When you have been given many diagnoses for your brain or body challenges and symptoms, but not hope for recovery, you can either accept what you have been told, accept ‘band aid offerings’ (often needed in the interim), and suffer for the rest of your life with unwanted symptoms; or think outside the box, and look for other solutions, and potentially become symptom free.  Either option will be a bumpy ride for you and your loved ones as you navigate your recovery journey and your ongoing symptoms and limitations, which could take years.

My personal brain recovery journey has been a very bumpy and long ride.  I have been guided by God every step of my journey and now have good health.  Recovery from sick building syndrome, chronic fatigue, multiple food allergies, multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), depression, PTSD and toxicant induced loss of tolerance (TILT), all associated with brain injuries,  are now no longer diagnoses that are part of my present day medical record.

The toxicant-induced loss of tolerance (TILT) diagnosis explains how certain chemical exposures can lead to a breakdown in tolerance to previously tolerated substances, potentially causing symptoms like those seen in addictions, and involve the medulla oblongata, that funnel shaped part of the brain anatomy in the lower part of the brain, responsible for conscious thought, the regulation of involuntary action and regulating vital functions. Accumulative small chemical exposures over years or decades, or large overwhelming exposures to chemicals (mine was a combiniation of pumping gas as a teen and off gassing from many homes), can set off the toxicant-induced loss of tolerance (TILT).

“Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work.

The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force

in getting well.”

Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, Greek Physician (460BC-377BC)

I believe that we have been gifted with our body and brain’s amazing abilities by our Creator to help us recover from our health challenges. Will you have set backs? Definitely! Never give up!

Need help recovering your brain and body’s unresolved physical, mental and emotional challenges?

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“It could be that the strain of flu your darling little germ factory passed to you found its way through a hole in your immune system — one that your spouse didn’t have.”

Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center show that a single mutation in a flu virus can sometimes give it the power to evade 90% of one person’s antibody immunity, but not another’s. Research link – https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2019/08/bloom-flu-single-mutation.html .

Many factors can effect a person’s susceptibility to a virus making them sick or not. These vary from person to person and can include lifestyle factors, immune system status and response. Are there strategies that you can implement that will improve your chances of evading a full blown virus takedown? Strengthening and focusing the immune system using a variety of natural strategies can protect you, even as you age.

The holistic approach for dealing with and avoiding viruses and illnesses may look like a different approach than what you are used to hearing from the medical system or from the naturopathic communities. A holistic approach focuses on the body and lifestyle factors, while bringing in a variety of supports as add ons in times of need.

Learn more at the following posts:

FIGHTING AGE & STRESS RELATED IMMUNE DECLINE: Implementing strategies to keep you protected.

IMMUNE REJUVENATION TOOLS: Utilizing the body’s amazing abilities, self-help therapies and tools to remedy compromised health, autoimmune and immunosenescence.

BODYFEEDBACK: ‘Accidentally Acquired’ Information for Health Protection

HEALTH MINDSET: https://mybodycanhealitself.ca/wordpress/health-mindset/

REBOOTING YOUR HEALTH : Revive Your Body’s Amazing Abilities

YOUR BODY CAN HEAL ITSELF: Follow My Road Map to Get There

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Another new year and the gyms will fill with people, and fitness and detox product sales will peak. Physical fitness and ongoing detox are very important factors in our well-being. We are more than the sum of our parts. The holistic approach to well-being requires us to address all aspects of our being for improved overall health.

There is an old saying, ‘if you keep doing what you have already been doing, you will keep getting what you have already got’. Ask yourself, did last new year’s health improvement strategies result in achieving your well-being, symptom free living goals? What can you do different this new year to resolve your health challenges?

Body pollution is a key underlying factor in our health as the result of toxins in the foods we eat, the water we drink, the personal care products that we use on our bodies and the air that we breath, Two step detoxification is an important place to start to eliminate body pollution. Learn more at my posts: BODY POLLUTION: Who Is Responsible?, Two Step Detox and in The Whole Person Well-being Equation

Implementing the strategies of the peoples of the blue zones of the world, who live the longest and the healthiest, would be the next logical step to a ‘healthier you’! The people in these zones are not plagued with cancer, diabetes and heart disease, along with other chronic conditions and diseases.

