FOR ME, this year had been an explosion of interrelated issues that have dutifully lined up, holding hands, to parachute out of my unconscious and into my conscious awareness. for my love and attention.
Health issues have increased and I, acknowledging that I must get to the bottom of them, have attended various GP appointments, consultations, had ultrasound scans, hysteroscopy scans, and blood tests.
It all started with stress, for years, and how excellent I am at holding it in. Where others freeze, freak out, and adrenalin-off- planet, no not I. I grin and bloody bear it. Fool. because Like fight or flight, the adrenalin has got to go somewhere.
So for many years, there I was, so good, at being controlled and in control, that I ignored and negated, dishonoured my true state of being.....congruent feelings. Yes I was being incongruent, I was not aligned with the truth of my energy. My outward play did not match my internal motion.
Women do this... a lot.
But we are SO good at this, that EVEN WE do not know we are doing this.
We so often get on with stuff, even when our hearts are bleeding, we feed the kids before we feed ourselves, we look after frail and aging parents even when our bodies are exhausted. We suffer fools, we do our best. We overcompensate for lack, we provide, we nourish, we nurture, so everyone else around us is being looked after, just not ourselves. All This, and, manage the house, the bills, the life plans, the pensions (we don't have, (all stress)), pay this guy, pay that guy... All before breakfast. This is not even including the home- work balance, which for most of us is a screen play or a film that we don't actually get time to sit down and watch.
I was doing this and non-grieving for my brother, who died of cancer in January.
Non-grieving I say, because I didn't have the luxury of shutting myself away and just allowing myself to cry. For me to be congruent, would mean me crying for two months, non stop, crying for a lifetime of sadness (my brother's). But we just say, I'm fine.......Actually my brother, even in pain, when asked, would say "I'm Fine". Whether he just knew we couldn't bear to hear the reality of his pain (he was ill, for many years with another unbearable illness. God knows how long the cancer had been growing for,) or, he had become desensitised, with medication, to the truth of his experience.
Stress is a killer, it will hurt us badly. Never mind the situations and events, reasons and causes of stress, because we do not share this, Stress is common to all, but the causes differ, one mans meat is another mans poison, as they say. But suffice to say, the situations and events, reasons and causes were like a long procession of haunting floats in a lifetime Halloween carnival.
Each one swallowed and stuffed further into my body.
This year was the year of clarity for me. A synchronistic happening occurred with the cracking of some windows in my home. The large sliding glass door leading from the lounge to the garden cracked, randomly and without cause and continued cracking throughout the summer. Two other windows in different rooms then began to crack, seemingly randomly.
The word "crack" just kept bouncing softly around my consciousness from time to time. " Something is cracking open. Cracks are appearing." It was me, I was beginning to crack.
My health issues finally took shape so that I could understand, my body was cracking under the stress that I had buried.
On the same day, recently, that the all the cracked windows were removed and replaced, I had complete clarity on this health issue, (that continues to resurface or rebound back into my physical body at certain times.) This summer was the time that this health issue demanded relief, and self knowledge, and completion and resolution from the whole crazy cycle.
Its all to do with my Solar Plexus. I had "Lost my power".
The hospital tests shows I am healthy, with healthy organs and blood and no obvious causes of disease means that my unexplained symptoms of abdominal pains and swelling, pulsing and weight gain, is a ........................womans problem.
Ok, jokes aside, It is actually my problem. " I had lost my power" I had driven into the ground by doing for others.
For years I have been overactive, reduced appetite and hugely skinny with stress, I don't drive and still managed to do the same if not more than most parents with their kids in getting them to school, friends houses, activities, sports events, and I WAS fit and healthy. This was not the cause of the stress, but it was what helped me ignore that much stress was in my life.
I have burned out. My solar plexus experienced harm. The feelings and emotions were buried and the solar plexus drowned in a sea of silence, I was not hearing, I was not delivering the goods to balance it out. So eventually it balances itself out, in order to do that, it swings the other way, the opposite extreme, It shouts at me to hear its voice.
Some of us are not in practice of being in the body, some of us are unable to master the spiritual emotional, energetic, mental and physical skills we need to operate at our peaks. Most of us alive that is. We all have our weaknesses and inabilities in some form or another.
Each chakra presents its own set of parameters which it needs in order to spin at bliss levels, these often overlap with the next chakra, to allow movement and balance from one to another. Blocks also occur from one to another.
I have been stopped in my tracks because I am fatigued. I am now in convalescence for my extremely sad solar plexus. But of course this is an energetic matter, the physical symptoms will be resolved when the Solar Plexus is balanced.
