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👉🏽 Kelly McKay | Osteopath | Wellbeing Coach
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Physical and mental restoration is key to regaining a balanced flow on your healing journey.

Restoration will usually require you to slow down, soothe the mind, and find joy in restuful states of being.

These states can be found in the simplicity of:

》being fully present during a slow,
pleasant walk in a park,
》a gentle/relaxed swim
》listening to your favourite 'feel good'
music
》massages and other touch
therapies
》warm baths and foot spas
》reconnecting with your creative side
》tactile exchanges
》singing
》playfulness
》gentle breath work and meditation
practices
》good company (which you enjoy
and trust)
》being around animals

among limiless other peaceful, playful, creative pursuits.

The key thing is to begin, to decide upon making time for yourself, to shift things more in your favour.

How might you take the first step to soothe in your healing?
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🗝 Be guided by your own sense of truth and IN-tuition.
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#bodymindgateway #restandreset
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#restandrecover #restanddigest #restfulhealing #sootheandrestore #soothe #physicalandmentalwellbeing #mindbodywork #mindbodyhealingtherapy #mindbodybalance #mindbodyconnection #bodytalkpractitioner #mindbodycoach #somatichealing #bodymindmedicine taken in Islington by @kellymckay121

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Dr James Gordon is clinical professor of
psychiatry and family medicine, a noted author and essayist.

He is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Centre for Mind-Body Medicine (founded in 1991), internationally recognised for using self-awareness, self-care, and group support to heal various firms of psychological trauma.

Gordon recognises chemical language as a core component to the way in which the body communicares as a whole.

Chemical messengers are are key to maintaining contoniual communication between the various tissues, organs and systems within the body. They're the essence of integrating our structure and functioning, and interconnecting the physical aspect of our symptoms to our corresponding emotional context.

There is no seperation - structurally, functionally or symptomatically.

How do your physical symptoms reflect your emotional backstory?
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🗝 Be guided by your own sense of truth and IN-tuition.

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Your skin (the largest sensory organ of the body) creates a protective boundary between your internal environment and what's out there!

Skin protects your individuality - your unique construct. Its the first (physical) line of defence against invasion. It's highly innervared by sensory nerves, which only adds to the nature of its receptivity and sensitivity.

Psoriasis is characterised by its dry, silvery, scaly armour -symbolic of fear of (and defence against) being hurt.

The visable irritability (when reddened) and sensitivity is reflective of deeply held anxiety and anger which is so often repressed.

Eventually, overspills of deeply buried irritation and anger begin to manifest physically.

Think of how the skin responds to our true feelings when feeling shamed, invaded, betrayed and angered (blushing, heat, itching, angry rashes that harden...).

Psoriasis exposes supressed agitation for others to see, making it all the more tangible (prompting action towards re-balance and ease).

The reddened base layer shows up the deep vulnarability and irritation felt when past hurts become triggered in some way.

Its characteristic deadening scaly skin formation becomes a metaphor for the need to protect an increasing sense of vulnerablity - to deaden the senses and armour against emotional hurts.

Cycles of visable discomfort lasting weeks or months before easing or stopping completly, expose when personal boundary has been breeched - when your sense of vulnerability becomes heightened.

The deeper you feel the irritation, the redder, dryer, more armoured and broken your skin may become.

Why are you feeling imposed upon?

Who isn't listening?

When will you tend to your deep need for emotional nourishment?

Commit to accepting and loving yourself for who you are. You deserve the love and support needed to thrive.

Ignite the spark of self love and approval from within. It's already available to you.

Take the time to nurture a relationship based on inconditional love within yourself each day.

#bodymindgateway taken in Worldwide by @kellymckay121

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Letting go can be essential to your healing process.

It can be the difference between carrying the weight of old burdens, feeling stuck in a process that isn't serving you, being held back by strong emotions (like anxiety, fear, guilt and anger), idea's and approaches which can not progress you any further...

...and making way for the new.

Letting go can move you towards connecting more deeply to trust, intuituve guidance and deep knowing.

It can lead you to your highest truth and your highest path.

Take a chance on you.

Ask yourself what you might benefit from letting go of, which areas of your life could use a fresh perspective?
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🗝 Be guided by your own sense of truth and IN-tuition.

#bodymindgateway
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#lettinggo #lettinggoofanger #lettinggoofexpectations #lettinggoquotes #lettinggooffear #lettinggoofnegativeenergy #lettinggoofthepast #lettinggoishard #lettinggoofwhatnolongerservesme #lettinggoofstress #trusttheprocess #lettinggoofcontrol #selftrust #lettinggoandmovingon #trustinyourself #healingpain #selfhealerscommuity #healingtrauma #healingfacilitator taken in Upper Street, N1 by @kellymckay121

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Missed yesterdays Instagram live on the mind-connection? You can watch it on playback by clicking the link in the bio at the top of the page.

It was an delightful, and insightful 3 way discussion on what the mind-body connection means to each of us - both personally and professionally.

The discussion concluded with the question, "Do you think you can heal without the mind-body connection?" Find out how it we responded in the full video.

Thank you to the host @talk_allaboutit and healing coach @rebeccabeecoaching for such a great collaborative exchange - my first Instagram live!
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#mindbodyconnection #mindbodyhealingtherapy #mindbody
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#healingemotions #healingtrauma #lifecoachingtips #therapytips #osteopathy #bodymindhealing #bodymindconnection #bodymindgateway by @kellymckay121

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The mind-body connection is something which has held my fascination for over two decades now (it's a long story!).

So I'm always open to hearing new perspectives on how significant the mind-body approach has been to others, as well as being interested in exploring new ways for this refreshing standpoint to support our wellbeing.

