The First Time I Learned How To Let Go

Over a decade ago, I was working on a client with particularly stubborn muscles. I found my way into a trigger point and held steady, firm pressure. When it wouldn’t release, I got distracted (ok - yes, I was bored). So I began practicing the CST zones I had just learned in a training. It’s a CST strategy based on the Observer Effect from quantum physics which states that “the observer affects the observed reality”. Using my zone awareness exercise, I changed how I was observing the trigger point and like magic the tension pattern under my finger released.

I was like, WHHHAAAAAAATTTTTT??? This $#!* really works!

When I started to do less work (and less analyzing) AND more surrendering, my clients got deeper, faster releases. It worked on client, after client, after client. AND when clients came back for their next appointment, either we were not doing the same thing or the issue wasn’t to the same degree. There had been a transformation in how the body held (or didn’t hold) tension. Progress, sweet progress!

Now, as you may have noticed in the subject line, I said the FIRST day I learned how to let go. That’s because as you already know, when you think you’ve figured something out life loves to up the ante. There were many more experiences in the years that followed where I had to surrender and let go for myself and with clients in bigger and bigger … and bigger ways. Learning how to let go isn’t a one-time lesson. However, when you can learn how to do it on something small, you can build the skill over time as needed. Never underestimate the importance of starting small and next week I’ll explain how to take it to the next level.

Until next time,

Aimee