Hysterectomy Blog: Day 11 Loving Kind Meditative Touch

Feb 15, 2019Today my dear friend Sheila Pride stopped by to give me a soothing session of #craniosacral therapy. It stimulates healing by using gentle hand pressure to manipulate the skeleton and connective tissues, especially the skull and sacrum (the large, triangular bone at the base of the spinal column).https://www.drweil.com/…/wellness-thera…/cranial-osteopathy/

She had beautiful #EMDR healing frequency music playing in the background, that focuses on connecting the left and right brain hemispheres so that the two can work together. Here’s a link to the music.https://youtu.be/ApFBK297FM0Those who know Sheila know of her incredible gifts of healing through bhakthi #yoga, social #activism, community #wellness, #mindfulness, manual medicine, #shamanism, medical #qigong, the list is endless. 💜For me, her most powerful teaching has been the #Metta or #Loving#Kindness #Meditation. It really is a wonderful way of transforming your #intentions toward the wider world, and cultivating deep #self #love.A meta analysis of the effect of loving-kindness meditation on positive emotions as part of a treatment plan for #mood and #anxiety disorders showed reduced #pain, #anger, and #psychological #distress.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3176989/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4630307/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4468348/The version of the prayer I relate to most is this oneMay I be filled with lovingkindness.May I be safe from inner and outer dangers.May I be well in body and mind.May I be at ease and happy.May all beings everywhere, whether near or far, whether known to me or unknown, be happy. May they be well. May they be peaceful. May they be free.#hysterectomyrecovery