Sometimes God gives you a lesson that resonates strongly in your soul.
A seven-year-old boy presented with headaches, snoring, and mouth breathing. He also struggled in school with reading, focusing, concentrating, and was easily distracted.
His history was uneventful except for one life-altering trauma. While he was in utero, one of his siblings died.
In our Lancaster research, we felt that when infants cried, they were not only releasing physical strains but also emotional traumas. When we allowed them to go through this process, many times, to the mother’s dismay, we believed it was a major reason why all of the babies became truly happy.
We felt that some children and adults, who have emotional issues now, may possibly be holding on to the their birth traumas. They never had the opportunity to release these feelings at the beginning of their lives.
During the first visit, his fascial strain immediately went into a common fetal presentation. When I observed some tears coming down his cheek, I called mom over to be with him and waited for the fascial strain to release.
I stopped therapy, backed away, and let mom console him for about ten minutes. Since children normally react uneventfully with this therapy, I assumed he was releasing the maternal emotions around his sibling’s death.
As I watched that scene, I felt confirmation of what we hypothesized in the Lancaster research. As a part of mom’s body, the fetus experiences and holds all of her emotions. I had great empathy for him and felt sorry for the millions of people on the planet who would never have this cathartic experience.
Physically, he was also showing a twisted pretzel pelvis straining throughout his body. He ended this visit at an incredible 230-second brain cycle from zero seconds. I expect him to become a different child.
I saw God at work and still have teary eyes now recalling that visit. This is another major reason why the Gillespie Approach needs to be done at birth.
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