Do you know the work of John Roedel?
I discovered him on Facebook a couple of years ago and love his gentle style.
Let me share one of my favourite poems by him as I love the bit about his brain and heart divorcing – and his gut serving as his unofficial therapist.
That's just so true, if we could all listen to our gut's advice a bit more – that would make many things and decisions so much easier.
By the way, many people who practise TRE report that they have a much better mind-body connection and also feel and 'hear' their gut feeling much clearer – and therefore listen to it more confidently.
And while we are at it - did you know that most people regret not following their gut feeling - but very few people regret listening to them? Apparently, that's a common human experience.
So many of us are detached from their bodies – or angry with them because they trouble them with painful symptoms.
I hope you like his poem and I invite you to explore TRE if you're looking to reconnect with your body – you can learn how to safely release all the tension you are holding and once it's gone, magic can happen, i.e. many health symptoms can disappear with the tension.
And once you've got a better connection with yourself, your body and your environment – there might be even more magic appearing in your life as you can hear the unofficial therapist pointing you in the right direction.
my brain and
heart divorced
a decade ago
over who was
to blame about
how big of a mess
I have become
eventually,
they couldn't be
in the same room
with each other
now my head and heart
share custody of me
I stay with my brain
during the week
and my heart
gets me on weekends
they never speak to one another
- instead, they give me
the same note to pass
to each other every week
and their notes they
send to one another always
says the same thing:
"This is all your fault"
on Sundays
my heart complains
about how my
head has let me down
in the past
and on Wednesday
my head lists all
of the times my
heart has screwed
things up for me
in the future
they blame each
other for the
state of my life
there's been a lot
of yelling - and crying
so,
lately, I've been
spending a lot of
time with my gut
who serves as my
unofficial therapist
most nights, I sneak out of the
window in my ribcage
and slide down my spine
and collapse on my
gut's plush leather chair
that's always open for me
~ and I just sit sit sit sit
until the sun comes up
last evening,
my gut asked me
if I was having a hard
time being caught
between my heart
and my head
I nodded
I said I didn't know
if I could live with
either of them anymore
"my heart is always sad about
something that happened yesterday
while my head is always worried
about something that may happen tomorrow,"
I lamented
my gut squeezed my hand
"I just can't live with
my mistakes of the past
or my anxiety about the future,"
I sighed
my gut smiled and said:
"in that case,
you should
go stay with your
lungs for a while,"
I was confused
- the look on my face gave it away
"if you are exhausted about
your heart's obsession with
the fixed past and your mind's focus
on the uncertain future
your lungs are the perfect place for you
there is no yesterday in your lungs
there is no tomorrow there either
there is only now
there is only inhale
there is only exhale
there is only this moment
there is only breath
and in that breath
you can rest while your
heart and head work
their relationship out."
this morning,
while my brain
was busy reading
tea leaves
and while my
heart was staring
at old photographs
I packed a little
bag and walked
to the door of
my lungs
before I could even knock
she opened the door
with a smile and as
a gust of air embraced me
she said
"what took you so long?"
~ john roedel
And here you can listen to John reciting his work himself.
Enjoy and let me know – does it resonate with you, do you feel touched, is your tummy rumbling, would you like to discuss anything?
I'm here for you.
And I'd love to show you how TREmendously amazing your body is - and how you can reunite your brain and your body.
PS
A lot is happening in October: Baby Loss Awareness Week 9 - 15th October World Mental Health Day 10th October
World Menopause day on 18th October
Bullying Prevention Month
We'll discuss all these topics and much more in future newsletters, so stay tuned.
Practising TRE can support you to cope much better – I invite you to find out how by booking a fact-finding chat with me.
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