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Wishing you a healthier, happier 2025!

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When I was first introduced to acupressure massage for food allergy elimination I was pretty skeptical. I had blood test results that indicated that I was allergic to 85+ foods. My nervous system and immune system crashed the day after I moved into a new house due to toxicant induced loss of tolerance (TILT) from the off gassing. The acupressure treatments were performed by a doctor using a point massager at various acupressure points while I held vials of various food energies (think homeopathic remedy energies like arnica). I didn’t understand how it worked, but it did work and I am now food allergy free. I have also learned through bodyfeedback that there are certain foods that my body just does not want, but is not allergic to.

According to Acupuncture Today:

Laser acupuncture (without needles) has been shown in studies to have many physiological effects, not only locally, but also in the brain, similar to needle acupuncture. Laser acupuncture has shown to be successful in treating hiccups, bed wetting, weight loss, post-operative nausea and vomiting, pain control, surgical anesthesia, dental anesthesia, carpal tunnel syndrome, dry eyes, and stroke-related paralysis. 1,2 

“In 1991, a study was done in Novosibirsk, Russia that applied directly to the study of acupuncture. Researchers shined light on various parts of the body and found that light traveled under the skin to other acupuncture points, but it didn’t travel to places that were not on acupuncture meridians. It appears that the body contains a sort of fiber optic network—where light enters an acupuncture point, travels through the meridian and can be detected at other places along the meridian with a sensitive photon detector. This is a fascinating study showing how light is actually received, used and transmitted throughout the body.”1

I now have a much better understanding of how stimulation at acupressure points could break my allergic reactions. The low level cold red laser pen is used at various acupressure points while the client holds various food energy vials. This breaks the mounting allergic response that starts to initiate, reprogramming how the body responds to that specific food energy, which will prevent future food allergy reactions. Clients sometimes need more than one treatment for a specific food in the case of severe or persistent allergic reactions.

Dr. Ynge Ljung, an Acupuncture Physician and allergist, has developed a self-help DIY allergy elimination kit and system that provides acupressure point stimulations similar to those that eliminated my multiple food allergies. Her easy to use kits and system can treat the whole family, thus taking the power of your health back into your own hands. There are also kits available for seasonal and environmental allergens, as well as an emotion sensitivity kit. This testing is not suitable for those who experience anaphylactic reactions. I can provide guidance on helping your body to reduce skewed allergic responses. Learn more about the kit at https://www.theallergykit.com/?ref=elisabethhines

Learn how to identify your own seasonal allergies, food allergen and intolerance issues using your bodyfeedback responses at my blog posts http://mybodycanhealitself.ca/wordpress/the-weak-list-a-necessary-well-being-tool/ and https://mybodycanhealitself.ca/wordpress/bodyfeedback-accidentally-acquired-information-for-health-protyection/

The laser pen can also be used to stimulate acupressure points that relate to various conditions by using the acupressure points and points function charts below. The acupressure function chart can help to guide you in selecting the correct points for your symptoms/conditions. If you are interested in purchasing the laser pen to use with the acupressure point and point function charts below for symptom relief, click on this laser pen link to learn more. For more information on selecting the correct acupressure point to stimulate for your specific symptom or condition visit here.3

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Check with your regular healthcare provider before adding any additional therapies to your health plan.

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Sources:

1. https://acupuncturetoday.com/article/32725-laser-acupuncture-in-your-practice-what-you-need-to-know
2. https://www.bu.edu/naeser/acupuncture/HANDOUTNaeserLaser11-07SCI.pdf

3. https://www.woninstitute.edu/acupuncture-points/

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I have been using bodyfeedback information for health protection for more than 20 years. It has been a life saving tool for me in the past when my nervous and immune systems crashed after moving into a new house (TILT). When blood tests revealed that I was allergic to 85+ foods I needed a life line to protect my health and prevent any further weight loss and disabling symptoms. Bodyfeedback information through various DIY bodyfeedback testing methods provided me with the protection that I needed. The biofeedback results allowed me to avoid foods that contained any of the ingredients that I was allergic to. My disabling symptoms started to subside slowly so that my body focused its energies on healing and repair.

