Upper-middle back? Are you getting enough support, and self care?

The meaning of pain ❤️‍🩹

Pain can feel like intense heat, or a flash of pain, or a constant dull numbing pain.. what is dose you pain feel like?

The upper-middle back is that place between the shoulder blades, also known as the back of the heart. 

There are so many reasons we might get pain in the upper-middle back, including sitting hunched over a desk or phone, picking up a baby, gardening, or anything else that requires that we look down or lift a lot. 

And there is an energetic resonance to this area that is worth considering if you have consistent pain there—think of it as unlocking the spiritual meaning of pain in the upper-middle back.

Back of the Heart

Energetically, the front of the body and the front of the heart is the space through which we give out our energy. 

The front of our hearts is very outward-focused: 

What other people think and need from us.

How we need to care for others., 

how we engage with our communities and families. 

Back of the heart: 

This is the space through which we receive energy. 

How much attention are we giving to our own care?

Self-care is a powerful practice:

It is important for everyone to take care of themselves daily. 

Taking care of others with healthy boundaries and learning the delicate fine line of the power of boundaries is not easy, the rewards are highly beneficial to your health and wellbeing.

When we're not receiving enough support from the ones we love and care for, we can feel rejected, can hit a core wound within us, leaving us feeling less than thoughts like “I am not good enough”  “I am not worthy”.

Here are some questions you could ask yourself:

• How am I taking care of my body?

• How am I taking care of my emotional self?

• How am I taking care of my intellectual self?

• Do I feel supported by others?

• What help could I be asking for that I am not asking for?

Upper-Middle Back Pain Rooted in the Past:

The back of the body represents the past—that which is behind us. 

Sometimes when we have pain in the back of the heart, the heart is trying to remind us of something that happened in the past that has something in common with what’s happening in the present. 

Often, these are past circumstances where we felt a very deep pain in the heart. Perhaps it is an experience of grief, rejection, or pain.

Here are some questions to ask:

• What past experiences feel similar to what I’m experiencing now?

• Is there something from the past that I am holding onto?

• Have I fully processed my grief/pain from a past experience?

Visualization for Letting Go:

Many of us hold on to negative experiences from the past, and there’s a reason for that. We would like to think we could simply decide to let go and that would be enough for us to truly release whatever is sitting heavy on our shoulders. 

In order to let go, however, we need to understand why we are still holding on.

The root cause of the meaning, the intention, of the pain.

What is it about this attachment pain that feels hard to let GO?

Try this visualization exercise around letting go:

Focus on the discomfort in the back of your heart ❤️

What does it feel like, is it solid or transparent?

What does it look like, what color is it?

Ask this Part what do you need me to know or understand?

“Listen closely it will have a message, what does it say!”

This is part work: Once we can understand the part of you, this part that is blocking you in some way, with respect we ask what is, its purpose or intention is for you.. 

It's usually a good intention like to keep you safe in some way….

But it was put there when you were a young child. Now become outdated and restricting you in your adult life.. 

Once the brain can understand the part and its intention, and you decide you no longer need this stuck stagnant part in your body, then you can let it GO..  

This is the work I do with clients.. Somatics-Embodied

I work with the subconscious mind to remove outed beliefs systems, and parts that are stuck in the past.

I use the tools of hypnosis, parts work and somatics, a powerful combination to get to the root cause of your issues, So you can get back to feeling good about who you are.

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RTT® Clinical Hypnotherapy & NLP-IFS, and Somatic Counseling Working with Anxiety, Trauma, Intimacy & Relationship Issues

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Releasing Pain in the Upper-Middle Back 

Practices like yoga, acupuncture, and deep tissue massage can go a long way toward resolving tension in this area.

But often the upper-middle back will not release until something changes emotionally.

Take the time to focus on your upper back, try and ask the suggested questions above to discover the spiritual meaning of pain in the upper-middle back. 

Look at what you might need to do in order to shift something around how you are supporting yourself, how you are being supported, and what lessons from the past may be trying to reach you in the present.

I want to help you, and I am here to help you 

Lets jump on a discovery call.. see you soon!

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