Do your Ovaries have feelings??

According to Dr. Northrup (www.drnorthrup.com),  ovarian energy is more dynamic and quickly changing than that of the uterus.  Think about the time difference between growing a baby and growing an egg.  Now, does this mean that if you have ovarian "dys-function" (such as cysts or anovulation), then bringing about a change will be much quicker than if you have uterine fibroids?  Possibly and why not?! But if you have both, fibroids and ovarian cysts, you are going to have to address both to get results in your ovaries.

The women that I admire who have delved into energy anatomy (Caroline Myss (www.myss.com), Dr.Christiane Northrup and Donna  Eden (www.innersource.net), concluded that the energy of the ovaries is quite different from the energy of the uterus.  Our ovaries represent our creativity.  Our creative drives in the outer world and our assertiveness in the outer world and our drive towards financial, creative or relationship goals, affect the function of our ovaries.  If someone is addicted to external authority (rather than intuition) or is a constant need of approval, some possible physical manifestations could be ovarian cysts.

Don't feel creative?  you would probably be quite surprised at how creative you are daily.  A great exercise is to do a brainstorm writing exercise and first define the word creative.  Notice if you have any of that in your life.  Next, brainstorm all the ways you WISH you were creative. Use your imagination. Already you have been creative.  Then whenever you begin something from the creative wish list, just do your best.  If nothing else, go pick some flowers and arrange them!

Be well, change gracefully!

Sex, Lies and the Truth About Uterine Fibroids

Sex, Lies and the Truth about Uterine Fibroids is a well-written book by Carla Dionne (visit www.uterinefibroids.com for more info.), who is the executive director of the National Uterine Fibroids Foundation (www.nuff.org). Ms. Dionnne's book is a tremendous resource, inspired by her own experience and very practical, a must read for any woman curious about treating fibroids.

In her book, there is a section about castor oil packs that is very interesting and, the only place I have encountered a reference to a paper written in 1999 entitled "Immunomodulation Through Castor Oil Packs", written by Harvey Grady, which was published by the Journal of Naturopathic Medicine. The paper addresses how castor oil affects the lymphatic system and ultimately supports the immune system.

I love how Carla brings together these three energetic: Sex....our primal instinct to move energy freely throughout our pelvis and ultimately our entire body; Lies, could be one lying to oneself about what truly makes one happy, frustrated or sacred. all of these feelings can get lodged in the pelvis, esp. feeling like you are not being creative enough, having the time to be creative. if ou are always in survival mode, this freeing energy of creativity, which can come out in dance, cake baking, house decorating, it's limitless. to have creative energy available, you have to make the time to let it come out. Any woman who is fully engaged in life juggling all that it has to offer, knows that time is something practically non-existant! so that is our work, create time. all of this can be done in the mind. begin by imagining, or just plain fantasizing, that you have enough time for yourself. be specific in your visualization. imagine yourself going through your day in exactly the fashion you would like. long stretches before you get out of bed, couple deep breathes before you take your first sip of lemon water....and continue on.
One of the contributing factors in any accumulative disorder (which fibroids are), is the lie that we subscribe to that there is not enough time in the day to take care of oneself. And then we subscribe to it without even fantasize once about how we DO want our lives to look. So give yourself the creative outlet to fantasize about your life and exactly how you want it to look and feel like.