The origin of the word resource is to “rise up”.  When referring to resources that can help us in times of need in our physical or emotional lives, we need to have developed individual resources from which we can call upon to rise up to help ease any troubling situation and restore balance.

Resources can be external such as healthy connections to family, friends or nature. These resources are nourishing, safe and replenishing to our nervous systems. Having professionals such as bodyworkers, therapists, physicians or councilors that you trust to listen to your needs or help you deal with your concerns are worth developing when you are feeling well so that they are familiar with you when you need them.

Your home can be a resource if it is a safe haven that supports you in your goals.  Spending time considering the Feng Shui of your home can help you to create this sanctuary.

Internal resources can be cultivated or developed through journaling, meditation, visualizing or remembering safe places or persons.  Yoga, Feldenkrais and Alexander Technique are movement resources where  practicing over a long period of time allows you are able to draw on them for support for rehabilitation of body and soul.

Our natural resources become overwhelmed during surgery, accidents or when experiencing trauma of any kind.  This results in an overloaded nervous system.  Longer term unhealthy connections such as relationships that are draining, conditional or berating, unhealthy habits and addictions lead us to lose touch with our mental and physical health resulting in pain and suffering.

Safety is a felt sense in the body and anything associated with safety and calm are resources that can be drawn upon when we feel tired, stressed, in pain, or are struggling with difficult life circumstances.

Take a moment to list your resources and think of some ways to develop them.

Copyright 2009.  Brenda Rosenberg CYI, APIA, CST