I'm excited to be a part of a Live 3 way discussion - sharing 3 points of view - with Cynthia @talk_allaboutit allaboutit and Rebecca @rebeccabeecoaching

We'd love you to be a part of the live conversion (come on over to the @talk_allaboutit page ) on July 1st at 4pm (GMT)/1am (EST).

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How might 'letting go' support your emotional and physical healing process?

Where can you begin to refocus or adjust your perspective?
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#bodymindgateway
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Yung Pueblo is the pen name of the writer Diego Perez and means "young people." The name is meant to convey that humanity is entering an era of remarkable growth and healing, when many will expand their self-awareness and release old burdens.

After starting Vipassana meditation, his favorite word, liberation, took on a deeper meaning. Through writing and speaking, Yung Pueblo aims to support the healing of the others, realising that when we release our personal burdens, we contribute to a global peace, and that healing, transformation, and freedom are possible.

Acceptance (for what is) is the starting point for self directed healing.

Letting go is the means by which we return to balance - our true - undistorted nature.

What could you let go of in support of your healing journey?
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🗝 Be guided by your own sense of truth and IN-tuition.

#bodymindgateway

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Doctors aren’t sure of the cause of autoimmune diseases (when the immune system attacks healthy cells), or why women are affected more than men.

The transition from a state of healthy immune function, to developing an autoimmune diseases is symbolic of the confusion between where the healthy boundary lies.

What is for you and what is not!

When the battle of defending yourself from destructive outside forces, becomes, an attack which is now directed inwards - towards your own sense of balance and integrity - the boundary has becomed blurred.

If you're suffering with an autoimmune disease, it's likely that you've experienced chronic stress, trauma or suffering in your life.

Go back to the context of what you were experiencing emotionally, before the onset of your autoimmune condition (possibly beginning many years prior).

In what way does your physical (immunological) battle connect to, or reflect your emotional experiences?

Perhaps you're feeling unsupported with expectations running too high, maybe you've over stretched yourself too far for too long, or, you've succumbed to longstanding critisms and judgement to the deepest level.

Do you feel emotionally diminished in some way?
Are you carrying a burden of guilt (perhaps feeling you're deserving of punishment in some way)?
Do you feel you're on the loosing side of an emotional battle?

Either way, the resultant state of chronic stress may eventually lead you to states of deep confusion and unrest, and you're unsure how to find your way back to level ground. To feel worthy and whole once again.

Extended periods of stress (and the fatigue which ensues) is disruptive to the balance.

Emotionally, it can take you off course by diminishing your sense of self, reducing your capacity to defend your integrity and maintain vitality and order.

It blurs the boundary between your defence againsts 'whats out there', to a punishing "self directed' attack.

Physically, it shifts you away from rest, repair and replenshment - in favour of neurological overcharge and eventual immunological depletion. It destroys the homeostatic balance.

Find ways to finally put your emotional healing first. taken in Worldwide by @kellymckay121

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How you feel emotionally will eventually express through your physical body.

Yes, it can be masked, adjusted, supressed, but it shows up before these responses are initiated!

Your emotional state, be it pain, joy, tension, ease, fear, courage or any other emotion will express through your facial expression, tone of voice, physical posture, choices, behaviour and even begin to alter your bodily function in some way.

Sometimes, the physically expressed emotion isn't directly visable to others (or even ourselves), but they will still be reflected in your physical outpicturing in some way.

Emotional dis-ease will show up through your symptom picture.

Perhaps bouts of muscle tension, angry skin eruptions or cluster headaches.

Perhaps your symptoms have been pointing to an emotional context over an extended period - through the emotional triggers to your chronic inflammation or pain?

Physical symptoms may well be aggravated or relieved by a physical changes.

But, this doesn't mean that they're not also pointing to the emotional aspect of your dysfuntion or pain.

Both your physical and emotional state is aligned to (and reflective of) what is true for you at a core level.

They are simply different aspects of the dysfunction - expressing on different levels of your (whole) truth.

The mind and body operate (and express) as one whole organism. Eachblevelnof self will point to the 'whole' truth - mind sbd body.
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What (psychological or emotional) factors most trigger, exacerbate or abate your physical symptoms?

What might your symptoms be pointing to emotionally?
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🍃 Looking for an integrated MindBody coaching approach? Click the link in my bio. 💜

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Meditation can be an opportunity to check in and observe how you're feeling both physically and emotionally.

A chance to clarify your connection to your deeper truth - your inner self.

It can be a real opportunity to re-balance (emotionally and physically) and HEAL.

What is important, is to take your time with your inner explorations.

Allow yourself the space to grow in your process while developing a sense of trust in what you are able to create for yourself.

It is possible to influence and even significantly improve your inner sense of balance, ease and restoration through your meditative experience.

To influence positive bio-physical changes through a strong connection to restorative psychological states.

You can begin by following the physical ralaxing motion of the breathing cycle.

Stay with the simplicity of your breath.

🗝 Be guided by your own sense of truth and IN-tuition. Take what resonates and leave the rest.
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What is your primary meditation intention?

How did you begin?
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Meditation practice cultivates growing awareness and inner balance.

A fantastic resource for improving health and wellbeing.

With regular practice, I you can begin access healing - building a level of trust in your capacity to reach these higher states of being.

Trust that you can always find a way to back towards greater balance and peace.

🗝 Be guided by your own sense of truth and IN-tuition. Take what resonates and leave the rest.
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What's your experience with meditation?

Are you able to generate states of mental and physicsl restoration?
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#bodymindgateway #meditation #meditationhealing #meditate #meditationbenefits #meditatedaily #meditationmedicine #meditation #bodymindconnection #mindbodyhealing
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#mindbodycoach by @kellymckay121

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