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On today's episode, I'm going to talk about how you can access nature to help your fertility. Nature synchronizes with our bodies and nature is kind of like our mothership and when we follow nature, we allow it to synchronize our bodies. Harmonizing with nature is one of the core principles of Chinese medicine because we do talk about elements and then you can see the yin and yang really super imposed into every aspect of nature. In this episode, I will cover: -How to regulate your circadian rhythm through elements of nature. -Ways nature can regulate your nervous system. -How to optimize any breathing exercise. -Ways that nature's elements can improve egg and sperm quality. Doors are closing soon for my Wholesome Fertility Transformation Program! 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So if you've been following my podcast, you may haveheard me talk once or twice or maybe three or four or five times about how amazing nature is and really it is One of the core principles of Chinese medicine because we do talk about elements and then you can also see the yin and yang really super imposed into every aspect of nature and ultimately it[00:01:00]is because we are nature and this is why TCM traditional Chinese medicine has been around for thousands of years and doesn't seem to go out of style Because it bases its concepts and its methods on nature And understanding nature is really understanding ourselves When we understand ourselves and our own nature, thenwe're able to get to a place or access a point of healing where our bodies naturally love to thrive, which is when they are in their normal rhythms.Typically nowadays, especially in modern day times, we have a lot of things that take us out of nature, like artificial light. There's many, many things and factors that can throw us out of nature and out of sync with our own nature. And that typically takes us out of our natural ability to also heal ourselves, which is one ofthe reasons why Chinese medicine works so well when you're doing acupuncture and[00:02:00] you're also implementing balance in the body, then it's able to create self healing and regulate itself.And how you start to see that, of course, reflects in reproductive health. So reproductive health always, always reflects overall health. So Overall health is the foundation and there are certain ways that we can harness nature typically overtime when we have a lot of artificial means and artificial food and artificial light and artificial times, our own circadian rhythm gets thrown off over and over andover again, it becomes almost like an assault to the body. And that eventually really takes us out of our natural rhythms. So I'm going to actually discuss four different ways you can synchronize or use nature and harnessit in order to improve your own reproductive health. And some of these actually instudies have been shown to impact reproductive health.And I'll talk about it and[00:03:00]sometimes indirectly. You know, by otherthings, other means, and I will discuss more in detail, so you will know what I'mtalking about. But I also am aware that some people listening to this right now maylive in New York City or in the city,and they're not really able to access some ofthe things that I am going to be talking about.So don't even worry because I have you covered. I have some other ways, thoughthey might seem artificial. But we can utilize artificial things to our benefit aswell,and I will explain. So all of this will start to make sense as I progress in thisepisode. It is very exciting to me because I remember growing up, my grandmotheralways talked to me a lot about natural medicine.She always talked to me about food,and she always talked to me about howimportant it is. To connect with nature and how, even when you're looking atsomething really beautiful, a scenery, it's[00:04:00]really healthy for your body.And I remember her saying that and it made sense to me,although I didn't reallyknow how to make sense or understand where.The logic came from specifically or how it worked, but it did make sense to mebecause when I would go on vacations or I would get to look outside, and saw abody of water, it did have animpact on how I felt and typically how you feel is areflection of how you're feeling. body feels and that is the way that the bodycommunicates with your mind to let you know if things are right or things need toget changed and it will motivate you andthat's why.A lot of imbalances eventually motivate people to make changes and that you canthank your incredible intelligent design and how your body knows to get yourattention. So let's begin with number[00:05:00]one. And number one. Is sunlight.Sunlight is so important in anchoring our own rhythms. It is how our bodyresponds to its own cycle. So you'll notice, and this is a great example, when you'removing to a different place that has different time, so you're moving from onerhythm. of time, onecycle of time, and your body starts to have its own internal clock. And that internal clock typically will synchronize with your environment. That iswhy when you go to a different time zone where you're flying to a different