What do you do when you start the meditation for anxiety and stress process and start to release "energies"(emotional and/or physical) faster than you have the time to adjust? Well this is known as a healing crisis. When a healing crisis occurs, you have several options:
- Do more of what you are doing in order to move the "energy", which can manifest itself emotionally and/or physically. For instance, your daily qigong practice of 20 minutes may have "released" an old emotional wound you had carrying around for many years. When it gets "released" it is causing you stomaches, in addition to memories of this emotional situation. In order to "move this energy", you may want to practice your qigong for a longer period (40 minutes) until you start to feel better.
- Slow down what you are doing. Slow down your routine so that you are able to deal with the emotions and/or physical symptoms that you are dealing with at that time. For instance, you may decide to do 10 minutes a day instead of 20 minutes.
- Get help from someone who can help you deal with the emotional and/or physical symptoms you are experiencing. For instance, you may want to see an alternative practitioner to help you in your moment of crisis such as an herbalist or someone who specializes in homeopathy. They may be able to give you an herbal or homeopathic remedy to assist you in moving the energy. An acupuncturist, reiki ractitioner or massage therapist are also good at helping one to "move energy" through the body. I have only listed alternative practitioners but there are also other options.
- Suppress the symptoms. If you become scared or just are not ready to deal with the situation, of course, stopping what you are doing is an option.
I have only mentioned a few options, however, there are definitely other options that you can do. Despite this, I hope that I have been able to give you some guidance on your options. Please feel free to comment or to ask any questions.
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