Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Frog Medicine
I
didn’t know The Frog Blog even had a part two until this morning when a
paragraph about Frog Medicine jumped off the page of a book that I was
reading and I experienced a strong sense of urgency to share.
FYI: Native
Americans use the term “medicine” for anything that brings personal power,
strength and understanding.
With
gratitude to Jamie Sams and her book Dancing
the Dream (p. 93). for the following: “Frog
teaches us to cleanse the old through clearing our thoughts, behaviors, and
feelings. Frog teaches us that shedding tears can be the first step of this
cleansing transformation. The purification process represented by Frog Medicine
is the ability to cleanse all that keeps us from healing and to refill
ourselves with new energy, renewed purpose, and feelings and thoughts that
support our intent to change. This two-step process of cleansing the old and
refilling with the new will be present in every step that we take toward
healing our lives.”
Let’s
consider the value of shedding cleansing tears.
The
other day a friend and I were sharing our concern for someone whose mother just
died. We both wished she could just let go and have a good old cry. Then I
remembered when I was afraid I would fall apart if I cried. During that time I
thought I needed to be strong, to shore myself up in order to deal with the
responsibilities of being a single mom in the business world. Sure, I cried at happy
and sad movies, and tears welled up in my eyes when I heard touching stories, but
when it came to just letting go and having a good old cry… I was afraid to let
go.
A wake-up
call occurred as my family and I watched my sweet mother’s unresolved energy
remain blocked and metastasize as dis-ease. We all believe that she eventually
paid the price with her life.
Crying
is not the only way to release stagnant pent up energy and clear the space for
healing energy to flood in.
Check
out these ideas.
Since we’re talking about frogs, how about imitating a frog and jumping
around? Bet you can’t do it without giggling. We all know laughter is healing.
Don’t want to imitate a frog? How about a long run or a short
jog? Yesterday a man was telling me about being in the depths of distress after
his divorce. What did he do? He put on his running shoes, popped his earphones
in his ears, tuned in to Pavarotti and ran. In no time at all, the sound of
Pavarotti’s voice opened his heart. First tears began to run down his cheeks.
Those tears were soon followed by big gulping sobs. He doesn’t remember how
long he ran, but he did say he felt like he was running back to himself.
Whatever
does the trick!
Remember
– Frog Medicine is healing medicine.
Here’s
to frogs, good health, releasing that old pent up blocked energy and welcoming
in the new.
Ribbit,
ribbit.
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