"If a picture is worth a thousand words, a movie is worth a million”
2 weeks ago I had a session with a lady who wanted to work on resolving her anxiety.
She entered the room and as we began chatting, I was able to observe some very interesting non-verbal communication (the bits other than the words), and thanks to a principle unique to Body Mind Workers called ‘The Screen’, she had already given me a big clue as to what was causing her presenting problem, of course, she wasn’t aware of it…yet!
Making a mental note of this, we discussed what she would like to achieve out of our sessions together and how she would know when things were different for her.
We continued chatting, and as I introduced her to the Body Mind Workers ‘Map of the Mind’, there was a string of nods and uh-huh’s, and everything was rounded off with a lovely wry smile.
The map just ‘made sense’ to her, as it does to anyone else who hears it. She then began to put a couple of pieces together inside her mind and all of a sudden some of her past behaviours, which she thought were silly and irrational, started to make sense… funny how that happens!
We discussed how the mind works, and how when we have the understanding of how it works, we can begin to see how it controls a lot of stuff, including how we feel. She also began to get a sense of if we knew how our minds worked; we could take charge again and be in control of our mind and our body’s.
Having introduced ‘The Screen’ to her, which can be described as ‘a below conscious area that the mind uses to store and code information, which is unique to each individual. The information “on screen” is what the mind uses to inform the system as to what is going on in the world around us’, she was starting to get to grips with how her mind may have been causing her feelings of anxiety.
From the clue that she had unknowingly shared with me earlier, I helped her notice that she had ‘something’ on screen, and through the use of language and nonverbal communication as part of the the ‘Hudson Mind Process’, I assisted her to engage with her own mind and to help her access the ‘something’ that was on her screen.
As we did this, she reported that she was starting to have sweaty hands, an increased heart rate, and the same feelings of anxiety that she had been having at work and at home were firing up – just by accessing ‘The screen’.
To her surprise, she was able to access a ‘movie’ playing on screen of an event from when she was just a small child, an event that she said she had completely forgotten about!
Following this, we were able to continue the Hudson Mind Process and assist her to clear her screen, so that she no longer had access to the movie, it was no longer there.
As the movie disappeared, so did the sweat on her hands, so did her increased heart rate, and so did her anxiety!
After a good chuckle we checked in with her screen, and this time there was no movie, and try as she might, she was unable to access any of her earlier feelings of anxiety, much to her delight.
A follow up email from her yesterday reported that she had been approaching and completing previously anxiety provoking situations with absolute ease, with almost no signs of anxiety at all. She has decided to book in again this week so that she can completely clear her screen so she can move on and take that feeling of ease with her everywhere.
Interestingly, curiosity was the overarching tone of her email, as she wondered what little piece would be next to sort out to help her, be even more, of herself!
If you would like to learn how your mind works, and join me on a journey towards feeling happier, calmer, and more curious about life, send an email to info@dannygreeves.com to book yourself a session.
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