Nia - Self Healing
Posted: Jul 22, 12:22 PM
What is Self-Healing? How does one Self-Heal? Nia defines Self-Healing as a very practical recognition of the physical reality that is taking place in the body when there is an upset to the body’s systems. In Nia the use of language about Self-Healing is important. How something is defined has a deep impact on how it is experienced. When you have the flu and someone asks how you are doing, the common response is “I am sick.” Yet, is this true? In that moment of having the flu, the body is actually mobilized and defending itself to return to homeostasis. So, in reality, your body is healing.
You Self-Heal by choosing to make a difference in your life, bringing awareness to what is going on in your body, and choosing a new way of experiencing what is happening.
If you fall down and skin your knee, you might say that you are hurt. Yet, as soon as you skin your knee the body instantaneously mobilizes to heal itself – cells in your blood called platelets begin to seal off the injured area, and white blood cells move in to stave off infection. Instead of saying, “I am hurt,” consider the option, “I am healing.” The very same elements of reality are in place – you have a scraped knee – and by being proactively aware of what is happening in your body you are now focusing the body, mind, spirit and emotions on healing instead of hurting. That focus aids in the healing process. You Self-Heal by choosing to make a difference in your life, bringing awareness to what is going on in your body, and choosing a new way of experiencing what is happening.
Self-Healing is a process that is unique to every individual based on genetics, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, history, family, and current state of wellness. It requires patience, energy, love, attention, and trust. The beginning of Self-Healing can be the moment where you become elated and motivated by new information that encourages you to never return to where you were, never to repeat the same painful, old pattern. The experience of pain can also be the beginning of Self-Healing – the pain of reliving a habituated response to life can drive you toward change and healing.
Recognize that Self-Healing is not an isolated practice. It is not something you do for an hour-and-a-half with an instructor or a healer. Although healers and instructors may help you move toward your own truth, you must realize that you are your own healer and that your healing practice is happening now while you are reading this sentence – it is happening when you sleep at night, when you shower in the morning. Healthy living is a practice. The practice is now. You are the healer. Wake up to this fact.
How you Self-Heal depends upon your willingness to see, observe, witness, and love yourself. Slow down and stay connected to yourself. Sense, recognize, and acknowledge what is going on. Guide yourself into comfortable and conscious choices. Making small changes in the way you do what you do causes you to establish natural, healthy alignment, and empowering ways of being and doing.
“This new theory of living systems is a lusty affirmation of personal freedom and the natural intelligence of all life. Living systems self-organize, self-create, self-maintain, and in many ways, direct their own evolution. Life is its own authority… Living systems are by their very natures participatory and interactive.”
Ron Kurtz, Body-Centered Psychotherapy
Healing Through Self Awareness
In Nia, Self-Healing is defined as the little repair work you do along the way in your day. You can cause Self-Healing throughout the day, every day.
Because the body is a life form that feels and senses, it responds immediately to the information it receives – the information you give it through your language, thoughts and awareness.
Each morning, when you wake up, settle into an awareness of your body. What does your body feel like today? Direct your awareness exclusively toward the physical sensations. Notice areas that ache, hurt, or are tense – namely, notice that which needs your attention and your healing.
Acknowledge the fact that simply by being aware you have begun the healing process. Because the body is a life form that feels and senses, it responds immediately to the information it receives – the information you give it through your language, thoughts and awareness.
“Every single day, without exception, make at least one attempt to open yourself to seeing life as it really is – a work of art. When you do this, you will begin to Dance Through Life as if it were the only possible way of living.”
Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas
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