Living with a sensitive gut can often make us fearful and anxious when it comes to matters of eating, snacking, and eliminating.
Our brains rewire to expect the worst, to assume that our body isn't digesting well, perhaps assuming that a food will cause a reaction before we've even given our bodies a chance to digest it!
Our task is to lovingly step in, lower the anticipatory anxiety, and prime our bodies to digest with ease: which often happens when we learn to get out of our own way and LET the body digest in a peaceful, unrushed, and safe environment.
For those of you with sensitive GI tracts, I'm especially curious how this video feels. Do you notice the intensity of the stress around eating & digestion shift at all?
Share your experience below!
(This is a great video to do before and after eating if you currently experience significant reactions to foods.)
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