The Pyramid of Healing

We all have things we want to heal from.
Physical and visible wounds from injuries we either received by the hands of another or by accident to ourselves.
Or the wounds that no one can see, the mental wounds that still hold our brains hostage at times when we need it to be free. Both are serious. Both need healing. All wounds deserve the power of being freed once you as a person feels safe to release those wounds.

There is an interesting journey of healing that begins to occur as we assess what has injured us. What physical injuries we have gotten over the years, and what mental damage we have accumulated. Time passes and can ease the pain but, throughout my therapy sessions with my therapist and our sessions, I have learned that those hurts, are still VERY much there. Buried deep down in the crevices of my grey matter like cobwebs in dark rooms that haven’t been visited in years!

Healing trauma can be scary, no matter how ready you think you are. But as I have explored and recognized, it’s necessary. I have been working on a therapy called Brain Spotting. It’s a specialized treatment for those with psychological trauma through eye positioning, mind and body awareness and mindfulness exercises. It locates points in the brain that have access to unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain. I didn’t really get it at first either, it’s ok. But once I tried it, my whole body changed. The good news is it really gets down and dirty pretty quick if you let it. The bad news is, it can take a while to process one thing and you really need to focus on that one thing. So it’s best to not bring in lots of trauma at one time. You can’t move through a lot at once with Brain Spotting.
I’ve gone through 3 sessions now and I have nearly processed 2 traumas. Trust me, I’ve got SO MUCH more to go. I feel release when I leave those sessions. It’s amazing.

Now, back to the pyramid. I started with Brain Spotting for a reason. For me, and possibly for you, it began my journey, my uphill battle telling myself “I am open and curious”. Something that I need to keep telling myself as I work my way through each layer that I still need to continue to process each emotion as it comes up.
The bottom layer is our conscious awareness, the layer where we are saying to ourselves ‘something needs to change’. That was the beginning of my start to this whole life change that began back in August. I was experiencing my conscious awareness. Have you experienced yours?
The next layer is self-responsibility. That time when you tell yourself ‘I need to change myself’. You might recognize it could be a large part, a lifestyle, or even a small part to get yourself going. But something is needing to change within yourself. This is your self-responsibility.
Following this, in the middle layer, the 3rd out of the 5 layers is the self-forgiveness layer. For me personally, this is the hardest one for me to accept. I find myself stuck here over and over again. I’m hardest on myself and this process is teaching me AND allowing me to be able to forgive myself and give myself grace. I’m not perfect, I don’t have to be. I’m allowed to make mistakes. I’m allowed to slip up, and I have to be willing to forgive myself, even if I know others won’t.
Grounding is the next one. Grounding is a big part of my meditation practice and I am able to do that well. I can safely (no pun intended) say to myself the mantra for this level of the pyramid ‘I feel save and supported’. (Is it allowed to pass a level?) I love the feeling of grounding. If you practice the chakras and healing this is connecting your root chakra into the earth and imagining your roots growing down into the center of the earth. Quiet and golden silence is best (for me) for grounding. You can ground in any position really, but having the solid earth beneath your feet, your root, your whole self. It’s important to feel the earth beneath you. The healing energies of the earth are meant to support you in this layer. I find it best to focus all my energy on what is connecting to the earth, and release all other energies, by clearing my mind and releasing all stressors. Grounding is incredibly healthy. We are nearly at the top.
Finally, Joy. ‘I am ready to shine!’ This is the fun part and one I am looking forward to the most. If you have reached Joy, let us know! I don’t think Joy is a daily thing, I think you have to work at it as with anything else. But I do think there is a bit of emotional enlightenment that comes along with finding the top of the Healing Pyramid. Put in the work of discovering the way back before the trauma, find a new way to deal with the trauma, find these mantras to work for you (or others if you have them) and put them to work for you! Make yourself the priority. A huge part of taking care of yourself and making yourself a healthier person inside and out, mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually and all the other ways you intend to, is about putting yourself first and NOT feeling selfish. You cannot pour from an empty cup, remember that!

The goal of these blogs is to set intentions and to manifest a beautiful and purposeful life! To find beauty in the ugliest of places and to find light in the darkest.
Come with me on this journey as we discover a pathway to healing, health, purpose and joy!
And remember: Don’t take life too seriously, no one gets out alive!