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A NOTE FROM NICOLE

This week's newsletter was transmitted by my husband, Stephen Parato (the Director of Content at Vibratory Alchemy). I'm excited to share with you another perspective, from a vibrant, creative being I know so well.

Enjoy,
Nicole Mantilla

Where is your reservoir of power in your body?

Feel into that question. Feel into your body.

Breathe deeply, as deep as you can. Where are you breathing into?

Your belly!

Your belly is your reservoir of power, of sacred strength, in your body.

I can go on tangents about how important the belly is in Taoism and ancient Chinese medicine — or the significance of the solar plexus chakra — but you probably heard most of it before. And it’s all information you can find with a quick Google search.

That’s why I’d like to explore this area, the belly, in some new and unique ways.

STRENGTH

Say that word out loud. Put power and passion into it.

“STRENGTH!”

Where do you feel it? A lot in your belly, right?

Remember that feeling. That feeling of sacred strength in your belly.

There’s a common expression that hints at this: “Fire in your belly.”

We say it when someone has a powerful aura of ambition.

The main intention of this newsletter is to help you build that fire in your belly. The fire of divine transmutation centered in your body’s center.

Like with everything, it’s a balance. If you let the fire become a wildfire, you become overly competitive, domineering and harsh. Think of Michael Jordan as an example of this extreme. He’s probably the best basketball player of all-time, but there’s dozens of stories of him being rude, arrogant and downright mean.

Most people are far (very far) from that extreme. In fact, most people lean towards the other extreme, the lack of “fire in the belly.”

This is the main obstacle to most people living in their power, owning their gifts and speaking their truth.

PEOPLE PLEASING

One of the most common expressions of not owning your power (from deep in your belly) is people pleasing.

People pleasing is saying “yes” when you want to say “no.” Another way to describe it is putting others’ WANTS before your own NEEDS.

People pleasing equates to an unhealthy relationship with boundaries.

And guess what? The belly is all about boundaries.

Think about it:

• It’s where the womb is, where women nurture developing babies
• It’s where your gut microbiome is, where you have trillions of bacteria (some good, some bad) living in your body
• It’s where you digest food from the outside world
• The abdomen is what stabilizes your whole body, and helps your lower body work in coherence with your upper body

We don’t only digest food in our bellies, but emotions too.

This is a key point to realize: We digest both food and emotions in the belly.

When you people please, it affects you in 3 ways:
1) You give away your power (the fire in your belly)
2) You take on other people’s emotions
3) You suppress your own emotions

This means you give yourself a lot of emotional stuff to process, while reducing your ability to process it.

No wonder why so many people get overwhelmed, stress, confused, anxious, depressed, frustrated, etc. It’s all interconnected.

STOKE THE FIRE IN YOUR BELLY

Learn to stoke the fire in your belly (like with the practice below).

When you build and harmonize this inner fire in your solar plexus, it also allows you to sense energy, without taking it on. It allows you to remain centered and calm, because you feel your true power.

With fire in your belly, you can embody the mantra of healthy boundaries: “Do no harm, take no sh*t.”

You become like the Sun. You’re powerful and generous, but you also incinerate any darkness.

When you feel this STRENGTH, you realize there’s no need to people please, or defend, or attack. You literally rest in your power, and it’s a beautiful thing.

THE PRACTICE

Here’s a simple practice to cultivate the fire in your belly.

Sit comfortably, close your eyes and place both hands on your belly.

Breathe slowly and deeply into your belly. Nurture your belly. Feel the safety of your own breath and your own touch.

Breathe deeper and deeper, with more power each time. Let this stoke the flame in your belly.

Visualize a flame in your belly growing with each breath. Let it grow until it encompasses your whole body.

Set the intention for this sacred flame to transmute any darkness and to provide divine protection.

Feel your cellular network uptake this message and upgrade your DNA. Feel the gentle, yet powerful energetic fire through and around your body. Embrace this feeling until you feel complete.

I invite you to do that practice now. Give yourself at least 60 seconds to really feel it, then come back to reading.

LET'S WRAP THIS UP

Our bellies are the seat of our divine power, our sacred strength.

Feel that fire of transmutation in your belly. Nurture it and love it so it builds in a harmonious, soulful way.

Learn to observe and sense from this place of power. Practice creating healthy boundaries, and watch your life change. Remember, it’s a practice.

We’ll be going much deeper into these topics (the belly, people pleasing, healthy boundaries) in our next online program. That will be coming in the next couple months.

There’s a lot to explore, both with this and related topics.

Until then, feel that fire in your belly, and use your power for the highest good of all.

Thank you so much for reading.