In the 1950s, Dr. Arthur Coca identified that his wife’s heart rate would increase if she ate a food that provoked an inappropriate or allergic response. This was, as Dr. Coca put it, ‘accidentally acquired knowledge’ which he then applied to patients as well as his wife. The results were very effective and consistent.”  Listening to the heart through a stethoscope, taking a temperature, pulse or blood pressure reading, are all forms of biofeedback which provide useful health protection information.

Similarly bodyfeedback response testing can provide information about factors contributing to your symptoms and conditions, including food allergies (your favourite coffee perhaps?) and chemical sensitivities. Have you noticed that there are times when you feel sudden weakness or nausea, your balance is altered or one side of your body is weaker than the other side? Anything can cause disruption to the natural balance, communication and function within your body.  Learning how to read your body’s responses after exposure to suspected causes can provide you with health protection. Bodyfeedback response testing is a form of neuromuscular biofeedback, an applied kinesiology biofeedback testing method.  It uses feedback from the body and brain (your virtual black box) as information.  Using this biofeedback while holding different foods or with a questioning protocol can provide the similar ‘accidentally acquired knowledge’ that Dr Coca identified with his wife. To learn more read my blog post THE WEAK LIST: A Necessary Well-being Tool

What do the changes biofeedback changes mean? Generally speaking it means that something is altering your body’s normal, regular way of maintaining balance or functioning. The item or protocol factor could be responsible for confusion, interference, imbalance, disruption, malfunction, reaction or damage. Your body’s chemical equation may be altered – resulting in unwanted symptoms. Sometimes it is a challenge to the immune system, blood sugar regulation, sometimes to the nervous, endocrine or other systems, and sometimes to the liver or heart; all necessary to stay strong and healthy. If this challenge happens on a daily/weakly basis the accumulative results can be catastrophic, particularly if you are fighting degenerative or life threatening diseases like cancer. Biofeedback investigation can provide you with valuable information and give you direction as to what you can ‘stop, start and change’ daily for a healthier you, to protect your health and to become symptom free.

Bodyfeedback Health Warnings

Example A:

The bodyfeedback information that a person receives can provide important warning information. I was recently reminded by a health food store owner about a former client I saw many years ago, who is a customer at her shop, who’s bodyfeedback information indicated that something he was breathing in the air of his home was having a negative effect on him. The same was true for another client. Because there was a gas fireplace in the room where the testing was done and they exhibited a very weak response, I recommended that the client have a professional come in with a gas sniffer to make sure it was not a gas leak that was the issue. The professional determined that there was a gas leak. In this case the ‘accidentally acquired’ information was life saving.

Example B:

I have clients bring a sample of their drinking water for assessments. Using bodyfeedback testing I determined that in many cases, the water caused a weak or negative, ‘accidentally acquired’, information response. I then use the water tester that comes with the Zero Water Pitcher filter to test the samples. The tester revealed high ppm readings, the level of pollutants in the water sample, confirming the bodyfeedback information. You can learn more about the tester by clicking on the Zero link above.

Example C:

I have a client diagnosed with glioblastoma whose bodyfeedback information provided warnings about several factors that were having an extremely negative bodyfeedback response, possibly tumor growth factors. This ‘accidentally acquired‘ bodyfeedback information provided the client with health and cancer protection information.

