Allergy Relief Therapy: Hello Dust, I call you friend - 30 min

In the ancient texts such as the Egyptian Book of the Dead (originally called the Book of Emerging Forth into the Light) they had a concept of spells. While there may have been true magicians and miracle workers, most of these spells exploited a foundational feature of human neurology: a careful and disciplined cultivation of our mind can change our physiological sate. Anyone can learn with just a few minutes practice to change the temperature of their fingertip, for example. These "spells" of old are taking advantage of this 'mind over matter' power that we all have.

So how do we do that with allergies? We speak the language of our bodies and apply a systematic and repeated practice to rewire our brain and therefore our physiological response. From time immemorial, allergens like dust and pollen have been a symbol of both creation and destruction (“ashes to ashes, dust to dust”). These twin symbols cause our bodies to become confused in their presence, to mistake a harmless ingredient in the life making process (like pollen and dust) as something that could harm us; as something that requires a full blown immune system response. But the pollen or dander or dust isn’t a virus or some other potentially lethal invader. Today we are going to practice using the power of our words and our mind to turn down the dial, at least a little, on the magnitude of our allergic response.

Note: This is a 30 minute version of the Hello Dust episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.