The Adrenal Guardians of The Healing Process
Alix Stokes Alix Stokes

The Adrenal Guardians of The Healing Process

Chronic stress can quietly suppress the body’s natural healing capacity. This article explores the role of the adrenal glands in regulating immune function, inflammation, and recovery. From an osteopathic perspective, true healing begins when survival mode softens, and the body’s natural rhythms are restored.

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Rhythm: The Rhythmic Foundations in Life, Physiology, Emotions and Healing
Alix Stokes Alix Stokes

Rhythm: The Rhythmic Foundations in Life, Physiology, Emotions and Healing

Rhythm underlies every aspect of human health — from the beating heart to cortisol’s daily cycle. This article explores how physiological rhythms govern emotions, immunity, stress responses, and healing. When we lose our inner rhythm, survival patterns dominate; when rhythm is restored, the body regains balance, resilience, and direction.

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Patterns of the Living Body: From Postural/Fascial Patterns to Biographical Life Patterns. The Body Tells Our Story
Alix Stokes Alix Stokes

Patterns of the Living Body: From Postural/Fascial Patterns to Biographical Life Patterns. The Body Tells Our Story

How do trauma, inflammation, and life experience shape the body? This article explores how postural and fascial patterns reflect unresolved stress, chronic inflammation, nervous system dysregulation, and even biographical life phases. By understanding how the body stores and unwinds these patterns, we gain insight into healing across physical, emotional, and physiological levels.

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Finding The Centre of Self, Seasonal Depression and Anxiety
Alix Stokes Alix Stokes

Finding The Centre of Self, Seasonal Depression and Anxiety

Is winter anxiety and depression a disorder — or a physiological rhythm of integration? This article explores seasonal depression through the lens of adrenal function, immune activation, and the body’s natural winter rhythms. Discover how anxiety and heaviness may signal a deeper process of digestion, healing, and reconnection with your centre.

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