Digestive Health and Spirituality

Digestive Health and Spirituality, What You Believe and How You Digest May Go Hand in Hand.  "Many studies have demonstrated a connection between spirituality and lower rates of stress and even depression. Maintaining a spiritual practice can help people cope better with stressful situations, thus reducing their anxiety levels and lessening the impact of chronic stress."  


Eating right is such a challenge anymore with all the toxic GMO foods and other governmental acts to prevent people from having health and well being as their birthright rather than having to read every package of food BEFORE buying it, and spending time on the computer looking up the horrific chemicals that the food giants put in their packaged GMO poisonous food. Including companies like a major cereal manufacturer who puts chemical "blueberries" or "strawberries" in their cereal products and claim they are real fruit.   Mike Adams of Natural News exposed that fiasco months ago.


"Harvard cardiologist Dr. Herbert Benson was one of the first to study the relationship between spirituality and health. He revolutionized the field by showing that meditating in a trancelike state reduces stress and improves health while simultaneously raising consciousness and spiritual awareness. Though his finding is still considered groundbreaking by many in the West, ancient cultures have integrated spirituality into healing for millennia. Shamanic priests were regarded as “healers” long before the development of pharmaceuticals, and meditation and prayer have been at the very center of healing practices since the dawn of time."


Read the list of suggested practices here:


http://www.kripalu.org/article/1263/


It is important to take time to quietly reflect on your life and connect with the higher energies and spirits that refresh your soul and renew your sense of peace and calmness. Doing this is a profound part of healing for many. If you are interested in including spirituality in your path toward overcoming illness, here are some suggestions to get you started.
http://www.kripalu.org/article/1263/
Digestive Health and Spirituality.  "Whatever approach you take, returning to spirit can lead you to a better and more meaningful and fulfilling life."   I really agree with the suggestions put forth in this article.  It supports what some medical doctors are telling their patients.  You are what you eat.   I like to think of it in terms of the old computer "joke"  GIGO.  Garbage In, Garbage Out.