Tears

Through her lens, is a collection of life experiences from the perspective of a Traditional Chinese medicine masters practitioner, trained yogi and truster of nature

Crying as a release.

I didn’t cry much if at all in the first weeks postpartum, I only felt joyous and slumber-some. But once I left my castle of peace, quiet and calm (other then baby chaos) the tears came and at times flowed like overflowing fountains. I’ll never forget one morning after our friends wedding. I was tired. We all were hot. And I was sad about a shirt that was too small. (Trivial but so real) The tears fell heavy and no matter what I did I felt like I could have kept crying!

Interestingly. Here is an awesome take on tears:

Dr. William Frey, a biochemist in Minnesota, has researched the chemical content of human tears. One of the substances found in tears was the stress hormone ACTH. Thus it is possible that shedding tears helps to reduce excessive amounts of ACTH and perhaps other substances that accumulate following a stressful event. Dr. Frey has suggested that the purpose of emotional crying may be to remove waste products from the body, similar to other excretory processes such as urinating, defecating, exhaling, and sweating. Frey’s conclusion is that “we may increase our susceptibility to a variety of physical and psychological problems when we suppress our tears.”

With that in mind I’m going to cry my way into light through release!