Spiritual Causes for Weight Gain- Get into a state of emotional balance

Have you ever pondered over why those excess kilos cling to our bodies despite the best efforts to lose them? It is an invisible force that keeps one in a loop of weight gain and dissatisfaction. So, how is this related to spirituality? It most definitely is connected to our chakra system. The correlation of the throat chakra to the patterns of eating are directly intertwined. Excessive body weight is a clear indication that something is off balance as the throat chakra governs the area of food consumption as the esophagus is connected through the throat to pass food and liquid to the stomach. Spiritual and emotional concerns are the underlying issues to weight gain as disruption in the chakra system i.e. energy centres in the body as the chakras get blocked, the energy flow also gets blocked thus causing exacerbating issues like weight gain and emotional distress.

The next segment will move around discussions that broadly classify weight gain causes.

#1 Need for protection: It is a proven study that most often,one's extra weight is an unconscious coping mechanism to protect oneself due to one's fears and anxiety. Fear and anxiety are the root causes to binge eating asit causes a release of temporary dopamine. By this dopamine release, one feels internally safe in one's body, releasing the trauma,calming the nervous system that creates space to let go of dense energies that regulates the weight. The excess weight is used as a blanket of protection from emotional turmoil.

#2 Trapped Emotions: It is a general human tendency to bury uncomfortable emotions. When these emotions are not mindfully dealt with,they transform into anger,disappointment,guilt and shame. As per the Institute for the Psychology of Eating,Guilt slows down the metabolic rate whereas Chronic Anger leads to sustained hormonal imbalances that influence weight gain and lastly; in 2019, a study published by the Pediatric Obesity Association found that teasing kids about their weight is likely to increased weight in adulthood as this leads to body dissatisfaction further leading to unhealthy coping mechanisms as binge eating.

#3 High Sensitivity and Emotional Overwhelm: Any sort of negative reactions,deeply trigger HSPs which leave them with emotional overload. As HSPs have high sensory perceptions and food cravings are a common reaction for HSPs,they feel physical comfort post consumption of calorie dense foods and calms their nervous system.

#4 Resistance to Forgive self and Self Rejection: Without forgiveness,causes negative emotions to get trapped and then starts the numbing of emotions through food that causes weight gain and further,sabotaging our health. Furthermore,this leads to an energetic malnourishment. So what should one do in this scenario? Hunger and thirst are proven to be energetic and not physical.

Energy is absorbed through the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Hence,many people who follow intermittent fasting, are healthy and energetic without any food consumption.

So what is the solution to permanent weight loss? The more we expand our nervous system,the spirit feels more safe in the energetic and physical body that releases the control issues of the mind and soul, thus, shedding weight from the physical bodies simultaneously.