I'd like to speak about a delicate subject; depression. I've worked with a lot of folks who have dealt with depression through the years. If you've seen any one of my other articles, you know that the work I do is different, and so my viewpoint on depression is going to be rather unique. However, this viewpoint continues to be of great use to many individuals within my practice, and so I hope it will strike a cord with you, as well.
Everyone that I've ever worked with who has suffererd from depression has had a similar posture. When it comes to depression, that posture involves a curved area behind the heart where tension is gathering along with a closing off of the front of the body. The reason that posture matters where depression is concerned is because there is a direct link between our posture and our emotional state. For instance, if you observe somebody at the supermarket whose back is sort of slouched with their head down, you could infer that they're down or depressed. If you see a person sitting in their vehicle and their head is thrust forward, there is a decent likelihood that they're mad. If you see a person whose spine is arched, their chest lifted, their head back and their arms raised toward the stars, you know that they are most likely in a pretty good mood.
Regrettably, physical posture isn't something that a person can just change by holding themselves differently. That's because the forces that started moving our posture in a certain direction, started their work when we were young. The bones, the joints and the ligaments have changed form during that time. So there can be a lot of inertia in our body that encourages our posture to be a certain way.
Part of what is happening with our posture is that our system has utilized posture to reroute energy. Ideally, the energy that runs up from the earth should move through our feet and legs, through our pelvis, through our heart and out of our crown and have the ability to circulate back around. Where a depressive posture is concerned, our system has determined that our heart needed to be protected, so that energy isn't permitted to pass through the heart.
This structural and energetic situation is directly linked to the emotions that we can and can not feel. In this case our nose is constantly being pressed towards the proverbial dirt, so the type of emotions that are prompted by a slouched posture with tension in the area of the heart are despondency, feelings of inadequacy, hopelessness and dejection. These feelings possess a heaviness that is dragging us downward. Those feelings are being maintained by a certain posture.
Actually, the problem begins when we fight the emotions that go along with depression. It's understandable why someone would put the brakes on and not want to feel those things. This, however, is the point where those emotions develop into a problem, if we fight against their strong, gravitational pull.
This is because the body is actually attempting to show us the solution. The solution can actually be found by permitting yourself to go toward the feelings. Eventually a person would have a complete experience of the feelings, thoughts and sensations and be liberated from the depression. A person would be freed as a result. The sense of self that was bound within the depression dissolves. After that all of the energy that was tied up within the depression would start to rise up the spinal column and naturally prompt the spine to change shape.
Spiritual teacher and author of A New Earth along with The Power Of Now, Echkart Tolle, is an example of someone who has followed depression down to its roots and had a complete experience of the emotions, sensations and thoughts associated with the depression and been completely released as a result. The pain-body is another very beneficial topic that Tolle speaks about in his book. The pain-body refers to that part of us that's actually getting something out of the depression. If you are having trouble with depression, Tolle's book would be useful.
So going into the depression is one option. It's probably not practical, however, if you've got children, a career and a spouse, and not encouraged unless you have the necessary skills, experience and support. Fortunately it's not the only option and it's not the whole picture. In upcoming articles I'll be discussion more about that larger picture and the other options.
Jay Uecker, D.C. has been practicing Network Spinal Analysis professionally since 2002. His educational journey has taken him from Lincoln, Nebraska where he received a Bachelors Degree in Exercise Science, to Minneapolis, Minnesota and Northwestern College of Chiropractic where he received his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree. He has served in places like India and Peru and is currently the director of the Network Life Center in Louisville, Colorado. Click the link to learn more about depression help and other topics related to health, wellness and awakening.
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