Personal change and transformation is created and maintained by a combination of conscious shifts, unconscious (or subconscious) changes and somatic changes in the way the body holds itself and it's patterns. 

We are beings of movement and flow. We need the in breath and the out breath, we need free-flowing of expression of all colours and textures and and it is important for our health and wellbeing to allow all that we are. 

But we tend to learn from a young age that only certain feelings and experiences are desired by the world and we begin to shut down. We clamp down our breath, our range of expression, our connection to who we are. We censor our personal stories and tell only the ones that match who we think we should be. And when things get stuck we start to feel all of this and then wonder why life isn't working as we want it to be. 

Decision making is compromised, our personal relationships suffer, health becomes affected, sleep patterns become less than healthy and in many other ways our bodies and minds begin to operate in a less than optimal way. 

My clients all share one thing in common that they often don't realise:- they are all having a very human experience of life and as a trusted coach and therapist I get the overview on how exquisitely beautiful each of those lives are, in all of their colours and with whatever is going on emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. We do our best with what we know, and when we can know that to release and allow so much more of who we are, so much more flow, love and appreciation, miracles happen. 

Writing can be a wonderful way to create more of this movement and flow. We can do this as journalling whatever is going on for us - by noting the content of our lives - and by using specific writing prompts and exercises that delve into unconscious and hidden realms. And if we are working together at the time, it can create a deeper shift to take what you are exploring into your sessions with me to delve into more understanding and release and freeing some of the more tightly held patterns with someone who is well trained to help.

In of itself is a powerful and transformational practice to write in these ways. You can play and express and allow your pen to take you to all kinds of places. Sometimes it can feel freeing, sometimes enlightening, sometimes you may feel long forgotten things and all sorts of other experiences will occur for you. To write is to allow the inside out and to take so much more notice of all of the colours and textures of this world that we live in. It can be beautiful and mundane. Happy and sad. It is all the experiences. Below I outline a few different ways you can play with this and create a writing practice that works for you.