The Season of Discover is the first of the Four Sacred Season as described by Dr. Donald Epstein, the founder of Network Spinal Analysis (NSA). This is an amazing season in because it is the time to learn something about yourself that helps you to grow with depth in the seasons that follow. There are strategies and actions that make your time in Discover very effective and fulfilling and there are actions that will make your life difficult if you need to Discover something about yourself first. Everyone needs to spend time in Discover throughout their lives and in doing so, one adds depth and richness to the other seasons.
Discover is a starting point. Whenever you begin a process, it is good to know what you are starting with and where you are. If you book a trip online, what is the first question you are asked? It's where are you starting from isn't it? Because you can't get anywhere if you don't know your starting point. Other things you want to know at this point are what resources you have. You need to know how much money you can spend. You want to budget your time. You also want to know how flexible you are to options as they come up.
When we have a pain, a concern or disease in our bodies, it is time to discover something about ourselves. Pain tells you to stop what you are doing, assess what is happening and change. When your body is not working right, it means you need to pay extra attention to how you are living. I don't mean modify your lifestyle to support you living with this pain or symptom. I mean find the area of your life that is not working and change that! And if you say you have no idea, that's why we call it discover!
The way that you hold your body with your posture and tension directly reflects how you need to be to support who you are in your life. If your life makes you tense and slouched, what does that say about your life? If you have low energy and are tired all the time, what is it about your life that drains you? If you are stiff or movement is difficult, where in your life are you avoiding making a move or change?
The person that you are takes a certain formula to create the right balance to match your life. The components we use in this formula are posture, tension, movement, energy and breath. The way that you combine these in your body is exactly what is needed for you to be the person you are. This means that you make your body the way it is for a reason. It is exactly the way it needs to be for life until you change something about your life. It also means that if you change something in your body, something will have to change in your life.
If you showed up at work one day less tense and standing taller, do you think people would notice? Wouldn't they be asking what had happened to you? They would want to know what's up with you because they would figure there had been a big shift in your life.
So it's time to make and incredible discovery. How do you DO you? Imagine discovering your formula for being you. What would you do if you discovered how you used your posture, tension, movement, energy and breath to make yourself the way you are? This is the starting point. Once you know this, you can pick your
destination. Where do you want to go in your life? What would you need to change?
Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) and Somato Respiratory Integration (SRI) both help you to discover this formula for yourself. In our office we use both of these technologies to assist people in discovering why their bodies are the way they are so they can make the necessary changes in their lives.
It is always the time to discover something about some part of yourself or your life. Attend one of our many workshops on this topic to learn how you can do this for yourself.
