5 Ways To Make Back Pain Disappear

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Disclaimer: This report is not a replacement for medical advice from a

licensed physician, nor is it intended to be used to diagnosis or treat specific
spinal conditions. If you are in doubt please seek professional help from a
qualified physician.
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If you suffer from back pain (or any other kind of pain) and youve
already tried conventional or alternative treatments with little or no
improvement, then the information contained in this report could
very well change your life.
Im about to take you on a fantastic journey through the world of

back pain, exposing some common misunderstandings and
enlightening you with some cutting-edge yet ultra-simple things
you can do to put an end to your pain.
As you read along, I encourage you to do the exercise Ive

included here. Why not try the concepts on for size to see if they
work for you. What have you got to lose?
I appreciate your openness to explore and I invite you to sit back,

relax, and let the learning begin.
Step 1: It Starts By Opening Your Mind...
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Youve probably heard one of Albert Einsteins most quoted

remarks, We can't solve problems by using the same kind of
thinking we used when we created them." Well, this is equally
true when it comes to back pain.
The truth is, if you want to end your pain and what youve been
doing hasnt been working for you, the first thing youre going to
have to change is how you think about your pain.
So, what does pain mean to you?
For some people pain is a nuisance. Its something that they

have to deal with, overcome or push through.
For others pain is something theyre afraid of. When theyre in

pain, they get scared and feel powerless.
Some people feel like they are innocent victims of pain. They
believe that they have nothing to do with their pain at all. To them
it feels unfair and unjust, because they were just going along
normally until pain showed up and ruined their life.
Still others get a feeling of significance from their pain.

Subconsciously, being in pain is a way to get love and attention.
There are as many possible meanings for pain as there are

potential causes but the truth is, pain is just a form of feedback
that your body gives you when more subtle ways of getting
your attention arent working.
By opening your mind to the possibility that you can end your pain
by responding to it in new ways, redefining your relationship to it,
and making up your own story about what it means, you make the
possibility for change and progress easier.
Are you game?
Another Way To Look At Your Symptoms
Usually when people come to see me, they have a symptom.

Something hurts, something doesnt feel right, or something feels
off and they want their pain or symptom to go away.
This is normal in our culture, since our entire healthcare system is

built around trying to make peoples pain and symptoms go
away.
If you go to a healthcare practitioner and say My back hurts.

What can you do to make the pain go away? Nine times out of
ten theyll treat you to try to reduce your pain and get you back
doing what you were doing before the symptom occurred.
The problem with this approach is that your symptom becomes

something to get rid of, overcome or push through, when its
really your body saying Hey pay attention, something needs to
change.
Thats what a symptom really means: Stop and pay attention

because something needs to change.
What exactly needs to change though? Unfortunately, not

enough people ask themselves that question.
If you touch the painful part of your back and ask yourself Why
wont this stop? How can I make this go away? How can I make
this less? How can I get back to doing what I was doing before?
youre using a reactive mindset and youll get one set of answers.
But if you ask yourself I wonder what the message is here? I

wonder what needs to change? I wonder what needs to change
about what I am doing, thinking, or focusing on? youre using a
proactive mindset and youll get an entirely different set of
answers.
Most people dont have a framework to address and interact with

their body in that way though. They dont ask how they can pay
even more attention to the painful part of their body and ask it
What do you want? or How can I listen better? Instead, they
just try to numb out the pain and make it disappear.
A big part of healing has to do with the relationship between the

physical feedback from your body, and how well you can sense
and act on it to create a greater sense of ease, energy and
freedom.
Dont worry this report isnt just going to be some mind-over

matter rant! Im about to walk you through how your body, mind,
and emotions are really all connected and relate that to your pain,
so you can start on the path to true healing.
Your Mind And Body Arent Separate.
Brain researcher Dr. Candace Pert, author of Molecules of

Emotion, discovered that the brain and the nervous, endocrine,
and immune systems are interlocked in a "psycho-immunoendocrine" network that serves as a multidirectional, body-wide
system in which every part communicates with every other part.
Perts research nullified the prevailing idea that your brain is the
physical location where you process all of your emotions. As it
turns out, emotions are actually a full-body experience.
"Emotions are the nexus between mind and matter, going

back and forth between the two and influencing both," says
Pert.
Why am I bringing up emotions here? Because opening your

mind isnt just about changing the way you think conceptually.
Opening your mind means learning to feel whats going on in the

parts of your body that youve been ignoring, avoiding or blaming
as the cause of your pain. Opening your mind means learning to
think with your whole body...as youll soon learn.
Why Youre Wasting Your Energy Looking For The

