Shibui Gardens Spa & Wellness Center

WHAT OUR BRAINS DON'T NEED AND HOW TO HELP
What our brain needs is simple, what it doesn't need takes more conscientious attention so that we don't unwittingly add neurotoxins to our diet or exposures.

Some toxins are difficult to avoid, like xenohormones, microplastics, and heavy metals, but when made aware of how they've reached and impacted the cells, detox measures can be included as part of our care.

AVOID STICKY FASCIA
All of the water you drink doesn't wind up where you need it, especially as we age.

(water image courtesy of Pixabay)

FORM AND FUNCTION ARE INTERRELATED

Our bodies have an incredible if not ingenius design, but they are still vulnerable to error messages.

There are many ways that this can happen, but mainly when the body doesn't get what it needs in terms of diet (food is medicine/information), movement (movement is medicine/information) and peace (meditation/calm is medicine).

In addition, as mentioned before, adhesions create altered tissue fields which can alter messaging, as can the trauma associated with whatever created the scarring, even if it's emotional scarring.

Thoughts and emotions are also types of information that literally form how we function. They can be included in the medicine cabinet.

Position in space is information as well, so although things can function while out of alignment, joints or spinal segments being off kilter - including poor posture - create wear and tear if not dysfunction eventually.

Slow, gentle, conscious movement can restore balance in so many ways and on so many of these layers.

Conscious, quiet awareness while doing these movements or as you use your body during the day can create balanced integration in an ongoing way, reorganizing or kicking out senescent cells along the way.

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YOUR ENTIRE LIFE IS BEING SIGNALED

We are complex beings with many modes of communication, but the majority of them are transfigured into biochemical ones.

This means that whatever we're experiencing can have an effect upon our system in one way or another.

When we become sensitized to how our bodies feel at its best, we can intervene when things feel a little off and discover on many levels how to restore balance.

I talk about this extensively in an evidence-based way in my book Movement is Medicine (Vol. 8), and offer movements to restore balance in Movement is Bliss (Vol. 9).
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TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN WRITING BY HAND!
The degree to which the brain is involved is remarkable when comparing typing to writing by hand, and most likely even more changes happen when writing cursive.

I'm not sure what the reasons were for changing this way of teaching children, but it's never to late to learn and receive the brain benefits at any age.

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THE EXTREMITIES AFFECT THE CORE - Most are spending a lot of time on devices, or work with their hands which can use the little muscles in the hands to tighten.

Try stretching them outward as wide as you can, and if it feels a little stiff, consider rubbing across the membranes that run horizontal to the bones and tendons.

Do the same stroking motion for the retinaculum on the feet and ankles that work so hard for us daily just by being upright. This can often bring immediate relief and help keep nimble fingers and toes!

Your body can balance itself and even keep your posture erect, but it needs the variety of motion to be able to sense itself back into integration.

To remain supple and fluid in body and mind, have fun with things that have you move in new ways, or in more and more conscious diverse ways.

'USE IT OR LOSE IT' IS A REAL THING!
The brain is being formed in many ways by the way we use our bodies.

That's why it's so important to keep moving, and to move in ways that are intentional with awareness whenever possible.

This way we keep waking it up so it doesn't lapse into fixed patterns that may become stiff and dysfunctional over time.

Our joints and soft tissue are so important for quality of life. they start out very liquid and mobile, with ability to slide upon themselves and each other with ease.

Lack of movement, repetitive motion, falls, surgeries, illnesses, surgeries, and trauma can create a type of recoil and stickiness of the tissue, making it like velcro or scotch tape.

Drinking more won't necessarily peel these places apart and get the fluids to flow easily again, but there are methods, like skin rolling, cupping, acupuncture, myofascial release and more that can help open things up again and bring the ease and hydration back in.

Remember the earlier posts about how things are interconnected, meaning that stickiness in one area can become mutually restrictive for adjacent areas, some of which can be blood vessels, nerves, or connective tissue that impairs joint function.

Some of the outcomes show up over time, so consider being proactive in keeping things opened up however you can! Wishing all the best possible health outcomes. 🥰

IN RECOGNITION OF INTERCONNECTEDNESS...

If you don't have time to keep things open, awakened, and stretched out, with the time you have, consider spending it all things at and near your spine.

Everything else will benefit. I'm not talking about chiropractic, although that can help, but keep all the systems in mind that are in that area to serve your system best in its wholeness.

Keep in mind that if you have any type of fall or accident, if the forces of that fall aren't cleared from the midline, not only can your spine potentially become scoliotic, but all the adjacent areas including those in the front of your body can be impacted.