Example D:

One of my clients, who is a cancer survivor and had bilateral breast cancer mastectomies, learned bodyfeedback testing to help protect her health from any harmful factors, particularly those that might interfere with her body’s ability to remain cancer free. On one in home visit she brought out several bags of frozen fruits and vegetables that she wanted me to test. I told her I would watch her test and then also test. She tested strong to all the foods using her balance. When she got to the third bag of frozen food, raspberries, I had an intuitive pause and noticed that her medications were also laying on the counter. I asked her to put her meds on top of the bag of raspberries and test again. She did as I asked and almost fell over due to loosing her balance. The medication was a cancer drug. I advised her not to eat the raspberries anytime during the day near to when she was taking her medication. It could possibly have been a case of not eating certain foods while on a particular med, like some meds that advise not eating grapefruit. Either way, her ability to use her body’s feeback to protect her health from negative factors, was impressive.

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Knowing what factors could be negatively affecting your body’s important immunosurveillance, immunoassessment and immunoresponse when you have cancer or autoimmune conditions, can provide you with crucial ‘accidentally acquired‘ information that you can use in your quest to become symptom free, cancer free.

These are just a few of the many ways that bodyfeedback ‘accidentally acquired’ information provided health protection. You can learn to use it to become symptom free!

Book a virtual consultation to learn how to use bodyfeedback to determine your allergy triggers and protect your from serious allergic reactions. Contact me at elisabethlhines@gmail.com to book a virtual consultation. You will be invoiced before the consultation through Paypal where you can use your credit card. You will then be provided with a followup email and instructions to collect some food and other samples for testing during the virtual consultation. One hour consultation is $100.00. 

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You can use changes to your balance or muscle strength as a bio-investigative tool to help you solve your chronic and unexplained symptoms. The information can protect you from harm. I teach bodyfeedback testing methods to clients and in workshops to help them understand and learn to use it for their health protection.

To learn how to use your body’s biofeedback responses read my blog post MUSCLE RESPONSE TESTING: A Holistic Health Strategy That Can Change Your Health

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Do you have food allergies? I am now 100% food allergy free! Did you know that you can now balance your body to eliminate food allergies using an acupressure tool created by an allergist? The Food Allergy Kit makes a great gift for loved ones! Using the vials in the kit with the bodyfeedback techniques in my ebook (above), can help you learn and feel confident about bodyfeedback response information.

Whether you are suffering from sensitivities to exhaust, electromagnetic radiation (EMF), Wi-Fi, perfume/scents, paints, the sun or other environmental triggers, the individual environmental trigger vials available used with the laser pen and the acupressure point instructions, can help you to eliminate your enviornmental sensitivies. My past acupressure treatments while holding food trigger vials helped me eliminate multiple food allergens. From 85+ food allergies (from blood test results), I am now food allergy free! You can use the vials in the kits with the bodyfeedback instructions to determine which vials and how often you need to do acupressure treatments to keep you symptom free.

Follow the link then the menu tab and vial shop where you can enter your environment trigger in the search bar – https://harmonyholistic.health/the-allergy-kit/…

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Are you plagued by chronic symptoms that the medical system has been unable to diagnose or resolve? Have you been down countless investigative paths without answers? You are not alone! There is hope for you to become symptom free.

The human body has many amazing systems and abilities. Learning to utilize your body’s biofeedback mechanisms can help you to identify root source of chronic and unexplained symptoms. In our busy lives we sometimes miss the subtle messages that our bodies are giving us.

Bio-investigative Tools

In the 1950s, Dr. Arthur Coca identified that his wife’s heart rate would increase if she ate a food that provoked an inappropriate or allergic response. This was, as Dr. Coca put it, ‘accidentally acquired knowledge’ which he then applied to patients as well as his wife. The results were very effective and consistent.”  Listening to the heart through a stethoscope, taking a temperature, pulse or blood pressure reading, are all forms of biofeedback which provide information.

