An ache here, a twinge there, we all get them. Life is full of stress big and little. Most of the time, it’s brushed to the side, ignored until the ache becomes constant, the twinge becomes painful, the stress becomes overwhelming and it’s interfering with everyday life.
I call these physical symptoms Body Cues. They’re the physical manifestations of an energy block or energy release. These Body Cues are your early warning system, indicating a change in your energy flow. They can indicate either a positive flow or a negative flow. Stress triggers physiological changes within the body. These changes are often felt first in the energy field, particularly the small ones and are the quickest way to access energy healing.
Your early warning system can be triggered by a limiting belief, an action that’s out of alignment for you, stress, a choice that’s good for you, fear, growth, or any number of internal or external circumstances.
In Louise Haye’s book, You Can Heal Yourself, she talks about patterns of belief and behavior. She also has a list of physical symptoms with the corresponding mental thought patterns. For example, she associates anxiety with not trusting the flow and process of life, and lower back pain is associated with the fear of money or lack of financial support.
Energy Healing in the Early Stages
By paying attention, you can get to an underlying belief or behavior and change it before it manifests as a bigger problem. The first step is gaining awareness of the belief or behavior pattern. The sooner you identify it generally, the easier it is to change the pattern. When you change the pattern you facilitate stress reduction.
To become familiar with Body Cues, start with something you know. Recall a time when you were nervous and had butterflies in your stomach. That was a body cue. If you continue to experience nervousness, the body trigger gets stronger, perhaps an upset stomach, and long-term maybe a gastrointestinal disturbance.
Stress Reduction and Body Cues
Applying this to everyday life can be done by trying the following two techniques;
When you notice an ache, pain, or new sensation in the body, do the following:
- Pause and focus on the area where you’re noting the new sensation.
- Mentally review your recent behavior or thought pattern.
- Note what comes up, over time, you’ll notice a pattern. This pattern is the Body Cue.
The other method is reflective – take a moment and get quiet;
- Close your eyes and take a couple of deep breaths
- Do a Body Scan by moving your attention up through your body, starting at your toes and working up the body to the top of your head.
- Notice the sensations in your body, tension, aches, pains, tingling, etc.
- Now, vividly imagine a situation or event that you felt activated by (I suggest doing this twice, first with a negative and follow it with a positive)
- Breathe in the experience, allowing the feelings to move through your body.
- Do another Body Scan, noting any difference in the sensations you’re feeling. {Repeat steps four through six as desired}
- Take three deep breaths, consciously releasing any tension still held in your body.
- Open your eyes and write down any observations. The physical sensations you felt were Body Cues.
As you become more aware of your own Body Cues, you’ll be able to quickly shift your energy. Some of the more common body cues are a stiff neck, often associated with stubbornness or a lack of flexibility or a warm tingly sensation running up and down your arms associated with recognizing the truth or a positive direction.
These are not set in stone. You may have a Body Cue that’s very different from what someone else may have and that’s completely normal. That’s why it’s important to tune into your own body and to decode your own early warning system.
Learning to notice and respond to your early warning system takes practice, but the rewards are tremendous. When you identify energy blocks early, you can sidestep strong physical symptoms before they manifest. You’re also able to hear your inner guidance more clearly and frequently, allowing you to take inspired action on a regular basis. I would love to hear from you comment below and let me know what you discovered.
Be Well,
Cathy
