The Spine
This stack of bones (we call our spine) keeps our head above our body as we move from moment to moment. It turns out to be much more than just a tower that allows us to navigate through the gravitational field of this planet. It not only bends and twists as we maneuver through life, it shifts and changes with each and every thought we have about life. It is, in fact, a mirror, a precise mirror of who we are. With every thought we have, the interrelationships of bones, muscles, ligaments, and nerves are altered. These deviations are minute, most often imperceptible, but no matter how small the changes in the spine are, the overall effects on the body are gigantic.
The
spinal cord runs through all the segments of the spine. Between each segment,
a nerve comes off the cord and exits the spinal column on its way to a particular
part of the body. These nerves are called peripheral nerves. Every segment
of the spine influences the peripheral nerves within their region. For instance,
the kidneys get their nerve supply from the branches coming out of the spinal
column at the level of the tenth thoracic vertebra. If this segment should
get out of its normal alignment, it will then adversely affect the functioning
of the kidneys. On the other hand, if we can maintain the positioning of this
vertebra, then we allow the nervous tissue to carry a neurological impulse
that vibrates at a frequency which is more of a match for the frequency of
a healthy kidney.
This is true of the entire spine but especially of the twelve vertebrae that make up the thoracic section of the spine. The peripheral nerves, that the placement of the twelve thoracic segments influence, go to and therefore affect almost every major organ and system of the body. A slight almost imperceptible misalignment of any of these twelve could result in a disruption of the cardiovascular, respiratory, immune, endocrine, digestive, urinary, and lymphatic systems of the body. More often than not the deviations to the thoracic region do not cause bio-mechanical symptoms (back problems). Yet their influence upon the heart, lungs, liver, gall bladder, kidneys, spleen, pancreas, stomach, and small intestines could result in every major difficulty these organs are likely to incur. In addition, misalignments of this part of the spine have been directly associated with problems in the neck and lower back.
Thoracic spine
As we move from experience to experience, we interact with all that is around and within us. This interaction actually has its foundation in the interrelationships of energy. As we receive input from our environment, these stimuli are in the form of energy vibrations. Each and every stimulus has its own unique vibration which is measured by its frequency. In fact, science now has shown that everything in nature is made up of energy and that our ability to perceive is based on our ability to recognize these frequencies. This vibrational information is considered to have five major avenues in which to reach our brain; through the senses of touch, sight, hearing, taste, and smell. Through one of these five portals we become aware of our reality.
Actually we are not conscious of all of the vibrations that filter in, but of the messages we are conscious of, we mentally respond. In other words, we think about what we have just experienced. These thoughts are supported and enhanced by all the memories and beliefs we have access to and, as such, become a conglomerate of all our experiences. As we respond, energy signals matching the vibrational frequencies of our thoughts are sent via the nervous system to specific areas of the body. Since there is a nerve fiber that goes to every cell in the body, there is no area that does not come under the influence of how we think. These areas then respond to what (for all intents and purposes) are mental commands. This response is always a change in frequency of the individual cell’s energy vibrations. The results vary; muscles contract, pupils dilate, blood flow increases, respiration slows, cells begin to grow abnormally, and on and on it goes. The responses always differ and for the most part are temporary.
However, at the cellular level, the changes in the cell’s vibrational frequency tend not to return completely to their original vibration. Instead they demonstrate a propensity of resonating at a slightly altered frequency. This phenomenon is supported by the fact that the nerve fibers that are responsible for the neurological impulses reaching these cells have been altered by a change in the positioning of the spine. As the neurological impulses resonating with the frequencies of our thoughts pass through the structure of the spine on their way to the specific parts of the body, they cause slight, almost imperceptible, deviations in the spine that ultimately impact and influence the nerve supply to our entire body.
The alignment of the spine affects the nerve supply to every cell in the body.So in fact our thoughts create a vibrational pattern with which the body in both the spinal structure and the related cellular levels resonate. If it wasn’t for the distortions that occur in the relationship between the individual vertebrae this would be a temporary response unless we developed a repetitive pattern of thinking. The deviations of the spine therefore occur to enable the body to mirror our pattern of thinking without the need for mental repetition. Thus the body mirrors our thoughts in such a way that we can become aware of the path we are on as we still retain the freedom of thinking to select a new path.