Similarly bodyfeedback response testing can provide information about factors contributing to your symptoms and conditions. Have you noticed that there are times when you feel sudden weakness or nausea, your balance is altered or one side of your body is weaker than the other side? Anything can cause disruption to the natural balance, communication and function within your body.  Learning how to read your body’s responses after exposure to suspected causes can provide you with health protection. Bodyfeedback response testing is a form of neuromuscular biofeedback, an applied kinesiology biofeedback testing method.  It uses feedback from the body and brain (your virtual black box) as information.  Using this biofeedback while holding different foods or with a questioning protocol can provide the similar ‘accidentally acquired knowledge’ that Dr Coca identified with his wife. To learn more read my blog post THE WEAK LIST: A Necessary Well-being Tool

What do the changes biofeedback changes mean? Generally speaking it means that something is altering your body’s normal, regular way of maintaining balance or functioning. The item or protocol factor could be responsible for confusion, interference, imbalance, disruption, malfunction or damage. Your body’s chemical equation may be altered – resulting in unwanted symptoms. Sometimes it is a challenge to the immune system, blood sugar regulation, sometimes to the nervous, endocrine or other systems, and sometimes to the liver or heart; all necessary to stay strong and healthy. If this challenge happens on a daily/weakly basis the accumulative results can be catastrophic, particularly if you are fighting degenerative or life threatening diseases like cancer. Biofeedback investigation can provide you with valuable information and give you direction as to what you can ‘stop, start and change’ daily for a healthier you, to protect your health and to become symptom free.

You can use changes to your balance or muscle strength as a bio-investigative tool to help you solve your chronic and unexplained symptoms. To learn how to use your body’s biofeedback responses read my blog post MUSCLE RESPONSE TESTING: A Holistic Health Strategy That Can Change Your Health

To book a bio-investigative Bodyfeedback and Interview Session contact me.

When I provide a BodyFeedback & Therapy session for clients I have them bring me a written list of the foods they regularly eat and drinks, their supplements, personal care products and medications. I started asking them to bring a sample of their drining water as well and was astonished at the weakness of many clients to their regular drinking water. Since we are mostly water, the water that we drink needs to be clean. According to the EWG, forever chemicals are an ongoing concern in drinking water. This was ‘accidentally acquired knowledge’ like Dr. Cocoa identified with his wife. I then started researching pollutants in drinking water and tested water filtration pitchers. The filter pitcher three years running, ZeroWater topped the CNET list as the best water filter pitcher for removing total dissolved solids from tap water. Interestingly, it comes with a tester which I now use after biofeedback testing clients water samples. The Zero particulate matter tester, which comes with the pitcher, backs up the biofeedback testing results – ‘accidnetally acquired knowledge’. It lets you know when to change your filter. I have tested clients using biofeedback on their drinking water before and after filtration and interestingly, some water that goes through filters also causes a weak biofeedback response. I went back to my researching and apparently their are filters in water filter pitchers that actually add harmful substances to the drinking water. You can check out that research. My recommendation is the Zero water filter pitcher. I just ordered the 40 cup glass countertop unit to replace my Zero pitcher. The Zero water filters remove 99.99% of all dissolved solids, Water filtered by our Replacement Water Filters can deliver 0 ppm TDS which refers to the concentration of total dissolved substances in the water. The smaller the TDS value, and the higher the purity of the water. What does the Zero water filter remove? Check the results here. Check out the Zero water products that I use and recommend at the end of this post below.

New Treatment for Medically Unexplained Symptoms & Mental Health Challenges

Recent research review carried out by Yanda R. van Rood, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands and Carlijn de Roos, Psychotrauma Center for Children and Youth, The Netherlands; has provided hope for many suffering from medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), including chronic pain. EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a psychotherapy treatment that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories. Research has shown success in the elimination of chronic medically unexplained physical symptoms including pain with EMDR treatments. EMDR treatments are provided by a EMDR Therapist. Dr. John Veltheim incorporated the EMDR basics into the Active Memory BodyTalk therapy. To book an Active Memory (EMDR) BodyTalk therapy session contact me.

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To read more about EMDR and its effectiveness in conditions like ADHD, autism, mental health disorders and chronic conditions, check out the book EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing.

