The Gut-Brain Connection
December 1, 2011
By Tracy Piper
The digestive tract, or the gastrointestinal tract, or even the gut, as it is sometimes called, is the basis of digestion. The health of the digestive system affects the health of the body physically emotionally, mentally and spiritually. In the book “The Second Brain,” Dr. Mark Gershon identifies the connection between the gut and the brain. The digestive system and the brain first came from the same connective tissue. Did you know that the digestive… Read More >
I ♥ My Brain
August 10, 2011
For many reasons I am in love with my brain, your brain, the brain. Yet until recently, I’ve known next to nothing about the most phenomenal organ in my body. Thanks to Jill Bolte Taylor’s book, “My Stroke of Insight,” I am on a new mission: Know thy brain. In doing so, I have a hunch that I will come to know myself at a deeper level. Have you read this book? If not, I… Read More >
Balancing the Brain with BodyTalk
June 11, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Karen Atkins, LMT, CBI, AdvCBP, Adv BodyTalk Instructor One of the biggest issues with children today is that their brains are being severely compromised by the myriad of stresses that are bombarding them. Since the brain is the CEO of the body, it has to be in charge of all the activities in the body. This bombardment of kids’ brains and their entire nervous system often starts in the womb and continues in childbirth and… Read More >
