Okay. I confess. I’ve been AWOL as a blogger. I believe what I’ve written in the past is still valuable, which is why I continue to refer people to my blog. A lot has happened. I wrote and published a book – The Vital Balance Technique, which is available on Amazon.com. Since then, I’ve started another book, which I hope will be out by next year. In the meantime, I’m happy to share some thoughts. Today, I want to talk about allergies. I am certified in NAET (Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique). This is a great technique, although with the Vital Balance Technique, I don’t find it necessary to follow the exact NAET protocol. The founders of NAET are very particular about how practitioners use NAET. So, I don’t claim to be doing NAET unless I follow their procedures. I have modified my approach to allergies within the Vital Balance Technique, but I wouldn’t have been able to do it effectively without my NAET foundation.
What is an allergy? A standard definition might be “an exaggerated immune system response to a harmless substance”. While that is true, when we look at it from an energetic perspective, we can see it in a broader sense. I would say that it is an inappropriate incompatibility between two energetic entities. That could be just about anything. If there is a substance or energy that is not healthy, such as poison, then of course it is not compatible with a healthy physiology. However, there are frequently instances where a person’s body, or a part of the body, is not in harmony with the energy of something else. That “something else” could be a simple irritant, such as pollen or dust, a food or drink, a radiation, such as EMF (electromagnetic frequency, like Wi-Fi or cell phone), other substances in the air (smoke, etc.), or even essential nutrients.
Some allergens can be even less obvious, such as a person or an idea. The incompatibility, as taught to me by the NAET instructors, can be physical, physiological (chemical), and/or emotional. With the Vital Balance Technique (VBT), I’m able to get more specific about the allergy. I’ve found that sometimes a specific part of the body has the allergy, while the rest of the body is okay with it. I often find that a body part is struggling with another part of the body or a substance in the body, such as an enzyme or a hormone.
Allergy symptoms can be obvious, such as hay fever with its teary eyes, runny nose and sneezing. Most allergies that I find are not so obvious. We may not even make the connection consciously. You may eat something that puts stress on your body, making you feel sluggish and tired. You may have painful periods or even infertility because a part of your body isn’t reacting well to a particular hormone. You may have weight gain and depression from low thyroid, even though you have plenty of thyroid hormones circulating in your bloodstream, because your body isn’t able to use the hormones as it should. You may effectively have a vitamin deficiency even though you have plenty of it in your diet, simply because your digestive system is rejecting it somewhat. There really is no end to the number of possibilities for incompatibilities in and with your body.
So, what can be done about it? The medical approach is to either avoid the offending substance or to reduce the response of your immune system so it won’t overreact. One of the main chemicals involved in an allergic response is histamine, which is produced by your immune system. This chemical messenger triggers common allergy symptoms, such as sneezing, itching and inflammation. Therefore, the most commonly used medication to fight the allergy symptoms is an antihistamine. This can help you feel better, but it does nothing to correct the allergy.
With our energy work, since we see an allergy as an incompatibility between two energies, the treatment is to eliminate or reduce the incompatibility. We can’t change the energy of a substance, but we can do some reset of your energy in relation to that substance. With NAET, they use acupressure in a certain pattern while the person is holding a vial that has the energy of the offending substance. With VBT, it’s somewhat similar and has the same objective. We can also do it electronically, such as with the Qi-5 system. These techniques are very effective at helping adjust the person’s energy to be more compatible with anything that is stressing the body that shouldn’t be stressing the body.
If you would like assistance with finding and correcting allergies in your body, call our office at 801-607-2599. Appointments can be done remotely or in person.
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