Maybe it's off topic, but this Bikram yoga is creaking open some doors for me lately. Bodily, I feel more capable of living. Tonight while googling around, I found things about guided imagery. I will pursue this more in depth in regards to my reflux. Acid reflux settles on my throat, and I feel its effects, which scares me into not singing. I then think, well, I am a singer. I've always been a singer. I love music and song, and using it to tell a story, and singing my heart out... I want to be able to do that always. I've often become frustrated with my voice's limitations, and I found out recently that acid reflux is contributing to that.
Apparently, there exists a means of healing called Guided Imagery, in which you relax and picture the affliction going away in various ways. I read the intro of a book recently that spoke about a man who was crippled in a hospital bed. Every day, he had someone show him pictures of yoga poses, and he pictured himself doing them. Months of that enabled him to eventually walk, and stand firm to where no one could push him over. It seems like this is the same idea. Guiding the body to fix itself, by using the power of the mind. The mind is a powerful tool. In conjunction with the body, amazing things are truly possible. It doesn't seem too incredible to me really. When you "put your mind to something," it becomes possible. If that something is within your own body, it seems even more possible. The body is wired to listen to the brain.
I must look into this more fully.
CoT: The mind and body can be partners, working together to heal.
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