The Fauquier Business and Professional Women's annual Craft and Trade Show was yesterday, and for the second year in a row I had a delightful time. I'm not sure if I was bringing my craft, or my trade, but I had a good time. 
      
     Last year I offered complimentary Rubenfeld Synergy (RSM) mini-sessions, and was delighted with the experiences participants had. This year I decided to offer either paid seated massage or complimentary Rubenfeld. Surprise, surprise, all the takers were for massage. I talked briefly with one woman, who actually took a step back with her eyebrows raised, when I mentioned exploring the body-mind connection. Not exactly the reaction I might have hoped for! But it got me thinking about why we are so afraid of communicating with our bodies.

          I remember the first time that I felt that fear, as I was heading into an RSM session. I had the sense that my body held some frightening information that I might not want to know, and certainly not to reveal, that there was a darkness in me, that what was unknown was best left that way.

          What I experienced was so much different than what I had imagined. My body was gentle with me, kind, slow to answer, giving me time to just listen. It gave me the gift of deeply visiting the strength of my foundation. I experienced my hips bones as white, strong and knowing how to move. I got off the table feeling loose and flexible in this base of support, feeling joy in the movement of my hips. I was almost disappointed that I had not had some startling revelation (those came later, when I was ready). My body, and my Synergist, seemed to know what I could handle.

          Even 5 years later, I can clearly recall this experience, the way you can clearly remember dreams of revelation. My subsequent experiences, and those of each and every person I have touched in this way, have confirmed that our bodies, though repositories of emotion and memory, are not interested in doing anything but revealing our goodness, supporting our growth at our own pace. They reveal our truth, setting us free from our own patterns of negativity. This experience is a delight and not a fright.