The Body's Compass

Today, anxiety is out of control. Anxiety is sometimes associated with Heart and Spleen Deficiency and, tensions around the stomach leading to patterns of disharmony. Viewing the body as a system, not a sum of isolated parts, These patterns occur when the system's harmony is disrupted. It is not equivalent to the Western concept of "disease" because both concepts arise from totally different ways of seeing the human body. To understand anxiety, we need to look for signs and symptoms associated with the pattern beyond what someone might typically experience from anxiety alone. At times the body interprets overall stress as mental-emotional anxiety.

Tackling the saboteur which, this is an archetypal pattern that everybody has. The saboteur is a mechanism in us that activates every time we have an opportunity to empower ourself or someone else, and causes us to make choices that block our success. This pattern is often unconsciously learnt early in life from our parents and some religious ideologies. In any moment, we have the choice to take ourselves down and conversely, empower ourselves. Many of these patterns are recognisable and ways to shine light on the shadow.

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In today's culture, we've lost our communities, our wise elders and rites of passage. Much of the knowledge that's usually passed down through generations has been censored or banned in today's world because of the collective agenda of not fitting in. Unfortunately, a lot of people feel lost if they don't fit in with everyone else but there's many things we can do about that!

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Delving into the world of life hacks which, are a strategy or technique adopted in order to manage time and daily activities in a more efficient way. Health hacks are a 'do it yourself' form of health enhancement, in an attempt to change aspects of biology to improve your health, performance, and/or well-being. This week, we discuss the different types of health hacks prescribed to patients and ourselves to make our lives a little easier.

Bone broth - 

In TCM Chicken broth is seen to be more nourishing for a weakened digestion, where as beef bone broth would be chosen for its overall skin nourishment (due to high collagen levels) hence it has a better immune support function.

The issue that The Priestess was talking about was the ‘glutamate’ level. This is actually higher in smaller animals such as turkey or chicken. Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitter which when consumed through food does have a positive impact on calming and sleep. However, if consumed in too high amounts it can cause an overuse tolerance. Meaning, you need more to get the same result and in the meantime it is likely to increase your chances of anxiety or depression.

Bean protocol diet - 

The lady’s name was Karen Hurd who’s child was poisoned and therefore came up with the “bean protocol diet”. For more specific information check out her website. 

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Upon The Wizard's return from teaching CHEK advanced training courses, we go deeper into what that entails and what kinds of therapy he actually does. From visceral manipulation to exercise and psychology coaching to working with the brain. We go on a little excursion into The Wizard's world with an interesting little hack to help clear the sinuses and breathe better.

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Out of all the diets there, which one is the best? Carnivore? Vegan? Calorie Counting? In truth, no two diets work the the same for everyone. Each diet has its time and place where it can be beneficial. When we subscribe to one particular diet because we saw it on TV, we run the risk of doing more harm than the diet itself.

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We all want healthy snacks and unfortunately, our culture dictates we ‘have’ to be busy, we have to work 20 hours a day to make all the money to buy things we don’t want to impress people we don’t really like. In this pursuit, food manufacturers have marketed products that are 'healthy' for us including 'low fat' this and 'diet' that as well as such labels including natural, no/low sugar and even organic. A lot of these products are a double edged sword and are doing more harm than good. Some of these products like coffee can be beneficial, although it's often about timing, how it's made and what it does to your body.

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In this episode, we explore the realm of biohacking and health devices. From Fitbits to microwaves and sleep apps to menstrual trackers, most people believe they're helping their health but few realise the greater reality of what's really going on. Ironically, using many of these devices can disrupt the very thing they claim to aid. Do these devices lead people to change their behaviour in ways that can positively affect their health or is this trend disassociating people from themselves?

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Men and women are wired a little differently. Sometimes subtly and other times, not so much. The biological neurology that drive male and female thoughts and behaviours are designed to be different however, in today's world it's seemingly more and more difficult to allow this neurology to flow. This suppression of flow (feminine) ultimately leads to pressure and disorder in our form (masculine).

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Mark Twain once said "don't let schooling get in the way of your education". There are many school systems available however, few cater to the natural neurological development of the child. Most of our schooling attempts to activate the left brain from as early as 4 years of age while the right brain is mostly active until the approximate age of 10. This can lead to low self esteem, anxiety, depression and a host of "diagnosis'" that are seemingly in epidemic proportions today.

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