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		<title>From Fearful Thinking to Peace of Mind</title>
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<p>This is a true story about a conversation between a young boy and his mother. The boy and his family had been downtown for dinner at a restaurant with some relatives. As they sat down in the car to head back home in the evening, the boy seemed anxious and eager to get going as quickly as possible. The mother asked him why he felt anxious, whereupon the boy answered with surprising clarity and self-awareness:</p>
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<p>I want to get home as quickly as possible, because if we get home late, I will fall asleep late, and then I will be tired the next day, and then I will oversleep on Monday morning, and then I will not get to school in time, and then my teacher will yell at me, and then I will not get any grades, and then I will not get any job, and then I will become poor and end up in the gutter, and then I will die. (anonymous boy)</p>
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<p>The mother felt great empathy with his anxiety and assured him that this would surely not be the case; it was only about 8 pm and still quite bright outside, and he would be able to sleep long in the morning the following day, because it was a Sunday with no plans made for the day.</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-9170 size-full alignleft" src="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jeffrey-hamilton-late-to-class-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="2560" height="1400" srcset="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jeffrey-hamilton-late-to-class-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jeffrey-hamilton-late-to-class-300x164.jpg 300w, https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jeffrey-hamilton-late-to-class-1024x560.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></p>
<h3>It starts differently but ends much the same</h3>
<p>I was fascinated to hear the boy explain the cause of his anxiety and to articulate his reasoning with such clear logic, despite his young age. What struck me in that moment, was that<strong> WE ALL walk around with a chain of worst-case scenarios in our mind, often without being conscious of it.</strong></p>
<p>What I found even more fascinating was, that the last events in the sequence are probably more or less identical for all of us. In other words, we all have our unique chains of painful and fearful events, which might take place in worst-case scenarios, and they all lead us to the gutter, where we might die &#8211; homeless, poor, and alone.</p>
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<p>The uniqueness of our personal sequences of events lies not in how they end, but how they START. All fearful sequences of events start in their own unique ways; yet they end up in very much the same way, that is: in the gutter, alone, poor, homeless, and dying.</p>
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<p>When I heard the story of the boy, I remembered my diary notes from some years ago, in which I had identified my own fear-based sequence of events. Although it starts in a different manner, compared to the boy’s, it ends up in the exact same way!<strong> In fact, all chains of worst-case events seem to follow the same logic</strong>, that is: a) they begin with us doing or revealing something shameful, embarrassing or wrongful; b) which leads us to being judged, unaccepted, disliked and/or unloved; c) which results in us being rejected, excluded, or not welcomed by others; d) which leads us to not having a job or earning an income; and finally, e) we end up poor, homeless, alone in the gutter, and dying. (Sorry for the heavy topic, but it will get better!)</p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-9171 size-full alignleft" src="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jon-tyson-homeless-scaled.jpg" alt="" width="2560" height="1776" srcset="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jon-tyson-homeless-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jon-tyson-homeless-300x208.jpg 300w, https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jon-tyson-homeless-1024x710.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /></p>
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<h3>What is your chain of worst-case scenarios?</h3>
<p>What about YOU? Have you ever thought about your own chain of worst-case scenarios? If so, would you be willing to write it down? To your aid, you can use the following template. (Fill in the dots and choose the most appropriate words inside the brackets):</p>
