I dont´t have the answers, but I do have some thoughts on the matter. This is a very interesting issue to discuss right now. What is health? Actually? Is it a good immune system? Does good health mean that you never get sick? Is it healthy to never get sick? Should one lose all hope and joy of life because something in the body does not work as it usually does or in society's point of view should work? In my opinion, health is something we do not have a particularly good example of today. Disease seems to be the norm. Mental health issues are standard. Does it mean that you are healthy because you live a healthy life and drink your green juice every day? Or is health to be in contact with a life force greater than ourselves and to be in such contact with ourselves that we never have to take advice from anyone again, because we know what is best for our bodies and our whole being as a being? Because we are actually LIVING in our bodies, meaning being aware what is going on, that I am tensing my stomach, clinching my jaw. And actually experince what is going on and FEEL. Scary stuff. Today everything is outsourced. To experts. To the doctor. To health gurus. Is it healthy not to know why you have a stomach ache or why you have a back pain? A mixture of an inner radiance and love and a physical flow in all systems of the body is health for me. Everything else is a compromise to live in the mediocre society that is widely accepted. Sounds like an unattainable dream perhaps. Or a vage description of something that few have a real experience and point of reference to. And that's the problem. That the way we live today and the environment we have accepted as normal keep us at a low level of what health could be. I believe that health is always present. To one degree or another. 

In my opinion, health is a combination of vitality, joy of life and function. Vitality is a glow that radiates no matter if the skin is in perfect condition or not. Vitality is a vibration. Vitality is life force. The life force is the will or ambition to live the life that suits one and the will to participate in the activities and commitments that normally exist in this particular person's life. But also the force that pulls you towards the way of life that is best for you. 

The joy of life has to do with the degree or even the ability to enjoy and be satisfied with the content of one's life, and it is not specifically linked to the content as such, but more the ability to enjoy what is. In what way, enthusiasm or pleasure you take on different tasks, commitments and activities in your life. It's not just about whether you eat that bun or not, but how much you actually enjoy it, experience it, once you eat it. 

The function is how well one can actually perform the activities and commitments that one's life requires from you. I think it is absolutely possible to have low function but high joy of life. But do you have health then? Not quite. And it may be that, despite the joy of life and strength, you need support and treatment. But you can also be highly functional but have very little zest for life. Then you do not have health either, in my opinion. At least not as much as you could have. I think that the joy of life is a very important part of health and it does not have to be linked to one's function. The joy of life and the vitality, on the other hand, go a bit hand in hand.

I find it difficult to define the word health as it is quite individual. And frankly, I don´t care to define it either. Is it relevant? I just think that most people are not aware of how good we could actually feel and therefore accept a lower level as health because we have no other reference points. I just believe that vitality and joy of life should be standard. I am not talking about a positive mindset or walking around being jolly all the time. I am referring to the ability to enjoy life and its content. Is it really unattainable to thrive? Unfortunately, in the world we live in today we have to fight for it. Having the circumstances to choose nutritious food and a lifestyle that wont just be a slow death with some numbing out on the weekends. But how much can we relax in a society that constantly requiers us to stay on top of things? 


Finding those milliseconds of stillnes. Once a day, then twice then three times then four times and so on until it they get some momentum and you find it easier and easier the stay there. For me it started when I went and got my craniosacral treatments. Thats when I got to experience deep relaxation. And where am I today with this vitality and joy of life thing? well... it comes and goes but I know in every cell of my body that it is possible to live in different way, thriving, than what we have normalized. It is not OK that we have to pay extra for food that has an organic label on it which means its not sprayed with toxins. Yeah, great, that makes sense, of course I should have to pay extra for food that wont hurt me. That is something we have just collectively accepted. Constantly running against time and working ourselves sick so we can have a little bit of money, maybe buy an organic cucumber and and hope we 
don´t die from cancer. Sound harsh but it´s wild out there. 

Where I am today in life, I hope to offer a moment of stillness and relaxation to the people getting my treatments. I believe it is in the pauses that the magic happens. And we all need a pause.   


All the best 

Johanna