Cause...
Back pain is very complex. There are many possible contributors

to back pain. Is it your disc? Is it a muscle tear? Is it sciatica? Is
there an existing injury? Are your vertebrae degenerating?
This report isnt focused on finding the cause of your back pain,
because in my experience working with thousands of people, and
even throughout the scientific literature on the subject, theres no
direct correlation between a patients level of pain and the
findings that show up on their X-Ray or MRI.
In other words, one persons x-ray can show significant spinal

misalignment and degeneration yet they can have no pain at all,
while another persons x-ray can be totally normal yet they can
have debilitating pain. Why is this?
One reason is that your body is a dynamic non-linear system, in

which everything is interconnected through very complex
networks that link your thoughts, emotions and physical structures
together.
Just looking at one thing (the mechanics of your spine on x-ray for
example) is not enough to determine whats causing your
symptoms in most cases. Youve got to look at the whole bodymind-emotion complex as ONE.
The Straw That Broke The Camels Back
I cant tell you how many times people have come into my office
over the years and said, All I did was bend over to pick up a
piece of paper and my disc blew out. This is the classic story of
the straw that broke the camels back.
You might have herniated your disc picking up a piece of paper

but was that one action really the sole cause?
What were the circumstances surrounding that injury? What was

going on with you mentally and emotionally at the time? How
much tension was in your body at that moment? What was going
on under the surface that you werent even aware of?
Then again, you might be in excruciating back pain without ever

having had a significant physical injury or any evidence of spinal
damage at all. Often, there doesnt seem to be any cause. I

see it all the time.
Either way, when it comes down to it youre eventually going to

end your pain by focusing on a solution rather than just trying to
figure out the cause and fix it, so...
This report is focused on helping you nd a solution.
Im not saying that you shouldnt investigate why youre in pain

and seek to find out what might be contributing to it. On the
contrary, I urge you to explore, inquire and discover whats really
going on within you so you can move forward with your life.
I want to give you a new way to look at and address your pain
thats so simple I think youll be able to use it right away to
improve your situation, no matter how bad it might seem right
now...
How To Think Using Your Whole Body.
In his research, Dr. Donald Bakal author of Minding Your Body,

found that virtually all symptoms, diseases, and illnesses can be
improved or managed through something called Somatic
Awareness.
The word somatic is derived from the Latin word soma, which
means body.
Somatic Awareness is the ability to tune in to a type of inner

bodily experience, or subtle body-feedback that too often gets
ignored. This feedback can then be used to take control of your
life and end your pain. In essence, Somatic Awareness is the
ability to think using your whole body.
Trillions and Trillions of Cells...
So how do you think using your whole body? Ill explain in a

moment, but first a little background on the body-mind...
Your entire body consists of upwards of 75 trillion cells (100 billion

of them are brain cells - spread out their surface area would cover
4 soccer fields).
Your brain snakes out of your skull, turns into your spinal cord
(which contains another billion nerve cells) and then branches out
of your spine into the rest of your body, eventually networking with
every single cell.
Although you process massive amounts of information in your

brain - there are over 0.15 quadrillion connections or synapses
between your brain cells alone - the brain in your head represents
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only a fraction of the connections going on in your nervous

system.
Your enteric nervous system (the nerve network in your gut

known as your second brain) influences how you process
emotional information and your cardiac nervous system (the
nerve network within your heart) influences your ability to
experience gratitude and compassion.
If youre not registering many of the subtle cues and feedback

vying for your attention from your entire body through somatic
awareness, then youre not really thinking with your whole mind.
Because of this, you end up needing a stronger form of feedback

to get your attention: Pain.
Without Somatic Awareness, You Are A Victim Of

Your Pain. But With It, Youre In Charge.
In a moment, Im going to let you in on a secret to ending your
pain, starting with a simple exercise that works by increasing your
somatic awareness.
At first, this exercise might seem too basic to actually do

anything but dont be discouraged, it has helped thousands of
people who were in pain, distress or suffering, and it will very
likely help you too.
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But before I teach you the exercise, I want to clear up one of the
biggest misconceptions about pain: The myth that pain should be
controlled at all costs.
Step 2: Stop Trying To Control Your Pain.

Even though controlling pain doesnt create true healing, the goal
in our current healthcare paradigm is still to suppress your pain
and get you back doing what you were doing before the pain
started as quickly as possible.
Makes sense though, right? Nobody should have to be in pain.

Or is that really true? What if pain can actually be a positive
thing? What if pain is ultimately there to help you?
You see, when you do things to control and suppress your pain,
you also suppress the other forms of subtle, somatic feedback
that your body is sending you. What if by trying to control your
pain youre actually causing more damage to yourself, physically,
emotionally, mentally and spiritually because youre missing out
on those signals?
It is astounding the lengths that people will go to, and the amount
of bodily damage theyll endure in order to control their pain. To
give you a sense of this, lets explore some of the most common
pain-controlling approaches:
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The Trouble With Trying To Control Pain
One of the most popular ways to try to control pain is to use over
the counter pain-relief medications like Advil, Aleve, Motrin, etc.
This family of medicines is called Non-Steroidal AntiInflammatories or NSAIDs and they control pain pretty well in the
short-term, but when used regularly there can be a long-term
cost.
Every time you take NSAIDs you risk damaging the lining of your
stomach. If you regularly take NSAIDs youll likely end up with
internal bleeding.
Over time repeated use of NSAIDs can lead to perforated ulcers,

that when left untreated allow digestive juices and stomach acid
to literally eat a hole in your intestinal lining; a serious medical
problem that requires hospitalization, and often surgery.
Swelling and scarring from an ulcer may even close the outlet of
your stomach, preventing food to pass and causing vomiting and
weight loss.
But a lot of people in significant back pain find that over-the

counter pain-killers just arent enough to control their pain...
So, they get a prescription for something even

stronger!
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Two of the most popular prescription pain-killers, Celebrex and

Vioxx work much better. But after over 27,000 people died of
Vioxx related heart-attacks and strokes, the manufacturer Merck
pulled it off the market.
Pfizer, who makes Celebrex, found that users in their study were
two and a half times more likely to suffer an adverse
cardiovascular event than a placebo group, but Celebrex is still
being prescribed today.
Hop on the internet and Google Vioxx or Celebrex and youll pull
up dozens of websites featuring class-action lawsuits by people
whove lost parents, husbands, wives and children to these drugs.
Not only are your chances of heart-attack and stroke over

doubled by regularly taking these drugs, you also run the very real
risk of kidney and liver damage.
But if thats not enough to make you wary of pain-killers, consider

this:
Pain-Killers Dont Even Provide A Lasting Solution.

