Vagal Toning & Forgiveness
🌺 Ho’oponopono; The Prayer That Heals Your Body, Mind, and Microbiome 🌺 A Sacred Hawaiian Practice for Forgiveness, Intestinal Health & Inner Peace. At the heart of healing, both emotionally and physically is forgiveness. The ancient Hawaiian prayer Ho’oponopono is a simple, beautiful practice that clears emotional blocks, soothes the nervous system, and even supports your gut microbiome. 🙏 The 4-Line Prayer: I’m sorry Please forgive me Thank you I love you You can say this to yourself, to your inner child, to your body, or to someone else, with or without words exchanged. 🙌 Why This Prayer Supports the Microbiome: Your microbes respond to your inner state. They thrive when your nervous system is calm, your heart is open, and you feel safe. 🔹 Reduces stress → Less cortisol = less leaky gut. 🔹 Activates the vagus nerve → Better digestion, motility, and immunity. 🔹 Promotes coherence between heart, brain, and Microbiome. 🔹 Shifts microbial expression from inflammation to regeneration. When you say this prayer, especially with deep feeling and breath, you create a healing environment inside your body, an internal garden where friendly microbes can flourish. 💓 How to Add Vagal Toning to This Practice: You can deepen the healing by combining the prayer with simple vagus nerve activation: Try This Ritual: 1. Sit quietly with eyes closed. 2. Breathe slowly through your nose for 4 seconds 3. Exhale with a gentle hum or audible sigh (activates the vagus nerve) 4. With each breath, repeat one line of the prayer: “I’m sorry” (inhale) “Please forgive me” (exhale & hum) “Thank you” (inhale) “I love you” (exhale & hum). You may feel a gentle shift in your belly, your breath, even your heartbeat and this is your body moving into rest, repair, and microbial harmony. 🙌Closing Thought: Forgiveness isn’t just for the mind, it’s medicine for the microbiome, the nervous system, and the soul. Let Ho’oponopono become part of your daily microbiome ritual. 🙏