<p><em>“If I&#8230; [add your fearful, shameful, or painful situation], [they/he/she=X] will not [accept/like/love/approve of] me. If they don’t [accept/like/love] me, they will not want to [be with/include/welcome] me. If they do not want to [be with/include/welcome] me, I will be [excluded from/alone in] the world. If I become [excluded from/alone in] the world, I will not get any [jobs/clients/income]. If I do not get any [job/clients/income], I will end up poor, homeless, and alone in the gutter, and then I will die.”</em></p>
<p>Although this description might be quite painful to read, it holds valuable<strong> clues for your deeper self-understanding</strong>. Furthermore, it contains <strong>five basic fears that are <em>common</em> to more or less all people on Earth</strong>. These can be summarized as the fears of: (1) rejection/exclusion; (2) loneliness/separation, (3) poverty/scarcity; (4) homelessness, and (5) death. While all of us may have experienced rejection, exclusion, loneliness and separation to some degree in our lives, not all persons will experience poverty, and even fewer will face homelessness. Yet all of us will eventually face our own mortality and bodily death. As humans, we are all vulnerable in the same fundamental ways.</p>
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<p>Therefore, what I find most interesting about our <em>personal chains</em> of worst-case scenarios is not how they end, but <em>how they start</em>. This is where our personal <em>unique fears </em>are revealed.</p>
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<p>In the case of the boy, it was the fear of being yelled at and not graduating from school. For another person, it may be the fear of exposing one’s true nature, such as sexuality, religion, or political views, with the risk of being judged and rejected by one’s family, friends, and/or community. Or it could be the fear of revealing something shameful or &#8221;wrongful&#8221; about ourself or our life, which we fear would cast a negative shadow on our persona and cause us to become ostracized by friends, family or community. In reality, most of us have something that we tend to keep quiet about (except perhaps with a few), even though our &#8221;secret&#8221; may be completely harmless and innocent in other people’s eyes. Once we start talking about it (more) openly, we typically discover that it wasn’t such a big thing after all, and that people are far more tolerant and understanding than we had expected.</p>
<p><strong>When we write down our own chain of worst-case events, we become aware of our underlying fears. The awareness itself will release some of the emotional charge.</strong> Once you have your sequence in writing, I suggest that you focus on the first part of it. Ask yourself: <em>What situation or event do I find most stressful? Have I experienced anything similar in the past? What emotions do this situation generate?</em> Hereafter, you may wish to go even deeper into past experiences and into your emotions and sensations inside the body. I would love to help you here, to process these events and emotions more fully. This inner work will enable you to let go of deeply held fears, transform subconscious “limiting beliefs”, and gain important new insights. Ultimately, your “sequence of worst-case scenarios” will no longer feel real and true to you. Through this type of transformational work, you can have huge relief from fears and worries, and greater emotional freedom in life.</p>
<p>Blessings on Your Journey to A New Peace of Mind!</p>
<p>Anna</p>
<p><em>Photos: by Japheth Mast, Jeffrey Hamilton, Jon Tyson and Rachael Crowe (order from top), all sourced from Unsplash.com.</em></p>
<p><em>Note: This article was first written and sent out as a Newsletter for MindShift Coaching (in April 2022). To subscribe, please <a href="https://mindshiftcoaching.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=830372ff617b18ceb3c0cbc15&amp;id=5c434859a0">visit this link</a> to sign up.</em></p>
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		<title>Hur stress påverkar vår sömn och insomning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 12:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hur vi fungerar under dagen har stor betydelse för vår förmåga att somna och sova djupt. Särskilt stor betydelse på nattsömnen har vår benägenhet att stressa. Visste du att vi enbart med våra tankar kan skapa stress i kroppen? Även en oavsiktlig och omedveten tanke kan generera stressreaktioner i kroppen. En stressande tanke medför vanligtvis även stressande känslor, såsom oro, rädsla, ilska eller skam. Tankarna och känslorna av stress genererar i sin tur olika biologiska stressreaktioner i kroppen...]