A breakdown of the 4 spiritual bodies and why they are significant. In this post I discuss the mind, body and spirit, giving you a comprehensive description of each spiritual body and how you can maintain its spiritual balance.
Spiritual Bodies
Did you know our bodies are actually made up of four distinct parts? - Physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. They also all have a somewhat physical presence and each body should make up 25% of our wholeness. To make it even more complicated, two of the bodies are masculine (physical & mental) and two are feminine (emotional & spiritual) which is why it makes sense so many of our spiritual bodies are faulty! Let’s dive a little deeper…
The Emotional Body
The nervous system is made up of hormones, touch, water and water release (tears), and water absorption (bloating or clutching from not letting go, feelings of lack, and trying to hold onto/control things too closely) are all part of the emotional body. Some believe that the emotional body extends a few millimeters or inches around the body. How we are doing emotionally is represented by how calm or rough the waters are in our thoughts and our dream state.
The emotional body represents our feelings and relationship to all things (i.e., how we react, interpret, and respond to situations and outside energies, particularly anything that’s not factual—like how we feel when people look at us in a certain way, or how we respond to something they might say, etc.). The connection between the mental-emotional body is the reason why there are always different sides to a story or situation—if the bodies are unbalanced, those situations can be greatly misread and misunderstood. It's all about mind, body and spirt...
Bring the emotional body into balance by releasing emotion, tension, stress and anxiety! I would recommend meditation, dance cardio, a GOOD comedy night or your favourite breathing techniques. Yoga, a sauna session, light detoxing or fasting can also help to restore balance within your emotional body.
The Physical Body
This body represents our physical experience in the world, our physiology and our ability to heal. Our skin and everything under the skin, the brain, the organs, and everything between the ears is all part of our spiritual physical body.
You can bring the physical into balance with simple movements and slow, balanced repetitive sequences, meditation, walking, massage, barefoot or barehand earth play (dirt, water, soil, sand), yoga, stretching, and weight-bearing exercises that let you feel the strength in your own body and the union of all things physical.
As a hairstylist, I am lucky enough to help bring balance to your physical body through your treatments, adding a holistic approach to everything I do. A head massage is part of all my treatments, helping to maintain your physical balance!
The Mental Body
Our thoughts, attitudes, judgments, and prejudices—also how we perceive our worth and value in the world is all part of the mental body. The mental body includes all things intellectual, including analytical thought, how we process information, how we learn in school, and how we use our words. Also includes focus, clarity, direction, and contributions to creation and society. It is a key element in thoughts becoming reality.
In order to maintain the balance of your mental body try yoga, moderate cardio, talk therapy with an emotionally intelligent leader, and be in touch with your emotions and spirituality. The type of person living mostly in the mental body tends to overthink and doesn’t let go of emotional strife or forgive easily or often. They might need to work through old emotional issues from the first years of life and often need a mental release. This most frequently comes from strong emotional support or a mentor who can lead you through positive thought mantras or positive stress-releasing actions.
As a hairstylist, I also look after your mental body - raising your self-worth and empowering you (through hair). But also listening and helping you to let out your emotions and whatever is bothering you (which is the positive thoughts relief) Yes, all of our chats - even the ones that are less deep than others!!!
The Spiritual Body
The spiritual body is a connection to all things, including the earth/self, to what we call God, the universe, the beyond, the divine, or the higher self. This provides protection, union, help, and guidance from an outside source as well as from those who have passed on. It connects us to all that is. The spiritual body represents the unity of all living things, including the union between our soul, life experience, and destiny. This is not about going to church. In fact, it has little to do with religion.
Bring your spiritual body into balance with all things meditation, gratitude, humbleness, generosity and the act of giving - seeing others as you see (or wish to see) yourself, and acting accordingly. Also, it’s key to connect personal gain with universal oneness and to understand that heaven is within, that you are always in caring company, and no one physically holds your key to ultimate, consistent joy.
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