{"id":6196,"date":"2025-07-10T14:14:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/?p=6196"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:00:55","slug":"set-yourself-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflexologyforthespirit.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/10\/set-yourself-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Yourself Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our thoughts, to a great extent, dictate our lives and our beliefs.\u00a0 We determine what we believe based on information which we receive and observe and live with and live by.\u00a0 This information begins coming to us even in the womb.<\/p>\n

The world, by and large, is a busy place.\u00a0 It’s hard to figure out what is real and what is not.\u00a0 The outside world influences us as it enters our brains and memories.<\/p>\n

I have one experience.\u00a0 You have another experience.\u00a0 And, on the long haul, each of us has a sense of reality.\u00a0 Right and wrong are based on our experiences.\u00a0 The bottom line here is this:\u00a0 There are many truths in this world.<\/p>\n

One truth I embrace (among many) is this:<\/p>\n

When something doesn’t feel right, let it go.<\/p>\n

Letting something go is sometimes necessary to save oneself.<\/p>\n

Once upon a time in my life, I realized that if I was going to live an authentic life, I was going to have to make some dramatic changes.\u00a0 In order to bring about the things I needed and in order to live the life I needed, I had to do some things for myself and by myself.<\/p>\n

No one around me cared or even believed I could do what I did.<\/p>\n

Looking back on things now, I realize that my chances of success were small to none.\u00a0 My decision verged on desperation craziness.<\/p>\n

Looking back on things now, I send continuing gratitude to my younger self.<\/p>\n

My whole plan hinged on clear thinking.\u00a0 I had to reverse some thought patterns to free myself from my limiting beliefs.\u00a0 And, mainly, I silenced the inner melody that continually told me that I was not enough.<\/p>\n

This song kept singing that I was not strong enough, brave enough, or clear-thinking enough to get where I needed to go.<\/p>\n

All I had was a goal.\u00a0 \u00a0And, actually, I only had one option.\u00a0 My situation was a disaster but nothing actually fenced me in.\u00a0 My feet were not tied down.\u00a0 In order to get to this place, I had to see my situation for what it was without the many filters that we all experience daily:\u00a0 isolation, oppression, and believing in my own helplessness.<\/p>\n

So, one lovely September afternoon, I climbed the stairs in the Woodstock Reformed Church, walked the length of the second floor hallway, and opened the door to the Pastor’s office.\u00a0 I walked into the empty room, put the keys to the food pantry on his desk and quietly walked out.<\/p>\n

As I retraced my steps down the hallway and descended the stairs without the keys, I felt different.\u00a0 I experienced physical, mental, emotional, spiritual shifts as I walked down the stairs to the ground floor.<\/p>\n

By the time I got to the church parking lot, I was comfortable with this new feeling.\u00a0 I was lighter.\u00a0 I saw things in clear, pure colors.<\/p>\n

I had made the right decision.\u00a0 This was something I was supposed to be doing.<\/p>\n

The hungry I knew fought a daily battle for survival against all obstacles.\u00a0 Some fought against incredible odds as they struggled with homelessness, mental illness, unemployment, helplessness, and extreme misfortune.<\/p>\n

I saw them work to make their dreams (of what might have been) into a reality.\u00a0 These struggles all began with a wound of some kind.<\/p>\n

For sure, things improved with the better nutrition offered at the pantry.\u00a0 Their lives were simplified a bit when they were able to put less energy into the struggle against hunger.<\/p>\n

Nothing prevented me from leaving.\u00a0 I should have left sooner.\u00a0 \u00a0I lived for years in my own self-imposed oppression.<\/p>\n

My feet were never tied down.\u00a0 But I was blindfolded.\u00a0 I was unaware of my own limits created by my senses, language, and culture.<\/p>\n

DO THIS:<\/p>\n

Write a letter to your future.<\/p>\n

“There are some beliefs that once defined me.\u00a0 I am letting them go now.\u00a0 I trust myself.”<\/p>\n

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MEDITATION:<\/p>\n

Find a quiet, secluded place where you feel safe.\u00a0 Get comfortable.\u00a0 This meditation may benefit from healing music, incense, essential oil, and candlelight.<\/p>\n

Remove your shoes.\u00a0\u00a0If you remove your socks, you may want to apply a healing lotion.<\/p>\n

Begin this meditation by walking around for a minute or two.\u00a0 This will give your feet some freedom and it will improve the blood flow.<\/p>\n

Now, stretch your feet in all directions.\u00a0 Move your toes left and right, up and down.\u00a0 Stretch them.\u00a0 Wiggle them.<\/p>\n

Rotate your ankles gently in all directions.<\/p>\n

Now, hold one foot in one hand while the other hand gently turns each toe separately.\u00a0 Softly pull each toe.\u00a0 Try to spread your toes out. Give each toe\u00a0 separate attention.<\/p>\n

Move on to the ball of each of your feet.\u00a0 Press into the metatarsal area gently using your thumb or a knuckle.\u00a0 Make small dime-sized circles along the metatarsal area and then move out to the entire sole of your foot.<\/p>\n

Enjoy this experience.\u00a0 Give healing energy to your whole foot.\u00a0 Send positive energy to your feet.\u00a0 They work for you all day.<\/p>\n

Now, give attention to the muscles and tendons in your feet.\u00a0 Rub them slowly and gently.\u00a0 Work your feet from the ankles down to your toes.\u00a0 Massage and loosen any tight places.\u00a0 Give equal attention to each foot.<\/p>\n

Move your attention to the soles of your feet.\u00a0 Massage your feet as you move your hands up and down the sole of each foot.\u00a0 Apply pressure to the soles using circular motions with your knuckles.<\/p>\n

Take a moment to tune into your feet.\u00a0 What feelings and sensations are you experiencing?<\/p>\n

How are these sensations and feelings connected to the rest of your body?<\/p>\n

It is time to return to your day now.\u00a0 Thank your feet for the job they do for you each day. Touch your feet for a moment as you send nurturing and gratitude\u00a0 to your feet.<\/p>\n

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This book is available at\u00a0 www.ThurmanGreco.com<\/p>\n

Thank you for reading this article.\u00a0 These posts are seed chapters for a book I’m writing about the Spirituality of the Tarot.<\/p>\n

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Peace<\/p>\n

Thurman Greco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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