Embodiment vs. Transcendence in Emotional and Spiritual Healing

This post is inspired by another blog I read here about emotions. The writer of the blog and someone who wrote a reply were both sharing about the typical mainstream idea about emotions, that they are troublesome and detrimental and that we can learn how to control them and/or manage them through transcendent spiritual practices.

I actually feel that emotions are an important part of our human experience , arising from the wisdom of nature, and our much larger subconscious brain. We have unfortunately been taught that emotions are harmful and that we need to control and dominate them in order to evolve. I feel this perspective has arisen out of the disconnect between the logical mind (5% or our brain) and the subconscious (95% of our brain, including the whole rest of the body). This disconnect happens typically as a result of a severe trauma and I feel that humanity as a species experienced such a trauma, an earth wide cataclysm, that caused us to disconnect from the subconscious collectively and develop trauma based coping mechanisms that have resulted in our current state of disharmony with nature and each other.

I feel that transcendence based practices simply encourage this trauma based disassociation with our bodies, emotions, and nature, to the continued detriment of all.

As we are learning what truly helps trauma victims to heal, we are discovering that body centered practices that encourage us to feel our emotions and receive the wisdom contained within them help to free us from repeating the cycle of trauma over and over again.

In my work I help people to understand what their emotions are trying to tell them so they can use that energy as a catalyst for change in their lives and in the world. I teach embodiment focused spiritual practices that bring the beauty of our spiritual purpose and identity into our human physical form, healing the patterns of suffering that have been programmed into our cells for generations, and awakening our capacity to create a spirit filled existence her on Earth.

There are many Earth based spiritual lineages to learn from, however they have unfortunately been persecuted violently for many generations. But they are so powerful, that despite this persecution, they remain strong and full of wisdom to teach us if we want to return to a life in harmony with our bodies and nature.

I look forward to your reflections on this.