Meditation for Allergies

Allergies are usually the result of a compromised immune system that is mistaking a nutritious compound (such as nuts or shellfish) as a dangerous foreign agent which needs to be attacked and neutralised.  

This generates an automated response programme so that every time the body detects that compound in the future, we default to treating it as a pernicious pathogen and exterminate it. 

The result is a hypersensitivity to anything containing this compound.

Under the stress response, our innate immune system tends to kick in. Instead of the adaptive immune function being allowed to take its time and discern if something is dangerous or not, the hyperactive innate immune system goes into emergency mode and starts shooting on site.  Having set a precedent, the distortion becomes embedded for future encounters.

Meditation balances the immune system so that our body’s natural creative intelligence can accurately tell the difference between an infectious agent and a harmless compound. 

When we meditate, not only do we bring balance to the immune system response, the neuronal programming which has been set to trigger the allergic reaction will begin to unwind in favour of a balanced, neutral response, and our previous allergies will trouble us less and less.

This makes meditation one of the only effective natural allergy remedies.

Obviously, if the allergy is serious, we will want to take the relevant tests before dipping our toes back in the water!