Listen to your body’s signals
Contributed - Apr 28, 2021 - People in Business

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By Barbara Wellborn

I am grounded in a way that I have never been before. I have learned to recognize my body’s signals and to embrace the lessons she is asking me to learn. I can stand in a place of clarity and neutrality that allows me to be the observer and no longer the reactor, but it wasn’t always that way.

When I was in my late 20s, my world was quickly unravelling. On the outside, I presented well, but on the inside my life had reached a crossroads of epic proportions. My marriage was dissolving, my first business was failing because the market changed and I failed to adapt, and bankruptcy was imminent because of crushing debt. I desperately tried to cling to what I knew, but every joint in my body was screaming out for change. I was in unbelievable pain that kept me awake at night, endlessly allowing me to mull over my many failures.

Through a series of synchronicities that only the universe could plan, I was introduced to an energy modality that changed my life. I went from daily chiropractic visits to needing only monthly tuneups as a world of physical and emotional trauma had been lifted from my shoulders. I was able to leave my marriage with the wisdom to know that we had come together for a reason and to see the lessons I had come to learn.  I could walk away from a career that no longer served me with a renewed sense of purpose and a beautiful journey towards becoming the healing practitioner I am today.

My life is changed in ways I never thought possible. It’s not perfect, but I now have the tools to help myself gracefully move forward. Most importantly, I learned that our bodies have the amazing capacity to heal when we truly commit to living in the present. When we choose to heal the past and let go of the pain, our lives take on new meaning and our path becomes clear. The crossroad no longer ends in confusion but instead opens us to endless possibility.

Which road will you choose?

Barbara Wellborn owns Wellborn Bodyworks in Summerland

This column was submitted as part of BWB Wednesdays


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