Energy Medicine: activating your "inner mom"
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"Once you choose hope, anything's possible." ~ Christopher Reeve Today, we'll look at simple ways to turn on your "inner mom" to help all your organs and energy systems work in a more harmonious and coordinated way.
This is the third article in my series on Energy Medicine. If you haven't done so already, you might want to take a look at Part One, an overview of Energy Medicine and the invisible energies that flow throughout your body.
In Part Two we explored Energy Medicine and the Immune System- allergies, autoimmune disease, chemical sensitivity and other immune dysfunctions. We learned that the triple warmermeridian - an energy pathway and one arm of the immune system - can be reprogrammed with the self-help techniques of energy medicine to help it relax, be more discriminating, and back-off when other energy systems can kick in to do the job.
This series is based on the book Energy Medicine, Balancing Your Body’s Energies for Optimal Health, Joy, and Vitality by Donna Eden. [Just follow the link to learn more about Donna Eden.]
Activating your "inner mom"
Onto easy ways to kick-start the"radiant circuits" (strange flows) - another invisible energy system and the second arm of the immune system. These circuits mobilize your "inner mom" to support, strengthen, and encourage all your organs and energy systems to work together like a closely-knit family.
Unlike the aggressive approach of the triple warmer meridian, the radiant circuits employ a strategy of cooperation. They quickly redistribute energies where they are most needed in light of whatever the body encounters. Unlike meridians, the radiant circuits are not limited by specific pathways.
The spleen meridian is the leader of the radiant circuits, although like the Triple Warmer it's also a meridian. It is sometimes referred to as 'spleen-pancreas' because it corresponds roughly to the pancreas function in Western medicine rather than the function of the spleen. The spleen-pancreas meridian greatly influences all aspects of digestive function. According to Donna Eden, it is also "involved with the thymus, lymph, nodes, tonsils, andbone marrow and oversees the blood supply, metabolism, homeostasis, production of antibodiesand the distribution of nourishment throughout the body."
When the triple warmer is at war and the immune system has gone wacky, it conscripts energy from the spleen-pancreas meridian in particular, depleting the digestive functions and all the other activities listed above. As you can see from a glance at the list, the magnitude of potential impact is enormous. It's no wonder that people with overactive immune systems, often have digestive issues and acquire other co-occurring conditions.
Your chemistry follows your thoughts
Here's the key point:
Thespleen meridian and radiant circuits are greatly impacted byyour thoughts, images, and beliefs - more so than any other energy system of the body.
Therefore, to strengthen the spleen-pancreas meridian, the other radiant circuits, and all the adversely effected functions listed above you simply need to speak to them with kindness, empathy, and understanding.
It's true! Your body chemistry follows your thoughts. Where you mind goes, the energy flows.
This is not hocus-pocus. Scientific research has repeatedly confirmed the beneficial effects of a positive, optimistic attitude on health and healing. It has also documented the gains made from using visualization in the healing process. And, all the ancient wisdom traditions of the world tell us that mind has a powerful effect on the body.
Here are just three scientifically demonstrated examples of the healing power of mind from Donna Eden's book. You can find many more in the research literature:
Cancer patients with "optimistic explanatory styles have a significantly greater survival rate than others whose styles were less optimistic."
There's a a heightened immune response after watching an inspiring film as opposed to violent one.
Humor reduces the physical impacts of stress.
Shower your body with empathy and understanding
There are many ways to shower your body with a positive, life-affirming force. These are a few mentioned by Donna Eden.
self-hypnosis
guided imagery affirmations
being in nature
laughter
pleasure and delight
In addition to several easy physical exercises for supporting the radiant circuits and improving health, Donna also provides the following exercises that use visualization and the imagination:
Sending joy through your body
Sending color through your body
Sending forgiveness through your body
Sending gratitude through your body
Take a moment to consider this - How do you feel when someone gives you love and appreciation? It almost always boosts your mood and energizes your body. This is precisely how you turn on the radiant circuits: with love, joy, appreciation, understanding, and positivity.
Let me be clear that this is not the same as saying that "illness is all in your head." Rather, it's using the mind to heal the body. A positive attitude is not necessarily a magic panacea on its own, but it can be a powerful element in any treatment program.
Illness comes about due to a complexity of reasons. In the same way, healing often depends on the coming together of several different causes and conditions. For some people, healing may occur quickly. For others, it may take much longer. There is no "right" way to heal. There is just "your" own way - the route you discover on your own healing journey. Physical healing is not always the outcome or even the main point.
The Triple Warmer - Spleen Archetype
Donna Eden believes that some of us are genetically predisposed to a Triple-Warmer-Spleen imbalance. She says that "no energy pattern can yank a person around as much as a triple warmer-spleen imbalance." An overactive Triple Warmer robs the spleen of all the energy it needs to do it's job:
"This throws off the balance in every other system of your body. It ensures metabolic, chemical, and hormonal disarray. It particularly affects the nervous and immune systems, and it leaves you with the feeling that you body's reactions make no sense and that you are powerless to help yourself."
She sees a triple warmer-spleen imbalance as responsible for:
food-cravings
a yo-yo weight situation
obsessive eating
anxiety
foggy thinking
mood swings
premenstrual syndrome
allergies
most autoimmune diseases
chemical sensitivities
recurrent infections
Let's face it, modern medicine is somewhat at a loss when it comes to effectively addressing allergies, autoimmune conditions, and immune deficiency - all of which are dramatically increasing as our environment becomes more polluted.
But all is not hopeless! Amidst all the confusion and suffering, the explanations provided by Donna Eden are lucid and the tools she offers effective. However, they are just one approach to Energy Medicine - there are many others for you to explore.
Energy Medicine is not a "quick-fix." It requires patience, diligence, the courage to take responsibility for your own health, and the guts to work with your own mind and imagination.
It's a whole new world of possibility and healing waiting to be discovered.
I would love to hear your thoughts about Energy Medicine and your own experiences.
I am not a medical practitioner nor offering medical advice. I am only sharing research and information on approaches that have worked for me. Also, I am not receiving compensation for recommending this book.
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