Kidney – Dr. Elizabeth Cox, ND, LAc https://drsaritaelizabeth.com Tue, 14 Mar 2023 19:49:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/favicon-36x36.png Kidney – Dr. Elizabeth Cox, ND, LAc https://drsaritaelizabeth.com 32 32 Water ~ Invoke your innate intelligence https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/water-invoke-your-innate-intelligence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-invoke-your-innate-intelligence Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:29:36 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=4517 Continue reading →]]>

Invoke your innate intelligence.

We have never had more immediate access to information. We can acquire certificates and degrees from the comfort of our own home. Opinions on most anything is available 24/7. Agenda and propaganda masquerade as news while dissenting voices are censored.

Intelligence is the ability to acquire, filter, sort and apply information. There are many forms of intelligence: artificial, abstract, logical, emotional, social, creative, adaptive, self-aware, critical thinking, problem solving. Intelligence is not an agency.

The proper place for human beings is between heaven and earth. Our birthright is heavenly connection and earthly incarnation.

Our innate intelligence surpasses that of an entire network of supercomputers. The question is do you know how to tap into it?

The revelation is in the slipstream. You can’t purchase it because it is not for sale. It is free. Priceless. You won’t find it on the internet.

You can invite it as you observe the dynamic patterns of nature. You can invoke from the ageless, timeless depth of connection to all that is.

But you must still the businesses, quite the babel.

Claim agency over your innate intelligence.

 

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Water ~ Power, Drive and will https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/water-power-drive-and-will/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-power-drive-and-will Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:29:11 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=4509 Continue reading →]]> Power, drive & will. The kidneys are the storehouse of will. They are our ambition, our batteries, our strength. The kidneys, adrenals and bladder are ruled by water. Water is the element of winter.

Have you ever considered your power, your drive or your will like unto water? I was raised up on the Tennessee River. The singing river has been harnessed to provide hydroelectric power to the multitudes at the expense of snails and darters and such.

In our highest, most healthy state our power is like a mighty river determined in it’s purposefulness. In our highest, most healthy state our drive is like a stream flowing around obstacles. In our highest, most healthy state our will is like a singular tributary merging with the ocean great.

 

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Water ~ You are a visionary https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/water-you-are-a-visionary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-you-are-a-visionary Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:28:53 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=4513 Continue reading →]]> You are a visionary.

The water element paired organs that peak in winter are the Bladder and Kidney (plus adrenals).

The bladder meridian travels from the inner canthus of the eye across the head down the back side of the entire body exiting out the little toe. It traverses all of us.

Many of the point names indicate their function: bright eyes, supporting yang, supporting middle, celestial pillar, soul door, spirit hall, spiritual celestial connection, soul gate.

Acupuncture treats all levels of the human – mind, body, spirit.

Treating the bladder points can not only treat our organs like the bladder or the eyes, but it can also treat our spiritual sickness. It can help us see through the eyes of spirit. The dark clouds of our emotions and thinking can be cleared to see the bright blue skies of divine perfection.

Winter is Dreamtime.

Make the connection to your internal visionary this winter.

Dream it.

Envision it.

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Water ~ Tone your vagal nerve https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/water-tone-your-vagal-nerve/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-tone-your-vagal-nerve Fri, 03 Feb 2023 12:50:53 +0000 https://drsaritaelizabeth.com/?p=4350 Continue reading →]]> Stimulation of the vagus nerve plays an important role in the management of anxiety and mental health issues. The vagus nerve is the longest running cranial nerve in your body. It is one of ten paired cranial nerves and runs from the stem of your brain all the way down to your gut. The word “vagus” translates to “wandering” in Latin, and the vagus nerve certainly does that.  

As the longest and most complex of all the cranial nerves, it starts at the stem of the brain, behind the ears before it meanders down the sides of the neck, through the chest, and eventually ends in the abdomen linking the brain to the heart, lungs, throat, and gut. It helps to regulate our heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, sweating, and speech.


When we are in parasympathetic dominance we are able to rest and heal.

Vagus Nerve Connects the Brain and Gut


The vagus nerve and it’s feedback are the sensory network that informs the brain of what’s going on in our organs, most specially the digestive tract (stomach and intestines), lungs and heart, spleen, liver, and kidneys.

People with good vagal tone can relax faster after a stress and are more capable of regulating blood glucose levels, reducing chances of diabetes, stroke and cardiovascular disease. Recent research presented by the European League Against Rheumatism indicate that vagus nerve stimulation significantly reduces symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

Symptoms are messages from our body that something is wrong. Poor vagal tone can express as ongoing high levels of stress, anxiety, depression, overwhelm, an inability to focus or regulate emotions and inflammation. The nerve can become damaged express deeper dysfunction such as abnormal heart rate, blood pressure or glucose.  Digestion or speech may be become compromised.

It is essential to listen to our bodies. Winter is the perfect season to slow down and take notice of our capacity to reset, restore and recharge.

 

This study on loving kindness meditation improved healthy vagal tone in participants. Being present and acknowledging that everything in the moment is okay reduces anxiety.


Significant and important research has been making the news about a microbiota-gut-brain axis. Read up on this fascinating subject here. Also this article discusses the science behind gut microbiota, brain function and stress related disorders.


 

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