For most of my adult life I’ve struggled with back problems. After I had all my kids, my back was so bad, I couldn’t even lift a bag of groceries without hurting. Perhaps it was exaggerated by the pregnancies? Perhaps this and perhaps that… People tell me, ‘It’s your core, strengthen your core.’ So I did. I worked out and at one point was 103lbs! And still even then, I had several incidents of my back pulling so badly that I was bedridden and couldn’t even sit in a wheelchair.
I was told, “It’s sciatica!” I tried to fix that too with stretching! It didn’t help. Eventually, I went to chiropractors which brought much relief but never completely resolved it. I didn’t want to take anymore pain medications because it may eventually damage my organs, so I had to change my health approach away from the passive symptom management model.
Finally, what made a most lasting change was the emotional and spiritual change. Any changes I made on those deeper levels manifested physically. We all keep looking to doctors and ‘experts’ to give us ‘an answer’ to that question ‘what the heck is going on here in my body!’ But the best answer is already here and it is found within you! With more self awareness, which led to the emotional and spiritual change, I naturally ate better, I allowed myself to sleep deeper, and I was more consistent with physical self care. The back pains healed along that journey of change and progression. Although I will always have something more to ‘work on’ relating to my back and body in general, I feel like my younger self again. Yes, I’ve come a long way and you can too.
The back or more accurately the spine, is a large area which connects to many parts of the body. It is part of our central nervous system. The back plays a major part in the cellular communication of the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system is the part of the nervous system responsible for control of the automatic bodily functions such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes. The autonomic nervous system balances the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system controls your ‘fight or flight’ responses. The parasympathetic nervous system controls your ‘feed and breed’ and then the ‘rest and digest’ responses. We want to achieve the healthy balanced state between sympathetic and parasympathetic called Homeostasis. Your back pains can indicate a lack of homeostasis in the rest of your body.
Sometimes the lack of homeostasis creates dense yet weak energy in our back which when or if we have some sort of ‘accident’ will be manifested at the exact weakest area of our back. The discomfort will linger long term and the healing time will be extended if we don’t resolve it at the ‘energy imbalance’ root level.
I have learned to read the literal language of the body to help me get to the root causes of my misalignments. The misalignments are always spiritual misalignment of my higher self. Spiritual homeostasis will manifest as physical homeostasis. And this is how I gauge my progress.
BODY
Muscular support: Aromatouch, Deep Blue, Ginger, Wintergreen, Marjoram. Mix one or a combination of these oils with Fractionated Coconut Oil and massage it on the muscles. Use a warm, wet towel on top. The water drives the oils in deeper and faster. The warmth excites the cells which stimulates more activity.
Aches: Deep Blue, Copaiba, Wintergreen, Siberian Fir, Frankincense, Birch. Mix one or a combination of these oils with Fractionated Coconut Oil and massage it on the area of concern. Repeat 2-4 times a day for as long as you need.
Stiffness: AromaTouch, Peppermint, Deep Blue, Siberian Fir, PastTense. Mix one or a combination of these oils with Fractionated Coconut Oil and massage it on the area of concern. Supplements, especially Omega oils help with mobility. Consider taking the Lifelong Vitality Supplements.
Gut: For middle to lower back concerns, consider cleaning out the gut. Use TerraZyme and DigestZen regularly. As soon as you can, do the 30-day cleanse. The release of tension in the gut will relieve the pull on the back.
As you can see in the chart below certain spinal spots connects to certain organs. When these organs are dis-eased or unhealthy in some way it may affect the different parts of the back which it is connected to.
MIND
Back is about “Support of life.” 1 Are you living life fully and faithfully or are you living a half life filled with fear and doubts? Here is a chart I made to help you reference the emotions trapped in our back and what organ it relates to.
Here are my resources.
- Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol Truman,
- Emotions & Essential Oil by Enlightened Healing,
- You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay,
- The Secret Language of Your Body by Inna SegalThe Spine is the conduit for information to and from the brain to body. Pick the oils you feel you need or drawn to and use it either aromatically, internally, or topically. You may want to use a combination of these oils. You want to use these oils to help you create new beliefs to replace the old unsupportive beliefs.
Patchouli: Massage Patchouli on your back. Patchouli is the oil of Physicality. Here are suggested affirmation for Patchouli
>>I release tension in my body. I am supportive of my body. I am connected to my body.
Manuka: Apply Manuka oil on your feet, tummy and diluted on your back. Manuka is the oil of Being Upheld. Here are suggested affirmation for
>>I am loved and cared for. I am safe and shielded. I am fully upheld.
SPIRIT
You are ultimately responsible for who you are and how happy you are. Our immediate natural responses are often in misalignment to our higher path. We respond in fear and negativity. Often, we give our power of choice away by blaming of people and situations because we hold onto some negative limiting beliefs.
The back pains helps us identify our subconscious limiting beliefs to help us re-align with our higher self. God has sent us here to succeed. We forget sometimes and get caught up and wound up in the temporary material life. We are reminded that we are spiritual beings having a physical experience. Whatever energy we have on the spiritual plain will be manifested on the physical plain. It is best that we work on the spiritual changes so that our physical world changes.
God loves us and supports us more than we know. We are often surrounded by angels and guardians. It us up to us to choose to allow that help and support. When we remember this truth and are connected to a higher source we are powerful and supported in all possible ways.
May your back be strong as you move forward and fulfill your life’s purpose.
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