With healing and meditation, accupuncture and rest, and by listening to my body, and most important, honouring how I feel and being congruent, my symptoms have reduced greatly. Now they can only be described as those similar to IBS related symptoms.
Below is some writing on IBS related symptoms.
I have a copy of Carolyn Myss's books, 'Sacred Contracts' and 'Anatomy of the Spirit' (a quote from which is included further along in the included articles) . I totally recommend reading her work or seeing her stuff on line.
Also I have included some writing on the Solar Plexus. Finally there is a wonderful video from Magenta Pixie about the body and communicating with it. Its only about 16 mins long but YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT........ it really is, very good.
That's all from me in this post. I will be rubbing my belly often, and wearing Yellow until Christmas. Love and light, and laughing, (this too is very good for the solar Plexus, which probably explains why mine, has finally exploded)
Michaela.
Manipura
3rd the solar plexus just beneath the rib cage. 
Like a sun, the light that has descended into the nervous system. From here you are sensitive to situations. It is the centre of the human recognition and self worth. Unresolved situations create stress here. This is also the region of intellect and logic. It is concerned with organisation at every level of the individual. It provides the ability to discriminate life supporting from life damaging energies, brings clarity of thought, maintains personal power and helps to digest information and food. All types of digestive upsets, poor immune system and poor memory.
Where is Solar Plexus/Yellow Chakra Found?
The Solar Plexus is found Between The sternum bone and the navel, hence between the rib cage and the naval.
How to Access the Solar Plexus/Yellow Chakra?
The colour yellow represents intellectual thinking.
The colour gold represents identification, which the Gold allows us all to identify with the qualities of our souls.
A predominance of yellow in one's aura represents one's attachment to their ego's rational thought.
On the other hand, the predominance of gold in one's aura represents an ego that has surrendered its control of the physical earth vessel to their Soul.
On a physical level, the colour yellow stands for caution.
Yellow is between the
red of
"stop"
and the
Green of
"go".
Hence, the traffic light resemblance, acts as a caution.
What does the Yellow-Gold/Solar Plexus Do?
This chakra is the Power Chakra
On a Mental level
The power of this balancing chakra and the power of mind control, allows you to control and/or to gain freedom.
It governs our sense of self, the power that we have within and over our destinies, the power that we have over others, and the power that others have over us.
What does this Chakra Relate to?
This chakra is the Power Chakra and Relates to the;
Liver
Gall Bladder
Stomach
Spleen
Pancreas
The Yellow-Gold Chakra
Regulates how centred we feel during the day in relation to our mental facilities and our ability to be self-motivated.
Could the Chakra Have Another Dimension?
Yes, The third Chakra is known as the gateway into the Astral Plane of the fourth dimension,
Ruling our astral emotions.
However, these emotions are very different than physical emotions,
this is due to the emotions of the third Chakra being intertwined with our mental process.
Does the Yellow-Gold Chakra affect any of our Senses?
Yes, The third chakra rules our sense of sight. It rules the physical sight of our third dimensional conscious level as well as the
"second" sight, or our
"astral vision". It allows us to control and gain Power of our;
Egos||Relationships
When we find the power within ourselves, we no longer need to struggle against others or ourselves.
How do you know your Yellow Chakra is balanced?
You have;
||Good energy levels||happy and joyful||Very Good Self-acceptance||Confident||Relaxed||
||Very Clear Thinking||secure||Artistic||Respectful||Spontaneous||uninhibited.
How to Maintain a Good Balance of Your Solar Plexus/Yellow Chakra?
Yellow and Gold colours are usually a good source. Through either;
Crystal Therapy
Meditation
Colour Therapy
Decor
How Can You Tell you are Lacking the Balance of the Yellow Chakra?
||Lethargic||Unmotivated||No Self-Acceptance||Not Self Conscious||
||Insecure||Feels Sadness||Feels Depression||Feels Unwanted||
||Feels Inadequate||Jealous||Distrustful||
How to Treat Unbalanced Solar Plexus/Yellow Chakra?
Treat it with Yellow.
What are the Symptoms of excessive Solar Plexus/Yellow Chakra?
You have;
||Energetic||Perfectionist||Testing||Complainer||
||Workaholic||High level of sex drive||Intellectual||Authoritative||
||Superiority Complex||Inferiority complex||Judgemental||
Could I treat the Solar Plexus/Yellow Chakra Imbalances?
