>You bring good energy to your food preparation; no longer carrying feelings of guilt or shame;
A healthy relationship with food is essential to the overall wellness of the multidimensional YOU. At a very young age, the development of this chakra occurs as we learn about relationship dynamics and self expression in an empowered way. Unfortunately, it’s not until adulthood that most discover that this chakra is highly underdeveloped, and some never make the connection. The evidence shows up with how we suppress our feelings, mismanage our relationships, and abuse our bodies with bad nutrition. If we had only learned early on the importance of understanding that food affects everything. If we knew that food affected our mental clarity, our emotional state and many other key areas needed to thrive, we would have made better decisions, at least as an adult with decision making power. Some have experienced emotional and relational traumas that they were not equipped to properly handle and make sense of and turned to food for emotional comfort and validation. Before they even knew it, they were spiraling out of control with weight gain, physical ailments and uncontrolled behaviors. As a recovered emotional eater, I never recognized how much I used food to medicate myself and experience a false sense of self-love. Somewhere along the way, I blocked out the facts: the weight gain, the bad skin (as a result of all of the processed foods full of chemicals that my body didn’t know what to do with), the achy joints, the out-of-balance hormones, the low self-esteem, the lack of confidence and even my ability to think rationally. Yes, that’s a tough one to admit but it’s true. My body was so saturated with unknown chemicals from a diet that consisted primarily of processed foods. The sacral chakra affects your thoughts and feelings about physical pleasure, creativity, sexuality, sensuality, intimacy, your body, relationships and basic emotional needs. I now know that my sacral chakra was completely out-of-sync as I experienced great deprivation in all of the areas just mentioned. Here is the best part of this article. I used food to heal my sacral chakra! Do you get that? Let me say it again. I used food to heal my sacral chakra! Isn’t that amazing? How did I do it? One day back in 2010, I woke up from my food induced coma! I made the decision to eliminate ALL processed food, ALL refined sugar, most dairy products, ALL sugary drinks like soda, fake juices, etc., and ALL meat- animal protein from my diet! That was the day the healing began. Since then, the hormonal imbalances have corrected themselves without the assistance of traditional medicine (which the Dr’s tried unsuccessfully prior to the elimination), the need for physical pleasure has increased exponentially, the creativity is unblocked, the intense awareness of sexuality, sensuality and intimacy are restored and my relationships are healthy, thriving and meeting my basic emotional needs. My body is now thriving too on a cellular level: absorbing, utilizing, digesting and eliminating. ALL OF THESE GREAT RESULTS ARE SIMPLY BECAUSE I CHANGED MY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD.
If you want to explore how your food choices are directly linked to the blockage of your chakra and unresolved emotional baggage, please give me a call. Together we can uncover the patterns and develop your very own healing plan, with the goal of restoring harmony, mind-body-and spirit so that everyday can be the best day of your life!