Healthy Living DIY

Those people -- the ones in the #3 category -- have just had an increase in their awareness. And that's a very good thing for their health.

It's easy to explain why they never noticed something before that's plain as day to me, of course. I'm trained to look for it and they aren't. And you only see what you look for.

By the way, before we go any farther, there's also a #4. These are the people who had noticed something was off (like noticing their head tilts to the left in all the family photos), but didn't realize what it meant or that something could be done about it.

So these latter two categories combined are what we'll refer to for the moment as "open and empowered" in their experience of their body structure.

• They appreciate that there's something going on.
• They can grasp there may be a relationship between whatever that something is and their symptom.
• And they're open to participating in the solution.

Usually, a couple of sesssions later, this person comes in with an amazing revelation.

• I just noticed that when I sit in the car, I put myself in exactly the position you showed me. That can't be helping, can it?
• Umm. My purse. I seem to always carry it on the low shoulder. Could that be a problem?
• I noticed I got really stressed out at work yesterday, and that's when my shoulder started hurting. I think I clench my fists when I get frustrated. Could that be part of the problem?
• My ex- called and I immediately got a headache. I got them all the time when we were married, but in the last couple years I've hardly had any. You think there's anything to it?

These particular discoveries (and by the way, they are real-life examples) each occurred because of one simple thing. The person observed their actions.

It would have been just as easy not to. Easier.

• Easier not to notice your sitting posture in the car. To just get in and go.
• Easier not to notice how you carry your purse. To just hoist it up and carry on.
• Easier not to stop and think about what happens when you're stressed. To just "enjoy" the frustration.
• Easier not to notice that you react like a puppet when your ex- calls.

But easier isn't always better. And in this case, here's what happened.

First of all, the person was open-minded. In terms of my "holistic health and language graphic display," the specific quality we're speaking of is receptivity.

So when their awareness increased (from the same display - the quality of focused consciousness), they took the ball and ran with it. They became their own detective. And they started answering their own questions.

This is one of the great ways that awareness and healing go together. You see, your doctor can give you a pill for your headaches. But he or she can't follow you around all day to observe the circumstances under which your headaches occur.

You can, though. Because of this one amazing principle: "No matter where you go, there you are."

Anyway, now we've got one more principle to add to the awareness list. Become an observer of your actions, reactions, and choices.

And our questions so far:

1. "What's the most important thing to do next?"
2. "Where in my life have I slipped into a rut?"
3. "What truth can I open my mind to right now?"
4. "What actions, reactions, or choices contribute to this perplexing situation that I'm striving to change?"

Ok, I think we're getting somewhere. Don't you?