The Antagonist Within

I don’t know about you, but the turmoil that is out in the world these days seems to be heightening my awareness of the antagonism that I have within me.  

My body is talking. Maybe yours is too.

Are you having aches and pains that you just can’t shake?  I am. And part of me just wants them to go away. And another part of me knows that there is a message there for me. So, I do what I do to shift the energy and often learn yet another level of self-love and compassion.
​Our bodies speak to us. 
But we live in a culture of suppression. It’s why we are where we are. You suppress a people for a while, but you must expect they will rise. You suppress pain with a pain killer for so long, but you expect the pain to return. Underlying causes must be addressed for the body to heal, or for a culture to heal. 
What is the antagonism that you hold within?
Here are some questions to help you get started:

• What are you angry about that you won’t let yourself be angry about?
• What are you fearing that may just be an old message?
• What do you think people are thinking about you, and why do you care?
• What do you really want, and can’t even admit it to yourself?
• What haven’t you grieved for fear that the grief might engulf you?

The macrocosm can be a mirror for the microcosm. You are the microcosm. Take care of the inside and the outside world will change.
I’m not saying that it's an immediate change, though sometimes it is. It's more often subtle. More often a coming into oneself. More self-love and acceptance. More of a dropping away of the symptoms that nag. 


I took on my healing journey over 30 years ago, first walking into a therapist's office, and then walking into a Homeopath's office. There have been countless offices and classrooms since then.  I am way more at home in my body. Heck . . . I am in my body. My life is one of peace and fun. My appreciation of myself and others has grown leaps and bounds.
And ... in extraordinary times like these I can still feel the antagonist restlessness that asks me for a little more. To sink in a little deeper to all that is. To open my arms to the pain in others and walk down the road awhile with them and me.