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Have you heard of the Vagus Nerve and its power in healing anxiety and trauma? Polyvagal theory is relatively new and identifies a specific network of nerves within our central nervous systems that are responsible for helping our body and mind release the fight or flight mechanism and return to a state of calm and…
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Many ancient healing cultures once embraced a different outlook. They approached dis-eases of body or mind not as enemies, but as valuable messengers, symbols of imbalances at all levels of life: body, mind and soul. Medical practitioners of ancient times were guides helping their patients listen to their dis-ease and heed its message. In ancient…
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We are not machines with separate parts. Our bodies, minds, emotions and spirits exist in a unified field of energy and chemistry, each dimension flowing and changing in response to the others in a dynamic whole. When this natural flow is allowed and unblocked, we are fully alive and balanced, experiencing life in an authentic…
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Dialogue with your body to discover the messages within your illness. The next time you experience a physical symptom, whether it is a headache or an illness you have been struggling with for a long time, stop your automatic response to fight it. Do not stop yourself from seeking medical care if it is warranted,…
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How to go beyond managing it and actually get free from it’s grip. Stress, Stress, Stress! If you’re like me you’ve heard about how bad “stress” is for your health over and over again. It is a well proven medical fact that stress has negative affects on the heart, immune system, digestive system and many…
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OK it’s been 3 weeks or so now…you’re home, maybe with others, trying to deal with all sorts of challenges on a bunch of levels..financial, physical, emotional, even spiritual…Here’s the first of many: DIY HEALING TIPS FROM BODYMIND REPATTERNING or…How to help yourself Heal through challenging times. Lots of posts are talking about how to stay…
Read Moreor: How seeing illness as a messenger, can give you hidden clues to healing mind body and soul. Nobody wants to get sick. We are fortunate to live in a culture and age where modern medicine can treat, if not cure, many illnesses. We have interventions for repairing damaged bones and organs, correcting biochemical imbalances…
Read MoreThe Body-Mind Connection: Level One Most of us are familiar with “The Stress Response”. This is the automatic biological reaction that occurs when we perceive a threat to our safety. The perception of danger stimulates a neurological response in the brain which in turn stimulates the release of hormones that travel to other organs in…
Read MoreAlexander Lowen, the father of a powerful body-oriented psychotherapy called Bioenergetics said that: …energy is involved in all the processes of life-in moving, feeling and thinking-and …these processes would come to a stop if the supply of energy to the organism were seriously interrupted. We understand scientifically that all body movements, from the gross to…
Read More“Sometimes the function of illness is deeper than having something wrong and getting rid of it. To catch a glimpse of the forces of the psyche and the unconscious motivation behind the illness can be astounding”. -Brugh Joy, M.D Nobody wants to get sick. We are fortunate to live in a culture and age where…
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