Running Log #2

At work, the doctor has applied neuro emotional technique (NET), a psychotherapeutic & chiropractic system stemming from chinese medicine and applied kinesiology - on me. It's a holistic approach which focuses on removing skeletomuscular imbalances and/or unresolved negative emotional blocks. I like that it recognizes the idea that parts of the body can hold emotions ("Most remarkable is the finding that virtually every neuro-chemical produced in the brain is also produced in white blood cells and usually in the intestines as well.  To some extent, the field of psychoneuroimmunology has suggested that the “mind” is part of every cell."). Muscle testing is used to access the physiology of the emotional response. Muscle/s will test strong when a person makes a statement with which they are congruent & will test weak (unable to resist, be dropped) when non-congruent statements are made.

The first time I experienced NET, I sat at the edge of the chair with my right arm outstretched. He went through ages to help determine the timing of whatever burden I was carrying in my body, knowingly or unknowingly. It was really cool that at 20-nothing, 21-nothing, 22-nothing, 23-my arm slammed down, 24-nothing. I was like, Whoa - what does my arm know about the 23-year-old-me that I don't? He went through a series of questions trying to ascertain the finer details & came to find that it lays somewhere in ____________; it wasn't as important to note the finest detail, just the general location which harbored an unresolved block. From here, I was directed to have my right hand touch beneath my left collarbone/placement in chinese medicine which assumes the lung is the vessel for "grief" or "burden." My left hand rested at the center of my forehead & I was directed to visualize whatever consumed me, holding that position, until the image dissolved. Afterwards you feel a sense of lightness, release. You've addressed something you weren't aware was nagging.

Through him I'm learning to understand my body better, to run harder efforts, and to acknowledge emotional pain as valid, cellular discomforts that are capable of departure.