Body Wisdom with Divination Cards

Introduction

I met Louise L. Hay in 1985 and some point in that year we decided that our work was complimentary. We created a project called MetaFitness: Your Thoughts Taking Shape. My sister and writing partner Joan Meijer and I wrote the book, and Louise and I co-created an exercise video with affirmations and exercise tapes with affirmations. In that book audios and video lay the seeds that have led to this book.

Early in the 1990s Joan and I decided to separate the Body Wisdom chapter from the book, to expand it both in number of body parts and in the amount of material we presented and to create divination cards to go with the material. We expanded the MetaFitness chapter into a book and initially created the cards. Later, when we went digital, we created paper strips and a website where readers could get a daily reading to go with their

In those days I was conducting conference breaks for Caroline Mysse and other speakers. As a perk I was allowed to have a product table. On that table I kept a basket filled with Body Wisdom Cards. Over the years literally thousands of people came by and pulled a card. To our constant amazement everyone picked the perfect card for them. Either they had a problem with their body or they were dealing with the life-issue. It was amazing to see how the Body Wisdom information fit.

I expanded the use of the cards into my classes for coaches and hypnotists. I would ask my students to draw a card and then have their partner create a hypnosis process for them. I cannot begin to describe the value these cards created in the classes. And, as I could have predicted, every person who drew a card drew the card with the issue with which they were working in their lives.

What If You Don't Have A Body Part?

The very first problem we ran into with our product table was strapping men drawing the vagina cards and sweet older women drawing the penis or the testicles. This process divides into two important parts - the body part and the life issue. Even if you don’t have a penis, you may be wrestling with the furthering of your creativity. We tried to eliminate embarrassing body parts altogether, but when we did that we lost all the creativity issues, so we had to add them back. Even when we used female sex organs and male sex organs we found out that we missed the nuances of creativity. So please understand that you don't have to be a man to draw the testicle card for example. Or a woman to draw the vagina. If you do draw that card, look at the issues the card addresses and how to apply the information and affirmation to your life.

It's Now Okay

As I worked with clients over the years I discovered the down side of the average affirmation. Very often clients would create an affirmation for what they wanted to achieve as if they had already achieved it. The fact that they weren't there yet there would set up an internal argument that would nullify the benefit of the affirmation. I introduced It's Now Okay to the beginning of my affirmations so that people would get out of their way in changing their lives.

An affirmation is a statement that you make over and over again. It can be negative as well as positive. It is important that you monitor your negative affirmations so that you can change your life. You will notice that I have created an opportunity for you to make your own affirmation - one that is closer to your life than these generic affirmations. Make certain that you stay away from the negatives like no and never, don't and won't. The subconscious mind does not hear the word no, not, don't, can't, won't. "Please Don't Let Me Trip, turns into Please Let Me Trip. If you use It’s now okay… you are giving yourself permission to have what you want. You can use a word like avoid instead of don’t".

In addition, the subconscious mind does not hear he, she, they, we or it. It only hears I. She's such a witch! turns into I'm such a witch." There is tremendous power in words, use them wisely and carefully. Constant complaining rapidly becomes an affirmation. Listening to constant complaining gets taken on as an affirmation.

How To Use This Book

You can draw a card by visiting my website www.suzypruddensbodywisdom.com. Or you can look up the body part with which you are having difficulty in the book itself (they’re alphabetical). I did not write this book to be read cover to cover like a novel so there is some repetition in it. Skip over what you don’t want to read.

There some body parts that I have not covered in this book because we simply had to stop somewhere. If you wish us to cover a part we missed in the second edition please email me at suzyprudden@gmail.com.

There is a great deal of support that goes with this book. suzypruddensbodywisdom.blogspot.com has daily readings and bodywisdomcards weekly readings are featured on YouTube.

I look forward to hearing from you and to learning about how you are using this book and the cards and the benefits they have brought to your life.

