What areas of your life to you spend your energy, and what takes up the most energy in your life?
Chapter 11 – Gestalt Therapy states that unexpressed emotions can create blockage within your body. Energy blocks might cause individuals to experience muscle tension, shortness of breath, fatigue, or changes in appetite. The text also states it can show as:
Restricted voice (holding back power)
Keeping one’s mouth shut tightly (afraid of what might slip out)
Slouching
Looking at the ground or in the air as a way of avoiding contact with others
Speaking in a quick, staccato fashion
Being emotionally flat
Quivering of the mouth
Hot, flushed feeling
Shaking movements of the hands & legs
Dizziness
There might be other aspects of blocked energy not mentioned. Mental health advocate, Sherrie Hurd, wrote an interesting piece about energy blocks and some suggestions on how to pull free. Energy Blocks & How to Clear Them
Since you are part of a cohort taking this groups class and pre-prac, you will be tasked with responding to the topic listed below.
To make this work, you need to respond on two different dates (by Thurs & by Sun) so make note of those dates!
1) BY THURSDAY at midnight OF WEEK 2: Review more on Energy & Blocks to Energy in your text on page 244. – 5 points
What areas of your life to you spend your energy, and what takes up the most energy in your life?
Do you have any blocks in your energy (why or why not), and what unexpressed emotions might they be tied to?
What are some ways you might unblock your energy?
Answer preview What areas of your life to you spend your energy, and what takes up the most energy in your life?
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