THE THREE FACES OF HEALING

Self Healing is both Simple and Easy!

I write and teach about healing all the time, and frequently people say to me that I make it seem almost too simple and too easy. When I first began writing about my own healing journey of overcoming multiple sclerosis, I learned that in order to be "believable" I had to make everything I wrote fit neatly into those two categories. That is, say everything in the simplest and easiest terms possible. I still try to adhere to that formula.

Let's see how simple I can make it!
We are three-part beings, SPIRIT, MIND and BODY,
and if we don't address all those areas our

self-healing is not likely to be successful.

MEET YOUR HEALER WITHIN

Early on in my healing journey I developed a daily ritual of at least half an hour of meditation, and I still maintain my daily meditation 15 years later. As a matter of fact I consider it very important on many levels. Initially it was a way of reducing stress, but as my meditation practice matured I learned that it was a way of connecting with the healer within. The healer that resides in each one of us.

Shortly thereafter a friend gave me a Qi Gong/Tai Chi video program. It took me a couple of years of working daily with that simple Qi Gong routine and reading about Qi Gong and its ancient Chinese healing wisdom, to begin to understand that Qi Gong can be a very effective moving meditation.

And the longer I have continued my daily Qi Gong practice the more I have become "tuned in" to all the healing benefits it offers. Qi Gong addresses all aspects of the healing triangle of BODY, MIND and SPIRIT, all rolled into one simple, easy-to learn practice. I urge everyone to explore the many benefits Qi Gong offers.

The Chinese believe that dis-ease in our body is caused by disruptions and/or blockages in the natural flow of Qi (energy) along meridians that follow very specific patterns in our body. Qi Gong's goal is to correct that energy flow. Acupuncture and acupressure disciplines are also founded on the body's energy meridians.

Other healing disciplines such as kinesiology have their origins in an understanding of our body's energy and how it works to help us stay healthy. Unfortunately, many of modern medicines techniques interferes with that process and thus inhibits natural healing.

A look at the so-called "side effects" of medicines
provides evidence of how pharmaceuticals
interfere with natural healing.

Next week I'll share information about our body's Internal Guidance System, which provides 2-way communication between our body and our conscious mind.

PROBIOTICS VS. FIBER

THE WITCHERY OF THE MEDIA

Sometimes it seems that we go from one "magic" food to another. So much of what we consume in today's society is determined by the "in" food or item of the day. The really interesting thing about that is that the popularity of all these foods and/or items is created by the media.

Do you ever stop to think that in many ways we are robots, driven by the media? This is especially true for all drugs, both pharmaceutical and over the counter, as well as supplements.

And the pharmaceutical houses are such hypocrites . . . they complain to the FDA that supplements are not regulated and therefore recommendations for their use are not reliable, when actually a large percentage of them are manufactured by those same pharmaceutical houses!


Let the truth be known - the market for these "in" products of the day are created by clever ad agencies. I could list dozens of these relatively useless products that have come and gone over my lifetime. But today I want to talk about a current one, about which we are being very cleverly misinformed . . .

Probiotics

While healthy intestinal flora is important to our overall health, today it is being touted in the media as an almost magic ingredient. Let the truth be known: Unless you have taken a round of antibiotics, which kills off not only the bad "bugs" but also the good ones in your digestive track, YOU DO NOT NEED PROBIOTICS!

The yogurt makers say they are adding small amounts of probiotics to their product, and "guaranteeing" that it will increase your immune response, as well as correct just about every digestive condition there is, from indigestion to constipation. Here's the real truth. Any benefit one gets from ingesting yogurt with probiotics added would get the same benefit from plain healthy yogurt! And if you are eating the "fruit added" kinds you are probably eating high fructose corn syrup used in a jam-like product added to the yogurt. READ THE LABEL! And if the product is touted as low calorie, it is probably sweetened with a very unhealthy sugar substitute.

PLEASE HEAR ME - YOGURT WITH
PROBIOTICS IS NOT A HEALTH FOOD!

Does the food industry want you to think you
need to ingest probiotics? Of course!

They are not in business to help you be healthy,"
they are in business to make huge profits.

So what is the answer to a healthy intestinal flora, as well as all kinds of digestion problems? We simply need to eat a plain, old-fashioned high fiber diet, just as we did before processed, packaged foods arrived in our supermarkets. This means a diet consisting of lots of fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes (beans and peas), lentils, nuts, seeds, etc.


There are different types of fiber. Oats for example contains a type of fiber that benefits the heart and circulatory system, while other types of fiber work to clean out the intestines and remove the sometimes toxic by-products of digestion as well as viruses, and other bacteria.


Probably the best and most noticeable benefit from eating a high fiber diet is it prevents constipation. What's not to like about that! But just as importantly, a high fiber diet keeps your gut healthy, and your immune system strong.

In the future I'll write more about the benefits of a high fiber diet. In the meantime, let's forget the marketing hype about probiotics. Just remember, yogurt with probiotics is not a health food!

I invite you to share your experiences with diet modification.

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http://www.BettysHouseLifeAfterMS.com.