Issues In Your Tissues
“Issues In Your Tissues is compelling, honest, from the heart, grounded and believable. I recommend this book to anyone seeking insight into how to feel better.”
~ Alan CohenThere is no doubt in my mind that we hold memories in our bodies. Too many practitioners I have known over the years have described when a client, during a healing session, has had an emotional breakthrough.
We all experience fear, sadness, anger, and joy but we don’t always have an appropriate outlet for them. Where does the energy of unshed tears go? Your body continues to experience physical symptoms as long as you carry the emotional charge or vibration associated with them. Your bones may have knitted back together and you may have regained physical function, but if you have not also released the sadness or anger or fear in those tissues, your body will continue to let you know that there are still issues to be worked on.
I was recently introduced to Denise La Barre who has just written an amazing book entitled Issues in Your Tissues.
The trick is recognizing your symptoms as an indication that there may be something non-physical to heal and then letting your body guide you to a solution.
La Barre offers a Healing Catalyst where she intuitively listens to what your body is asking for via pain and other symptoms. In chemistry, a catalyst is the agent that causes a reaction but is not specifically part of it.
La Barre says, “In a bodywork session, I don’t do the healing—that’s up to you, your body and the divine—but I can help you make connections that set your healing in motion. I then use my skill and experience to interpret that ‘asking’ into terms that your mind can understand and apply. Often it’s simply a matter of reassuring and relaxing your mind so that it gets out of the way for your body to heal itself.”
The goal in La Barre’s book is to help more people make those connections in their own bodies and feel better. For over 35 years she has been doing bodywork, and she found that she says the same things to people over and over—things that we all have forgotten in our modern rush through life. She says, “We’ve learned to live in our heads, largely detached from our bodies and the information they give us about how to be wonderfully healthy. We go to doctors to ask questions about what’s ailing us yet the answers are already there, in our tissues, if we remember how to hear them.”
You will understand the concept of the intuitive bodywork session by first reading Issues in Your Tissues. You can use the tools La Barre gives you in conjunction with bodywork or use them entirely on your own. It’s like sitting at the feet of an old healer telling stories that say, “This is what it can look like. You can heal this way, too.” The stories help you make connections between the tension in your body and the emotional issues that may underlie them. You see how you might also open up to shed your energetic “armor” and receive the indirect permission to continue doing so. The results can be amazing. Professional massage therapists will appreciate the candid recounting of sessions as a touchstone for their own work and as confirmation that we’re all finally ready to discuss intuitive bodywork openly.
If you are looking to heal aspects of yourself and your life this book is must-read.
For more information visit www.healingcatalyst.com, PR@healingcatalyst.com
Whole Green Catalog: 1000 Best Things For You and the Earth
Edited by: Michael W. RobbinsGreen is here! Heralding a planet and people-friendly lifestyle, the Whole Green Catalog is a valuable resource in the move toward sustainability. Within these pages are plenty of great tips and advice, interspersed between useful articles on topics ranging from cleaning and eating well, to eco-technology and green pet care. This catalog is an accessible green lifestyle bible for those who are already part of the “green” movement, and it’s just as useful for those who want a guide to products and ideas that just happen to be environmentally conscious. Packaged in a large, unassuming catalog-style paperback volume, it reads like a “browser” book, with pages divided into sections under each category, and plenty of pictures for those who are more visually inclined. The layout also lends itself nicely to random browsing, or for tackling the book’s many categories in small sections at a time.
For example, did you know that flying in the daytime uses up fewer greenhouse gases? At night a plane’s contrails (the clouds of water vapor that form in its wake) trap heat that is emitted from the earth’s surface, adding to the greenhouse effect that warms the planet. During the day, however, these white clouds reflect some sunshine back into space, reducing their impact. And flights during the winter are more environmentally destructive—something to keep in mind next time you make travel arrangements. You can find more about this and other subjects such as “voluntourism” and camping tips under the travel section. Of course, the book itself is printed with 100 percent post-consumer materials. Hopefully this volume can contribute to making the green movement an integrated and interesting part of everyone’s lifestyle.
Whole Green Earth Catalog, $29.99. For updated blogs and articles, including a green glossary, visit their website at: www.wholegreenearthcatalog.com. – CC