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In integrative mind-body medicine, we treat the person not a symptom. It is a holistic system of health care that considers every facet of who we are. Our body, mind, and spirit all contribute to our health. At Inspired Potentials, we offer the best holistic healing methods.
When areas of our life come out of balance, often for a long period of time, stress patterns develop (coping mechanisms) which eventually lead to physical discomfort, breakdown, or illness. When it comes to sensitivity and anxiety, integrative health is one of the most effective means of identifying and understanding anxiety from sensitivity.
It is one of the only systems of medicine that provides complementary health strategies for taking care of our delicate senses.
Since we take in more stimuli from our environment our risk and vulnerability is greater. Because we see, hear, and feel more through sensory pathways this increased demand of sensory processing creates anxiety.
A marked, or highly observable, exaggerated fear of our environment. Also known as anxiety.
Abdominal pain, headaches, mood swings, nausea, dizziness, feelings of sensory overload, panic attacks, tension in the muscles, lower back pain, debilitating fatigue, restlessness, anger, susceptibility to flu and viruses, depression, and skin rashes/pimples/sores.
It’s different for everyone. That’s why understanding your delicate senses is so important for managing sensory overload, taking proper care of your nervous system, and restoring health. Our senses are taste, touch, hearing/sound, smell/olfactory, and sight/vision. In the health science of Ayurveda the mind is considered the sixth sense. Through integrative medicine, which focuses on the mind-body connection we can learn how to manage our highly attuned senses.
HSP’s are incredibly unique in that we are highly connected and in-tune with our environment. While our deeper cognitive processing allows us to take in more sensation from our environment, which can be a real positive, it can also be overwhelming.
Psychologist’s have attempted to understand the science of the senses and their effects on our health through new advances in research. Through discoveries in understanding the mirror neuron system, sensory gating, and vestibular system. Our acute senses are a wonderful gift when these heightened sensations are recognized and integrated nicely into our lives. Often times, highly sensitive people are unaware of their ability to perceive the subtle differences in their environment, what clinical doctors call, “sensory processing sensitivity.”
Our toxic environment doesn’t help matters. When we are exposed to synthetic chemicals and toxins our body processes them first at the sensory level, then through our organ systems. These detoxification systems help keep us healthy in the face of a barrage of toxic materials. You can read Dr. Hannah Albert’s article, Our Toxic World for more detail. When our toxin load is high, we experience health challenges, symptoms, allergies, and sensitivities.
That’s why we must commit to supporting our body on many levels. There are a lot of things we can do to reduce our toxic load. Some serious symptoms of chronic toxic exposure are: recurrent headaches, muscle aching and weakness, paresthesias and neuropathic pain, recurrent infections, and infertility. There are several disorders that have a clear link to chronic toxic exposure. They are: chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity, allergies, asthma, atherosclerosis, and cancer.
We can view this phenomenon on a spectrum of vulnerability.
Our bodies are smart and resilient. Through biotransformation processes, we usually transform toxicity quickly and the body comes back into balance. There are three automatic functions our body uses to transform toxins: cleansing, purification, and detoxification that we can support and help our body adjust to most any form of environmental toxicity – these are not only chemicals, compounds, and substances that are toxic. Feelings, moods, and stress from other people in our environment affect us as well.
Inspired Health and Wellness (IHW) uses a completely different form of integrative mind-body medicine than most health coaching programs. It is not a detox, weight loss program, or diet. It is a supportive, kind, and fully integrative program specialized to work with your unique sensory differences. With a narrow focus on healing the sensory challenges sensitive people often experience, the mind-body method allows a much needed break to process whatever issues may be on the surface to restore optimal wellness.
On an IHW plan, you will be learning how your sensitives directly affect your life, well being, and health. It is designed to be supportive, energy enhancing, and grounding. You’ll be adding things into your life like ancient Ayurvedic sensory techniques, energy psychology, visualization, relaxation, body movement/body therapies, and expressive art.
In addition, we’ll work together to find a palate of fresh, organic food which include everything from dark leafy greens, alkaline fruits and vegetables, gluten-free grains, sweet root vegetables, micro-nutrients and pro-biotics that support each of your organ systems to help restore your senses and rejuvenate your overall energy for maintenance of health.
Experiment with Essential Oils (EO)- essential oils are a safe, natural, and side-effect free way to minimize absorption of toxins. Through their anti-bacterial, insecticidal, anti-inflammatory actions they offer a whole host of benefits for the highly sensitive. Learning how to use oils are an easy and painless way to bring harmony and balance, infuse your spaces with beauty, and to bring the healing qualities of nature more directly into your day-to-day life.
Using essential oils is one of the best ways to reduce stress and start with safe experimentation with what elements your body loves best for sensory healing.
When areas of our life come out of balance, often for a long period of time, stress patterns develop (coping mechanisms) which eventually lead to physical discomfort, breakdown, or illness. When it comes to sensitivity and anxiety, integrative health is one of the most effective means of identifying and understanding anxiety from sensitivity.
For example, do you like the warmth of peppermint for digestive health? Or maybe hints of licorice and anise? You might like the subtle citrus notes and flavors of orange, lemon, or lime for bringing clarity and sharpness to your focus and attention. For spiritual renewal try frankincense, myrrh, or palo santo.
In integrative mind-body medicine, we treat the person not a symptom. A holistic system considers every facet of who we are: body, mind, and spirit all contribute to our health.
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