Why we use the body?

Our body stores all our experiences. Certain traumatic memories that we do not remember can be accessed through the body. It happens in my office that patients tell me certain things, but their body says otherwise. The conscious wants  to hide certain painful things, but the body will never lie. I will always believe what the body tells me and not the conscious mind.

Uncovering the Subconscious

Our journey will take us deep into the subconscious, where many of our unprocessed experiences and emotions are stored. Once we’ve discussed your goals and the direction of the therapy, we’ll begin with a period focused on building your emotional "resources." the new resources support you in the process of approaching painful moments, getting closer and closer to them. It is like a process of digging, exploring deeply and meeting wounded parts of us waiting to be discovered and embraced. 

The Period of Building Resources

During this initial phase, treatments will focus on creating stability, cultivating emotional stability,warmth, and resilience. Because we cannot go to war without weapons !Often, trauma leaves a lasting impact because we lacked the resources to cope with certain events at the time. As children, for instance, we may not have known how to protect ourselves or meeting our needs . Now, as adults, you have the opportunity to nurture and defend that inner child and you can become that nurtured parent you needed. This resource-building phase, will provide the foundation you need to process and heal from past wounds.

What changes can occur in the physical body?

After an acupuncture session, you may experience symptoms like migraines, herpes outbreaks or bile crises. i will attache a list of symptoms that can appear . These "healing crises" are signs that your body is beginning to address an internal imbalance. When this happens, it means the underlying emotional cause is being processed, manifesting as physical symptoms. While this may feel uncomfortable, it’s a positive indication that healing is underway.

For example, a migraine after treatment might signal that the body is working to resolve a deeper issue. Over time, these symptoms may lessen or disappear. Healing crises are the body’s way of releasing long-held emotions, and while they are encouraging, they can also feel intense. You may experience strong emotions like anger, or physical reactions like fatigue, migraines, or red eyes.

Common Symptoms and Their Emotional Links

1. Liver-Related Symptoms (often linked to anger)

•    Fatigue that doesn’t improve with sleep

•    Migraines

•    Herpes outbreaks

•    Red or congested eyes

•    Sensation of a lump in the throat

•    Premenstrual breast swelling

•    Irregular menstruation

•    Nausea, belching, or sighing

•    Mood swings

•    Feeling of fullness in the chest, abdomen, or hypochondrium

2. Lung-Related Symptoms (often linked to sadness)

•    Common flu (a somatic expression of sadness)

These are the ways in which the body expresses itself, the symptoms are the emotions that have been stored in the body. Depending on the depth of the trauma, it can be expressed at the level of the body or purely in the form of emotion.

Understanding the Healing Crisis

After each treatment, you may notice shifts in your perception, emotions, bodily sensations, thoughts, and an increase in awareness. These changes are the desired results, but sometimes the emotions that surface can feel intense. Think of it as unlocking feelings and memories that you weren’t able to express when they first occurred. At the time, you didn’t have the resources or stability to fully process them, so they were stored in your psyche and body, waiting for the right moment to emerge. When these emotions are held in, they often show up as symptoms like migraines, menstrual pain, repetitive thoughts, fatigue, and more.

In therapy, our job is to create space for these emotions to emerge by providing the necessary resources and stability for both your mind and body. We create the right context, the emotional support, and the stability needed so that these emotions can come to the surface, be understood, processed, and ultimately, released. The only way to heal and make peace with these emotions is to face them again, but this time with greater strength and stability, so you can process them in a healthier way.

How Will the Emotions Feel When They Surface?

Not pleasant, unfortunately. When these emotions arise, they can feel like a wave crashing over you, like being tossed around in a washing machine. You might experience intense anger, sadness, or a sense of injustice. You may also find that vivid memories resurface, bringing you back to the painful moments when you couldn’t express what you were feeling because it was too overwhelming. Depending on the emotions that come up, I will guide you on how to process them in a way that helps them pass more easily, allowing you to move through them with more ease and less resistance.

When you feel sad, it's best to put on headphones with a playlist of melancholic songs, a pack of tissues and a writing journal. Everything that is sad in the soul is left in the notebook without thinking too much. You can even write letters to your younger version, to certain people depending on the situation. After completing the process, it will feel like a relief, as if the sun will come out. 

If you feel angry! Sports, cardio, running, just don't sit. If you feel like hitting someone, go and run or hit a pillow. Anger is a very expansive emotion that must be consumed through movement. After that you will be able to calm down. 

I will send you some instructions depending on the type of treatment, these are some examples of situations.

Setting the Pace of Treatment

You will guide the pace of your therapy. If treatments feel too intense or too gentle, we will adjust them to match your emotional capacity at that moment. Acupuncture treatments often trigger shifts in perception, emotions and physical sensations over the following days. As we build your emotional resources, you may unlock memories or experiences stored deep in the subconscious. The brain will only release these hidden layers when you are ready, ensuring you are never overwhelmed by the process. Our brain will not decode memories that overwhelm us, because it wants to protect us and keep us stable.

Building Awareness and Moving Forward

After each session, we will reflect on any new insights, emotions, or physical sensations that come to surface. These shifts will guide our work together, pointing us to areas that need attention. For instance, if feelings of anger, sadness, or emptiness arise, they reveal our next step. If you notice an emotional void, our next session we will fill that space with  resources that bring balance and healing.