Episode 37: Meditation Healing Stories

Phoenix Helix: Autoimmune Resilience

Eileen Laird

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2016

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Curious about the impact meditation can have in your life? Do you believe that you can't meditate? Or that there's one right way to do it? In this podcast, I interview four people with autoimmune disease, each sharing a different form of meditation and the impact it's had on their health. At the end of the podcast, I share how meditation has worked in my own life since my rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis in 2012.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Phoenix Helix podcast dedicated to reversing autoimmune disease through the paleo,
0:05.3	diet, and lifestyle. While there is no cure for autoimmune disease, the choices we make every day
0:11.0	can have a powerful impact on how we feel. I'm Eileen Laird, your host from phoenix.com, and I've
0:17.8	reduced my rheumatoid arthritis symptoms by 95% and haven't experienced a flare in
0:22.8	over two years.
0:24.1	A short disclaimer.
0:25.7	I'm neither a doctor nor a nutritionist and the opinions expressed here are personal.
0:30.3	Always consult with your health care team before making medical decisions.
0:33.8	Now let's get on to the show.
0:51.3	Music Now let's get on to the show. Welcome to episode 37.
0:53.3	Our topic today is meditation healing stories.
0:56.7	We've talked a lot on this podcast that there's more to reversing autoimmune disease than
1:00.7	just diet, and many of my guests have mentioned that some form of meditation is part of their
1:06.0	healing protocol.
1:07.4	So today we're going to delve into this topic more deeply, and my goal is to show you that there is no one right way to meditate.
1:14.6	Anyone can do it, including you.
1:17.6	And I especially mean those of you listening who are saying, no way, not me.
1:21.6	Now the question you might have would be why would you want to?
1:24.6	And the reason is simple.
1:26.6	Meditation sends an anti-inflammatory cascade
1:30.0	through your body. Our minds are really powerful things. I'm not saying that our minds cause our
1:36.0	autoimmune symptoms, not at all, but they can have an effect on them or just an effect on how we feel
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