Nutrition, exercise and lifestyle all play important roles in how your metabolism works–and how you can make it work for you over [...]]]> You were right. It’s true that your metabolism does decrease over time. Sigh. In fact, after the age of 30, your metabolism typically drops 1-2% per decade–or about 70 daily calories every 10 years.

Nutrition, exercise and lifestyle all play important roles in how your metabolism works–and how you can make it work for you over a long and metabolically hot life. Here are a few quick tips you can implement today to boost your metabolic fire and become one hot body.

There are many parts of your life that you can influence to maximize your metabolism and get the very most out of your body’s fuel.  Every single day it is your metabolism that sets the budget for how much you can consume to provide you the energy to perform your daily life activities as well as manage your weight in the direction of your goals. Nutrition, exercise and lifestyle all play important roles in how your metabolism works—and how you can make it work for you over a long and metabolically hot life.

Here’s what to do.

The top 10 integrated strategies to boost your metabolism (and so much more!)

1. Don’t overdo the calorie cutting. Especially if you’re trying to lose weight, it can be tempting to really cut back on the calories. However, research has shown that to maximize weight loss, you need to fuel your metabolism. Stick to no fewer than 1,200 calories as a minimum for weight loss—and you may actually need more depending on your current weight. A general rule of thumb is to multiply your weight by 12-13 to maintain your weight or 11 if your goal is to safely lose.

2. Eat breakfast. You’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it again. Breakfast does indeed spark the metabolic fire each day to get you energized and burning hotter. Aim for around 300 nutrient dense calories with some lean protein, healthy carbs and a fruit or vegetable. A slice of whole grain toast, natural peanut butter and a sliced banana can be a quick and easy breakfast option or try a low fat yogurt with blueberries and a couple teaspoons of uncle sams cereal with raw nuts.

3. Add some protein. Making sure there is a modest, healthy source of protein in every meal and most snacks can give a boost to your metabolism as well as extend the life of your healthy carbs and other foods in your meal. Not only does protein take a bit more energy—calories—to break it down in the body, but also it slows down the rate of blood sugar entering the blood stream, effectively helping keep hunger and cravings at bay. An egg white omelet with veggies at breakfast, some grilled chicken on your salad at lunch, almond butter on an apple at snack time. Protein gives a boost to the whole meal and to your metabolism.

4. Eat whole grain, high fiber carbohydrates. Avoid the refined and super-sugary carbs found in most commercial bakery products and many processed foods and your metabolism—and overall health—will benefit. Refined sugar increases insulin more rapidly and may put a damper on your metabolic rate. On the other hand, complex carbs like whole grains are, well, more complex and as a result take more energy to metabolize into energy for you to run on. Stick to the whole grains, fruits and veggies.

5. Eat frequently, but avoid ‘all day grazing.’ Eating itself boosts your metabolism! In fact, every time you eat, your metabolism fires up—up to 30%! —For a short period of time. This is called the ‘thermic effect of food’ and it literally boosts the metabolism. Eating something nutritious and balanced every 4 or so hours during your active day can keep you energized and burning ‘hotter’ by maximizing this terrific effect on your metabolic fire. Avoid all day grazing though so you stay light on your toes and use that extra energy your foods are providing.

6. Skip alcohol, but feature other non-sugar fluids. Alcohol depresses the metabolism and the body. Studies also show that when people consume alcohol, they also tend to eat more calories—up to 200 extra calories! Just thinking about this effect on your calorie burning ability is enough to give you a headache tomorrow morning with or without the cocktail the night before! Now before you throw out this tip, IF you are going to imbibe: make sure you remember this info, get yourself a game plan and make sure to use smart strategies for choosing, planning and enjoying your meal so you can succeed despite the ‘facts’.

