Freedom from Hidden Enslavement

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Paula knows what it means to be blindly or covertly enslaved, which is why she's always been bit of a rebel with a cause. As a manual therapist, her main cause is to free her clients from bodily restrictions - and from dependence on therapists. Every client body that has been under Paula's hands has helped teach her how to get better at freeing the body. The biggest lesson learned from helping clients is that indoctrination, blame, complexity, diagnoses, and pressure are often smokescreens keeping us enslaved.
Examples of health-related enslavement:

• Therapists who pressure clients into ongoing weekly appointments;
• Believing that a diagnosis, like arthritis, means we'll suffer for life;
• Confusing complexity with truth;
• Blaming our own body as it if is working against us;
• Refusing to learn and grow beyond what we were taught or told.

To begin to break free:

• Test what was learned or heard, always seeking to improve upon it;
• Instead of blaming our body, let us accept that it is here to serve us and wants to be healthy;
• Remember that complexity is always founded on simple, universal laws like cause-and-effect;
• See diagnosis as a means of communication, not a reason to stop seeking to better the situation;
• Relentless pressure may someday manifest a diamond, but not all pressure is healthy or sustainable.

To be free take right action:

• Seek out those who care about setting people free not creating dependency;
• Be an attentive listener;
• Believe yet still seek evidence;
• Respond appropriate to the situation and your core values;
• Do your best, admit your mistakes (even laugh if you can), and never give up on yourself.

To be free be brave.
Health problems can be scary, but they don't have to be if you see your own body as the truthful servant it is, asking for your help. Over time, these efforts build trust in self and the ability to help one's self, while reducing dependence on others. Let us be free.