Dancing with Your Pain Body
by Rose Goddess on Jan.18, 2010, under Emotional Balance, Spirit Connection
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Today I am going to talk about one of my favorite subjects of all time… Alchemy. The practice of alchemy has been used for thousands of years by many ancient cultures. Physically, it is the process of turning lead into monoatomic gold; spiritually, it is a metaphor for turning our leaden human experience into spiritual gold. In my opinion, our “leaden human experience” is what Eckhart Tolle calls our Pain Body. It is the part of us that suffers. It is our pain, our anger, our fear, our depression, and our grief. Our pain body is a fragmented part of who we are; it is our dark shadow which has taken on a life of its own.
E.J Gold, Author of The Human Biological Machine as a Transformational Apparatus, writes, “Originally, the meaning of virtue was that the noble aims and aspirations of the essential self had reached down through the mental apparatus and rooted itself into the deepest part of the machine and that the aims and aspirations of the deepest darkest part of the machine had in fact become the same as those of the essential self.”
Before we can reclaim the energy of our pain body and transform it back into our light and life force, we must surrender to it. We must allow ourselves to fully experience and express our pain in a very present and conscious way. We must learn to celebrate our darkness. This may seem counter intuitive, yet, the more we avoid our pain and push it away, the larger our pain becomes and the more control it has over our life. Many people who are aware of this will try to just observe their pain consciously when it comes up, thinking this will transform it. The drawback to this theory is that they are not really embracing their emotions. They may be allowing them, but are they really saying YES to how they feel?
For those who have years of built up longing, suffering, sadness and despair, I suggest another technique. I suggest you dance for your longing; dance for your pain. Give your shadow expression by moving it into being… scream, rant, rave and roll around, allowing yourself to fully express your deep despair through your physical body. Allow your feelings to flow through you with every movement you make while playing music which expresses how you feel inside. Real change doesn’t happen in your head, real change happens through love and when we are rooted in our body. Dancing encompasses both of these things and will help you experience a true pain body release.
Music and dancing help you access your right brain. According to Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor author of My Stroke of Insight, “our right mind is spontaneous, carefree, and imaginative. It allows our artistic juices to flow free without inhibition or judgement. The present moment is a time when everything and everyone are connectd together as one. To the right mind, no time exists other than the present moment, and each moment is vibrant with sensation.” By embodying, through your dance, and accepting your feelings completely in the present moment, you will naturally transform. It is at this moment you will become an alchemist. You will see the divinity and perfection in all that you experience. Once your feelings are seen, loved, expressed, and acknowledged, they will melt back into you and shine through you as your light and life force. You will feel enthusiasm for your life again and peace in your body.
“Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It’s the rhythm of your life. It’s the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy.” ~Jaques D’ambroise
p.s. Click Here for a preview of a few songs I love to dance to when I am in my swamp….
p.p.s. And click here to view some songs I love to dance to when I am coming out of my swamp (which will happen if you dance long enough)
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January 19th, 2010 on 3:43 pm
Beautiful and true. Great swampy tunes from Alanis’ cd Flavors of Entanglement. I wept for two months after a shattering experience of loss. One day staring into the mirror those tears coalesced into my gold of healing. I was the kind of guy who couldn’t dance without getting my drink on. Now sober I can’t help but dance, even when people are watching.
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January 19th, 2010 on 3:55 pm
Hey Debbie
Great post about letting letting your stuff go. I know that through letting your body go and allowing your right side of the brain to come forth, so many things can move through you.
I also loved what you said about celebrating our darkness because I feel that our darkness is a part of who we are at this point in time. If we do not accept and celebrate it, then we are not accepting and celebrating who we are as a person.
Thanks for the post.
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January 20th, 2010 on 1:16 pm
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January 20th, 2010 on 2:47 pm
I truly enjoy visiting your blog. I always get a sense of joy and complete awareness & depth within my being. You have a great way of pulling me in. I like that about you
I will dance today and everyday! I will dance when I’m in pain I will dance when joy has overwhelmed my being. Dancing is surrendering! And surrendering is trusting. Trusting in higher divinity. Thanks for this!!! I also enjoy all the books and quotes you share. Keep it up Rose ! *Cheers*
January 27th, 2010 on 10:22 pm
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February 16th, 2010 on 5:29 pm
Thanks For the Info, Insight, and Reminder ! I love , love , love to dance to release and connect inward. Movement doing what ever my body wants dancing all around dancing in and out of the music. Thank you so much, for how i can expand in my dancing.
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