Another winner—drinking 3-10 daily cups of green tea according to a growing number of studies does appear to kick the metabolism into gear—as well as stimulate fat burning. And staying hydrated altogether can help keep your metabolism burning strong, as well. A couple of studies have showed that staying hydrated may be associated with 20-50 calories of extra burning potential daily. Doesn’t sound like a lot? How about 2-5 pounds of extra calories expended over the course of the year by doing nothing more than making sure you’re downing your daily agua?

7. Spice it up! Have you heard that spicy foods not only give a kick to your taste buds but also your metabolism? Well if it’s the right kind, namely members of the capsicum annuum species, including cayenne, paprika and red pepper flakes, you’ve heard right. But spicy food in general has not been studied enough to say the same. Capsaicin is the plant nutrient that researchers have associated with revving up the metabolism and also helping us feel satisfied sooner. Some studies even suggest capsaicin may play a role in fat burning—so no matter if you like the warmth and spice of the hotter cayenne or milder, sweeter paprika, both may be a flavorful and metabolically ‘fire-full’ addition to your menu.

 
8. Strength, cardio and simply moving. Exercise and activity provide the greatest variable when it comes to your metabolism. If you do a lot of exercise, you burn more calories. And if you do little, your metabolic needs are less. But how you exercise can actually give a boost to your metabolism while you’re working out and even afterward. Sure strength training burns calories, but having stronger muscles burns more calories even when you’re at rest. Important research in 2001 with adult women showed that the metabolism remains higher for up to two hours after a strength training sessions, resulting in a ‘bonus’ 100 extra calories burned! Now that’s hot!

Changing up the cardio by doing different activities or interval training not only keeps your exercise interesting but may also give your body an extra challenge and increased calorie burn. Try biking one day, treadmill or hiking the next. Different speeds and inclines can also make your body work harder resulting in extra effect.

And don’t forget simply trying to ‘move more’. Every 2,000 steps taken equals approximately a mile covered and an average 100 calories expended. Taking even a few laps around the grocery store before shopping, a 10-minute walk after meals, or walking instead of ‘waiting’ before a meeting can really pay off! Strap on a pedometer to see the effect of your steps.

9. Chill out. Chronic stress wreaks havoc on the body, including the metabolism. Increased cortisol has been associated with weight gain and turning those calories into fat, especially that nagging belly fat. While a spa vacation may seem like the natural cure for stress, taking ‘stress breaks’ on a daily basis can also help. Network Spinal Analysis is a wellness tool for effectively managing your daily Stress and its effects on the bodymind, talking to a friend who gives you joy, practicing meditation, flipping through a magazine, or simply taking 10 deep breaths a couple times a day can be strategies to help you chill out and keep stress from working against your body’s furnace.

10. Catch some zzzzz’s. Several studies in the past few years have begun to show an association between sleep [LINK: http://www.healinglifestyles.com/index.php/natural-solutions-for-chronic-insomnia] and metabolism, weight, body mass index and overall health. It’s not so unusual to gravitate toward food to fight fatigue, but you may be surprised to learn that less than about 7 1/2 quality hours of sleep may increase your appetite hormone (ghrelin) and decrease your ‘stop eating’ hormone (leptin). A double whammy and researchers have also seen that low sleep can impair blood sugar and insulin regulation during the waking hours. And that’s a formula for weight gain.

When you put these all together, you spell better metabolism and better health, too. Even making a few shifts in the right direction can give your body just the nudge it needs to kick into high metabolic gear. In the end, maximizing your metabolism is about getting the most bang for the buck with the (ever hotter) body you live in today.

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COULD NETWORK SPINAL ANALYSIS HELP US UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF THE SINO-ATRIAL NODE? By E. Jonckheere Department of Electrical Engineering-Systems University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2563

This new direction in our research activity was initiated by an e-mail message we received from Dr. A. Hiebert from Vancouver, Canada, informing us that he had observed some strange Heart Rate [...]]]>

COULD NETWORK SPINAL ANALYSIS HELP US UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF THE SINO-ATRIAL NODE?
By E. Jonckheere

Department of Electrical Engineering-Systems
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2563

This new direction in our research activity was initiated by an e-mail message we received from Dr. A. Hiebert from Vancouver, Canada, informing us that he had observed some strange Heart Rate Variability (HRV) discrepancies between the readings before and after NSA. His message appeared credible enough to prompt us to pay him a visit and, upon reviewing the data in his office, there were no doubts left in our mind that NSA does affect what the HeartMath Institute refers to as the “coherence ratio.”