Body Wisdom Workshops

Starting in 2012 we will be doing Body Wisdom Workshops and Body Wisdom Practitioner Weekends. If you want to learn the when, where’s and how much’s about these classes, please visit the suzypruddenbodywisdom.com site and subscribe so we can keep in touch with you.

Body Wisdom Layouts

If you want to draw a card every day and see what your issue for the day is you can go to www.suzypruddensbodywisdom.com where there is a page set up for a different card to open every time you open the page.

If you have slips or cards you can draw from them.

We have also published a Body Wisdom Journal for you to use to keep track of what you draw and the insights from what you drew. There are also notes for you to write down what happened during the day that related to what you learned.

If you wish to do a lay out, we have found the best to be the three card layout.

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Card 1 Card 2 Card 3

Where you are now What you to do effect change Your Outcome

BODY WISDOM

ABDOMEN

Your abdomen represents your ability to safeguard and express thoughts and ideas – your inner creativity. It also represents your area of intuition – your gut feelings. A building up of extra weight on the abdomen indicates that there may be a blockage in your life. You might be feeling trapped, stuck or unable to move in or out of a certain situation. Fear of some kind may be causing you to deny your self. Denial may be related to the problem. Abdominal pain, disease or weight gain may also indicate an inability to bring your thoughts and ideas to fruition. Dis-ease in the abdominal area may mean that you are unwilling, or unable to listen to, respect or honor your intuition. That may play out in your life as knowing that bad things might happen which you consistently fail to pay attention to with negative results. Pain, disease or weight gain may reflect blockage in your career goals. Weight gain in the abdominal area, in particular, is indicative of the development of heart disease which indicates that your inability to listen to yourself may be impacting on your center of love and empowerment.

When you draw the Abdomen Card or Slip you are being asked to examine the blockages and fears that are keeping you from fully expressing your thoughts and ideas and bringing those thoughts and ideas to fruition. It also asks you to pay attention to those instances in which you don’t listen to your inner knowing and failed to protect yourself in your life. Pay particular attention to instances in which your desire to be liked and to be accepted interferes with your need to proactively protect yourself. Ask yourself: Where you feel that you need protection? What is causing you to deny and express your true self? What has to happen for you to pay attention to your small inner voice – your intuition?

To work with issues of the abdomen, ask your Higher Self what you need to know in the area of safeguarding your thoughts and ideas, so that you feel safe and protected in developing or expressing them. What has to happen to advance your creative ideas? You may also ask about where you are experiencing creative blockages in other areas of your life and what you need to do to release them. Finally, ask your Higher Self what has to happen in order to trust yourself when you have a hunch that you should or shouldn’t do something. Ask particularly what has to happen so that you can consistently act on your hunches rather than pushing them away so that you get into trouble or fail to do something that will advance your life, your relationships, or your career. Write your questions with your dominant hand. Write your answers with your non-dominant hand. Do not judge the answers. Do not get in your own way with doubts about your ability to do whatever comes to your mind. Simply write down what comes to you. When you have an answer, ask your Higher Self what you need to do to shift your need to protect your thoughts and ideas so that you may more fully express them openly and fully and release any blockages you may be experiencing. Also ask what has to happen for you to listen to, and honor, your inner guidance? The final question of every session should be, Is there anything else I need to know?

Find the affirmation that you feel best suits your needs in this moment. Or make up an affirmation that you feel more closely satisfies your needs. Write the affirmation on a 3 x 5 card. Carry it with you, rather than posting it somewhere, and read it numerous times throughout the day. (If you post it, it will soon become invisible to you and you will get no benefit from it.)

Affirmations:

* It's now okay to bring my thoughts and ideas into the world safely.

* It's now okay to listen to, and act on, my inner knowing.

* It's now okay to know I have an endless number of ideas.

* It’s now okay to take action on my ideas.

* It’s now okay to release all blockages from my life.

* Create your own Affirmation.

