Say No To Arthritis – How to prevent, relieve and resolve joint and muscle pain - Patrick Holford 2021 – Book review

This advice may just help with your own physical niggle, even if it is not arthritis. Did you know, for example, that Vitamin C supplementation helps relieve back pain?

Oh, you’ll live longer too!

“The amount of antioxidants that you maintain in your body is directly proportional to how long you will live”

I summarise some of the key idea’s here but I encourage you to get your own copy of the book if it piques your interest.

Dr Alexander is a US neuro surgeon who contracted meningoencephalitis. His outer brain, the neocortex, was basically fried by an infection which is almost always fatal. The few survivors usually have permanent brain damage. In his case, after 7 days in a coma, doctors were advising his family to prepare for the worst…

Stress, especially perpetual stress, that can’t be immediately released, gets physically held in our body – stored in bone cells, fascia and soft tissue. This creates barriers to healthy functioning of our body. Elevated cortisol levels also create an unhealthy metabolic environment for our cells, which may eventually lead to persistent pain, reduced immunity and serious illness.

Embodiment

…when we are healthy, motivated, focused on a purpose that aligns with our core selves, then the body and mind feel like a cohesive unit…

Expanded States

Most artists and high-performance athletes report being “in a flow” when they produce their best work…

Aligned Comfort

Zero Balancing is a holistic therapy which removes tension and re-establishes energy flow through the structure. This rebalancing has often resolved or reduced movement and pain issues…

Mental Clarity & Cognitive Improvement

So called “brain waves” usually come when we least expect it …

Spritiual Awareness

Perhaps Zero Balancing is redefining the meaning of the word ‘holistic’?

Self Understanding

Once we deal with old emotions we become more aware of ourselves, and the habitual responses we have to given situations; responses that may have led to poor consequences in the recent past…

Emotional Regulation

Repressed emotion is very often bottled up as tension deep within our bones and joints. Releasing the tension from bone may release the causative emotion, permanently…

Relational Ease

Human relationships are often the biggest challenge we face in life; very often the more significant the relationship, the more challenging! …

Mind/Body Integration

When we Zero Balance the whole body we are also integrating the mind – the two are actually part of the whole …

If you’re living in New Zealand this winter, you’re not feeling 100%, you may be anxious, and you’re not considering your vitamin D intake, then this information may just be vital for you! …

The only way to get rid of anxiety is to stop creating it, we have to be prepared to give up the act of “worry”. Worry is thoughts, repeating over and over. That means relinquishing the need to control some outcome in the future. It means giving up having to know everything, to be the expert on everything in our life. It means no longer imagining multiple possibilities and scenarios, most of which will never materialise…

How should we handle the stress of being sick? 11 ideas on how to respond:

1. Turn down the heat and KISS: Last month I talked about the stress relief tip, the 30 second kiss. That can help reduce stress. But ‘Keep It Simple Stupid’ is great advice too. It’s another way of Being Present by simplifying…

Three simple strategies to reduce our stress levels now!

We’re so unconsciously reliant on automatic response patterns we learned as children, that we don’t often appreciate that we have the agency at every moment to purposely choose a different way.

Whether we are living with stress symptoms, or even if we are dealing with a significant health challenge already, we still have that opportunity to take the quantum leap that can transform our karma, our attitude, our enjoyment of life, and our health.