Trusting Your Gut Feeling | Wellness Wednesday

“If something feels bad, it’s probably bad” – that’s something my abuela used to tell me. Because the truth is, your gut will never let you down.

Gut feelings earn their name from the place in the body where they make themselves known. A pang in your gut when you may be doing the wrong thing, or a vibrant zing when your body approves, can guide you reliably at times when logic or common sense fails. But when we ignore our gut, we usually live to regret it.

Our gut resides in the neighborhood of our solar plexus and the third chakra just above your belly button.  It is in this place that we find the courage to act, to reach out into the world and create change. When our power center is out of balance, the rest of your body and spirit follows. How can we utilize our power center to the highest?

You may want to focus your attention on it more regularly and make time regular time to do self check-ups. You can begin right now by taking a deep breath into your belly. On the exhale, pull your navel in toward your spine so as to empty out completely before taking another deep breath into your belly. When you empty completely, you release stagnant energy and create more space to be filled with fresh, nourishing breath. The more you practice this simple, cleansing exercise, the more clear and communicative your gut feelings will be and the more comfortable you will feel acting on them.