How to Care for Yourself During a Spiritual Awakening
A Spiritual Awakening process is all about energy. Your whole body and being is going through an intense energetic upgrade and transformation. Your soul is ascending spiritually and at the same time your physical body is rebuilding itself to attune to a higher frequency of energy.
The changes you go though require enormous amounts of energy as your body is essentially rewiring and rebuilding itself completely. It’s constantly going through phases of death and re-birth, or regeneration, at an accelerated rate. You will notice intense changes in your mind and body. I’ve put together a guide to help others going through this process as it can be overwhelming and confusing at times. It’s important to remain patient, gentle and kind with your self during this process. Treat yourself as if you were a newborn baby :)
Energy / Food
The most important question is, what are you eating?
This intense energy work will use up all of your calories and you might even notice that you begin to lose weight, especially during the purging and shedding phases. It is important to make sure you feed your body more regularly than you usually do, which might mean more frequent meals and even adapting your eating patterns. Before the process I used to forgo breakfast and only eat a late lunch and a big dinner. During the process it evolved into eating an early light breakfast, a second breakfast, a large lunch, afternoon snack, and a small dinner. I find myself eating every two or three hours. Then there are phases when my body is purging and it wants less food. Or different types of food. Overall, it is best to listen to what your body wants and needs. Only eat when you are hungry, a basic cue for when your body needs more energy.
The second consideration is the quality of energy you are consuming, or the quality of food your are feeding your body. Higher quality and higher energy foods will provide higher frequency energy to power your mind and body. Lower quality foods will provide your body with less energy and will just clog it with more junk that your body has been working hard to remove, which ends up using more energy.
An easy indicator of higher quality foods is its color and vibrancy. Think of your diet like you’re eating the rainbow. The basic colors of red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, all hold specific energy frequencies. With purple being the highest frequency. However you can’t just eat purple foods for the rest of your life, your body needs diversity in nutrients. And beware of the food colored produce you find at supermarkets—they may look vibrant in color but they’re all dyed to look that way. Best to stick with getting fruits and vegetables from local, organic farms and markets for maximum nutrients and energy inputs.
Here are some examples of high quality foods:
Local, organic fruits and vegetables with vibrant colors
Seeds (chia, flax, sesame, pumpkin) (e.g. chia seeds are calorie packed, especially if you make chia seed pudding with 100% pure coconut milk and honey)
Nuts (almonds, walnut, brazil)
Whole grains (100% pure whole grain sourdough bread)
Rice
Legumes (beans are great calorie sources)
High quality, local organic proteins/meats (beef, chicken, fish, eggs) will minimize the amount of toxic antibiotics, growth hormones and stress hormones your body will have to process.
Healthy fats and oils: omega-3 (algae-based), avocados, extra virgin olive oil, extra virgin coconut oil, 100% pure coconut milk, peanut/almond butter)
Minerals: seaweeds
Bacteria/Probiotics: coconut yogurt, miso
Also really important to stay super hydrated and drink plenty of fluids.
100% pure cold pressed juices (only drink when you’re not experiencing vomiting and stomach conditions — raw produce is harder on the digestive system)
Water, 100% pure coconut water (for electrolytes)
Sleep
Second most important question, are you getting enough rest?
The work doesn’t stop during the day, it continues into the evening or whenever you are sleeping in a ‘power down’ mode. Sleep is critical to ensure everything gets processed and stored correctly, and your body can do the healing and regeneration work while you’re not expending energy while awake. You might find that you require more sleep than usual. At times there were periods where I needed 9-12hrs of sleep a night. You might find that you all of sudden require naps! I found myself for a period of time drifting off mid-day around noon and taking 2+ hour naps. You might also find that your sleeping patterns go through periods of irregularity and regularity. You might find yourself waking up several times a night. And you will likely find yourself having vivid dreams. In my case I had vivid dreams and remembered them every night for almost a year. And you’ll learn a lot in those dreams too. In addition to sleep, it’s important to take time to rest when you need it, do nothing or relax. Go easy on yourself and treat yourself with the utmost care.
Slow Down
Which brings me to slowing down. You will be required to slow the eff down to learn patience and pacing. This one I struggled with. This will require you to stop constantly doing so that you can create plenty of space and time to process and integrate. You’ll need this as a lot of stuff will surface, and you will learn how to tune in and harness your intuitive and psychic powers. If you are moving fast, you’ll miss a lot. If you move slowly you will see everything.
Solitude
There will be periods of time that will require you to be in solitude whether you like it or not, especially during the integration phases. Your need for solitude is imperative for processing all of the crazy stuff that’s happening and for reprogramming. All of this work that you’re doing is for you. You cannot do this for you when you are distracted by other people and events going on. It doesn’t mean you have to lock yourself in the house for days but you will find that your need for solitude is not only necessary but perhaps preferred. And sometimes you will be by yourself for days or weeks depending on what is necessary. During integration you are essentially in the ‘cocoon’ phases of a butterfly journey. This is when the caterpillar goes into a sack and turns into goo. So you might not feel 100% yourself during your goo phase.
Get Physical
You will naturally be called to start living a more active lifestyle and exercising your body. I didn’t even think about it I just started doing it and one day I noticed my body was much stronger. You will find yourself, your inner power, strengthening through the awakening process and your body will follow suit as a physical manifestation. Everyone’s body will look different according to their life purpose. In nature, every creature looks the way they look to suit their purpose and needs. For me, I liken my body to bamboo. Incredibly strong, resilient, quick to regenerate/grow, incredibly flexible and adaptable with conditions…skinny and limb-y, just like me. A symbol of strength, flexibility and growth. So it’s not about what you would like your body to look like, it’s about accepting and embracing the body that you were gifted and allowing it to grow more fully into what it already is.
To sum it up, just take really really good care of yourself. As if you are a baby. It’s important to remember that you are in the most unique and precious growing period, unlike anything most people have ever experienced. They will never know so it’s up to you to care for yourself and set boundaries accordingly. Learning to know how to uniquely care for yourself and your needs is all part of the spiritual awakening process.