Free Masterclass - Releasing Past Trauma!

Trauma is in essence, all in your head. If someone punches you in the face. The traumatic part is the indignation, the shock etc. It is not the physical aspect.

Our bodies can cope with a lot of physical pain. Even injuries etc are dealt with by a different part of the human brain.

However, emotional trauma is very different and very separate to physical, even if both occur from the same incident. Whatever the trauma is will no doubt be very emotional.

The instinct of the human mind is protect itself. We have done this since being very young children.

The brain can only cope with certain things and if the emotional pain becomes too much then it creates something in order to not have to deal with the current reality. It is almost like a game.

It creates a different scenario to the one it is currently in. One where despite the pain and anguish, everything is sort of ok. Let's face it, in reality, your brain couldn't real deal with you being eaten alive by a giant spider.

It couldn't deal with you being eaten alive by a lion or bear. And so, should this ever happen, the brain will make up something to distract the mind from reality.

I know I went a bit extreme but that was to make the point. The problem with this, is that although the brain protects it's human in the short term and assuming you survive. It hides the truth from you.

The truth is not dealt with in that moment or even in the future. And so, all the emotion around the traumatic event and the memory is all hidden deep within the mind and body.

This is what we refer to as a trapped emotion. It is a bundle or ball of bad energy that sits in your body somewhere. Often, if it is fear related then it will sit in your stomach.

This is why when some scares the life out of you, you feel it in the pit of your stomach.

Something else to bear in mind is that when you react to something happening to you, especially when you are older, then your fear reaction is actually of a past event and not of the current one.

You are reacting to the memory of a past event which caused you pain then. This is called a trigger. You now react the same way you did in the past even though, often, this time the incident is nowhere near as bad.

But your brain pulls up this memory as a danger warning. "OMG!! This is what happened last time. WATCH OUT!!"

What is happening is that that ball of bad energy has been reignited and brought to the fore. You feel the pain of it in your stomach and you instinctually try to block it, run away from it. Pretend it doesn't exist.

And so, the bundle of bad energy sinks back below the surface and you recover. So, during your lifetime, there are many incidents in your life. Lots of them probably long forgotten.

But your brain and body doesn't forget and it hangs onto these balls of energy. Thinking that they may be necessary in the future. Firstly, they are not necessary and do not serve you.

Secondly, triggers are our life saving friend. All these trapped emotions will cause us pain and eventually illness. Serious illness. When we are triggered, it highlights that we have a trapped emotion that needs releasing.

Do not ignore it, for it will not go away by itself. It will stay in your body. And the more incidents you have, the more trapped emotions are created and these all sit in your body. Making you tired and unhappy.

Remember that a lot of this is all happening subconsciously. So you can't read this and say, that never happened to me. For you will not have been aware of what was happening and what your brain was doing.

That is kind of the whole point. In order to protect you, the brain made up something  else and hid the emotion from you. I worked with a coach a few years ago that helped me release a lot of trapped emotions.

I recently read a book as well, called 'The Emotion Code' by Dr. Nelson. There is also a very good book called Letting Go by David R Hawkins. Very similar concept and very powerful.

You can learn a lot more from reading these books. I will talk you through releasing emotions. I personally found it a lot easier for my coach to help me release them, rather than doing it myself.

In fact, as soon as our zoom session started, my emotions would come flooding through, all ready to be released. She often didn't even need to say anything as she was the trigger.

Warning, once you start this process, there will be a lot of emotions all lined up and ready for their turn to be released. Quite a lot of the time, you won't know what the emotion is that is being released and that’s ok.

All that matters is that it is released. It had a huge positive impact on me, both physically and mentally.

If you are up for it and would like to give it a go then keep reading. If not, do it anyway!

Firstly, always set your intention to get a benefit from the exercise. Choose for it to have a positive effect on you. I would find somewhere nice and quiet to do this exercise.

Not in the car or with other people around. Be in a safe environment. Now, think back to something that makes you angry. Something that really makes you mad, where you can feel it in your stomach.

As soon as you feel something. It could be anywhere in your body. Notice how the pain feels out of 10. Now, instead of running away from it, really feel it.

Try and push it to a 10. Really sit there and feel the pain and anger of this memory you have. As you feel the intensity, you should start to feel it dissipate.

Keep feeling it until it has gone. That’s it, that emotion has gone. Try think of other memories you have that give you a physical reaction.

Feel them, really feel them until they melt away. Don't be scared. Remember, that all of this emotion is trapped in your body and has been waiting for a long time to come out.

Your past trauma is living rent free inside you. It may take you a few goes to get it to work and a bit of practice but it is worth it.

It may also get a bit worse before it gets better. But it will get better. I'd love to hear your feedback and how you got on.

Here is some further information. I am not affiliated or get anything from Dr. Nelson but it helps get my message across which I am hoping helps you.