MENTAL HEALTH by DESIGN: How to Edit Your Mental Health Equation for Improved Mental Health

Have you ever wondered how your mental health equation compares to that of another person suffering from mental health challenges? Holstic investigative strategies and tools can guide you in your quest to become symptom free and feel happy. Learn more

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Combining Visualization, Manifesting & Prayer for a ‘healthier you’!

According to the teaching in the bible verse “ask and you will receive”, found in Luke 11:1-13 and Matthew 7:7-12, God promises to provide for us anything we need.  Prayer is a powerful well-being tool.  In combination with visualization and manifesting, prayer and gratitude are indispensable well-being supports.

I believe that we are meant to be healthy. Our bodies were created, pre-loaded with so many amazing abilities and backups. In a normal, properly functioning body our body’s control systems function mostly without our awareness or our interaction, ensuring that all physical, mental, emotional and spiritual communication and bodily functions work in synchronicity. Pretty much an ‘auto pilot’ mode. When symptoms appear, we know that something has changed.  Our body may be engaged in a fight against microbes, or in distress from other factors; trauma, what we have consumed, applied to our body, breathed in or have been exposed to. There are many factors, including stressors, toxins, malfunctions and disease that can interfere with the body’s normal, properly functioning control systems, interfering with critical tasks necessary for optimum health.

Your mind is very powerful and it is your job to direct it to create better health.  “Aristotle and Hippocrates believed in the power of images in the brain to enliven the heart and body. Today, research shows they were right. Guided imagery is helping patients use the full range of the body’s healing capacity.”1 Visualization, used by athletes, requires seeing a desired outcome by creating a mental image of what they expect, ‘the win’.

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Merriam Webster definition of visualize:

to make visible: such as – to see or form a mental image of ,

e.g. trying to visualize the problem

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Social media provides a plentiful selection of ways to ‘manifest’ your goals. Manifesting your desired outcomes and life; and how you will feel once achieved, are key to ensure success.

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Merriam Webster definition of manifest:

 ”to make evident or certain by showing or displaying”

Dictionary.com definition of manifest

“to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding”

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From the dictionary meanings above you can see the similarity between manifesting and visualizing; both powerful tools that can help you to guide your body and mind to better health.

Customized visualizations can provide a temporary ‘manual take over’, get back to work nudge, to encourage your systems back onto the right path of detecting, diagnosing, renewing, repairing, cleaning, healing and protecting.

In my book, The Whole Person Well-being Equation, Chapter 12., I include the ‘why and the how” of using visualization as a self-help tool for improved health. Visualizations need to be specific to be effective, just as they are when an athlete forms a mental image before an event. Detailed information about what needs to change to restore health is key. Matt 20:29-34, Mark 10:46-52 and Luke 18:35-43, relate the story of the two blind men who called out “Have mercy on us, O Lord”, when they heard that Jesus had come by. Jesus replied “What will ye that I shall do unto you?”. They replied “that our eyes may be opened”.  All three accounts convey the need to be specific when making a requests.

The general customized visualization descriptions in my book draw a mental image of what the reader is to expect, in most cases, the way the body should function. I have paired each visualization description with a body scan from head to toe,  which focuses the desired mental image of the desired correction throughout the body.  Basically seeing yourself scanned, like with an MRI type scan, as you set the mental image (intention) found in the visualization description.  The intention is applied to every cell of your body, layer by layer as you scan from head to toe.

Can this really make a difference in your body?

“An MRI study in The Journal of Neuroscience found that whether people performed physical finger exercises or just imagined doing them, activity shot up in the part of their brain where nerve pulses initiate muscle movement. There’s no doubt that this mental processing results in real-life improvement.”2

“Just as the mind’s reactions to stress can impair immunity and promote illness, it is believed that certain mental processes, like specific images and visualization procedures, can stimulate the immune system to better fight disease.”3

A series of customized visualizations practiced at bedtime for a period of time can direct your body’s control system back onto the right track. With each detailed visualization you will have set a mental image for your brain to work on over time. Additionally repeating the scan will give your body and mind the instructions (manual override reminder) that it needs to get back to doing everything necessary to correctly restore your desired health.  Obviously you will need other health promoting supports in place as well. You can find many ‘must do’ strategies ‘for a healthier you’ in my book, my blog and social media posts. There are no contraindications to adding visualization, manifesting and prayer to other treatment protocols.

