Wellness Coaching: The Benefits of Upper Cervical Care

In 1995, I was introduced to a specific type of chiropractic care known as "upper cervical care". At that time, X-rays were taken by a chiropractic physician of my skull and upper spine and it was revealed that I had developed an abnormal curvature of my top vertebrae known as a vertebral subluxation. I was then shown an X-ray of a normal, healthy spine and the difference was dramatic.


My doctor explained that the fatigue, dizziness, and TMJ syndrome that I had been enduring for so many years was no doubt caused by the two auto accidents I had when I was a teenager. He said that car accidents are one of the major causes of vertebral subluxations, but even a fall or slight trauma to the head or back could be enough to contribute to a misalignment of the upper curvature of the spine.


The brain facilitates communication via trillions of nerve fibers to every part of the body via the spinal cord. In between the spinal cord and the brain is a bundle of nerves called the brain stem. This brain stem acts as the control center for functions of the body such as breathing, heartbeat, motor function, equilibrium, and the regulation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. Because of the important neural structures concentrated in this small portion of the nervous system, the slightest of damage to this area may have dramatic effects.


The brain stem is sheathed by the atlas (C1) and axis (C2) vertebrae and when completely aligned and freed of nerve interference (from upper cervical care adjustments), the rest of the spine and skeleton will automatically realign itself (like a domino effect), thus restoring the nervous system to its optimally healthy state. As a result of this vertebral realignment, the body is allowed to reclaim its anabolic state where it will regenerate tissue, repair cellular damage and heal.


Upper cervical care is gentle and non-invasive. It is completely painless and you barely feel anything when adjusted. You simply lie down on your side and the chiropractic physician makes the adjustment on the upper cervical area, just below the atlas. It is this inter-relationship between the upper cervical spine (neck) the central nervous system, and the brain stem, that affects every aspect of human function, including touch, hearing, sight, mental processing, regulation of hormones, motor control, and immune system regulation. But perhaps most importantly, when properly aligned, it helps the body maintain an anabolic state of repair and renewal. The main goal of NUCCA (National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association) is to maximize the human health potential associated with the reduction of the Atlas Subluxation Complex (ASC).


The re-alignment of bones takes time (kinda like straightening teeth). The chronic dizziness that I endured for over five years slowly dissipated and healed within two years of upper cervical care. And my overall energy and health has improved quite dramatically over the years, especially since I have been living in a pain-, stress, anxiety-free mode. I've learned that living a life without stress significantly accelerates the healing process and contributes greatly to your sense of well-being.


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Jason Lincoln Jeffers is a spiritual counselor and personal life coach. His online life coaching program incorporates pain-body counseling, wellness coaching, law of attraction coaching, relationship coaching, astrology readings, and spiritual counseling.

Wellness Coaching: The Importance of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

The health benefits of the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids were discovered in the 1970s by researchers studying the Greenland Intuit Tribe. The Greenland Inuit people consumed large amounts of fat from seafood, but displayed virtually no heart disease. The high intake of omega-3 fatty acids by the Inuit actually showed to reduce heart rate, triglycerides, blood pressure, and atherosclerosis.

Since 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the “qualified health claim” status to EPA and DHA omega−3 fatty acids, stating that “supportive but not conclusive research shows that consumption of EPA and DHA [omega−3] fatty acids may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.” Healthy ratios of omega-3 to omega-6 are between 1:1 to 1:4. In the modern American diet, the ratio is problematic 1:20. Studies have suggested that the evolutionary paleo human diet, rich in game animals, seafood, and other sources of omega−3, may have provided such a close ratio to omega-6.

Beware of products that promote their healthy “omega-3” content but contain ALA, not DHA or EPA. The body must convert ALA (found in plant oils) into DHA or EPA, and are therefore less effective. DHA and EPA are manufactured by marine algae and are consumed by fish who accumulate it in their internal organs. Great sources of omega-3 fatty acids are: flaxseed oil, arctic krill, sardines, and salmon.
Other benefits of EPA and DHA consumption include the reduction of circulatory problems, such as varicose veins, high blood pressure, rheumatoid arthritis, and cardiac arrhythmia. There is also evidence to suggest that EPA supplementation is helpful with depression and anxiety. Furthermore, research suggests that increased fish oil intake may reduce the risk of stroke and many studies used significantly higher doses without any major side effects (for example: 4.4 grams EPA/2.2 grams DHA in a 2003 study).