Yes with;
Meditation
Angel Therapy
Colour Therapy
Crystal Therapy
Decor
Aromatherapy
Crystals to Maintain the Solar Plexus/Yellow Chakra:
||Citrine||Amber||Gold Topaz||Gold Tiger Eye||Golden Calcite||
Crystals To Clear Blockages:
||Blue||Violet||Yellow Sapphire||Yellow Citrine||Topaz||Coral||Apatite||Calcite||Kunzite||
Aromatherapy
Fragrances for Balancing the Chakras;
||Henna||Bergamot||Ylang-Ylang||
Is There a Governing Planet for the Yellow chakra?
Yes, the Yellow Chakra is Governed by Aries and Virgo
Aries is Ruled by Mars and Symbolises;
Virility||Action||Violence||Courage||Boldness||Bestows Dynamism||Enterprising Spirit
Virgo is ruled by Mercury and symbolisers;
Intellectual||Thought Process||Comprehension||Learning abilities||Intellectual General Activities.
Is There a Complementary Colour for the Solar Plexus/Yellow Chakra?
Violet, as it quietens the energy of this chakra.
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(the following is taken from a chat room about IBS)
Has anyone seen the commercial geared towards women? The drug that treats IBS? They say IBS is twice as high in women that it is in men. NO wonder our society puts pressure on women and the pressure they put on themselves. I've always believed our women are undernourished sexually, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
The 3rd Chakra -- it starts with us HONORING OURSELVES!
Check out below what Carolyn Myss and what traditional American Doctors write. Any relation?
WWW.MYSS.COM
Sacred Truth: Honor Oneself
Be mature and honorable in the relationship you have with yourself and accept responsibility for the person you have become.
Organs Effects
Abdomen, stomach, upper intestines, liver, gallbladder, kidney, pancreas, adrenal glands, spleen, middle spine behind the solar plexus. Arthritis, gastric or duodenal ulcers, colon/intestinal problems, pancreatitis/diabetes, chronic or acute indigestion, anorexia, bulemia, liver dysfunction, hepatitis, adrenal dysfunction.
Issues
Trust, fear, intimidation, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-respect, ambition, courage, ability to handle crisis, care of yourself and others, sensitivity to criticism, personal honor, fear of rejection and looking foolish, physical appearance anxieties, strength of character.
ARTICLE ON TOWNNEWS.COM:
Women are no strangers to vague abdominal symptoms such as bloating, gas and bowel irregularities. For the most part, these symptoms occur monthly and are short lived. But for women with irritable bowel syndrome, known as IBS, these symptoms can be constant and interfere with everyday life.
At least twice as many women as men have IBS, a gastrointestinal condition marked by chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea and/or constipation. IBS is most often diagnosed in women in their 20s, and its symptoms can be experienced on and off throughout adulthood. Although it's not fully understood why IBS is more common in women, there are a number of biological and cultural theories. Below, Lin Chang, MD, an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, discusses IBS and its impact on women.
What is IBS?
IBS is known as a functional bowel disorder because there is no particular abnormality that causes it. Instead, patients have a cluster of symptoms. The major symptom of IBS is abdominal pain or discomfort. Patients have either diarrhea or constipation, or they might alternate between diarrhea and constipation. Other common symptoms are bloating, a sensation of incomplete evacuation, urgency, particularly in patients with diarrhea, and sometimes mucus in the stool.
How common is IBS?
Worldwide, the prevalence is between 10 percent and 20 percent. What's interesting is that about two-thirds of individuals who have IBS don't see a doctor or another healthcare provider for their symptoms. I think some people don't realize that they have a condition that their doctors can help them diagnose or treat. In other situations, people may feel that doctors will think it's all in their head because there are no objective tests to diagnose these conditions.
Is there a gender difference in IBS?
IBS is more common among women than men. The ratio of men and women who seek healthcare is somewhere between 1 to 4 or 1 to 3. But in the community itself, that ratio is maybe 1 to 2 at the most.
What are some reasons for the gender difference?
There are many different reasons why there might be a gender difference. I think that they include how women and men perceive themselves in society and whether they are willing to complain of GI symptoms like gas or diarrhea and constipation. There are probably a lot of biologic mechanisms that may have to do with estrogen, the female sex hormone, that affect the gut. So there is a whole host of biologic and psychosocial differences between men and women that may play a role in IBS.
What are the main factors that contribute to the development of IBS?
The mechanisms, or processes, underlying IBS aren't completely understood, but in general, there are three important inter-related factors that underlie IBS mechanisms. One factor is altered gut motility, or gut motor function. It will either be too fast, so a stool passes too quickly, or it will be too slow, so a stool passes slowly. People can also have increased secretions. The second factor is enhanced gut sensitivity, where the patients will have a heightened sensitivity to contents in the gut, such as stool or gas. So they'll feel bloated, or feel pain or discomfort. The third factor is communication between the brain and the gut. If there is any dysregulation of brain/gut interactions, you will have changes in bowel function.
