In this episode, I had a conversation with Kelsey Valentine, who is a Registered Physiotherapist, and my colleague, who specializes in pelvic health, and practices at The WOMB, Milton, and Woodstock locations, in Ontario Canada.

Kelsey supports women who come in with various pelvic health-related challenges, using a lens of healing beyond the physical, recognizing that the care they often need is beyond the biomechanics.

In this episode, she unpacks and demystifies pain, why it lasts longer for some people than others, and relates it to a common pain symptom that she sees in her practice, pain during intercourse.

This was such an informative conversation and below are the 10 key things you will want to hear about if you are someone who is witnessing ongoing pain.

Curious to learn more about Pelvic Pain? Then join Kelsey and myself for a complimentary workshop, register for Managing Pelvic Pain Education Workshop at this link:  https://www.thewomb.ca/classes-workshops-milton/

Connect with me:

Ummul Patrawala, Intuitive Embodied Energy Healer and Resilience Coach

Ummul at present works as a Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Assistant, providing one-to-one care and group care, coaching and empowering women through a trauma-informed lens, to build nervous system resilience, so they can come into the driver seat of their biology and healing.

She also provides spiritual mentoring to women who are ready to break free of cycles and patterns that no longer serve them, in a group and one-to-one setting, through her Heal Your World community.

Ummul offers a complimentary 15 mins meet and greet to those who are curious and are looking to connect with her for support on their healing journey.  To learn more about how to receive support from her please connect with her on Instagram.

Instagram: @ummulpatrawala

www.healyourworld.ca

Kelsey Valentine is a Registered Physiotherapist practicing in Pelvic Health and holds both an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology and a Masters of Science in Physiotherapy from Queen’s University. She lives in Hamilton, ON with her husband and dog, Ziggy, and she works at the WOMB in both Milton and Woodstock.

If you are interested in connecting with Kelsey, you may book an appointment with her! She also provides free education on her

Instagram @kelseyvalentinept, https://www.instagram.com/kelseyvalentinept/

We are spiritual beings having a human experience the convergence of finite and infinite.

Healing at a spiritual, emotional, mental, energetic level is not an alternate way to heal, rather it is part of the same puzzle that you see as a physical symptom.

We sabotage our healing journey when we cannot see ourselves beyond our physical body and include the different pieces of the puzzle.

My fertility journey, with losses and not being able to carry a pregnancy.  My old belief was that I needed to be fixed and solve this problem.

The gift of conception, when I shifted energetically from a frequency of lack and hustle to that of acceptance and surrender, is a true testament in my life of healing at all levels and that healing is a shift in consciousness, it's about growth, spaciousness and coming home to ourselves.

Are you willing to see yourself as a whole person?

The blessing that found me, was the yogic technology of Kundalini yoga and meditation.

What is Kundalini Yoga? 

- A practice that activates the dormant energy system in the human mind and body system, it allows you to show up in a way that truly lets you enjoy the realm you live in” Harijiwan, RA MA Institute of Yogic Sciences.

These restrictions in our body are part of our protective mechanism, that got engaged in moments when we were triggered due to a perceived threat.

What is beneath the physical restriction is stagnancy of energy, and unprocessed e-motion (energy in motion).  This is why we feel drained or depleted and lack the energy to do our daily tasks.

Reflection Prompts:

Pearl of Wisdom:

Kirtan Kriya uses a simple mantra - Sa, Ta, Na, Ma.  Mastering and committing to this practice will help you rewire your subconscious mind.

That’s when we see the deepest changes, in how we show up to life’s experiences when we free ourselves from limiting thought patterns that are trapped in our subconscious mind.

So powerful!  And what I love is I don’t even need to consciously know what pattern I need to change, the Kundalini technology takes care of aligning me with the ones that are aligned with my highest and greatest good.

This practice truly is a game-changer. Commit to it for 40 or 60 days and get ready to witness your own power.

As a special gift to my listeners, please click here to receive access to me guiding you in this practice.

Do you find yourself attached to a timeline in your healing journey? Then listen on. 

This episode will uplift and inspire you to move forward with hope. Listen to the entire episode as I guide you with a simple, on the go, practice you can use daily to celebrate progress and to velcro progress into your mind.