Several studies have reported possible anti-cancer effects of omega−3 fatty acids in breast, colon, and prostate cancer. Omega-3 reduced prostate tumor growth and increased survival rate among mice. Neither long-chain nor short-chain forms of omega-3 fatty acids have been associated with breast cancer risk. High levels of DHA were associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer. A 2007, a study of omega-3 fatty acids and cachexia found evidence that oral omega-3 supplements benefit cancer patients, improving appetite, weight, and quality of life. A 2009 trial found that a supplement of EPA helped cancer patients retain muscle mass.

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Personal Life Coaching - Fulfilling Your True Life’s Purpose

Are you presently doing what you absolutely love to do every day of your life? If you could choose anything you’d like to do everyday, and be passionate about it, what would that be? What would motivate you into action and what would make you jump out of bed every morning with excitement and joy? When it comes to determining your true life’s purpose, you have to stretch out with your feelings. As Joseph Campbell said, “Follow your bliss.”

You are the universe and the universe is you. When it comes to realizing your true life’s purpose, one of the first things I teach to my clients is the truth in this statement. Your connection to everything is more profound than you probably realize. When you become aware of how interactive the universe is, your fear, doubt, and disbelief about what you can accomplish will begin to dissolve. The truth is, the entire universe is inside you. There is no “out there.” It’s all inside your mind, or, if you’re spiritually enlightened — inside your heart.

So, the first step is to ruminate on this truth. Serendipity, synchronicity, and what appears to be coincidence in your life is the universe’s attempt at communicating this to you. Look for the “god winks” in your daily life for verification of this truth. They may come in very subtle ways. For example, creative thoughts may come into your awareness and the words that are communicated to you may be “echoed” in the television, radio, or by someone else in the room. Another example is when numbers on a clock reflect your birth date whenever your thoughts ruminate on your true vocation.

The second step toward realizing your true life’s purpose is to understand that the universe is your friend. It is constantly conspiring in your favor. It can’t grow without your input. So, instead of believing that you are merely a biological meat-sack that only takes up space and burns through valuable resources, start shifting your consciousness to understanding that you are needed, in fact, required for the universe to continue to enrich itself and prosper.

Most people fail at actualizing their true potential because of one word; belief. This is the third and final step toward self realization. Most people simply don’t believe that they are worthy of their own divinity. If you can unlearn, recondition, and deprogram your mind from what you’ve taught by the current system of control, then you will be truly free and will be living your life in a constant state of peace, bliss, and wonderment. And what could be better than that?

Jason Lincoln Jeffers is a spiritual counselor and personal life coach. His online life coaching program incorporates pain-body counseling, wellness coaching, law of attraction coaching, relationship coaching, astrology readings, and spiritual counseling.

Spiritual Counseling: Are We Living in the Matrix?

In Latin, the word holographus is derived from late Greek holographos. The root “holos” is defined as “whole or complete.” The holographic principle is a property of quantum physics and string theory which states that all the information in this three-dimensional universe that we call our reality is stored as a two-dimensional hologram.

One of the world’s most respected quantum physicists and former protege of Einstein, David Bohm, as well as the esteemed neuroscientist, Karl Pribram, believed that the universe is a hologram, a construct of sorts, created by the human mind. Sound familiar? If you think this sounds a lot like the storyline behind “The Matrix Trilogy,” then you would be right. No doubt, its creators, Larry and Andy Wachowski derived many of their concepts for their movie trilogy from the holographic theories of Bohm and Pribram.

Interestingly enough, this revolutionary new way of perceiving the universe explains not only many of the unsolved problems of physics, but also the unsolved supernatural mysteries such as telekinesis, telepathy, levitation, remote viewing, teleportation, near-death experiences (NDE’s), out of body experiences (OBE’s), kundalini awakenings, and other experiences of miraculous healings and cosmic (unity) consciousness.

Within a black hole, the rules and laws of our three-dimensional reality dissolve completely. I propose that the black hole singularity is, in fact, a portal to this two-dimensional reality which is much like a data bank where all of information of our holographic universe is stored. I also propose that what the ancient Hindu Vedic texts refer to as “the unmanifest,” or “source,” is also describing the black hole (whole) singularity.This 2D unmanifested reality can also be interpreted as a “reality potential” or where information is compacted and stored efficiently without any hint of form.

The holographic principle states that the sum total of everything that exists, either known or unknown, real or unreal, detectable or undetectable, is an illusory reality. Our brains act as some sort of quantum computer that constructs this reality based on frequencies from a two-dimensional realm. What we perceive through the five senses of touch, smell, taste, sight, and sound are simply electrical impulses interpreted by our quantum computer brain. The two-dimensional realm is a patterned primary reality that transcends time and space. The 2D realm preceded the 3D realm. We came from it — not the reverse. This is the true purpose of the black hole. In other words, the brain is a holographic construct translating data from a two-dimensional reality (via the black hole) into a much larger construct (holographic universe) that we define as our three-dimensional reality.

