DR. LISA VAUGHAN, Osteopath
I am delighted to be interviewing a friend of mine who is an osteopath. Lisa Vaughn introduces us to the profession of osteopathy, on how to influence the body’s self-healing & self-regulating properties and calm our central nervous system, which she feels is her privilege to facilitate. Amazing things happen when the body has returned back to balance.
Our bodies know what they need. So why would the body need help from an outside therapy?
Lisa explains very eloquently how we are often too busy to really listen to our bodies, for example to the language of pain. We are quick to pop some pain killers and move on, instead of finding out what imbalance the body is trying to show us through pain.
Lisa talks about the chronic pain she is treating many patients for and the cause of chronic stress we are failing to address. A lot of her work is not even related to the concern patients present with, but she has become the forensic detective that finds out that a sore neck may need a treatment of the ankle, for example. So do you know which memories your tissues are holding on to?
Like most amazing practitioners, Lisa highlights the importance of working with complete focus, being 100 % present in the moment, to be drawn or guided to the right response.
Lisa is also teaching us a breathing exercise which she calls a ‘box breathing technique’, which she uses with clients who are anxious, stressed or out of their body’s comfort zone. You will be amazed how you will be able to use this tool to anchor that feeling of relaxation into your body – and to be able to return to balance quickly when a stressful event might take you out of it.
She also explains how her husband uses this technique with the children he is teaching to overcome their anxieties and learn better.
And if you are using your devices as much as I do, there will be great points on how to do it without damaging your body, which exercises will be most beneficial and so much more.