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Supporting Our Inner Child’s Desire For Freedom & Safety

Through practice and awareness, we show our younger self all is well, there’s nothing to fear, and they are held with our good care.

Justin H. Lee
5 min readJun 5, 2020
Photo by Jeremy McKnight on Unsplash

On a physical level, our bodies are fascinatingly sophisticated and interconnected. Through muscle systems, fascia, flesh, and bone, all aspects of our body are very much connected to itself.

I believe this quality of connection creates energy circuits throughout the body. Some might call these meridians, nadis, or even chakras.

When these channels are blocked, stuck, or held too tightly by the mind or muscles, they affect our energetics, emotions, and sense of holistic well being.

This is why after a good massage, we tend to feel amazing, vibrant, and ready for new things, whereas before a session, the tightness of our body has us feeling sensations of discomfort, limitation, or even pain.

Where does this constriction come from, and what can we do about it?

Often, our body’s way of handling life’s stress and challenges is to tense up.

Over time, our muscles tighten into holding patterns that lead to physical imbalances that eventually seep into our minds affecting our mental…

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Justin H. Lee
Justin H. Lee

Written by Justin H. Lee

Human/Being • Expat in Asia • Connection Facilitator • Slightly Angsty • Writes on Mental Health, Relationship Dynamics, Man Stuff, and Heart-Forward Leadership

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