The Spirituality of the Sciatic Nerves
We are deep in emotional/spiritual territory with the sciatic nerves. Once a person experiences sciatic pain, the issues are pretty serious.
The sciatic nerves run from the center of the back down the leg. When sciatic nerves confront issues, the pain goes from the back and down the leg(s).
Medical help is often necessary to relieve the pain. However, to deal with the emotional/spiritual issues, a different kind of work is also needed.
Nerve issues are concerned with communication, sensitivity, standing up for oneself. Core beliefs are involved because the pain goes through the back. Moving forward is a challenge because the legs are involved.
When I see a person suffering with sciatic pain, I often see someone who needs to go in a different direction and for whatever reason is having a difficult time with this. The feeling is that things are almost impossible.
Sometimes the person needs more support. Coping with everything alone is just getting to be too hard.
At other times, insight is needed regarding what is actually happening here. The person is suffering at the spiritual/emotional level and the physical body follows up with sciatic issues.
At the bottom of these issues is fear:
fear of one’s survival
fear of money issues
fear of rejection
fear of honesty
Give yourself this supportive meditation. Work with it until you’re comfortable with it. Once that happens, you can have much needed positive outcomes.
Begin this meditation by finding a safe, quiet place where you focus for a few minutes.
Breathe in positive, supportive energy and breathe out any negativity and fear you may be experiencing. Breathe for 1-2 minutes in this way.
Then, create a spiritual support group for yourself. Invite in positive energy you need to overcome the fear. Invite in angels and archangels. Include ascended masters if you want or saints. Invite in whomever you feel can help you in a positive way.
What’s important is that you invite in those you feel can be supportive.
One by one, invite members of your spiritual support group to come take a seat beside you.
Allow these supportive group members to support you and help you move forward to overcome issues causing fear. Allow them to offer advice and insight into your situation.
After a few minutes it’s time for your support group members to go.
Remember to invite your supportive group circle to offer you encouragement whenever you feel the need. When you invite them in, you are taking steps to overcome your issues.
Remember to invite them in to support you when you are concerned about the future and what it brings. Invite them to help you cope with doubts and fears. Share your emotional pain and anxiety.
When the session is over, remember to thank these spiritual supporters for all they are doing to help you through this difficult time.
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The Spirituality of the Pituitary Gland
The Pituitary Gland is the mother gland of the endocrine system. This makes it a pretty important component of the physical/spiritual body.
Even though the pituitary gland is only the size of a large lima bean, it secretes hormones that affect organs throughout the body:
kidneys
breast
uterus
bones
soft tissues,..
Other endocrine glands that are controlled by the pituitary include:
adrenals
thyroid
testes
ovaries.
With a healthy pituitary, we feel balanced. We are able to think clearly and have a sharp memory. We do not feel fearful or threatened and we are able to make good decisions.
To encourage your pituitary function, keep a short journal and spend about 5-6 minutes every day writing. The goal is to clear out confusion and disorder. Writing in this journal will allow you to let go of mental and emotional clutter.
You will be less burdened by pressures. When this happens, you will open up space in your life for things like compassion, creativity, and forgiveness.
Write about whatever comes into your mind without worrying about spelling or grammar. Focus on feelings, dreams, hopes.
As you do this, you will open paths to openness and healing. You will access your deeper self.
Dedicate this journal to a healthy pituitary.
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The Spirituality of the Parathyroid
The parathyroid is a very important but little noticed part of our bodies. It’s important when we need calcium for teeth and bones. It also controls phosphorus levels. So…this little gland is a real work horse. It is also a very spiritual part of the body because it’s an endocrine gland and they are a hub of spirituality.
Spiritually, the parathyroid needs attention when we are focused on fear of failure, and when we’re disappointed not only with ourselves but with others. Success seems to be far, far away when we need to offer attention to the parathyroid.
There is a strong need to break away from controlling friends, family, coworkers. When this happens, the inner light grows dim.
Begin this meditation by lighting a candle and focusing on the flame. This flame represents your confidence in your ability to be successful in your adventures.
Spend a couple of minutes encouraging this flame to ignite your dreams, your goals, your belief in your ability to succeed.
Now, speak to this flame. Offer it protection. Encourage it to do its job for your soul.
Encourage this flame of success and independence every day.
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The Spirituality of the Pancreas
Spiritually, the pancreas is all about giving and receiving love. It is also about learning to love the self. It’s important to learn to balance the gives and the takes in life.
Although the pancreas is about love, it is also about learning to digest different situations in life. It is significant that diabetes, a disease of the pancreas is becoming more and more prevalent in our society.
It’s also significant that diseases of the pancreas affect our overall health. When a person suffers with diabetes, s/he may also suffer with heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, as well as other complications.
Balance in life is important. People suffering with diabetes need to learn to control weight, get exercise, and generally keep all lifestyle activities in balance. “Everything in moderation” is important here.
