This is a reblog. Click through to read the rest of this wonderful article also shared on wordpress.
Source: Raw, Open and Real: Moving From Traumatic Aloneness to Universal Oneness
From the article:
We don’t have many models for what it looks like to persevere on this healing journey and many stop prematurely. A crucial piece is the willingness to be present with our own pain. As humans it’s natural to want to avoid pain, but usually it’s the avoidance of pain that is more painful than the actual pain. That’s why support is so essential. The wound begins in relationship and the ultimate healing occurs in relationship as well. (read the rest: Raw, Open and Real: Moving From Traumatic Aloneness to Universal Oneness)
Yes, we need to feel our feelings. I’ve discovered that to be crucial too as many posts on Beyond Meds also speaks to.
More posts on feeling your feelings on Beyond Meds here:
- The life-liberating impact of feeling the feeling
- Healing the body/mind with the willingness to feel
- Feeling your way to nondual awakening…
- You can’t heal what you don’t feel
- Body-Centered Inquiry
- Inhabiting our bodies in meditation
- “I wrote a new story for my nervous system” — neurosculpting, neuroplasticity
These too may be helpful:
- Trauma, Fixation and Reactivity – (Somatic Experience)
- Trauma release exercises (or tension release too) — the body speaks
- Healing Somatic Meditation (welcoming prayer)
- Restoring the Body: Yoga, EMDR, and Treating Trauma
- Yoga for trauma: reclaiming your body
- The body keeps score — scroll down for many posts on this important book