Biologic plasticity is simply the body’s dynamic relationship and responsiveness
to its internal and external environment. In its most profound sense,
it is the potential to create a more vibrant life as free from dis-ease as possible
...physically, biochemically and cognitively
Responding to Our World
However, there are three paths that biologic plasticity allows for:
One of homeostasis, which relies on strategies that have evolved through generations of evolution...the body’s ability to maintain a functioning internal environment. In this scenario, a person could be healthy or have intermittent symptomatology, but not ongoing disease as homeostasis is maintained.
One of survival at the expense, the health, of the individual in which organs, organ systems or biochemical pathways are severely compromised to the point that homeostasis cannot be maintained. This is the response that results in disease, inflammation, depression, anxiety, etc. It is "robbing Peter to pay Paul" and is the body's best attempt or choice for survival given the circumstances with which it is faced. Homeostasis is compromised.
The optimal pathway results in increased strength, responsiveness (flexibility) and evolutionary growth. It is working from a place of efficiency, strength and movement, while avoiding effort and fatigue.
The three aspects of our being: movement and spatial awareness (physical); metabolism and biochemistry (cellular); and, our deepening awareness of our “self" and our relationship to all that is not (mind/cognitive) are intimately connected, and have an immediate and impactful effect on one another. It is the interconnectedness and responsiveness of the physical structures of the human body from the DNA, to the nuclear membrane, to the microtubules, to the organelles and cellular membrane, to the fascia and connective tissue, and ultimately, to the fully organized human. At its most fundamental level, it communicates or propagates the ease or tension created by our choices of mind (cognition), body (movement) and cell (chemistry). This movement guides embryogenesis and is fundamental to the body’s ability to function and heal tissue. It even plays a primary role in the evolution of a species.
We humans are more than simply conscious. We are self-aware. Consciousness is the experience of one's existence and with that comes varying degrees of understanding, from merely reflexive to one with profound potential for learning and self-discovery. Human self-awareness is not only understanding that one exists, but an awareness of one's desire for deeper meaning and understanding of that existence. At the core of our awareness, what drives it, lies curiosity and a desire for greater intimacy: wanting to exist/matter...wanting to understand and be understood...wanting to love and be loved. As we will see, self-awareness is ultimately, not about self-discovery, but the realization of the illusion of self...our illusion that comes from the effort of the wants and needs in our attempt to maintain and define our "self"...who we think we are. We are omni-directional beings evolving into 4th dimensional consciousness.
This is a new paradigm of exercise and movement in which the primary focus is to create a more efficient and vibrant life as free from effort, apprehension and hesitation as possible. It is working from a place of efficiency and strength, rather than deficiency and weakness. The cornerstone of this approach is the inter-relationship between exercise, diet, various parameters of movement, and what it means to live with clarity of mind, physical strength and power, and the Presence that culminates when these qualities are attained effortlessly.
It is a common belief that nutritional deficiencies cause, or are at least partially to blame for general ill health and chronic disease. What if we consider another possibility...that aberrant cell function is a more significant problem than nutritional deficiencies?
The cell always responds appropriately and innately to its environment. If its environment is less than optimum, then its response will be less than optimum for the health and vitality of the individual. In a severely compromised cellular environment, the response is one of survival...of simply trying to maintain homeostasis.
Continually requiring a specific metabolic demand to be addressed not only creates nutritional deficiencies concerning that pathway, but also compromises other metabolic pathways, thus creating additional nutritional demands. A compromised relationship between two metabolic pathways results in symptoms and diseases which are seemingly unrelated, unless the metabolic relationship is considered. Thus, dis-ease is not a singular entity, but an expression of a metabolic “relationship" that is out of balance (i.e., a continuous metabolic push or stress).
