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@Crissy@tech.lgbt  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

1/2 🌀 Emotional Healing & Self-Respect.

If you feel anxious, your brain tries to use thinking to fix the problem. You might know why you are stressed, but your body still feels unsafe. This is because real emotional healing needs more than just talking.

Most healing is Top-Down: we use the thinking part of the brain (the mind) to control the body. But long-term stress and trauma are kept in the body's survival parts. Your logical mind cannot tell your body to stop feeling threatened.

This morning, my lower back and right shoulder were locked up. I realised this was a deep sadness from my cat passing away. My mind accepted the loss, but my body kept the shock and sadness as a physical block.

This is why the Resonant Life OS starts with a Bottom-Up foundation. We open our awareness to let the body's wisdom lead the healing process.

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@Crissy@tech.lgbt replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

2/2 Somatic Healing.

My own healing started with respecting my body. After using an electric heating pad gently for safety, I followed the ALOHA Way (our 5-step method) to make repair happen:

Attunement (Kindness): I used Tea Meditation to focus my mind and treat my body's needs with kindness, not blame.

Oscillation (Agreeableness): I then did Qigong movement. This intentional movement talks directly to the nervous system. It helps release the energy of grief and trauma. It moves the feeling state from Force (tension) to Power (flow).

Lightness, Harbouring, and Allowance: The rest was about resting more, creating a safe space using a gratitude journal, and accepting that this deep processing must take its own time.

We treat the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—to build a stable, strong system.

What is one Bottom-Up practice you honour in your life? Let's talk.

#EmotionalHygiene #ResonantLifeOS #WellnessWithCrissy

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