So we don’t need doctors, or hospitals, or expensive drugs? We don’t need healthy diets, or regular exercise, or chiropractic adjustments?  Great!

Well, not exactly. The practice of Self-healing does not dismiss the importance of medical treatment, especially for acute injury or illness. And beneficial practices like exercise and a healthy lifestyle are excellent and sometimes necessary complements to Self-healing. However, at its core, Self-healing refers to activating the innate ability our bodies possess to heal themselves, through the use powerful, self-applied Mind-Tools.

As you know, when you cut a finger or bruise your knee, your body heals itself. When you take antibiotics for an injury or infection, they don’t heal you, they just weaken the bacteria; it’s your immune system that kills and removes the bacteria from your body. Similarly, the cast on your broken arm just prevents movement from disrupting the repair, and the surgeon who removes a cancer just removes an impediment. In every case, the body must repair the damage.

Consider this: our bodies are intricately designed to repair and restore themselves; they eagerly engage in the healing process unless there are obstacles hindering this innate capacity. Sometimes, these obstacles are physical. Excessive consumption of alcohol, drugs, or unhealthy foods can impede the body’s healing mechanisms. The  hindrances can also be mental or emotional. Emotions such as grief, rage, frustration, and anxiety can negatively impact the immune system and other vital processes, leaving our bodies vulnerable to infections and illnesses and creating inflammation and slow down healing. Remarkably, research has revealed that many, perhaps most, diseases–including the top five killers–are strongly linked to stress*.

*Chronic stress is linked to six leading causes of death including heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver and suicide”, according to the American Psychological Association.