This self-care formula from RESOLVE uses the Intuitive Learning Circle method for resolving shock.
Many people who are experiencing unresolved shock get confused or shut down and are unable to explain what’s happening to them. That’s because one of the main symptoms of being in shock is not being aware of being in shock.
Why is that? During a shock, the mind goes blank as a form of protection.
Resolving Shock can help if you’re experiencing any of these symptoms:
- Feeling stuck, immobilized, lost or helpless
- Unable to relax tension from a startle response
- Caught in a blank or confused state of mind
- Waking up at night worried, with obsessive thoughts
- Reliving painful experiences
- Alternately feeling trapped and shattered.
Note: If you are going through a serious physical disruption or environmental crisis, please go to Stabilize During a Shocking Event.
Any person involved in a traumatic event could experience disorientation, mental confusion or get lost in wishful thinking. They might fragment out of their body and then not remember what they did. These are all ways that the unconscious mind protects us during a traumatic event and that includes people who are witness to traumatic experiences in some way.
Contrary to popular opinion, having a shock response is not a sign of weakness or something to be ashamed of. It is a physiological event. Nevertheless, if the person doesn’t get a chance to get grounded in their body again – or if they’re not able to – serious problems may develop. Blocked energy and a constant state of fight or flight takes its toll over time. Statements like: “I can’t relax,” “I don’t know what to do,” “I feel disconnected” or “I just check out,” describe the experience of unresolved shock.
If any of the above seems like it may apply to you, go through this mind exercise to help you access your own innate healing abilities.
You can restore your wholeness and reunite with self-love. Simply follow the directions and see if you can free up some of the confusion and conflict that comes from shock.
Here’s an example of how it works.
Simply relax and gaze softly at this Reiki Chakra Key for your rational senses while you contemplate each of these positive affirmations:
“I reclaim and balance my five senses.”
“I focus them to be present and aware of my body.”
“I use them to become aware of my environment and what’s important to me right now.”
“I turn my attention to life affirming actions that benefit my well-being and happiness.”
Mind Body Integration
For best results, look at each symbol both crossed over the midline of the body and uncrossed so that the correction is more complete. The brain and body communicate through different channels when a part of you is crossed or uncrossed.
Use a soft focus and let yourself relax as much as possible. Don’t worry if the images move around or change in any way. That just means the Circles are working and that your mind and body are relaxing.
Be sure to go through the entire formula and at the end, give yourself time to rest and integrate.
Resolving Shock and Confusion
Step One:
Take several deep breaths and relax while you look at the Circle for Condor Medicine that releases shock and inner conflict.
Imagine you can use it to focus in on a conflict, a thought or a painful experience that’s blocking your way. If your mind is blank, relax into how “blank” it is. You may get a conscious image or message, or you may not.
Once you have a sense that your mind has found the blockage, sit back and take a couple more deep breaths. Imagine that the lines going into the center are relaxing and going soft, like cooked spaghetti noodles.
Or, visualize ice melting under the heat of the Sun. Stay relaxed with it until it’s completely gone.
Repeat the process with other blockages or conflicts that come up.
Step Two:
The next step for resolving shock is to bring your senses into balance so that you can see, feel and hear things without the distortion that often accompanies shock.
As you breathe deeply, let River Medicine help you to adjust the volume and pitch of your senses to just the right level for you.
Soon you will be able to hear that calm, gentle voice inside that reminds you about what matters the most to you:
“I see things with renewed clarity. My senses are balanced.”
“I have a clear sense of what matters the most.”
Step Three:
When a person is ready to pull themself out of a shocking event, their mind needs to have a safe idea of where to go.
This template for Common Ground will help you find a place to re-organize around that is aligned with your Soul, Mother Nature and the Common Good.
If you gently meditate on this image, you can begin to connect with an environment aligned with Nature that includes room for equality, peaceful co-operation and balanced prosperity.
Step Four:
Relax with this symbol for Divine Protection to connect with life affirming energy flow.
“I adapt to the positive flow of chi’ and protection available through the Element of Air to the best of my ability.”
“I close down harmful energy channels from the past.”
“I connect to helpful, life affirming channels of communication.”
Step Five:
It’s important that you pull your energy completely out of past traumas so you can get fully present and grounded in the Common Good. Your well-being is important.
Use this Chart for the Earth Element to pull your roots out of old, stagnant, trapped or stuck places.
Once you’ve freed yourself, place both feet on the ground and your hands on each knee while you use these positive affirmations:
“I decide to get present and ground in Common Ground.”
“I am safe and the Earth supports me.”
Step Six:
If your gut feels tight or uncomfortable, use this Reiki Chakra Key for your solar plexus to relax and get back into balance there.
Your solar plexus is that soft place in your belly where your ribs go up. Just take some nice breaths and feel it relax while you let go of toxic debris. Let it repair itself.
“It’s safe. I feel safe and more relaxed with every breath.”
“I can reconnect with my resources again.”
Take your time and move around if you need to. Stay with it until you feel centered again.
