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Mindfulness: A Conversation With Your Organs
Over the past two years, I’ve been guided into a whole new way of eating, thinking, and working with energy, — all through lessons from my liver and gallbladder. (Yes, gallstones can be great teachers.)
I’ve now completed several cleanses and released many stones — thirty in my most recent one! I have about five more cleanses to go, but I can already feel the difference. My energy feels lighter, my body younger, and I’m slowly returning to how I felt before pregnancy. In a word, I’m youth-ing.
The Body as a Mindfulness Teacher
Louise Hay teaches that the gallbladder holds resentment, while acupuncture describes it as the body’s decision-maker. The liver is linked with anger, but also with love and our taste for life.
When we look at it this way, the body becomes a wise and compassionate teacher — one that speaks in sensations, symptoms, and signals.
A Mindfulness Practice: Conversing with Your Body
Have you ever tried having a conversation with your organs?
It might sound unusual, but it can be a deeply revealing and healing mindfulness practice. I first learned about this from a colleague in Maryland who suggested I connect with my heart during meditation — to ask what it needed, what made it happy, and how I could support it.
The conversation that followed was surprisingly vivid and full of insight.
And honestly, I sometimes wonder — if I’d started talking to my liver sooner, might I have avoided some of the discomfort I’ve been through? Maybe. Maybe not. But the body always knows.
As Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Our bodies carry vast wisdom. They are vessels for our chi, life force, and spirit — companions on this journey rather than obstacles.
Since they hold us, move us, and know us intimately, why not ask them for help?
How to Begin
If you already meditate, begin as you normally do and allow your mind to settle. If you’re new to meditation, here’s a simple way to start:
- Sit comfortably and breathe until your thoughts quiet down.
- When you feel still, bring your awareness to a particular organ or body part. Let’s say the kidneys, for example.
- If you’re unsure of their exact location, do a little research first so you can connect with the area in a sensory way.
- Once your attention is there, ask gentle questions such as:
- What is your name?
- Are you happy and well?
- What do you need from me?
- What do I need to know about you?
You might receive impressions, sensations, words, or emotions. Simply notice and listen.
You can journal during or after your meditation — whatever feels most natural.
As you connect, you may also wish to send light to that area or visualize it surrounded by warmth and healing energy. Balancing the related chakra can further support the process.
There’s even scientific research showing that mindfulness and visualization practices can help boost the immune system.
Your Turn
If you try this mindfulness exercise, I’d love to hear how it goes. What did you discover in conversation with your organs?
What messages surfaced from the deeper intelligence of your body?
Sometimes, the most profound wisdom lives not in the mind — but quietly, within.