place,you'll feel jet lagged and you'll start to have a lot of different symptoms and thosesymptoms are actually letting your body know something's off.And one of the ways that you can bypass that or get. more synchronized quicker[00:06:00]is by sunlight. So your body needs to recognize light in order to anchoryour circadian rhythm. And that circadian rhythm does impact your menstrualcycle. And in fact, Having shift work for certain women who have had to doovernight shiftsand when their circadian rhythm gets disrupted, it actually impacts their fertilityhealth as well. So it's actually been shown that people who do shift work or likeovernight shifts. it Does compromise fertility, unfortunately, there are certain waysaround it, and if you do have to do that, and I know that sometimes you can't reallyget away from it, it's important to at least get sunlight on days that you are not Inthat night shift time so that you are able to anchor back to that time or at leastdarken the room when you are sleeping so that it mimics nighttime.And there are certain ways around it, but ideally it would be[00:07:00]better tohave a normal daily consistent rhythm and consistent time because it does take alot of energy for the body to move back and forth and adjust.If you happen to be in aplace where you don't always get the sunlight early in themorning and You're in winter and it's hard to get sunlight and you're indoors andyou're working something that you can do or you're in New York city. This isalways something that I've given my clients in New York city.This is the advice I give them is you can order a light box and a light box isbasically something that mimics. The sunlight, and it helps with things likeseasonal affective disorder and it can actually work on your circadian rhythm. Soyou can have the light box, not look directly at it, but have it sitting on the side ofyour desk towards you, almost like it's a window and that can compensate for nothaving as much light.[00:08:00]Or being in winter, and I personally had seasonalaffective disorder when I was in New York, and I really respond a lot to the sun, sohaving that light box can really make all the difference, So it is an alternative.Another thing with the circadian rhythm is that there have been associations orlinkswith circadian rhythm disruption when your circadian rhythm is not functioning optimally and then there is a connection between that and menstrualcycle disorders or sometimes PCOS. Interestingly enough, when I had issues withmy period not coming on timeyears ago for like many years, during that time Imyself had issues. It's going to sleep early enough. Like I'd have a really hard timegoing to sleep and I'd always go to sleep really late and I'd always be exhausted inthe morning. And if you left me tomy own devices, I would just sleep in[00:09:00]till two orthree, even on other days when I was in college and I did. All nighters. I mean, Iwould sleep till 6 PM, but that's obviously not always like it wasn't something thattypically happened, but myclock just did not know where I was and I wasdefinitely off with that.And it also impacted how I felt my emotions, depression. All of that. And it's soamazing how our own internal rhythm and clock can impact so many things. So it'skind of like if you have a clock, I always compare it to the second hand and theminute hand and the hour hand. If the second hand, which let's compare the secondhand to sunlight, a daily 24 hour cycle, if the second hand is thrown off.Then, yes, it's going to impact the minute hand and the hour hand, the hour hand.Let's compare that to like the 30 day cycle or like the 28 day cycle of[00:10:00]your period. So every aspect of our cycle matters and every aspect of our internalcycle impacts everything. And that will typically also impact.The time of day you poop, and there's certain times where that can become moreregulated as well, where you have it at a certain time of the day and your bodyknows, and your body does like that rhythm. And yes, it's important to have someelement of variety for sure, but there are certain things that you would benefit fromhaving as a regular pulse.So that is number one, sunlight. So important. And then also at night, taperingdown the artificial light and the device light and all of that,because that willconfuse your internal rhythm as well, because it's going to think that nighttime isactually daytime because it's getting that blue light. So that is really, reallyimportant.And then also[00:11:00]with sunlight, cause there's just somuch when you getsunlight, especially early in the morning, and if it's in a warm. Place or a climateyou want to do it early in the morning because it's a safer type of light It doesn'thave as much UV rays. So it's a little lower It's a little safer and that's the time where you're really able to absorb the nutrients as much as possible from thesunlight and that also induces cellular melatonin, so not only is it good for yourcircadian rhythm, but Cellular melatonin is different than the melatonin thathelpsyou to fall asleep at night It's a same melatonin, but it's used differently in the bodywhen it's in the cells, it acts as an antioxidant, which is incredible. 