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September 15th, 2018

9/15/2018

 

Deep Breathing

Deep breathing has amazing benefits to the nervous system. Click on the image below to learn about Dr. Weil's 4-7-8 breathing exercise.
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August 20th, 2018

8/20/2018

 

​101 Uses and Benefits of Essential Oils

Click on the image below for a great guide to essential oils!
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May 24th, 2018

5/24/2018

 

Mouse studies show memories can be inherited!

Click on the image below to read about epigenetic inheritance!
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April 23rd, 2018

4/23/2018

 

Benefit of Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Vagus nerve balance plays a key role in health.  Biofeedback is an incredibly supportive modality to help support nervous system health!​ Click on the picture below to read the article!

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December 26th, 2017

12/26/2017

 

Areas of the Brain Affected by Trauma

Click on the image below to read about how trauma affects the brain.
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December 01st, 2017

12/1/2017

 

Health Benefits of Geraniums

Click on the picture below to read about the health benefits of geraniums.
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October 14th, 2017

10/14/2017

 

Trauma Can Be Inherited

Click on the picture below to read a fascinating study of the effects of trauma on future generations.
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October 07th, 2017

10/7/2017

 

Energy Balancing

Click on the picture below for a fascinating interview with Bruce Lipton, PhD. Learn the effects and impact of energy on humans.
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June 21st, 2017

6/21/2017

 

Stress- it may be more than you think!


What is stress? It is often perceived as an event that causes worry or anxiety: a work or school project, family difficulties, major life events and other concerns. But stress can be defined as anything that places a burden on the body, mind or spirit. So in today’s modern world no one is free from its grasp. We are constantly bombarded by not only emotional and mental stressors, but physical stressors as well, such as pollution, toxins, pathogens and less than optimal lifestyle choices.

During an acute stressor, such as a near accident, our bodies respond accordingly: our pupils dilate, our breathing increases, and our sense of time slows down. But when the event passes, we return to a balanced state, homeostasis; critical not only to our survival, but to our overall wellness.  Typically our stress response functions as it should.  But our daily lives don’t provide us with a filter for acute stressors only; we are often in a state of chronic stress. The stress we experience is chronic in part due to the nature of our lives today and environment in which we live. But it is also due to the capacity we have of being able to think about life events, past and future.  And it turns out that this causes the same physiological responses that the actual stressors do! We can worry about a relationship or upcoming conflict without actually begin in that conflict and we will respond: our heart rate will increase, as will our breathing. Unfortunately because of the body’s need for homeostasis and the ability to adapt, many of us become used to the “stress” and stop noticing it on a conscious level until our body starts talking to us through unpleasant symptoms.

Why is chronic stress so hard on the body? To answer that, let’s look at the key system involved in our stress response: the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS is composed of two subsystems—the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system is in charge of what we typically refer to as the “fight or flight” response. When we experience a stressor, or think about one, it gets us physiologically ready to respond.  Our body, through a complex process, kicks our sympathetic nervous system into high gear, and releases adrenaline, cortisol, epinephrine and norepinephrine to start the process.  Our heart rate and blood pressure increase, glucose levels rise to meet energy demands, and veins constrict to increase the amount of blood going to major muscles while smooth muscles relax to get more oxygen into to our lungs and pupils dilate to let more light in.
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When the stressor has passed, we want to return to balance—homeostasis, and that is what the parasympathetic nervous system is for.  The parasympathetic nervous system, also known as the “rest and digest” response, brings us back down: our heart rate slows, as does our breathing; we begin to digest food again, and the functions that were deemed “non-essential” in the moment of stress, from which energy is diverted to systems necessary for the “emergency”, can resume.  Both systems work synergistically with one another, neither should be dominant.  But the world we live in today creates a breeding ground for sympathetic nervous system dominance.

Why is it that prolonged stress or sympathetic nervous system dominance is so hard on the body? The systems that experience increased function during nervous system dominance can lead to: cardiovascular problems, blood sugar imbalances, weight gain, muscle pain and tension, suboptimal digestion, low libido, and suppressed immune function, just to name a few.  Stress and poor health fuel each other, creating a vicious cycle. It is important to return to a homeostatic state where the ANS is in balance for optimal function of all of our systems.
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May 17th, 2017

5/17/2017

 

May Issue of Coeur d'Alene Living Magazine article on
​New Health Technologies: Quantum Biofeedback

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