Upper Cervical Chiropractic Health Care is a natural, conservative, drugless, non-surgical form of health care that focuses on the health of one’s nervous system to help people get well and stay well. Doctors of Chiropractic do not treat the symptoms of sickness or disease.

They detect and correct spinal misalignments (called subluxations) that cause nerve system dysfunction. Prolonged dysfunction of the nerve system causes Dis-Ease in the body which leads to dysfunction of various cells, tissues, organs, and systems in the body. Optimal health for your entire body requires proper communication to and from your brain through your nerve system to every part of your body!

The basic philosophy and science of Chiropractic is that the full expression of life and health in the body is directly related to the proper function and health of the Central Nervous System (CNS; aka spinal cord). The CNS is the most important organ in the body! It communicates that message of proper function and health to every cell, tissue, organ, and system in the body. Although we can’t see this communication, we can measure its function.

One of the most important functions of the Spine, is to protect the CNS. If you’ve ever had an injury to your spine, recent or past, regardless if you’re experiencing decreased health anywhere in your body, consider having your spine and CNS checked by your Chiropractor. Many times we don’t remember an injury to our spine, or overlook small injuries. We also forget that the process of birth can be traumatic to our spine and CNS, and often goes un-noticed or un-checked. Many times we won’t experience the decreased health and dysfunction side-effects for weeks, months, or years later. This makes it difficult to connect the two as cause and effect.

The experience of health as something we ‘feel’ can be very misleading. Every disease, disorder, or dysfunction we experience in our bodies occurs as a process of time. Many of these aren’t discovered until late in this process, which correlates to the level of damage or degeneration sustained in the body, and further relates to the length of time for recovery and health, if at all. According to the CDC, in 2006, the three leading causes of death in our country are heart disease, cancer, and stroke. These all occur as a process of time beginning with Dis-ease (lack of ease or normal function), disorder, dysfunction, and eventually the process of disease and pathology.

The body is a self healing and self regulating organism. When given the proper conditions, the potential for health is incredible. Health is also a process of time. The Health process of Correction, Maintenance, Prevention, and Wellness are all achievable with a healthy spine, nervous system, and lifestyle. Consult your Chiropractor regularly as a Health resource to care for your spine and nervous system for optimal health.

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At Chiropractic from the Heart, we are excited to witness lives transform! Passion and inspiration motivate us to carry on the legacy of Specialized Upper Cervical Chiropractic Care. “Miracles” are commonplace when restoring health to the nerve system at the vital level of the brainstem.

What is Specialized Upper Cervical Chiropractic?

A specialized chiropractic technique that identifies and precisely corrects nerve interference at the level of the brainstem by making corrections to the top two vertebrae of the spine, C1 & C2, otherwise known as atlas and axis.

Why just the top two bones? There’s the whole rest of the spine!?

That’s exactly what we thought until we discovered the power of “turning this switch on”! From 1935-1951 (16 years), the developer of chiropractic, Dr. B.J. Palmer, thoroughly researched which techniques were the most effective at restoring health to a person’s nerve system. He determined it to be the Upper Cervical Specific Knee Chest technique. He deduced that by making corrections at C1/C2, he could positively affect the entire spine below, as well as, organ, tissue, and cell function within the body. This is referred to as healing “From Above, Down, Inside, Out”. He refers to this region of the spine as the connection between “man and God” because it is such a life-giving region of the nerve system. The upper cervical work continues to be researched to this day and is as effective as it was when Dr. Palmer researched it!

Would This Work For Me?

Specialized Upper Cervical Chiropractic Care has worked for many people around the world because of a simple principle of health. Every organ, muscle, tissue, cell, or complex system requires proper Brain to Body communication. The organ that provides that communication is your nervous system! And your spine protects the most important part of your nervous system: the Central Nervous System. If you take it a step further, the top two bones of the spine protect the Brain Stem of the Central Nervous System. The Brain Stem should be considered a vital organ because it functions like the Master Control Center for the whole body; it’s the starting point of the nervous system! At Chiropractic from the Heart, that’s our area of expertise. We are Specialized Upper Cervical Chiropractors, who focus exclusively on this area. We (Doctors Angela & Rafael) have had many years of advanced, post-graduate Specialized Upper Cervical Chiropractic training, and experience and bring this gift to our patients & families in their communities.