On an independent but parallel track, thanks to the public relation skills of Dr. Ray Gin, we were brought in contact with Dr. W. Stuppy, a prominent gastroenterologist, whose interest in the heart stems from the sometimes difficult differential diagnosis between GI and cardiac problems. It is the convergence of these two research tracks that has led us to formulate the question as to whether NSA could be a helper in understanding cardiac dynamics.

Our research effort soon focused on the RR interval, also called the inter-beat time, which is controlled by the sino-atrial (SA) node. Indeed, through its connection to the autonomic nervous system, it is probably that single cardiac parameter that responds best to NSA care. It is also the cardiac parameter the most likely to provide a reading on various stress disorders. The latter is the “heart as a sensor” paradigm of Dr. Stuppy.

From my personal point of view, and that of my students, our interest in the RR interval stems from the fact that it is the cardiac time series the most likely to be amenable to dynamical analysis. Our conjecture had indeed been that the systoles are triggered when the state of the attractor of the sino-atrial (SA) node passes through some subset of the state of the attractor. This is the famous Poincaré return problem (not to be confused with the Poincaré section problem). Using the phraseology of dynamical system theory, the inter-beat interval would be referred to as “Poincaré return time.” It is only very recently that mathematicians, especially at the University of Southern California, have managed to derive the statistics of the Poincaré return time. We immediately thought that this would put us in a cutting edge position if we were to approach the inter-beat interval as a Poincaré return time. Pouring through the 600 Megabytes data supplied to us by Dr. Stuppy, our initial investigation came as a disappointment, as the systoles did not appear to be a Poisson arrival process as the Poincaré return time paradigm was predicting. It took us a little bit of research to realize that the histogram of the RR interval matches, for some patients, the so-called k-fold Erlang distribution, which is known to be the statistics of the k-fold Poisson inter-arrival time: The internal dynamics of the SA node is a mixing process, which is known to have a Poisson single return, but it takes k returns to initiate a heartbeat.

From this austere mathematical point of view, the internal clock of the SA node appears faster than the heartbeats and there are about k SA clock ticks within each RR interval. Of course, the big problem is to find a statistical estimate of k and figure out whether it is consistent with the known fact that the SA node is the fastest oscillator in the heart. Where does NSA come into play? To understand a complicated dynamical system, it is very instructive to study its bifurcations. This is what mathematicians call “global analysis.” It turns out that the early changes observed in the coherence ratio as a result of NSA care have all of the attributes of a bifurcation. During NSA care, the RR interval goes from an erratic behavior to a sinusoidal pattern. The correlation properties of the RR interval transit from short term to long-range dependency, as shown by the following diagram: Mathematically, our conjecture is that this is a chaotic to quasi-periodic bifurcation. Another change is the decrease in heart rate that accompanies NSA, indicating some arasympathetic 3.2) beats±response. Choosing 95% confidence in a population of 45 cases, the mean heart rate is (73.7 2.8) beats per min. after NSA. But more dramatic is the±per min. Before NSA and it drops to (69.1 change in the heartbeat pattern as seen from the histograms of the “low coherence ratio” and the “high coherence ratio.” Again, taking 95% confidence in the same population, the mean of the low coherence 8.3) % after NSA. The mean of the high coherence±9.8) % before NSA and it drops to (28±ratio is (61.2 11.4) % after NSA. This is illustrated in the±6.9) % to (45.0±ratio, on the other hand, increases from (26.8 following diagrams:

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As a word of caution, it should be stressed that this is only a preliminary study. In the future, the data might have to be arranged in a better way. For example, the population contains research subjects of many ages, while it is known that HRV decreases with age. A more accurate study should involve a population of patients of the same age group. Another issue that deserves further investigation is the U-shape of the coherence ratio histograms, a departure from the “bell shaped” curve typical of a Gauss distribution. Nevertheless, this preliminary study clearly indicates that the cardiovascular response to NSA appears worth pursuing. The upshot is that, with NSA able to take the heart through a bifurcation in a simple and noninvasive way, a databank of transitions could easily be built, and this in turn could reveal dynamical features that would otherwise be difficult to pin down. ]]> http://www.seachangeny.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=139 0 http://www.seachangeny.com/wordpress/?p=137 http://www.seachangeny.com/wordpress/?p=137#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:37:27 +0000 admin http://seachangeny.com/wordpress/?p=137

This presentation considers a possible role for Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) as an augmenting adjunct for patients requiring psychotherapy. Based on reported benefits following NSA Care in areas of health, wellness and quality of life, a rationale is provided which positions this approach in a [...]]]> .
The Role of Network Spinal Analysis in Augmenting Psychotherapy

Kimberly Kiddoo, Ph.D

This presentation considers a possible role for Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) as an augmenting adjunct for patients requiring psychotherapy. Based on reported benefits following NSA Care in areas of health, wellness and quality of life, a rationale is provided which positions this approach in a manner consistent with aspects of psychoneuroimmunology and recent concepts of autonomic nervous system retraining (“polyvagal theory”) relative to mind-body awareness. Disorders of affect regulation in which a NSA/psychotherapy approach is considered to have a synergistic effect include: depression, stress, and the lesser well-known conditions of alexithymia and alexisomia which refer to impairment in the ability to perceive, process and label bodily sensations. Four case studies are presented to illustrate the unique advantages of combining NSA with conventional psychotherapeutics: two cases of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), child oppositional-defiant disorder, and an adult substance abuse resulting from early childhood sexual abuse.

Additional benefits of a collaborative relationship between psychotherapists and NSA practitionaers are discussed in relationship to (1) the patient. (2) the psychotherapist, and (3) the NSA practitioner. Finally, practical, ethical and legal concerns are discussed regarding collaboration between NSA practitioners and other professionals.
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Case Study: Successful In Vitro Fertilization in a Poor Responder While Under Network Spinal Analysis Care – September 14, 2003 Simon A. Senzon, M.A., D.C.

Abstract – Objective: This case report describes the successful in vitro fertilization (IVF) of a 34 year old female who had one previous aborted [...]]]> Article from: JVSR.com – Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research

Case Study:
Successful In Vitro Fertilization in a Poor Responder While Under Network Spinal Analysis Care – September 14, 2003

Simon A. Senzon, M.A., D.C.

Abstract – Objective: This case report describes the successful in vitro fertilization (IVF) of a 34 year old female who had one previous aborted IVF attempt prior to Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) care. This case report is being presented to add other case reports that show positive physiological changes in patients receiving NSA care.

Clinical Features:

The IVF was attempted due to her partner’s azoospermia. The first IVF attempt was on 3/26/02. The patient had a poor follicular growth after the standard hyper-stimulation process of the ovaries, including pre-treatment withMircette (birth control pills) and 1mg/0.2ml of Lupron (a gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist), and 3-6 amps of Gonal-F (a recombinant fsh) strating on cycle day 3. Her baseline day 3 estradiol and LH levels were only 21.2pg/me and 5.0 I.U./L respectively. On cycle day 8, estradiol was only 56% and LH was 6.6 I.U./L. The Gonal-F was increased to 6 amps. This first attempt was cancelled due to the poor follicle growth. Only 3-4 follicles of insufficient size between 10-14mm each were found.

Chiropractic Care and Outcomes:

On 4/11/02, the patient commenced regular NSA care. The second IVF attempt began on 6/6/02. The change in IVF protocol was the addition of Repronex (also a gonadotropin and a combination of LH and fsh). The total increased dose of Gonal-F and Repronex was 6amps, compared to the first attempt of only 3amps which was then increased to 6amps of Gonal-F only.

