October 12, 2009 (Updated October 19, 2009)
By A. Lee and Allison Burgess, Contributing Columnists, and staff of CollectiveWizdom
Chakras are, for those who believe in them, centers of energy in our bodies which can activate healing. Chakras belong to a cluster of mind-body healing practices which include yoga, meditation, qigong, reiki, acupuncture and aura manipulation. All of these practices try to draw from energies which are not obvious to the naked eye to achieve physical healing.
Is there anything to it? In other words, do chakras work? The emerging answer is "yes". Scientists have long noted that yoga, acupuncture and meditation and simple belief summon the body's power to heal. For example, in World War II, Dr. Henry Beecher used mind-body healing to treat soldiers on the beaches of Anzio. Morphine was in short supply, so the doctor merely injected saline in the wounded soldiers. To his surprise, he discovered that the soldiers who had merely been injected with saline expereinced complete pain relief.
Subsequent research has further supported the unseen connections between relaxation and meditative techniques and wound healing. A 1999 study by researchers from Emory University found that meditative practices activate production of melatonin in the body which in turn reduced the size of breast cancer and prostate cancer tumors. The researchers theorize that meditative and relaxation practices modulate the release of stress hormones which may otherwise undermine the ability of our immune systems to combat infection and the growth of tumors.
Much as Einstein's Theory of the Universe illuminated the way that unseen forces influence the way that our observable, physical universe works, new integarted theories of the mind-body connection are being developed in medical science to explain how healing occurs.
A 2001 study by Professor Change of Emory University heralded this new emerging paradagim of mind-body healing. As Professor Chang observed "Meridians and chakras are related to the underdifferentiated, interconnected cellular network that regulates growth and physiology. This theory explains the distribution and nonspecific activation of organizing centers and acupuncture points; the high electric conductance of the meridian system; the polarity effect of electroacupuncture; the side-effect profile of acupuncture; and the ontogeny, phylogeny, and physiologic function of the meridian system and chakra system. It also successfully predicted several findings in conventional biomedical science ".
Chakras, meridian systems and acupuncture points are ways to visualize the organization of your body's natural healing centers. Once activated, these centers may summon your body's power to heal itself.
By A. Lee and Allison Burgess, Contributing Columnists, and staff of CollectiveWizdom
Chakras are, for those who believe in them, centers of energy in our bodies which can activate healing. Chakras belong to a cluster of mind-body healing practices which include yoga, meditation, qigong, reiki, acupuncture and aura manipulation. All of these practices try to draw from energies which are not obvious to the naked eye to achieve physical healing.
Is there anything to it? In other words, do chakras work? The emerging answer is "yes". Scientists have long noted that yoga, acupuncture and meditation and simple belief summon the body's power to heal. For example, in World War II, Dr. Henry Beecher used mind-body healing to treat soldiers on the beaches of Anzio. Morphine was in short supply, so the doctor merely injected saline in the wounded soldiers. To his surprise, he discovered that the soldiers who had merely been injected with saline expereinced complete pain relief.
Subsequent research has further supported the unseen connections between relaxation and meditative techniques and wound healing. A 1999 study by researchers from Emory University found that meditative practices activate production of melatonin in the body which in turn reduced the size of breast cancer and prostate cancer tumors. The researchers theorize that meditative and relaxation practices modulate the release of stress hormones which may otherwise undermine the ability of our immune systems to combat infection and the growth of tumors.
Much as Einstein's Theory of the Universe illuminated the way that unseen forces influence the way that our observable, physical universe works, new integarted theories of the mind-body connection are being developed in medical science to explain how healing occurs.
A 2001 study by Professor Change of Emory University heralded this new emerging paradagim of mind-body healing. As Professor Chang observed "Meridians and chakras are related to the underdifferentiated, interconnected cellular network that regulates growth and physiology. This theory explains the distribution and nonspecific activation of organizing centers and acupuncture points; the high electric conductance of the meridian system; the polarity effect of electroacupuncture; the side-effect profile of acupuncture; and the ontogeny, phylogeny, and physiologic function of the meridian system and chakra system. It also successfully predicted several findings in conventional biomedical science ".
Chakras, meridian systems and acupuncture points are ways to visualize the organization of your body's natural healing centers. Once activated, these centers may summon your body's power to heal itself.
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