They Only Temporarily Control Your Symptoms.
So, what are you supposed to do?
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If controlling pain is a bad thing, are you supposed to just grinand-bear it when something hurts? What if your pain is so bad
that you cant do the things that bring you pleasure any more? Is
there another way to get out of pain that doesnt involve painkillers?
The medical establishment hasnt solved this one yet. Instead,

they keep coming up with new pills and procedures to override or
control your bodys pain signals. The very signals...
...That Are Alerting You To Make Immediate Change!

Think about this: When you take pain medications, you are
literally tricking your brain into believing that everything is ok.
But why wouldnt you want to do that? After all, who in their right
mind wants to be in pain?
Of course nobody wants to be in pain. But fooling your brain into

believing that it is safe to use an injured area when its not, is a
recipe for even more damage.
Pain is one of the most primal forms of feedback that your body
can give you. Its an ancient knee-jerk signal that ensures your
very survival. Do you own a stove? Imagine going into your
kitchen and turning it up until it gets glowing red-hot. Then,
imagine pressing your finger down on the burner!
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What do you think would happen in less than a split-second? Of

course you already know the answer: Youd immediately feel a
jolt of pain and youd pull your finger away!
Thats because pain is how your body lets you know that you
need to make an immediate change. It alerts you that what youre
doing isnt safe.
Ultimately pain means 2 things:
1) Pay attention.
2) Something needs to change right now!
Imagine what would happen if you blocked out that pain signal
and just left your finger sitting on the burner? Can you see how
trying to control or take away that pain without removing your
finger first would be disastrous?
Ignoring Or Controlling Pain Over Time Only Results

In More Damage To Your Body.
If pain-killers dont work to control the back pain, a common
medical procedure is to inject steroids into the spine to try to
reduce the inflammation in the painful area. Does it work? Well,
apparently not very well.
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According to an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine

(Oct. 3, 1991), the practice is no better than injecting saline
solution.
In Other Words, If You Just Injected Salt Water Into

Your Spine Youd Get Similar Results!
But even when they do work, injections also have dangerous
side-effects like possible dural punctures, which cause spinal fluid
to leak out, bleeding, infections, and neurological complications
and damage.
And steroids are pretty nasty too. If you use them in high doses
or for a prolonged period you also run the risk of increased weight
gain, high blood pressure, cataracts, diabetes, osteoporosis, and
reduced immunity.
Then of course, theres the option of spinal surgery. But can

spinal surgery really end your pain?
In an article published in 1990 by the International Society for the

Study of the Lumbar Spine, Professor Gordon Waddell, an
orthopedic surgeon at Glasgow's Western Infirmary summed up
this appalling track record...
Dramatic Surgical Successes, Unfortunately, Apply To

Only Some 1% Of Patients With Low Back Disorders.
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(The Lumbar Spine, James Weinstein and Sam Wiesel, eds., WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia, 1990)
Ok, that was over 20 years ago and procedures have improved
since then, but if only 1 out of 100 people were experiencing
dramatic surgical successes, what happened to the other 99?
Surgical statistics indicate that out of the 200,000-400,000

patients who go under the knife in the US every year...
About 30,000 will actually emerge with considerably more

pain than they had before they went to their doctor!
But wait! Dont go getting angry at the medical establishment.

They are doing the best job they can, considering the huge
problems they are trying to solve. Yes, its true drugs, surgery
and spinal injections do pose a significant risk to your health...
...But, The Symptoms That They Are Trying To

Alleviate Are Overwhelmingly Complex.
General practitioners, back specialists and orthopedic surgeons

know this and are constantly experimenting with new procedures.
But they havent figured out just what exactly causes most back
conditions.
In a British Medical Journal article (April 3, 1993), Andrew Frank,
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consultant physician in rheumatology and rehabilitation at

Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, England, stated:
Up to 85% of patients with low back pain cannot be given a

definitive diagnosis because of the poor associations between
symptoms, signs, imaging results and pathological findings.
So in other words, doctors definitively know whats going on but...
...In Only 15 Out Of 100 People!
Would you take your car to a mechanic who could fix the engine
in only 15 out of 100 cars?
I mentioned earlier, this report isnt just focused on trying to figure

out the cause of your back pain. Are you starting to see why?
So, whats the answer? What can you do? Well, this is where an
open mind really pays off!
How Your Back Can Hurt Even When There Is Nothing

