Spirituality

What is Your Physical Pain Trying to Tell You?

Decoding the body’s hidden emotional messages

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I shouldn't have done it, but the yardwork had to be done. I knew the thick blackberry briars in the backyard would grow right up to the house if I didn't. I had been doing Pilates daily lately and felt fit; I could do this.

I went too far; I stayed out too long, I reached high and bent low, and I used the heavy electric hedge trimmer. I hand-cut stubborn stalks. I raked, cut a small tree's branches with hedge shears, and raked it all up, filling the compost bin to the brim.

That night I stood up after watching a movie when I felt the most pain I have ever felt in my lower back. It was so bad the next day I couldn't even stand up straight. The pain was intense; Dr. Google said it was a back spasm. I iced it, I rested, and I walked around so it wouldn't get worse every so often.

Most of all, I wondered why this happened.

I had to reschedule a few days' worth of plans as I recovered. Deep down, did I want a rest? A break? Is that why this came in?

I remembered the book by Louise Hay, *Heal Your Body*. I looked up lower back; it said: “Fear of money. Lack of financial support.”

Ohhh.

Yeah, I've been doing that. Work has been slow; I’m in the middle of a career pivot. Things are uncertain. Bills have been mounting.

Hay’s suggested affirmation: “I trust the process of life. All I need is always taken care of. I am safe.”

How about you?

Is there a physical pain that you are struggling with?

Here are a few affirmations that will help bring balance per Hay’s book.

Headaches/migraines

What’s behind it: Fear, invalidating the self.

Affirmation: “I love and approve of myself. I am safe.”

Stomach woes

What’s behind it: Fear of the new.

Affirmation: “I digest all that is new in my life.”

Cold/flu

What’s behind it: Taking in too many negative events/beliefs at once.

Affirmation: “I allow my mind to be at peace.”

Back pain

I covered the lower back, but there’s more.

Middle Back: Guilt, feeling stuck.

Affirmation: “I release the past; I am free to move forward.”

Upper back: Feeling unloved, unsupported emotionally.

Affirmation: “Life loves and supports me.”

Do affirmations work?

If we have a deep-rooted pattern, we have to work with it. But the affirmation can get you started. Notice your words and your feelings; this can help you understand what patterns you are running.

Physical pain is hard to ignore. This is on purpose; it causes us to look at why this is happening. The emotions behind the physical symptoms tell us important information. They help us understand our patterns that shape our reality.

We don't have to let it get to physical pain; pay attention to your words, the things you say, especially repeatedly, and work on changing that. Choose peace, meditate, and love yourself.

Healing happens one step at a time, and emotional healing is an essential part of the process.

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