leaky gut: a spiritual perspective
When did we start believing our bodies are so fragile?
When did we stop believing in the strength of our bodies over our environment?
I woke up this morning curious about this idea: why do we place so much emphasis on the “dangers” of the environment… without trusting in the power of our bodies?
Sure: the soil may be different now, foods stripped of their nutrients moreso than back in the day, more chemicals circulating our everyday lives…
But when did we stop believing our bodies could equally evolve?
When did we get to the place where we have to be so cautious of EVERYTHING?
In my experience… that fear of the environment… is exactly what causes the body to not be able to tolerate what is in the environment.
I’m not saying more dangerous or “lower vibrational” things don’t exist in the environment.
But what I am saying is: what happened to focusing on the belief that you - the body - are safe?
Despite the environment
Why haven’t we evolved in our inner safety?
Do you notice how the reason why people these days eat “cleaner” (whole) foods, exercise more consistently, & buy non-toxic products…. is because of this fear of their environment?
How the new-age gut industry speaks to all these dangers - which then motivates people to do the above?
Making the ENTIRE intention… all from fear?
To run away from “danger?”
Which we know, doesn’t actually heal things on a spiritual level - the fear of lack of safety actually exacerbating more things to be fearful of - more lack of safety
Like: leaky gut. autoimmune things.
Despite “doing all the right thing” for health
& there aren’t more conversations about THAT yet?
Leaky gut (in my words): when tiny particles breakthrough the gut barrier into the bloodstream & then onward to other areas of the body
The gut holds the sacral chakra - the center of emotions
What if leaky gut represented something bigger? A bigger idea…
The gut barrier being the lining - like a boundary
A boundary being: the choice you make between what you ALLOW IN vs don’t allow in
What if leaky gut represented simply allowing in emotional experiences… that don’t serve us?
Which could be: putting other people’s emotions above your own (codependency), relationships where you give give give & don’t receive back, work environments that drain your energy, self-deprecating thoughts about who you are, doing things out of shame + guilt…
I believe leaky gut shines a light on a much bigger thing: how we make decisions based on our environment / people - verses from pure personal power independent of the environment / people.
It was this type of work - that healed my food intolerances - along with other health conditions
Moreso than eating the perfectly clean diet + avoiding all chemicals in my environment or products used
When I was really suffering with gut issues 8 years ago - my stomach was 9 months pregnant all of the time, most foods hurt my stomach, I had more severe anxiety & depression, I felt completely helpless in trying to fix it…
That’s when I was researching heavily into leaky gut - trying all the natural things
A belief that came from this (which was actually developed in middle school with a heavy fixation on “health” (mainly to look good) via celebrity diets + health magazines + The Biggest Loser) - was this fear that any “bad” food for the gut, would wreck havoc on my entire gut.
The belief that one piece of gluten… one legume… one whatever…
Or even using one chemical product… that wasn’t “all natural”…
Could completely destroy my gut (in which my mind created the story that - it would destroy my health)
Which - on a subconscious level - made me a bad person (for not taking care of myself)
Now, at that time, I literally HAD to be SO selective with the foods I was consuming because I literally couldn’t tolerate much at all. I was so desperate for answers & eventually found the one naturopathic doctor who actually helped me. He used a Color & Sound therapy (my first introduction to energetic healing) along with a diet + supplement routine for 2 months.
One thing that separated him from every other doctor I’d been to was that when I told him everything I was struggling with, he leaned back in his chair, & very calm, warm, + poised, said: “that’s an easy fix.”
As if all the debilitating struggles I had experienced for the past 9 months… could just be wiped out
That certainty he held - his BELIEF - along with the balance of the energy (spiritual) + diet/supplements (physical) healing - I believe, is why I healed after months of complete helplessness
It wasn’t the end-all, be-all… but it was exactly what I needed at that time to get back on my feet - leave the house more again, get a job, & move forward with my life
But that’s another story for another time….
I’m very aware that I still eat “cleaner” + prioritize health more than most likely 90% of humanity as a whole
& I have the privilege to have access to healthy foods, places like Whole Foods & Trader Joes - & I choose to buy cleaner processed products 80-90% of the time at the grocery store
Which all plays into my overall health
AND….
I still know the energetic work - looking into the symbolism of the imbalances in my body, feeling out my emotions everyday for 3 years, shifting how I approached relationships + work from that - was the core root solution for me
Over supplements / hyperfixation on food alone
I was a health nut since middle school… & became the sickest I’d ever been when I was eating the cleanest + lifting in college (I’ve always worked out consistently though)…
& I don’t find it surprising with what I know now, that most people in the health / fitness industry… also tend to have autoimmune, gut, or hormone related things going on too.
We need the balance of the physical + spiritual work
What I say will not resonate with everyone - I know that
I believe my people - are the ones who have already been obsessed with this stuff
The ones eating the cleanest, buying only “all natural” products, needing to exercise…
All created unconsciously from a fear of their environment…
- M