Conclusion:

On the second IVF attempt, estradiol was 1001pg/ml on day 8, and 2019pg/ml on day 11, with LH at 9.3. The Oocyte retrieval after the second attempt was 10 eggs, each approximately 18mm. A successful aspiration of eggs was completed on 6/17/02, and a successful pregnancy followed. The patient is still under NSA care, and is now in her second trimester with normal fetal heart sounds. The possible role of NSA care in the vigorous follicular growth and other health benefits is discussed.

Complete case study available at the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research site:
http://www.jvsr.com/abstracts/index.asp?id=179 ]]> http://www.seachangeny.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=135 0 http://www.seachangeny.com/wordpress/?p=133 http://www.seachangeny.com/wordpress/?p=133#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:34:45 +0000 admin http://seachangeny.com/wordpress/?p=133
Research at the Medical College of the University of California, Irvine demonstrated that patients under Network care reported significant improvement in physical health and symptoms, emotional/mental health and symptoms, stress, and life enjoyment. A unique Wellness Index was developed to assess these categories for overall quality of life. Seventy-six percent (76%) of the over 2,800 patients assessed had improvement in every category. Although physical symptoms changed most often within the first couple of months, patients reported their overall life enjoyment and quality of life continuing to improve year after year.

During Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) care two “healing waves” develop which are unique to Network. One is a breathing wave that releases tension throughout the spine and body, causing a greater sense of relaxation. The other is called a somato-psychic, or body-mind wave, which is associated with a dolphin type undulation or movement of the spine. These waves are related to a significant increase in wellness and quality of life.

Once people experience these Network “healing waves”, they tend to make healthier choices. Suddenly the exercise, diet, supplements, meditation or prayer that may have, until that point, resulted in minimal wellness benefits, now increases in effectiveness. Saying it differently, people in Network care who experience these waves, often triple their perceived wellness. As these “healing waves” progress along a person’s spine, they revitalize, energize, and help the body to self correct distortions of alignment and posture. In other words, spinal vertebrae spontaneously realign. The waves help move “stuck energy” and are a resource of new energy and vitality.

NSA helps the person “inside” who is experiencing disease, and must deal with a prognosis, treatment, and symptoms. With care they are better able to develop innate strategies to find tension in their bodies and spontaneously move and breathe to dissipate it. NSA helps the person to use the energy within their spinal tension (and unresolved past and current stressful or traumatic experiences) to fuel the healing process. Network Care helps the internal cues to become so available that people more often act, think, feel and respond in a more productive and healthier fashion. The internal communication systems become clearer to coordinate the body more effectively even during periods of stress and trauma. People have been shown to make healthier choices and enjoy life more. Also, a wide range of physical complaints such as headaches, stiffness, pain, eczema, menstrual cramps, and dizziness have been reported by the Network patients to improve or resolve.

For more information call Sea Change New York: (212) 889-7300

Dr. Deborah G. Musso Network Facilitator/Director

It seems associated with the way we experience our world. When an event occurs that our brain determines is not safe for us to fully experience, the energy and information of the event is translated into vibration and tension, which is then stored in the body.

Until it is safe to experience that energy again, and our bodies develop the strategies to handle the information from the trauma, we cannot really feel whole or well. The state of safety is one that promotes internal awareness and internal growth.

Our body tenses more easily and our physiology remains set on “defense.” In defense we tighten, our blood pressure tends to rise, we feel less emotion and are living our life in reaction to our stress of the moment. Nerves that attach through the spinal cord into the brain, connect every cell of the body. Tension in this main cable network creates tension in the body tissues. The brain continues to perceive life defensively, and produces stress chemicals that inhibit the ability to pay attention, internally, to the “incomplete” energy or “unfinished business.”