There.
To find a sustainable solution, youve got to look deeper, beyond
the symptoms, even beyond the structure itself, right down to the
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subatomic level.
Few people realize it, but although it may look and feel dense and
solid, your body is actually quite fluid.
Researchers Drs. Mae-Wan Ho and James Oschman have

shown that while alive, your body functions much like a liquid
crystal, where every part is energetically connected via a
connective-tissue matrix that allows instantaneous
communication everywhere at once.
And when you look even deeper to the subatomic level, youll find
the trillions of atoms that make up your body whizzing around at
incredible speeds without even touching each other at all.
But you are also flesh and blood, so you have a very real physical
structure. However, we all know what happens when you die:
Your physical structure breaks down in a hurry.
So whats the glue holding everything together so that your

physical body maintains its form? The answer is...
Energy.
Energy is what keeps you alive, growing and regenerating at all

times
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If youre alive, youve got energy coursing through every part of

you. And this energy is organizing how every structure, organ,
tissue and cell, down to the tiniest atoms in your body, function.
Albert Einstein said that The field is the sole governing agency of
the particle, which means that the invisible field -- the energy
force in and around you -- is ultimately what determines what
happens to the matter in your body.
Your trillions of cells are all vibrating in specific patterns at the

molecular level. Invisible fields act on the matter in your body
much like a magnet acts on iron filings, shaping them into
different structures and patterns.
When an organism dies, the energy organizing its pattern of

vibration is no longer available to keep it together, so the existing
structure begins to quickly break down -- thus ashes to ashes and
dust to dust.
Life Involves Constantly Reorganizing Yourself.
There are forces in the universe that are always breaking systems
down to less organized, more chaotic, more random states, but
living systems work against that breakdown, moving toward more
order and complexity instead.
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When the forces outside of you are promoting breakdown, and

the forces inside of you can no longer organize and maintain you
at a certain level, your system ceases to grow. Its at this point
that you start to experience the most breakdown and pain.
Finally when you can no longer adapt and reorganize yourself

enough within your environment, your body breaks down
completely and you die.
Balance isnt achieved by keeping things so tightly controlled that

that nothing can upset you, balance is really about the ability to
keep adapting yourself to a constantly changing universe.
Once you realize that pain and suffering is related to your inability
to adapt and change in a constantly changing world, you can start
finding new ways to use your energy to transform your life.
The problem is most people dont understand the nature of their

energetic system, never-mind the role it plays in their back pain -and unfortunately neither does the medical establishment.
When your back chronically hurts, its really a sign that youre not
moving or integrating energy effectively.
Whether youve got a bulging disc, sciatica or strained or sprained

muscles...chronic back pain means:
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1. Pay attention to the energy here and now.

2. Something has to change immediately.
Since your body is a living matrix made up of mostly empty space,

and matter organized by energy fields, mastering how you use
your energy is one of the keys to ending your back pain.
Step 3: How To Master Your Energy
Over the past 17 years Ive had the unique opportunity to travel
around the world caring for hundreds of high-performing
individuals from over 50 countries, including CEOs, celebrities,
professional athletes, and even peak performance guru Tony
Robbins.
In the process Ive realized that there are specific ways to use
your body that optimize how your energy flows, that most people
dont know anything about.
Have you ever watched a master martial artist break a seemingly

impossible stack of bricks? How does he or she do it? It isnt
through brute force.
Instead it is accomplished by systematically changing the way

energy is being used.
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Changing how you use your energy involves modulating a

number of key factors within your body. Small tweaks in these
key factors are what create accelerated mastery in every area of
your life, including your ability to end your back pain.
Perhaps youre thinking, Ok sounds interesting, but how do I do

it?
Well, the first thing you must do to master your energy is learn
how to master your...
Focus.
Stop right now and focus on the energy within your body. Can
you feel it? If you cant feel what the energy in your body is doing
at this very moment its because...
You arent in the habit of focusing on it.
I havent said anything new here. Im just re-stating the well

known concept that what you focus on expands.
The more you focus on the energy within your body the more
aware youll become of how you are using it.
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But dont take my word for it.
Try this experiment:
Start by focusing on your body. Focus on your arms, legs, chest,

neck, back etc. Do your best to tune in to the outer surface of
your body.
Feel the sensation of your clothes touching you or the breeze

from an open window on your skin.
Now change your focus to the ENERGY inside your body.

Is it moving?
If so, what direction is it moving? (Is it moving up or down?)
Is it expanding?
Is it contracting?
Are there any obstructions?
Is it freely flowing or bottled up somewhere?
Which statement best describes what you felt?

1. I didnt feel any energy inside my body.
2. I only felt areas of blocked or stuck energy.
3. I felt a combination of blocked and freely moving energy.
4. I only felt areas of freely moving energy.
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Many people have trouble feeling the energy inside their body.
Out of those who do feel it, most only feel the places where the
energy is stuck or blocked... which leads me to a critical point.
Theres one thing you can always count on. Energy flows where
your attention goes. So if you always focus on whats stuck,
blocked or restricted in your body, youre going to always feel
stuck, blocked or restricted.
Whether or not youre aware of it, the energy in your body is doing
exactly what youve taught it to do out of habit!
For most people this means stagnating in some part of them that
they now believe is the reason why they cant get what they want
out of life.
Said another way, the feeling of that stuck or blocked energy gets
interpreted by their brain as a physical object or thing and then...
The energy thats not moving becomes an IT in their

consciousness.
In the case of back pain, the IT is usually the energy thats stuck
or blocked in or around the spine.
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The truth is most people spend their lives focusing on whats not
working or whats stuck or blocked, then they gripe about how
they would do this or that if only IT wasnt hurting them so much.
Then, they point to the part of their body that is supposedly

betraying them or causing their problems and they blame IT.
Or better yet they go to a doctor who gives IT a diagnosis (a

