By Tonya
Yancey
Life is not
static, and change is inevitable. Our bodies and lives have been in a state of
ebb and flow since conception. Indeed, it is normal to have a loss of health
and then to return back. In fact, no one has perfect health and everyone faces
some sort of health challenges.
Healing
within the body is a natural function as the body is always working toward a
state of wholeness and balance. If you
cut yourself, you see in the scab the body’s inherent healing function. When
the healing function becomes blocked, overwhelmed or stalled, an illness may be
manifesting within the body and then your system needs help.
It is
important to make a distinction between treatment and healing. Healing is a normal instinctive function of
the body whereas treatment is something that comes from the outside. We seek
treatment, but our body automatically heals or repairs itself at the cellular
level. The challenge is in finding the
right support for your body. Not so
easy. It is definitely a journey and I’m
not sure we ever arrive at a final destination, as such is the nature of constant
change.
Certainly age
and time have a role to play in a body’s healing system to operate at an
optimal level. Young people
unquestionably have a more elastic and forgiving body and it is during this
youthful time of perceived immortality that habits and patterns become
established. By middle age, at around 40
years of age, the bill comes due. Our
lifestyle choices, habits and even past emotional traumas have accumulated and
for many have started to overwhelm the body and create symptoms of discomfort
that aren’t as easily remedied. Our
bodies start to nag at us, persistently urging us to change.
A better
service of the healing system would be if it gave us these strong messages at
younger ages. An immediate effect of consequence being felt in the moment of
abusing ourselves would undoubtedly grab our attention. Therefore, the aim is
to focus on prevention and to realize that it is not if you are going to face a
health crisis, but when you face a health crisis. Shifting the focus to the intention of
prevention then supports your own healing functions to be better able to
rebalance.
Indeed most
of us desire to have a higher quality of life, especial as we age. Start today and take action. Learn to listen to and follow your inner
whisperings and realize it takes time to implement those choices into your
life. Action builds energy that leads
to motivation and life-affirming habits, so create the intention to support the
healing function of the body.
Change is
inevitable, life ebbs and flows and we can heal by learning to work with our
unique physiology. It may not be easy, but well worth the effort.
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