Previously, we wrote that the brain instantaneously parks emotional overloads in our tissues. While these continuously broadcast a state of emergency to every cell in our body, we can use the mindbody connection to evict that troublesome content. Today’s focus is on how all that relates to pain. Forget supercomputers and Artificial Intelligence, the human […]
Mike Macy
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BODYMIND: Axe Those Allergies
A column exploring the therapeutic applications of the BodyMind
My inaugural column explained how the brain instantaneously parks emotional overloads in our tissues and how this buried content perpetuates a state of emergency. The second column explored trauma and how we use the bodymind connection to evict it from the tissues. We can use a similar approach with allergies if we’re able to determine […]
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BodyMind: Trauma In? Trauma Out!
A column exploring the therapeutic applications of the BodyMind
Trauma In? Trauma Out! Experiencing stubborn health or life challenges? Underlying trauma may be the problem. While recent decades have witnessed quantum advances in the study of trauma, its consequences and treatment, most people still view car wrecks, falls, assaults, divorce, abuse, emotional upsets, and more simplistically: one-and-done events happening to somebody else. On one […]
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BodyMind
A new column exploring the therapeutic applications of the BodyMind
Though often assumed to be separate, body and mind have always been indivisible. Traditional cultures have long understood this. Chinese medicine recognized it 5,000 years ago. Even Western medicine now recognizes that our abdominal organs act as a second brain; but we’re talking about more than gut instincts, intuition or even every cell’s 24/7/365 communication […]
