I had a new client last week. She came in and looked around and said something a bit surprising and pleasing. She said she likes how I had arranged my studio and home, how everything seemed to be placed with great intention, in just the right spot. This is indeed my goal, to create an environment that will help people to relax the moment they walk in. I had forgotten to observe for myself that I had achieved my goal. This came up again a few days later when I looked out at my garden and saw all the work undone, the weeds un-pulled. Then remembering what my client had said, my vision sort of shifted and I saw the beauty of the flowers, and the care that had gone into creating the timing of the flowering, the height of the plantings, and I saw it as someone else might see it. Just a beautiful, peaceful place.
As a gardener most of my time is not, as one might think, spent nurturing the flowers, but pulling the weeds. By removing what is not desired, space and resources are freed up.The desirable plants know how to grow on their own, they don't need me for that.
So too does your body know how to heal itself. In a way, when you come in with sore shoulders, achy hands, or a sore elbow, I'm still pulling weeds. By the careful unraveling and elimination of the tension and pain that has accumulated, stores of energy and resources are available for physical healing and emotional balance.
Pull the weeds, and flowers grow. Get a massage, and health flows!
Peace
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