I recently attended a seminar on trauma, presented by Professor Bessel van der Kolk who spent many decades of his life as clinical psychiatrist researching and treating the impact of emotional adverse events on the brains and bodies of children and adults. I find that his work validates the understanding of UDIN experiences (unexpected, dramatic, isolating, no strategy) as triggers for changes in the brain, that META-Health adopted from Dr Ryke Geert Hamer. Also, Hamer’s concept of conflict […]
In the newly published study “Childhood adverse life events and skeletal muscle mitochondrial function” [1], researchers could show how adverse events in childhood affect muscle function in later life. Using data from the “Muscle, Mobility and Aging” study, 879 people over the age of 70 were tested for ATP production in their muscle cells. ATP is the energy that muscles use to work. It is produced by the mitochondria in each cell. Mitochondria can sense social stress and respond at […]
One of the strengths of META-Health is that we are undogmatic. We explore and integrate new concepts to understand the soil for health on all levels. Dr Hamer gave us a brilliant understanding of our body’s reactions to conflicts – biological and metaphorical. However, his model leaves gaps in our scope to help people understand their reactions and states – especially chronic dis-eases and the influence of our environment.[…]
“That thing about my hands is funny. Look – what can that be about?” The client showed me his dry palms. The skin was scaly at the borders to the back of hand and fingers. “What are they like, to you?” “Well, like a fisherman’s hands!” was his answer. “A fisherman’s hands?” “Yes, that’s what came up for me. Red, rough hands.” He was used to having soft hands, dancing over a keyboard. “What’s it for a kind of slippery fish you needed to grab, or that slipped out of your hands, before they turned […]
To an increasing extent, the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 dominates human life in Europe. There is a lot of speculation about the medical aspects, but the concretely foreseeable social consequences are falling behind more and more, despite the fact that competent scientists, such as the German top-virologist Prof. Christian Drosten from the Charité, are urging to base political decisions on an interdisciplinary scientific discussion [1]: Now is the time when politics absolutely needs a few days of […]
Wim Hof, aka the Iceman, defies the limits of human capacity. He climbed the 5895m high Mount Kilimanjaro wearing only shorts & shoes. He ran through the Namib desert in the same attire, without drinking any water. In wintery fiords, he swam for a distance of 66 meters under the ice. He sat for two hours in a container full of ice and warmed it up with his body temperature. This man is a freak. Or is he?[…]
CO2 has gotten a bad reputation these days. We tend to forget that this gas has vital functions for survival – both for the individual organism, the ecosystem, and the earth. In this article I want to focus on human beings, a widespread stress response, and its connection to some typical dis-ease patterns that science is yet attempting to decode.[…]
Yes I do. I knew depression and could have died from it some 30 years ago. I’m still aware of how I can feel off balance and feeling down. What I don’t fear anymore is that black hole. I’ll tell you what I learned – but first let’s look at causal factors: Depression represents an imbalance in the brain and with hormones. The feeling of paralysis in utter powerlessness and despair shows that what gives us activity and decisiveness is at a lack – and these are […]
Oestrogen & testosterone, our sex hormones, have qualities like yin & yang, a polarity completing each other. Both are steroids stemming from the same source: the neurotransmitter pregnenolone. Oestrogen creates the wish for mating, conception, as well as female traits to attract a partner: full hair, radiant skin, and subcutaneous fat that makes her look smooth. Testosterone is associated with body hair, beard, less pure skin but a stronger fibrous network in the dermis, less […]
One of the hottest health topics is the increase of ASD (autism spectrum disorder), a broad range of neurological, social and physiological symptoms: 1. Huge need of structure and rituals, and often repetitive actions like when objects are lined up in straight order, and broken routines cause much distress. This seems to reflect overwhelm and an inner chaos which one aims to escape. 2. Social signals, such as a smile or a twinkle are not recognized, and limits are not set. Avoidance of eye […]
I recently attended a seminar on trauma, presented by Professor Bessel van der Kolk who spent many decades of his life as clinical psychiatrist researching and treating the impact of emotional adverse events on the brains and bodies of children and adults. I find that his work validates the understanding of UDIN experiences (unexpected, dramatic, isolating, no strategy) as triggers for changes in the brain, that META-Health adopted from Dr Ryke Geert Hamer. Also, Hamer’s concept of conflict […]
In the newly published study “Childhood adverse life events and skeletal muscle mitochondrial function” [1], researchers could show how adverse events in childhood affect muscle function in later life. Using data from the “Muscle, Mobility and Aging” study, 879 people over the age of 70 were tested for ATP production in their muscle cells. ATP is the energy that muscles use to work. It is produced by the mitochondria in each cell. Mitochondria can sense social stress and respond at […]
One of the strengths of META-Health is that we are undogmatic. We explore and integrate new concepts to understand the soil for health on all levels. Dr Hamer gave us a brilliant understanding of our body’s reactions to conflicts – biological and metaphorical. However, his model leaves gaps in our scope to help people understand their reactions and states – especially chronic dis-eases and the influence of our environment.[…]
“That thing about my hands is funny. Look – what can that be about?” The client showed me his dry palms. The skin was scaly at the borders to the back of hand and fingers. “What are they like, to you?” “Well, like a fisherman’s hands!” was his answer. “A fisherman’s hands?” “Yes, that’s what came up for me. Red, rough hands.” He was used to having soft hands, dancing over a keyboard. “What’s it for a kind of slippery fish you needed to grab, or that slipped out of your hands, before they turned […]
Wim Hof, aka the Iceman, defies the limits of human capacity. He climbed the 5895m high Mount Kilimanjaro wearing only shorts & shoes. He ran through the Namib desert in the same attire, without drinking any water. In wintery fiords, he swam for a distance of 66 meters under the ice. He sat for two hours in a container full of ice and warmed it up with his body temperature. This man is a freak. Or is he?[…]
CO2 has gotten a bad reputation these days. We tend to forget that this gas has vital functions for survival – both for the individual organism, the ecosystem, and the earth. In this article I want to focus on human beings, a widespread stress response, and its connection to some typical dis-ease patterns that science is yet attempting to decode.[…]
Yes I do. I knew depression and could have died from it some 30 years ago. I’m still aware of how I can feel off balance and feeling down. What I don’t fear anymore is that black hole. I’ll tell you what I learned – but first let’s look at causal factors: Depression represents an imbalance in the brain and with hormones. The feeling of paralysis in utter powerlessness and despair shows that what gives us activity and decisiveness is at a lack – and these are […]
Oestrogen & testosterone, our sex hormones, have qualities like yin & yang, a polarity completing each other. Both are steroids stemming from the same source: the neurotransmitter pregnenolone. Oestrogen creates the wish for mating, conception, as well as female traits to attract a partner: full hair, radiant skin, and subcutaneous fat that makes her look smooth. Testosterone is associated with body hair, beard, less pure skin but a stronger fibrous network in the dermis, less […]
One of the hottest health topics is the increase of ASD (autism spectrum disorder), a broad range of neurological, social and physiological symptoms: 1. Huge need of structure and rituals, and often repetitive actions like when objects are lined up in straight order, and broken routines cause much distress. This seems to reflect overwhelm and an inner chaos which one aims to escape. 2. Social signals, such as a smile or a twinkle are not recognized, and limits are not set. Avoidance of eye […]
