Not my experience that 90% are right-handed. In workshops I taught it was more like 65% right / 35% left handed. Many righties are actually lefties but had been trained from very early age to use their right hand. META-Medicine Health Coaches know how to test if someone is right or left handed (or to be more precise right-wired or left-wired).

So here is the article:

We like to think that we make decisions based on our ideas of right and wrong — and we do, to an extent. But according to recent research, our choices may also be influenced by something as simple as whether we’re right or left handed.

That’s because right-handed people are more drawn to things on the right side of a screen or page, while left-handed people look to the left. Cognitive scientist Daniel Casasanto of The New School for Social Research says it’s part of the “body-specificity hypothesis” — the idea thatour physical bodies affect the decisions we make and the way we communicate with one another. One of the easiest ways to measure this hypothesis is by looking at whether a person is a righty or a lefty.

[Related: 7 ways to tell what someone is thinking just by looking at their eyes]

“Handedness is a good tool (to use) because it’s easily measurable, and our hands our important in how we interact with the physical world,” Casasanto explained to MSNBC.

In his study, which was published in a recent edition Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Casasanto found that people tend to prefer the things that they see or experience on the same side as their dominant hand.

“People like things better when they are easier to perceive and interact with,” he says. Right-handers interact with their environment more easily on the right than on the left, so they come to associate “good” with “right” and “bad” with “left,” he explained.

[Related: Are left-handers more likely to have health problems?]

“Since about 90 percent of the population is right-handed, people who want to attract customers, sell products, or get votes should consider that the right side of a page or a computer screen might be the ‘right’ place to be,” he added.

We even tend to use our dominant side to differentiate positive ideas from negative ones. In 2004, presidential candidates John Kerry and George W. Bush — both of whom are right-handed — gestured more often with their right hands when expressing positive thoughts or ideas. In 2008, both Barack Obama and John McCain were left-handed, and both candidates used their left hands more often when expressing something positive.

The association with positivity extends to the choices everyday people make as well. When Casasanto asked study participants to decide between two products to buy, two job applicants to hire, or two alien creatures to trust, right-handed participants regularly chose the ones on the right side of the page, while south-paws chose the ones on the left.

That influence seems to extend beyond the physical world, influencing even abstract ideas like intelligence and honesty. Which means that it affects the way we understand one another as well, Casasanto says

“Most of the time, we feel like we understand each other because what a word means to me, is close enough to what it means to you,” he says. “But it’s never the same, and what a word means in your mind may depend on quirks of your body.”

While the preference seems to hold true even for kids as young as 5 years old, it isn’t absolute. People who are right-hand dominant but lose the use of that hand, even temporarily, start to associate “good” with “left” instead of “right.”

“After a few minutes of fumbling with their right hand, righties start to think like lefties,” Casasanto said in a statement. “If you change people’s bodies, you change their minds.”

http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/bodies-influence-decisions-223400296.html

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With respect, in their own language and treat them the way you would like to be treated. Things tend to go better if you don’t insult, confront or put down what they are doing. Things tend to go better if you are concise, clear and to the point.Things tend to go better if both parties listen and are heard. And above all they (the doctors) are just doing the best they can in every moment, just like the rest of us!

Time is a funny artificial thing. What is high noon? 12.00, right? When the sun is on her highest position? If you ever learned about astronavigation, handling a sextant, you give your exact clock a lot of attention to pinpoint your position on the big blue sea reasonably exact. OK, nowadays we have GPS… but the interesting point is, high noon moves with the sun, in any moment. Clocks and time zones are unnatural crutches. My 12.00 is not your 12.00 as long as we’re not sharing the exact same meridian to stand on. Well, in life practice it makes hardly a difference, and in a society, it makes sense for our clocks to be aligned and attuned. Unless it doesn’t. If you fly to east, you land after some couple of hours and your inner clock and rhythm is shaken by the unbelievable speed you have travelled through time – your have lost your awareness of it. It never fails to amaze me – how can I loose hours on the way? How do I handle that? Fortunately, our organism is very flexible and capable of adjusting swiftly, even to winter time. Isn’t it?!
This time I flew to the west and gained two hours. No problems with time on my hands!

And in these lower latitudes, even the people seem to have other dimensions and attitudes. No, I don’t mean the tourists! Why is it that the locals just seem to have more time, time to wait, time to chat, time to be easy? Here we get to natural rhythms. A species’ organism adjusts to it’s environment regarding pigmentation of skin for sun protection, insulation with skin fat for cold and wind protection, ability to digest certain food or to compensate for what is not available… In the higher latitudes, people want to use all daylight and sun in more or less constant activity and productivity. There are few fruits growing directly into their mouths and the growing season for farmers and gardeners is comparedly short. I heard about traditional farmer-fishermen who in summer slept only 3 hours a day because of the load of work that survival in the scandinavian skerries craved for. Nevertheless they were jolly people and content with the life they lead. In the cold season, they had to adjust to nature´s “winter sleep” under ice and snow and darkness with only a few hours of light per day, which makes people hardy, introspective, and possibly melancholic. You can hear that in fascinating folk songs!