The following are a few examples of generalized visualization from my book:

Visualization #1 description (read the information before you begin your scan to have a clear understanding):  The normal, healthy body is continually carrying out the tasks in the visualization below automatically.  Automatic functions may be compromised due to a number of factors. Page 148, The Whole Person Well-being Equation.

Visualization #1 focus/scan: Restore and maintain your (my) body’s natural, healthy and accurate: Self-detecting (unhide), self-diagnosing, self-repairing, self-healing, self-cleaning and self-protecting throughout the cells of your (my) body.

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Visualization #2 description: (read the information before you begin your scan to have a clear understanding): “The normal, healthy functioning body provides a supply of analgesic, anti-depressant, anti-anxiety, anti-stress, sleep-inducting, immune system strengthening, gastrointestinal normalizing chemicals and more.”4  Page 148, The Whole Person Well-being Equation.

Visualization #2 focus/scan: Restore and maintain your (my) body’s natural, healthy and accurate inner pharmacy production, response, distribution, shut down and elimination.

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The following are a few examples of customized visualization from the section Visualizations to Prevent and Fight Disease and Cancer, in my book. Both are about tumors, each visualization is focused on a different tumor challenge. Alternating these visualizations would be strategic.

Visualization #8 description: (read this information before you begin your scan to have a clear understanding):

What is the body not doing that it should be doing? Tumors are forming because tumor suppressors are not stopping abnormal cell division and behaviour (apoptosis).

Why could this be happening? ”Alterations in one or more tumor suppressors. Specific tumor suppressors are found to be malfunctioning in certain types of cancer. See the CancerQuest Tumor Suppressor Table at https://cancerquest.org/cancer-biology/cancer-genes#toc-tumor-supp-skGF0moV for more details.

Visualization #8 Focus/Scan:  Repair, restore and maintain normal, healthy and accurate tumor suppressor function through the (my) body. (Use specific tumor suppressor information from the table and information from your doctor and test results). Page 157, The Whole Person Well-being Equation.

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Visualization #10 description: (read this information before you begin your scan to have a clear understanding)

What is the body not doing that it should be doing? The body’s natural immunosurveillance system is not detecting and attacking tumors and cancer cells.

Why could this be happening? “The surface of cancer cells may lose antigens recognizable by the immune system. There may be immune system dysfunctions like immune suppression and immune deficiency.”5  Multiple factors could be interfering with the body’s natural healthy immunosurveillance, immunoassessment and immunoresponse. You can read about these in my book and work to eliminate these to help your brain and body to have better focus in locating and dealing with cancer cells and tumors.

Visualization #10 Focus/Scan: Restore and maintain the (my) body’s natural, accurate immunosurveillance activity, detecting and attacking tumors and cancer cells. Override all factors causing or contributing to immune system suppression and immune deficiency.  Page 158, The Whole Person Well-being Equation.

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You can customize your own visualizations using information you have learned about ‘what is going wrong in your body’ and your test results.  The CancerQuest Oncogene Information Table https://cancerquest.org/cancer-biology/cancer-genes#toc-oncogene-t-jckfKVOA and the Tumor Suppressor Table https://cancerquest.org/cancer-biology/cancer-genes#toc-tumor-supp-skGF0moV provide detailed information about oncogenes and tumor suppressors involved in specific cancers. For more information on how to customize your own visualizations using your personal information, read the section in my book on page 160-162 which includes a worksheet to guide you in wording your visualizations.

