there can be miracles, when you believe

This is not only the title of one of the best songs of all time by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey; it is also a truth that you can reveal as you grow up in Consciousness.

You see, everything you need is always right there for you. How much you receive and how far your grow will depend on how far you can stretch your mind.

Many people who have bodily struggles are choosing, subconsciously most of the time, consciously less of the time, to accept their current state as their fate. It’s a great show of stupidity, really. The only thing constant in life—outer life and inner life, is change.

Many people who have bodily struggles are choosing, subconsciously most of the time, consciously less of the time, to protect their current state as if it is something invaluable to lose. It’s a great show of cowardice, really. To act as if there is one version of yourself who you must remain as for a lifetime.

Many people who have bodily struggles are choosing, subconsciously most of the time, consciously less of the time, to look to the past for evidence of the future. It’s extremely narrow-minded, really. You are not your predecessors, you don’t make the same choices as them, you don’t live the same life as they did; you are a fresh person with a fresh future.

The impetus for this post was a very passionate (not loud or argumentative, just passionate) conversation I had with a brand new client yesterday.

He has been in severe pain and dysfunction for 5 years. An athlete for his entire life, this is a pure tragedy to see in someone. Even worse is what he believes, subconsciously or consciously. As of yesterday, he believed that he has “tried everything in the world,” “spent thousands of dollars on purported solutions,” and has accepted his uneven gait, daily distraction by Pain, and not lifting weights or running as a “new norm that is OK.”

Having overcome a massive series of injuries, trials and tribulations in my nervous system, and essentially 9 months in a boxing match with zero breaks and no referee and coming out more athletic than ever, I am absolutely in a position to tell him “You Are Wrong.”

But I wouldn’t say that.

Telling someone: “you are wrong,” at least 70% of the time, will just put them on the defense.

So, as we stood on the basketball court, a place of solace and excitement for the both of us, and I introduced myself and let him know that a friend of his told me he could use some teaching from me, I looked him in the eyes and said: “It doesn’t have to be this hard.”

The relief that I saw as stress rolled off of his shoulders and onto the painted lines of the hardwood floor was magical.

A layer folded down and I was able to see one layer deeper into him, into his Pain Story.

Fast forward to the consultation yesterday, and he was highly studious as well as highly skeptical—having spent nearly a graduate’s degree worth of time studying possible solutions on the web. Fortunately, he was self-aware enough and self-attuned enough to be take just one more chance.

I spent about 40 minutes exploring his stories about his body, his visions of athleticism, and his athletic goals. The questions pulled stagnant energy out of his Pain Body and transformed them into Life Force. By stating and setting goals, he directed his Chi into thoughts that will move him forward.

When you set a goal that is aligned, your thoughts start to feed into how to bring it closer to you—the “finish line” that is.

Just a good self-check on what you are striving for and what your actions are will show you this.

Once I got him moving—doing mobility and agility testing for about 20 minutes, I could already tell that he was experiencing something new. And experiencing something new is a catalyst for transforming.

When I do an assessment with someone, I ask them to solely pay attention to how the movement feels and what they notice (being subjective) and that I will pay attention to how it looks (be the objective coach). This way—the trainee staying in the felt-experience and the coach staying in the watch tower, I learn what they are thinking and feeling when they are moving, what they are paying attention to, etc. and I can report at the right time what was good and what can use improvement.

I knew that he was experiencing something new because he noticed new things. New sensations. New subtleties in his balance leg to leg. New power struggles between sides of his core. New dams in the fluidity of his shoulder movements.

But were they really new? Or things that have been sitting there all along?

You see, I believe that when you meet the right person to work with, they will bring your attention to the right new things.

This new client, as of yesterday, had come to believe that nothing would ever help him run and play basketball and lift weights again.

I know differently.

Just yesterday, through conversation and movement, we awoke a new life in him. Started to get rid of the crust. Started to tap into his fluid soul.

Today, we will embark on a session focused on breathwork, feet, and hip mobility as a feedback informant for the former two areas.

I am grateful that he has chosen to work with me, because that is saying yes to a process that I believe is believing in a “miracle,” a profoundly “impossible” change that your subconscious was closed off to receiving for a long time. If you train your subconscious—through meditation that creates deep, deep pressure on your pineal gland, frequent movement in all directions, and fully placing your trust in a process and its people to help you, you can win.

If this client can believe all the way, he will be running free in no time.