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-9270" src="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Restless-legs_Tiredness_Pain_bruce-mars-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="350" srcset="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Restless-legs_Tiredness_Pain_bruce-mars-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Restless-legs_Tiredness_Pain_bruce-mars-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Restless-legs_Tiredness_Pain_bruce-mars-150x150.jpg 150w, https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Restless-legs_Tiredness_Pain_bruce-mars-350x350.jpg 350w, https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Restless-legs_Tiredness_Pain_bruce-mars-600x600.jpg 600w, https://mindshiftcoaching.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Restless-legs_Tiredness_Pain_bruce-mars.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /><strong>Hur vi fungerar under dagen har stor betydelse för vår förmåga att somna och sova djupt. Särskilt stor betydelse på nattsömnen har vår benägenhet att stressa. Visste du att vi enbart med våra tankar kan skapa stress i kroppen? Även en oavsiktlig och omedveten tanke kan generera stressreaktioner i kroppen. En stressande tanke medför vanligtvis även stressande känslor, såsom oro, rädsla, ilska eller skam. Tankarna och känslorna av stress genererar i sin tur olika biologiska stressreaktioner i kroppen, vilka vi brukar benämna &#8221;fight/flight/freeze&#8221;-responsen. Som en del av denna respons får vi spänningar i kroppen, vilka inte alltid behöver märkas. De små spänningarna i kroppens vävnader, sk. mikrospänningar, är de första att uppstå, men också de sista att släppa (vilket brukar benämnas &#8221;Askunge-syndromet&#8221;). Detta innebär i sin tur att vi kan gå länge med kroppsliga (mikro)spänningar, ibland i flera dagar eller till och med månader. Att dessa mikrospänningar kan påverka vår förmåga att somna och sova djupt är kanske inte så konstigt. En god sömn kräver trots allt en viss nivå av mental, emotionell och fysisk avslappning. </strong></p>
<h3>Våra tankar kan generera stress i kroppen</h3>
<p>Att vår inre stress påverkar vår förmåga att slappna av, somna och sova djupt märks särskilt väl de dagar vi känt oss extra stressade. Sådana dagar blir det ofta tydligt att varje stressande tanke medför stress i kroppen. Tankar som kan generera stress är: ”Jag måste skynda mig”, ”Jag måste göra ännu mer”, &#8221;Jag måste räcka till för alla&#8221; och &#8221;Jag måste orka, trots att jag är trött eller inte har lust&#8221;. Genom våra tankar och tillhörande känslor skapar vi ett sorts dagligt ”stress-energi-konto”, där varje stressande tanke (även omedvetna) tillför ytterligare en dos ”stress-energi” i kroppen. Med andra ord, ju mer stressande våra tankar (och känslor) upplevs (på ett personligt plan), desto större blir stressens totala påverkan på kroppen. Medicinskt brukar man förklara stressens påverkan på kroppen ur ett biokemiskt eller hormonellt plan, men vi kan också välja att se det ur ett energiperspektiv, vilket vi använder nedan.</p>
<h3>Stressen sätter sig i olika kroppsdelar</h3>
<p>För vissa människor sätter sig stressen i benen eller armarna. För andra kan den lagras i nacke, huvud, axlar, rygg, mage eller händer. Var den hamnar i kroppen beror ofta på karaktären på de stress-triggande tankarna. Till exempel brukar tankar som handlar om att vi måste <em>skynda</em> oss att sätta sig i benen, eftersom vi omedvetet spänner oss i benen när vi &#8221;springer inombords&#8221;. Tankar som handlar om att vi måste <em>orka</em> tenderar istället att hamna i armarna, eftersom vi spänner oss i armarna för att orka trots att vi är trötta. (Läs gärna <a href="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/sv/stress-related-pain-ache/">denna artikel</a> om hur stressen kan sätta sig i kroppen.) Var stressen manifesteras i kroppen tycks även bero på vår personlighet, vilket <a href="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/sv/om-enneagrammet/">Enneagram</a><a href="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/sv/om-enneagrammet/">met</a> kan ge fascinerande insikter om. Ibland kan ett tidigare trauma avgöra var energin sätter sig (<a href="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/sv/stress-related-pain-ache/">läs gärna mer här</a>).</p>
<p>För vissa märks &#8221;vardagsstressen&#8221; redan inom några minuter eller ett par timmar, men för många märks den först till kvällen eller under natten. Vilka symptom vi får varierar från person till person. Några kan få ont i magen, spänningshuvudvärk eller ont i axlar och nacke, medan andra få yrsel, pirrningar, domningar eller restless-legs (dvs myrkrypningar vid läggdags). De flesta får dock påverkan på insomning och sömn, framförallt på djupsömnens kvalitet.</p>
<h3>Olika tankar ger olika effekter på kroppen</h3>
<p>Varje tanke kan ge en neutral, negativ eller positiv effekt på vår kropp. Här kan det underlätta att vi även använder ett energiperspektiv. Med andra ord:</p>
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<li><strong>En neutral tanke</strong> påverkar våra känslor på ett neutralt sätt; de medför därför ingen märkbar effekt på vår (energi)kropp, dvs varken en positiv eller negativ förändring; möjligtvis blir kroppen mer lugn och harmonisk;</li>
