We all know that being in our bodies is a good thing, and physical practice is important. But have you ever wondered exactly WHY embodiment and movement practice is absolutely essential to our energetic and emotional health and well-being?
Today, let's look at one really important reason that has to do with hidden, trapped emotion and energy.
Any physical structure is encoded with the energetic frequency of its creation. Think about examples in your life or things we see in the world: if you're trying to work on a creative project but you're in a bad mood, your art will show it. Many women who are pregnant will go out of their way to surround themselves with positive music, art, jokes and loving messages so that their babies will grow with these energies. In Like Water for Chocolate (one of my favorite Latin American magical realism novels), the main character fills whatever food she's making with the essence of her emotion in the moment, and people experience that emotion when they eat the food. In other words, we can experience the energy that was involved in the creation process of a physical structure, even after the structure is "finished." Energy sticks around.
The same goes for the physical structures within our bodies: we are constantly forming and breaking down our cellular structure. In fact, the average adult human body creates over 200 billion new cells per day!
And each of those 200+ billion cells is encoded with your unique energetic and emotional frequency at the time.
"Wait, Michelle, that means if I'm feeling anger, grief, bitterness, depression, or anything else, that this emotional frequency is literally built into the physical structure of my body?"
Yes, it does! But don't worry, there are lots of ways to work with this. You're all good. Keep reading.
Instead of shaming ourselves or launching into a worry spiral (which will only create more of these stress-cells), let's gather some more information:
Humans are infinitely complex beings composed of myriad energies. Having some cells in your body that are encoded to "negative" emotions or energies does not mean that you as a holistic being are stuck in that energy.
In addition to building cells every day, our bodies also break down cells every day.
Our bodies are a holistic community of frequencies that resonate together, and it is possible to change the vibration of a physical structure by surrounding it with a higher-vibration frequency.
What does this mean? Let's apply our points to an example:
Imagine that you went through some really hard stuff last year. (I know I did--2019 was rough for a lot of people!) Maybe you lost a loved one, maybe you separated from your partner, maybe there were just a lot of smaller crappy things that felt like they really wore you down. You did your best at the time, but it was really hard. You felt angry, you grieved, you felt bitter, you felt all sorts of uncomfortable things. But you did it! You made it through and you can start to see the light again. Maybe the circumstances haven't changed, but you've come to a slightly better place about it, and now you're looking ahead at your healing and rebirth.
Your body built a lot of cellular structure during that time, on the order of trillions of cells. That's a lot of physical structure holding the energy of anger, grief, bitterness and other stuff. But remember:
You are an infinitely complex being. Even though your body might hold trillions of these cells encoded to anger and grief, your body also holds lots of cells encoded to other frequencies like joy, love and empowerment. There are people who dwell in that anger, grief and bitterness, and the proportion of their cellular structure is skewed accordingly. It doesn't mean they can't make a change, it'll just take more time and conscientious effort.
In addition to building all those trillions of "sad cells," your body also broke some of them down.
Your body is a collaborative community of cells that communicate with each other and adjust their frequencies for a harmonious collective reality. This means that some of your "sad cells" are interacting with "happy cells," and their vibration is shifting to align with these healthier frequencies.
"But what about those hidden, trapped emotions you mentioned earlier? I still feel those energies in my physical body."
Right. That's a thing for sure. Even though the body has lots of mechanisms to heal itself, it needs some directed support and practice in order to make bigger changes.
Your body needs intentional, proactive, embodied practice to break down hidden, trapped emotions and unhealthy cellular structure, and rebuild new cells that hold the frequencies of health, joy and vitality.
Sitting on the meditation cushion and doing forgiveness practices is not enough. Yes, it's important to work in the realm of consciousness, but until it actually lands in the body, it's not a full transformation.
Doing a "workout" is not enough. Going for a run or going to the gym to mentally check out and listen to a podcast or think about all your stressors isn't helping to cleanse those frequencies from the body.
What is the solution to releasing hidden, trapped emotion and "negative" energetic frequencies from our physical structures?
The best way to release hidden, trapped emotion and "negative" energies from the body is to cultivate your embodied awareness and practice, in order to bring all the magic and love of your pure Soul essence into your physical structures.
This will allow you to:
Ensure that your body is built with more intentional, healthy and vibrant cells than "sad" ones
Express your pure energetic Soul essence on the physical plane
Live with more connection, freedom and personal power than ever before
Intentionally send your awareness into your body to cultivate health and vitality
Feel strong, empowered, confident and fully alive
Go from feeling stuck, ungrounded and disconnected, to fully present, aligned and resourced
Experience more pleasure, connection, vitality, peace and safety than ever before
When you do this, it means that your holistic physical structures will hold a higher vibration that will affect every other area of your life. It will improve your overall sense of well-being, your relationships, your career, your energetic practice, your community involvement--EVERY area of your life. No joke.
Are you ready to fully release hidden, trapped emotion and energy from your cells in order to live a fully Embodied, empowered life?
What would be possible for you if you released all the hidden, trapped emotion and energy in your body?
Scroll down for a practice prompt from me!
Many blessings,
Questions to meditate/journal on:
What hidden, trapped emotions and energies are stuck in my body? Where do I notice them? What do they feel like?
What does this area of my body want to feel instead? What would embodying that new energy make available to me?
