How many times a day does your mind play tricks on you?
When you realize you haven’t heard from a loved one in a while, your thoughts may wander to the worst.
If you have pain that lasts longer than you would like, you may be creating a terrible scenario in your mind.
As you plan a vacation, you may worry that you or a traveling companion will become ill before or during the trip.
And these worries and fears often translate into a physical response, such as stomach cramps, diarrhea, anxiety and even dizziness.
We’ve all experienced it.
When worry and fear creep in, we don’t trust our natural instincts. Instead of listening to the signals our body sends, we saturate the mind and let our emotions take center stage. But emotions can also work to our advantage. When we listen to the body to understand its messages, we see that we can use our emotions as a vehicle to create balance throughout the body. How?
Emotions are Qi – energy. When we learn to see our emotions not as good or bad, but simply as energy, we can transform that energy and use it for healing.
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