International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 57 | Page 99
way, the start of how to explore
your own feeling about things.
Avoidance of our feelings with
food, drink, and every distraction
that we commonly use from
running to smoking, will keep us in
the same place stagnant place
without ever getting close to what
concerns us. When we could learn
to express and to be the greatest
expression and representation of
ourselves in this lifetime. If that’s
too big a challenge then know
this, that I have spoken to many
Raw food enthusiasts who like me
looked at Raw food as the next fix
for health, body image concerns,
weight loss and youthful looks,
However we all declared that until
we started to look and feel our
emotions and feelings, the weight
or results we desired never really
started to happen.
It is well known that Raw food
and detoxing will open you up
to your moods, however I have
yet to read, or to meet someone
who is prepared to teach us how
to come to terms with our feelings
and emotions, when we have
committed to eating more raw
food and keeping a cleaner diet. I
am here to do just that, from what
I have experienced and learnt,
from what I have read and myself
done the work books and have
now helped many, many clients
on the road to face their feelings
and emotions. I have experienced
their wild and creative sides as
well as their anger and frustrations,
and I have helped them create
foundations that they can build on
for themselves.
This is nothing airy fairy but down
to earth sensible, practicle and
certainly very worth while.
Practicle:
Maria: came to me seeing herself
as fat and ugly and really loathing
her body, she declared that she
wanted to try a detox and then
needed a food list to eat to help
her look better. She was gorgeous
to me, But to her all she saw was
fat, ugly and tired. She declared
that she is ashamed of what she
has become. Embarrassed to be
seen and living in fear of judgment.
No one is as cruel as you on the
way you look. Our body image
issues are the greatest pain we
can inflict on ourselves.
I explained that it has nothing to
do with nutrition or what she eats,
but her own view of her self which
was an internal dialog. At that
point she understood and with her
permission I would guide her on a
journey.
I did some practical coaching
work with her for a time to really
hear her concerns and fears and
the words she used about herself,
so that I could focus in on the
real issue here. We agreed that
she had used the word ashamed
several times ( as well as other
words but we chose one word and
feeling ) and we started to work
on what she had to be ashamed
of? I repeated the same question
several times to get her into the
feeling we desired. Then we began
to feel where the feeling of being
ashamed was held in the body
and dipped in and out of that a
few times, with specific coaching
and guidance techniques.
Eventually with some unique
attention to the feeling of being
ashamed, she was able to let go
of the feeling, and was able to
watch it be taken away. Since she
had alreally felt it and experienced
its full power over her in its fullest
intensity. The space where it had
been in the body was now a
space that needed some TLC and
attention, no longer needing to be
filled with food or any other form of
false fulfillment that was previously
the case.
This is a common theme and one
that has immediate effects,
She continued to have sessions
with me as one feeling being
released makes it easier to
uncover other areas that need
attention and now she is happily
accepting her body and relaxed
in company. She has even lost a
few pounds which has made a lot
of difference to her confidence.
Fiona Robertson
Fiona is an author, a detox specialist and a guide to improve your
relationship with your self, your emotions and feelings. She runs detox
retreats and emotional workshops in Biarritz, SW France, and is planning
to work with other retreats in 2015 around the world, with her unique
technique. www.retreatbiartritz.com
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