Welcome to the final day of week 2! You made it.
As we have talked about throughout this program, wellness is a combination of the mind, body, and spirit. If we are stressed, cortisol is released which causes the body to hold onto fat. This link explains more about how cortisol works.
So, one way to reduce stress is through mindfulness, connecting to how your body feels, understanding how your inner self affects your outer self. One of these ways is through learning about chakras, an aspect of Eastern medicine. We have seven chakras in the body as shown below.
Now we are not going to go into depth about what these chakras all represent but I do want to talk about the third one, shown in yellow above, which is known as the Solar Plexus or Naval Chakra. We have all heard the phrase “trust your gut” which is about listens to our instincts. But what does our “gut” have to do with intuition? Well, our gut aligns with this third chakra, and it is the energy of this chakra that we need to balance in order to be able to hear our intuition.
This chakra represents our personal power, governs our self-esteem, personal identity, digestion, and metabolism.
Chakra 101: An Introduction to the 7 Chakras
When this chakra is balanced, you’ll find that self-confidence, a sense of purpose, and self-motivation are present in your life. When presented with an issue, you’re able to let it go and not attach to the external circumstances at hand.
When out of alignment, you can experience digestion issues, low self-esteem, and have difficulty making decisions.
So, I encourage all you to think about how this relates to your own relationship to your intuition, especially as you go through this program which explores different wellness options. I’ll leave you with this video about how to use your intuition once you have connected to it.