Bohm suggested that if we were to observe the universe without the lenses that outfit our telescopes, it would appear to us as a hologram. Pribram expanded this idea by stating that if we were to view our three-dimensional reality with out the lenses that outfit our eyes, it would also appear as a hologram. After looking closely at what these modern physicists have to say about the nature of our universe, it would seem that modern science is finally catching up with ancient wisdom.

Jason Lincoln Jeffers is a spiritual counselor and personal life coach. His online life coaching program incorporates pain-body counseling, wellness coaching, law of attraction coaching, relationship coaching, astrology readings, and spiritual counseling.

Spiritual Counseling: The Seven Perceptions of God

The concept of God varies from soul to soul depending on each individual’s stage of evolutionary growth. When the soul is in its “infant stage,” it views God as a parent who looks after it, protects it and nurtures it. Our very own existence depends upon our faith in this God to take care of us and when someone else does not follow our God, our fight-or-flight mechanism is activated, threatening our very sense of survival.

As the soul matures into its “toddler stage,” the soul begins to develop its ego. At this point, a new God emerges, and this one is all powerful and mighty. We worship this God because we need to compete, achieve, and succeed in life. We need to feel superior to those around us and our God mirrors this need. He rewards those who are faithful to him and follow his commandments.

When the soul reaches “preadolescence,” we need to feel peace amongst a world that is hostile. This peace is only found when we turn to a God that provides love and comfort for us during times of great stress, anxiety, and chaos. He is a God who brings us peace of mind because we pray to him and follow the rituals of his doctrine.

The adolescent soul begins to understand that “being good” and “doing the right thing” has a greater reward than merely following the whims of the selfish ego. It’s accessing its intuition now and needs to learn understanding, forgiveness, and right action. It turns to a God who reflects these same inner, intuitive, and moral attributes of the Self. This God validates that we need to be a good person, practice high ethics, and exude strong moral values.

As the soul becomes a “teenager” its creative abilities evolve. New thoughts about the world emerge as we turn to a God who exemplifies our own creativity. We become inspired and motivated to become independent, rebel, follow our own path, and create something from nothing. Subsequently, we become devoted to a God who reflects these same qualities.

In the adult stage of the soul, we commune with a source of awareness or consciousness that feels like pure joy and bliss. This source is not of this world, but of a place beyond what we can see, smell, taste, hear, or touch. We turn to a God who performs miracles for us. We begin to notice serendipity and synchronicity in our lives. Our God is now genderless, yet is still perceived as a personality. This God allows for the supernatural to exist simultaneously with the ordinary and mundane.

In the final stage of the soul, or what I call the “butterfly stage,” the soul transcends its perception of the prior six stages completely. It is ready to become conscious of it Self. This is the stage of the sage, mystic, shaman, or yogi. When we reach this level of evolutionary consciousness, we understand that life is merely a reflection of our inner being. And that being is inseparable from God. Our concept of God broadens beyond the world of form to a place of the unmanifested no-thing-ness. This God is one with the all and in no way can ever be separate from any sum of its parts. This God reflects our own unconditional love for all of humanity. This butterfly stage is also the stage of the Next Human.

Jason Lincoln Jeffers is a spiritual counselor and personal life coach. His online life coaching program incorporates pain-body counseling, wellness coaching, law of attraction coaching, relationship coaching, astrology readings, and spiritual counseling.

Health Counseling - Going Gluten-Free

Currently, autoimmune disorders are the number three killer, behind heart disease and cancer, in the United States. A study published in the peer-reviewed Gastroenterology found a 400% increase celiac disease from just fifty years ago. Today it effects 1 in 105 people in the U.S. and since most people who have it are unaware of the fact that they have it, these figures are probably much greater. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease of the small intestine that is caused from a reaction to prolamin, a gluten protein found in wheat and other similar grains such as barley and rye. Upon exposure to gliadin, the enzyme tissue transglutanminase modifies the protein, and the immune system cross-reacts with the small bowel tissue, causing a highly inflammatory reaction.

Symptoms of celiac disease (caused by gluten sensitivity) include irritable bowel syndrome (diarrhea, gas, bloating, constipation), greasy stools, lactose intolerance, and abdominal pain. But the symptoms are not limited to the digestive system. Celiac disease can also effect other organs including the brain, heart, and kidneys. Brain symptoms include the impedance of blood flow the frontal and prefrontal cortex. This part of the brain allows us to focus, manage emotional states, plan and organize, and short-term memory. This hypoperfusion is associated with conditions such as depression, anxiety, and ADHD.

