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and contractive systems within the body. As we impact the ANS therapeutically, we reinstate a balanced pulsation between the two parts of the nervous system that directly impact the functioning of the entire body. We are changing a Veteran’s approach to life at its root — how they exist within their own body-mind.
Many individual’s may suffer from a variety of symptoms that emanate from the lack of balanced expansion and contraction — pulsation in the body. They might feel edgy and irritable; suffer daily feelings of low energy, exhaustion, and fatigue; experience numbness, and lack of vitality; endure chronic pain in their gut with chronic bowel problems, or have pain in their joints, muscles, or head, and/or have endless back pain; have respiratory symptoms like asthma; and have chronic sleep problems. By balancing the ANS to allow for a natural pulsation, expansion, and contraction, the system can relax and unwind rather than sustain a state of contraction, tension, and hyper-vigilance — and many chronic symptoms can naturally get better.
The application of this method is quite precise, with a detailed protocol and contraindications. It necessitates an organized study of medicine and functional medicine.
If a Veteran still resides in the “old” body with its chronic conditioning, they still reside in an armored body and growth potential is limited. When a therapist helps them to loosen their breath, unwind their bound-up systems, and increase their available energetic flow; new behavioral coping strategies can be created. Sexual health can be improved as the Veteran overcomes difficulties relationally and in sexual performance due to various psychological and biophysical limitations.
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