6where you're really able to absorb the nutrients as much as possible from thesunlight and that also induces cellular melatonin, so not only is it good for yourcircadian rhythm, but Cellular melatonin is different than the melatonin thathelpsyou to fall asleep at night It's a same melatonin, but it's used differently in the bodywhen it's in the cells, it acts as an antioxidant, which is incredible.It's incredible for your body. It's anti aging and think egg health, sperm health. It'sreally, really great for the body. You want that natural antioxidant. So it's veryregenerative and good for the body. So that's like another incredible aspect ofsunlight that can[00:12:00]help your fertility health. So number two.is nature walks. Walking in nature can calm your nervous system. A calm nervoussystem allows the body to heal. Think about how rejuvenative it is to get sleep.When your body is able to rest, it is able to repair itself. It's able to balancehormones and a calm nervous systemcan really impact hormones and the balanceof natural hormones.And you're also getting fresh oxygen, which is incredibly chi enriching. So she islife force vitality. When you're getting fresh oxygen, I always say the best time todo. Exercises or breathexercises and pranayama pranayama is another word forbreathing exercises or breath control from ancient India.It's part of the yogic tradition, and[00:13:00]there are tons of exercises that youcan do to really expand the capabilities of the lungs andto also be able to take inthat fresh oxygen, utilize it in the body and I always suggest if you are gonna dobreathing exercises, it's preferable to do them outside, whether it's warm or cold,however you can go outside and do that is really, really important. So that isdefinitely something that I highly recommend.Another great thing that happened on nature walks is you get to listen to the soundof leaves and you get to hear the sound of water, hopefully, because that's just. Sonice. And, sounds of birds. So the sounds of nature synchronize the body to a stateof calm, and it actually does impact. The mind when you are exposed to sounds ofnature, it, it is naturally calming and a lot[00:14:00]of meditative music uses thatuses sounds of nature and sounds of birds or sounds of water, and it has a verycalming effect on the mind and.I always say it's almost like a, when I listen to birds and I'm meditating outside, Ifeel like they're tuning my energy literally. And so one alternative to nature walks, if you are not able to go out and do that, you can listen to certain, you can find thison YouTube or, you know, Spotify or any like music. App that you use and you can find meditative music or Pandora sometimes has thatand you can find music that has sounds of nature and listen to those sounds. So Ihad one patient that specifically really connected to. Water into the beach and shesaid just throughout her whole life She always felt really calm at the beach, but shehad a hard time meditating So I[00:15:00]suggested for her just find a YouTubevideo with the sounds of the ocean and just listen to that and And so she startedlistening to that and it actually impacted her.Because that was specifically something that triggered peace in her mind andbrought her back to positive memories, she was able to find that and that be thetool to get her almost like induce that state. It's almost like an anchor inhypnotherapy. We always find an anchor, sometimes an anchor. Is bringingyourself back to a state of mind or something that puts you in that state of mind orsomething that you can remember a time where you felt a certain way that'spositive and then using maybe a mudra, like a hand gesture, a specific one that youkeep doing over and over again.They call that an anchor. And then you would use that in a time of need once youreally like get that software in your mind. So[00:16:00]similar. To that is oursounds or any really like stimulus that brings you back to a certain state So usingthat that's something that calms you down or makes you feel good is a great way toget yourself quicker into a state of peace, especially in times that you need it.So the third way you can harness nature is earthing, and that's huge because therehave been a lot of positivestudies that show that earthing can, lower inflammation in the body, which is huge,huge, huge when it comes to reproductive health and really to overall health.Inflammation could be something that really, It takes a lot of energy in thebackground, and it also is something that can impact your gut health.It can impact so many systems. It can also impact your cells health, and thatimpacts your egg cells and even sperm. So it's important to lower inflammationwhen you're trying to conceive for men and[00:17:00]women. Earthing also helpswith your circadian rhythm. It helps with better sleep and calming your nervous system. It is really an important aspect of healing What earthing is, in case you have neverheard of it before, and actually, if you want tolearn a little more, I would highlysuggest, and you can find this for free on YouTube, looking up the earthing movie,and you can find it for free online. Highly recommend it.It's a documentary, and it explains exactly how earthing