"What is it with you chiropractors and this holistic thing?"
I thought it was a great question. It's a question that I'm certain many of you out there have had, and not necessarily in relation to chiropractic. What is it with this holistic thing? Why is it important to me? Why should I care?
My answer went something like this:
"Well, M___, what you have to understand first off is that our current state of health is a product of every single experience we have ever had in our life. That means that every physical experience, every chemical toxin, every piece of food, and every emotional upset that we have had contributes to our health. When you understand this piece of information it empowers you to look at all aspects of your life and how they are contributing to your health. Holistic health is about taking responsibility for all of those aspects and then doing something about them. That means eating right, avoiding chemical toxins, managing emotions well, and getting adjusted so everything else is connected and works well."
He said, "But what about Linda McCartney? She led a holistic life and she died of cancer! If anyone should not have died of cancer, it should have been her."
"Well, I have two comments about that. One, if you see a contradiction, like she should not have died of cancer and she did, you have to check your premises, because one of them is wrong. Contradictions don't exist. Two, I don't really know much about Linda McCartney, but I have several suppositions that I'd like to suggest that might explain this. It is possible that she did live a very holistic lifestyle in all the ways that most people think would contribute to health, and she still might have missed something. I don't know. It is also possible that because of her lifestyle she lived much longer than she otherwise might have. It is also possible that she was exposed to something early on in her life that she had still not fully accounted for. Perhaps there was an emotional stress that she was unwilling to unable to look at."
"My grandfather," he countered, "lived to 82 and smoked two packs a day!"
"I would ask this question: How long might he have lived if he hadn't smoked? And also, if he knew, deep down in his heart and soul that it was fulfilling some need in him, then it's likely that he wouldn't have had as much damage from those cigarettes as someone else who feels guilty about it because of the media pressure. In France they have lower rates of lung cancer but higher rates of smoking."
"What about genetics?" he said, "haven't they found a gene for cancer?"
"Genetics," I replied, "are not the end all of what determines health. They are environmentally triggered, as the new science of epigenetics is showing us. Twin studies have shown that while one twin might die of a genetic disease that they both have, the other may heal. It has happened. The gene for that disease was gone when they looked for it after the first twin died! Genes provide us with possibilities, and it is up to us to help express what we want to express. We are not limited by our genes."
Holism is not a fad. Holistic health is about taking responsibility for every aspect of your health, from the food you eat, to the exercise you get, or don't, to the toxins in your environment, to the spiritual connection you have with yourself, to getting adjusted. It's about honoring natural laws of life, that say mothers do have the ability to birth a baby, that the body can heal, that emotions are meant to be felt, and that sometimes, the perfect response from your body is to spike a fever.
But it's up to you.
How does chiropractic fit into it? Chiropractic is used to connect you with the power inside that regulates and controls EVERY single function in your body. Your body moves more smoothly, organs function more appropriately, clarity of thought is improved, sleep quality goes up, and people can heal!
How much healthier could you be if you got adjusted?
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