Through gentle contacts along the neck and lower spine, (where the spinal cord attaches inside the vertebral column), called Network adjustments or Entrainments, greater body awareness is achieved. The body moves away from defense and towards growth. The brain becomes aware of the spine, which is a main conduit of consciousness, the coordinator of body function, and a proposed location of the subconscious mind. Our posture, spinal alignment, and tension patterns all reflect our emotional reactions to our perceived world.

Most of us remain in defense throughout our lives, and the higher more evolved brain does not have the opportunity to develop its unique properties and evolve new strategies for experiencing and responding to life.

When at peace, the internal growth “programs” can be switched on because the body does not need to protect itself from injury. It can then assess if our reactions, adaptations and symptoms are appropriate or not. We can feel more profoundly and use subtle information within to make healthier choices. We can activate “internal software” for experiencing life, changing our course, and for healing. Our brain can pay attention to the body’s tension patterns, its spinal alignment, its posture and its current state.

For more information call Sea Change New York: (212) 889-7300

Dr. Deborah G. Musso Network Facilitator/Director

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In order to fix something we must first be able to find it.
As our brain is better able to inventory the body, it can better orchestrate healing. This naturally occurs as NSA care progresses and the individual not only becomes aware of spinal tension patterns, vertebral motion and respiration, but also the energetic motion through the body. Natural outcomes of Network Care include this awareness and even the self-regulation of spinal tension and alignment.

For those people who have the greatest wounds, or stresses and traumas in life, they may tap stored tension or blocked energy through NSA care, to develop the statistically greatest positive changes in wellness. This is part of the “stress busting” effect demonstrated in Network care. This can be interpreted to suggest that the greater the wound, the greater the gift potential. That is, if new strategies can be developed to access the internal store house of energy for healing. This is what appears to happen in NSA care.

The NSA practitioner seeks to promote new strategies for your spine and nervous system so that you can be more effective at being well. The spinal assessments the doctor makes are matched with your personal health and wellness inventory. By allowing the practitioner’s expertise, and your ability to heal to join, you can celebrate the wellness that is available to you… even in the presence of disease.

For more information call Sea Change New York: (212) 889-7300

Dr. Deborah G. Musso Network Facilitator/Director ]]> http://www.seachangeny.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=133 0 http://www.seachangeny.com/wordpress/?p=129 http://www.seachangeny.com/wordpress/?p=129#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:44:36 +0000 admin http://seachangeny.com/wordpress/?p=129

Doctor Donald Epstein, founder of NSA visited New Zealand recently. In Touch was privileged to speak with him and this article is based on that conversation. From time to time an extremely elegant and sublimely simple [...]]]> NETWORK SPINAL ANALYSIS (NSA)
Allowing a Higher Level of Human Function

Interview with Dr. Donald Epstein – Jenny Thomas (In Touch Magazine)

Doctor Donald Epstein, founder of NSA visited New Zealand recently. In Touch was privileged to speak with him and this article is based on that conversation. From time to time an extremely elegant and sublimely simple procedure or protocol will arise from an already existing, long established technique.

Network Spinal Analysis could be described in this way, arising as it did when in 1982, New York Chiropractor, Doctor Donald Epstein began “networking” various chiropractic techniques. Through meticulous observation and by comparing the findings and results of one method with another, he began to see the efficacy of marrying certain techniques in a manner which enables the practitioner, through the use of light touch to release large amounts of spinal tension from a patient. Although this might not sound very dramatic, it is a fact that the absolutely remarkable ‘life-changing’ ways in which patients respond to this method of care has become a hallmark of NSA. This unique approach to health is a synthesis of long standing chiropractic methods, quantum mechanics, neuroanatomy and neurophysiology while also acknowledging changing perspectives in health care. In Doctor Epstein’s case, these changes involve an expanded interpretation of the concept of ‘wellness.’

