Physical Body Reflection Exercise
What is a physical body reflection exercise?
It is a tool that helps you to begin to develop a better understanding of yourself; how you came to perceive yourself and others from the perspective that you do. Each question builds upon the prior one. This broadens your awareness of yourself from the very moment of existence to how you perceive yourself globally.
One of my clients had a long history of conflicts with her mother from the time she was a little girl. As I infused some of the questions from this exercise with her in our conversation, she began to see how much of what their conflicts were about were really not about her at all. Their conflicts mirrored issues that had occurred between her parents during the pregnancy of this client, as well as medical complications the mother had endured during that time also. Upon further exploration, she was also able to see how her maternal grandmother had "coincidentally" experienced similar challenges during the grandmother's pregnancy with her mother. There had been intergenerational patterns of diabetes during the pregnancy, danger of pre-mature delivery with bed rest towards the end of the pregnancy and low birth weight. The separation due to extended hospitalization before each infant was released to go home and related emotional challenges had caused some breakdown in the bonding process in each instance. This client's mother had felt somewhat distant from her mother and in turn, was somewhat distance with my client (her daughter). This "unraveling" of the client's story helped her to begin to release some of the internalized feelings of hurt and rejection she had been carrying as she was able to see the larger picture that existed beyond herself and "herstory."
This is just a small sample of what you can experience in the process of a "body reflection exercise", would you like to learn more? Visit www.MutsMer.com for more information.
It is a tool that helps you to begin to develop a better understanding of yourself; how you came to perceive yourself and others from the perspective that you do. Each question builds upon the prior one. This broadens your awareness of yourself from the very moment of existence to how you perceive yourself globally.
One of my clients had a long history of conflicts with her mother from the time she was a little girl. As I infused some of the questions from this exercise with her in our conversation, she began to see how much of what their conflicts were about were really not about her at all. Their conflicts mirrored issues that had occurred between her parents during the pregnancy of this client, as well as medical complications the mother had endured during that time also. Upon further exploration, she was also able to see how her maternal grandmother had "coincidentally" experienced similar challenges during the grandmother's pregnancy with her mother. There had been intergenerational patterns of diabetes during the pregnancy, danger of pre-mature delivery with bed rest towards the end of the pregnancy and low birth weight. The separation due to extended hospitalization before each infant was released to go home and related emotional challenges had caused some breakdown in the bonding process in each instance. This client's mother had felt somewhat distant from her mother and in turn, was somewhat distance with my client (her daughter). This "unraveling" of the client's story helped her to begin to release some of the internalized feelings of hurt and rejection she had been carrying as she was able to see the larger picture that existed beyond herself and "herstory."
This is just a small sample of what you can experience in the process of a "body reflection exercise", would you like to learn more? Visit www.MutsMer.com for more information.
Posted by MutsMer.com at 10/23/2009 1:58 PM 
Categories: Physical Body Reflection, Healthy Legacy
Tags: herstory grandmother legacy pregnancy client mother exercises physical healthy journey body intergenerational rejection
Categories: Physical Body Reflection, Healthy Legacy
Tags: herstory grandmother legacy pregnancy client mother exercises physical healthy journey body intergenerational rejection
It is interesting that there is a link or pattern between generations.
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