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THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR HEALING

The body has a natural ability to heal itself under the right conditions. Unfortunately much of daily life creates terrible conditions for restoration. Stress and a lack of downtime make it difficult for the body to feel safe to unwind. So what are the right conditions for healing and how do we achieve them? I […]

January 29, 2020/0 Comments/by Susan Scollon

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FOOD AND DRINK CHOICES

I made a comic about the mind field of FOOD & DRINK CHOICES out there. Do you ever feel overwhelmed with what food and drink to choose? Me too. I think the best advice is to steer clear of stiff concepts and dogmatic diets. Our bodies have a natural wisdom of knowing what we need. […]

January 29, 2020/0 Comments/by Susan Scollon

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THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR HEALING

January 29, 2020/0 Comments/by Susan Scollon

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FOOD AND DRINK CHOICES

January 29, 2020/0 Comments/by Susan Scollon

THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR HEALING

The body has a natural ability to heal itself under the right conditions.

Unfortunately much of daily life creates terrible conditions for restoration. Stress and a lack of downtime make it difficult for the body to feel safe to unwind.

So what are the right conditions for healing and how do we achieve them?

I believe the very best conditions for healing are found within the DYNAMIC STILLNESS OF SUBTLE MOVEMENT. Movement brings health & life. Stagnation brings death & disease. Rust will not hinder the opening of a gate that’s hinges are used everyday. Although, I’m not talking about macro movement like exercise. I’m talking about micro movement, where the most powerful reorganising at a cellular level can occur. To achieve this, the body must be feel safe and be still. Then let the unwinding of stress patterns take care of itself.

My favourite ways to achieve the best conditions for healing are:

1. ACUPUNCTURE – people often ask how or why does it work? The key is that the needles restore our bodies NATURAL FREE FLOW. Think about blood flow. When babies are born their circulation is so good that they can fall down 2000 times and barely have any bruising, where as an elderly person only needs to fall once to develop a shinner! People are very still during the treatment but there is a whole lot of subtle movement reactivating pathways of developed inertia.

2. CRANIO SACRAL THERAPY – The body produces an involuntary rhythmic impulse distinct from the heartbeat or lung respiration. Practitioners with sensitive palpation skills can feel and communicate with this biodynamic potency. Through light touch on the body, a cranial-sacral practitioner can facilitate conditions for this Breath of Life to express itself. Within the bodies inhalation and exhalation an ESSENTIAL ORDERING FORCE takes place that unwinds patterns of stress.

3. FLOATATION TANKS – The sensory deprivation and experience of weightlessness achieved from floating in a tank creates optimal conditions for self healing. Dense magnesium sulphate relaxes the body on a deep level, LIKE AN EPIC SALT BATH. When the weight of gravity is relieved, properties in the body have more space to “be” and thus heal.

Essentially what happens during the above 3 experience is the same. The same process is achieved by deliberately becoming still and observing the bodies natural rebalancing. And because THE BODY LOVES VARIETY, i like to practise all 3!

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FOOD AND DRINK CHOICES

I made a comic about the mind field of FOOD & DRINK CHOICES out there. Do you ever feel overwhelmed with what food and drink to choose? Me too.

I think the best advice is to steer clear of stiff concepts and dogmatic diets. Our bodies have a natural wisdom of knowing what we need. This “KNOWING” is very individual. What is right for one person is wrong for another.

Choosing and eating with AWARENESS is key. This means “checking oneself” in the moment and asking our bodies what they need. Not opting for what we always choose out of habit, but really listening to our inner wisdom. And if our inner wisdom wants coffee and cake, so be it!

Although if your often craving SWEET foods, it may be that your Earth (spleen) element is out of balance and you may need to consult your chinese medicine doctor. Similarly if you always want SALT, your water element may be needing some re-harmonising.

We can be nourished by anything. As long as we consume in moderation and we feel SATISFIED by the experience. Be careful about labelling food as being “good, bad or ugly”. If we feel guilty after eating, we completely destroy any chance of nourishment.

Eat foods you ENJOY! Don’t eat Kale if you can’t stand the taste just because somebody says it’s “GOOD” for you!

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