But how do we actually identify when a chakra is actually blocked?

So many of us have had the oppression of our emotions.

We've learned from different experiences to shut down and bottle those emotions.

So this is where liver issues, stomach issues, acidity starts to happen.

And if I believe that my voice doesn't matter,

if I believe I'm not safe,

just the nervous system connecting to those beliefs

start this whole cascade of chemicals in the body

and the organs and the glands start contracting

because they're in fight or flight.

This is where our intuitive coping mechanisms

come in and we do the best we can put up a wall, get small, fake it, sedate, run, hide, blame.

Those become our coping mechanisms and survival strategies, which are fantastic. They alive they keep us alive they're just not long-term strategies so we take them into adulthood and we don't upgrade them stewarding another soul we're just going to be passing on those behaviors down to the next generation I'm A lot of We have got to have shared a past life or two.

Right?

Like when I first met you almost four years ago, I had no idea who you were, but there was like this connection.

Yeah. And I felt that with you. Like we can go a year or more without talking. And then I see you again. And it's like we just pick up exactly where we left up. But there is something about this, like the way that people connect to each other. And it's an unspoken thing. You know, like Zach Bush might call it like the enteric nervous system and, you know, the little signaling mechanisms that we have. There is something that you, if you had to guess, this is a fun way to start a podcast. If you had to guess, where do you think we connected in a past life? Or what is our soul connection? Or

what is the etheric cord that you and I share, if you had to guess? I really think we were,

brother, sister, and, like, were bound in some way to really help each other out. Like, I feel

like it was a blood connection of just, because I feel brotherhood when I look at

you, when I see you, when I feel I feel safety.

I feel a yearning in a desire to support you, to guide you, to receive from you.

There's trust, there's respect, and there's just this inherent safety and

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