One of the important neurotransmitters, or brain chemicals, that helps with brain/gut interactions is serotonin. Serotonin is produced in the brain and the gut and mediates gut sensation and gut motility. So changes in serotonin can lead to changes in gut motility and sensation and cause IBS symptoms.
Can you explain the relationship between stress and IBS?
Chronic stress plays a predominant role in IBS. It's associated with the onset and exacerbation of symptoms. Usually, these are stressors that have been going on for probably at least six months, rather than just day-to-day type of stressors. Long-term stressors include a history of verbal, physical or particularly sexual abuse, divorce, moving to a different place to live, changing your job. Such chronic stressors may lead to changes in gut motility and gut sensitivity.
Do men and women handle stress differently?
I think men and women handle stress differently, and that definitely plays a role in IBS. These gender differences have to do with a concept called biobehavioral stress that is based on evolution. Men typically have a fight or flight response, while women respond to stress in a more nurturing way. Women internalize the stress because their role in evolution is to protect their offspring, and not necessarily to get up and fight. Their internalized response leads to enhanced pain sensitivity, while men may respond with enhanced gut motility and an increased heart rate.
How does IBS affect people's quality of life?
Typically, people with IBS will have to miss work or school. They won't be able to go to their usual social activities because they have pain, or they have to run to the bathroom because they have diarrhea, or they feel bloated or uncomfortable. In addition, other aspects of their life can be affected, such as sleep and sexual function, specifically pain with intercourse. IBS also has an impact on emotional and psychological aspects of life.
How is IBS treated?
There is a whole host of treatments for IBS. They range from pharmacologic therapy with medications to non-pharmacologic treatments, such hypnosis, behavioral training or relaxation therapy. There are some new medications that can treat multiple symptoms of IBS, but typically we try to target the most bothersome symptom and then treat that symptom.
What are treatments for constipation?
For the treatment of IBS with constipation, patients typically take some type of laxative. There are many different types of laxatives that a patient could take, either over-the-counter or prescribed, for their constipation, but it doesn't really help their pain. Fiber may also help ease of stool passage, but it doesn't really help any other symptoms.
People with constipation may benefit from medication that works specifically on certain serotonin receptors in the gut. By acting on those receptors, it stimulates gut function and moves stool along the colon much more rapidly. It also causes increased secretion of chloride; fluids make the stool less hard. It also acts on nerves that are involved in transmission of pain.
What are the medical therapies that are available for abdominal pain and diarrhea?
Many patients with IBS and diarrhea, will take anti-diarrheal medications, which you can get over-the-counter. There is also a medication that acts on different serotonin receptor subtypes than the one for constipation. It slows transit of stools in the colon. It was withdrawn from the market, but has been re-approved for release under restricted use.
How can behavioral changes improve the symptoms of IBS?
The relationship between diet and IBS is somewhat complex: It's not so much that there are certain foods that cause IBS symptoms, but some people may have their individual triggers. If patients have an intolerance to dairy products, which is seen often in patients with IBS, they should try to avoid those products. Sometimes fatty foods, caffeine and alcohol can stimulate IBS symptoms. Taking some time to relax and doing timed breathing or relaxation exercises during the day can be very useful. Exercise and drinking plenty of fluids are other simple lifestyle modifications that can minimize IBS symptoms.
There is also some interesting stuff, written on the brain-gut pathway, Taken from the article above, I believe this is worth exploring more. Stress unbalances the amount of serotonin able to be absorbed by the brain, a common indication of depression. Depression is treated with medication that increases serotonin uptake by the brain.
'One of the important neurotransmitters, or brain chemicals, that helps with brain/gut interactions is serotonin. Serotonin is produced in the brain and the gut and mediates gut sensation and gut motility. So changes in serotonin can lead to changes in gut motility and sensation and cause IBS symptoms.
The neurological pathways in the gut are described as being the body's second brain.
Michaela.
Communicating with the Cells and Organs of Your Own Body (Macrocosmic/Microcosmic Unification)
posted 26 August, 2013, 3322 views,
Embracing the Unity between the microcosmic and macrocosmic universes within your paradigm.
Channelled & spoken by Magenta Pixie
Video edited by Catzmagick Productions
Images c/o Stock.Xchng
Graphics c/o motionbackgroundsforfree
Music c/o Kevin Macleod
Angelic Guides: Managing The Powerful Energy of The Equinox, channeled through Taryn Crimi, October 1, 2013 at http://angelicguides.wordpress.com
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