{"id":4104,"date":"2016-04-26T04:44:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T07:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clayhuthealing.ca\/wordpress\/?p=4104"},"modified":"2025-12-15T09:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:24:02","slug":"own-your-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clayhuthealing.ca\/wordpress\/own-your-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Own Your Body: Reclaim Your Self-Healing Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a recent conversation with my higher self<\/a>, I received an unexpected message: “Own your body.” That phrase stayed with me all day. I wondered, what does it truly mean to own your body? As the day unfolded, synchronicities offered me answers…<\/p>\n

Listening to the Wisdom of the Body<\/h2>\n

I still was mulling over the advice when Steve started telling me about a friend\u2019s experience in hospital. While waiting on lab test results, she realized that the true source of her ailment was emotional and that she could treat it herself using her body\u2019s self-healing abilities. With this sudden realization came an equally sudden amelioration of symptoms. She told the doctor she no longer required help. The physician was skeptical, and disinclined to let her leave. He finally conceded, but insisted she take the prescription he wrote for her. She took it, but did not have it filled. Just as her body\u2019s intuition told her, she was able to self-heal and is doing well today.<\/p>\n

While listening to this account I had an \u201cA-ha!\u201d moment. Our friend heeded her body\u2019s wisdom and its natural self-healing abilities, instead of giving her power to the doctor and his prescribed pharmaceuticals. While I am not advocating eschewing medical care, or disregarding your doctor\u2019s recommendations, I am saying it is important to honour your body\u2019s wisdom.<\/p>\n

You know your body better than anyone else, doctors included. Don\u2019t be in a rush to give away your rights, power or wisdom just because the person you\u2019re dealing with is in a position of \u2018authority\u2019. YOU\u00a0are the ultimate authority when it comes to your body.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This insight led to me pondering the many times throughout my life when authority figures \u2013 most, well-intentioned; others, not so much – overrode my body\u2019s wisdom. I also came to realize how many of my own actions caused my body harm, and how my behaviour and value system were the products of indoctrination. I was programmed to behave this way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How We Become Disconnected from the Body<\/h2>\n

In the following life overview, I\u2019m going to demonstrate how I went from having healthy body awareness and self-healing abilities, to being disconnected, unhealthy and feeling powerless.<\/p>\n

Childhood Intuition and Natural Healing<\/h3>\n

I was born with a strong sense of what was in my highest good. As a child<\/strong>, I knew what foods I liked; what I wanted to wear; how much sleep I required, and so on. My body had a strong aversion (allergies) to all things synthetic. I also knew how to spontaneously self-heal<\/a>. Just the thought of going to the doctor was all it took for me to feel better. In fact, almost every time I arrived in the doctor\u2019s office, I was completely asymptomatic.<\/p>\n

Teenage Years and the Pressure to Fit In<\/h3>\n

My early teen years<\/strong> began to separate me from my body. Like most kids, I went through awkward phases and growing pains. Despite that, my intuition stayed strong, and my health was excellent. Still, there was pressure to fit in, and to be pretty. The objectification of my appearance caused me to start to separate from my body.<\/p>\n

Toxic Beauty Standards<\/a> and Body Rejection in My 20s<\/h3>\n

In my 20s, <\/strong>I stopped owning my body. In an effort to be thin and attractive, I ingested a daily diet of Lean Cuisines, light microwave popcorn and diet pop. I spent hours daily reapplying my make-up mask; moussing, curling, blow-drying and shellacking my dyed locks; lacquering my fingers and toes, and slathering my skin with self-tanner, perfumes and scented lotions. No wonder I developed allergies and nursed bronchitis six months of every year! My body took punishing daily abuse. I never felt at peace with it. Why would I even want <\/em>to own it?<\/p>\n

My body-soul connection was muted by daily stress and by the boatload of chemicals I was ingesting and slathering on my body. I was straining under the weight of societal expectation and a desperate need to fit in and be loved.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thankfully, in my 30s<\/strong> my soul kicked in and got me back on my path. I came to discover great freedom in being my perfectly imperfect self. I dedicated myself to mental and emotional healing; self-help, and seeking my soulmate. When I was in contact with my soul, everything was better, easier, and more natural. I was in the flow with my body. Still, old unhealthy belief systems lurked below the surface. So, too, did the damage of 15 years of yo-yo dieting, coupled with stored chemical toxins and suppressed emotional pain. When that surfaced, it was of Vesuvian proportions. The fallout caused me to balloon in size so dramatically that I no longer recognized myself, nor connected with my body. As my frame expanded, I came to deeply resent my body. I even stopped caring for it properly after several humiliating experiences with the medical system.<\/p>\n

Spirit came to the rescue again in my 40s<\/strong>. My healing abilities awoke, and then my husbands\u2019 followed suit. We studied energy healing, and practiced on each other, building our body awareness and reclaiming forgotten higher wisdom. This was the dawning of me listening to, and loving, my body.<\/p>\n

I started listening to my body\u2019s needs and cutting down on all the toxins I was eating and absorbing through my skin. This included mental and emotional \u2018garbage\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since that time, I\u2019ve spent a great deal of time reconnecting with, and honouring, my body. These are a few of my healthier behaviours:<\/p>\n