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Memory can be stored actively or passively in the bodymind. When the memory is passive, we remember and store experiences as simple memory traces. The stronger or more interesting the memories, the easier it is to recall them. Passive memory is a healthy normal function of the body and the desirable situation. Active memory is a state where we store the memory with an emotional charge. This occurs when we have not fully synthesized the emotional content of the experience. Our body then stores the emotion in the fascia of the muscles or connective tissue at a location in concordance with the bioenergetic nature of the body. For example, fear relates to the kidney meridian which, in turn, relates to several muscles and areas of the body. An unsynthesized fearful experience, therefore, will be stored in one of those related areas. In the case of fear (kidneys) it could be the psoas muscle or the ligaments around the knee.
Keywords: Mind-body, alternative medicine, BodyTalk.
Introduction
Active memory essentially relates to the concept that past experiences that were emotionally traumatic may not have been fully resolved. Hence, there is an active memory held in the connective tissue that can continue to influence the functioning of the bodymind complex at a local level (such as in a scar) of dynamically affect the functioning of any other system in the body or mind.
When a BodyTalk practitioner is putting together a formula for a client, the associated emotional history must be taken into account. Most diseases have emotional components - either ongoing or past - that are helping to fuel the disruption of the disease. This is why so many health care systems do not obtain the desired results. They are not taking into account the "story behind the disease." For example, many food intolerances will not clear until the emotional relationship history with the intolerance is corrected.
Memory can be stored actively or passively in the bodymind. When the memory is passive, we remember and store experiences as simple memory traces. The stronger or more interesting the memories, the easier it is to recall them. Passive memory is a healthy normal function of the body and the desirable situation.
Active memory is a state...