When the Body Speaks Softly
About three months ago, my foot began to ache. At first, it was just a whisper—an ache under my heel when I stood up in the morning. Within a few days, the whisper grew louder until walking became uncomfortable. The familiar diagnosis was plantar fasciitis.
As a bodyworker, I’ve learned to listen when my body speaks. I no longer label these sensations as “problems.” Instead, I see them as messages. The body, after all, has its own language—one that often points toward something stirring below the surface. When pain arrives, I know that something is asking for attention: an emotion, a belief, a pattern that’s been running quietly in the background.
The mind loves to chase the why, and sometimes the why matters. But what I’ve discovered through hypnosis is that healing doesn’t always require an explanation. Sometimes, when the conscious mind steps aside, the deeper mind knows exactly what to do.
So I turned inward and used a process called Mindscape. It’s a hypnotic journey in which the unconscious mind creates a symbolic map to solve a problem. My role was simply to follow it—allowing my deeper intelligence to find the way from point A to point B.
What I found surprised me. Beneath the pain was a survival pattern: the belief that I had to keep going so that everyone would be okay. It was an old, familiar rhythm—push, strive, caretake, repeat. Once I saw it clearly, the map began to shift. I made a few gentle adjustments, and I could feel my system recalibrating, as if it had been waiting for permission to stop.
By the next day, the pain had vanished. My body had received the message: You are safe. You can rest now.
For almost four months, I was pain-free. When the sensation recently returned, I recognized it not as a setback but as another invitation—to revisit the map and release another layer of that old pattern. Each time I do, the process becomes simpler, the healing more profound.
The body is wise. It doesn’t shout without reason. It asks us to listen, to pause, and to trust the intelligence that lies beneath thought.
If you’re curious about what your own body might be trying to say—or how hypnosis can help you connect with the wisdom within—I’d love to share Mindscape with you.
It’s a gentle, imaginative journey that lets your unconscious mind chart the path toward healing, understanding, and peace.
You can learn more or schedule a session at www.somatichypnosis.net or www.somamassagebellingham.com.