works. And they haveshown in studies that wounds heal faster. It really gets the body's healing process tomove much faster and lowering inflammation. Like I said, it's just incredible. Andsome people even believe that you can get sick without earthing.So it's something that That is interesting because nowadays we only have likerubber soles that we're walking on, whereas back in the day they used to haveshoes that were not rubber, like if you[00:18:00]think about moccasins and thingslike that, where it conducted the energy from the earth and it also absorbs excessenergy in our bodies, but now we are so bombarded with excess energy Just fromdevices from, EMFs and there's just so much going on like the wifi and signals andradiation.So it's extra important that we earthand get some grounding. So an alternative, ifyou are in a city is you can get a grounding mat, you can actually purchase agrounding mat. And what that does is it actually, it goes into the grounding wire.It's basically like, the plug is only the grounding wire and it connects with that,which the grounding wire always goes into like that part of the outlet always goesdown into the earth and it's used forgrounding electricity. So it is, it's important for electric devices as well. And[00:19:00]we'reelectric, so it is important for us as well. One thing that I alwaysjust mention is. Just don't use it if it's, if there's lightning because, during that time,I don't, I don't know. It just, that is always something that would scare me becausethat is where it grounds the lightning.So that's the only time I would say be careful, but usually those devices when youget it online, they will have information and, a little instructional guide. Make sureif you do get a kit that it has a testing device. So they're usually, they'll come with alittle testing device that when you plug it into your outlet, it'll give you an orangelight.And that orange light shows that that outlet is okay. It gives it kind of the okay touse. So always make sure to get it with that. Sometimes I think they sell it withoutit. I think the earthing movie. Might have a company that's affiliated with that. There is one that's a little bit better. Look at the reviews, check them[00:20:00]out, and then just make sure that it has like the full kit.Sometimes they'll even send a book with it about earthing, which is kind of cool.So I definitely suggest doing that. But again, there is definitely an alternative if youare in the city and you're not able to, to do that on actual earth.Keepin mind, too, if you are to go out in earth, you can pretty much use any areaon the earth, and that includes sand at the beach, anything that there's no barrierbetween your feet and the earth. So that can mean sand, it can mean dirt, it canmean grass,like anything that you are able to access the earth from.And number four, swimming in the ocean. So swimming, if you can Access theocean is incredible. First of all, you will get a lot of negative ions, which is very,very healing. It's just something that nature often gives off and is very healing forthe body. It can help your circadian rhythm as well. It calms your[00:21:00]nervous system.It's very cleansing. The salt water is incredibly cleansing and it's very calming forYour well being. So definitely something that I highly recommend. It kind of alsoimpacts you just by the view of the water and the sound and the smell. So it kind ofhas all of that which we talked about with the nature walks.So swimming in the ocean, having that salt water, thatpurification is incredible. Ifyou do not have access to that, what you can do is take a salt bath if you haveaccess to a bath. I actually do not. I wish I had a bath, but I don't. So, if you don'thave a bath, I actually recommend pink Himalayan salt. It's really purifying. It hasa lot of minerals, so you can use that. And if you don't have. a bath, then you canalso use it as a scrub. You could put it with oil and use it as a scrub.[00:22:00]Gogentle because it depends on how rough it's cut. But I also have seen bars ofHimalayan salt, which is really cool.So they have these bars and you basically use it almost like a bar soap. But again,be careful because sometimes the way it It dissolves. It starts to get a little bumpy.So you just want to makesure that you're smooth on your skin. Sometimes I wouldjust put a little bit of that salt on my hand and then use whatever's on my hand torub it on.Like if it's a kind of dissolved, like salt on my hand. Like if I would lick it, it wouldbe salty and Iwouldn't recommend that. Then you can use that and put it on your body and you'll feel it. It has like a different feel to it. So that is an alternative ifyou are not able to get to nature by yourself directly. So those are my four suggestions on how youcan harness nature to help yourfertility and overall health. So I[00:23:00]hope you enjoyed this episode. If youare enjoying my episodes, please subscribe and review so other people can find itAnd you can always reach out to me on Instagram at the wholesome Lotus fertility.You can DM me. I get a lot of DMS from my listeners and I always, always love tohear from you guys. So thank you so much for tuning in today and have a beautiful day.