ARC to Wellness

Separation from the animal kingdom gives license to the industrialized practice of animal exploitation. Not only is our desire for animal products destroying our planet, that insatiable desire is at the heart of what causes preventable chronic disease. When the blinders come off, it’s not difficult to see that we’re straying further and further out of balance with nature. Do we perpetuate the problem or become part of the solution? A beautiful thing about being human is we get to choose.

The choice to consume animal products comes down to convenience, habit, ritual and taste. Eating meat is so deeply ingrained in our society that we’re effectively blind to the devastation of the environment and the horrific abuse of animals involved, not to mention the accompanying elevated health risks. Marketing, lobbying, the protein myth and the vilification of carbohydrates work together to keep the cultural blinders in place. How is our consumer acceptance of animal cruelty reflected in the way we behave toward one another? What price will we pay, over time, for our consumption of trauma? 

Convenience is killing us. Our consumption of packaged and processed foods and drinks is conditioned by our attraction to Salt, Oil and Sugar--the cheap, addictive ingredients that create inflamed, overweight and nutrient-depleted bodies at earlier and earlier ages. With marketing & industry as the puppet-masters of N. America’s health crisis, it’s up to us to sever the strings that have been holding us back from better health outcomes.

A missing ingredient in most anti-aging recipes is known as Ahimsa: Harmlessness in Word, Deed and Thought. What if we stopped being critical of companies and colleagues? What would happen if we stopped judging everyone, including ourselves? This practice can help us remove blockages that can cause mental anguish and promote illness by improving the free flow of energy within the body, opening the door for emotions like joy and gratitude that can elevate our overall state of health and wellness.

Immune surveillance, fluid balance and waste removal are vital functions carried out by our lymphatic system. Without a free flowing, high-functioning lymphatic system, pathogens can proliferate, fluid and toxicity can build up in our bodies resulting in discomfort, pain and, in time, disability and disease.  Regular movement, deep breathing, hydration and paying attention to our emotional state are some of the best things we can do to help improve lymphatic flow and overall well-being.

Think of fascia as a unitary communication system throughout the body that connects us to ourselves, physiologically and energetically. Lining each organ and every single cell, interweaving every aspect of the body and beyond, fascia also connects us to our innate wisdom, to the planet and to the cosmos. Quiet helps us access this innate wisdom, yet our distraction culture doesn’t value quiet, doesn’t value stillness. Constant distraction promotes disconnection and prevents us from paying attention to our internal and external environment. Through stillness and breath, yin yoga is an accessible practice that enables us to pay attention to what’s developing in the body, affecting the fascia to proactively heal potential illness and disease.

As above, so below.  We sense the rising disconnection that we have between us.  This manifests as dysfunction in our families and our society.  Separation is an illusion.  We will find our way back to each other as we learn to love one another.  This will heal our families and heal our society.  
We see ill health in our bodies because we have lost the connections to our authentic selves.  This, again, is an illusion of separation.  As we find our way back to connection to our authentic selves and to nature, we'll experience health and wellness.  This is our natural state.
In this podcast we explore the way back to health.