You Are Not Moving Backward, You Are Healing

There are no straight lines in nature.
Nature's design is built upon the Fibonacci sequence, the spiral pattern. Energy moves as a wave if unobstructed, and when it encounters a barrier, it spirals, eventually turning into chaos. This can be seen in the flow of rivers, the way smoke leaves a pipe, and the contrails created from airplanes…it’s everywhere. This spiral pattern is also true of how the body heals.

Tight shot of river running over rocks with sunlight in the background

As we age, the body compresses under gravity's influence—not linearly, but in a forward rotational spiral toward earth. Along the way, adhesions from incorrect posture, unconscious breathing, and scar tissue from injury or surgery block the flow of energy fluids, creating congestion and chaos in the fascia. 

Waste, toxins, debris and negative emotional frequencies become trapped in the layers, causing pain, aging, and dis-ease.

Understanding Healing Crises

This is what most people experience as time goes on, however, for those who take their health into their own hands, healing occurs—but also not in a straight line. 

What typically happens - and there are exceptions to every rule - when you engage with your fascia and activate your innate healing potential, you feel the benefits of the process: improved breathing, more energy, a calmer nervous system, reduced pain, and better sleep.

However, there comes a point when you've melted enough adhesions and the body has sufficient energy to push old toxic debris to the surface for release. As it is now on the forefront of awareness, you can experience any number of possible results.  

Some examples of physical releases might include skin rashes, mucous production, watery eyes, diarrhea, relocated pain, fever/chills, or sweating. Emotional releases can manifest as unexplained overwhelm, sadness, anger, anxiety, resurfacing memories, or nightmares.

This can all sound scary, however, they're temporary as your body moves out the past to create space for healing and health.

It takes energy to move the toxins and waste through the layers and your body is working hard on your behalf and feelings of exhaustion may present themselves. This is when honoring your body with sleep, rest, care, nutrients, and hydration becomes crucial for efficient healing.

I've worked with countless people over the years on their healing journeys and experienced many healing crises myself. People often ask how long they'll last or when they'll happen—questions impossible to answer as there are many variables that will dictate this. 

I have had experiences with pain that lasted for seven years. This lasted so long because I had a serious injury when I was seven years old and grew with a ton of scar tissue. When things happen when we are young, we grow around the scar tissue.

I have rebuilt the fascia in and around my pelvis and I am so much more balanced now. Although it took years to rebuild, had I not had the experience I likely would have had major issues with my hips. Also, there were other benefits that surfaced as I worked through this, immediately getting rid of my issues with constipation being one of them.

Breaking the Pain-Fear Cycle

There is a pain/fear cycle that we get trapped in if we don’t know how to move forward. Understanding this process takes fear out of the equation. Pain is simply cells signaling they need attention, if that is not understood and there isn’t a path forward, the fear can paralyze you and keep you trapped, creating a cycle where pain and fear feed each other.

Silhouette of a woman in the sunset with transparent overlay of another woman.

This is where community becomes essential. Sharing and learning from others creates a safe haven so the fear can be removed and the pain is simply your cells sharing that they need some love and attention.

It isn’t fun to go through healing crises, but the reality is that we will all experience pain and issues, to some degree, throughout life. Choosing a path that puts healing in your hands gives you direct action to take when these challenges arise. Healing crises are a blessing as this means your body is becoming healthier.

It’s important to know that you are not alone in this journey. If you're experiencing a healing crisis and need support, reach out to our community or connect with our team at support@blocktherapy.com


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Breathe & Believe,

Deanna

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