Let's get wacky all up in this joint. Got a sore knee, elbow, wrist, kip, ankle, shoulder? Let's start at the source of your pain and see if we can use your imagination to shift the way you are holding tension there.  

Hey btw, FIRST-- if you don't have an image come to mind when you hear me say: atom shape -- google 'atom' first, so you can see it and have it readily accessible in your mind. :-)  

Your Art (and Wildlife) Rx:

Livestream honey bee hive

Artist Hilda af Kimt  

The poem What's Broken by Dorianne Laux 

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Really, it would be more accurate to call this “Let’s Get Surreal About the Diaphragm!

For real, when your diaphragm is in a pinch you can feel all kinds of crummy symptoms: anxiety, shortness of breath, heartburn, ribside pain, poor circulation, headaches, and more, but I'll stop there. Sheesh. Let's ambush the diaphragm with lots of imagery to help you release tension from this beast of a muscle. 

(P.S. the diaphragm is particularly influenced by creative expression, that's why we are going this route. P.P.S. Never worry if you are visualizing something different or at another angle from what I'm trying to describe. Just let your imagination do its thing.)

Art Rx for curious people who want to look stuff up: 

Images of treetops and a phenomenon called crown shyness

Listen to Chavela Vargas, one of the most expressive singers ever 

Artist Hiba Schabaz  imagines the self immersed in natural 

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Meditations for seekers with active minds and colorful imaginations. Listen when you have 10 minutes to be still and quiet and follow along in your body.

Be an artist and make an internal meditation tool.

Fizzing up, pouring down.

The spine is a jigsaw puzzle of bones, or else, a necklace, make that pearls!

One river. One Body. Feel them merge. Be the current.

Step into the ancient sensation of embodiment and trace the petroglyphs on the back of your skin.

Anxiety is the imagination gone rogue. You are in charge of your own storytelling.

The way you feel affects the way you feel. Your mind and body are always talking and mimicking each other. You can shift their conversation with this imaginative method that helps you practice presence.