Tension in the body is highly detrimental to its ability to function properly and directly affects how we feel each day.
I can't stress that enough.
Tension can come from the present or from the past. Stress is our reaction to something. Consider a job, for instance. To some that is a dreaded word, either because they may hate their job or feel it's too much in their life and is draining. There may be many reasons why it stresses them. To another, it may be a blessing. Perhaps they love what they do, or it allows them to do other things, or gets them out of the house, among other reasons.
Stress is our physiological reaction to something and is stored in the body as tension. This tension can be held in many places. It is pent-up energy that needs to be released. This energy may be held in the nervous system, which stimulates the nerves, sending signals to muscles to contract and be on alert. It may hold in the stomach feeling like a "pit in your stomach." It may hold in certain muscle groups, such as your upper trapezius muscles, which are between your neck and shoulders. It may hold in your mid-back between your shoulder blades. This energy can hold in any of the organs as well.
Old tension can be held from past experiences even if they are no longer consciously weighing on your mind. Believe it or not, these past experiences can be from childhood and even from in-utero. We had the ability to sense the stress of our mothers and the people around her when she was pregnant with us. This pent-up energy may not have affected us along the way, but as we get older unreleased energy begins to build up over time. There comes a day when our bodies can no longer adapt or compensate for the amount of tension we are holding. If enough energy is built up, we can feel ready to explode. The systems in our bodies are designed to function efficiently, like a well-oiled machine. If we fail to release this tension our bodies begin to suffer.
Fortunately there are many healthy ways to release tension. Exercise does so because we actually use up some of that tension. We feel energized because that pent-up energy is now in circulation in our body. Deep breathing and holding poses such as in yoga, tai chi, qi gong, and stretching, among others, can be profoundly effective as well. Having a massage or other bodywork works too.
We need to release this tension in order to maintain our health. It is just as important as eating well, exercising, getting check-ups, getting outside for fresh air, etc.
Tension is also called negative energy. It's not "bad" or "evil," it's just energy with a low vibration, which gets trapped in the body. To release it, we need to connect to it by matching it or raising the vibration.
Many people have heard of the book The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne. It is about the Law of Attraction. In essence, it proposes that positive thoughts attract positive things into our lives and negative thoughts attract negative things. In her second book, The Power, she talks about love being the greatest force in nature and how feeling loving, positive feelings attracts positive things. She also has a third book entitled The Magic, which is about the power of gratitude. All three are great books and well worth reading.
What really caught my attention, was feeling positive. With tension, it is feeling that will set it free.
Action
You can start to raise the vibrations in your body by simply thinking about and feeling all the things you love and enjoy. Just start going through things like, "I love a sunny day, I love the birds singing," or "I love my family" or "my dream vacation would be to go to ________." The key is not only saying it, but feeling it build up in your body - in your heart area, letting it radiate outward.
Sometimes raising the vibrations through loving thoughts and feelings does not get the deeply trapped energy and we need to match it first to release it before raising it. I will cover that in my next blog. You won't want to miss it.
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