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Introduction
A Personal View by Alison
The human body is similar to an electricity power supply, it copes with providing an unlimited amount of energy, until one day it is forced into overload by too many demands such as stress, a poor diet, lack of sleep or a combination of things.
If the warning signals are ignored a total breakdown can occur, illness then acts like a power circuit breaker, and it cuts off the supply of energy, making the body rest and repair.
"Recharging our batteries" is often given as a reason for taking a holiday or break & spring and summer tend to be the seasons when we think of doing something about health, fitness and good healthy nutritious food. Winter being more of a time of being dormant or a sort of hibernation. The seeds of good health should be sown all year round. The New Year is a traditional time for starting a new regime with resolutions flying out of the window on the 2nd January.
Many decide to wait until (something - any excuse!)..... has been achieved or happened before embarking on a personal overhaul. Life is now & we need to start now not next week, month, whenever or never.
Small changes to help increase energy and self-awareness can begin at any time. A weekly massage, minor alterations towards a healthier diet can be achieved week by week, one small change each week adds up to 4 changes each month, 52 each year. Take time to walk in the fresh air, notice nature, allow time to be quiet, to meditate if you wish.
I, like many others, own a car. I pass the responsibility to someone else to keep it going by regular servicing & the annual MOT. I put petrol in & occasionally replenish the screen wash, when it runs out, but that's all. I don't know how it works, I am not interested in how it works & under the bonnet is someone else's problem as far as I am concerned. But, when the car lets me down I get very cross & mightily stressed, as I need it daily for my work. If I put diesel in my car instead of petrol I would do a lot of damage & the car would be very justified in deciding not to go anywhere - it hasn't got the right fuel!
You can use the same analogy to a computer. My relationship with my computer is exactly the same as with my car & my stress levels zoom to mammoth proportions when it doesn't work properly or worse still breaks down altogether.
Our body is no different. We pass the responsibility to someone else to keep us going when we start to detect health problems - that someone is usually the National Health Service, often in the guise of our Doctor as the first port of call. We expect the NHS to fix us, when in fact with the right fuel you may not have broken in the first place. You can't service a human body once or twice a year like you can a car or computer. Maintenance of our health is an ongoing issue, daily. Our power supply is the food we eat & we need the best we can get to put into our body in order to get the best out of it.
What we put into our body (food) is what makes our new cells for growth & repair. If we put in rubbish we will not flourish. I so often hear that 'well he doesn't seem to be doing too badly on the lack of fruit & vegetables', wait & see what happens in 5, 10, 15 years time if the same diet is maintained. A gardener knows that without good, fertile soil plants will not grow healthily, they will be stunted, possibly deformed & may wither & die. Vegetables & fruit will not grow to their full potential if they do not have the right conditions. The same could be said for us.
Good health is an invaluable asset. My aim is to remain healthy for as long as possible so that I don't need fixing and to that end I invest my time, energy & money into complementary therapy for myself to keep me well.
I don't subscribe to the belief that when my health breaks down the NHS will fix me. They probably will, depending on what's wrong, but my health is my responsibility no one else's & I take ownership, so should you!
There is a view that we take risks with our health in the presence of the National Health Service, that we would never do if the NHS did not exist.
I consider that my contributions to the NHS are the same as my contributions to my car or house insurance. I pay in but I hope that I do not need to make a claim. I do not feel that I have a 'right' to treatment as some people do, & many kick up a fuss if they don't get what they want, when they want it, whilst at the same time smoking, drinking alcohol & eating junk food. Well how about putting that same energy into doing something about their health instead of passing the buck to the Doctors & specialists. In other words, take responsibility!
Good health is all about taking care (& responsibility) of our body.
Complementary therapies have a great role to play in encouraging the body - yours, mine & that of others to keep a balance & heal itself.
Of course the effects of living in the fast lane, drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, eating fast food, smoking, taking recreational drugs etc cannot be counteracted solely by complementary therapy, but it's the beginning of a journey - who knows where that journey will take you?
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