Take a few moments to find a quiet place so you can breathe deeply and ground yourself. Take several grounding breaths as you breathe in and out deeply.
Allow yourself to release feelings of bitterness, confusion, and low self-esteem.
Bring attention now to your pancreas. Explore for a moment how your pancreas supports you and what it does for you as you digest your food. Reflect on how it helps you relate to love and balance.
Offer your pancreas a loving thank you.
Continue now to reflect for a moment on how you can bring balance to your life.
End this meditation with feelings of gratitude for all things your body does for you.
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The Spirituality of the Ovaries
This is where it all begins…this center of creativity.
The ovaries represent not only the source of life but the source of creativity as a woman. Today’s woman experiences many pressures –
lifestyle,
motherhood,
career.
A number of these pressures were not faced routinely by women in the past.
Today’s woman faces many issues on various fronts. How:
do you feel about creating life in your own body?
do you feel about being a woman?
can you “have it all”?
are you dealing with any pressures from outside sources to start/continue a family?
are the many masculine tasks which you routinely perform impacting your life?
do you nurture, support, honor, validate yourself?
long do you think you can “run on empty”?
As women, we all reach a point in our lives in which we must claim our voices and our wisdom. The first step in this process occurs when we become aware of our needs and desires.
It’s important to enjoy oneself as the goddess you are. It is equally important to cease:
self rejection
self neglect
self invalidation.
Begin by giving yourself just 5 minutes each and every day. Sit quietly, close your eyes, inhale and exhale deeply a few times. When you are quiet, review some of the things you are grateful for:
the insight you experience
your intuition
the courage and strength that you gain from being a woman.
Offer appreciation to your body in general and your ovaries in particular. Reflect on how your ovaries function for you.
If your ovaries are not as healthy as you feel they should be, send them healing energy and love. Thank your ovaries for all they have done for you.
If you no longer have your ovaries, send them gratitude for the support they offered to you when you had them.
Conclude this session by thanking your body – the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical parts of you which are moving you through your life day by day.
End now by gently moving in graceful motions.
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The Spirituality of the Lymphatic System
The Lymphatic System is a fascinating series of nodes or masses of tissue found throughout the body:
groin
armpits
neck
The lymphatic system keeps our internal systems clean by collecting toxins and getting rid of them. Lymph moves through the body when we move. Unlike the circulatory system which has a pump (the heart), the lymphatic system depends on our physical movements to be able to do its job.
Our lymphatic system works best when we create a positive, loving environment for ourselves. Ideally, we need to lead lives where we can appreciate and support ourselves as well as have a healthy sense of self-esteem.
When we are in situations where we are frightened, rejected, unloved, we feel vulnerable. This vulnerability makes it very hard for the lymphatic system to do its job.
The lymphatic system is proof positive that there is a relationship between what happens in your life, (feelings and thoughts), and your body.
Over the next week pay close attention to how you physically respond to different situations:
What happens when you recall a past event? Do you feel relaxed, stressed, frightened, sad?
What happens when you are irritated or frustrated? What happens to your breathing, back, shoulders, stomach?
What happens when you become angry? Where do you put these emotions in your body? Do you clench your fists? Do you get a headache? Do you suffer with constipation?
The message here is not what happens to us because we all have things happen to us. What is important is how we respond to these things called life. We are responsible for our attitudes and feelings.
After you have spent a few days becoming aware of your attitudes, feelings, and reactions, spend a few minutes in a quiet place.
Get comfortable. Turn on some calming music, feel safe, close your eyes and breathe deeply.
Continue to breathe deeply and calmly for a minute or 2.
Now, breathe deeply as you reflect on ways your body supports you and how you respond to this support.
Then, thank your body for the times when you are able to feel calm, positive, loving, comfortable, courageous, supportive, generous.
Thank your body for the times when you are able to experience a sense of positive self-esteem, offer leadership.
Continue to breathe deeply as you thank your body for the good health it offers you.
Thank your spiritual body for all it does for you.
As you are able to be deeply appreciative, end this meditation by moving slowly and gently.
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The Spirituality of the Lungs
Lungs are where we house grief, sadness. These emotions are with us over time.
Our lungs constantly work throughout our lives…from the first breath to the last. It’s interesting to me that they have no muscles. Diaphragm muscles keep pumping the lungs.
When anguish, dependence, stress, anger, sadness, and fatigue take over in our lives, it is difficult
to be independent,
to think clearly,
to say “no”,
to honor oneself,
to heal,
to become vital and flexible again,
to encourage creativity.
When you find yourself being overtaken by grief and sadness, it’s time to reduce your anxiety.
Begin by getting comfortable in a seated position.
Take a deep breath and hold it an extra moment…..
Breathe out and relax…..
