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Hello, friends.
I want to be transparent with you, because this work is not something I chose. It chose me. And because of that, I owe you honesty.
You may have noticed that I have not posted new content every day as I intend to. I want you to know why.
First, a note about the curriculum you are working through: you may be wondering why so much of the early movement, breathwork, and video content is beginner-friendly and gentle. The answer is intentional. The nervous system cannot be rushed. It needs to be carefully, gently met, comforted before it is asked to move into release. As you show up consistently every day, your body and your nervous system will begin to feel safe enough to go a little deeper, and then a little deeper still. That is how this work is designed. That is how healing actually moves.
Now for the transparent part.
As I always do before I teach anything, I practice it myself first. I created a deep rooted somatic meditation called The Retrieval. Although feelings, emotions, and tears can arise during the meditation for just a couple of minutes, on the seventh day of working through this deep rooted healing, I had no idea what was going to arise.
What followed were days of involuntary trembling and shaking, sometimes lasting ten to forty minutes at a time. Uncontrollable sobbing in random waves. Hot and cold sensations moving through my body. I was seen by my doctor more than once to rule out anything medical. The result: a completely clean bill of health from head to toe.
What was happening was not medical. It was a release, one my body, my heart, my tissues, and my muscles had needed for years. Because I go deep in this work. Because I show up for myself every day without exception. Because I refused to give up, no matter how confusing or painful the releasing became.
My body decided it was time. I went deep with the somatic work and the meditation I built, and something much larger than my conscious mind responded. Humanly, I was not prepared for the magnitude of it. But spiritually, energetically, physically, emotionally, and mentally, I was ready. My body had already been given permission to release years ago. It simply waited until I went deep enough to meet it there.
I am still in the integration of this powerful and beautiful process. I am giving myself the time, grace, and gentleness I would give any one of you.
Healing is beautiful. It is also scary and intense. It is liberating and exhausting. It is necessary, and moving through it little by little is the only way.
One day, when you are ready to go deeper, I will be there to guide you. I will know that territory because I have lived it. That is the only kind of teacher I ever wanted to be.
With love and transparency,
Shirley
The Wounded Healers Academy of Holistic Healing Arts
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