Dr. Epstein: “Network Spinal Analysis sits within a new paradigm which I have been developing internationally and that’s called the Wellness Paradigm. Wellness is not about whether a person has disease. It’s about their internal experience of their body, the ability to make constructive healthy choices, and their ability to enjoy life and be well. Wellness is that state of concern in which you are relatively invincible, nothing can ruin your day, you feel alive, vital and confident and experience a high state of well-being. When you experience wellness, your circumstances of the moment do not easily upset your internal state.”

Findings from Network care have been documented in major University studies which examine the social science and bio-medical indicators of wellness by looking at a variety of different things people do to increase their health levels. A person who meditates daily, has buns of steel from exercise and the most expensive urine on the planet from supplements, and who has stopped doing the destructive things, will double their perceived wellness factor. However, if that person then adds Network Care, their wellness factor – their ability to make healthy life choices and stick to them – trebles!

“What we are looking at here is an experience of life beyond the usual form. A more subtle engagement with the parts of the brain that allow a person to express their higher level of humanity and function occurs so that a greater capacity to express more connections of compassion and love arises. I call these ‘higher end social changes’, because there are spiritual connotations involved. The individual is different in the way they relate to others and their environment. They can be instrumental in helping create a more compassionately productive community.”

To understand the ‘mechanics’ of NSA, we must first remind ourselves that the spine is composed of bones sitting on top of each other with discs or pads in-between. These bones or vertebrae have holes like donuts in them. These holes create a spinal-canal for the spinal cord which extends from the base of the brain to the tail-bone. The central nervous system is comprised of the brain and the spinal cord and is supported by an intricate system of tissues called the meninges, that are filled with fluid which nourishes and protects the nervous system, all of which sits within the spinal canal, protected by the bony vertebrae. Connective tissue attaches this system to the top and bottom of the spine and this tissue is subject to stresses, tension and distortion.We perceive our world through the nervous system. It is also through the nervous system that we coordinate the function of every cell, organ and tissue in the body. Every region of the body and every emotion is expressed through the nervous system. Also it’s the part of us with which we reason and which adapts us to stress and it’s the vehicle we use to create our conscious reality. So, when an event occurs that our brain decides is not safe for us to fully experience at that particular time, the energy and information of the event is translated into vibration and tension, which is then stored in the body. This tension begins to distort the spinal system: Spinal bones (the vertebrae) lose their normal alignment and muscles and ligaments strain and pull. Nerves can become compressed or stretched and irritated which results in abnormal function. As the nervous system is put under pressure, the spine is no longer able to right itself without outside help. Our body then ‘closes off’ the offending energy and tension, but over time, muscular tightness, spinal distortion, reduced breathing into the area occurs and consequently reduced movement results. Until it is safe to experience that energy again, and digest the information from the trauma, we cannot really feel whole or well.

Dr. Epstein: “This is a very real thing – anyone who is at the crossroads of life, physically, emotionally or spiritually, or anyone who cannot get further than they were before needs Network care to help their brain to move from stress physiology which results in a person’s structure being fixed in defense posture. In fact most of us remain in defense mode throughout our lives and this can retard the higher, more evolved area of the brain from developing its unique properties and evolving new strategies for experiencing and responding to life. There are many people whose vertebrae, ligaments and tissues are locked into stress patterns, creating so much tension, that their focus in life is just getting through another day! Network care allows the brain to move from the stress physiology into safety.”

So how does the practitioner go about relieving this stress?

Dr. Epstein: “I found that by using gentle and specific touches in a consistent sequence, where the spinal cord attaches to the spine, a patient’s own body learns to release complex patterns of tension and areas of disablement. Once this has been achieved, a further unwinding of deeper tensions from the spine occurs. These ‘touches’ consist of gentle finger or hand contacts applied at ‘spinal gateways’ or ‘access points’ along the neck and lower spine. They are applied in such a way as to engage the higher part of the brain, the frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex. This is the most recently developed region of our brain and is the area through which we observe ourselves and make choices regarding our behavior. This is the area through which we can reach a higher level of humanity, one which embraces spirituality and evolution.”

