Instincts Part 3: Coming Home

   
   
Reconnecting to Your Instincts

Reconnecting to your instincts can be tough because not only are we all shut down by the time we're adults but we also have a strong and deep association between following what we're feeling and being "bad" or "wrong" because of our early life training. I doubt you could find an adult that wasn't reprimanded or shamed for doing something that felt instinctively right to them when they were a kid. 

So when you first dabble in learning to follow your instincts again it may feel "wrong" to you or "weird" or socially subversive, even though it may be something very simple like letting yourself say "no" instead of people pleasing and agreeing to something you don't really want to do. It may be new to you, so it's OK if it feels weird for a while. You can follow your instincts anyway until you learn to trust yourself again.

Your deepest healing will be led by your own instincts, no one else can do this for you. You will need guidance but a good myofascial release therapist will teach you to hear and follow your own intuition again or for the first time. They'll show you how to listen to your inner wisdom, and how to interpret and respond to the messages from your body, mind and emotions. For authentic healing to truly work you will have to reconnect to your instincts, find those inner messages and learn to trust and follow them again. 

This will take training or 'un-training' which is a large part of MFR healing, helping you reconnect to your instincts. You'll begin to feel and value the feedback your body gives you; from pain to emotions to letting go of people pleasing and embracing this key piece of who you really are, your instincts.