Hannah’s (Pre) Spring Clean: Blog Three – What My Body Has To Say
Yesterday afternoon had more in store for me on the body front. I visited Tania Marsden for my first session of Bodytalk. I walked in the door knowing nothing about it; having filled in a short form detailing what areas of my body I was wanting looked at, my physical history (ailments, injuries etc) and other general details. Tania (the loveliest, the sweetest, and the gentlest) invited me into a warm, calming space with a massage table set up. We sat and talked first, about the areas I’d indicated that I wanted to look at and about what Bodytalk involves. Turns out that what you write on the form isn’t necessarily what your body wants to talk about in the first visit!
Bodytalk is essentially a form of alternative healthcare that encompasses a wide range of other modalities: Western Medical Expertise, energy dynamics of Acupuncture, Osteopathic and Chiropractic Philosophy, clinical findings of Applied Kinesiology and even the insights of Modern Physics and Mathematics. Each practitioner also has the opportunity to draw on knowledge from any other modalities they practice (in Tania’s case, Neurolink and flower essences among other things). The therapy “allows the body’s energy systems to be resynchronized so they can operate as nature intended” (from the Bodytalk System brochure), allowing the body to operate again at its optimal level. It’s all about communication- between all the body’s systems, cells and atoms,
and then between the practitioner and your body’s innate intelligence.
Using neuromuscular biofeedback (muscle testing) the body answers the practitioner’s series of Yes/No questions to lead to areas of imbalance that are the priority in that session. Hence why what you write on the form as being your main area of concern might not be exactly what your body wants to address first!
So you’re on the table, on your back, with your practitioner holding one of your hands as they do this biofeedback. Next the practitioner holds the area that your body indicated as priority, and uses tapping on the head to make the brain aware of the communication link, and repair it. Then tapping on the sternum or heart ensures the new information is ‘stored’ throughout the whole body.
In my humble opinion, this is one of those modalities that you don’t necessarily have to consciously ‘understand’ in order for it to work. I was really surprised at the areas my body wanted Tania to look at. The throat/Thyroid came up first, linking with: The Third House (astrologically speaking) which involves communication and expression and the conscious mind; the feeling of Suffocation; and Neptune (my ruling planet incidentally, being the super Piscean that I am) which relates to Idealism, Spirituality, Mysticism etc. Basically, this was about me not expressing my innate Neptune nature- suffocating the idealistic, dreamer, spiritual, mystic self.
Huh.
And so we went on- discovering more in the Thyroid, this time affected by the emotion of Grief. This one also linked with an acupuncture/acupressure point just under my armpit on my left side. So I rubbed on that one while Tania tapped it all out. HUH. Sore throat? Not expressing Grief? THAT doesn’t sound like me! Argh, she is so onto it. There is so much grief inside me I am too scared to even look at most of the time, for fear I will disappear into it, never to return.
Another area we looked at involved the planet Sedna, connecting to the story of an Inuit woman who transformed from victim consciousness into
a goddess after repeated betrayals by her father. In my situation, that moving from victim to goddess linked with a phase in my life involving the Ninth House: all about exploring, travel, freedom and expanding horizons. It also linked to ALL my chakras being affected by Grief. This was really interesting for me, because those areas of my life: freedom, travel and expanding horizons have been a huge focus for me over the past few years as I’ve been restricted from so much by my body’s health problems, notably travel and freedom. Where did my health problems come from? My theory is that 
they’re because of all the traumas and grief all stuffed away inside me, never expressed, which turned into physical, raw, inflammation and pain. Digestion troubles? I couldn’t digest LIFE. Perhaps now is the time that I am transforming, from being a victim to my body’s will, to a goddess of
epic journeying, expanding, freeing proportions! Time to digest my life, kids.
If you’re at all interested in alternative kinds of healing modalities, then check out the website for more info: www.ibaglobalhealing.com.
Perhaps you are as lucky as we are in Golden Bay, and have several practitioners to choose from, including Tania Marsden, who is seriously good at what she does, in other areas too. A Healing Hands Lady, for sure.
You can find Tania Marsden for Bodytalk, Hot Stone Massage (ohmigod), Wellspring Essences, Reiki and Ear Candling at:
127 Commercial Street, Takaka. Tania is also available for remote Bodytalk sessions.
Phone: 03 525 6068 or 027 256 6748.
You can check out Tania’s blog here: www.wellspringessences.blogspot.com
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Hannah, you write so openly about yourself, it’s inspirational, humbling and helpful. i’ve had Bodytalk with Tania too, and loved it. You have a really good understanding of what your body brought up for you. Love your writing style too.
Clair x
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[...] And now here I sit, attempting to tell you just how beautiful hot stone massage is. Tania’s a true professional. And I’m a true professional receiver. It was meant to be. Hannah Campbell recently had Bodytalk from Tania. You can check out that blog here. [...]