Lockdown 330

Lockdown Day 330 - 19 February 2021

After an incredible busy Thursday and Friday I have much to talk about. One of the things I experienced was going for a skin treatment I was gifted by a friend. It was a catalyst for many thoughts such as the value of doing something for yourself and the effect any such treatment has on the psyche.

The value of spoiling yourself is completely understated. If you're like me you just don't (or only do what's necessary), for various reasons. Feeling undeserving or unworthy, or governed by a budget, whatever the reason, people are good at chatting themselves out of things they feel they're perfectly fine without.

Even the smallest treatment can however have the biggest impact given the timing and the person/professional administering the treatment.

Just the skin contact alone opens up many nerve connections to your psyche such as the limbic system, the amygdala and your thinker.

I found myself in a space where I felt strangely at home and challenged at the same time. My limbic system sat up, and flooded my amygdala with memories. Of course my thinker was conned into silence, setting off another range of kinaesiological (muscle intelligence) reactions.

In plain English, I thought about deep seated emotional things while my body was getting ready to enter a sleep state. And I couldn't do a thing about it. I just had to play along 🤣. It was wonderful, relaxing and exhilarating all at the same time.

I came away from this experience promising myself I wouldn't wait so long to treat my skin wisely, but more importantly to feel good about it. H, you are a miracle worker and an angel!

So today I muse over looking after the life that courses through my veins (and skin) and give praise to the One who designed me. Also because He holds me in the palm of His hand. And because He has still got this firmly in control.