Hmm wonder why I might be hearing about this thing....again?? Anyone?
This file by Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz is so good... just go play it, period. She makes a point out of INTUITIVE people often having fifth chakra issues.
http://download1-cm.edgesuite.net/hayhouse/intuitivehealth/042507/intuitivehealth_042507.mp3?sauth=1183678234_c160b27d9d2b52d2310ccfe06003798a&ext=.mp3Especially if you are a "nice girl" the kind of woman who doesn't speak up, or assert herself, if you're not working in your ultimate field of self-expression (ahem, me included) ... unexpressed creativity and communication, even staying too long in the wrong career path, can eventually manifest as
overweight (swallowing your feelings instead of expressing them)
neck pain, stiffness or disc problems
teeth/gum issues
upper chest congestion like breast or heart issues
thyroid or thymus issues, affecting metabolism and immunity
Dr. Schulz was talking about how women hit puberty and actually biologically muzzle themselves. We are often afraid to speak up and express ourselves for the fear of losing love and approval. She says when we begin to hit perimenopause, the muzzle comes off, and "look out". That image made me giggle and think of Kathy Bates in Fried Green Tomatoes. (Face it girls, I'm older and I have better insurance!) Remember how she expressed creativity, knocking down walls with a sledgehammer? (To the shock of her husband)
I was just med-i-tating, okay I wasn't really *there* yet, but I was lying on my bed listening to John Holland, and I heard activity in my backyard. It's the neighbor's kid, about 18, throwing his basketball up into my mango tree and trying to knock down the fruit. My neighbor came over and told me he'd done that yesterday, too, when I went out. I said I didn't care if people wanted some fruit, but KNOCK ON MY DOOR AND ASK PERMISSION AT LEAST. Of course, that's why he waited till I wasn't home.
We've both been a little reluctant of this neighbor, late hours, loud music, questionable times the police have been over there,... ya know? Heck just today they decided to set firecrackers off at 6am.
Well. I wasn't very "Namaste" shall we say. I whipped the window open, and said something like "ExCUSE ME!? You can't even come to my door and ask permission from me to get some fruit?" (he hung his head) And then, IT Popped Out. "GET THE F!!! OUT MY YARD!"
OMG OMG OMG. My heart was beating hard, in my throat. The kid said "Aight, aight, Damn...." like I was about to bring a loaded shotgun out there. Maybe I just responded in a way he could understand. Maybe going out there and gently explaining that he was violating my boundaries would not have worked with him. I dunno. But it just exploded out of me.
I'm putting a big mental protective blanket around my place.
I wonder if Kathy Bates did that.