Are you out of alignment?

After a few niggles resurfaced recently I booked myself in for a physio MOT.

I was expecting to have a few small adjustments.

A once over to iron out any little things before they became bigger. A self care top up.

It turns out my ribs were completely out of alignment!

For a long time I’d been walking around slightly twisted to the left. Compressed on one side, with my poor neck constantly stretched to try and keep my eyes level.

Yikes.

And yet it hadn’t felt ALL wrong.

It hadn’t felt completely right either, but my body had adapted and was doing a brilliant job of keeping me upright.

Until it got too tired and started to send out some signals.

Now I am much more aligned, and yet not necessarily more comfortable immediately.

It has taken some time, and ongoing focus, to settle into my newly even body.

It can feel like this in our lives as well as our bodies.

We can get very used to operating and living out of alignment. We compensate. It feels normal.

So when we start to move towards who and what we really want to be and do it can feel uncomfortable.

So uncomfortable that we’re not sure whether it’s working and start to doubt ourselves.

And of course, when we fix one thing, it can show us what else is out of alignment too :-)

So if you’re working hard to put yourself back in alignment keep going!

And remember:

Awareness is often the most important step - you can’t change anything if you don’t notice.
It may feel uncomfortable at first - give it some time, it’s a process.
You don’t have to fix everything at once, or do it on your own (I have a brilliant physio, and a new roller).

And of course, it’s impossible to be perfectly aligned - and that’s not the goal.

The goal is to take the time and energy to notice where you are and shift towards a better balance - even in a small way.

Where are you out of alignment?

And is there a small way to shift towards a better balance?

Wishing you all an aligned week,