Spring Healing 101

It’s the perfect time to use some of Hashem’s healing agents to improve our physical and emotional health. Spring Healing 101!

Hello soul sisters!  How is everyone doing?

I have a question for you: whose had enough of being cooped up with hardly any sunshine, exercise, or fresh air for an entire year? Well, it looks like things seem to be loosening up a bit as far as lockdowns and mask mandates, just in time for Spring. So, are you ready for some Spring healing?

It’s the perfect time to use some of Hashem’s healing agents to improve our physical and emotional health. They are all right here for the taking – and free for the most part. Sunshine, air, connecting with Hashem and the right nutrition.

Ready? Here we go…

Regenerate your battery, strengthen your immune system, and improve your mood with sunshine and fresh air:

SUNSHINE:

Most people don’t realize how foundationally important vitamin D is. It is a steroid hormone that affects basically every cell in your body and absolutely and potently protects you against many types of cancer and other diseases such as diabetes and depression. Despite all the vitamin D drops and creams out there, many are still deficient in this nutrient. And even if we weren’t, what about the mood enhancement, warmth, and good vibrations we so need from the sun? What about the sun’s regenerative power that makes you feel alive and energized? These are not included in the drops and creams.

The early morning and late afternoon sun is much gentler on your skin than the midday sun. Gradually build up your sun exposure. Your initial spring tan creates a protective layer of Melanin which prevents sunburn in the summer. The more sun you get in the summer, the more vitamin D reserves you will have during the winter so use this season to replenish your stores Shoot for 30 minutes of sun exposure in the early morning and late afternoon. Avoid these chemicals when purchasing sunscreen: 4 MBC, PABA, Parabens, Cinnamates, Digalloyl trioleate, Menthyl anthranilate, Salicylates, Avobenzone

Most people don’t realize how foundationally important vitamin D is. It is a steroid hormone that affects basically every cell in your body and absolutely and potently protects you against many types of cancer and other diseases…

AIR:

Oxygen is healing and energizing. And we can’t live without it for more than a couple minutes. Between shallow breathing and the mask mandates, trust me you’re not getting enough. Try the following and see the difference:

Breathe in deeply and exhale fully occasionally, throughout the day.

Try this breathing exercise and repeat three times a day:

Breathe in for a count of seven. Hold the breath for a count of seven. Exhale fully for a count of seven. Hold the breath for a count of seven.

Repeat 5 times.

Lower anxiety and depression and sooth your nervous system by connecting to Hashem, improving gut health and doing deep tissue detoxification.

There are three major reasons people get anxious and depressed.

Number one, the avoidance of unpleasant thoughts, emotions, and trauma.

Number two, a dysfunctional GI tract resulting from processed food, antibiotics, and stress.

Number three, heavy metals, and synthetic chemicals accumulating in the tissues, irritating nerves and inhibiting blood flow.

 YOU CAN HEAL YOURSELF! 

CONNECT WITH HASHEM:

One hour of connecting with Hashem through prayer, yishuv hadaas, envisioning your dreams and goals and talking to Hashem in your own words first in the morning is a PROFOUND game changer for healing anxiety and depression by facing unresolved issues head on.

Start with 5 minutes, and gradually increase.

If you can do some of the above outdoors, even better. Rebbe Nachman highly recommended this:

Know! when a person prays in the fields, all the flora enters the prayer, helping him and strengthening his prayer. This is the reason prayer is called Sichah (conversation), the concept of “Siach (shrub) of the field”. All the shrubs of the field empower and assist his prayer. – Likutei Moharan, Part 2, Torah 11:1

Sooth your nervous system by connecting to Hashem…

Next…

HEAL YOUR GUT: 

Avoid processed food like the plague. Processed food dumbs you down and is the reason for obesity and diabetes. Processed food also causes behavior disorders in children and anxiety and depression in adults.

Eat only natural whole foods (preferably organic) for physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. The microbes in your gut need REAL FOOD. They produce the dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, melanin, melatonin, and neurotransmitters that make you calm, happy, relaxed and help you get deep restful sleep. Give them good, clean fuel!

HEAVY METAL CLEANOUT

Finally, clean out heavy metals and synthetic chemicals. This is a deep conversation so I will elaborate in a future article. However just to plant a seed in your mind, understand that to eliminate synthetic chemicals and heavy metals that have accumulated and solidified in the body, you must do deep tissue detoxification. Freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices, water fasting, herbal tonics, Pilates, rebounding, and lymphatic massage are some of the tools used to accomplish this.

Health and Peace of mind are possible if you are willing to take responsibility and do the work to merit these sought after blessings.

Nisan is the month of redemption. And while we have been freed from slavery in Egypt long ago, a lot of us are enslaved to very bad health habits such as not going outdoors enough, hardly getting any fresh air, not exercising, and eating fake, undigestible food.

You do not have to be enslaved to these health-destroying habits. YOU CAN HEAL YOURSELF. It’s a matter of getting into new habits and crying out to Hashem to help you change deeply ingrained habits and cravings. Take it step by step, a little bit at a time but be consistent.

May the Spring Healing be with you!