Two Simple Tools

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Q: What is the essence of health and healing through Self Healthcare?
A: Using the science of the body mind connection to your advantage.

It really is that simple (notice I said simple not easy)...healing the complexities of the body mind system running a muck creating pain and loss of function is rarely easy. However, with simple steps taken mindfully and consistently over time, we can begin to restore some balance and comfort. The research supporting this frame of reference is overwhelming. Tools to get started are everywhere! Give yourself a chance.
TOOL #1
It's easy to get overwhelmed by what you've lost...what you can't do. Redirect your attention to what you CAN do and write it down. Making a written list is powerful as it brings a formless thought into the physical world...your mind is required for the writing and reading of it, your eyes are required for seeing/reading it, and your heart and emotions are required for processing your beliefs and feelings about it. It is there for you to go back to (redirecting your attention). You read it over and over when the grief/anger/frustration etc. seeps back into your mind. This is a beginning mindfulness practice/discipline.
TOOL #2
It's easy to think that slow gentle movements or sitting in silence for a breathing meditation are doing nothing...Wrong...doing nothing is doing nothing. Start with gentle movements or a silent sit for following your breath just 5 minutes a day, or 3 times a week for 15 minutes a day, what ever it takes, just give yourself the gift of movement and silence.
Our nervous system need silence to begin to calm the breath, relax the muscles and lower stress hormone production. Our bodies need movement to build and maintain circulation of oxygen rich blood to all organs/structures.
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