THE
THE AWARD-WINNING NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY HEEL OFFERS A
SCIENTIFIC AND SPIRITUAL
JOURNEY AND EXPLORES HOW DEEPLY
CONNECTED OUR MINDS ARE TO OUR
BIOLOGY AND ALSO THE TREMENDOUS
EFFECTS OUR THOUGHTS, BELIEFS
AND EMOTIONS CAN HAVE ON
PHYSICAL HEALTH.
PHYSICAL HEALTH. >> TO FIND OUR WAY TO WELLNESS
IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DOCUMENTARY AND THE AUTHOR OF
THE ACCOMPANYING BOOK.
HEAL AS.
HEAL AS.
HEAL AS. >> THINKING OF HOW MAYBE WE
HAVE BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM
NATURE AND HOW WE CAN HEAL
OURSELVES.
OURSELVES. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. OUR BODIES ARE DESIGNED TO HEAL
IN EVERY MOMENT.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING NOW, ALL THE
EXPERTS IN THE FILM ARE SAYING
WHAT IS TAKING US TO THE DOCTOR
95% OF THE TIME IS STRESS.
THERE ARE THREE TYPES,
CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND
EMOTIONAL.
EMOTIONAL. WHAT WE'RE MOST CONCERNED WITH
NOW IS EMOTIONAL.
WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL SURVIVAL
MECHANISM CALLED FIGHT OR
FLIGHT.
FLIGHT.
FLIGHT. IF WE SEE A THREAT IN THE
ENVIRONMENT, IT TURNS ON SO WE
CAN FIGHT FOR OUR LIFE.
AND ESCAPE OR FIGHT.
WHAT HAPPENS IS, IT MOBILIZES
AND TAKES RESOURCES FROM ALL
THE OTHER SYSTEMS IN OUR BODY.
IT SHUTS DOWN THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM, THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM,
THE HIGHER BRAIN CENTERS AND
PUTS ALL THE ENERGY INTO THE
MUSCLES TO FIGHT.
THE PROBLEM IS THE BEARS AND
TIGERS ARE NOT THREATS ANYMORE.
BUT BILLS TO PAY, SOCIAL MEDIA
PRESSURE, RELATIONSHIPS, ALL
THESE THINGS ARE NEW STRESSES.
WE ARE IN THIS CHRONIC STRESS
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. AND IT IS SHUTTING DOWN THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM AND MAKING US
VERY SUSCEPTIBLE.
VERY SUSCEPTIBLE. >> YOU ARE HAVING THE EXACT
SAME REACTIONS.
SAME REACTIONS. IT IS JUST NOT THE TIGER
CHASING A LIKE BEFORE.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> IT IS SOCIAL MEDIA FOLKS.
>> FOR YOU I LOVE THE BOOK IN
THE DOCUMENTARY BECAUSE IT IS
NOT JUST YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IT
IS THE EXPERTS AND THE BEST IN
THE FIELD ON HOW WE CAN
ACTUALLY HEAL OURSELVES.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. I
>> YES. I WAS THE CURATOR WHO BROUGHT
ALL THE TEACHERS WHO EMPOWERED
ME AND TAUGHT ME HOW TO LIVE A
HEALTHY AND EMPOWERED LIFE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE DEEPAK
CHOPRA AND MARIANNE WILLIAMSON.
LEADING SCIENTISTS AND
SPIRITUAL TEACHERS AS WELL.
>> CAN YOU GIVE US A COUPLE OF
WAYS TO MAYBE START THE HEALING
PROCESS?
PROCESS?
PROCESS? >> I THINK MEDITATION IS A GAME
CHANGER.
CHANGER.
CHANGER. SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER IT, BUT I
THINK IT IS ONE OF THE MOST
PRACTICAL THINGS YOU CAN DO.
WE NEED TO CUT OUT ALL THE
STIMULATION.
STIMULATION. WE ARE INUNDATED WITH
INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, MOST OF
IT NEGATIVE.
IT NEGATIVE. SO TO TAKE TIME WHETHER IT IS
10 OR 20 MINUTES A DAY, 20
MINUTES TWICE A DAY, AND JUST
CLOSE YOUR EYES, CONNECTOR
BREATH AND CUT OUT ALL THAT
STIMULATION, IT RELEASES SO
MUCH CHEMISTRY IN THE BODY.
MEDITATION IS VERY PRACTICAL.
I ALSO LIKE TO DISCONNECT FROM
THE PHONE AND RECONNECT WITH
NATURE.
NATURE.
NATURE. IT OUT OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING
AND GET INTO SUNLIGHT 20
MINUTES A DAY.
VITAMIN D IS MERELY HEALING.
NATURE IS VERY CALMING AND
HEALING.
HEALING.
HEALING. IT IS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, LOWERS
YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE.
AND A POSITIVE EMOTION.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW NEGATIVE
EMOTIONS TRIGGER THE STRESS
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. AND AGAIN, SHUTTING DOWN THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
IMMUNE SYSTEM. SO IF WE CAN GENERATE POSITIVE
EMOTIONS USING THINGS THAT
BRING US JOY, CLOSE OUR EYES
AND THINK ABOUT THINGS WERE
GRATEFUL FOR, ALL OF THAT WILL
CALM HER NERVOUS SYSTEM, GET US
INTO THE PARASYMPATHETIC
NERVOUS SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHERE
WE HEAL, AND GETS US OUT OF THE
STRESS RESPONSE.
STRESS RESPONSE. >> FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET
YOUR LEVEL OF BEING ABLE TO
MEDITATE OR THE EXPERT TO TALK
TO AS WELL, IT CAN BE
INTIMIDATING I SUPPOSED TO SAY
I WANT TO HAVE THAT PIECE BUT I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET STARTED.
WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO TO GET
STARTED?
STARTED?
STARTED? >> DAILY PRACTICE IS
EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. IT IS CUMULATIVE.
START WITH FIVE MINUTES A DAY.
JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES, BREEZE,
CONNECT WITH YOUR BREATH.
FIVE MINUTES A DAY OF GRATITUDE.
YOU CAN'T BE DEPRESSED AND
ANXIOUS IF YOU'RE THINK ABOUT
THINGS YOU LOVE AND ARE
GRATEFUL FOR AND WHAT YOU
APPRECIATE.
APPRECIATE. I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE MOVEMENT.
SOME SORT OF EXERCISE AND
MOVEMENT THAT BURNS THE STRESS
FROM YOUR BODY AND GETS YOU
INTO, IT RELEASES ENDORPHINS
AND ELEVATES YOUR MOOD.
EVEN IF IT IS A 10 MINUTE WALK
AROUND THE BLOCK, START THERE.
START SMALL, BUT