A friend of my cousin just told me one story and I want to relay it with you. Hilary Lindsay experienced this firsthand. “I woke up one morning with my body completely distorted”, se remembers. “ I went to see a chiropractor, who told me plainly, “there’s nothing wrong with you physically.” “The doctor suggested she try a Phoenix Rising session, which she did. The practitioner put Lindsay into some supported yoga like positions on the floor. “He did not focus on anything more than, “Here’s this pose and how does it feel?” I would say something; he would repeat my word and say, “ What else?” until I would say there was finally nothing else.” The therapist never analyzed or discussed what Lindsay said, but still, she felt he helped her to see her problem.
“When I drove off on my own, I realized my words had just painted a clear picture of my approach to life,” she says. “I saw a power-driven maniac who was probably in the process of driving herself nuts.”
As the day went on, she felt physcally healed, and attributes that to the emotional outcome of the session, which the asanas helped her access. In other words, she was able to release the distortion in her body only by releasing her inner tension.
“I did not have any repeat of the symptoms,” Lindsay adds, “and I felt the calm that comes with knowing yourself a little more than you did before. The awareness does not occur like the lightbulb over the cartoon guy’s head. It doesn’t come ahead of its time. The student has to be ready to receive it.”
ref: yogajournal