Greek word meaning a discerning between two possibilities, that
our culture has distorted to mean Heres whats wrong with you.)
So now IT has a name, giving it an even more significant status.
IT is now a real THING. Now IT needs to be controlled, reduced

or abolished.
But you dont heal by trying to get rid of the part of you thats
stuck or in pain. You heal by allowing IT to be integrated back
into the rest of you (so the energy and information contained in
that part of you can be used for growth and progress).
To end your back pain you do have to become aware of

whats not working and acknowledge it, BUT then you have
to start focusing on what is working and create more of it.
So, how do you do that?
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Step 4. A Gentle, Energetic And Life-Changing Form

Of Bodywork...
Dr. Donald Epstein is one of my greatest mentors. He discovered

that most chronic pain and health challenges start when a person
experiences an injury, emotional trauma or stress and their bodys
fight or flight mechanism kicks in (altering their spinal posture,
breathing rhythm, energy flow, emotional state, and mental focus).
Dr. Epstein developed an entire research-based system to help

people shift out of this fight or flight state, end back pain and
dramatically improve their lives. Its called Network Spinal
Analysis or NSA.
One of Epsteins breakthroughs while creating NSA was the

discovery that when you get stressed or injured, your central
nervous system is physically stretched inside your spine in
specific and predictable tension patterns called phases.
As your spinal cord gets stretched, the vibration of the tissues

changes (the way the vibration changes when you tighten a guitar
string, altering the frequency and the tone). This phasic change
in vibration happens at the cellular level, and dramatically affects
your body and mind, often without you even knowing its
happening.
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There are 5 different phases that occur within all human beings.
Each phase involves different regions of the spine and creates a
different (and un-resourceful) experience/consciousness state.
The 5 phases are:

Phase 1 - This tension pattern involves the tailbone and base of
the skull and is associated with remaining concerned,
preoccupied with or doomed by the past.
Phase 2- This tension pattern involves the 1st or the 5th cervical
vertebrae and is associated with fear, apprehension or worry
regarding the future, anger or preparation for future confrontation.
Phase 3- This tension pattern involves the pelvis/sacrum and is
associated with the shoulds in life, including your identity in the
culture and your perceived or imposed roles and responsibilities.
Phase 4- This tension pattern involves the 2nd cervical vertebra
and is associated with a decreased connection with your
emotions and overuse of your educated mind as a distraction
from feeling.
Phase 5- This tension pattern involves the 5th cervical vertebra
and tailbone or the 2nd cervical vertebra and tailbone and is
associated with the experience of not being enough or having
enough, not feeling worthy, or feeling powerless or victimized.
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Rather than just trying to release tension and reduce symptoms,

the NSA system helps people integrate the phasic energy bound
up in their bodys pain and symptom patterns and learn, grow and
positively transform their lives with it.
Unlike traditional chiropractic or alternative healthcare techniques,

the NSA method uses a process called spinal entrainment to
free up energy in your body with only very light touches to the
spine at specific points.
By focusing on the areas in your spine where energy is already

free and flowing (focusing on what is working and creating more
of it), your body-mind learns to release its own tension and adjust
and balance itself, so theres no need for any type of forceful
manipulation.
NSA Works For Back Pain, But The Additional Quality of Life
Benets Are Extraordinary!
Everybody knows that doctors treat the body, while psychologists

treat the mind, right?
Well, at least thats how it used to be in the outdated 20th Century

healthcare paradigm. But times have changed...
In the 21st Century, it has become clear that your mind and body
must be treated as equally important parts of the same WHOLE.
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In other words, your body, mind (and ultimately, spirit) must all be
addressed at the same time for true healing to occur.
So instead of just treating people as patients who have

symptoms that need to be fixed, in our practice we offer a
comprehensive and holistic approach that helps our clients
become participants in their own rescue.
These participants or practice members are taught how to take

control of their own health and wellbeing, and how to develop new
strategies for reducing their pain, tension, and the negative effects
of stress.
The chart on the following page shows how fundamentally

different the Patient model of healthcare, and the Practice
Member model of healthcare are.
Make the comparison and see which approach resonates with

you:
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Patient
Practice Member
Care is symptom, disease or

pathology centered
Care is person centered
The doctor is the authority to

be followed
The doctor and patient are in a dynamic

relationship or partnership
Power is placed outside the

individual
Power is placed in participation and

partnership with the individual and doctor
The person surrenders

responsibility for himself,
assigning wellbeing to the
care of the doctor
The practitioner and practice member

have a cooperative, mutually responsible
relationship
The person is equal to the

sum of his/her parts
The person is greater than the sum of his/

her parts and there are multidimensional
factors influencing the individual
The Practice Member model is not only empowering, it creates

consistently transformational outcomes.
Because you are participating in your own rescue, as youre