<li><strong>En negativ tanke</strong> ger upphov till &#8221;negativa&#8221; känslor såsom oro, rädsla, ilska, ledsenhet, besvikelse eller skam; ger en fysisk påverkan på kroppen i form av spänningar, svaghet och trötthet; energikroppen kontraheras och blir tätare; vi kan få värk eller andra fysiska symptom; även vår förmåga att somna och sova försvåras;</li>
<li><strong>En positiv tanke</strong> skapar känslor av till exempel glädje, tillfredsställelse, frihet eller trygghet; ger effekt på kroppen i form av avslappning, ökad energi och styrka; energikroppen expanderar och blir mer luftig och lätt; vi kan befrias från värk, restless legs, spänningar, eller andra fysiska symptom; även vår förmåga att somna och sova underlättas.</li>
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<h3>Hur kan vi minska stressen och dess effekter?</h3>
<p>Vad kan vi göra för att förhindra eller minska uppkomsten och ansamlingen av stress i kroppen under dagen? Nedan följer några välbeprövade sätt för att lättare motverka stress, eller få oss att slappna av och därmed somna in och sova bättre om natten. Vi behöver inte välja alla dessa sätt utan kan välja några som känns mer naturliga för oss. Gör gärna något av detta varje dag, om du har möjlighet.</p>
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<li><strong>En lugn stund innan läggdags</strong> &#8211; Att göra något lugnt en eller två timmar innan läggdags är mycket gynnsamt för insomningen och djupsömnen. Du kan välja att lyssna på skön och avslappnande musik, bara känna in kroppen, göra någon andningsövning eller meditera, osv. Lägg dig gärna i soffan, slappna av i kroppen och låt tankarna komma och gå, utan några krav eller förväntningar på dig själv.</li>
<li><strong>Djupavslappning</strong> – Att försöka slappna av på djupet genom olika avslappningsövningar hjälper kroppen att lösa upp spänningar i muskler, leder och andra vävnader, vilket minskar eventuell värk, pirrningar och domningar i kroppen, och på så sätt underlättar insomning och djupsömn.</li>
<li><strong>Meditation</strong> – När vi mediterar är våra tankar mer neutrala, vilket ger kroppen större möjlighet att slappna av; genom djupandning underlättar vi djupavslappning i hela kroppen, samt ökar syreupptagningen och förbättrar pH-balansen.</li>
<li><strong>Mindfulness</strong> – Genom mindfulness övar vi på att vara i nuet, vilket minskar den inre stressen och släpper på spänningar; att vara mer &#8221;mindful&#8221; (närvarande i nuet) under dagen motverkar även ansamlingen av &#8221;negativ energi&#8221; i kroppen.</li>
<li><strong>Rörelse och träning</strong> – När vi rör på oss (på ett glädjefyllt sätt) sätts energi i rörelse i kroppen, vilket löser upp spänningar och blockeringar. När energin flödar fritt i kroppen kan även värk, restless legs och andra besvär motverkas, minska eller försvinna. Motion tvingar hjärtat och övriga muskler att arbeta, vilket syresätter kroppens vävnader och gör oss trötta på ett skönt sätt på kvällen. Att få tillräckligt med dagsljus under dagen gynnar även vår melatoninbalans, vilken främjar insomning och djupsömn.</li>
<li><strong>Njut av naturen</strong> – Att naturen har en läkande och lugnande effekt på kroppen och sinnet är vetenskapligt bevisat; den positiva energin som vi får av naturen fyller på, harmoniserar och grundar oss. (Läs gärna om grounding och earthing.)</li>
<li><strong>Sjunga eller nynna</strong> – När vi sjunger eller gör ljud (som känns naturliga för oss) löser vi upp blockeringar och spänningar i kroppen, vilket motverkar värk och restless legs och därmed gynnar insomning och djupsömn.</li>
<li><strong>Energimedicin-övningar</strong> – Energimedicin innebär att vi använder vår egen kropp och vanligtvis våra händer för att skapa balans i energikroppen. Till exempel kan vi stryka med händerna över benen eller göra helkropps-övningar som sänker stressen i kroppen och underlättar djupavslappning. (Se gärna <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di5Ua44iuXc">Donna Edens dagliga energirutin</a> med ”The Four Thumps” och ”Connecting Heaven and Earth”, samt &#8221;Tripple Warmer Smoothie&#8221; på Youtube).</li>
<li><strong>EFT- tapping</strong> – Tapping är en mycket effektiv teknik för att bli av med ackumulerad stressenergi under dagen och därmed minska spänningar, eventuell värk, restless legs eller andra stress-relaterade besvär. Man använder sina fingrar för att trumma på och stimulera meridian-ändar på speciella punkter på kroppen <em>samtidigt</em> som man &#8221;känner in&#8221; sina känslor och kroppsliga sensationer. Man kan tala högt eller tyst för sig själv; det viktiga är att vara så sann mot dig själv som möjligt. (Läs gärna mer om <a href="https://mindshiftcoaching.se/sv/eft-tapping/">EFT tapping här</a>.)</li>