So What Do You Think? Could improving the health, function, mobility, and position of the bones in your spine improve the health of your nervous system and its Brain to Body communication function? For many people it’s the missing link to true health and healing. It sounds rational and simple. It is. That’s why it’s a principle and that’s why it works for many people.

Everyone sits somewhere on the pendulum between health and sickness or fully alive and…the other. A healthy nervous system doesn’t guarantee instant health. For some, the improvements are so noticeable, it seems instantaneous and dramatic. But as with most things, the greatest benefits come with time. The longer the doctors can monitor, measure, and improve upon the health and function of your nervous system, the greater the opportunity your body can become that self regulating, self healing organism that it’s capable of being. Remember: “The Power that Made the Body Heals the Body”given the proper conditions. The benefit of Chiropractic (a healthy nervous system) provides a great foundation for your overall health and well being. The other part of the health equation is a Healthy Lifestyle which, as you know, is multifaceted. As your Brain-Body communication begins to function at its optimum ability, the benefits of your Healthy Lifestyle choices and activities are increased in magnitude.

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Whether as an infant, child, teenager, or adult, all people experience physical traumas at some point in their lives. Their first trauma is often child birth. As they begin to crawl and walk, they often fall and hit their head. As they become more coordinated they begin to run, jump, bike, skate board, etc. With age comes responsibility such as jobs, gardening, house cleaning, etc. all of which lead to greater traumas and physical forces entering their bodies when people have accidents. All of these traumas and physical forces have the potential to cause misalignments of their spine and cause nerve system dysfunction (subluxation). As we progress in life, these subluxations, if allowed to remain unchecked or not corrected (the chiropractic adjustment), can produce long term nerve interference leading to major health consequences. Regardless of a person’s phase in life or existing health conditions, this interference can be detected and corrected!

Nicaragua Mission Trip 2010, Dr. Rafael & Dr. Markus helping a girl with Cerebral Palsy

Each person is born with an incredible intelligence and abundance of life force capable of providing health and wellness for a lifetime. The body needs no help achieving health as long as there is no interference communicating the message of health to the entire body. Chiropractors do not treat diseases; they help correct subluxations (spinal misalignments) that can cause health problems. Common childhood conditions that have improved with upper cervical chiropractic care include: ADD, ADHD, allergies, asthma, colic, common cold, earaches, enuresis (bedwetting), growing pains, headaches, insomnia, neck pain, back pain, respiratory problems, and persistent crying infants. Whether your child is sick, has recently suffered from a physical injury or accident, or you would like to have a check up of their nervous system, please call for a free consultation. Your children are, very often, the most important people in your lives. Their health and wellbeing is important to our future.

Picture from El Salvador Chiropractic Mission Trip 2008, Dr. Angela caring for child

How do you evaluate my child for a Subluxation?

The chiropractic evaluation for a child includes an analysis of their nervous system, a physical examination, and x-rays if necessary. We will analyze the function of your child’s nerve system with an advanced temperature differential analysis unit to measure nerve dysfunction at the level of the brainstem. If nerve interference is detected, it is important that we remove that interference to allow proper nerve function and optimal health. The correction of a subluxation occurs with an adjustment. The adjustment is a gentle force applied to a specific location in the spine that improves joint mobility and restores proper communication between the brain, nervous system, and the entire body. After your child is adjusted, he or she will immediately follow up with a post-correction integration period in office. Once they have rested, we rescan the neck to ensure the correction was made.

Is Chiropractic Safe for Children?

Upper Cervical Chiropractic Care is one of the safest forms of children’s health care. Chiropractic’s drugless and natural approach to health and wellness makes it perfectly appropriate for infants, children, and teenagers. Many children around the world receive Chiropractic health care. Routine check-ups during the growing years can prevent later dis-ease and health challenges.

Hatha yoga is a popular form of basic yoga (yoking mind, body, spirit). It is gentle in approach, yet it is highly effective as both exercise and stress management leading to a greater sense of physical well-being and deep peacefulness.

