The Ultimate in 2-way Communication

. . . between us (our mentality) and our body

In order to have communication there must be a sender and a receiver. Let's first look at communication from our body to our us. I call the instigator of this dialog our Internal Guidance System or IGS.

Actually our body is communicating or "talking" to us all the time, but unfortunately we tend not to pay attention most of the time. Our IGS communicates with us in lots of ways. The most obvious is through pain, like when we have a headache, or we have indigestion, shortness of breath, perhaps muscle cramps, or we feel dizzy. But unfortunately most of the time we either ignore what our body is trying to tell us, or we go in search of a "pill" to make our discomfort go away.

When we experience these uncomfortable symptoms (communications) from our IGS, what it is really saying is, "I'm not happy down here. Help!" All too often we give it a band-aid and hope the discomfort will go away.

I suggest that the appropriate response to our body's call for help is to analyze why and/or how it is uncomfortable. I we have indigestion after a spicy meal, then our IGS is telling us that we should avoid that food. It doesn't need a band-aid in the form of an antiacid. The same is true for an aspirin or other pain reliever when we experience pain. The pain reliever just masks the problem.

At a future time we'll cover a lot more about our IGS and how we may easily learn to recognize its various roles in our lives.

Our body was/is designed to be self-healing. Medical professionals tell us today that the vast majority of every dis-ease is preventable with lifestyle changes. That is where we become the sender and our body is the recipient in this two-way communication.

Interestingly not only is our body communicating with us all the time; we are also communicating with our body.

I can hear you saying, "OK Betty . . . I get that my body has ways of talking to me, but how do I talk to my body?"

I'm glad you asked! Actually it is very simple. The way we do or do not take care of our body is a very important way we communicate:

• Feeding it healthy, nutritious food
  
• Exercising it appropriately - like by daily Qi Gong or Yoga practice
  
• Learning a few deep breathing exercises
  
• Getting sufficient healthy sleep

Putting these all together they simply add up to a healthy lifestyle.

These are the most basic ways we communicate with our body. But in adition we need to learn the ultimate 2-way communication with our body is achieved through meditation.

The most important thing I learned in my own healing journey to overcoming multiple sclerosis was to get acquainted with the healer within through meditation.

Yes, that's right. We all have a healer residing inside of us. As I learned to tap into that internal intelligence that I call the healer within, everything in my life began to change, and then I began to heal physically.

I learned the daily practice of modified hatha yoga, but most importantly the powerful ancient Chinese healing wisdom of Qi Gong. For the last fourteen years it has been a part of almost every day of my life. Check out the archives of this blog for more information about Qi Gong.

I learned the truth behind this quote from the first book I wrote about my healing journey, From MS to Wellness.

We don't see things as they are . . .
we see things as WE are

As I write this it is Easter Sunday, and I hope you all are having a lovely holiday. Blessings to all.

I invite you to visit my main website, wwwBettysHouseLifeAfterMS.com.