The work I do peels away the layers of trapped negative emotion that have been frozen in time and this can prompt the healing crisis to occur, for when we begin to strip away layers of armour through bodywork, it can be as significant and painful as the original difficulty because the first stage of a healing crisis is to come out of numbness and bring back sensation and emotion to the body. If you have been numb for years it can be frightening when the sensations arise. Coming out of numbness into sensation is the first step in healing, but it can be a daunting process.
Imagine all the cells in your body are represented by a box filled with emotions. During a Tantric Journey session, the lid on this box gets opened allowing the trapped negative emotions to escape. This release may take place during the session and after the session, indeed it is usual for this to continue for up to three days after treatment. During this period, the lid of the box is still open and it slowly shuts down to its original position. Three days after treatment you will be less negative and feel more positive and alive. The healing recovery process will depend on the number of blocks one has and the intensity of the treatment. Some clients have taken over 2-3 weeks to recover and there is no way of telling how long recovery will take. Release comes in many forms and these are displayed below:
It is iIiiimportant to acknowledge the release and fully feel all the emotions, as and when they come as waves in the sea. Breathe into them and let go. Be in a positive and supporting environment, drink lots of water, keep a hot water bottle, if the yoni or tummy aches, eat and drink non-toxic food between the sessions. Keep away from smoking, alcohol, drugs (unless prescribed by a medical professional), pain killers etc. as they suppress and numb the evoked emotions and put it back into the body.
Unfortunately, most mainstream medical professionals and professional therapists are not trained in how to understand the healing crisis. It is a very important part of the healing process, but is often overlooked or misunderstood with a healing crisis being labelled as a symptom of a “breakdown or insane”, or of unfortunate events or something similar or disease. When people turn to medical professionals for help with their healing crisis, they are often medicated in order to suppress the symptoms. Whilst some individuals going through a healing crisis might be tempted to turn to alcohol, tobacco or drugs to suppress their emotions, whilst all of these may help to lessen the intensity of the experience and it will only suppress the emotions and stop the healing process.
Many people, who have experienced deeply disturbing or distressing
events in their life, live their life without feeling and find solace in their numbness, then when physical and emotional symptoms manifest they seek help, but the road to recovery can be unpleasant and very painful in the beginning.
The symptoms of a healing crisis can include pain, pressure, and lack of coordination. Whilst other symptoms include frequent urination, heavy sweating, depression, explosive anger, extreme sadness and even vomiting or diarrhoea. The body during these times tends to enter into a state of chaos with extreme tiredness and fever symptoms being common.
A healing crisis is a profound experience where the body is able to expel stored emotions and begin to regain equilibrium. Donald Epstein writes in Healing Myths Healing Magic, “Once again, the disease is not a mistake of a stupid body; it is the body’s attempt to reorganise its energy systems to allow for a greater exchange of information and energy and thus a greater expression of consciousness.”
The healing crisis should not be repressed but embraced as our body is attempting to come back to balance and harmony. The healing crisis is not creating new problems for the body but releasing the issues that are lying dormant deep below the surface. As the body attempts to unblock that which is blocked and return us back to our natural flow we can often feel at our lowest ebb, but it will pass and when it has we will feel restored and nurtured.
Donald Epstein writes in Healing Myths Healing Magic, “Healing occurs the instant a physical or mechanical obstruction is removed, or the instant we express our inner wisdom. Healing occurs the instant that parts of our body begin to share their stories with one another. Healing occurs the moment we liberate blocked energy that is stored in different areas of our body, or when our breath becomes more easy and natural.”
When experiencing a healing crisis after treatment we should never attempt to block it, but trust in the experience and go with the healing flow. There are no rules about the symptoms that will be experienced or the time that it will take. Emma Bragdon writes on the question of how long it will take in ‘The Call of Spiritual Emergency,’ “There is no answer to this. It depends on what kind of patterns of spiritual emergence people are experiencing. If the experience is physically very intense, it will end when the body gets tired of the intensity. Likewise, if it is very emotional, the crisis will end up when the body tires of catharsis. All life pulsates, expands and contracts. A contraction cycle will inevitably follow an expansion. An expansion will inevitably follow a contraction.”
How to Handle a Healing Crisis?
Accept the way you feel during and after a Tantric Journey session as a way of letting go of those stagnant negative emotions and past difficulties, rather than keeping them in your body which does more harm than good in every aspect in your life. What you feel during and after the session is all about triggering your past and very little to do with during the session. The walls you hit are very important as it gives an opportunity to walk through them during subsequent sessions, without running away from them which you have done all your life. Work as a team with the giver, be present. It’s important to come to the session with no expectations, knowing that you don’t have to remove all your life long blocks and emotions in one session. Communicate your needs and feelings to the giver in a non-blaming way and work as a team and let him / her be the catalyst for your healing process. Be patient and enjoy the Tantric Journey.
If all above is not helping you please contact one of our listed Tantric Journey Therapists who will be happy to listen to you and support you over Skype first and then may see you personally on 1-2-1. It’s important if you are a female to seek sister support from one of our listed female therapists from the link below and if you are a male client to seek brotherly support from a male therapist. We are all here to help and support you with unconditional love
tantricjourney.com/book-a-tantric-therapist
If none of the above is helping you please contact some support professionals that we recommend you go after a Tantric Journey session to help complete the healing process. It is recommended a female client go to a female therapist after a session with a Tantric Journey male therapist
