“One thought can create, one thought can destroy” -Dae Yong Kim
I always thought he was exaggerating.
But last week, as I was working with a Jin Shin Jyutsu client, something magical happened.She came in with a lot of back pain, and I could tell right away that there was a lot of energy locked up in her lower back. After working with a powerful flow for some time, and not feeling as much progress as I was hoping for, I decided to try something unorthodox, and combine a technique we use at Eponaquest.
I asked her to breathe into the area above her injury, sending it oxygen and awareness, and most importantly, loving kindness. The instant she began to do this, I felt a surge of tingling energy in my hands, which remained on her back the whole time. Her pain diminished, and energy started to flow.
I next asked her to ask that area of her body if it had a single piece of information that would be helpful to her in moving forward. As she breathed into the area and invited a message to come into her consciousness from her lower back, she received a very sweet reassurance that her injury would heal.As this soothing thought bubbled up from her body into conscious awareness, a great sense of peace came through to both of us, and a lot of the fear that had Erin & Aiden hiking Neffs been stuck in her lower back began to fade away.
She told me later that she had been fighting her injury, holding onto a lot of fear and anger, and bracing herself against it. In other words, her conscious mind had been at war with her body. We both felt a sense of awe at the power of simply breathing into the focus area, and – most importantly – sending loving kindness there.
To me, this profound experience came as a much needed reminder of the power of our thoughts to generate disharmony, or to bring peace, whether that peace takes the form of physical well-being, mental relief, or spiritual enjoyment. Our thoughts have incredible power, and can change our lives, determining our happiness or unhappiness, as we walk our path.
Nischala Devi, who trained me in Yoga Therapy, always advised her patients: “find a doctor who loves you and believes you can get better.”Because the power of thought is so strong. If you find yourself blocked by negative thoughts, attitudes, anger and fear, try sending some loving kindness to where it is most needed.There is no stronger power in the universe than loving kindness to change our reality for the better.
Erin Menut Founder, Radiant Energy for Life