Have you experienced Energetic Heart Cramp?
Energetic Heart Cramp (or Heart Crush Syndrome) is where Panic Disorder and Anxiety begin to impact the Soul body, particularly in the area of the heart center – and the result is literally crushing (hence the name)! We need to Up our protection, our awareness and our energies, or risk being sucked into the vortex…
I’ve been working with Anxiety for years now.
I’ve also had the ‘lived experience’ of Anxiety. This condition had its way with me for many many years, even though I thought I was a fairly aware and educated person.
Turns out… I completely missed the signs. You see, I was pretty lucky, I did well at my studies, and work wise… well, I was always lucky in that respect, at least as far as getting the job goes!
But when it starts to get up around 40 jobs or so, well… you really have to start wondering about yourself! To the point that I was almost ready to give up on life.
Awareness helped, but was it the answer?
It was at around this time in my life that I went to study Psychology. I had wanted to study psychology since my early 20’s, but this was a goal my mind couldn’t accept. My anxious mind that it.
So far, I had already studied Nursing, Medical Herbalism and Iridology… but I still felt like something was missing. And interestingly enough, it was in this emotionally and mentally depleted state, that all of my ‘egoic reasons’ for not studying, melted away.
And I have to say, that studying Psychology in a lot of ways, was the making of me. For one, I did well – so it gave a real boost to my sense of self, and my self esteem. Secondly, it was also when I had the opportunity to start putting the pieces of the anxiety puzzle together… I had so many ‘aha’ moments it was ridiculous! One of which is that sometimes you have to go do the thing that you fear the most, so you have something to say back to that nagging picky little ‘you’re not good enough’ voice.
Fast forward another 15 years or so…
And I have now had the opportunity to marry together my own lived experience, my studies in health and mental health, and the thousands of people I have had the opportunity to share space with through my work. I have been listening and observing closely – while they ‘shared story’ with me… and I have to say, anxiety has absolutely exploded in our communities!
The world has changed, has it not? On every single level you can imagine, and even on the ones you can’t.
As a consequence of my experiences and observations however, I have come to see the experience of anxiety as very different to how it is currently ‘promoted’ or viewed. Whether that be in mental health circles, pseudo-psych offerings, or social media.
I understand that at times it is trauma driven… and by heavens there’s a lot of trauma in our societies at the moment (my heart hurts even thinking about it!). It can also be due to generational trauma, inherited pre-dispositions, and it can even be the consequence of drug use. So many contributing factors.
However there is also another story going on… and this is where I start to get a little esoteric – so it might be time to tune out if this really isn’t your thing!
You see, it’s been my observation (and I’m talking several thousand people here)… that those who are susceptible to anxiety are the more creative, gentle, intuitive, empathetic, and sensitive ones amongst us.
And I’m going to go out on a limb here… and say that these souls are also likely to rate quite high on Emotional Intelligence as well as Intellect on some of the more popular personality tests out there.
In addition to Sensitivity, Openness, Creativity and Imagination.
This is a personality type prone to anxiety, and so I have come to see Anxiety as the Spiritual Quest of our age…
Awareness = Opportunity (to do things different)
Why would I think that?
Well, I now know that the way through (for many of us) is by working with spiritual values and practices, from a physical, cognitive and more importantly – energetic perspective.
Because left unchecked, we are at risk of developing what I would call Energetic Heart Cramp and/or… the Energetic Heart Crush Syndrome.
This is where Panic Disorder and Anxiety begin to impact the Soul body, particularly in the area of the heart center – and the result is literally crushing.
More and more people are becoming susceptible to this. The energy on the planet at the moment is chaotic, and we really need to step up the whole idea of self-care (caring for self) and get our daily practices in order. This needs to taken seriously, and it needs to be approached through physical practices, cognitive or mental practices, and spiritual or energetic practices.
We need to up our protection, our awareness and our energies… or be sucked into the vortex, because that is what it feels like.
You may also be particularly susceptible to this experience if you work with people on a daily basis… and have your energies mingling and tingling with others (sometimes this is a good thing, sometimes not so much).
There are a number of things we can do to protect ourselves however, and a good start is to work on strengthening our vessel (mental, physical and spiritual bodies)… and then fill it up with good stuff!
Having the right energies around us will also help to keep us in good shape. From an energetic perspective, make sure you are surrounding yourself with the right colours, sounds and scents. Create a harmonious environment by being more aware of resonant vibrations – this is more individual than most of us realise. Exercising, eating the right foods, and being consciously aware of our thoughts is also helpful. A favourite ‘Cayce-ism’ of mine is that ‘what comes our of your mouth is more important than what goes into it!’
And it’s also vitally important to have the courage to live authentically. Not from a place of defiance, but from a place of honouring your heart and your soul.
Breathing practices, mindfulness and certain meditative practices are also key when managing soul sensitive anxiety states.
All of the above assists with caring for the self, however self care also means to nurture YOU. If you’re feeling a little burnt-out right now, and close to this heart-crush syndrome I am discussing, take time to be kind to yourself.
Slow down, sit in the sun, have a massage or a facial. Meet up with some friends and laugh a little. Take a bath, go for a walk, have a reiki treatment. Play with your bestie animal friend if you have one – or borrow someone else’s if you don’t 🙂
Practice a Loving Kindness meditation and send all of the love toward a vision of YOU that you hold in mind. Chant ‘I LOVE YOU’ to yourself. Whisper it in your ear.
One of our greatest spiritual teachings is to LOVE. Love the energy of love that underlies all of creation. Love others as you love yourself.
It’s all about LOVE.
And this energy really will heal you, protect you, open you and evolve you.
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