THE human body has the ability to heal it self from dis-ease and return to ease.
The state of ease is only allowed provided there are no obstacles placed in the way, which either create dis-ease or bombard the body.
Environmental toxins, pollutants in the atmosphere, poor soil quality, all have an effect on our well-being and health. The body needs to overcome these toxins otherwise it becomes overloaded and dis-ease prevails if allowed to continue. Click here for further specific information, opens in new window.
This may be better explained if we think of our bodies as a motorcar. To keep the car moving smoothly we drive it on roads that are normally flat and even, however if we drive the car over rough ground the car and its contents get shaken and disturbed, call this dis-ease created by the driver.
You as the driver have created the dis-ease of the car and its contents, similarly as if you ate foods which are not good or beneficial to your body type.
You as a person have the ability to overcome dis-ease if you can identify the cause and creation of the obstacle. In the example above of the car, if you had a 4x4 off road car (a different body type) then it can take the uneven ground and you and the contents do not not get shaken and disturbed.
Hence, every person is different and has differing needs, nutritionally, physically and emotionally.
If we take the same car and it is outside being bombarded in a hailstorm and by lightening, this is out of the control of the driver, it is an obstacle stopping the car and the contents functioning correctly and efficiently.
These are external factors influencing how our body performs and out of the direct control of the driver.
As a person every day obstacles that are out of your control interfere and interrupt the normal function and performance of your body, thereby causing dis-ease.
Examples of some of the obstacles to good health are; poor nutrition, incorrect posture while lifting, eating too many sweets and refined sugars and poor quality of air and water. Which when identified can be helped and the external influences reduced allowing good and inproved health.
Naturopathy aims to help identify the obstacles that are stopping your body from functioning correctly and help you towards an advantageous life of ease.