It’s easy to see the Mind Body Connection when we look at the body’s response to stress.

When we experience stress, our body has a physical reaction. It prepares to either fight off an attacker or run away, this response is often referred to as ‘ fight or flight.’

This response was useful in our ancestral past when our threats were physical and immediate.

Now, however, in our current lives with all the technologies and safety, it’s not as useful.

What are the things that cause you stress? Coworkers? Family? Relationships? Money? These things are not going to kill us, but the body responds the same way as immediate threat or danger. It still enacts the ‘fight or flight’ response, just to a lesser degree.

Even though most of our stressors today are more imagined threat, the body still responds physically to what we think about.

When our body is in stress mode, it diverts blood to the muscles and away from the brain, making us less able to think logically and clearly.

During stress the body also stops working on digestion and the immune system also known as ‘rest and digest’ mode which shuts down healing and repair responses.

Stress is directly connected to our health and a major factor in all diseases. The Center for Disease Control estimates that at least 90% of doctor visits are for symptoms directly related to stress.

We also know that stress can aggravate illness and can even create symptoms in the body.

You may know some people who handle stress very well and others who do not. The differences in how we handle stress can be found in the underlying mental habits and patterns operating in the background of the mind. But as the brain learns new patterns and strategies, it can replace old habits of worry, stress and fears with new habits of security and comfort.

As the mind learns new habits of ease, the mind and body can work together to bring about greater health and healing, and even engage the body’s natural abilities to heal and repair itself.

And then at a deeper level, sometimes the mind picks up mental blocks which cause interference to the body’s abilities to heal and repair.

The body’s natural state is health and from my herbal studies, “The body will heal itself if given the right environment.” Dr. Christopher

Part of ‘the right environment’ has to do with our thoughts. The thoughts we think are responsible for the feelings we feel. If your mind has negative mental habits, stress habits or criciticism habits, these things directly affect our feelings as well as physically affects our health.

But as we clear the blocks, the mind and body can work together and find new strategies for greater levels of health and well being. I’ll be presenting ‘The Miracle Code: Mind Body Healing for Chronic Illness’ I’ll share my own story of decoding the mental blocks  and moving from chronic illness to vibrant health and living alive.

  • Natural Living Conference Sat. Nov. 7, 10- 6pm. Come enjoy a day of dynamic speakers and presentations and booths of ‘All Things Mind, Body, Spirit and Planet’  Davis Conference Center 1651 N 700 W Layton, UT 84041. Get your tickets now: $35 advance, $50 day of: http://www.powerhouseloveevents.com/#!register/mainPage
  • Sat. Nov. 14: Law of Attraction Summit, 10 – 3pm. FREE Admission Join the amazing Christiane Turner (known for the New Consciousness Expos) and 4 experts sharing the secrets of applying the Law of Attraction in your life. Karen Gail Miller Conference Center: SLCC 9750 S. 300 W. Sandy, UT.

Discover how the mind and body interact and gain new insight about dis-ease and healing.

Stop by my booth and say hello for $3 off a Mind Body Healing CD: Enhancing Your Body’s Abilities for Self Healing.

Are you ready for greater health, energy, and even reducing the need for medications?

Join me Sat. Nov. 21, The Miracle Code: Mind Body Healing, 10-5pm. for advanced training in understanding HOW the body communicates, HOW to identify and clear the mental blocks (even at the unconscious level) and HOW to create your roadmap to vibrant health and wellness.