By
Dr. Tedd Koren, DC
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 healers 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.
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 bored or depressed. Infants are full of wonder
and awe. They breathe deeply, relax completely, radiate energy and
sparkle with the light of life in their eyes. They are closer to
their natural state, and more connected to it, with a clearer conduit
to the wisdom, intelligence and energies that percolate up from
their source.
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].
In healing, the goal 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 percent connection they are less than 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 can 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, sensitivity, strength
and joy. You have a flexible, balanced body, breathe deeply and
sleep deeply--refreshed and invigorated. You have 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 energy 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 disconnect 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 the
love, energy, joy, vitality and wisdom of your source. The goal
of all spiritual and/or religious practices is to teach you to commune
with, be in the presence of, or connected to your soul, God, the
universe 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 synchronicity (meaningful coincidences)
and meaning unfolding in their life. Such people speak of having
"peak experiences," of feeling connected, or of communing
with those around them, humanity, a loving nature, God 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 communications
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 the 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, PhD
Reconnecting to your inner healer is chiropractic's goal.
Chiropractic care permits your body and mind to gently release old
stress so your powerful natural healing ability may flow from your
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 the 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.
 Tedd
Koren, DC is the most widely read doctor of chiropractic today.
Writing for Koren Publications over 45 million of his popular
patient education brochures have been distributed in the United
States alone. His patient education materials are also distributed
in Australia, Japan, Canada and the U.K.
Dr.
Koren was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and after surviving Tilden High
School and Brooklyn College graduated from the University of Miami
in Coral Gables, Fla.
He
studied at the Sherman College of Chiropractic in Spartanburg,
S.C., where he was editor of both the student and school newspapers,
assistant chemistry and neurology instructor, school photographer
and graduated as class valedictorian in 1977. After graduation,
he moved to the Philadelphia area and was instrumental in co-founding
the Pennsylvania College of Chiropractic in 1978. There he taught
histology, neurology, chiropractic spinal adjusting techniques
and assisted in the preparation of school publications.
Dr.
Koren has been a frequent guest on radio and television and is
often mentioned in the national media. He co-founded the Foundation
for Health Choice to fight for health care freedom. He currently
devotes himself to family, writing, research, speaking and still
makes time to practice.
Dr,
Koren's seminars on chiropractic philosophy, research and
mind-body-spine relationships are among the most popular in the
chiropractic profession. He, his wife Beth, their son Seth and
daughter Shayna reside in Montgomery County, Pa.
To
find out more about Dr. Koren's patient education products
(literature, tools, posters, stickers and booklets) and seminars
go to www.korenpublications.com.
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