I was reading the new book from the Daily Om by Madisyn Taylor, Learning to Live. It is like an instruction manual for life, and I one of her 'instructions' talks about 'whole-self well-being'. As I read about this concept, as she writes about it, I kept on thinking this sounds like all the things I learn and practice in kinesiology. So I shall share it with you, to share one of life's small pleasure. Enjoy, it gets you thinking about the role you play in your maintaining wellness and being balanced.
Whole-Self Well-being
How the body clears energy
"Whole-self well-being is, in part, the result of a harmonious flow of energy between our physical and mental selves. When this flow is thrown out of balance for any reason, the body and mind react to one another, rather than act cooperatively. Ongoing stress, saddened, anxiety, excitement, and fear can overwhelm the cerebral self, causing traumatic energy to be channeled into the body, which then responds by taking steps to organically dispel the burdening energy and expressing it by means of physical symptom's such as illness, fatigue, or disease. In some cases, these symptoms can simply be allowed to run their natural course, and recovery will come naturally. In most instances, however, health and wellness can only be restored by a dual course of treatment that acknowledges both the physical manifestations of energy clearing and the underlying emotional causes.
Many ailments you experience over the course of your life can be indicative of the body's attempts to process intellectual and emotional energy. Swollen glands, for example, can signal that you are going through a period of emotional cleansing. Even something as simple as a pimple can indicate that your body is ridding itself of toxins and old energy.
In Chinese medicine, intensive emotions are held in the body's organs as a matter of course. Grief lurks in the lungs, anger inhabits the liver, fretfulness lingers in the heart, worry is held in the stomach, and the kidneys harbor fright. Coughs or bronchitis can signify that the physical self is clearing away grief, while a loss of appetite may signal that worry is being actively addressed.
When you feel ill or imbalanced, treating your whole self rather than the physical self alone can empower you to determine the root cause of sickness. Since you understand that your physical symptoms may be an expression of emotional discomfort, you can establish a balanced treatment regimen to ensure that you quickly recover your good health"