I’m sure you’ve heard the saying your gut feeling, or trust your gut, but what does that even mean? Is it really mentioning our gut and digestive system? The discovery of the gut-brain connection has helped unlock many answers as to why your gut can literally sense when something is good or bad. A form of intuition, when our gut can sense unease, it can help guide decisions moving forward. Let's dive a little deeper into what really happens within the body when you start to get that gut feeling.

Our bodies crave equilibrium, a steadily balanced life in which to thrive. When our bodies are out of balance, symptoms may begin to pop up making it increasingly difficult to thrive within yourself. We try to find anything to help with the bloating or acne or whatever the issue may be, but without finding the issue's root, we will continue to put band aid after band aid on it. The key is to find the root, and that’s where Ayurveda comes in.

This past year I’ve had the amazing opportunity to study with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and receive my Holistic Health Coach certification. In this certification, the aspect of human bio-individuality is emphasized. All humans are unique and deserve to be treated as such, there’s no one-size-fits-all way approach that magically fixes everyone's problems. There are many suggested ways of living that encompass the majority of human life, but the true key to unlocking personal success is acquiring a level of intuition to one's body and what it needs.