One of the accepted principles of conventional brain science is that the brain creates the mind. We could say that the mind is just a reflection of what the brain is doing.
This outdated and very limiting point of view couldn’t be further from the truth. You can use your mind to change your brain to in turn further influence your mind.
For example, if you have a learning disorder you can use your mind to help or to hinder that condition.
Your brain contains one hundred billion neurons and each of those can connect to fifty thousand other neurons. That’s a lot of brain activity that can be influenced by the mind. Neuroplasticity is the term that describes how the brain can actually be changed by the mind.
When I believe or tell myself that I’ve got this learning problem because there’s something amiss with my brain, and I’m resigned to that predicament, I’m actually reinforcing that condition.
If on the other hand I believe that I can use my mind to change my brain I open myself to new possibilities for healing. If I make of point of employing my mind in a consistent fashion to visualize, or imagine, or feel myself functioning in a more whole and resilient fashion, I’m creating the signals that lead to brain integration and repair.
The specifics of this inner work are clearly laid out in my Neuro-Reset Brain Balancing program.
Self-Regulation Skills are the Key to Healing
It may help to remember that within the one hundred billion brain cells and their fifty thousand connections each is an enormous opportunity for repair.
In the creative, self-regulatory state, I’m actually triggering the appropriate gene expression that’s needed to direct new brain growth and resiliency.
This was a quick reminder about how you can use your mind to reprogram your brain for healing – physically, emotionally, cognitively, and spiritually.
Regards!
Steve is a retired Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture Physician, and HeartMath Trauma-Sensitive Certified Practitioner with over 35 years of clinical experience in the fields of Energy Medicine, Energy Psychology, and Biofeedback. 