Body-Mind Connection with Richard Brook Five Element Acupuncturist & Yoga Teacher Acupuncture Islington, Acupuncture Fitzrovia & Acupuncture Camden, Acupuncture North London ,Acupuncture Camden ,Acupuncture Islington ,Five Element Acupuncture London

Body-Mind Connection and Therapeutic Principles Question and Answer Sessions and e-book

'In many indiginous societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask you one of four questions: When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence?

Where we stopped dancing, singing, being enchanted by stories, or finding comfort in silence is where we have experienced the loss of soul. Dancing, singing, storytelling, and silence are the four universal salves.'

Angeles Arrien

Body Mind Connection and Therapeutic Principles One to One Sessions

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As cultural anthropologist Angeles Arrien beautifully articulates in the quote above, often when we lose our way sense of wellness and direction in life we often become disconnected from natural intelligence, the very basic creative forces and activites which keep us happy and vibrant.

Richard Lecturing at One World Festival

All the Therapeutic models and principles I work with are based on natural creative intelligence, such as Yin & Yang, the 5 Elements, the Chakra model and the principles of Yoga and the Body-mind connection. I've observed that rediscovering or understanding some of these most natural principles of what gives us vitality can be a significant factor in regaining and maintaining wellbeing, and seen many patients and yoga students benefit immensely.

I've now started offering dedicated time where I'm available to answer questions or discuss on a one-one basis any of these principles, so not only can you be treated you can also be supported to learn and understand about health and wellbeing. Knowledge can be tremendously useful and inspiring helping us to answer questions that may arise in our life. I don't have all the answers but i've picked up a lot of useful knowledge over the years! (see background below)

I'm available whether you think your enquiry might take 5mins, 15mins, 30mins or an hour. As an opening offer the time is payable by donation so you can just give what you feel is appropriate for the time. Basically if you are interested come along! You also don't have to be one of my patients or yoga students, this time is open to anyone.

Sessions are free form and focus on any particular area of interest you might have. For those with a particular interest in the Body-mind connection and functions of their 'Mind' and 'ego' patterns I sometimes use a short sitting meditation to increase awareness of the cycles of your mind and internal dialogue / ego patterns. I may also practice yoga or demonstrate your electromagnetic field to you or show points on the body to illustrate the body-mind connection.
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Body-mind connection background

Asides from practicing Acupuncture and teaching Yoga, I also integrate the wisdom from many years of Dance and Movement practices, numerous styles of Yoga, Native American style ceremony, meditation techniques, Tai chi and Chi Kung, and various forms of energy and bodywork.

The reality is that we need a range of life affirming and nourishing activities in our life, (including what we choose for our occupations) as the body is constantly being influenced by what we engage with, which in turn effects our state of mind.

As well as exploring what's necessary to be integrated into daily life to keep us nourished, I've also experienced the potency of many different culture's methods and means of expanding their human potential. For example I've danced for 3 days without food (Native American style Sun Moon dances); Sat in silent meditation for 10 days (Vipassana meditation from India) Danced through the cycles of my life at a 10 day dance workshop (Movement Medicine 'Initiation' workshop); and 6 weeks in an Ayurvedic clinic having a detox for Body, Mind and Spirit (Panchakarma in India)

I've also observed the effects of how we engage with the collective aorund us by Living in Intentional Community (Findhorn Community in Scotland); and spent various periods of time living in and out of more natural environments, accruing knowledge and perspective on the urban condition the affect of electromagnetic energies and lack of negative ions.

The benefit comes from integrating the intelligence of these practices back into your daily life. I've accrued a lot of knowledge over time, especially when coupled with my 5 Elements Acupuncture and Yoga training, and additional first career managing an Organic Food Shop.

An area I have specialist interest in is also the nature and functions of our 'ego' or 'inner dialogue' which i've spent many years observing and defining.

In 2011 my interest culminated in me writing a 75 page e-book on the body-mind connection, loosely using the Chakra model as a body-mind 'map' but containing many other sections and systems to describe our essential nature. (The Background to the work and contents can be found below)

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Chakras; Your Body, Your Mind by Richard Brook - Background

This e-book encompasses understanding around the body-mind connection and knowledge i've accumulated relating to acupuncture, dance and movement, meditation, yoga, Native American style dance and ceremony, energy work and any other body-mind and therapeutic system i've engaged with over time.

It examines our health and dis-ease process in relation to our environment and how it affects us through our various layers, from subtle vibrational to muscular-skeletal, and how we also experience this through our 'mind'. From a therapeutic perspective, although at times it mentions a yoga context, the dynamics of what i write about can be applied to any healing modality, and for that matter any life situation we find ourselves engaged with.

The background to the work is included in the introduction, (basically i started writing and couldn't stop!) and the work also links together perspectives on Health and dis-ease from a number of the aforementioned therapeutic systems in which i engage.

The 'Mind'

I've also incorporated a great deal of my own experiential understanding and awareness of the Body-mind connection, including a section on the nature of 'mind'. I detail what we experience in our 'mind' it's patterns, and how it's affected by what we are experiencing through our body, nervous system and organs, both in the present moment and through 'body memory'.

