The innate wisdom of the body can heal any disease, any disorder — if we would only get out of the way. This is the premise behind the documentary HEAL, which takes the mind-body connection to a whole new level with interviews from leading scientists, holistic practitioners, energy workers and medical doctors — including Kelly Brogan, M.D., Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., Dr. Deepak Chopra, Anthony Williams, among many others.

While extremely valuable for situations of trauma and acute crisis like infections, our conventional medical system is only helpful for about 10 percent of health issues. As Rev. Michael Beckwith of Agape Spiritual Center points out in HEAL, we are conditioned to give our power away to doctors, creating a victim/savior dynamic that actually hinders healing. Moreover, research has found that upwards of 90 percent of all disease isn’t genetically based, but rather a response to environmental factors like high stress levels, pollutants, suppressed emotions and even our perceptions.

The science of epigenetics illustrates how genes are turned on and off depending on what kind of message they are receiving. Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., whose pioneering work in epigenetics contributed to the development of an entirely new branch of research, says that at any given moment, you are either sending biochemical messages of “flight or fight” or “rest and repair” to your cells, which will respond accordingly.

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