RELAX & UNWIND MAY 2009
Change is the hardest thing in the world. We all know we want to grow but when it comes down to it, it takes a lot to let go of our deeply-ingrained beliefs and habits. We even hold on to wrong and damaging habits simply because we find them too hard to change.
I learned a dramatic lesson in change during my recent visit to California for a course on CranioSacral Therapy. The lesson involved my father, a business and real estate lawyer for the past 35 years. I had discovered that the first level CranioSacral class was being held at the same place as my class and suggested that he take a step out of his reality as a lawyer and try something different.
Well...two days before the class started, he signed up and joined me in the world of CranioSacral. And he wasn't even the only lawyer there!! I was amazed and inspired watching him jump outside his reality and paradigm into a whole new world, people, language, and therapeutic touch. He loved it more than you can imagine and less than two weeks later he bought a massage table and is starting to practice giving treatments.
The experience showed me that stepping out of our paradigm can be liberating, revealing entirely new realities. The big question, of course, is how?
CranioSacral Therapy and other Touch therapies are perfect for beginning the process of change. Healthy, non-judgmental touch creates the perfect space to let go. For me, when I'm receiving a treatment, I feel, "I'm here and it's the perfect time to release what's holding me." The key to the work is to detach from the outcome, hold a safe space, and really be there with someone .....right where they are.
Remember we are human beings, not human doings!!