Quite often our inner narratives convince us that our work is wasted as soon as any version of the symptom comes back. 

What if you can shift your mindset around this? What if “your work is not being wasted, it's just being stored”? (James Clear, Atomic Habits).  

Take this in and reflect “Compounding micro-steps leads us to our destination.”  What compounding micro-steps have you committed to?

The biggest insight for not losing hope and staying on your path is to see progress.  My story of a recent physical symptom that has led to lots of sleepless nights and pain, and how I am anchoring into hope.

“You won’t get to your destination if you don’t bank your micro-steps” and the fixation on the absence of the symptom.  The aha in terms of recognizing how the micro-steps have led me to have a far better quality experience moment to moment.

Pearl of Wisdom: Bank your progress by celebrating it and journaling it.

"You won’t get to your destination if you don’t bank your micro-steps." - Ummul-kiram

I remind you that thoughts can become things, and take ownership of the realities we create. Have you witnessed when thoughts become things for you?

My story of yearning to be pregnant while I was in a corporate marketing career path.  My experience of feeling beyond exhausted and lack of boundaries. The early signs from my body and my reality of being stuck in  “what ifs” thought patterns. How I manifested stopping work and the unexpected traumatic experience that came with it. The awareness of how my thoughts around “I want to stop” had shaped my reality of bed rest.

I encourage you to reflect on your journey, and ask, 

"What am I not leaning into this moment?"

"Are you noticing these thought patterns?"

"Once I heal this symptom, then I will be able to play with my kids."

"Once I heal this disease, then I will be happy again."

Look for these thought patterns, and recognize there is an opportunity to get curious as to what needs to be leaned into.

Practical tips to help you meditate:

Know that your thoughts are powerful and wherever you place your attention that grows. 

What are you growing in the garden of your mind, flowers or weeds?

Connect with me:

Ummul Patrawala, Intuitive Embodied Energy Healer and Resilience Coach

Instagram: @ummulpatrawala

www.hearthealingfromtrauma.com

www.healyourworld.ca

In this episode, I unpack what is healing and contrast that to what we strive to achieve, the cure. I see healing as a shift in consciousness away from fear to love, it happens at an energetic level first. And with this knowing, there is an opportunity to shift your mindset, that your symptoms are simply messengers and not the enemy. 

When we start with this belief, we can bring in love versus being overwhelmed with fear. Stay till the end and learn one of the go-to tools that I use in my clinical practice to help you shift your attitude from powerlessness to empowerment in your healing journey.  This practice will activate heart and brain coherence, (Dr. Joe Dispenza speaks a lot about coherence,) it will guide you to shift your frequency from survival to a state of co-creation.

I close this conversation, by guiding you through an easy and proven tool that will help you come into the driver seat of your healing journey and the supporting science behind it. (shared briefly about not getting pregnant after stillbirth)

About Ummul Patrawala, Intuitive Embodied Energy Healer and Resilience Coach

Instagram: @ummulpatrawala

www.hearthealingfromtrauma.com

www.healyourworld.ca

Key Lessons I learned in my healing journey

Here are the 5 key lessons that I have learned in my own healing journey - stillbirth, fertility issues, miscarriages,  autoimmune, PTSD, chronic pain, inflammation, food sensitivities, and pelvic health issues.

About Ummul Patrawala, Intuitive & Embodied Energy Healer and Resilience Coach

Instagram: @ummulpatrawala

www.hearthealingfromtrauma.com

www.healyourworld.ca

In this podcast, intuitive energy healer, Ummul-kiram Patrawala reminds you that healing happens beyond the physical realm.  That healing is a shift of consciousness/frequency from fear-based survival states to heart and creation-based states of love.  That you are empowered to be in the driver seat of our biology and that healing is an inside job, and we can learn how to activate this innate ability.

Each week, she will share her embodied experiences of healing from autoimmune, to fertility and losses to PTSD, and give you tools and resources that can help you shift your frequency from survival to that of creation of health and wellness.  She will also be interviewing thought leaders who hold space for healing beyond the physical and those who embody healing beyond the physical.