A true story:

Many moons ago, when I was in acupuncture school, I chose to train in several styles of acupuncture that were palpation-based. This means that while conversation with the client is relevant, it is not the primary means for gathering information such as health history and current status. 

Rather, the practitioner gathers information with their hands, moving along the surface of the skin and just above, gently palpating the pulses, hara (abdomen), meridians, acupuncture points and fascia. 

One of the most important things that I learned was:

Your body and your energy tell a story – a genuine offering of the ever-present truth.

Conversely, the narratives that your mind constructs are highly fallible; clouded by:

• perception and perspective
• hope and desire
• avoidance
• discomfort and pain
• overt and covert emotions 
• lack of connection, compassion and love for yourself

And lots and lots of beliefs and thought patterns – that are just not true. 

This story energy is so far from who you are or anything that has to do with you… it is astounding.

Story Energy  

I marvel at the influence and power story energy can have over you, and over me. And I love what can happen when you stop allowing it to dominate your life.

Story energy:

• is present throughout your energy body 
• is an accumulation of thoughts and beliefs that originated outside of you
• attaches to actual experiences you’ve had; perhaps coloring or shading your perceptions
• has emotions associated with it

Story energy has a measurable impact on your experience of yourself and your life.

What are the outcomes of running story energy? It:

• obscures and dilutes the truth of who you are, even to yourself 
• counters your potential for sovereign choice and self-expression

You have the capacity – and the right – to observe and separate yourself from: the absorbed beliefs, thoughts, opinions and emotions of others. 

From your observations, your next step is to foster shift and release from your field – let the story energy go. 

Story energy is malleable. It can be cleared and it can be changed.

When clients choose to acknowledge and work with their story energy their experience is tangible, and their evolution is assured.  

Fact or Fiction

You’re likely aware that aspects of you, certain behaviors or traits, have been influenced by your family, friends and culture. 

Until you observe your behaviors, it can be very difficult to discern what belongs to you, and your energy, and what does not – and never did. 

Have you considered:

• whose beliefs dictate your choices? 
• whose emotions you experience? 
• whose pain and struggles you feel? 

Whose energy has the most clout when it comes to your life? Is it yours?

Fact

The facts here are simple: there is the True You, and there is everyone and everything else.

Fiction

The rest is fiction. Here are some examples of fiction that can impact your beliefs and behavior starting from a very young age.

I am the:

• responsible one
• troublemaker
• achiever
• dreamer
• strong one
• outcast
• princess

You are gorgeously multifaceted, and so is your energy system. Clearing your energetic relationship to the fictional stories you carry allows you to choose the roles that you inhabit in present time. 

The Choice to Edit 

Two quotes that I quite like when they are paired together:

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” -Maya Angelou

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” -Carl Jung

You cannot change your past, but you can determine what originates in you. You can edit your energy; and revise your relationship with yourself, and the world outside of you.

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