<li><strong>Andningsövningar</strong> – Att andas djupt, fullt, lugnt och gärna rytmiskt får lagrad stress-energi att sättas i rörelse och frigör den vartefter från kroppen. Wim Hof är en internationell erkänd expert på olika andningstekniker och har flera bra <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzCaZQqAs9I">andningsövningar på Youtube</a> som du kan följa och lära dig.</li>
<li><strong>Att uppmärksamma, acceptera, känna och uttrycka våra känslor </strong>är kanske det allra viktigaste vi kan göra för att främja vårt välmående (mentalt, emotionellt och fysiskt), samt för att möjliggöra en god insomning och sömnkvalitet generellt.</li>
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<h3>Att bli medveten om hur våra tankar påverkar oss</h3>
<p><strong>Om vi kan upptäcka återkommande tankemönster som skapar stress i kroppen, </strong>har vi möjlighet att bearbeta och skifta dessa. Till exempel, om vi dagligen tänker &#8221;Jag måste skynda mig&#8221;, kan vi försöka förändra detta tankemönster till följande: ”Jag måste inte skynda mig; jag får ta det lugnt; jag får göra saker i min takt.” Ju mer medvetna vi blir kring våra inlärda (stressande) tankemönster och underliggande föreställningar, desto mer kan vi arbeta på att skifta dessa och istället skapa nya hälsofrämjande tankemönster. Här kan vi dock behöva lite hjälp av en erfaren coach, psykolog eller samtalsterapeut.</p>
<p>Om vi kan välja att göra en (eller flera) av ovanstående aktiviteter till en naturlig del av vår vardag, kommer vi att nå långt på vår hälsoresa och i vår personliga utveckling. En god nattsömn är en viktig grund för välmående på alla plan.</p>
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		<title>When the healer was healed at his own retreat…</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Brismar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Physician Gabor Maté needed to be healed by the Shamans before he could participate at his own retreat. The Shamans also taught him about the importance of taking care of his own well-being and healing his own traumas in order to truly help his clients. Any deep healing, he realized, must address our whole being, i.e. not only our physical body, but our emotional, spiritual, and energetic dimensions too.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>Gabor Maté is a renowned physician, author, and speaker on stress, trauma and childhood development. In a recent panel for the online <a href="https://portal.theembodimentconference.org/">Embodiment Conference</a> (Oct 14-25th, 2020), Gabor shares how he learned about the importance of taking care of himself and healing his own traumas before being able to successfully help his clients&#8217; deeper healing.</strong></em></p>
<p>At the conference, Gabor Maté shares with humour what happened to him about two years ago when leading a retreat in the Peruvian Amazon. The retreat was organized to support the healing and transformation of any participant who joined. This particular retreat had attracted 23 persons &#8211; all working with different healing modalities for trauma, illnesses, and other health issues. The retreat was facilitated by six master Shipibo healers (Shamans) from the Peruvian Amazon.</p>
<p>The following sections in italics are transcriptions from the interview, in which Gabor shares his fascinating experience from the retreat:</p>
<p><em>“I’ve been working for over 10 years now with a plant called Ayahuasca, not as a Shaman &#8211; I&#8217;m not anywhere close to that &#8211; but facilitating workshops. So, I traveled to Peru, two years ago now in July… I was going to lead a retreat at a place called the “Temple of the Way of Light” with native Shipibo Onanya as Amazonian Peruvian healers. About 23 people (therapists, psychiatrists, and physicians) had paid big bucks to come and do this retreat, where I was going to facilitate it. And six Shamans were going to do the ceremonies. </em><em>The shamans did a ceremony with me and everybody else, and they said to me the next morning:</em></p>
<blockquote><p> &#8211; Buddy, we can&#8217;t have you in the ceremony, because you’ve got so much trauma and so much stress filled up in you that you&#8217;re poisoning everybody else here. And so, we can’t help them when you are present, because your energy is going to affect them. <em>(The Shamans)</em></p></blockquote>
<p><em>And they said, furthermore:</em></p>
<blockquote><p> &#8211; You can&#8217;t even work with them during the day (<em>the ceremonies take place at night</em>) because even during the day, the same thing is going to happen. And not only that, you&#8217;re absorbing all their trauma and all their energies. <em>(The Shamans)</em></p></blockquote>
<p><em>And so they said [to Gabor]:</em></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8211; You&#8217;re fired. <em>(The Shamans)</em></p></blockquote>
