I first became aware of Journey Therapy
in 2004 when I was given Brandon Bays 'The Journey' to read. It
describes Brandon's healing journey from being diagnosed with a
football sized tumour, which cleared completely within 6 1/2 weeks!
The book then explains how Brandon took the physical and emotional
Journey that she experienced and developed it into a simple process
that other people could undergo to bring themselves to greater
healing and wholeness. It is one of the most powerful and
transformative techniques that I have come across.
At certain
times in our life when trauma occurs, science has shown that when we
experience a strong emotion and it is repressed a measurable
biochemistry is released into our body that can block receptor sites
in cells. If dis-ease is going to happen it is more likely to
manifest where these receptor sites are blocked.
It has been
shown that if we cut ourselves and have an argument with someone at
the time it happens then the healing takes twice as long.
Dr
Deepak Chopra has proposed that we don't just store memories in our
heads but in every cell of our body. If the unhealthy memory
continues to be reproduced from one cell generation to the next this
programming will continue until the issue is resolved.
The
Journey is a guided visualisation process that helps you to uncover,
gain access to and clear out old stored cellular memories. In
completely emptying out any unexpressed feelings and emotions from
that time it is possible to come to a deep and lasting forgiveness
with the people or situation that may have arisen, allowing us to
move forwards in greater freedom.
To me The Journey feels like
the missing link. Having known people in my family who had led a
healthy lifestyle, eaten good fresh wholesome food, taken regular
exercise and still developed terminal illness, The Journey felt like
the tool that could be used to clear the emotional issues as they
arise to prevent disease from occurring and clear any emotional
issues that might be underlying a disease process. When these
emotional issues have been cleared, the body's natural healing
process can be implemented more fully and even cells can begin to
reproduce more healthily again.
In my own healing Journey, asthma and
digestive problems arose after the death of my Grandmother. In
clearing the repressed emotion around this loss and finally coming to
completion and understanding as to why this happened it has allowed
my breathing to return to health once more and my digestive process
is much healthier.
In my osteopathic practice I had noticed
that some physical tension seemed to originate from emotional roots,
and having used The Journey to work with these patients on unresolved
emotional issues it has allowed people to heal more completely even
at a physical level, once they have come to peace with the emotional
healing.
There are two parts to a Journey
Process, an Emotional Journey and a Physical Journey. The Emotional
Journey starts with experiencing the emotion that is present, related
to the current situation. What often happens is we repeat similar
patterns over and over again until we resolve the underlying issue
and can move forwards. I'm sure you, like myself, have experienced
similar patterns in our relationships or in life, which come up time
after time until we actually face what is going on rather than
running a series of avoidance strategies to numb out the pain.
An Emotional Journey is like peeling
back the layers of an onion. We observe where we are feeling a
certain emotion in our body and then welcome it, rather than pushing
it away, and we breathe right into the centre of it. As we do this we
can feel what might be underneath it and then breath into this
emotion too. As we start to welcome each emotion we find the Peace
right in the centre of it and this is called Source. We can
experience this as Love, Peace, Bliss, Connection to everything, even
stillness.
The Physical Journey can be combined
with the emotional drop through process. We are guided to a certain
area of our body that may have a stored memory there, which is often
related to a similar current issue, perhaps even the very first time
this situation may have arisen, where we might have shut down to the
pain that we found ourselves in at the time. By imagining a campfire
we invite the younger you from that old memory and the present day
you to sit around the fire and converse with the people involved with
your issue so that you can say everything that you wanted to say at
the time but didn't. We then give the other people at the campfire
the chance to explain how it was from their perspective.
When we have fully emptied out all the
stored hurt and pain and understood why the situation arose and what
wisdom might be received from it, forgiveness becomes an effortless
and natural step to take. There can be many other additions to the
process, such as new empowering beliefs and inner resources that we
can bring to the campfire to allow us to move forward in greater
freedom. Each Journey is unique and as such the practitioner will
simply guide you through each process and it is your wisdom that
comes through to enable you to clear the blocks to emotional
wellbeing, health and happiness.
I have completed and graduated from The
Journey Practitioner's Programme which is taught by Brandon Bays. The
Journey has allowed me to become more fully who I am. My skin has
become clearer, my eyes brighter, my energy levels have increased,
optimism and self confidence have improved. Compassion for myself and
others has hugely increased. I have a greater sense of Life Purpose
and feel much greater love and joy in every day life. If you are
inspired to reach your true potential and Be all that you can Be,
read 'The Journey' book and if you feel drawn to this work I would be
more than happy to work with you. For more information visit
www.thejourney.com