Angel Therapy Guidance: Sacral Chakra

I felt the need to share another one of my latest Doreen Virtue Angel Therapy Card Deck today to provide some guidance for my readers.  The card I had fall out of the deck was the Sacral Chakra:

It appears that the angels are providing us with a little warning that we may currently be more sensitive to our environments.  This can include energies, processed foods, and chemicals.  We must be sure to be aware of what negative energies we may be picking up from those around us.  We also need to watch our foods at this time.  Eating many processed foods and being exposed to chemicals may rid us of energy more easily.  We must watch our cravings and allow ourselves to be cleared of these energies and chemicals.

To receive angelic healing to release yourself of cravings so you can have inner balance, you should sit in a quiet location and say either silently or aloud: “Archangels Raphael and Michael, please come to me.  I ask that you detoxify my mind, body, and spirit now”. 

Simply breath deeply for a few moments paying close attention to any bodily sensations that occur.  You may feel some sort of tingling and other subtle sensations — simply be quiet and receptive and see what comes to you.

Once your body feels calm be sure to thank the Archangels for their assistance.

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2 Tips to Help Settle Your Stomach for Good

Most everyone has dealt with an upset stomach at some point in their lives.  Much of the human population today suffers from frequent heartburn, diarrhea, bloating, or constipation.  More and more people every day are being diagnosed with gluten intolerance or other Irritable Bowel Diseases (IBD).  Even more are being diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), which is particularly more dominant in young females.

Along with so many of my fellow friends and peers around my age, I myself am also have IBS symptoms and have been struggling to find balance with it for several years.  For this post, I would like to go through some of my experiences of what I have found works and what doesn’t work.

In Western Medicine, most digestive issues are treated with either synthetic medications or dietary changes.  A good portion of the US population is spending large portions of money each year in hopes to “cure” their chronic digestive issues.  With the recent discoveries of traces of IBD and IBS, this has influenced Western Medicine to invent detox diets, promote diets with high fiber, and promote overall healthy eating.

From my personal experience, I can say that with my IBS I had no options with medications nor was I really in favor of allowing myself to become dependent on them because I realized early on that it simply doesn’t work in the long term.  Rather than cure the issue, it only fixes the issue for that moment.  And even then, the any medication I’ve used  would make the issue worse over time.

As a result, I jumped on to a big health kick.  Many of my old roommates can certainly confirm my strong motivation on eating healthy.  I have often been the one ordering a anything vegetarian — and not for the reason that I’m vegetarian, but because I knew it would be better for my stomach than large portions of meat, dairy, and starches.

I’ve also often purchased herbal cleansing kits and followed the diets of all-natural foods along with it.  Though following this type of diet and still allowing myself to go out and be social was difficult, I did notice a difference in digestion and felt better overall after a 7 or 14 day cleanse.

Since that time I have now moved to Korea, which certainly has different food available from Western cultures.  Whole grain foods are difficult to find and very expensive, food is often spicy, and vegetables are often in the forms of roots rather than the vegetables we are used to in the US.  And needless to say, despite my attempts to find a way to balance it in this environment, I wasn’t quite doing as well as I hoped.  The probiotics of kimchi and vegetables in bibimbop just wasn’t quite working for me, and I kept feeling that the spice was triggering heartburn.

As a result, I found myself a Chinese Medicine doctor to receive acupuncture and herbs.  After about 6 treatments, I found myself perfectly normal again.  Like, I forgot what “normal” actually felt like until I had these treatments.  For a few weeks I took 20 small pills of chinese herbs after every meal and had needles put in my stomach under a heat lamp.

And you know the best part?  I could eat anything.  Yes and I mean ANYTHING!  I could go to Baskin Robbins and eat ice cream every day without a fear of eating too much dairy.  I could eat spicy and had no heartburn.  I experienced no bloating or abdominal cramps.  And I must say — it was amazing!

In Chinese medicine, the cause for IBS is a Qi Spleen Deficiency (and other digestive issues can as well).  If you have a deficiency in Qi you can actually tell by looking at your tongue.  If there are teeth indentations then it means that you are lacking Qi energy.  What causes it?  Often stress and emotions.  Which, of course, leads to my next issue…

… it didn’t last.  I wish I could say that all was well and Chinese Medicine worked jubilantly and I never had to get a treatment again, but no.

Why didn’t it work?  Based on my experience and self observation I can only think of one reason: Ego is too often present.  Meaning, the reason that it didn’t work is because there is still more thinking than living in the moment.  I can say that in all of my personal experience that the only time that I had a perfectly balanced system without watching diet or  using herbs was when I was so busy that I had no time to think.  I was constantly running around teaching, organizing, directing, and preparing.  I was spread thin every single day with time to do things yet.  Why did it work?  Because with the work I was doing I was constantly overcoming fears and acting out of my intuition rather than my mind.  Any past hurts or fears didn’t exist in those moments because I had no time to even have them cross my mind.  All I could talk and think about was what I had to do later than day and tomorrow and developing new ideas.

So what are my 2 suggestions to help settle your gut?

1.  Try acupuncture.  It truly does help you to release and balance your emotions.  The trick is that is that you also need to keep suggestion number 2 in mind.

2.  Live in the moment.  Quite the mind and allow yourself to be fully engaged through spirit in each and every moment.

Of course, the second suggestion can be the ultimate struggle for many.  This is why I am providing this recommended reading:

Irritable Bowl Syndrome: A TCM Perspective

Yin Yang House: Exploring Wellness East and West

Irritable Bowl Syndrome: A Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective

“Perfect Digestion” by Deepak Chopra, MD (a Indian medicine approach to IBS)

“The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle (its like therapy to read it by influencing you to quiet the mind)