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The viscera, a place that many ignore, an area that grosses people out but one that should be respected, loved and touched. The visceral cavity is where the vital organs of the body live. They are an intelligent bunch, a wise old group, some more forgiving then others. The liver for example, you don’t want to be messing with this dense diva, she is one of wisdom who has been working for you since before you were born. Not an organ that is likely to regenerate after years of abuse but a damn tough one. The pancreas….who even gives their pancreas the time of day? Not many, but this organ is one that you simply cannot live without, be nice to it and love it up. Because if this baby goes, so do you.

Last night in class we practiced visceral massage, relating many chronic body aches and pains to different organs in the body depending on symptoms and the nerves that innervate. We listened to the organs with stethoscopes and could hear them talking to one another, carrying out their duties and some just resting, waiting their turn. We also listened to the brain which sounds a bit like a computer room, white noise, a hum of the main frame at work. To bring sound to your organs brings life and awareness to an area of the body often ignored. Abdominal massage is not something I give or receive often because we’re always thinking of the immediate needs. But the immediate needs, many times, have a relationship to these vital organs. So rub your belly, google your organs, find out what they do. Don’t ignore them, they are way high on the food chain of the body far surpassing muscles, hair and exterior appearances. Think about your organs, send them a nice message of thankfulness because they are working damn hard for you all the time, 24/7, 365.

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