We don't realize how much we hold up (energy-wise) until we relax.

Try this: If you have a chronic body ache, like a sore neck, start with prayer. Ask for anything that you might be able to do to help this problem go away, if there is anything. Be sure to include "if there is anything." If tears fall, let them. Notice how the energy around the sore spot changes. All the extra tension tied up in the effort to: 

• give unnecessary support to the sore spot 
• give unnecessary protection to the sore spot 
• find a solution 
• reject the possibility that there may be none 

releases, and all you are left with the is just the sore spot. We may like to think that the area needs the continued support of the surrounding muscles, but we may discover that they are not trying to cradle the injury while it heals, but trying to hold up an unfounded, unrealistic desire.