The Root of It All
You know that tension you carry—the kind that settles at the top of your shoulders, month after month? Maybe for you, it’s in your neck, your jaw, or your low back.
Wherever it shows up, it’s more than just tight muscles. That tension holds layers of stories, patterns, and energy. The good news? Those layers can be explored, softened, and healed—right down to the root.
The roots of your current reality exist in:
Your physical body,
Your nervous system’s response to life,
And your energetic patterns.
It’s natural to notice the tension first—the sore muscles asking for release. But if that tightness keeps returning, it’s a sign there’s more to discover.
Peeling Back the Layers
The Physical Root: These tension patterns can arise as a response to stress. They change the way you breathe, move, and even how your blood flows—keeping your body in a loop of “fight or flight.”
The Nervous System Root: Stress, whether it’s small and persistent or large and unresolved, activates your sympathetic nervous system. This creates cycles that keep tension alive.
The Energetic Root: Beyond the body and nervous system lie the energetic imprints—belief systems, childhood conditioning, cultural norms, and even ancestral patterns.
Maybe you feel the weight of others’ burdens on your shoulders.
Perhaps you guard yourself from hurt by holding tension in your upper back.
Or maybe control and safety challenges manifest in your neck or lower back.
Healing the Roots
True transformation happens when we address all three layers:
Connecting with your physical tension to release what’s stuck.
Easing your nervous system to interrupt the stress loop.
Shifting the energetic roots to align with harmony, safety, and growth.
Take a deep breath with me. Place your hand on the area where tension calls your attention.
What patterns are no longer serving me?
How might my body, my nervous system, and my energy all play a part?
The answers you seek aren’t far away—they’re within you, waiting to be explored, acknowledged, and transformed.