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Combating H1N1 Virus Fears

By: Vaishali -- Author of You Are What You Love

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The only thing more highly contagious than a bacteria or free radical is fear. The panic that arises from imagining oneself succumbing to the dreaded swine flu is a far greater health-threatening condition. It travels much faster and with more drastic consequences than the actual illness itself, leaving its own trail of destruction in its perceptual wake.

The Eastern systems of Indian and Tibetan Ayurveda state that well over 95% of all illnesses have an emotional impetus or basis. It is not so much exposure to life's detrimental elements that begin the cause and effect chain reaction culminating in disease, so much as how we emotionally responded to those elements. Holistic Health practices explain that the physical body itself is inherently neutral; but clearly the emotional body is not. The physical body not only takes its cues from what we think, but also, and most importantly, from how we feel about what we give our attention to. The physical body thus organizes its response to health and balance according to what it is under the impression that the mind and emotions want - what we give our attention to and how we feel about it. The body basically reads our minds.

Fear and insecurity stress the emotional, mental and physical bodies, thereby weakening the body's immune system. When we imagine ourselves getting sick, the body is under the impression this is what we are expecting from it. The body sees us as self-identifying with this condition and will go out of its way to give us that result. The body is a lot like a rental car. It does not drive itself around; it is neutral. It is merely responding to the choices and attention of the driver.

Fear is a very contractive energy. Anyone who experiences fear will notice that their chest gets tight, breathing becomes shallow and muscles constrict. When the mind focuses on something that creates a panic response, the body will automatically contract round that stimulus. That is the nature of fear. Hence whatever we resist persists.

The body's strongest link in the immune defense system is the lymphatic system. Lymph is a fluid. Its oily, water-like consistency is how it pumps itself throughout the body, cleaning out viruses, bacteria even cancer cells before these potentially harmful elements can work their way deeper into the body. Skeletal muscles assist in pumping the lymph throughout the body. When muscles constrict from fear, these contractions bring the fluid to a screeching halt. The very last message a healthy person wants to send to the lymphatic system is one of stagnancy due to the contraction happening in the perceptual/emotional driver's seat.

If you imagine your body as recognizing what is life sustaining and ignoring every other influence, you give your body healthy and positive guidance around which it can organize its intelligence. For years researchers and doctors have known that having cancer patients visualize their white blood cells attacking and eliminating cancer cells improves the response of the immune system and increases a persons chances of survival. Telling your body that you trust it has the strength, energy and wisdom to eradicate any unbalancing foreign energy, be it a virus, bacteria or free radical will give your body confidence and clarity about exactly what response you expect from it when it encounters these elements.

Anyone who has participated in the fire walk knows the ability to stroll over hot embers without scorching one's feet is determined and directed by what you are giving your attention to when initiating that first step forward. That is also the key to all of life: at any given moment what are you giving your attention to? Are your choosing fear, or are you choosing love? You have free will. The media may be dispensing fear, but you decide whether or not you will accept that as your truth. If you cannot take your power back from frenetic fear-fest pandemic panic, your body will be under the impression that you want contractive, fear-based responses - that you are choosing to learn more from fear before moving on to the love portion of the program. Your body will be operating within the fear-motivated navigational instructions of what you give your attention to, and allow any virus, bacteria or other potentially caustic energy that matches the vibration level of fear into your system. Simply because it is under the impression you want it. You set the parameters; you are the driver; you set the course.

That should really make you want to clean up what you give your attention to! Again, the body is neutral. If you say, "Turn left into fear," the body will do just that. If you say, "Continue fearlessly forward," trusting you can grow beyond anything, the body will follow your directions.