Although Hatha Yoga is ideal for beginning yoga students, students of all levels can benefit from the deliberate, sometimes slow-paced opportunity to breathe, stretch, relax into the moment and put the Facebook/Twitter pace on pause.

Students will learn both asanas (postures) and breathing techniques that provide a full-body workout. In class, students will be directed to move into various postures and to be calm, focused and aware of one’s body. Body awareness can give one the ability to notice stress, or small discomforts before they become “dis-ease.”

About Your Class

Each session begins with time to sit or lie quietly, breathe, observe, and then move into a variety of asanas that benefit one or more specific parts of the body. Students will learn and practice postures from either standing, sitting, or lying on the back or front of the body. Mountain Pose (Tadasana), for example, is the basic standing posture from which all the other standing postures such as Triangle, Tree, and Dancer evolve. You will learn to move your body in new ways.

Some sessions will be done with relaxing background music. Lightheartedness is encouraged. As a student’s endurance increases, he or she will hold postures longer (typically never more than a minute or two). This style of yoga is very effective in enhancing the health of the nervous system, and promoting over-all wellness from the internal organs outward. Each session ends with 5 to 10 minutes of guided meditation.

Ignite or rekindle your inner “fire” by joining us for yoga in this intimate setting where you can move into your true potential of joy and wholeness.

Namaste,
Dorlene

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Our self awareness, sense of morality, understanding of time and space as well as our ability to contemplate the meaning of life is what sets human beings apart from all other species. The ability to use our cognitive process to our advantage is what sets greatness apart from mediocrity and those that have learned to tap into the power of the mind experience a reality much different than those who have not.

A Little History…

The word hypnosis comes from the Latin root words hypno (to sleep) and osis (the process of), however, hypnosis is far from a state of sleeping. Hypnosis is better defined as a state of being that is intensely relaxing with heightened awareness, concentration and suggestibility.

Some fundamentals of hypnosis date back over 2,400 years within certain disciplines of yoga. The hypnosis that we understand today has been formalized and fine tuned over the last 200 years proving to be a valuable tool in conquering fears, improving motivation and concentration, knocking out addictions and enhancing performance as well as a host of other benefits.

According to Freud, anything that has ever been seen has also been recorded by the mind, so hypnosis has been successful with eye witnesses and suspects recalling details in high profile court cases such as Ted Bundy and the Boston Strangler. Hypnosis has been a valuable resource for athletes, such as Olympic Medalists Adam Malysz and Mary Lou Retton as well as golf legend Tiger Woods to increase their sports performance.

How Does it Work?

The way hypnosis works is a hypnotherapist guides a subject down into a state of hypnosis which distracts the conscious mind providing direct access to the subconscious mind where the real power lies. By distracting the very rational, judgmental, critical mind (which are all necessary traits to survive our day to day lives) we are given access to the space where all memories, recollections and past experiences and associations are stored. It is here that suggestions for improvement can be seeded and destructive habits or thought patterns corrected.

Step Out of Our Own Way…

Hypnosis is a great way to eliminate unwanted behavior or destructive thinking patterns as well as heighten or improve existing desirable tendencies or skills. It is also a great process to retrain our minds how to think bigger, better and in a healthier fashion. Often times, our biggest obstacle between where we are and what we want is the way we think which is often times shaped by negative experiences.  “I can’t do it”,  “I’m not lucky like that”, “the last time I tried that it didn’t work out”, “those things don’t happen to people like me”, “I’m not good enough”, etc.. These thoughts may be happening at a conscious or subconscious level.

Hypnosis can change that negative way of thinking!

It is important to remember that those negative thought processes can be corrected and the mind retrained to think another way… a better way. It is only because these patterns of thought have been practiced so consistently for so long that they have become so strong and part of the core belief system. It doesn’t take long before thoughts like, “there’s plenty of evidence that supports why I can do this” become dominant. The subconscious mind is a powerful asset that we all obtain and to tap into it appropriately and wisely can do us a world of good both physically and mentally.

It feels better to think better! 

