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Forgive the following ramble about myself, but I need help to understand this,

and I reckon if I can understand what goes on in my body, it will help

understand other bodies too.

 

At last week's professional development group, I got some work done on my back -

having read Crow's reply about the difference to back and front of chakras, I

was curious to see what I could learn from getting some bodywork with that in

mind.

 

My back - or my spine - has three (four) distinct zones. Cervical and top of

thoracic painful, tense and very sensitive. T3-8 feels quite 'bright', open to

work, with some 'good' pain when worked. T9 -L3 is numb as hell. He was leaning

a lot of bodyweight through his elbow dug into my back, and not only did I feel

no pain, I was hardly aware of the pressure. Not through lack of sensation, but

rather as if my back was cased in 3' thick rubber. My back was saying " oh yeah?

so what? this is the strongest back in the world, so you needn't bother "

 

Sacrum and sacro-iliac, though, were excruciating when I got off the table -

even though Gerry hadn't touched that area at all. This has been an area of

major weakness for ages, as though all the pain and weakness from higher up my

back explodes in the sacrum.

 

The differences in 'zones' are so marked that I wonder if it has more to do with

energy/chakra problems than physical ones.

 

Any ideas?

 

Arabella

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Hi Abs!

 

<<<Forgive the following ramble about myself, but I need help to understand

this, and I reckon if I can understand what goes on in my body, it will help

understand other bodies too.>>>

 

I agree completely. That is one of the primary reasons we are here, IMHO...

sometimes shared experience sure beats firsthand if you can learn from it

;-)

 

<<<At last week's professional development group, I got some work done on my

back - having read Crow's reply about the difference to back and front of

chakras, I was curious to see what I could learn from getting some bodywork

with that in mind.

 

My back - or my spine - has three (four) distinct zones. Cervical and top of

thoracic painful, tense and very sensitive. T3-8 feels quite 'bright', open

to work, with some 'good' pain when worked. T9 -L3 is numb as hell. He was

leaning a lot of bodyweight through his elbow dug into my back, and not only

did I feel no pain, I was hardly aware of the pressure. Not through lack of

sensation, but rather as if my back was cased in 3' thick rubber. My back

was saying " oh yeah? so what? this is the strongest back in the world, so

you needn't bother "

 

Sacrum and sacro-iliac, though, were excruciating when I got off the table -

even though Gerry hadn't touched that area at all. This has been an area of

major weakness for ages, as though all the pain and weakness from higher up

my back explodes in the sacrum.

 

The differences in 'zones' are so marked that I wonder if it has more to do

with energy/chakra problems than physical ones.>>>

 

So what I'm reading here is that you are having the most discomfort behind

your neck, upper thoracic, and sacral areas. Without looking at you for a

closer assessment it sounds generally like second, fourth, and fifth chakras

(I would use a pendulum down the spine, starting at the base of the skull

and moving slowly down towards the coccyx. You want to see a small clockwise

spin that is continuous down the spine. Any area where there is wavering,

pause or a reverse motion might indicate a blockage. An alternate way to do

this is to palpate each vertebra individually with one hand while you hold

the pendulum in the other) If your pain extends down into the coccyx, there

may also be a bit of first chakra involvement. More specifically, you can

compare the individual vertebra to the chart in Louise Hay's little blue

book " Heal Your Body " .

 

Don't be surprised if the " numb " areas over the back of your solar plexus

loosen up once you start working on and clearing out other areas. You've got

a healthy ego, and it is doing a good job protecting you; hurrah!

 

I have been able to get the specifics for myself by asking my massage

therapist to palpate my spine and note the uncomfortable areas, and by

asking my chiropractor to give me a list of my subluxations from my

screening xrays.

 

Now... knowing that there might be an issue with a particular energy center,

and that it might have to do with something you have chosen to " put behind

you " , ignore, or deal with later, you have a place to work with. What kind

of situations have made you feel emotionally uncomfortable, grieved or

unable to express yourself? How did you deal with them? More than likely,

you took the lady's way and repressed it, choosing to take the high road...

stiff upper lip and all that. The more important it is for us to

communicate, the more it hurts to swallow or shove it down, though. Remember

that " pride cometh before a fall " because if our neck is too stiff we can't

see where we're walking ;-) Take some time to stretch your spine, breathing

deeply and evenly; open your arms wide, and roll your neck. Curl into a

ball, and then lean back over a Swiss ball or a body bridge. If you recall

things that were said or done to you, or things that you wanted to say or

do, then write them down. If nothing comes, just enjoy the stretch, and try

to make it a habit.

 

If you do get some old memories, consider how you might have been more

proactive in the situation (only to avoid doing it again... *not* as a tool

to beat yourself with), or if that was not possible, consider how you might

send love to the situation so that you can accept it as a lesson. Unhappy

and uncomfortable things happen, and we can't always do anything about it.

But we can always free ourselves from attachment to any subsequent pain. If

we can view our " traumas " as opportunities for growth in retrospect then we

are less defensive... and don't need to " get our back up " against them.

 

Still feeling a need to resolve old issues by communicating? Write a letter.

You don't have to mail it, and you can be as graphic as you wish. Go to

town, really tell it like it is. Then you can release it to the universe by

burning it, tearing it up, burying it, whatever you choose that feels

cathartic. As a caveat, allow yourself to forgive... the situation, the

person, yourself. Whew! Just knowing that " it's all good " will loosen up

those muscles.

 

We are all infinitely powerful within our intimate universe. There is no

fault, no blame, no victim and no perpetrator inside your field, only a

spirit learning. Resentment and guilt can be examined and allowed to fly

away, like bees on the windowbox... they are there to fertilize the flowers

of our growth, but they shouldn't live there.

 

Take good care of yourself.

 

Blessings,

Crow

" Look for Rainbows in the Darkness "

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there is a tcm forumla called lumbago you should investigate