the pain of my issue.
Does this make any semblance of sense to you? Do you agree? Disagree?
I also have found this to work with food. Let me re-phrase that--I postulize that many people with extra weight have utilized food to push the emotions down, to not feel them/deal with them, to essentially numb themselves. Again, I'm certainly not the first person that has ever said this. You can actually tell yourself that the hunger you think you feel is simply a phsyical manifestation of the mental/spiritual pain and it's amazing how much control you will immediately take for the food that goes in your mouth. Try it...it works!!!
People deserve wealthy life and personal loans or student loan will make it much better. Because freedom is based on money state.
Posted by: Franco22Lila | August 13, 2011 at 09:52 AM