Dancing is GooDTherapY!

...so I made this comment to my sister Ava recently about how if every body started dancing then there would be less negativity in the world.  I think my comment was really that if more people were dancing there would be less war!  And this (again) started me thinking about how this simple concept could change the whole world, and every one who lives in it.  A few years ago the country artist Lee Ann Womac came out with a song that goes something like this...

"I hope you never lose your sense of wonder

you get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger

May you never take one single breath for granted

God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean

Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens

Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it our or dance

I hope you dance...I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance

Never settle for the path of least resistance

Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're worth takin'

Lovin' might be a mistake but its worth takin'

Don't let some hell-bent heart leave you bitter

When you come close to sellin' out reconsider

Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance

and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance... I hope you dance

Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along.

Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.

I hope you dance... I hope you dance

I HOPE YOU DANCE!!!"

Never in all my years as an adult, friend, lover, woman, or mother have I ever come across a poem, or prose that could change society, and make a change for the better as this song so beautifully does.  I think that is what good therapy is all about.  This song is definately good therapy!  The world is the world and will never change by itself, it is incapable of changing as a whole.  But, individuals can change and thus with that change society and the world can become a better place.  Change is not feeling better about who you are, change is not physically becoming someone you were never meant to be, and change is not telling others how to have a better day.  change is all about grabbing who you are on the inside, shaking it up, tearing down your guard, looking at the world through the eyes of God, and seeing for the first time that the world is a hurting entity who needs change...Scars run deep, and we all have them.  They never go away, but finding GooD TherapY helps them to be manageable; so that we can continue to be flexible to do things like...Dance, and Love, and Seek, and Heal.  Thank you to all who read this blog.

Peace!  Harmony!  Balance! 

Find "Good Therapy" Everyday!

"Tension is who you think you should be.  Relaxation is who you are"

Chinese Proverb

So I find this great quote and I use it on my menu of services.  When I found it I thought this is great it will add some depth and wow to my layout.  But then I really started thinking about what this proverb is really saying.  I think most people would agree that tension is a part of life, and life helps to create who we are in this world.  The sad thing is that most of the american public spends a good part of their day talking about the negative aspects of their life...whether its the doctor appointment, or the behavior issues with jr, or the marital issues, or the money issues, it all comes down to this tension is a part of our life because we allow it to be not just a part of our life but the central part of our life.  Imagine this we wake up in the morning relaxed with a big smile on our face, humming as we get ready to start our day.  We do our morning stretches, eat a fablulous breakfast, and drive to work in traffic still with that smile on our face, and feeling totally relaxed as we catch each red light, and stop on a dime because the lady at the cross walk decides to cross the street as we are making that right hand turn, but we dont see any of this because we have started our day with "Good Therapy!!"  Mentally, preparing ourselves to go through the day instead of surviving the day.  Good Therapy begins with a mental overhaul, making the conscience effort to be relaxation instead of just relaxing.  How do we do that you might ask?  Its different for each person, but for me it begins with a prayer, or meditation, that has to do with equipping the mind to take on the day.  Shielding the mind from negative influence, and mentally putting on armour to protect the mind, body, and spirit from the world.  Lets face it the world is not a nice place and every day we go out into it and we are not prepared mentally and emotionally, physically, and spritually we are setting ourselves up to fail.  Being responsible for our own being depends on our willingness to take care of it.  If one person in each family across the globe made this change it would in affect change the whole entire world.  All it takes is just one of us to do that.  I am that person in my family.  Every day I tell myself that I am responsible for my own mental well being, and I choose to be relaxation.  It does not always work out the way I want...I am human (ha, ha), but I find that I have more days that are stress free then I had before.  It also frees me from guilt, and helps me to be free from taking on other peoples issues.  And I have discovered that when I allow others to be responsible for themselves I am more free then I could ever have imagines...Whoever the author is of said wonderful quote had me in mind when he put it together and in reality it is this great quote that is the foundation to what I define as "Good Therapy"

peace! harmony! balance

What is Good Therapy!

I believe that Good Therapy is a mental, emotional, and physical balance to the body that we were created with.  Since i am new to the whole blogging thing i thought i would start off by sharing a few thoughts on my holistic approach to what i call "good therapy".  I believe that the body we have is sacred, and it is our birthright and responsibility to take care of what we have been given.  There is no cure all, and their is no one thing that we can take or do to make this body we have been given better than what it all ready is.  Some say the body is a machine, some say it is a spiritual temple, some say that it is a bag of bones, and some say that it is a spiritual entity that is trapped in a physical essence waiting for the day it is set free...well who to say that none of these suggestions is not correct.  Maybe the body is all these and so much more.  Determining Good Therapy for ourselves depends on our needs physical, emotional, and mental needs.  Good Therapy is how we maintain homeostasis, and it is how we find balance to deal with everyday life and the stress that comes with living this life...weather that is through excercise, nutrition, massage, art, music, it doesnt matter  what we do to find our balance could be a combination of all the above.  Dealing with stress and life and moving forward in a positive direction, gets us closer to the end result...and what is that end result?  that has to be determined by you and only you.
for now this is the bamboobutterfly
peace!  love!  and harmony!