Embrace Your Inner Wisdom
Life is easier and less confusing when we embrace the simple truths that are inside of us already. Chiropractors make use of this wisdom and work with the body to achieve results, both with chiropractic care and in life in general. Take the way that our bodies communicate for example. The communication inside is amazing, with a city’s worth of information going along wiring connecting your body and brain across lines known as your spinal cord and nerves. These nerves carry information in them, just like communication lines.
This exchange of information coordinates massive amounts of action inside your body. Every single signal creates some level of response. Movement, regulation of organs, reflexes, and even our own external communication are all coordinated by the communication taking place inside your body. And huge volumes of this information are being processed by your brain at all times, which is taking data in and sending the best signals back out. Properly coordinated exchanges of information lead to the most harmonious functions inside your body. Chiropractors’ goal is to improve the spine and nervous system to facilitate this communication to keep signals from ‘getting crossed.’
The same principle can work in our lives, when our communication with those around us, family, work, friends, our partner, etc., is high quality, nearly everything is easier. And when that communication gets a little sideways, the big picture of our lives can do the same. Make it a goal to have clear communication inside your body, and outside with the world, and see how great the outcomes are that you can create, in both your body and your life.
“Don’t Make Your Chiropractor Say ‘Yikes!’”
A super common question in chiropractic offices is:
“What’s the best way to sleep?”
This is a great question and the place to start is do you sleep on your back, your side, or your front? This is a bit of a trick question because all three of these positions can be done ‘wrong,’ but only two of them can end up in a good sleeping position.
This is because the third way (on your belly) just doesn’t work in terms of a healthy sleeping posture. At least, not without setting yourself up for big problems down the road. Belly sleeping is a big no-no in terms of healthy sleep positions. Sleep is when our body is working hard on repairing the stress of the day, so best to give it what it needs – less stress! The truth on sleep is that being on your belly with your head turned for the length of your night’s sleep wreaks havoc on your neck (and also your upper back), and all of the tissues surrounding it.
Take a minute and talk to your chiropractor about strategies to make changes to help you get better at this, and ultimately get better sleep all the way around. They’ve seen lots and lots of people using every sleep position imaginable so don’t be afraid to talk it over. Make use of a great resource!
Your health can protect you from the over-commercialization of the holidays. More and more, we hear about how the holidays have turned into something different than what they used to be. Instead of the “true” meaning of Christmas and other holidays they have become about consumerization. Buying and selling and big online sales, they had taken over the season.
Your health can protect you from the over-commercialization of the holidays. More and more, we hear about how the holidays have turned into something different than what they used to be. Instead of the “true” meaning of Christmas and other holidays they have become about consumerization. Buying and selling and big online sales, they had taken over the season.
Has anyone told you you don’t need permission to be a superhero? Or that you don’t need someone to tell you it’s okay to help other people? There are some amazing stories of people that decided they didn’t want to wait to help the people around them that needed help. These were people that didn’t have advanced degrees or complicated certifications. What they did have was the sense of action and an overwhelming urgency to start making changes in the world around them.
It’s a classic phrase by Rene Descartes – one that is instantly recognizable. And it comes from a totally unrecognizable world – 1637.
Yet it is still true today. Descartes’ attempt to get to the very bedrock of what he was as a human being is worth looking at as we turn over into the new year. Especially as we examine the beginning of something new – a time when discussions turn to the entire idea of new, and what the idea of new creates – the vision of new possibilities.
Anti-aging is a trick. And like all tricks, it’s not real. We all slow down, grow old, and die. But like all tricks, when done well, they are amazing and fun. Here is how the trick of anti-aging can work for you.
Take the aging progression above and expand it all the way. From the time we are very young, we grow, get bigger, stronger, smarter and generally better at everything as we go.
Here is the solution to understanding an ever-more common anxiety-causing malady. And how the key to solving it is getting two things – knowing what it takes to get healthy – and the power of understanding how to choose the quickest line at the grocery store.