<p><em>So, they fired me from my own retreat! These guys didn&#8217;t know anything about me. They had no idea who I was, and all these books I have written, and that I knew all these healers, and where I have been, and what I have done. They just knew that here was this medical gringo who was all stressed and hadn&#8217;t taken care of himself. So they assigned one Shaman to work with me for the next five ceremonies and the other five shamans worked with the other 23 participants.&#8212; [So], in one night they picked up what it would have taken, I don&#8217;t know how many psychiatrists, how many dozens of years to figure out, and they said to me: </em></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8211; You had a big scare when you were very young (and they knew nothing about my history) and you are still carrying it. <em>(The Shamans)</em></p></blockquote>
<p><em>They also said about the whole group (the psychiatrists, therapists, and physicians):</em></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8211; When we deal with other people&#8217;s trauma, we clear it out. We Shamanically clear it out. We take care of ourselves. We&#8217;ve never seen such a stressed group as this group of healers, because you people don’t take care of yourself! <em>(The Shamans)</em></p></blockquote>
<p><em>These Shamans with their indigenous wisdom picked up all that and they did powerful work on all of us in six days.</em></p>
<p>In short, this experience made Gabor realize that Western medicine (in general) only pays attention to the physical part, largely ignores the emotional part, barley acknowledges the spiritual part, and knows nothing about the energetic part. Yet, the entire Unity of all these dimensions is embodied by the Shamans in their healing practices. Gabor thus came to realize that <strong>we need to work with the whole system of the human being, that is, the emotional, spiritual, energetic, and physical aspects</strong>. <strong>Also, it is about building integrity within, as an individual, by regularly taking care of our own wellbeing. This is especially important for therapists, physicians, healers, and coaches. Only when we take good care of ourselves (by releasing any emotional trauma, stuck energies, etc) can we successfully support the healing of others.</strong></p>
<p>In the video below, Gabor shares his experience at the retreat, and his gratitude for Shipibo Shamans who enabled his deep healing process:</p>
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<p>Photos (including featured photo) from the website Retreat.guru (on the Temple of the Way of Light)</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Brismar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2020 16:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Your mind can be likened to a garden where you plant seeds of beliefs and associated thought patterns. These seeds of beliefs eventually grow into flowers of emotional and physical experiences. Hence, it follows, that some thoughts are like ‘weeds’ that grow into painful emotional and physical experiences, while other seeds of beliefs are like the seeds of beautiful flowers, which eventually become expressions of compassion, peace, joy, beauty, and freedom.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your mind can be likened to a garden where you plant seeds of beliefs and associated thought patterns. These seeds of beliefs eventually grow into flowers of emotional and physical experiences. Hence, it follows, that some beliefs are like ‘weeds’ that grow into painful emotional and physical experiences, while other seeds of beliefs are like the seeds of beautiful flowers, which eventually become expressions of compassion, peace, joy, beauty, and freedom. In other words, certain “seeds of beliefs” are like weeds in your “mental garden” that may disturb your “state of mind”, bringing experiences of distress, pain, and suffering. Thus, your mind is like an inner mental garden that needs continuous and constant care. It needs both intentional <em>planting</em> of beliefs of love, as well as <em>weeding</em> from beliefs of fear, judgment, guilt and the like. As you give continuous care to your inner garden, you will be better able to look upon yourself and others from a place of love, compassion, forgiveness and acceptance. And, you will gradually create a life full of love, joy, peace, freedom and fulfillment.</p>
<p>As formulated in the book <em>The Way of the Heart</em> (by Jayem, 2014):</p>
<p>“… If you were a gardener, would you not cultivate the art of weeding your garden? Would you not look to see that the soil is just the correct dampness? Would you not keep your eye on the clouds on the horizon and the heat of the day? Would you not cover the delicate plants that need protection while they grow strong? And if those that would come would not respect your garden, would you not ask them to leave, or build a temporary fence until the garden is strong enough — until it bursts forth with enough fruit so that you can give to even those who do not respect it? &#8212; “Be you, therefore, a wise gardener. Cultivate a deep love and respect for yourself&#8230;.”, which will eventually overflow to others&#8230;</p>
