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A B M P m e m b e r s e a r n F R E E C E a t w w w. a b m p . c o m / c e b y r e a d i n g M a s s a g e & B o d y w o r k m a g a z i n e 99 ENERGY WORK The array of subtle forces includes those that are natural, verbal, emotional, and spiritual. Common sense dictates the power of these. Think about it. How often have you been impacted by another's unspoken thoughts, attitudes, feelings, or desires? When a subtle force affects someone in relation to a food item or substance, a food issue is born. For instance, imagine your client's mother was angry and resentful every time she cooked for the family. That anger was transferred, through the food, into your client at every meal. Now, every time your client eats, the stored energy of mom's anger is agitated. No matter the diet employed by your client, every morsel of food will stimulate emotional, and therefore physical, inflammation. Take the client who sees you for stress reduction to assist them with weight loss. They've even gone vegetarian, thinking that an anti-inflammatory diet will help. What if their father used to yell at them to force veggies down their throat? What began as a negative verbal force associated with vegetables can now cause your client to gain weight on a vegetarian diet. Destructive food forces can be generated within a client's life but also carried in their genetic material. Epigenetics is a field of study that examines the cellular trait variations caused by external and environmental factors that can essentially switch genes on or off. Said simply, we can inherit the subtle memories related to foods from our ancestors, which can lead to allergies, cravings, and inflammation. For instance, if a client's ancestor was poisoned by a specific plant, your client might be allergic to the same plant. If the only food an ancestor could eat during a famine was potatoes, your client might crave potatoes. FIVE STEPS TO ADDRESS FOOD CHALLENGES How can you help your client address the subtleties of these types of food issues? In my next article, I'll help you use the subtle anatomy to analyze and solve food challenges. As for now, I'll provide you a few practical ideas. 1. Explain about the relationship between food and inflammation. As we've discussed, foods that invoke negative memories can create physical problems. As you work on a specific body area, ask the client if any food-based memories arise that might be creating problems in that area. They can process the memories with you or elsewhere. 2. Ask about their diet. If a client seems willing to discuss the matter, ask about their diet. What foods do they crave? What foods do they negatively react to? See if they are willing to abstain from the craved or challenging substance and see what feelings or memories arise. 3. Assign a food log. If a client guesses there might be a relationship between their diet and their physical symptoms, request that they keep a food log. In it, they should write down what, when, and why they eat, and also record their reactions to each food. Do particular foods make them feel more or less emotionally or physically strained? All the better if the client can connect a past experience to uncomfortable reactions or excavate a memory from the family tree to figure out a food-ancestor association. 4. Encourage joy. As noted, we're less apt to react negatively to a food we're positive toward. If a client is going to—or already did—indulge, let them feel joy! Ask them to go so far as to bless the food too. 5. Listen to the body. After explaining the idea that, on a frequency basis, different foods support different parts of the body, encourage your client to "sense" which foods bolster which bodily functions. They might want to consider eliminating the "do-nothing" foods, for they might actually be causing harm. Above all, help your client understand that the key to making nourishing food choices is self-love. Clients who love themselves are already so well-nourished that they will naturally select foods that sustain and enliven. Notes 1. Marc David, "Mind Over Food," Institute for the Psychology of Eating, accessed March 2018, www.psychologyofeating.com/mind-over-food. 2. Megan McFeely, "Intentional Chocolate Infused with Good Intentions by Monks," Merlian News, November 1, 2008, accessed March 2018, www.merliannews.com/Intentional_Chocolate_ infused_with_Good_Intentions_by_Monks. 3. Mark Wheeler, "Signal Discovery?," Smithsonian magazine (March 2004), accessed March 2018, www.smithsonianmag.com/science- nature/signal-discovery-104663195. 4. MIT Technology Review, "Biophoton Communication: Can Cells Talk Using Light?," May 22, 2012, accessed March 2018, www.technologyreview.com/s/427982/ biophoton-communication-can-cells-talk-using-light. 5. Energy Medicine Center, "Vibrational Light and Sound Therapies," accessed March 2018, www. energymedc.com/Light%20and%20Sound.htm. Cyndi Dale is an internationally renowned author, speaker, and intuitive consultant. Her popular books include The Subtle Body Coloring Book: Learn Energetic Anatomy (Sounds True, 2017), Subtle Energy Techniques (Llewellyn Publications, 2017), Llewellyn's Complete Book of Chakras (Llewellyn Publications, 2016), The Intuition Guidebook: How To Safely and Wisely Use Your Sixth Sense (Deeper Well Publishing, 2011), Energetic Boundaries: How to Stay Protected and Connected in Work, Love, and Life (Sounds True, 2011), The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy (Sounds True, 2009), and The Complete Book of Chakra Healing (Llewellyn Publications, 2009), as well as nearly 20 additional books. To learn more about Dale and her products, services, and classes, please visit www.cyndidale.com.

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