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"I listen with love to my body's messages." Louise Hay It is easy this time of year to ignore the body's signals that tell us when we're pushing too hard and doing too much. We forge ahead to get it all done, only to find ourselves with a head cold, the flu, back pain or other ailment. Louise Hay has some wonderful insights regarding body ailments. Let's take a look at a few: "The Head represents us. It is what we show the world. It is how we are easily recognized. When something is wrong in the head, it usually means we feel something is very wrong with 'us'... Headaches come from invalidating the self. The next time you have a headache, stop and ask yourself where and how you have just made yourself wrong. Forgive yourself, let it go, and the headache will dissolve back into the nothingness from where it came. Sinus problems, felt right in the face and so close to the nose, represent being irritated by someone in your life, someone who is close to you. You might even feel they are bearing done on you....No person, no place and no thing has any power over us, for 'we' are the only thinkers in our mind. We create our experiences, our reality, and everyone in it. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our mind, we will find it in our lives...The Throat represents our ability to 'speak up' for ourselves, to 'ask for what we want' , to say 'I am', etc. When we have throat problems, it usually means we do not feel we have the right to do those things...Sore throats are always anger. If a cold is involved, then there is mental confusion, too. Laryngitis usually means you are so angry you cannot speak. The throat also represents the creative flow in the body. This is where we express our creativity, and when our creativity is stifled and frustrated, we often have throat problems." Louise Hay, You Can Heal Your Life Take time this week to be alone with yourself. Get up a half hour earlier or go to bed a half hour sooner and spend that time in quiet reflection. If you feel a headache or head cold coming on, ask yourself if you have felt "wronged" by yourself or someone else. Examine your feelings around anger and frustration. Have you been trying to "do it all" and feel resentful? Record your thoughts and reactions in a journal, or draw your feelings with color. Do something creative ~cut out paper snowflakes, or make a simple paper chain out of scrap wrapping paper. Let go of being responsible for a moment and enjoy being childlike. Give yourself an afternoon "time out". Sit quietly and enjoy a cup of tea, or take a brisk walk out doors. Above all, be kind to yourself! |