During Network Spinal Analysis care, two ‘healing waves’ develop. One is a breathing wave which releases tension throughout the spine and body and relaxes a person. The other is called somatopsychic (or body-mind) wave, which is associated with undulation or movement of the spine.

Dr. Epstein: “The mathematics of this wave are unique because it appears that this type of wave has not been reported anywhere else, so it has to be a signature in Network care. The theory being purported now suggests that as the individual progresses through levels of care, that wave, that signal along the spine is organizing high levels of complexity. That means there’s more letters in the language – more words available and ultimately more information becomes accessible. There is an evolutionary aspect to this in that there is an increase in the ability of the system to self-organize so it can have more appropriate views about the environment and become more energy efficient. Thus an outcome is produced, that is significantly beneficial to the species and that was not there before.”

“What we are looking for in Network is for the system itself to reorganize and develop strategies for experiencing and releasing tension on its own. In the first level of care, which may last a few weeks, the person develops a strategy to connect the brain to the body more effectively and to develop a capacity for self-correction of the tension patterns. The care programmed encourages the development of spontaneous stretching movements and breath movements, which help release tension in the spine. In the second level of care, we are looking for the brain to be aware of the person’s tension, and actually temporarily amplify that tension and redirect it so that the tension actually becomes the fuel for further healing and transformation. Tension is what holds a person anchored in a position of non-safety. Lack of safety is the basis for all physiological stress and the way we accumulate this stress is directly associated with the way we experience our world.”

Dr. Epstein: “I would like to see Network Spinal Analysis practitioners in places like cancer clinics and working with people who have had recent heart attacks; serious trauma patients and those who have had emotional traumas as children. I see Network Care not as competing with the existing medical paradigm, but instead offering a totally different approach that says no matter what you do about the disease, allow that person to be upgraded from say a 64k computer to a Pentium. Allow them to develop new strategies that they never had before and that person will make healthier choices. They will become more at peace and ease with their life and they will have a greater capacity to heal which often means the disease going away. And if the disease doesn’t go away, at least that person’s life is going to be richer than it was before. Network Care is an approach to wellness that embraces everyone. Babies, children, seniors. All can develop these strategies which allow a higher level of function.”

“A man, who came to a talk I was giving, told me he had metastasis prostate cancer. He had had surgery and radiation treatments and the cancer had gone away but now it was back and spreading and he was very worried. I asked him what he was afraid of and if he was afraid of dying. He said, ‘No, I’m afraid of the way I have to die if I go for further chemotherapy and radiation.’ It is upsetting that the treatment has to take away a person’s dignity, which in my opinion can never heal. But I asked him what he would have to do differently if he was going to die. He said that he would have to get his affairs in order so I asked him what he meant by that. ‘Well,’ he said, ‘I haven’t spoken to my son in twenty years and I never forgave my wife for dying.’ And he went through a variety of things. I asked him why he would have to do these things. He said so that he could die in peace and I said, ‘Sir, this is a mistake, it’s so you can live in peace.’ For some people, the only way they can make the changes which will enable them to live in peace is at the very end of their life.”

“And the point of this is – there are people who have cancer who never know it and who live full and perfectly wonderful lives. I know of one Network doctor I met at a seminar recently who told people that she is more alive, more compassionate and responsive with more feelings of gratitude than ever before. Six months previously, she had a breast removed, and for six weeks before that she had received chemotherapy. The other people who had had chemotherapy and surgery at the same time were not receiving Network care. Her internal state of wellness was so high irrespective of her circumstance, that she could be well and produce the physiology that would allow for a person to heal.”

Dr. Epstein: “When someone comes to me for care, I do not have to know what it was that caused that person’s problem. What I do know is how to intervene, to help their system to observe itself and to make a change. I have clinically dedicated myself to furthering the knowledge of the biological links, which will help us express a greater range of our humanity. I believe that by optimizing an individual’s biology, Network Spinal Analysis will facilitate positive transformation on a global scale, changing the world, a spine at a time.” ]]> http://www.seachangeny.com/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=129 0