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What can you do about gene mutations? The HeartMath researchers have shown that physical aspects of DNA strands could be influenced by human intention. This research provides more opportunity and information for customizing your visualizations.6

Elisabeth Hines, C.N.C., C.B.P., Holistic Wellness Practitioner, Health by Design www.mybodycanhealitself.ca

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Sources:

1. Mayo Clinic. “Enhance Healing Through Guided Imagery.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 7 January 2008. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080104123246.htm>, Visited May 29, 2023.
2. Seeing Is Believing: The Power of Visualization, Your best life, from the comfort of your armchair. Psychology Today, Posted December 3, 2009 |Angie LeVan, MAPP, Visited May 29, 2023
3. Can Visualization Techniques Treat Serious Diseases? The amazing power of the mind-body connection and psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), Clifford N. Lazarus, Ph.D., Psychology Today, January 26, 2016, https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/think-well/201601/can-visualization-techniques-treat-serious-diseases
4. Clinic for Mind Body Medicine, Philosophy of Healing, Alberta Health Services, www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/programs/cmbm/journey.htm, April 2009
5. Encylopaedia Brirannica Online, www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/283636/immune-system, pagevisited 12/8/2010
6. You Can Change Your DNA https://www.heartmath.org/articles-of-the-heart/personal-development/you-can-change-your-dna/
7. Image: Public Domain Pictures, mohamed mahmoud hassan

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I love this time of year when the air is filled with the beautiful scents of flowers; lilac, sage, lily of the valley, rose and more! The scents have always lifted me up, ever since I was a little girl in my grandmother’s garden as she pointed out the names of each beautiful flower.  It’s a perfect time to make floral infused oils.

GOD spoke to Moses: “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum—and add pure frankincense. Mix the spices in equal proportions to make an aromatic incense, the art of a perfumer, salted and pure—holy.”  Exodus 30:34-38

My interest in pure essential oils was initially due to my love of floral scents.  As I started to learn more about the properties of the individual essential oils, it amazed me how much supporting scientific research was available. I now use pure therapeutic grade essential oils medicinally for symptom relief and to promote healing, and recommend them to my clients. 

Here are just a few amazing research notes.  You can find a more extensive list of the oils that I have researched at My Green Medicine Cabinet. 

According to the BBC, immunologist Mahmoud Suhail is hoping to open a new chapter in the history of frankincense. Scientists have observed that there is some agent within frankincense which stops cancer spreading, and which induces cancerous cells to close themselves down. He is trying to find out what this is.

“Cancer starts when the DNA code within the cell’s nucleus becomes corrupted,” he says. “It seems frankincense has a re-set function. It can tell the cell what the right DNA code should be. Frankincense separates the ‘brain’ of the cancerous cell – the nucleus – from the ‘body’ – the cytoplasm, and closes down the nucleus to stop it reproducing corrupted DNA codes.” Research continues to isolate the key cancer abating ingredients in Frankincense. Research shows that essential oils are effective in cancer cell inhibition.

According to additional research frankincense oil can discriminate bladder cancer cells and normal urothelial cells in culture. The oil suppresses cell survival and induces apoptosis in cultured bladder cancer cells. Based on this preliminary observation, frankincense oil may represent an alternative intravesical therapy for bladder cancer. You can read more about this research at the following link. Frankincense oil derived from Boswellia carteri induces tumor cell specific cytotoxicity – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2664784/

The following research is on an ingredient in ginger, not specifically ginger essential oil. Diffusing therapeutic grade ginger essential oil can be a direct path to the brain as it can cross the blood brain barrier, and could potentially provide therapeutic benefits.

“Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most lethal and aggressive astrocytoma of primary brain tumors in adults. Although there are many clinical trials to induce the cell death of glioblastoma cells, most glioblastoma cells have been reported to be resistant to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Here, we showed that gingerol as a major component of ginger can induce TRAIL-mediated apoptosis of glioblastoma.” – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295120/

Take time to ‘smell the roses and other flowers’ during this beautiful season, they may provide you with some additional therapeutic benefits. Visit My Green Medicine Cabinet for more scientific research notes on individual essential oils.

If you would like to discuss using essential oils therapeutically, contact me and I will be able to guide you.

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