How do you know?
What would let you know that there is a blockage?
And why would you care?
Energetic blocks that show up physically or emotionally in the body are my most favorite to work with. Find me a sore shoulder or other body part, anxiety that manifests in your stomach or chest or a case of constipation, among many other things, and I get pretty excited.
Energy likes to be in motion. It’s the nature of energy to move…a block in your system can come from a trauma, an injury, hurt feelings, a decision…. Many factors can slow or impede energy. You might feel this as an ache, tension, pain, coldness, confusion, a feeling of holding or as a numbness/lack of sensation in your body. All of these are clues to energy that is being held or is not moving.
It takes a lot of energy to hold a block in place. For many of us, the blocks are perceived as “normal” and aren’t questioned. If you have ever seen a tree that has grown around an object that is too close to it, you can get a visual of this. As the tree grows, it adapts to its growing condition and grows around whatever is in its way.
We do the same. A trauma in early childhood gets compressed if it is too hard for the child to process it at that time, or an injury disturbs an area, or a repeated mind loop such as “I don’t matter. I’m stupid. I don’t deserve to be here. There’s not enough for me. No one loves me. I hate myself” gets looped again and again and creates a block in your energy field.
As energy begins to move, you may notice an increase in sensation and then the relief. After the clearing you feel alive, connected, warm, centered, and well. There may be a feeling of lightness or floaty/expanded feeling.
Many blocks clear over time with good therapy, changed life circumstances, or working with a person trained to help you explore your blocks and bridge what is being held and compressed to a state of movement and aliveness.