getting out of pain, you are also learning and growing as a
person.
You are discovering the key patterns that contributed to your

physical symptoms in the first place, and you are transforming
yourself so that you dont have to repeat those patterns going
forward.
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As a result your quality of life begins to improve...often

dramatically.
In a research project undertaken at the University of California,

Irvine School of Medicine in the late 1990s, a retrospective study
was done of 2,818 people receiving NSA Care. This study looked
at the Health-Related Quality of Life Changes in people receiving
NSA care in practices around the world.
The results showed that people reported a significant increase in

their well being in the following 5 categories:
1. Physical State
2. Mental/Emotional State
3. Stress Evaluation
4. Life Enjoyment
5. Overall Quality of Life
In other words, this new type of body-mind care not only improves
your physical symptoms, it also makes you less stressed and
helps your life become more enjoyable in the process...
Step 5: How To Connect To The Power Within Using

An Exercise Thats Not An Exercise.
Ill tell you how you can experience an NSA entrainment shortly,
but first I want to teach you a simple yet powerful exercise created
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by Dr. Epstein called Somato Respiratory Integration (SRI) that

will literally help you take your healing into your own hands.
This Exercise Alone Could Instantly Put An End To

Your Pain.
First, Ill briefly explain how and why SRI works, then Ill teach you
the steps...
SRI is an exercise thats not an exercise because unlike most

exercises, its not used to strengthen, stretch or change anything.
So whats the point of doing an exercise to not change

anything?
The point is to simply observe, acknowledge and accept whats
going on in your body by focusing your attention within and
building your somatic awareness. As your somatic awareness
increases, you become more conscious, open, expanded... and
often pain-free.
Suering And Chronic Pain Happen When Youre Not

Able To Fully Experience Your Experience.
When youre suffering, youre struggling or striving to be
someone, something or somewhere else because it feels so bad
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to just be where youre at.
So what if instead of trying to be somewhere else, you focused on

being so fully present and accepting of your body in this
moment, that the struggle for things to be different went away?
The SRI exercise will help you get fully into the present moment
and become aware of, acknowledge and accept whats going on,
even if you are feeling disconnected, helpless, scared, angry,
frustrated or in pain right now.
Through the process of deeply getting in touch with yourself, you

can instantly be liberated to profound new levels of health and
well being.
How To Do The SRI Exercise:

Before you begin please note: This exercise is best done lying on
your back on a soft but firm surface. Be sure to carefully read
through the instructions and familiarize yourself with the entire
process before proceeding to get the best results.
The SRI exercise is done by placing your hands on the front of

your body in the following positions:
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Position 1
On your upper chest just below your collar-bones.
Position 2
On your lower ribcage over your solar-plexus (several inches
below your nipples).
Position 3
On your belly right over your navel.
Getting Started:
1. Find A Place Of Peace/Ease
To begin the exercise lie on your back, put one hand on top of the
other, and place both of your hands on Position 1 (your upper
chest).
Youll be using your hands like a stethoscope, to tune in to what

you are feeling underneath your hands.
Start by lifting your upper chest up slowly and let your breath
gently expand into the area under your hands. Breathe in
through your nose.
Once youve inhaled all the way, breathe out through you
mouth. You will repeat this several times.
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As youre breathing in and out, keep your focus on the area under
your hands. Only allow that one area to move, and hold the rest
of your body still. Each time you inhale, let the area beneath your
hands gently rise up and each time you exhale, allow it to sink
down toward your spine.
As you do this, imagine energy flowing through the area.
IMPORTANT: If it doesnt feel easy DONT FORCE IT! Just relax

and tune in to the sensations beneath your hands. Notice
whether the area moves up and down smoothly or if it feels
restricted, limited or uncomfortable.
Then move your hands to Position 2 (over your solar plexus) and
repeat the process. After several repetitions, move your hands to
Position 3 (over your navel) and repeat the process again.
Now decide which of the 3 areas moved the easiest and felt
the most relaxed or peaceful. This will be your place of ease
or peace.
2. Amplify The Feeling Of Peace/Ease

Next, with your hands on the area youve decided is your place of
ease or peace (the most relaxed/open area), repeat the exercise.
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This time, imagine filling your hands up with the sense of the
comfort, ease or peace that youre feeling there.
Inhale through your nose, and as you exhale make the sound of
ease (for example, Ahhhhhhh... or Mmmmm...) Let the sound
gently vibrate the area and relax it even more, allowing more
energy to flow.
After a few repetitions, remove your hands and place them on

whichever part of your body is feeling painful, restricted or
uncomfortable. Focus on transferring the peace, ease or
comfort that you were feeling in the first area into that area, and
imagine it permeating into the painful part.
Continue to breathe in through your nose and out through your

mouth.
* Note: If you get uncomfortable, or feel uneasy, take your

hands off the painful/uncomfortable area and place them back
on the place of ease. Breathe in and out of that spot until you
feel the sense of ease once again. Then move your hands back
to the area of discomfort for ONE BREATH ONLY, immediately
going back to your place of ease afterward. Repeat this several
times, focusing on sharing the ease from the more peaceful
area with the area of discomfort.
3. Make The Sounds of Both Ease & Pain
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After youve shared the ease from the most relaxed area with
the area of most pain/discomfort, now make a tone or sound
while touching the painful area.
At first, this might feel foreign or difficult! However, when

energy is bound up in your body, a powerful way to connect to it
and get it moving is through sound (which activates your
emotional brain and helps you fully associate with the area).
You might moan, groan, whimper or even cry. Your goal is to

make the sound that most closely approximates the energy
or vibration of the painful area.
Theres no right or wrong way to make the sound and youll know
when youve done it because youll feel the energy in the area
immediately begin to move.
If youre having trouble making a sound, just state a declaration
while holding the painful area instead. A declaration is an
acknowledgement. If youve been suffering with pain the
declaration will be an acknowledgement of suffering.
Some declarations that work well are:
Right here I feel DISCONNECTED.