I've established this level of understanding drawing from all the aforementioned practices. I've spent thousands of hours in a meditative self aware state dancing in particular, and this experiential observation of the flow and movement of energy through my body contributes to the potency and intelligence of what i offer. I also incorporate many examples from my own life to illustrate energetic dynamics.

Please take a look, i've also included below a list of contents so you can see if there is anything to which you are specifically drawn.

Chakras; Your Body, Your Mind by Richard Brook

Table of Contents                                                                                                       Page Number

Introduction                                                                                                                                       1

1 - Chakras Overview                                                                                                                            2

Fig 1; Chakra area of influence                                                                                                             3
Fig 2; Chakra pathway from the body surface to the spine                                                              3
Fig 3; Nerve plexus associated with each chakra                                                                             3
Fig 4; Chakra polarities in Men and Women                                                                                      3

Table 1 Chakra Associations                                                                                                                 6

Chakra Symbols                                                                                                                                       7

Figures 5 - 12 Chakra Symbols and Qualities                                                                                    8

2 - Chakras, Sound and Vibration                                                                                                        9
3 - Chakras and the Individual                                                                                                             11

Each Individual has Unique Chakra Properties - DNA and Ancestry                                            11
Our Soul                                                                                                                                                    12

4 - Chakras and Interaction                                                                                                                 13

Chakra Interaction with our Environment                                                                                       13
Food                                                                                                                                                          14
Self-awareness of the Condition of Your Chakras                                                               15
Trauma Affecting our Chakras                                                                                                             16
Chakras in Relationship with other People                                                                                       17
Chakra Polarities in Males and Females                                                                                           20

5 - Chakras and the Body-Mind                                                                                                          23

Body-mind Connection Overview                                                                                                        23
The Body and Vibrational Impact                                                                                                        23
Chakras and 'Body Memory'                                                                                                                24
Body Shape                                                                                                                                            26
Body Memory, Energetic Imprints and the Mind                                                                               26
Projection                                                                                                                                                27
Imprints can come from any Source                                                                                                  28
Being Re-minded                                                                                                                          29
'Internal' Re-minders                                                                                                                            30
Chakras and the Ego Voice                                                                                                                 31
Transplants                                                                                                                                            31
The Cycle of the Contents of Your Mind; The Five Elements / Phases and Yin and Yang       32
Mind Awareness Exercise                                                                                                                    34
Empty Mind                                                                                                                                              35
Moments of Stillness and Presence - Heart Energy                                                                       36
The Ego, Language and Images                                                                                                        39
The Process of Learning Language from Birth                                                                               41
The Ego - Friend or Foe?                                                                                                                      42
Who We 'Think' We Are Verses Who We Really Are                                                                         43
Absorption of Vibrations, Saturation and Instinct                                                                              47
Accumulation of the Vibrations of our own organs and Energetic Expression                         48
Energetic Expression

6 - Chakras and Optimum Health                                                                                                      50

Optimum Health Overview                                                                                                                   50
Interior Factors in Chakra Health                                                                                                    51
Rebalancing Chakras and Dispersing Vibrations                                                                          51
Chakra System Comparison to Chinese Medicine and the Properties of Water                      53
The Dis-eases of Modern Living and Ideals of Nature                                                                   54
Nature and Negative Ions                                                                                                            55
Nature and the Full Spectrum of Chakra Energies                                                                          56
Bodywork, Therapeutic Modalities, Movement, Yoga, Dancing, Shaking                                    58
Multidisciplinary Approaches                                                                                                               61
Other Curative Measures                                                                                                                      61
Relaxation                                                                                                                                                62
Meditation                                                                                                                                                 62
Chakra Clearing and Sun Moon Dances                                                                                           63
Chakras and Age                                                                                                                                    63
Chakras in Concert - Seven Levels of Nourishment                                                                       64
Exterior Factors in Chakra Health                                                                                                       66

7 - Symptoms of Chakra Dis-ease                                                                                                    67

Distraction and Avoidance (of Feeling)                                                                                              67
Locking the Spine to Inhibit Feeling, Trauma and Body shape                                                    67
Internal Conflict                                                                                                                                      68
Fatigue and Lack of Energy                                                                                                                 68
Conscious release of Trauma and Vibrational Imprints                                                               69
Beneficial Effect of Yoga Relaxation and Anahata (Heart Centre) Focus                                    69

8 - Chakras and Yoga Specifics                                                                                                        71

Why do Yoga?                                                                                                                                         71
Chakra Nourishment in Yoga                                                                                                              72
Posture Planning                                                                                                                                   72
Posture Example, Physical, Mental and Emotional Affects                                                           73
Relaxation                                                                                                                                               73

9 - Summary                                                                                                                                  74

10 - References                                                                                                                                     75
Internet References                                                                                                                              75
Image References                                                                                                                                75
Bibliography                                                                                                                                            75

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