Unraveling Pain: Birthing Myself into Belonging
How one hypnotherapy session rewrote my origin story
It all started when I sprained my knee on my birthday while running to catch the 2 train at Bergen Street in Brooklyn in 2022. In my attempt to leap up five steps, I made the train—but spent my birthday and the following summer limping around Park Slope.
Since then, I've had persistent knee issues. The pain would spread up my thigh, through my glute, and wrap around my hip and low back. Despite being flexible from regular yoga practice, no amount of stretching could relieve the persistent tightness.
Pain in the knee can often symbolize feeling stuck. Yet, I couldn't identify the source: I had opened my own practice, was in a great relationship, and was making new friends upstate. Something was missing.
I decided to explore this through heart-centered hypnotherapy, hoping to ease my knee pain and make yoga more comfortable.
The Process
After reaching a deep state of relaxation, we explored my relationship with the knee pain. If the pain could speak, it would say, "Let go!" and "Stop trying so hard!" This wasn't just physical discomfort, but a manifestation of deep-seated anger I hadn't fully recognized.
Our bodies hold emotions and experiences from our past. Even when our minds forget, our bodies remember. We were here to find the root cause.
First Age Regression: Age 11
I found myself in a vivid memory: lime-green walls, a tree outside the window. I could feel what it was like to be 11 again—alone, feeling like I didn't belong. I was always "the weird one" at home, at school, with friends. Always just a bit different.
In this regression, I released energy I'd been holding since childhood. I realized I had constructed an identity around being "othered"—learning to love being misunderstood, singing to trees, talking to spirits in the woods. What I hadn't recognized was how this led me to choose loneliness, assuming my differences before seeing our similarities.
Second Age Regression: In Utero
Suddenly, I was in total darkness, floating. I heard my mother's stomach growl, faintly heard my parents arguing about money in Spanish. I was scared, wondering, "Why did I (my soul) come here?" "What did I get myself into?"
My therapist guided me through a re-birthing experience. I pushed through the birth canal—difficult, uncomfortable, scary. To my subconscious, this was real. As a c-section baby, I had an opportunity to reclaim the power typically lost during surgical birth.
My core belief was that I wasn't supposed to be here, that coming to earth was a mistake. From birth, I had lived according to this belief, keeping to myself.
Healing
I returned to my adult self and held the newborn version of me. I told her how much I loved her and how much she truly belongs in this world. My heart-center enveloped us both with love, light, and compassion.
My knee had been holding onto the feeling of being stuck—trapped in my bedroom, in my mother's womb, isolated and outcast.
The Aftermath
The day after the session, my knee pain had changed. Instead of spreading through my leg and hip, it was localized precisely where the original injury occurred. Within two days, the pain disappeared entirely.
Energetically, a profound shift occurred. My heart feels grounded, and I feel deeply connected to those around me. My confidence has grown; I can hear it in my voice and feel it in my chest. I belong here. I am meant to be here. And what I say matters.
Your Healing Journey Begins Here
My experience with heart-centered hypnotherapy transformed more than just my knee pain—it reshaped my entire relationship with myself. If you're feeling stuck, carrying unresolved emotions, or struggling with persistent physical or emotional patterns, this healing modality offers a profound pathway to understanding and release.
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Deep emotional release
Root cause exploration
Connection with your soul
Holistic mind-body healing
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