The inflammatory reaction from gluten exposure also activates the brain’s microglial cells, which can take many months before it begins to subside. The damage  that this can cause over time, together with the effect of generating overarousal of the fight-or-flight response, can be significant.

A potent cross-reactivity to casein (the protein found in milk products) has also been demonstrated to be similar to an immunologic reactivity to gluten. Going gluten-free means not just avoiding foods containing gluten, but foods that the body may identify as gluten, even if it’s not. Cross-reactivity is when the body associates other substances that are genetically similar to gluten and reacts to them as if they were gluten. This can lead to multiple food sensitivities. According to Cyrex Labs, some of the most common cross-reactive food sources to gluten are: milk (and milk products), cheese, spelt, kamut, rye, barley, and coffee.

The best way to avoid celiac disease or gluten sensitivity is to eliminate starch and milk from your diet completely. This will also decrease your susceptibility to metabolic syndrome, candidiasis, and type 2 diabetes. Going gluten-free means replacing your daily cereal, pastry, bread, muffins, bagels, chips, and crackers, with nutrient-dense, above ground, antioxidant rich, fibrous vegetables (raw, steamed, or stir-fried). Not only will it help to repair your body’s digestive system, but you’ll lose those unwanted pounds and your energy levels will go through the roof!

Jason Lincoln Jeffers is a spiritual counselor and personal life coach. His online life coaching program incorporates pain-body counseling, wellness coaching, law of attraction coaching, relationship coaching, and astrology readings. As a result, his spiritual counseling sessions will enlighten, inspire, and empower you to realize your physical, mental, and spiritual potential.

Personal Life Coaching: The Now is All There Is

One thing is for certain (besides death and taxes), life is always now. Whatever you experience, whatever happens, whatever you feel, think, or do — it’s still now. When I write this, it is now. When you read this, it is now. When things happen tomorrow or next week, it will still be now. Nothing happens outside of the Now. So, you can’t argue with the simple truth: Now is all there is.

Unfortunately, the dysfunctional behavior of most of humanity results from ignoring this seemingly obvious truth. The current human state of consciousness does not enjoy living in the Now. In fact, it does mostly everything it can to avoid the Now altogether. Who has time? Well, the ego certainly doesn’t. People are too concerned about what’s about to happen, has happened, or something that may or may not happen, rather than what is happening now. You’ve seen them. They are the ones who are constantly on their mobile smart phones, texting away, sending little glyphs to someone who, like them, is also ignoring the Now. And all of this goes on in a desperate, exhausting, and counterproductive attempt to reduce the Now to a means to an end.

When you are not living in the Now, you tend to miss the entire essence of your life. You become stuck in a dreamworld of images, concepts, perceptions, judgments, and opinions that, summed up, define a story. And this story becomes you. All the drama and negative emotions that go along with your story are also perceived as who you are. And so you become disconnected from the joy of life that resides only in the present moment. The mind races forward and backward about this situation, that person, what he said, what she said, what might happen if he does this or she does that, and none of this can tell you who you are. And 99.99% of the time, if you did absolutely nothing, all your perceived “problems” would completely dissolve if you could just learn to be still, and pay attention to what is happening right now.

Most people, when asked, “How may problems do you have right now?” will respond with a rant describing all their problems. Little do they realize, however, that very few problems ever exist in the Now. Why? Because problems are convoluted and have lots of stuff attached to them. They have stories behind them. If you’ve ever had to listen to someone tell you about their problems, it’s never a short story. It’s always “complicated.” The truth is, unless you’re being attacked by a wild Boar in the forest, or an alligator in the swamp, then you too, have no problems right now. None. And if you’ve convinced yourself that you do, then your consciousness is rooted in the egoic mind, which means you’re living in the past and future — neither of which exist.

So, instead of avoiding the Now, begin inviting presence into your life a little more each day. When you do, you will  stop struggling to reach a point in the future where there is greater security, aliveness, abundance, love, or joy, and will become aware that those things make up the essence of who you already are.

Jason Lincoln Jeffers is a spiritual counselor and personal life coach. His online life coaching program incorporates pain-body counseling, wellness coaching, law of attraction coaching, relationship coaching, and astrology readings. As a result, his spiritual counseling sessions will enlighten, inspire, and empower you to realize your physical, mental, and spiritual potential.