I feel like this is NEVER going to end.
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Sometimes it feels like NOTHING works.

I feel like NOBODY CAN HELP ME.
It feels like I have to do EVERYTHING myself.
Right here I feel ________ (sad, scared, hopeless etc.)
The idea is to make a declaration that authentically
acknowledges the thoughts and feelings associated with the
pain. This can be challenging because your ego-mind is working
hard to stay in control, hide your weaknesses and appear strong
and unshakeable!
To fully embrace any feelings of weakness or hopelessness is not

an easy task, however calling it as it is - getting real with where
you are, is the first step to healing.
Most people avoid staring their fear or concern in the face

because theyre afraid that by focusing on it theyre going to get
caught up in it and never get out.
But the truth is the way out is through, meaning that when it
feels like your pain is never going to end, the way that you finally
get it to end is...
Through allowing yourself to fully accept the feeling that it is

never going to end!
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If this doesnt make sense its because its a paradox.
One of my clients, Anthony Robbins, teaches that any time your

inner experience doesnt match your blueprint/map of the world
(what you believe is supposed to be happening) you will have
pain/suffering.
If your blueprint says that your back shouldnt be hurting, but your
experience is that it is hurting and you cant accept it (even
momentarily), then youre going to experience more than just
pain... youre also going to suffer.
The tendency is to want to change our experience to match our

blueprint instead of changing our blueprint to match our
experience.
Putting your hands on your body and focusing on it, while

breathing into, acknowledging and accepting what youre feeling
is a powerful way to suspend your blueprint of what things
should be, and get congruent with what is.
4. Now Notice Whats Dierent
How does the area of pain/discomfort feel after youve spent time
with it, breathed into it, acknowledged it, brought ease to it and/or
made the sound of it? Has the quality or intensity of the pain or
discomfort changed?
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Now, put your hands back onto the most easeful or peaceful area
and lift and breathe into it a couple more times. Then put your
hands by your sides and rest. What do you notice now?
Do you feel more connected or present with your body? Do you

feel more energy or flowing? Has the intensity of the pain
decreased or shifted? Do you feel more emotion? What are you
aware of?
Tips For Enhancing The SRI Exercise
There are many nuances to the SRI exercise and you might need
some additional help to get the most out of it.
Sometimes the area that youre doing the exercise in hasnt

moved or had energy moving through it for a long time for
example, so its like exploring a foreign land where you dont
understand the language!
Most often, when the exercise doesnt seem to have had much
impact it is because you havent really connected. Youre still
attempting to get out of your experience rather than get into
your experience.
By this I mean, youre still trying to get rid of your pain, rather than
just become more aware of, acknowledge and accept what you
are feeling.
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Ive found that most people tend to curse their pain, writhe and
struggle against it, instead of embracing and accepting it.
I know it seems counterintuitive, but pain usually diminishes

greatly or vanishes altogether the moment it is fully accepted. By
being with the pain rather than moving away from it, and by
inviting the energy within the painful area to be known, your
mind and body instantly become more at peace.
If you feel more agitated, uncomfortable or youre in more pain

after doing this exercise, here are some things that can help:
1. For some people, breathing into any of the 3 areas Ive

outlined above doesnt feel easy or natural. If this is the
case for you, try focusing on the energy and the movement in
the areas instead. Allow your body to move, imagine energy
flowing through the area youre touching and lift that part of
your body. Then let your breath follow in through your nose
and out through your mouth as more of an afterthought. By
changing your focus to the energy and/or movement first, you
might find that it is much easier to connect to your body.
2. Sometimes none of the 3 areas feel peaceful or connected.

If everything feels disconnected, irritated or uncomfortable try
this:
!
!
!
a) Focus just on the region that is the most painful.

Define the region of pain in your mind by noticing its size,
shape, color, texture etc. while touching it with your hands.
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!
!
!
!
!
!
b) Notice what appear to be the boundaries of the

painful area - the edges - both by visualizing and by
touching the area with your hands and feeling for where it
hurts and where it doesnt. Find the boundary that appears
to separate the painful region from the non-painful regions
around it.
!
!
!
!
!
!
c) Notice the quality of the painful area with even more

detail. Totally immerse yourself in that one spot. If the
painful area seems dead or numb because there is no
sensation or awareness other than pain there, hold the area
and state, Right here I feel disconnected. Then, continue
to hold the area and observe what happens.
!
!
!
!
!
!
d) If the previous step brought a bit more sensation or

connection to the area, then while continuing to hold the
area, make a sound or tone that penetrates it. Try to
match the vibration of it. You might have to experiment
a bit. Your sound should vibrate any walls or !boundaries
that separate the painful area from the surrounding areas.
!
!
!
!
!
e) Notice what happened. Do you feel more present or

connected to the area? Did the boundary/wall diminish or
change shape? Is there more energy moving in your body?
Did you feel any emotions? Is there more ease? What
happened to the pain?
Congratulations youre finished!
You can continue to use this exercise to tune-in to your body and
find a greater sense of ease whenever youd like.
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If you arent sure if youre doing the exercise correctly, and/or you
want to experience the additional benefits of an NSA entrainment,
you can call us and get help from a trained professional at the
Well Being Center.
Call us at (831)475-2448 and ask about our 2-visit Discover Well