<p><em>Photo below from Unsplash.com</em></p>
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		<title>Stress-related physical pain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Brismar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2020 21:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the last eight years, I have been deeply interested in the causes and symptoms of stress, particularly physical pain. Stress-induced pain can be experienced in almost any part of the body. Some persons get headaches and migraines, while others get aching arms and legs. Still others experience pain in the neck, shoulder and back, while many have recurring pain in the stomache.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the last eight years, I have been deeply interested in the causes and symptoms of stress, particularly physical pain. Stress-induced pain can be experienced in almost any part of the body. Some persons get headaches and migraines, while others get aching arms and legs. Still others experience pain in the neck, shoulder and back, while many have recurring pain in the stomach. A few experience pain in the buttocks or in the chest, and some even in the heart. The ache is often diffuse in character, and varies in intensity during the day as well as over days, weeks and months.</p>
<p>Based on personal experiences, case studies and literature reviews, the two most common <strong>root causes</strong> of physical pain are: a) a longterm stressful life situation; and b) a highly stressful sudden incident or event. The reasons why an ache ends up in a special place or location within the body, however, varies for the two types of pain:</p>
<ol>
<li>If the ache is the result of a <em>stressful</em> <em>chronic life situation</em>, the location seems to be related to the <em>type of stress</em> that the person experiences; and</li>
<li>If the ache is the result of a <em>highly stressful sudden incident</em>, the location seems to be related to the <em>place in the body</em> where the incident (impact) was experienced.</li>
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<h5>Physical pain caused by a stressful chronic life situation</h5>
<p>For many people, physical pain is often the result of a longer period of high stress, that is, a highly stressful chronic life situation. Such a situation may be <em>work</em>-related, that is, experienced due to challenging work conditions or as a result of lack of work. In other cases, the pain is primarily <em>socially</em> related, that is, the result of challenging relationships, often with close family members. In still other cases, the pain may be developed as a result of challenging <em>personal</em> issues, such as low self-esteem, depression, despair, anxiety, guilt, and loneliness. Examples of different forms of physical pain that has developed over time, and their possible causes, are:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Lower-back pain</strong>, which may result from lack of support or security, such as lack of economic resources, creating an inner struggle to hold life up;</li>
<li><strong>Shoulder pain</strong>, which may result from work overload and overresponsibility, creating an inner struggle to carry the weight of the world on one&#8217;s shoulders;</li>
<li><strong>Arm pain</strong>, which may result from long-term exhaustion, for example having too much duties and too little rest, creating an inner struggle to carry on and be alert;</li>
<li><strong>Stomach pain</strong>, which may result from an unwillingness to meet and accept life&#8217;s present circumstances, creating an inner struggle to go through with something against one&#8217;s own will;</li>
<li><strong>Lower leg pain (calves)</strong>, which may result from hurrying and rushing through life, creating an inner struggle to run fast(er) to keep up with the pace, either yours or someone else&#8217;s agenda; and</li>
<li><strong>Upper leg pain (outer thighs)</strong>, which may result from dreading a serious injury or even death of a person (either oneself or someone dear), creating an struggle to protect oneself or the other person(s), which may result in a recurring strong &#8221;fight or flight response&#8221; via the legs.</li>
</ul>
<p>In the above examples, physical pain is the result of a longterm (chronic) situation of high mental and emotional stress. The <em>struggle</em> that is taking place in one&#8217;s mind and heart eventually builds up to a point where it becomes so &#8221;energetic loaded&#8221; and physiologically exhaustive that it tranforms into a physical pain in the body.</p>
