Moving Forward - Thoughts on Digestive Health

[suzanne sanders]

ARE YOU DIGESTING LIFE: by Sue Sanders

The digestive system is interesting and complicated. It is full of winding paths, good bacteria (your friends) and bad bacteria (bad people). It has the good, the bad and the ugly.
Just like life…
And after you have a good dump, the world feels wonderful and you are at ease and ready for your day.
Our Digestive System is who we are in our lives.
The mouth is like a birth canal. It gives life from the nutrients we chew, it speaks, it has a voice, if the voice does not speak, the fire burns the path within us (acid reflux)
The esophagus, gives us our breath, it is the wind tunnel of life.
For some the nutrients of life get stuck, along life’s winding path, holding on, not letting go, anger, constipation, holding in negative emotions. For some the nutrients of life are let go too quickly, (not dealing with life).
For some the nutrients of life are breaking away and getting lost from their path, only absorbing life in little fragments and loosing life in little fragments with a feeling of not being complete, partial elimination, not living life fully.
Absorbing life part way is toxic to ourselves.
It is important to let loose, let go of what does not serve us, but not squirted away before it is healed, because then life will leave you dehydrated and thirsty.
Same is true with holding back, holding back, constipates one’s life, then life becomes a toxic cesspool, reliving toxic emotions over and over again will leave you stuck.
Too much fire burns your path, creating dark charred areas of fear, worry and hate, only to leave a burning hole in your insides.
Somewhere in your path, maintain that fire, keep it warm, otherwise, that hole grows bigger, darker and rage starts to consume your path eating up life inside you.
If the fire is being put out, then the nutrients of life are not being used. It is time to stoke up the fire and take steps into your life path.
The end of the winding path is a reminder that life is recycled.
Where there is an end there is always a beginning.
When you hold back at the end and leave things unfinished, you’ll be feeling the bumps of that life decision.
Sit back and relax.
Fear makes you hold on to tight.
No sweating over the small stuff or big for that matter.
Don’t worry, so life can be smooth.
Grow healthy bacteria, take care of your community and live life more fully.
Just let go and breathe
So you can poop out life with ease.

Are you plagued with indigestion? 

Common Actions That produce Indigestion:

Negative Expressions and Feelings: 

"Sick With Worry"

"You've Had A Belly Full"

"Got No Guts"

"You've Spilled Your Guts"

Stress and tension caused by society's fast paced life

Stress and tension caused by watching the news (especially to much)

Overeating

Eating too fast

Swallowing air ( a major cause of indigestion among high strung, nervous people)

Improper chewing 

Improperly combined foods or foods not cooked properly

drinking to much liquid with your meals

constipation

What To Do For Indigestion: 

Slow life down

Stop rushing through life

Seek joy and beauty daily

Gives thanks for what you have

Choose purpose over panic

Choose moving forward instead of holding and living in fear

Limit the amount of news that you watch

Don't let the media control your life

Exercise daily at least 5 times a week

Limit screen time, especially during your meals

No phones at the dinner table, no screens at the dinner table

Seek the forest, seek the mountains, sit with nature

Chew your food slowly, chew chew chew

Eat your meal slow

Breath - meditate daily

Eat smaller meals

Eat a diet full of greens, bitter greens, cooked greens, lots of wonderful organic veggies

Add cultured  and fermented foods

Liver  Tea Tonic

Tea For Indigestion:

3 parts peppermint

2 parts chamomile

2 parts fennel

1/4 part ginger

1 part anise

1 part caraway 

Mix together, put in a jar, label

For convenience use a french press to make tea

1 heaping teaspoon per cup of water

Lemon Balm Release

3 parts lemon balm

1 part lemon verbena

1 part lemon grass

2 parts chamomile

1 part wood betony

1/2 part spearmint

Sprinkle of rose petals for beauty and color

Mix herbs, put in a jar and label

For convenience use a french press to make tea

1 heaping teaspoon per cup of water 

Make a cuppa tea, sit back relax and release