LETTING GO OF BAGGAGE

First of all, I want to say that ‘letting go of baggage’ may or may not give you a false impression bearing in mind that most of us don’t actually get rid of what we may see as baggage.   It is more about recognising and acknowledging those things that may be weighing us down – accepting them and setting ourselves free.

Sessions

It may of great use to you to have sessions with someone you trust and during these, there could be a mixture of tears, laughter, silence, visualisation, listening and sharing going on.     There would be exploration of what you are still carrying around with you consciously or unconsciously.    In a symbolic or even a real way, it may be manifesting itself through causing overt or covert pressure on your shoulders or tummy or elsewhere in your body.

The ‘baggage’ could be seen as something that you are afraid to let go of as it is a protection blanket from the past which has served you well but now it has become your prison.  It may also be something you are very aware of.

It may be that you are so ready to ‘pop’ that you don’t need many sessions and, I can also say  that if the baggage is not able to get in touch with easily, then it would take longer.   This would then entail the process of uncovering it perhaps very gently and slowly.

Fear

Remember,  don’t forget you don’t normally want to let go of anything that has been your protector, however, much you say – ‘I just want to get rid of whatever is holding me back’.    Your fear can definitely overcome what you think you want!!  

I have found that it is the fear of discovering what is in the baggage that’s more the issue rather than what is actually discovered.   You might not be aware yet that there are also many good, expansive and unusual qualities in there too.   It contains your potential too and most don’t realise that.

In psychosynthesis (the model I trained and taught in), the work would be looking at sub-personalities (parts of ourselves) and the work would entail going through different stages – recognition, awareness, co-operation, integration and synthesis.  Also it would mean looking at your blocks and obstacles and the gifts they contain within them.

Choice

Don’t be afraid, as the sessions can be dipped in and out of as your energy is released.   You will feel freer and lighter as you choose the life you want to live without the weight of the past.   You will know what is important to you now and in the future.

I wonder what awareness you have of what’s in the baggage you have been or are carrying around.   Look forward to hearing you or simply leave a comment.