by Sthokozile Majola
The Somatologist who treats the Nervous System with Kindness.
In the midst of our pains and struggles. When our world is dark and gloomy. It becomes very hard to see through the dark and murky waters. In the midst of that chaos, we start questioning our foundations and sanity. We mingle with the chaos to find the light that we once knew. The light that shined through our smile, the light that shined through sight.
It is indeed a dark and scary road where you even forget the blessings of those who gave you life. In sharing your darkness to others you meet those who also have relevant painful stories of their past. In this you believe you have found your resting place. You believe you have found your tribe. In this, you gravitate towards the habits of those who are now of ‘Kin’ to you because you think this is your solace.
Just when you get comfortable, THUNDER STRIKES. You panic because in this dark and murky place, thunder resembles the enemy who struck you with a sword. You start going into chaos again even disturbing the residents and citizens of this abode. Now the chaotic place shows itself for what it is----CHAOS!!
You run to and fro, back and forth, longing for what once brought you peace. Longing for your Youthful joy. Longing for your Inner-child...
Then suddenly the thunder that struck earlier - works in your heart and mind reminding you of who you once were. At this point, the heart and mind touch for THE REMINISCE. Then you go through paths and doorways of remembering, but it’s a wax and a wane, because the very pathway back to your youth passes the sour valley of the pain that led you to the Chaos…
The trick is, don’t look too deep into what hurt you, see it for what it was: A stepping stone into your Divine purpose. Don’t let the pain encompass you so much that you lose the track of your light. For beyond the track, is nothing but the VOID…
Like a flashing light, move fast past it aiming to reach and hug your Youth.
Allow yourself to live once again. Allow yourself to smell the flowers once more. With that, you will realize that in all that chaos, the sun was still rising, the moon still went through its waxing and waning, the tides of the sea still respected God’s boundaries and the wind still blew.
As much as pain is painful and personal, only YOU can cultivate and alchemize it. As God’s Divine Law will never allow the pain to be more than the FOUNDATIONS of who YOU ARE.
PSALMS 139:7-12
Solar Plexus Breathing exercise:
• Have your continental pillow at a 45 degree angle behind your back.
• Put your normal pillow under your knees.
• Have your palms facing up on the side of your body.
• close your eyes.
• Slowly breath in through your nose directing your breath into you 1) Tummy, then 2) Lungs. Hold the breath in maximally, then release it first from the chest, then the tummy.
• Repeat this 3 times.
This exercise is best done in the morning before rising from bed.
