Yandina Osteopathy

I have, for a long time now been thinking about the distinction between the brain and the mind.  For me, they are two completely separate identities.

Some call them the unconscious and the conscious minds, but I feel a better explanation is the brain and the mind as we do actually have control over both but we generally just let brain get on with it.

They are both housed in the same lump of squishy matter inside your skull, and without the body nourish and protect them they couldn't survive.

The body protects and feeds this fantastic organ, and in return, we are 'human' capable of creating everything from civilisations to ice cream.

It really is mindblowing when you start to think about it.

So what is the difference between the brain and the mind?

Have you ever done something and then instantly thought 'Why did I do that'?

One of the strangest things about being a human is that we often do things we don't mean to do.

You eat chocolate when you're on a...

How many times have you heard this advice from well-meaning family and friends?

How helpful was it when you did hear it?

I am gonna guess, not very helpful!

What does it even mean, especially when you don't know who or what 'yourself' is.

But like it or not, we are stuck with ourselves.

Could it be possible that you are not being 'yourself'?

How can you tell when you are being, well 'you'?

If you're not being 'you' then who exactly are you being?

Are you a Scorpio with a Leo rising?

Are you a mother, lawyer, wife and Christian?

Are you a vegetarian that secretly buys bacon sandwiches when you're on your own?

Are you all of these things, none of these things?

Do these things even make you, you?

Humans have been questioning and studying what makes us unique for centuries.  

We are indeed a curious mix of many parts, bits of emotion, feelings, thoughts, lived experiences, upbringing, DNA, social media, religion, politics and random collisions of parents...