Stress and the Body
Many people in today's world are indeed struggling with high levels of stress. The demands of work, family responsibilities, financial pressures, social media, and the fast pace of modern life can all contribute to feelings of overwhelm and anxiety.
Stress can affect us physically, mentally, and emotionally. It can lead to fatigue, headaches, muscle tension, sleep disturbances, irritability, depression, and a weakened immune system. Prolonged stress can even increase the risk of severe health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.
Stress comes in three forms - chemical, physical and emotional and is one of the leading causes of pain, disease and illness. Unfortunately, our bodies don't withstand and process the amount of stress we experience in our day to day lives. When we cannot process stress, our body does the clever thing and stores it in our spines to "deal with later". Over the years, this causes spinal blockages (or subluxations) and may eventually lead to more severe issues.
Why does stress impact us so significantly? When the body cannot process or heal from a stressor, it does the next best thing and stores it in the body to deal with later. Unfortunately for many of us, later never comes and the stressors accumulate like layers on an onion. Years go by and we store it layer upon layer, all those things we couldn't deal with at the time.
Therefore, we need to find ways to audit, manage and reduce stress in our daily lives. There are obvious methods of stress reduction like relaxation techniques, deep breathing, meditation, or yoga, prioritizing self-care activities like exercise and getting enough sleep, setting healthy boundaries, and seeking support from friends, family, or mental health professionals when needed. Unfortunately, committing to something new every day is challenging for many of us. The next thing you know, there is additional stress because you are overwhelmed and can't execute another commitment! We do not want to get to that place so taking action is vital and the spinal flow technique can help you to release and also manage the accumulation of stress.
Using the spinal flow technique, we activate the body's inner wisdom via access points, allowing healing to occur and layers of stress to remove from the body. Once layers start to come off, symptoms often reduce and even disappear.
The body is a fantastic healing machine; we need to remember and trust that healing will happen, even when it takes time.
The body knows the body remembers.
