This is an intelligent universe and we are conscious beings in a conscious universe. The nervous system is the privileged organ of nature through which the universe itself is becoming conscious of itself. The universe is becoming conscious through you and me and that is the privilege that we have.

- Deepak Chopra -
 

How the Body Communicates with Itself
By Joan Norton

Reprint of June 2003 article - New Vibration

An amazing self-correcting and self-healing capacity exists within every human body. As science continues to gather evidence concerning these unique and powerful capacities of the body-mind, a great deal of scientific study has been directed at discovering exactly how these innate healing mechanisms work and how they can be accessed and activated. Research gathered from a variety of disciplines, holistic medical approaches as well as ancient healing traditions reveals that the single most important factor in unlocking our body's innate capacity for healing and conscious growth is an unobstructed, well-functioning nervous system.

The nervous system is composed of the brain, spinal cord, and all of the nerves throughout the body. It is the primary conduit through which consciousness and our life-force flows. Our nerves branch out to every part of our anatomy connecting to every cell, muscle, organ and tissue, transmitting vital, life-giving energy and information from the brain to the body and from body back to the brain. This highly complex system interconnects every part of the body-mind creating a vast communication network in which every cell is harmoniously interactive with every other cell.

Indeed, it is your nervous system that controls/regulates and coordinates every other system in your body … the reproductive system, digestive system, glandular, circulatory, immune systems, etc. When your nervous system is clear and flexible there is a natural flow to your life, growth and health. However, when there is any interference, obstruction or distortion to this communication, it poses a serious threat to your body's capacity to respond to and recover from the demands placed upon it, eventually putting your physical and mental health at risk.

When we turn our attention toward the worlds ancient healing traditions and medical systems we

notice a remarkable similarity in their respect of the spine and nervous system and reverence for the powers resident within it.

The yogic and Hindu traditions speak of the kundalini or serpent power which rises from the sacrum along the spine correcting and opening the various chakras or

energy centers of the body. It is taught in these traditions that when the spine is cleared of its inhibiting patterns profound regenerative and healing capacities are awakened which facilitate every area of human growth and evolution. In the martial art traditions of the orient

the spine is considered the sacred and fundamental pathway of the body's chi, or innate power. Almost all religious, spiritual and healing traditions speak of this wealth of energy resident in our bodies and accessed through our spine and nervous system. The Japanese call if ki, the Chinese chi, the Egyptian ka. In Mexico, this spinal life-force energy was represented as the serpent-god Quetzalcoatl; the Kung people of the Kalahari Desert call this same power n/um. The Hopi Indians of North America teach that along the spinal column of man runs an axis containing a number of vibratory centers starting at the top of the head and flowing to the base of the spine. The healers of the Hopi tradition say that when this power is accessed and allowed to flow an individual returns to his original wholeness. Although the names used to describe this resident power and the exact means by which it is evoked vary from culture to culture, it is clearly a phenomenon universally accessible to humans.

When the integral flow of this complex and powerful energetic information network gets distorted the body's innate intelligence cannot properly communicate with the body parts affected. It is like a radio signal that has been scrambled; or a break in transmission in a computer network -- only the network we are speaking of is your body and the effects of the block potentially more dangerous and harmful.

In fact, to whatever degree your nervous system's ability to exchange energy and information is diminished there is a corresponding diminishment in the necessary and intelligent flow of life-force throughout the body, and often a corresponding decrease in the perceived quality of one's life. You may recognize this decreased flow of life-force by the appearance or re-appearance of various conditions such as anxiety, fatigue, negative thought patterns, irritability, depression and emotional instability. Diminishment of your life-force often shows itself in physical symptoms as well, such as headaches, chronic aches and pains -- even sexual dysfunction and sleep disturbances. If your life force becomes severely depressed, various pathologies can manifest that may show up in any tissue, organ or regulatory system in your body and can eventually lead to the onset of serious disease or life-threatening illness.

Doctors trained in the complexities of the spinal network generally refer to misalignments of the spine and obstructions to the nervous system as subluxations.

The word subluxation has its roots in the Latin terms "sub" meaning "under" or "less", and "lux" meaning "light or light force". So, subluxation refers to the diminished light or the underdevelopment of the life-force of the body. In terms more specific to physics and neuro-biology, a subluxation can be understood as an interference pattern -- a distortion or obstruction in your body's inherent capacity to conduct energy and exchange information.

Whenever emotional, physical or chemical stresses exceed the body's capacity to adapt and recover, a subluxation or interference pattern occurs. Subluxations may be caused by physical traumas such as a car accident, sports injury or from a fall. They can also occur as the result of an overload of emotional stresses which, over time, places excessive tension on the nerves blocking communication pathways throughout the body.

As holistic doctors dedicated to freeing the nervous system of these interference patterns, we have witnessed countless examples of the body's innate healing powers spontaneously unlocked when the nervous system is cleared of even a few of its inhibiting patterns. When the spine and nervous system are gently and consistently cleared of their obstructions, there seem to be no limits on the levels of growth and transformation a person can reach.

As the body's internal communication network is allowed to function at a higher and more integrated level, all aspects of the body-mind, from the cellular level to the organ tissue to the posture of the spine, even to one's self esteem and relationships with others improve dramatically. The overall effect of a clear and flexible nervous system is a felt expansion of being and consciousness and happiness.

Perhaps we cannot overestimate the importance of keeping our spine and nervous system free of such obstructions, which can undermine the ability of our inner Power, and Consciousness to do its amazing work. By honoring and facilitating this Power within, we begin to awaken ourselves to the miraculous capacities that exist within our own body. True health, growth and transformation begins with just such an awakening, with a renewed understanding of our limitless and radiant life potential.

Dr. Joan Norton and Dr. Nicholas Tivoli are two of the nation's few Network Spinal Analysis chiropractors, a rapidly growing group of highly-educated, highly-intuitive healing facilitators dedicated to helping individuals reconnect with their full physical, emotional and spiritual potential. As founding practitioners/doctors of at-ease Wellness Center they have integrated a number of dynamic healing techniques into their practice and have developed a natural yet profound healing method known as the at-ease adjustment. Those interested in finding out more about the subjects covered here or about the at-ease adjustment are encouraged to contact them.

Phone: 520-325-4881
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Website: www.at-easewellness.com