Being Package, which includes:
A body-mind health consultation & evaluation

A computerized spinal scan and report
2 hands-on NSA entrainment sessions
*Be sure to mention that youve read this report, to receive a

special discount on the package.
I sincerely hope that you got value out of this report, and that the
perspectives and exercises Ive shared here have opened up new
possibilities for you.
I believe that you found us for a reason. I don't know what that
reason is, but what I do know is that I have met and worked with
thousands of people who were probably in a very similar situation
to what you may be in now.
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Many of those people picked up the phone and called us, and
guess what? The results that so many of them got have been
nothing short of life changing.
But unfortunately, there are plenty of others who never took that
step, and just continued to say "I've tried everything, this won't
work etc." and chances are, they still may be experiencing the
pain that could have long ago been dealt with - giving them a
brand new ticket and outlook on life.
I know trying out another doctor can be a scary step, especially if

this isn't your first go around. But if your curiosity is peaked then I
must persist and tell you that I strongly encourage you to pick up
the phone and call us.
I cant tell you how many people I've worked with who have said
to me "I was about to walk away and just accept the previous
doctors opinion about my situation, when a voice inside my head
told me to keep searching because there was something else out
there - then they found us.
Here at the Well Being Center we have truly figured out a holistic
and comprehensive approach, backed by research, that helps
people get well, and most importantly stay well, mentally,
physically, and emotionally.
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I know that going through life with chromic pain can be absolutely
devastating, which is one of the reasons why I wake up every
morning and show up in my office. Ive seen first hand what we've
been able to help our patients accomplish, and I believe that we
can help you achieve similar results.
You do not have to keep living at less than 100%!
Pick up the phone and call us at (831) 475-2448 or request

and appointment here and let's begin the journey that will finally
get you to the point where you're able to enjoy life to the fullest
once again.
I hope to hear from you, and meet you in person soon.
To your health and wellbeing,
Dr. John Amaral D.C.

Founder, The Well Being Center
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Disclaimer: This report is not a replacement for medical advice from a

Im about to take you on a fantastic journey through the world of

As you read along, I encourage you to do the exercise Ive

I appreciate your openness to explore and I invite you to sit back,

Step 1: It Starts By Opening Your Mind...

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Youve probably heard one of Albert Einsteins most quoted

For some people pain is a nuisance. Its something that they

For others pain is something theyre afraid of. When theyre in

Still others get a feeling of significance from their pain.

There are as many possible meanings for pain as there are

Are you game?

Another Way To Look At Your Symptoms

Usually when people come to see me, they have a symptom.

This is normal in our culture, since our entire healthcare system is

If you go to a healthcare practitioner and say My back hurts.

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The problem with this approach is that your symptom becomes

Thats what a symptom really means: Stop and pay attention

What exactly needs to change though? Unfortunately, not

But if you ask yourself I wonder what the message is here? I

Most people dont have a framework to address and interact with

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A big part of healing has to do with the relationship between the

Dont worry this report isnt just going to be some mind-over

Your Mind And Body Arent Separate.

Brain researcher Dr. Candace Pert, author of Molecules of

"Emotions are the nexus between mind and matter, going

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Why am I bringing up emotions here? Because opening your

Opening your mind means learning to feel whats going on in the

Why Youre Wasting Your Energy Looking For The

Back pain is very complex. There are many possible contributors

In other words, one persons x-ray can show significant spinal

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One reason is that your body is a dynamic non-linear system, in

The Straw That Broke The Camels Back

You might have herniated your disc picking up a piece of paper

What were the circumstances surrounding that injury? What was

Then again, you might be in excruciating back pain without ever

damage at all. Often, there doesnt seem to be any cause. I

Either way, when it comes down to it youre eventually going to

This report is focused on helping you nd a solution.

Im not saying that you shouldnt investigate why youre in pain

How To Think Using Your Whole Body.

In his research, Dr. Donald Bakal author of Minding Your Body,

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Somatic Awareness is the ability to tune in to a type of inner

Trillions and Trillions of Cells...

So how do you think using your whole body? Ill explain in a

Your entire body consists of upwards of 75 trillion cells (100 billion

Although you process massive amounts of information in your

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only a fraction of the connections going on in your nervous

Your enteric nervous system (the nerve network in your gut

If youre not registering many of the subtle cues and feedback

Because of this, you end up needing a stronger form of feedback

Without Somatic Awareness, You Are A Victim Of

At first, this exercise might seem too basic to actually do

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Step 2: Stop Trying To Control Your Pain.

Makes sense though, right? Nobody should have to be in pain.