I just watched a Woody Allen movie, A Rainy Day in New York. At one point, Timothée Chalamet’s character responds to a woman who says, “On your first date, you took her walking in the rain and she got bronchial pneumonia.” He says, “I’ll never live this down! You can’t get sick from getting wet!”
He’s right. Can we all agree that cold or wet weather doesn’t make people sick, germs do?
But why do some people catch that cold that’s going around and others don’t? It’s not because they were or weren’t wearing a hat, that’s for sure.
It’s because every illness has an emotional or energetic cause.
Stress, sadness, anxiety, fear, and even excitement can overwhelm us. This causes harmful energy to be channeled into the body. Our body then responds by taking steps to dispel that energy. We get sick.
Sometimes, the illness runs its natural course. But if we don’t address the underlying cause, we’ll get sick again.
It’s important to address both the physical manifestation and the underlying emotional or energetic causes.
For example, I have asthma and I’m prone to bronchitis. These flare up when I’m feeling overwhelmed because I’m doing too much. When I don’t feel loved, I do more. I tend to forget that my worth isn’t tied to how much I achieve. I have also experienced more than my share of abandonment. I should take the time to grieve those who have left me, but, like so many of us, I never get around to it.
It’s that sort of cycle that keeps us stuck in the same energetic ruts.
When we remember that our ailments are our bodies’ attempts to deal with our emotional states, we can begin to truly heal.
In Chinese medicine, grief lives in the lungs. Anger lurks in the liver. Worry is held in the stomach. Fear lingers in the kidneys. The chakra system has similar correlations.
Balanced treatment, one that integrates easing the physical symptoms while addressing the underlying cause, will ensure that we quickly recover our good health.
P.S. If you don’t have a copy of Louise Hay’s You Can Heal Your Life, I highly recommend it. It has a reference section that lists illnesses, the probably cause and a new thought pattern to use to heal yourself.
P.P.S. A session with me can also reveal unhealthy energetic patterns that lead to the illnesses that you continue to experience.