#michelle doyle

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

One person may be seriously injured, but recovers quickly. Another person may be less seriously injured, but is left in the throes of chronic pain. Still another receives no physical injury, undergoes no strain of muscular exertion, and yet becomes racked with neuromuscular pain. In a large measure, these individual differences may be assigned to differences in the nervous system’s reactions to stress. Whether stress is physical or mental, its general effects are essentially the same. Even when stress is solely centered in the mind, the body never escapes its harrowing effects…

~ J.F. Vannerson, M.A., D.C. [thanks to Michelle Doyle]

[Alive On All Channels]

[bodyalive]

"One thing about human nature which has always been a mystery to me is why people , in spite of all evidence to the contrary, will cling to an idea once beaten into their brains, in earlier periods of life which limits their thinking, their ability- even hold them in attitudes which cause them to suffer and die, when a little thought and effort would course them into avenues which would lead to health- might even save their lives. In my personal acquaintance I can name dozens of actual instances of chiropractors who went to their graves decades earlier than they should have because of such an attitude. "Only the teachable survive", said George Santayana. Which is the same as saying the unteachable perish." ~ Raymond Nimmo, D.C [Reposting this from Michelle Doyle with thanks - I have been pondering this a lot lately - i.e. what it means to be "teachable" and keeping that quality alive in myself.]

[Photo by Francesca Woodman]