Self-Healing is an Inside Job!
SELF-HEALING IS AN INSIDE JOB
We forget we can heal ourselves because of cultural conditioning. In relinquishing our self-awareness and intuition, we lose life force.
Extreme fear, such as with the current situation, pushes the nervous system to the brink. Our bodies and emotions become desperate, hopeless, and full of despair; then our immune system begins to degrade. From there, it’s symptom after symptom, yet the solutions might be accessed with as little as one deep breath. It’s easy to get swept into the panic, and most people do. We are hardwired for herd mentality, and consensus trance drives our behaviors and beliefs. We see this all around us now, and it can certainly pull us down. But it doesn’t have to. The choice point for change is awareness. To hear the voice of the soul, we must quiet the mind. Awareness is nothing less than attention to the feedback from our bodies and souls.
Mindfulness
The practice of mindfulness meditation was popularized by Jon Kabat Zinn back in 1979. Numerous benefits to the brain and nervous system from mindfulness training have been documented by neuroscience. Mindfulness is everywhere precisely because inner power springs forth from presence and focus. https://medium.com/thrive-global/the-father-of-mindfulness-on-what-mindfulness-has-become-ad649c8340cf
Psychoneuroimmunology
The relationship between stress and illness has been long known, and scientific research began around 1980. Psychoneuroimmunology recognizes the living feedback loops between body and mind - between mental state, nervous system balance, and hormone regulation. Here we find proof that negative thinking depresses the immune system; while with positivity, our biochemistry shifts into self-healing mode again. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00779.x https://www.nature.com/articles/npp2016198
Psychoimmunology
Discovered circa 1918, psychoimmunology is the study of the connections between the mind and the immune system. The basic concept of psychoimmunology is that the mind and body are inseparable. Therefore, stress impairs the body's ability to resist disease. www.medicinenet.com
Heart Brain Coherence
Simply focusing on what we love vibrates our hearts into resonance and enhances the chemistry of our cells.
Heart-brain coherence is at the core of health, happiness, and peace. Coherence evolves in environments rich with feelings of love, compassion, and gratitude. Heart-brain coherence is readily available in the natural world. Geologists have discovered that the earth’s frequency of .01 Hz quickly resets coherence in both individuals and groups. Every natural setting carries this coherent frequency: the trees, mountains, trails, oceans, and soil. Connecting with nature regularly and allowing ourselves to be absorbed awakens healing frequencies in our bodies within minutes.
According to HearthMath Institute, “Coherence is the state when the heart, mind and emotions are in energetic alignment and cooperation.” This is associated with positive emotions and a high degree of mental and emotional stability. www.heartmath.org https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4179616/
Simple Practices for Coherence:
1) Heart-Breathing: Place your hands on your heart center, and bring awareness to this area. Deepen your breath, feeling the expansion and release of your ribs. Then, let the next few exhalations out with a sigh. Relax, and notice the vibration in your chest. Stop here, or continue on…
2) Ask yourself: What do i love most in this world right now? Breathe with this question. Feeling the answer within us invokes heart-brain coherence, and every time we return to this feeling we alter our biochemistry in favor of health, wholeness, and joy.
Imagine a world without fear. The heart reads reality clearly, and this helps us feel safe in the world. Intuition and guidance live in the heart. The heart’s electromagnetic field is 60 times stronger than the brain’s, and its subtle sensitivity far more acute. Connection to the heart’s energy is essential to survival, growth, and health. Heart awareness is foundational medicine for our modern ills, and we build awareness through conscious breaths.
Hope dawns when we are infused by our own truth, nourished by self-care practices that increase coherence, and connected to our breath - the life force of the body and the heart.