What's that mean?
If your neck is out, maybe there's a message...
Or maybe not, too. It's all 'a theory!'
Maybe useful, maybe not. Worth a try!
The first two techniques relied upon the location of the
bones. The first
one compared the real to the ideal and the
second one exaggerated what was there. This
technique is a little less tied to the physical anatomy and
more connected to the mental/emotional content. Here's what it is: each of
the vertebra correlate with areas of our lives. When
those areas of our lives are out, the vertebra are
out. In order to keep the vertebra aligned, address
whatever are of our lives is out. See - simply and
elegant!
Perhaps you're saying, "How in the world do I know
what the correlations are?" Yeah - that
part's a little trickier. When I learned Reiki, my
teachers cautioned to be open to whatever is stored wherever
in the body, to avoid hard and fast maps of what goes
where. I agree with that sage advice. To say
'this only appears there' is to limit your awareness and you
could overlook something important. On the other hand, having no
map is a bit like plunking down in a major metropolitan area
without directions -- a bit daunting! So it can be
helpful to have some idea and there are a few maps I've
found useful. There are also some techniques
which can be used even when you don't have a map.
I'll start with using a map. This one is from Heal Your Body
by Louise Hay. Louise Hay is one of the pioneers
in this area. I got my first books from her back in
the 80's, along with books by Shakti Gawain and Lynn
Anderson. To use this map, because these are
statements of misalignment, consider either Tapping or The
Sedona Method. OR you can flip the statements and use
Whole-Brain Posture, Cross-crawls, or affirmations.
Affirmations take 28 days to take hold, where as the other
two take maybe five minutes. Sometimes they'll take
more, but usually it's in the five minute range.
For example:
- find a statement to work with. In this case, I
muscle check that C-4 is out, and it's the 2nd statement
that applies: "I bottle up my feelings."
(Or I could have said to myself, "What in my neck
feels out of what? O - it's C2." I look at
the list for C2 and wonder "Hm... which of these is
it?" and I just pick what I consider it might
be.)
- I decide to use The Sedona Method, ie
- Is it in the realm of possibilities that I'm
bottling up my feelings?
- Could I acknowledge (the extent to which) I bottle
up my feelings? (ie is it possible for
me to do this?)
- Would I (not) acknowledge (the extent to which) I
bottle up my feelings?
- When would I do that? (either acknowledge or
not acknowledge...)
- I enjoy a better feeling neck! (which,
btw, happened just about as soon as I decided to use The
Sedona Method, probably because I know the questions by
heart and my mind could race through them rather
quickly!)
Or:
- I find another statement - this one with a negative
emotion attached to it.
- I decide to use Tapping so
- I get into the mood of that emotion
- I go through the general tapping sequence
- karate chop, top of head, inner eye, outer
eye, under eye, under nose, under lip, collar
bone, ribs
- I do the V with the eye lift
- Viola! better neck. (in this case, my
emotion heightened a little during the first part of the
tapping and then released completely.)
Here's the map of the cervicals from Heal Your Body
by Louise Hay.
|
Cervical
Vertebra (Ether chakra stuff) |
- C-l
(Chronic tiredness, dizziness,
headaches, nervousness, insomnia)
- I am afraid.
- I am confused.
- I run from life.
- C-2
(Sinus trouble, allergies, eye
troubles, earache, fainting,
deafness)
- I blame others.
- I am indecisive.
- I am resentful.
- I deny my spirituality.
- C-3
(Eczema, acne, neuralgia)
- I accept blame for others.
- I am a martyr.
- I feel guilty.
- I am indecisive.
- C-4
(Hay fever, catarrh, adenoids)
- I repress my anger.
- I bottle up my feelings.
- I suppress my tears.
- I feel bitter.
- I feel guilty.
- C-5
(Throat conditions, laryngitis)
- I am afraid to express myself.
- I am afraid of ridicule.
- I feel as though I am not worthy.
- I feel (stupid • silly •
idiotic • dumb).
- C-6
(Stiff neck, tonsillitis, pain in
upper arm)
- I feel burdened.
- I feel overloaded.
- I try to fix others.
- C-7
(Thyroid conditions, colds,
feeling cold)
- I am confused.
- I am angry.
- I can't reach out.
- feel helpless.
|
| See
references: Louise Hay, Heal Your
Body |
Some of the other maps come from Tibetan Toning, Touch
for Health, and various authors. (More on those some
other time!)
Without a map, you can look to techniques such as
Focusing , which is a from of dialoguing. Simplified,
-
become aware of the area of the body that's out of
whack.
-
repeat until there is a shift (see below)
- be present. say to the body "I'm
here for you. What would you like me to
know?"
- 'stand back' and observe the representation of
what's going on that you are given. notice the shape, size, color,
texture, sound, density, temperature, aroma, movement, etc. of that area
- ie there's an area on the right side of my neck
that is hot, orange and yellow, pointed sharply like
an arrow head, jabbing me, smooth on the bottom,
flecked on the top, but also the texture of foam, so
it's bouncing in and out...
- Confirm what you observed. Say to your
body "I see/feel/sense/hear/taste/smell
<whatever information you got from
above>. Is that all of it? / Is there
more?"
- I just got more info - there was a sudden
'drop' that went down and across my back to an area
in my lower back -
- I acknowledge this "O - the area that's
<hot, orange and yellow, pointed sharply like an
arrow head, jabbing me, smooth, but also the texture
of foam, so it's bouncing in and out> is connect
to <that> area in my back ... which is shaped
like a plate, is white and tilted, blue on the
outside , etc...
- "Did I get all of that?"
(I'm being shown more...)
- I accidentally asked, because I was wondering,
"What is that all about?" and got a
message. I now use the same approach with
that:
- I say to my body: "I got the message
<message I got >. Is that all of
it?" I get more.
- I say to my body: "I got the message <1st
message I got > and that <2nd message I
got> and .... " I'm not even done and I get
another message... So I keep repeating these
messages as they come in, also paying attention to
the sensations going on in my body and cataloguing
those, implying "did I get it all?"
- When you 'get it all,' it magically
vanishes. It's like the message is delivered.
- ie right now I feel a little light headed.
this took maybe 10 minutes. my neck and back
feel warm and fluid. my mind is kind of doing
the 'really? was that right?' thing and 'well,
if that was so, what do I do about it now?'
this part is not so necessary. your conscious
mind is such a small part of your being that it's
pretty much been left in the dust. the changes
that needed to occur for you to behave differently
in the future have already taken place, even though
you don't have words for them. so as best you
can, continue to observe how the sensations in your
body (heat, movement, texture, density, etc.) change
and avoid getting into an investigating mode in your
head. Getting into analytical mode will put
you into the 'left brain' and hijack the process.
Have you had a chance to play with this in your
riding? What is your experience with this?
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