Dreaming

http://www.associationfornetworkcare.com/articles/lifetimewellness.shtml

With greater movement towards the wellness spectrum there is increasing loss of personal identification with a symptom or circumstance.

The subluxation is a symptom of a conflict between one’s experience of life and the optimum structure of the body.

To the degree that we are able to participate with ourselves, our spine, and our awareness of our body, we are able to participate with the world.
Wider range of motion appears in relationship to a wider range of emotion and available adaptive energy and repertoire of responses.

The wellness practice must embrace approaches that allows for movement from “unconscious automatic” structural –sensory motor behaviors, towards more awakened, higher brain participation with the body.
With such a brain-body connection, experience of benevolent emotions such as love, compassion, and gratitude can emerge. By promoting a greater participation with this range of the human experience to a greater segment of the population, we can change the world one spine at a time.


Donald Epstein, D.C.
Innate intelligence.com

Although these are not my words that inspire a faith in the vision I have for where we might be able to take human health and performance.
As I write these words I look at my own breakfast and schedule for the day and understand how challenging it is to make scales and continuum of life to tip towards wellness.
I sit at a computer in a library and migrate to the coffee stand and grab an espresso. Why? Because I enjoy it, but why? I envision myself feeling and experiencing my life differently with espresso in hand and move towards a muffin as well to complete the picture. Do I feel better for consuming both, no. But I still go that way on occasion, and more for asthetics and then any other reason.
Why does this happen, why do we migrate towards patterns that keep us at bay? Balance is the essential answer, our brain-body will do all it can to keep us in whatever balance we are used to and it takes effort to shake ourselves loose.
I look at my calendar, my schedule and realize that I am not allotting myself the time I want to to write my book, journal my thoughts and experience my mind-body as I wish to because of my fear of not making enough money.
It is fear that keeps us just surviving rather than stepping out and seeking ways to thrive. The issue is really that there are not as many people ready to thrive as I hope, but that number is growing, particularly as we age and are forced to learn more about our bodies.
It is this desire to learn and grow that I hope to instil in the younger generation and with that, I hope to be part of creating a culture in Canada that sets apart time for mediation and mindfulness, that creates opportunity for experiencing and understanding the whole food system and what nutrition can really mean and that opens time in our days for a consistent practice of a recess to keep the body fresh.
As I type these words I envision, as I have before, painting a picture of the schedule I wish to maintain for 1 year. Included in that is time to assess my progress with regular check-ups with practitioners, guided movement time with professionals and interview time with a co-author to help me put this journey tangibly and actionably into the hands of the public.
I can envision my tripod and HD camera and occasional crew filming my training/movement sessions and stretching. I can see the live blood cell analysis and stool/urine samples described and analyzed with professional guidance and I can see my body and energy changing before my very eyes and to the empowerment of my team and community at large.
I can see the interviews and segments on The Hour and The Mercer Report and CBC and CTV News reports and the pleasure of sharing in my journey and fielding questions from groups of all variety.
I know this will be a full dance-card but I will end this experiment with a solid crew and a ship built to sail the seas of life smoothly and with stability amidst even the roughest of patches that come along.
It starts somewhere for everyone but it ends in the same place, choosing to stay well looks and feels like the tall ship, strong and able with a crew of smiling and strong hands excited to plot the next course towards the next goal… my message traveling to centres around the world, exciting and empowering people to make their changes.