It sounds so simple, doing "Nothing" and allowing the Divine
to step in and aid you. It has been an amazing journey receiving
Tao Te Bodywork sessions with Jade for the past 2+ years and now learning
to give in return.
My body hit a wall a few years ago, I could barely
move, walking more than 5 minutes was beyond painful and I was sleeping
a minimum of 12 hours a day. Ten years as a competitive ice
skater and a, shall we say, 'entertaining' childhood had caught up
with me. So I pulled out every trick that I knew: diet,
acupuncture, shamanic work, chakra energy work, meditation, feldenkrais,
craniosacral work, massage, positive affirmations, therapy, a couple
of not so positive affirmations!, good books, obsessive thinking,
music, movies, mentors, chocolate, talking with every friend in the
rolodex, tarot readings, kundalini yoga exercises, the whole crystal
collection from the eighties was unpacked and put to use, western
doctors and tests, chanting, zen, buddhism, laughter, astrology, space
clearing, enzymes, visualization, color therapy, detoxing cleanses,
staring at the ocean, sitting in coffee shops sipping mochas, journaling,
reiki, hot baths, oh and a bit of Feng Shui for good measure.
Now I had some epiphanies during all of this for
certain sure, but
my body would improve for a little while and then inexplicable get
worse. I found myself saying over and over again that "Nothing
is working"....... Then one day, over a cup of mocha, a friend
told me about Tao Te Bodywork, and that it was really about doing
nothing. Nothing? I said. Wow, I could use a dose
of Nothing right
about now, because all of this doing something to
fix everything doesn't seem to be doing me a bit of good at this point.
Everything that used to work no longer works.
So I made an appointment
with Jade, where I practically leapt onto her table, ignoring her
attempt at a disclaimer that everything in my life would change.
Yeah Yeah I said, let's get on with it! So she calmly sat there
holding my foot doing nothing to me. No philosophy, no pointing
out of what I might want to change, no pills to swallow, no
visualizations,
no manipulation of my physical body or my energy...... she just let
me be. Which allowed me to have an inkling of what it is to
Be rather than to Do. In that state of gradual surrender to
"what is", my body and my essence began to re-integrate, to become
whole. A by-product of having a chance every week to just be, has
been that my body is healing. But the best part has been that
I am more aware and more joyful. This state of ease and peace
permeates every aspect of my life. The chance to learn how to
give that gift to others is the next logical step in my life.
I am honored to be able to participate in this program.
The Tao of Bodywork
Institute
About Lisa Benson
Lisa
Benson is a Certified Feng Shui Consultant in practice for 6 years
in the Black Sect Tantric Buddhist tradition. She hails from a family
of entrepreneurs and has formed a unique vision of business.
While her creative and visual aesthetic was honed at the Art Center
College of Design in Pasadena, her business acumen was developed over
ten years in the financial investment field. Lisa's style of
Feng Shui is greatly influenced by her own healing experience with
Tao Te Bodywork.
Lisa's Experience with the Tao Te
"To me, Tao
Te Bodywork means surrendering into awareness".
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