Wednesday, September 10, 2008

You Don't Need to Think to Be Aware






Very often, when clients or patients lie on my table and receive a Network Spinal Analysis entrainment, they become extremely relaxed. Sometimes they drift off into what many describe as another place. I call it “checking out”. Checking out is not necessarily a bad thing, however, it is not the most desirable state for a Network entrainment.

Some ask, “Isn't the whole idea to become as relaxed as possible?” While I am in favor of a client becoming relaxed, I don't want them to fall asleep on the table. Unlike many modalities in which the patient plays a completely passive role, NSA works best with a patient's awareness and participation.

Just before I begin the Network entrainment, I ask the participant to refrain from incessant thinking and to remain awake and aware through the process. I often get protests from this request. “How can I be aware if I'm not thinking?” This brings up a very interesting point of differentiation. Thinking and awareness are very different.

Thinking utilizes your mind and Awareness is more about paying attention. When having a conversation with someone, you would speak and alternatively listen when the other person was speaking. However, if you decided not to stop talking, even if the other person was speaking, you would have a difficult time hearing anything they would have to say. In this case, you would be focused primarily on your own thoughts and words.

For some people, thinking is an endless loop of internal conversation. Science has documented that people have more than 60,000 thoughts each day. It can become nearly impossible to pay attention to anything else. A major goal of NSA is to help a person become more aware of their body. It is only through greater awareness that change is possible.

Like every other concept in NSA, this principle applies to life as well. If we go through life constantly stuck in our endless thought patterns and judgments, we are less able to really pay attention to what's happening. When we're not fully aware, our ability to change and adapt is compromised. The inability to change and adapt results in stuck patterns in our body and our life.

Network Spinal Analysis facilitates an individual's ability to become aware of the stress and tensions stored in the body. Once this heightened awareness is created, the body automatically develops strategies to release these tensions and adapt better to future stressors.

Network Spinal Analysis and Somato-Respiratory Integration are two of the most amazing methods available to help people achieve greater states of wellness. The unparalleled results of Network Care are well documented in a University of California study and monitored and matched everyday at the Center for Holistic Health.

Join us on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, 7:30 PM, at the Center for Holistic Health in Decatur to experience a free introduction to this miraculous work.

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