Traveling into the pain
- Aug 1, 2024
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A day before traveling to Denmark back in April. I seriously injured my back while trying the sit-start on the slackline. Through this experience, I got to see how physical and emotional pain was intertwined. The time when my back was hurt, not only the physical pain was hurting me but the stories attached to my pain were hurting even more and perhaps more so than the real pain. Then suddenly I had the idea to travel into the pain. I imagined what the pain looked like. It’s shape, color, and texture. I closed my eyes and imagined being inside of that pain. I found it interesting, it was like grief. It would spread, slow down, and dissolve. As I would think I have achieved. I moved on. My grief is over. It would strike me in the most unimaginable places. These past days felt like traveling into the pain again. But this time without a choice.