I gutta Feelin

  “I just have a feeling...” “Something doesn’t sit right with me.” “I feel it in my gut.”

These universal feelings are more than poetical la la. 

It turns out your gut may actually be speaking to you. Not in riddles, not in metaphors — but through a rich tapestry of neurons, bacteria, and subtle chemical messengers that shape everything from mood to decisions to your sense of truth.

What if listening to your intuition really does begin with listening to your belly?

The Gut Is a Brain of Its Own

Welcome to your second brain. The gut, specifically the enteric nervous system (ENS), contains more than 100 million neurons — more than your spinal cord. It’s a complex, semi-autonomous network that communicates directly with your actual brain via the vagus nerve. This gut-brain highway carries crucial information both ways, and it doesn’t just relay your dinner plans. It shapes your mood, emotional stability, clarity, and yes — even your intuition.

Consider this: about 90–95% of the body's serotonin is produced in the gut. That feel-good, balanced, grounded-in-your-body kind of serotonin.

When your gut microbiome is out of balance — lacking diversity, inflamed, flooded with processed foods or antibiotics — the result isn’t just physical discomfort. It’s often a foggy head, low mood, and a deeply disconnected sense of self.

So when you say "I feel it in my gut," you might be tuning in to one of the oldest, most primal compasses you have.

From Chaos to Clarity — Why Gut Health Affects Intuition

You can’t hear whispers in a hurricane.

When your gut is inflamed, bloated, or blocked, it doesn’t just affect digestion — it affects clarity. Foggy thinking. Emotional volatility. A vague sense of unease or wrongness that you can’t name.

Your intuition relies on clarity. Stillness. Receptivity. And your gut — your biological, microbial, pulsating second brain — is ground zero for that signal. The more you bring your gut into harmony, the easier it becomes to hear that soft, sacred yes or no from within.

Probiotics and Soul Gardening

Think of your gut like a sacred garden. Every bite of food, every thought, every habit either feeds the soil or strips it bare.

Enter probiotics. These live, beneficial bacteria restore balance to your inner ecosystem. They ease digestion, reduce inflammation, and support the neurotransmitters that regulate your mood.

But it’s more than biology. On a spiritual level, probiotics are the little monks and musicians of your gut — keeping tempo, tuning strings, humming the melody of equilibrium.

When your gut is in balance, your whole being is more likely to be in rhythm. Not just with your own needs, but with the pulse of life around you.

Ecological Flow vs. Industrial Pressure

Let’s talk about the difference between western style sailing and eastern sailing.

Western culture pushes the racing yacht model: tie the sails tight, go fast, hit your metrics. It’s ego-led, linear, and often built for burnout.

But junk boats — traditional, soulful, responsive — they listen. They feel the wind. Their ropes are loose, flowing through brass hoops, allowing the boat to turn with the breath of the world rather than against it.

This is the shift we’re making toward more soul led living:

• From output to attunement.
• From speed to sustainability.
• From planning to presence.

Whether you're creating a website, raising a child, or just figuring out dinner, the invitation is the same: listen to the wind. Listen to your gut.

And here's the wild part: your microbiome might be the tuning fork. It’s the place where biology meets energy. Where digestion meets discernment. Where a healthy gut makes you more available to the sacred rhythm of your soul.

Tuning In, Trusting Forward

What if healing your gut is an act of spiritual devotion?

To tune the gut is to untangle the ropes. To ease the tension. To let your sails catch the real wind.

We don’t always need more productivity. Sometimes we just need more probiotics — and a moment of stillness to remember the truth already pulsing within us.

In the same way we create stillness around us when we meditate — by finding a quiet place, lighting a candle, or sitting in nature — we can also cultivate the garden of our inner temple: our gut.

Your gut knows. It always has.

Trust it. And let it guide you home.