Hormones represent an amazing design of nature to help the body communicate. Hormones are messengers, the language of the endocrine system. Hormones are also produced in organs other than endocrine glands like the heart, brain, kidney, and skin to name a few. Although there are at least 250 hormones, the most familiar are adrenaline, insulin, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol, melatonin, and thyroid. Hormones help to regulate reproduction, metabolism, and growth. Hormones also send information within the body and from the energy system to the physical body. Hormones are released in cyclic patterns, daily or monthly, according to our needs.
Hormones are extremely important for our optimal health and well-being. If our hormones are out of balance, we won’t be able to function optimally; our organs won’t be getting the messages it needs for optimal health. If there is an imbalance in our hormonal levels, we will have difficulty responding to life’s ups and downs; we’ll be trying to survive, rather than moving forward to thrive. Our optimistic spirit and positivity will be harder to tap into.
Hormone production naturally changes with age, genetics, diet, exercise, emotions, and various lifestyle factors. Since cholesterol and amino acids are building blocks of hormones, the liver organ is important to the hormone production process since it produces cholesterol. If the liver is compromised, then hormone production is compromised.
The adrenal glands are endocrine glands that produce adrenaline and cortisol. The adrenals are intimately associated with the kidney organs physically and energetically. The kidney organs help the adrenals, and the adrenals help the kidneys.
Signs of adrenal fatigue include exhaustion, compulsive eating, increased belly fat, depression, decreased sex drive, reduced resistance to anger/stress, compromised immune system, memory loss, and greater vulnerability to illness. A more serious disease is adrenal burn-out. Signs of adrenal burn-out include a burning feeling around the adrenal glands, 3-4 inches up from the waist, chronic fatigue, difficulty breathing, back pain and spasms, inflammation and swelling in the areas above and below the navel, dry mouth, dehydration, reversed sleep schedule, and unstable blood sugar control. Two diseases associated with adrenal burn-out are Addison’s Disease, corresponding to underactivity of the adrenal glands, and Cushing’s Disease corresponding to overactivity of the adrenals.
To locate your adrenal glands, go to your navel. Go one inch out from your navel and 1 and 2 inches up from there. The adrenal glands are on both sides, right and left of your body and can also be located on the back at the same positions. If you push in at those positions, you might feel soreness or pain. Discomfort indicates the adrenal glands likely need to be balanced energetically. You can rub these points to improve the energy flow to the adrenals. Of course, you can tap into the energies with other techniques with an energy medicine practitioner. If you’d like to restore energy and balance to your adrenal glands for optimal health, please contact me.