<p>In fact, the most common stressful situations leading to physical pain may be summarized with six words: carry, worry, hurry, bury, scary and sorry. Looking more closely, each word captures the<em> main struggle inside the person on a subconscious level</em>. The struggle eventually causes so much built-up tissue tensions and exhaustion (and energy blockages) in the affected body part, that it results in physical pain. The associated beliefs of these six words can be formulated as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Carry</strong> &#8211; &#8221;I believe that I must carry the work load, responsibility, or duties of the world no matter what my body tells me.&#8221;</li>
<li><strong>Worry</strong> &#8211; &#8221;I believe that I must worry about what may happen, either to myself or someone else, so as to prepare for or prevent any negative outcome.&#8221;</li>
<li><strong>Hurry</strong> &#8211; &#8221;I believe that I must hurry or rush with almost anything in life as time is not enough for all that I need to do.&#8221;</li>
<li><strong>Bury</strong> &#8211; &#8221;I believe that I must not speak out my truth or opinions because it may lead to negative outcomes for myself or others.&#8221;</li>
<li><strong>Scary</strong> &#8211; &#8221;I believe that I must protect myself or someone whom I care for, so that nothing negative or dangerous may happen.&#8221;</li>
<li><strong>Sorry</strong> &#8211; &#8221;I believe that I must feel sorry and guilty, even shameful, for something negative that I have done (or someone dear to me has done).&#8221;</li>
</ul>
<h5>Physical pain caused by a highly stressful sudden <em>incident</em></h5>
<p>The other type of physical pain is the result of a sudden highly stressful event. This type of pain is rarely obvious at first glance and often quite &#8221;mysterious&#8221; even for the person in question. It may take one or more sessions with an experienced life coach or a psychologist to uncover the hidden cause and message in the pain. (For this purpose, the process called BodyWisdom is very useful, as well as EFT tapping; hypnotherapy may also be valuable, but even just a genuine interest and attentive listening may cause the necessary unfolding and pain relief.)</p>
<p>For example, I met a woman at a stress-rehab center some years ago. I asked her why she was participating in the &#8221;stress/pain/burnout&#8221;-program, and she told me that she, among other things, had pain in her right buttock. I asked her when she first began to experience this pain, and she told me that she had been having the ache for some years ever since she had given birth to her child. I asked if the birthing process had been very painful. No, she told me, not very difficult at all. Yet, when she began to recall the day of the delivery at greater depth, she told me that she and her husband had an accident on the way to the hospital where she gave birth. In summary, she told me the following:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8221;We sat in a taxi and suddenly we were hit from the right by a car. I felt a pain in my right buttock, but I was so focused on the labor pains that I didn&#8217;t give much attention to the pain caused by the accident. Then, when my husband and I arrived at the hospital and were going up in the elevator to the maternity ward, we briefly talked about what had happened in the car, but quickly decided that we would leave it at that and not think further about it; after all, we were lucky and no serious injury had happened&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>I then asked if she had experienced a similar car accident earlier in her life. Yes, she had and it had also been quite stressful, but it too went overall well. That was the end of our conversation. Shortly after this, she left the building&#8230; The next day, she came up to me in the break saying that her pain in the buttock had completely disappeared! She was so surprised and happy. In fact, she had noticed that the pain was gone already as she left the building some 5-15 minutes after our conversation. How could this happen? As the example shows, when she gave more genuine attention and awareness to her body (buttock) and what had happened in the taxi, she began to process the accident more indepth&#8230; As a result, the &#8221;negative energetic residue&#8221; (or cellular or tissue memory), which had been locked inside her body for so many years, had dissolved. She was now pain-free. In sum, it took more mental awareness and emotional processing to dissolve and release the &#8221;energy blockage&#8221; (or body memory) that had remained in her buttock as a result of the traumatic event. In this case, all it took was a short conversation with some open questions and a genuine interest to listen through.</p>
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