6 tips to deal with Heartburn
Many of you might have experienced heartburn once or more in a lifetime and the issue begins when it becomes chronic and doctors keep targeting you with poor antacids that do nothing but close down all the digestive fluid pipes that are necessary for important metabolism in the stomach.
If anyone is unaware of heartburn, It is a symptom of acid reflux, and when it occurs impacts your mood badly due to burping and belching associated with it.
So do you feel trapped in gases?
And medical community keeps giving you antacids and PPIs which helps for a while, and then again you feel trapped due to the fear of reoccurrence of stomach acids. Now you start taking control in your hands by taking a holistic route by changing diets, fixing schedules, lowering stress levels, and by moderate exercises.
Welcome, you are on the correct route but if you will start engaging senses with your changed lifestyle you will feel more relaxed on your tough days also.
Let us look at some ways to deal it with.
Shaking
Sit in Sukhashana position and try to shake your body especially your legs and pelvic area. Soon you will notice your body will come into the habit to shake and release the toxins and bad energies stored inside you.
Don’t worry if shaking goes intense remember it is the psoas muscle you made contact with and it is ok to feel that way. Also, that is how animals release their emotions.
With seating in front of the screen, traveling in traffic, overthinking, eating wrong foods, etc accumulates so much stress that it creates a pattern of poor muscular tension in the body especially the jaw, neck, stomach, and shoulder. Shaking work by stopping fight or flight and breaking those old muscular patterns in the body by triggering our nervous system that we are fine.
Affirmations of Om
You need to stimulate your vagus nerve and also balance your chakras. Om chanting is linked with an experience of relaxation, slowing down your sympathetic system(fight or flight), and also controlling down all the noises created by your day-to-day stressors, and fears. Sacred sounds and mantras are used to restore energy centers into balance. Om chanting until all the thoughts disappear will create inner peace and clarity that will restore all the imbalances. Using mantras helps to slow down our reptile brain that distracts us from the purpose. Try, keeping your hands on the chest and chant it louder until and unless you feel better and lighter.
Singing
Sing out loud your favorite music. I bet you are holding a lot of emotions inside you that have turned you senseless. When we sing our throat muscles and vocal cords get activated which clears up all the blockages and bad energies stored inside. Singing results in your body releasing endorphins hormones which help promote positive feelings and also increase pain tolerance. Singing involves deep breathing and diaphragm muscles which is great, often people with poor posture are using their neck and face muscles to breathe which is the role of the diaphragm.
Nature walks
You can have slow walks in nature watching stars at night and sun and trees in the daytime and just focus on breathing. The early morning fresh air from trees will rejuvenate you with positive auras that your day will automatically start coming in rhythm.
And if you live in polluted cities it would be a great deal to find some fresh air, early morning walks will do wonders for your both mental and physical health. You need to draw your attention. There is enough research available that walking in nature reduces stress hormones and helpful in reducing anxiety and depression. Nature gives us a lot, but we fail to recognize it because we are lost in the screen all the time.
Drinking-Water In Sips
Drinking water in sips with slurping sounds will help to stimulate the vagus nerve and activate the parasympathetic nervous system activities for better digestion and relaxation. Also, it will help the saliva to reach down the stomach and neutralize stomach acids. If you love drinking water from the bottle you need to drop that habit. With your stomach already messed up, you don’t want to flood it more by skipping the important process of saliva to reach down the stomach.
Drinking Herbal Teas
Herbal teas help to soothe digestive problems. Our stomach lining is very sensitive and if you are daily bombarding it with a lot of junk then sorry you will be in trouble at some point in your life. We fall into poor bad patterns with time and age. Herbal teas contain relaxant and antispasmodic properties, which provide relief from muscle cramps and spasms also allowing the passage of gas easily and provides comfort. These kinds of teas also help in easy bowel movement. Drink in sips to activate vagus nerve stimulation.
The sole purpose of all the tips is to activate your senses and feel things emotionally.
Controlling the senses is a continuous process and requires a lot of practice. We often fall prey to the shortcut offered to us in form of a pill by a medical community which is not a good solution for chronic illnesses. Remember, some illnesses require time and effort to cure so keep searching and experimenting with what works best for you.
