Listen to your body.
If you respond to its whispers,
you won't have to endure its cries.
 

Q: Would you please explain what a subluxation means to you.

A: Basically, the Life Force, Spirit, Innate Intelligence or whatever word you choose to call it, communicates with your body through the nervous system. Anything that interferes with that communication is a subluxation. By removing these subluxations, we bring ease back into the nervous system.

Q: How do you as a Network Chiropractor remove these subluxations?

A: We use a system of non-force or low-force spinal adjustments. This adjustment is characterized by light touches and tapping that penetrate the meningeal system. These light touches and taps are done in a very specific sequence. When tension on this meningeal sheath is released, the body's innate intelligence can once again communicate freely and be allowed to make self-healing corrections, returning the body to its natural state of health.

Q: What if there is no major shift following the first treatment or two?

A: We tell people when they come to the introduction that if they are really committed to their growth and development and if they really want to go through some major changes and transformation, they would be wise to plan to come in for at least three or four months. Several adjustments each week would be ideal. We have a monthly plan with unlimited visits that is very affordable.

Q: Why do some people were move on the tables, others lying still and others make different noises. What's that all about?

A: If I have a moving stream of water and I place several large boulders in it, the flow of the water would be slowed down and possibly diverted into other areas. If debris comes down this stream, it will likely get caught and trapped by one of these boulders. If I then remove the boulder, whatever debris was trapped there would be released and the stream can again flow freely. The same thing happens in your body. A subluxation would be the boulder that is diverting the flow of the Life Force (energy) in your body. The debris of life (physical, chemical and emotional stresses) gets caught and trapped by the subluxation. When I remove the subluxation, whatever energy was trapped is released. The noises and the movement are nothing more than trapped energy being released.

Q: What are some of the different forms of releasing?

A: The release of energy can take many different forms. Some people release in the dream state, some with different movements or gyrations, and some with vocal intonations. Sometimes there may be a scream or tears if there was terror associated with the trapped energy. Some people release by going through what looks like hypothermia, they shake. Some spontaneously go into yogic positions. Others release only with the breath

Q: Why do some people release with the movements and others with different noises?

A: Whatever form of energy that was trapped, is what is released. One is not better than another . . . it just is. It is only trapped energy being released. When you squeeze an orange what do you get? Orange Juice. Why? Because that's what is inside. The same thing applies to the energy in the human body. Whatever is inside is what comes out.

Q: Do you adjust with the intent of releasing the past traumas from the body?

A: NO! We help the subluxation release itself with gentle touch contacts. Our whole focus is on the subluxation. Whatever shows up in the discharge process is under the control of that individual and the Innate Intelligence working within them. We initiate the stimulus so that the subluxation can release, honoring and assisting the body so the Life Force can flow through.

Q: Do you need to know the story behind the trauma that is coming up to be released?

A: We work with the body and do what the nervous system tells us to do. Hearing the story really doesn't influence the process. We simply remove the boulder from the stream and allow the debris to release.

Q: There are many healing modalities available that work with the principle that past traumas are stored in the body and need to be released. What's the advantage of a Network adjustment?

A: We are able to focus on the exact geographical area in the nervous system that has subluxated itself. This is the point where the nervous system imprinted the trauma. This is the point where the entire system is being blocked. Instead of just removing the debris from the stream, we remove the boulder so that new debris will just float on through.

Q: Does Network work to the exclusion of other healing modalities such as massage, reflexology, psychology, etc.?

A: Other modalities can actually complement Network. It varies. As a person goes through the Network process, they start to awaken to what works best for them. Network can assist them in getting clear enough to choose other appropriate ways of healing. We also have many bodyworkers and therapists that get adjusted here. It helps them to be clearer so they can better express themselves and the gifts that they bring to their clients.

Q: In your literature I discovered that you make a distinction between a "curing consciousness" and a "healing consciousness".

A: There is a very important difference between the two. A curing consciousness implies giving up your authority and looking for something or someone outside of yourself to "fix" you. In a sense, declaring a "war" on your illness or symptom. A cure is not bad or wrong, however, you are giving up your personal power. You are not really taking a look at why you created the illness or symptom.

A person with a healing consciousness takes responsibility for his or her own health. They realize that a pain or symptom is the way that your body signals you to let you know that you need to change something. It's a communication from your higher self that there is a need for an integration of your body, your mind and your spirit.

Q: So, can the two, a healing consciousness and a curing consciousness, work together?

A: The more a person embraces the vitalistic principle, the more they forward their healing. You can cure things, but you still have to heal the cause. What ends up happening to a person going through Network, is they get more and more tuned into their inner being. They may choose to seek out certain medical treatments that are appropriate for them, but they will be coming out of wisdom, not out of fear.

Q: Do you ever see an appropriate use for traditional medical treatment?

A: Absolutely. There are all kinds of practical utilizations of medical cures and so on. We have to honor everyone for what they want and need and are seeking. If they are seeking to have a condition or symptom diagnosed, classified and treated, then we encourage a person to do that if that is what they feel is necessary.

Q: What is the connection between Network Chiropractic and the Eastern philosophies?

A: We both maintain the concept of Life Force, Chi, Spirit, or Innate Intelligence. There is a Vitalistic Living Principal that can take over and guide the evolution of man. Eastern philosophies focus more exclusively on going beyond the self. If you keep transcending the self without defining the self, you are lost. It is inherently necessary to keep defining the self. Network is about trusting the process, transcending the self (going beyond the self) and then returning back to the self to define the self further, transformation. Trust - Transcend - Transform

Q: What kind of people do you see coming through your door?

A: People who have done growth and development work seems to pick up on this work quickly, but a person might come in that has never been exposed to any concepts of healing. Once they come into this work and speed up their evolution, suddenly they begin to embrace all forms of healing.

Q: What kinds of questions do people need to ask themselves in terms of making a decision about whether or not Network is appropriate for them?

A: Do I want to develop myself further? Do I want to experience more ease in all areas of my life? Do I want to become more "cause" in my life and less "effect?" Do I want my intuition to develop further? Do I want to have more of an access into the Inner Authority? Do I want to find more Joy? Do I want to become more fluid so that I can adapt to the times and the rapid changes? Do I want change?