Ear to the Ground (news & ideas that integrate auricular)

Can you change your state of wellbeing through positive thinking? Sure. But, positive thinking alone cannot overcome a negative autonomic state. In other words, you cannot simply think yourself into a better state, you need to feel it — even unconsciously — from signals deep within your brainstem. Individuals who are in a dysfunctional state of fight-or-flight, or shutdown — no matter their rational understanding of their own safety — have a very difficult time moving towards healing.[1-4] So...

On the importance of research, the Group Lyonnais d'Etudes Médicales (GLEM) featured Dr. David Alimi, Prof. Yves Matillon, and Prof. Gregory Ninot, at the 10th International Symposium on Auriculotherapy. If you missed these important presentations, here is a 1-minute overview presented by CIAM (see video). This review — within a 3-part interview on research with Goudse Academie director, Marcel Meijer, MHCT — offers a discussion of research challenges and opportunities for the field of comp...