To draw a card, go to www.suzypruddensbodywisdom.com

ADRENAL GLANDS

The adrenal glands represent balancing emotions. A person with out-of-balance Adrenals will be subject to exhaustion, mood swings and an out of balance life. Since the Adrenals also support the Thyroid, there is a chance of sudden unexplained weight gain or loss.

When you draw the Adrenal Gland Card or Slip you are asked to look at those areas of your life where you lack emotional balance. Are you subject to exhaustion and mood swings? Do you sleep well? Are you experiencing unexplained weight loss or weight gain? Do you suffer from an inability to lose weight? Do you feel a need for protection in your life – protection from things over which you seem to have little or no control? Do you drink a great number of caffeinated drinks, coffee or black tea that work less and less well to stimulate you?

To work with adrenal gland issues ask your Higher Self about what you need to know in the area of balancing your emotional life. You may also ask about how you are responding in out of control ways to the issues that are coming up in your life - rushes of anger that do not match the circumstances for example. You may also ask how you can protect yourself from the things over which you seem to have little or no control. You may also want your higher self to explain why you are experiencing sudden unexplained weight loss or weight gain. Write your questions with your dominant hand. Write your answers with your non-dominant hand. When you have an answer, ask your Higher Self what you need to do to shift your need to balance your emotions so that you may release any mood swings you may be experiencing. Ask how you can protect yourself from the things over which you seem to have no control. Do not judge the answers. Do not get in your own way with doubts about your ability to do whatever comes to your mind. Simply write down what comes to you. The last question of every session should be, Is there anything else I need to know?

Find the affirmation that you feel best suits your needs in this moment. Or make up an affirmation that you feel more closely satisfies your needs at this time. Write the affirmation on a 3 x 5 card. Carry it with you, rather than posting it somewhere, and read it numerous times throughout the day. (If you post it, it will soon become invisible to you and you will get no benefit from it.)

Affirmations:

* It's now okay to be balanced in my emotions regardless of what's going on in my life.

* It's now okay to release the stress in my life.

* It's now okay to proactively protect myself from things over which I seem to have no control.

* It's now okay to release mood swings and feel more in control.

* It's now okay to be free of unexplained weight gain or weight loss.

* Create your own Affirmations.

To draw a card, go to www.suzypruddensbodywisdom.com

ANKLES

Your ankles represent the way you move through change. As with the wrists, your ankles represent your ability to take in and receive pleasure but more narrowly as it applies to change. Ankles add ease and flexibility to your ability to move through and deal with change. Because of their junction with the feet - your foundation and your ability to move forward in your life, ankle change is also about forward motion. When you have pain or injury in your ankles you want to look at where you are holding yourself back from necessary change, and where you are denying yourself pleasure in life-foundation areas.

When you draw the Ankles Card or Slip you are being asked to examine worries or resistance to change that prevents you from moving forward in your life. You are also being asked to pay attention to those life changing opportunities that improve your life that may at first seem too risky. Pay particular attention to habits that you may have developed around being open to change. In many instances when you get to the other side of change you will look back in amazement and wonder what took you so long. Ask yourself: What changes are my ankles pointing to and what has to happen to make them happen? What is the worst thing that could possibly happen if you actually make the changes that you know need to be made? How do you get into action?

To work with Issues of the Ankles, ask your Higher Self about what you need to know in the area of identifying the changes you need to make in your life, overcoming resistance to those change, and getting into action to make the changes happen. You may also ask about where you are experiencing a lack of pleasure or unhappiness that could be fixed with the slightest of changes. Finally, ask your Higher Self what has to happen in order make the changes happen in your relationships, family, career, prosperity or other major life areas – changes that now seem difficult or uncomfortable – that with the slightest difference could make your life seem simply marvelous. Write the questions with your dominant hand. Write the answers with your non-dominant hand. When you have an answer, ask your Higher Self what you need to do to shift your difficulty with change to an embrace of new things. What keeps you from thinking that you deserve more happiness and pleasure in your life and how do you change those beliefs to allow