Innate Provides – Hold Your Head High

By Dr. Martha Collins

Spiritual does not mean that it has anything to do with religion. It has to do only with the development and refinement of the nervous system and the accompanying rise in the level of consciousness. – Itzhak Bentov

Chiropractors watch people. We watch how people walk, move, how they hold themselves, we watch the gait of runners, the posture of the spines we see, how the head is held, the energy surrounding you, your gestures–all can be a window into your nervous system and your Innate. Looking into the eyes is very telling–if the eyes are dulled by worry or pain, if the pupils are different circumferences, if they meet our gaze with a smile, or turn away in fear, all communicate a vast amount of information about the being behind them.

Turning onto Princess Street last week, I saw a man walking. His head was down, his posture stooped, energy low. It appeared as if he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. Just as I drove by, he looked up and our eyes met. Yes, he carried the weight of the world, but his gaze also suggested that he allowed the weight of the world to seep inside and pull him down. Not just physically, as indicated by his posture, but emotionally and spiritually as seen in his eyes. Everyday in the adjusting room, we feel how people can be pulled down by the weight of their worlds. A busy family life, an unfulfilling relationship, conflicts with friends or relatives, a career below their potential. Ultimately, it is this disconnection from our spirit and our purpose that can be the most devastating of subluxations.

The emotional and spiritual aspects of our health cannot be underestimated. There is, however, clearness and reconnection that occurs when the nervous system is free from interference. Not only is our nervous system responsible for how we interpret our environment, but also how we react to the environment. As we heal and grow and reconnect to our true selves, the stress and challenge of life doesn’t seem to seep in as much. We are Innately tuned and can better choose to allow worry into our lives or not.

Five years ago, we disconnected our cable television because the pharmaceutical ads were making us angry. (Next time you are watching, pay close attention to how many drug ads there are on television invading your consciousness and the message these ads are sending you and your family to be powerless in your health care decisions.) Sometimes, I still sneak a peek at my TV, and recently there was an ad for a drug that was designed to help cope with worrying. Worrying! How tragic that the answer for worry is a biochemical change to the nervous system to disconnect it even further from its normal function.

Often, the most anguishing events are what teach us the biggest life lessons. Since life, living and healing are processes, they can sometimes be punctuated by episodes of confusion and despair. The ability to overcome adversity is what builds character, and gives us the opportunity to make better life decisions. We cannot mask the signals to our body from Innate that indicate to us that something is amiss and a solution is necessary. Formulating and employing strategies for surmounting obstacles in our lives is a better solution, and far healthier.

Life is short. If you have decisions to be made to help your soul soar, make them. You owe it to yourself; the people who love you and the universe to reach your potential in all aspects of your life. Don’t waste another day. Hold your head high and stand tall knowing that you’ve made positive changes, so that the weight of the world does not pull you down.

In the words of James Allen: DREAM LOFTY DREAMS, AND AS YOU DREAM, SO SHALL YOU BECOME, YOUR VISION IS THE PROMISE OF WHAT YOU SHALL ONE DAY BE; YOUR IDEAL IS THE PROPHECY OF WHAT YOU SHALL AT LAST UNVEIL.

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Dr. Martha Collins is a Family Chiropractor at the Chiropractic Life Centre in Kingston, Canada. It is her mission to spread the word of Chiropractic to help change the world one adjustment at a time. She can be reached at [email protected]