Accessing the Chemistry of Wellness and Performance

Research in the area of mind-body influences has revealed the significant effects that thoughts and feelings have upon body function by altering body chemistry. Equally dramatic has been the findings that these induced changes in body chemistry in turn affect our thoughts and feelings. No longer can we neatly remove the phenomenon of consciousness or the psyche, from the dynamic of body structure and function. For the inescapable truth is that our thoughts and emotions are intimately connected to our body structure and function by heavy two-way traffic. In this article, a working model is described which we currently use to define the relevant variables of this dynamic and which also forms the basis for accurate diagnostic evaluations and intervention