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Individual Nutritional Health Assessment

Includes initial appointment to discuss your history, symptoms, and identify the recommended testing. This initial appointment will include functional testing to identify your current state. After Kaaren has completed your analysis, during your second appointment she provides you with recommendations, a manageable plan and the education and information you need to take your well-being to another level.

Your Individualized Program

Your next step is a three month program that Kaaren will take you through your individualized protocol step by step with functional testing every other week to insure the effectiveness. Additionally, she provides support by phone or email so you stay on track.

The FAT Burning Hormone Solution Diet

A group program with three weekly meetings and everything you need to flip on the fat burning, eliminate craving, and fire up your motivation.  Includes nutrients that make the program easy, improves your moods and with NO hunger. Real food with specific supplements make all the difference. Email and phone support insures you will succeed. Offered a couple of times per year, check our events calendar for upcoming dates or call to inquire about upcoming workshops.

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Vinyasa Yoga is a style of yoga where a practitioner flows from one pose to the next in a fluid motion, which is unlike traditional yoga where a practitioner usually holds poses for extended periods of time or pauses in between various poses. Taken from an ancient language of India, Vinyasa (pronounced “vin-yah-sah”) is a Sanskrit word and can be interpreted as “breath-synchronized movement.”

Breathing technique is very important in the Vinyasa style of yoga. With each movement, our Vinyasa Yoga instructor will tell her student whether to inhale or exhale, while also describing the elements of the pose she would like her to be in. Each session then focuses on breathing techniques and smoothly flowing transitions and poses.

Vinyasa yoga has become popular with fitness enthusiasts and traditional yoga students alike who often consider classical yoga too slow, uninteresting, or not a true workout. Our classes will elevate your practice into a mindful, flowing meditation while healing the soul and strengthening the body.

About Your Class

Whether you are a Beginner or Advanced yoga enthusiast this class is for you! Our intimate classes provide an atmosphere for transformation. Mary provides hands-on instruction & personal attention that reflect her passion and commitment for yoga wellness.

Expand your yoga experience by exploring this enjoyable and effective style known as Vinyasa. Conveniently located near SJSU & Naglee Park Neighborhood. Come breathe deeply the opportunities to reach your fullest potential through yoga wellness.

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The healing powers of touch have been recognized throughout history. But perhaps at no other time has taking time for one’s self been so vital to physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. An antidote to today’s fast-paced world, the benefits of bodywork continue far beyond the time on the table.

While therapeutic massage has a relaxation component like a spa massage, its advanced bodywork techniques are used for pain and chronic health issues. Alternative forms of bodywork have proven to be beneficial for many health conditions. Bodywork increases your body’s self awareness and strengthens the immune system by reducing stress-related tension which experts believe account for an increase in disease. It can improve circulation of blood and movement of lymph fluids in addition to breaking up scar tissue, and loosening stiff joints and tightness that restricts movement. In addition, it can reduce inflammation, calm muscle fatigue, relieve pain from migraines/headaches, back and neck pain, TMJ and many other conditions.

About Your Session

Our Therapists spend time listening to the client to truly understand the needs they may have in order to help their body release restricted tissues. The client is then given some time of privacy to unclothe and lay face down beneath a sheet on the massage table. Each session is personalized according to the condition being treated and how the client responds during the session.

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Sound Healing is the intentional use of sound to create an environment which becomes a catalyst for healing of the physical, mental, emotional and energetic bodies. To become “healed,” simply means to become “whole.”

By coupling our intention in the greatest good of all with sound we are able to elevate our vibration to restore harmony within our “BE-ing.” The intentional use of sound adds power to the conduit, whether it is through the use of an instrument or voice. By surrendering to the highest good, we become that conduit for peace, healing, transformation and growth.

Some of the benefits of sound healing include, but are not limited to: accelerated healing and recovery, restored balance and harmony, intense meditative states, heightened consciousness, as well as, sleep enhancement. Clients have also experienced feeling increased energy, reduction of stress with deep relaxation, elevated focus, creativity and productivity.  Sound healing can assist you in creating the life you desire by helping you release what no longer serves you and allow the Universal Flow of Energy within your life.

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