Healing Life!

I am going to start a new sort of post here. Sometimes is may seem that it has little to do with the grandparenting process and yet I think it is an invaluable tool that we need to hand down to the following generations. I am just now starting to learn about it and so this first post is about why I am willing to consider it and what I have just recently discovered!

My childhood was filled with trauma that I will not describe here. I only mention it because I wish to lay the groundwork for the value I am finding in the following tools.

Part of that childhood was an attempt to control me through fear. It will be those fears that will keep me from learning new things if I allow them to. I have discovered that having a relationship with God takes away those fears and frees me to consider the marvels of His creations in new and wonderful ways! He promises to sort out the good things from those which would work to my destruction and to lead me in ALL my ways. My part is to open to that leading and to rest in leading which means I do not need to fear!

And so the groundwork has been laid in my life to accept this new thing.

I already know that the body is amazing and that God has placed within it not only what it needs to stay healthy but also many things that illustrate my spiritual relationship to him! In nursing school I was continually aware of this as I learned about the chemical interactions in our cells and the relationship each part of our body has with another part. The nervous system is especially fascinating and there is still much unknown about how it works and why it works. I learned about the vagal nerve and how it connects our nervous system in such a way that even our bowel function affects how our heart works! Now there is a metaphor with interesting implications!

So learning that there are places in our body where the nerves come together and surface in ways that allows us to feel pain or comfort in particular areas was no surprise. Ancient Chinese medicine called these points meridian points. The inervation of our Nervous System was referred to as "Energy Fields".

It is from my very basic and simplistic understanding of these systems that allows me to understand the feasibility of the Emotional Freedom Techniques that are sweeping and revolutionizing the healing community! I am just starting to reap the benefits for myself. Hopefully our children and grandchildren will be free to use these techniques in their life too!

I feel the need to list here the reasons that I am finding this so wonderful!

1. I do not have to give away ANY of my power to anyone else to experience its benefits.
2. It is self soothing and can be done anywhere.
3. It incorporates the power of the body God gave me with my will and desire for improvement in my life.
4. It does not negate any of the power God gives me in His word and in fact the affirmations I find there and have accepted intellectually can become an emotional and spiritual reality for me through the use of these Emotional Freedom Techniques.
5. While I will be guided through this process with the help of a trained professional, it is not imparative that I do so. I can learn and grow without a large investment of money or time.
6. The results speak for themselves in increased wellness, joy and contentment!

Here is a link to more information! Come and learn with me these wonderful things!

Emotional Freedom Techniques

You can watch a video that describes it better at the bottom of this blog!