Step Seven:
Take some more time and let your heart recover. This Key will help you to reconnect and balance your Heart Center so you can clear away any residual heaviness. Breathe deeply and be gentle.
“I take the time to reconnect with my heart.”
“I release any heaviness to the Light where it can be transformed.”
“I choose to reconnect with life and _________.”
Eventually, your Heart Center will be able to radiate out like a star.
“I integrate my true Self with a compassionate and radiant heart.”
Step Eight:
Sometimes a person who’s coming out of shock will have difficulty getting their bearings and feels a bit shaken or unstable. In case that’s happening with you, take a few minutes to consciously reorganize your awareness back into your body.
“I am at home in my center. I am inside my body.”
Notice what is to the right of you and the left of you. Then look above and below.
Where are you?
Stretch or move in whatever way helps you feel good and more present in your body. These actions all help.
Step Nine:
Get back in touch with the familiar vibration of your Soul.
To do that, relax with this Circle. Remember a time when you were very happy or had successfully accomplished an important physical goal.
What color or felt sense relaxes you and feels good?
If you can increase the color to be stronger and more vibrant, you’ve found your Soul’s unique vibration. Now you can sync up with Nature correctly, which puts you back in the flow.
Being in a balanced flow with Nature makes everything easier! Take a few minutes to relax and enjoy that feeling.
Step Ten:
Oftentimes, resolving shock and confusion requires a change in priorities. You may need to let go of certain intentions or expectations from the past in order to reduce confusion going forward.
Use Mapacho Tobacco Medicine to identify and remove old prayers that are no longer appropriate for you to hold or send energy to.
Clear away any outdated commitments, agendas or societal motives that are harmful to your health, prosperity and happiness. Remember when you heal yourself, you help to heal the world.
Once they’re gone, what new intentions will you want to set or strengthen?
Step Eleven:
There may also be negative or outdated plans, blueprints and habitual patterns that are dangerous to your wellbeing. They may no longer be relevant or constructive and are now obstructing your way forward. You can use this symbol for dissolving destructive blueprints to help you identify them and dissolve whatever’s causing problems.
Actively imagine that the negative patterns in your mind are like heavy clouds or a jumbled maze of fears, dead ends and cages.
With an attitude of forgiveness, release those patterns into the pure light of the Sun and let it dissolve the maze entirely.
You’ll know that you’re done when you can see yourself standing in a beautiful open field with clear blue skies all around.
Please note: It’s time to stop sending destructive energies into the Earth, she already has too much to handle now. Use the Earth for planting seeds of happiness and life – not death!
Step Twelve:
Be sure to set right any harmful karma that you may still be carrying.
Use Seed Medicine to release any seeds of karma that could prolong or cause a recurrence of your suffering and send them to the Light.
Also, surrender any seeds that are not yours so they can return to wherever they belong and be healed!
“I surrender other people’s karma and take responsibility for my own.”
These steps are often overlooked when resolving shock, which causes a lot of repeat and unnecessary suffering.
Once the karma is where it belongs, you can apply it appropriately and plant new seeds for healthier, happier outcomes.
Step Thirteen:
When one door closes, another can open. Let Piranha Medicine seal and heal any holes, leaks or harmful pathways that may have come open in your energy field during this process.
Open pathways can leave you vulnerable to danger by allowing harmful energies to pass back and forth between you and others.
As you gaze at the Circle, affirm that harmful leaks and open holes are closing up completely. See it happening in your mind’s eye.
“All holes are healed and sealed.”
“I follow the direction of my Soul’s protection.”
Step Fourteen:
Finally, you’re in a place where you can successfully surround your Self with a sphere of courage, strength and protection. Jaguar Medicine calls this a “ring of fire”.
With it, you feel safer and more confident with every breath.
“I am surrounded and filled with strength, courage and determination.”
Give yourself permission to rest and affirm your wholeness before you move on from this exercise. Then, in your own time and in your own way, you can gently return to your everyday awareness.
Congratulations! Now is a good time to take a nice walk outside or do something completely different!
Personalized Energy Clearing with the Author of Resolving Shock
If you feel that you need more assistance, Rheanni Lightwater, BFA, CHT, CKP has 25+ years experience in the art and science of mind body healing. Contact her for a private session if you still feel worried or overwhelmed.
Ms. Lightwater’s mission is to assist people in creating healthy balance and harmony in their lives through energy medicine, hypnotherapy and feng shui clearing. Sessions are available online or when you visit Santa Fe. Contact her at 505-271-4612 MST or email: [email protected].
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Disclaimer:
Resolving Shock and Confusion is not intended take the place of appropriate medical and/or psychiatric care. Soul Resources LLC and Rheanni Lightwater are not licensed to practice medicine. If you are having prolonged or increasing bouts of anxiety, depression or suicidal thoughts, seek immediate medical help. The appropriate medical or psychotherapeutic authorities should be consulted for the diagnosis and treatment of any medical or psychological condition. The information and practices described on this website are best considered educational and complementary to orthodox medical or psychological treatments.
