http://heartofhealing.net Support for your healing journey Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:32:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It wasn't until I started questioning the current theories about correct posture that I started to make some headway with my chronic low back pain. Although I've been acutely aware of the limitations in the knowledge of modern medicine, I somehow assumed that the prevalent description of ideal posture was true. ... http://heartofhealing.net/2009/05/21/myths-about-posture-help-for-back-pai/ X I've wanted for the longest time to write about the connection between our health as individuals and the health of the whole world. Now that I've seen The Story of Stuff, I don't have to try to write about this complex and important question. I can just urge you to watch ... http://heartofhealing.net/2009/05/12/staying-healthy-unhealthy-world-story-of-stuff/ I would say you are -- or you need to become -- the best authority on your health. Ultimately we all are our own authority. Even if we place our trust in someone else, we have made the decision to do so. We have come to the conclusion that this ... http://heartofhealing.net/2009/05/04/who-is-the-best-authority-on-your-health/ Listening to your body's messages is essential to maintaining balance and good health. Our fast pace of life, coupled with the constant stimulation of being wired to everything through TV, radios, cell phones and so on, creates an overload on the nervous system. In all the busyness and noise, we ... http://heartofhealing.net/2009/01/27/listen-to-your-body-for-balance-and-health/ We would all love to believe that there's a healer somewhere who can heal anything. Lots of people would love you to believe that they are that very healer! But the truth is such a healer doesn't exist. The outcome of healing is always uncertain. The best of healers have people ... http://heartofhealing.net/2009/01/21/healers-transparency-vs-spin/ The body is a wonderful, self-healing mechanism. Our emotions and psychology also have powerful self-healing abilities. Take sleep, for example. As we sleep, not only is the body being refreshed and rejuvenated, but all sorts of things are being worked out in our minds and psyches as we sleep. The ... http://heartofhealing.net/2009/01/12/the-secrets-of-self-healing/ If you've been wanting to contribute to policy-making on health care reform, now is your chance. The Obama transition team, via the change.gov website, is offering the opportunity to hold Health Care Community Discussions which will report their ideas to the team. Secretary-designate for Health and Human Services, Senator Tom ... http://heartofhealing.net/2008/12/17/make-your-voices-heard-on-health-care/ I've had back problems for years. I've seen chiropractors, acupuncturists and had all sorts of energy work. Somehow my inclination to use alternative treatments caused me to overlook physical therapists (PTs). Recently, when two friends with chronic back problems both said "what helped me the most was my physical therapist", it ... http://heartofhealing.net/2008/09/05/in-praise-of-physical-therapy/ If you are a return visitor, you've undoubtedly noticed our new look.  Although we kept most of the previous content, we've reorganized the website to make it more user-friendly.  Most importantly, you can make comments or ask questions on almost every page.  In addition, we've moved our blog from off-site ... http://heartofhealing.net/2008/08/13/our-new-website/ It was long before I lay down on the table for acupuncture that I began to feel healing happening. It was in the tone of his voice, his total lack of judgment, the loving quality which seemed to surround him. I came to him very much in need ... http://heartofhealing.net/2008/01/18/a-true-healer/