Welcome to the Spring 2024 issue.
Spring Issue 81 is a Chiropractic-centered issue focusing on health and how we can “measure” health in new ways. We delve into the topic of “structure and function” where the structure of the nervous system is interwoven into the very expression of safety and growth, or its opposite: inhibition and dis-ease.
Underlying the chiropractic paradigm and measure of health is the idea of Salutogenesis, or the focus on what “gives birth to health” and we have a comprehensive article in this issue that explains the principles of this great foundation of healing. A fundamental way to revitalize any area of your life is to understand what it is that “gives birth to health” in your life.
Chiropractors offer universal support, aligning the nervous system to be attuned to life’s inborn intelligence. While this is beneficial for so many, the major premise of chiropractic is much larger, recognizing that the intelligence must be expressed through you, by you, from within the soul of the individual.
An amazing overview of the chiropractic philosophy of life and healing science, especially as it relates to the newborn period, is the Feature article “Tongue to Toes.” This article really summarizes it all, from the biological to the structural to the emotional and spiritual, all wrapped around the emergent topic of “tongue tie” which, for many parents, has become a light or signal to seek out and discover chiropractic for the greater benefit of the whole family.
Enjoy this and many other articles, such as “The Terrain is Everything,” “Breaking School Habits” “Parent-Child Play” and others that bring us to that mental expansion, so important for Pathways to Family Wellness.
One idea we introduce in this issue is the “chiropractic measure of health.” In a word, this measure is that of adaptability though this can only be comprehensively assessed within a holistic framework that includes the human being as a whole recognizing not only the physical but also the emotional dimensions of life.
We are learning how to measure this holistic adaptability to life at both levels, and how to see and ascertain how our adaptability is “reflected” in the nervous system, where the nervous system then becomes our greatest teacher, perfectly mirroring the key significant patterns in our life story, i.e. the evidence of important challenges, and the underlying desire and need to rise above the challenges of our unique past.
For within the nervous system, we can see the story of an individual as well as the logical rhythms of his or her biological expression of health. When we are challenged in life, the body reflects the signal to our intellect that offers an important light that lights the way forward, a light that is only beginning to be appreciated in the life sciences and healing arts.
This body of ours is a perfect teacher, to be trusted, and understood, not feared or maligned, where the greatest gift to come from its lessons is the revelation of our individual and community templates for health and happiness. Enjoy!
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