There is actually a great spiritual reason behind this. The body is designed to support our development as conscious beings. The body is here to act as a neutral form of feedback constantly reflecting back to us what we are doing with our attention - whether we are choosing fear or love. Dr. Norman Cousins, author of the groundbreaking book "Anatomy of an Illness" wrote about how he cured himself of a potentially terminal tissue disease by forcing himself to watch comedic movies and laugh for at least an hour a day. Now it does not take a brain surgeon to know that you cannot be laughing at the Marx Brothers and be choosing fear at the same time. Film producer Samuel Goldwyn was famous for his "Goldwynisms" and he had a few very humorous slants on health, such as: "If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive," "A hospital is no place to be sick" and one just about everyone can relate to, "I have been laid up with intentional flu." W.C. Fields had a physically-liberating emotional take on health care as well: "Don't worry about your heart, it will last as long as you live."

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we lived in a world where we ultimately found that the cure for the common cold is to laugh and love our way through the day?

What do you have to lose if you choose to inoculate yourself with love and laughter? What does it cost you to let the body know fear is not a power you choose to recognize? Then, in the name of better health and a vibrant immune system, go to a comedy club, rent your favorite laugh-out-loud movie, read James Thurber or Mark Twain. Let there be no mistaking that enjoying life, resiliency to toxic situations and a positive outlook is what you want to learn from.

5 Simple Tips to Support the Lymph System:

1. Avoid ingesting iced beverages and foods straight from the refrigerator. The greatest sea of lymphatic tissue is in the digestive system. The body functions best at a temperature of 98.6 degrees. Healthy lymph feels like oily water and is pumped throughout the body primarily by the skeletal muscles. It needs this warm environment to remain in a healthy fluid-like state. When you eat or drink cold foods and liquids, it stuns the lymph system causing the oily water lymph to congeal into a more jello-like consistency impeding its free flowing movement throughout the body.

2. Watch your intake of herbal supplements. There have been many time-honored herbal formulas that enhance lymphatic function such as echinacea, goldenseal, red root, red clover, licorice root and astragalus root. Often times these herbs help by stripping away a layer of debris from the lymph system's filtering operation, but in the process they can dry out or deplete this system. Therefore they work best if not taken over long periods of time. Most recommendations are 7-10 days.

3. Try a Chi Nei Tsang massage. Lymphatic drainage massage specifically targets the lymph system. It aids in the breaking up of congestion within the lymph system, tones and supports the lymph nodes as well as facilitates the fluid's movement throughout the body. Chi Nei Tsang massage works directly on the entire digestive system and is a powerful technique for lymphatic care. More importantly Chi Nei Tsang is designed to be self-administered, so once you learn how to do it, you have a lifetime of free treatments. A deep-tissue massage is also effective in the release of stored toxins.

4. Treat the body to an exercise program. Since the lymph is pumped throughout the body by the movement of skeletal muscles, the correct exercise that maximizes this effect is critical. There are many exercises that provide some lymphatic support, like swimming and aerobics. However, if you want to maximize your efforts, an effective method is called T-Tapp. The T-Tapp exercise program is designed to drain the lymph system as well as balance hormones, burn fat and build the muscular structure from the core outwards. Walking is also great for the lymph system as it allows your body to work more efficiently not harder; the more you move your body for extended period of time, the more your body moves your lymph, allowing your organs to maximize toxic waste drainage.

5. Cold laser treatments boost the lymphatic system, support drainage and keep the fluid moving. Cold laser sessions are completely painless and oftentimes yield immediate results of their positive benefits. Cold laser sessions offer a safe treatment option for the very old or very young or those already weakened by drugs or chronic illness. Acupuncturists, chiropractors and other alternative health practitioners may offer cold laser treatments in conjunction with their ongoing health care packages. There are even cold laser treatment centers.

Our Lymphatic System is the cornerstone of all the body's health and strength - emotional, mental, as well as physical. These simple tips are suggestions to help optimize your Lymphatic health.

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Vaishali is the author of Wisdom Rising (Purple Haze Press 2008) and You Are What You Love (Purple Haze Press 2006). She is also national health & wellness speaker, radio host on KTLK 1150am 11-noon Sundays (Greater LA) and KEST (San Francisco). Vaishali is a certified practitioner of Chinese Medicine and East Indian Ayurveda medicine. She has appeared on Oprah & Friends Radio with Dr. Oz. Visit www.purplev.com/mediakit or email press@purplev.com

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