Grief. It’s a human emotion we can’t seem to escape and it’s part of the messy human experience. How do we move through our losses with grace and how do they affect our health?
Traditional Chinese Medicine takes an interesting perspective on emotions - the theory is that our emotions affect our organs and our unprocessed emotions can make us sick. In a culture where we suppress, numb and do anything to avoid feeling our pain, is it really much of a shock that our mental health is suffering and our physical health isn’t too far behind it?
While we might not have all the answers we hope to shed some light on this topic this month - at the Zen Den we take an integrative approach. When you come in with shoulder pain we may ask, “What does your shoulder want you to know?” or “what would be the worst thing that would happen if you DIDN’T have this physical pain?”. (Example: If I didn’t have this pain I would have to go back to the job I hate, stop receiving help I am afraid to ask for, etc.)
The body speaks to us in a language that it will listen and our job is to help you learn how to listen. Hoping this helps ❤️
