The Mind Body Connection

It is now well documented and accepted by mainstream medicine that negative stress can, and does cause illness and disease. In fact, the medical profession has at last agreed that the body and mind are synchronised. Scientists have demonstrated in ground-breaking research how our thoughts can actually alter the shape of our basic DNA. Previously thought ‘nonsense’ is now accepted science.

Within 8 seconds of experiencing a perceived fearful stressor, our bodies go into flight/fight mode with every cell being flooded with adreno cortisol (the stress hormones). Every organ in the body is thus affected. Our mammalian systems are remarkably well programmed to absorb occasional stress. However, sustained negative stress, i.e. fear, can and will eventually cause a breakdown of the immune system and eventually lead to disease.

Your Body however is a remarkable ‘machine’. If it is ‘in tune’, it can manufacture the natural chemicals to keep your body 100% healthy. It can even formulate its very own Valium, and its all quite legal!

Negative stress-fear causes your system to be flooded with nor adrenaline and cortisol, chemicals which damage your system. Whereas feelings of joy and exhilaration will naturally stimulate and manufacture all kinds of healing chemicals synchronistically in your body, leaving no need for antibiotics, narcotics etc. Amazingly, your body’s immune system will even make its own Interleukin, used to treat certain cancers, without any of the dreaded side effects possible from the chemically derived product.

The mind body is just that ‘a mindbody’. If you attend to your thoughts you will influence your body and if you attend to your body you will influence your mind. You really can heal your own body.