"Why It Can Take a Year to Get a Mammogram in the U.S" originally located at: http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/108717 is scary to me in a different way than it is intended to be. It talks about the complicated Western medicine model that has patients get misdiagnosed often enough to cause them to want to sue their doctors and how that raises the prices of mammograms to the point where there are fewer clinics doing them. That title about taking a year to get the mammogram might put fears right into your heart and breast tissues. That truly happens for some women. This fear can be avoided. Western medicine is hoping to discover earlier means for detecting diseases. Is this really a good thing? Are commercials on TV which beg you to ask your doctor about the never ending wonder drug that the industry supplies for you, are often contra-indicative with others. The number of drugs the average senior takes at once is terribly high. The comic strip artists use that subject as a constant source to bitterly and/or nervously find some humor.

Well known biologist Bruce Lipton, http://www.brucelipton.com. is one scientist I have found and he offers history which is supporting a paradigm of thought that has been around for many years. In his archives are articles. You can buy his books. From them and by doing more research you can glean some of the theories that have enhanced my own previous studies on the subject (since the 1960's), of why our minds (are now finally proven) to control our cells and our genes. So much research is done now and studies show that you are better when you are not cowering in fear of inheriting a disease from your parents and other genealogically close relatives. Or also, you are better when you don't fear that every germ is running toward you personally to get you sick. It is the cowering and fear itself that informs your cells that you are vulnerable and opens the genes to your thought language which is really what brings on disorders of the body, mind, spirit and energy. Your thoughts are precious and need to be guided with your good intention by developing your subconscious understandings of this truth. Bruce Lipton believes it takes generations for such knowledge that is now proven, to find its way into common comprehension. He is making a great effort to speed the process with his lectures, DVDs, CDs and books.

The pharmaceutical world and medical establishment makes very much money on human frailties that are exacerbated by keeping from you the knowledge of your human ability to change your mind and change your cells. If people don't train to discard fears... sorry to say it, but those above mentioned industries will go on being the ones who are keeping you fearful instead of you yourself providing the education you need to transform your limiting beliefs. Is it a far stretch for one to believe they can transform their very own DNA? I believe it takes considerable training but can be done. Dr. Daniel G. Amen who's first book I read was in 1998 and titled 'Change Your Brain, Change Your Life', is now a popular figure on public television, offering ways to change not just the brain, but the body and mental challenges like A.D.D. Dr. Amen, in these recent years is less likely to offer prescriptions to his patients and more likely to ask you to 'kill your A.N.T.S.' which translates to Automatic Negative Thoughts. This kind of thinking to transform negative thoughts was instilled in me by Science of Mind practices back in 1969, and that exposure put me on a path to find more ways to make it easier. It takes lots of practice. My own teacher, Mantak Chia offers a way to transform your DNA through what is known as alchemy. This type of alchemy trains you to go straight into your cells with the power you develop by doing it over and over.

It's a priority to me as a teacher of Tai Chi-Qigong to help you take your health safely into your own hands, heart and habit. Are you continually listening to the part of you who cancels out your good intentions? You must begin taking the reins which will let you steer your own destiny in terms of how healthy you choose to be. So you need to begin a habitual program of training with a teacher who speaks in positive ways. Every word must support healing and wholeness.

It is my opinion, that there exists a very abundant need in this world right now for people who format pieces of systems which might be called Qigong or offshoots of it. We must be selective. Make certain your teacher doesn't consciously or unconsciously induce a seeker of Ancient Wisdom into thinking that it is your teacher and not your own dedicated training within the system that is helping you to transform into someone who is able to take hold of your healing journey. It is important for you to take your time and do the research of reading a good deal about how to trust your inner guidance. It tends to be rare that development occurs overnight. A completely enlightened human being grows new cells every day and the learning goes into the cells and your energy fields. Take your time in reading and taking weekend workshops that introduce you to a system. Research long and well and you might find the perfect teacher for YOU. Training your cells in this healthy way takes time for most people.

You need to find some teacher:
• who seems earnest about what they are teaching.
• someone who is teaching or lecturing for the reason of helping our humanity advance. Surely people are going to make money on this, but you won't go broke.
• someone who tells you that it is YOU who does the transforming of your mind to train your own cells.
• someone who is happy if you take classes on occasion with other teachers,
• someone who looks and acts like they are doing what they are teaching.

These are only examples of what to look for in finding a teacher who will help you get away from an induced feeling coming from our society that has us seeking the magic bullet out there that can produce an overnight change. My area of expertise is Qigong, but offered amongst the thousands of expert information you find on a web site such as Self Growth.com are those who want to control you in the same way the Medical World of the West has for too many years, in my opinion. Make certain you stay independent and strongly confident in the program you eventually select. Believe that in well spent time, you will make changes in your life so you are no longer afraid of your very own genes and family and/or culturally-induced habits. You can retrain everything about yourself so start taking the first steps. In time, you will find societal programming will drop off as you replace fear with knowledge through experiencing confidence.

It took me years to become confident in becoming confident enough to establish a daily routine that builds my health. Remedies to symptoms for me are 99.8% natural. I rarely resort to even taking one aspirin per decade.

Aspire toward trusting that part of you who wants you to regain an ability to not panic and to believe that the keys to diagnosis and healing can be learned. Little by little you won't be upset when you hear that you might not be able to get a mammogram or a vaccine for something. You will be acquiring knowledge that keeps you searching for reliable ways you can use to stay healthy through your beliefs and applications of mental, emotional, physical and spiritual exercises. Stay on this search and you will be glad and far less frightened.

Author's Bio: 

Raven Cohan lives and teaches on the beach in Hollywood Beach, in South Florida. Being in wonderful natural surroundings is part of our healing journey. Come visit Raven and start by going to her web site at www.taoTLC.com Come to classes right on the beach with Raven who has improved her own health by studying since 1983 with Mantak Chia, and others along her path. We all need to find our best teacher within through help of living examples of teachers who create a health life for themselves.