The Mind Body Connection

Science is proving the profound connection between the mind and body, and the effects they have on each other. According to one physician, as much as 90 percent of all physical ailments stem from emotional issues. Research shows that medicine is not capable of healing alone; there must be a mix of positive emotion and thinking involved to truly heal. The research also shows that negative emotions such as hatred, violence and ingratitude can overcome the body’s healthy disposition and create disease.

So, how do we acquire stable emotional health to combat the potential negative toll on the body? A sign of a person who is emotionally healthy is one who is aware and in control of his/her thoughts, feelings and behaviors. We should strive to learn and practice healthy ways to cope with the stress and problems of daily life. Emotionally sound people have a sense of self and deeply-rooted self esteem.

The following four ways are suggestions on how to improve emotional health:
1. Express your feelings in appropriate ways
2. Live a balanced life
3. Calm your mind and body
4. Take care of yourself

Another way we can see the connection of the mind and body is through religion. Throughout history we see that healing powers has always been connected with religion and spiritual relations.Know a days studies have shown that people that have a religious affiliation are better prepared to cope with stress. Religion helps people to be more socially engaged, have healthier lifestyles (non drinkers and smokers, among other things), and are more hopeful and positive. This positive attitude and faith based life helps increase the bodies immunity and helps people cope with the stress of life better.



There have been numbers of research suggesting there is a mind-body connection, and because of this it is important to keep our minds, healthy and positive.

Salk, developer of the first polio vaccine said,"The mind, in addition to medicine, has powers to turn the immune system around.

The power of attitude is very real, some examples of how attitude has affected health:

• More than 4,000 years ago, Chinese physicians noted that physical illness often followed episodes of frustration.

• The Greek physician, Galen, observed during the second century A.D. that melancholic women were much more prone to breast cancer than women who were cheerful.

"Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens; not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst...a spark that creates extraordinary results."
It is important to keep our minds positive, because it greatly affects not only our health and body, but also everything around us.