Breathe in and out for a couple of minutes. As you inhale, invite peace and calm to enter your life. Relax on the exhale.
After breathing in and out with peace and relaxation, verbalize this feeling: “I invite deep peace and relaxation to enter my life with each breath.”
Now, continue breathing in and out as you release the sadness, anger, grief in your life.
Continue to breathe in relaxation and breathe out negativity. All you have to do for a couple of minutes is breathe in the positive and breathe out negative thoughts.
As you release negativity and invite relaxation into your life, notice the different ways you begin to feel better.
Open your eyes now and move gently as you end the session. Try to repeat this exercise whenever you feel overcome by sadness, grief, anxiety, negativity.
At the end of this exercise, embrace the positive parts of your life.
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The Spirituality of the Liver
The liver reflects how we feel about what is happening in our lives on both an . emotional and spiritual level.
The liver is the largest organ in the body and performs many functions. Fats are converted into energy, nutrients become usable, bile is produced. Stresses in the diet are felt in the liver first.
When our lives are out of balance, the liver reflects this condition with
Bad digestion,
Fatigue,
Headache
Poor appetite.
Because the liver is a primary detoxing organ, it can suffer as it works to deal with what is ingested. Anger, bitterness, depression, resentment are major toxins for the liver.
Often, anger, bitterness, depression, resentment are the result of struggles experienced as we seek to connect with meaning and purpose in life.
If the anger is unacknowledged or unexpressed, the situation is only worse.
The goal is a life path encouraging a healthy liver which in turn encourages creativity, enthusiasm, strength.
Place your hands on your liver as you visualize detoxing it. As you hold your hands on your liver, think of ways to
destress your life,
release anger created by situations in your daily life,
remove anger causing situations from your life.
As you hold your hands on your liver, think of ways to
encourage harmony
increase your levels of peace as you go about your daily activities
become aware of the perfection in your life.
End this session now as you breathe deeply into your liver for a few minutes. When you breathe into your liver, honor the healing and regenerating that is occurring in your body at this moment.
When you breathe into your liver, appreciate that your liver can and will regenerate itself as you bring positive actions and thoughts into your life.
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Spirituality of the Legs
Legs are very spiritual because they move us about in the world. We use our legs to stand, walk, run, dance, and move in general. As we move through life, our legs reflect our spiritual/emotional/physical state.
Sit in a public place for a while and watch people walk. They all have different gaits. Do you observe someone walking confidently down a hall? Is there someone taking uncertain steps?
When you observe the different gaits, ask yourself:
Is this person walking with an open or closed attitude?
Is a person moving in fear?
Is another person in pain?
Is there a purpose to a person’s stride?
Are the steps large or small?
Is someone stumbling?
As we move through life, our issues are reflected in our gait.
Relax comfortably for a few minutes. Take time to appreciate your legs and all they do for your body and for your spiritual development.
In the quiet of the moment, massage your legs as you meditate on how much your legs actually do for you.
Now, take a few moments to evaluate how your legs feel to you. Do they feel heavy, light, stuck, weak? Or, do they feel free, confident, supportive?
Talk to your legs now as you release them from all their burdens. Remove all negativity from your legs:
burdens,
obstacles,
fear,
anger,
limitations,
weakness.
As you massage your legs, focus on bringing warmth, positive feelings, and confidence to them. Offer them recognition and gratitude for all they do for you daily.
Offer appreciation for your legs.
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The Spirituality of the Knees
It’s difficult to have issues in life that do not have some connection to our knees.
Our knees facilitate many spiritual/emotional/physical activities. They enable us to dance, run, walk, kneel. Our knees are shock absorbers and major weight supporters. They are important players in body language activities.
With our knees,
we kneel…an exercise in humility.
we bend…as we release our feelings.
we carry weight… both spiritual, emotional, and mental.
we move forward in life…as our knees bend.
Offering healing to our knees is an important part of healing in general. As you offer healing to your knees, stand, sit, or lie face up…whatever position is most comfortable for you.
Place one hand on each knee.
Breathe into your issues. As you inhale, throw out everything you are judgemental about. Release it all to the universe:
anger,
blame,
confusion,
controlling emotions,
fear,
loss,
sadness
As you exhale, visualize these emotions as they leave you. See them disintegrate as they move away.
Continue with these breaths until you feel you have discarded all you can at this time.
Now, take a few grounding breaths.
When you feel grounded, spend a few minutes contemplating the opportunities now awaiting you since you discarded the negativity once housed in your knees.
Rub your knees encouragingly and positively for a few minutes as you experience the new way you feel.
Get up now, from whatever position you were in: sitting, standing, lying flat. Leave the safe space you were in and take a 5-minute walk to experience the future as it now presents itself.
Encourage yourself to breathe deeply as you move into the freedom of the future without the negativity you have been experiencing and housing in your knees.
Feel free to experience this exercise whenever you need.
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