Justin Baldoni Instagram – What a powerful, spiritual, emotional and healing experience this has been. Not just for my body, but for my heart. Not just for me, but for my family.
For so long I’ve had this almost hatred and disappointment with my body…and my body responded accordingly.
From knee injuries playing soccer in middle school, to my hamstring tear senior year that sent me into a depression and altered the course of my life. To phantom back pain that even specialist couldn’t figure out – my body was always talking to me, but I never listened.
I’ve always wanted my body to be bigger, stronger, faster, to do more and push through. To be the best. To be a machine. This is what I was told would earn me love and respect. But at what cost?
For years and years my body has been telling me it was tired. To slow down. That it needed rest. And that more than anything… it needed love.
I wish it didn’t take so much pain for me to listen, but for many men like myself…that’s unfortunately the way we have been trained. We are invincible – until we aren’t.
And I’m not. Far from it. And finally grateful to be a simple mortal. I’m finally starting to appreciate this gift that is my vessel.
It’s time for me to slow down a bit. To pull the arrow back so it can fly forward.
I am finally starting to give my body the rest and the love it has been desperately asking for.
My injuries haven’t been a sign I’m broken. They have been a sign that I need rest. That I’m enough as I am and there are seasons to push and seasons to pause.
As you can see in these pics, I’ve been praying and meditating preparing my body for healing. To welcome these powerful life giving stem cells. Thanking them for healing me. Thanking my body for all amazing things it has let me do.
Telling myself that I am worthy of healing.
That my body is enough and I am listening.
That my pain served a purpose and I am grateful for it- and I can now let it go.
That I am healed.
So much of healing is a mindset. It’s never too late.
So grateful to the meticulous team at @bioxcellerator_ and for the 368 million stem cells they injected into my body.
Here’s to #healing. Here’s to #love.
#stemcelltherapy Medellín, Colombia | Posted on 09/Apr/2022 19:34:07