Healing from Addiction with Bodywork & Massage
In-Home Massage in Jupiter, Florida
He knew it was coming — the emotional release.
Under the frustration he was feeling, he knew there was so much grief buried that needed to come out of his body.
And when I asked what he was sensing as I held his stomach, he said he felt numb. It was a part protecting him from feeling the layer that was so obvious to me — this huge grief that wanted to be unleashed that made me want to cry.
I met him where he was at. We sat with the numbness. We thanked it for its protection. We listened to what it was afraid of.
As we held it, he said he felt a block in his throat. And as I went to release the fascia around the throat, a pressure valve was released and the tears started to flow.
At the end of the session, he felt relieved and relaxed. And he wanted to know what to do about accessing beyond the tip of the iceberg that was felt in this session.
He wanted to know how to release years of emotion that he was just now allowing himself to feel beyond his conditioning to stay ‘strong’ and use vices to numb out the big emotions.
In our healing journeys, we need to only go at the pace of our bodies and what they are capable of holding at the time.
It’s an endless journey of layers and as you expand your nervous system and emotional capacity to hold more of your experience, you will be able to access more.
And I don’t believe it is helpful or conducive to someone’s somatic healing to force anything based on our mental agendas.
If it all came out too fast, we might swing hard on the other side of the pendulum and slip back into our distractive or addictive patterns and loose the presence that we were trying so hard to build.
The key is holding the awareness at the level that is available to us. Even if I can feel there is more that needs to come out, I can’t let MY agenda get in the way of someone’s experience.
I can offer what I’m feeling and sensing, and we let that persons’ inner guidance lead the session. Their nervous system has the final say in what they are capable of digesting and integrating in those moments of big upheaval and inner churning.
Because the well held healing spaces are those that support the innate power of your guidance to bring you into deeper relationship with yourself and your body.
Energetic and emotional release bodywork sessions available. I’ve been holding powerful sessions like this one and it has sparked such passion and joy for me to share this unique and personalized experience with my clients.
~ Jillian xx
