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Daily Emotional Stresses, Reiki, Butterflies, Nightmares and why being nice to your Parasympathetic Nervous System will improve your digestion, wellbeing and make your family Christmas easier to swallow.

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Does my Parasympathetic Nervous System look big in this?

Dr Ben Kim, A Chiropractor & Acupuncturist from Ontario, Canada. Writes “Frustration, anxiety, anger and tension all serve important purposes when they first arise. The danger is when we experience these emotions on a chronic basis.”

Often when explaining the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems we talk of fight/flight versus rest/digestion. And the situation we give to explain the sympathetic nervous system is about being attacked by a lion, tiger, or perhaps a herd of charging elephants. If and when that happens it’s great that our SNS works so well. But what about other stresses that provoke your SNS into action like the Daily Emotional Stresses that Dr Kim talks about.

Chronic low levels of emotional stress are harmful to your overall health because your SNS reacts to them in the same way as if you were being chased by a lion. Perhaps not to the same degree but your SNS increases it output whenever you feel, anxious, tense, frustrated, or angry.

If these emotions are part of your normal state, that is, most of the day, than your “normal” state is giving you indigestion, lower levels of immunity, butterflies and nightmares. And that’s just the simple stuff.

Working alongside your Sympathetic and Parasympathetic nervous systems is your Enteric Nervous system, Your “Gut Brain” It’s in charge of digestion from end to end.

The Gut Brain interacts with the head brain all the time so when the SNS is called to action, (Lion attack or low level anxiety), the Gut Brain reacts, and allsorts of wonderful survival stuff happens. . Stress hormones are released to produce the fight/flight response. Increased heart rate, blood flows away from the gut, digestion slows or stops completely, extra glucose is released into the blood and the diameter of your pupils increases. The many sensory nerves of the stomach flare with this chemical surge giving you that feeling of "butterflies”… probably not so evident to you when being chased by a lion but very strong when the stress of anxiety hits you.  

During sleep the Head brain and the Gut brain synchronise, both running at about 90 min cycles of slow muscle contractions punctuated by short bursts of REM or Rapid muscle movement. However when patients have stomach upsets or bowel issues they have abnormal REM sleep patterns. Lending weight to the folk wisdom that indigestion can lead to nightmares and taking stress to bed with us, means our SNS doesn’t turn off at all and the chance for rest and recovery is lost for another day.

So all in all nothing the SNS does is very good for digestion. Not really part of  its job description. That’s what the PNS is for. And while the SNS grabs most of the headlines what with running away from lions and the rush of Adrenaline pushing you on to sporting glory. We need to realise that the PNS is responsible for the rejuvenation and regeneration of all cell life in the body. It allows for the best performance of our digestive system. The PNS is also responsible for the efficient functioning of our auto immune system, the way we self heal. Our immunity to all disease is reliant on our PNS.

So how many moments in your day are stressfree? Maybe like most of us, you are a low level adrenaline junkie. Every fear, anxiety, worry and angry thought, you have from when you wake in the morning till bedtime keeps your sympathetic nervous system ticking over with disastrous consequences for your digestion and ultimately your wellbeing.

Theses Daily Emotional Stresses need to be managed, and where possible calmed at their source before they have a chance to reek havoc on your digestion and health. Reiki is one way to help.

Reiki works to pacify your SNS, putting your body in a deeply relaxed state, triggering the PNS and allowing your auto immune systems to restore balance on all levels. By supporting your PNS Reiki improves your digestion, promotes your self healing response, clears away toxins and gives you a digestive tune-up.

At a deeper level the peace and insights that come during a reiki session not only soothe your emotional stress levels but also help you go to the source of those stresses changing the way you react to your world. What this means is the same stuff comes at you but your reaction to it is different. Meaning more peace, more parasympathetic nervous system activity and lots of extra saved up adrenaline for when you do get chased by that lion.

Christmas is often a time of high stress and high food intake, as we’ve seen not a great combination. So November is the perfect time to give your digestive system a fighting chance. Book in for some Reiki and arrive to the festive season in good parasympathetic shape.

Love and thanks Adam

Dr Kim Ben. has 6 ways to manage the emotional stressors in your life.

1. Breathe deeply and regularly... 2. Spend some quiet time every day in prayer, meditation, or a purposeful relaxation session.. ...3. Practice visualization…..4. Make sure that you are getting the nutrients that you need for a healthy nervous system….5. Be honest about your feelings….6. Move your body.

Read more about these 6 points.   http://drbenkim.com/reduce-stress.html