THE CONNECTIONS OF HEALTH -

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to
what lies within us." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

To be healthy you must be connected... The goal of Chiropractic is to help
you reconnect...

You are born to express radiant physical, mental, and spiritual health; to
radiate vitality, harmony, peace, joy, optimism, strength, love and healing
at any age. It is your natural state.

But it rarely seems that way. Disharmony, illness, disease, depression,
fatigue, emotional and spiritual disconnection and isolation touch so many
lives. Too many of us walk this earth with our bodies, hearts and souls in
pain.

Yet no baby is born depressed. Infants are full of wonder and awe. They
breathe deeply, relax completely, radiate energy, and sparkle with light of
life in their eyes. They are closer to their natural state, more connected
to it, with a clearer conduit to the wisdom, intelligence and energies that
percolate up from their source.

Chiropractic and many other natural health disciplines recognize that to be
truly healthy and alive you must be a clear conduit to your inner wisdom
(also referred to as your "source," the "wisdom of the body," your "inner
doctor," your "innate (inborn) intelligence" and other terms).

The goal of Chiropractic is to help you better connect to your source so
your inner doctor may work its miracles. A complete disconnection from your
source results in death; a partial disconnection results in dis-ease or
disharmony. Many people are in this state; with less than 100% connection
they are less fully alive.

Our very word "health" derives from the Old English word "hale" meaning
"whole." You are healthy when you are whole, unified, integrated, and
complete - not fragmented, disintegrated, disconnected, or incomplete.
Let's explore health from this perspective.

THE CONNECTIONS OF PHYSICAL HEALTH -

"When a living system is suffering from ill-health, the remedy is to connect
it with more of itself." - Francisco Varella

When you are physically healthy all your body parts are in their proper
places, fitting precisely, so they communicate with one another and are not
interfering with the function of other body parts or the flow of energy that
bubbles up from your source to direct your body. Your body is in a state of
exquisite coordination and balance.

In this state you have abundant vitality, strength and joy. You have a
flexible, balanced body, breathe deeply and sleep deeply - refreshed and
invigorated. You have a high resistance to disease and the energy to adapt
to life's stresses and challenges.

A physically disconnected person's parts are not fitting exactly right. The
result is lack of balance, interruption of the energies that flow through
you under the directives of your innate intelligence and weakened connection
to your source. This results in dis-ease - a lack of wholeness,
coordination, and harmony. When you are dis-eased stress can overwhelm you
and disease, illness, exhaustion, accelerated aging and shortened life
results.

Interestingly, a person with dis-ease who feels fatigue may have tremendous
energy, but it's often trapped in their muscles, joints and other body
tissues and is not flowing freely. That's why people often have sensitive
spots in their muscles or tendons called, "trigger points," and may jump
when these points are even lightly touched.

THE CONNECTIONS OF EMOTIONAL HEALTH -

"Dwell as near as possible to the channel in which your life flows." - Henry
David Thoreau

Emotional health is also dependent on being connected - to yourself and
others. The more connected you are to yourself the more you can connect
with others and the more fulfilling your connections (relationships). The
more relationships in your life the more happiness, joy, hope, optimism and
vitality you will have; the healthier and longer you will live and the
quicker you will recover from physical and emotional traumas and illness.

An emotionally disconnected person holds pockets of unresolved anger, fear,
resentment, pain or other emotions locked up within their body and mind.
Whatever the cause (abuse, conflict etc.), trapped emotional energies
prevents us from living fully in the present because some of our energies
are still living in the past. Past traumas and fears cause chronic physical
tension and emotional stress that disconnects us from our deeper selves.
This can lead to disease. In this state intuition is clouded; life's
purpose is confused, and there are difficulties forming healthy
relationships.

THE CONNECTIONS OF SPIRITUAL HEALTH -

"If the body is sick, the mind worries and the spirit grieves; if the mind
is sick, the body and spirit will suffer from its confusion; if the spirit
is sick, there will be no will to care for the body or mind." - J.R. Worsley

The more spiritually connected you are, the closer you are to love, energy,
joy, vitality and wisdom of your source. The goal of all
spiritual/religious practices is to teach you to commune with, be in the
presence of, or get connected to your soul, the universe, the great spirit,
the mystic law, God, or whatever term you wish to use. When you are
spiritually healthy you are connected to the depths within you and the
universe without.

A spiritually connected person is in harmony with their life's purpose and
meaning. They are following their heart, trusting their instincts and are
sensitive to the laws and powers that create and recreate reality at every
moment. There is more sensitivity, inspiration, empathy, compassion and
intuition. There is more intuition, synchronicity (meaningful coincidences)
and meaningful unfolding in your life. Such people speak of having "peak
experiences," of feeling connected, or of communing with those around them,
humanity, a loving nature, or a loving presence. They feel joy, happiness
and peace in these states.

The spiritually disconnected person is separated from the love, energy, joy
and vitality of their source. Out of touch with their deepest needs and
desires a sense of isolation, loneliness, confusion and fear permeate and
harm both mind and body. One's will to live is weakened and life lacks
vision and meaning. One's purpose in life is clouded.

DISCONNECTION -

Chiropractic has discovered a powerful "disconnection" in your body called
the vertebral subluxation complex (subluxation). This is a physical
condition that interferes with the flow of energy and information from your
source and can affect physical, emotional, and spiritual health. The result
is dis-ease, a communication disease, where you are less than whole,
slightly dis-integrated, slightly fragmented. Chiropractors are especially
trained to locate and correct or remove subluxations.

RECONNECTION -

"In addition to the older goal of helping patients to solve their particular
psychological problems and overcome their pain, of "curing" them, we have
the added goal of helping them sing their own unique song in life, to beat
out their special music in being, relating, creating. This is the goal of
"healing." " - Lawrence LeShan, Ph.D.

Reconnecting to your inner healer is Chiropractic's goal. Chiropractic care
permits your body/mind to gently release old stress so your powerful natural
healing ability may flow from source and begin a process of reconnection.

The process of reconnecting and healing is a fascinating adventure.
Sometimes this process appears effortless; sometimes it seems difficult and
painful. Often it is both. As we reconnect, locked energies may be
released, painful memories revived, stored toxins stirred, hurtful
experiences re-experienced. This process of reawakening is called
retracing.

As old energies dissipate you become sensitive to the deeper layers of your
being. As your spine and nervous system release stress you begin to tune
into deeper laws of life that guide you and you become more sensitive to the
unseen hand that is always directing you to greater wholeness, awareness,
growth and wisdom.