Doesn’t it seem natural that the “balance” in the life of those different societies is of a completely different kind? I like to speak of dynamic balance through intelligent imbalance: The nearer the poles you get on earth, the slower the rhythm of change and the greater the amplitude: at the pole, there is just one long night, one long day per year.
At the equator, there are 730 changes, nights precisely as long as days. The conditions are good for nutritious fruits to grow all year round. Human survival is naturally not challenged by climate. Working time for food-gathering per day in a traditional tribal culture might have been as little as 2 hours. Is it a wonder that in our blueprints from our forefathers of learnings how to survive, we inherit inner rhythms and values according to those? At the same time, when cultures meet, their specific features can trigger each other’s irritation – or fascination.

From Meta-medicine’s viewpoint, traditional circumstances can make a whole society nearly untouched by certain illnesses (i e challenges and responses), because those challenges would hardly occur naturally. At the same time, no immunities (i e strategies) are developed, and change bringing with it such new stimuli and challenges can put whole peoples at risk.
As modern times changed the world to the extent that no traditional natural societies would stay untouched, mixing of cultures, blueprints and strategies is definitely positive for survival and prosperity of mankind.
Learning more alternative ways to be and behave stimulates creativity for to find solutions to the new challenges our world is facing today.
Or, a quote I lately read on Facebook:
Don’t fear change – change fear!

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Different fields of medicine develop continuously. The field of health care has started to regard most of the diseases and health in general, as a bio-psycho-social phenomenon. Underlying such school of thought is the admittance that psychological and social factors are the ones that influence human health the most.

The aim of the META-Medicine Conference is to offer therapists, health coaches and anyone interested in his/her health the most up-to-date news and understanding of the fields of psychosomatic medicine and psychoneuroimmunology in general.

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The official IMMA (International META-Medicine Association) materials state that the origins of a dis-ease can be traced back to significant emotional experiences, except in cases of poisoning, malnutrition and accidents.

While the majority of health issues (those labelled idiopathic or self-causing by modern medicine) are the bio-logical response to specific negative emotions, there are times when physical trauma creates stress on the body. For example, when we consider accidents like falling from a height or being hit by a vehicle, the impact in itself can cause broken bones and other injuries.

So far, so good. ‘But does this go deep enough?’ participants ask us. Why do some people come out of dangerous situations miraculously unharmed, yet others sustain significant injuries from minor incidents? What’s the difference?

A meaningless coincidence?

Before we answer those questions, let’s look at the usual explanation – accidents are just unfortunate coincidences, a result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Yet co-incidence actually means two or more events coming together. It doesn’t have to be random.

It’s an assumption that there’s no connection between these coinciding events. This assumption is based on the prevalent belief in our time of randomness and a chaotic universe. We use chance to negate the possibility of meaning in every encounter, which means we don’t have to take responsibility for our role in every experience.

There is another way of thinking: that the universe and everything in it is a highly structured, orderly and sophisticated system which is guided by intelligence. From a quantum physics point of view, we don’t live in a quantum ‘coincidental’ universe, but a quantum causal universe. The concept of entanglement explains why seemingly unrelated aspects come together.

Putting META-Medicine to the test

On one of our very first courses, we decided to test two hunches about accidents.

1. We know that straight after an injury, the body will go into healing mode at the affected site. META-Medicine gives us an understanding of the Two Phases, and we know that healing symptoms occur in the Second Phase, that is, after a period of stress. As accidents literally force us into the Second Phase, does this mean there is a period of stress preceding the event?

2. META-Medicine reveals that each organ and body location has specific emotional correlations. So does the site of an injury and organ affected also have a meaning?

Our student had a small burn on his dominant hand. Through the META-Medicine diagnostic process, we uncovered that he had had an argument with his wife and resolved to let go of his frustration and reconnect with her – right before burning his hand with the iron. Interesting, we all thought. It could fit…

Two weeks after the course, he contacted us with even more interesting news – he’d banged his hand on the corner of the table, bruising exactly the same place, after another argument. The real issue behind the accidents was feeling unable to grasp the issue (hand) and feeling disconnected (outer skin) from his wife (dominant side) when they argued.

A new way to uncover core issues

Since then, we’ve done many explorations with accidents, and they’ve always led to core issues. There has always been a related stress before an accident occurs. The timing of the accident and location of the injury are clues to the deeper meanings.

More recently, we’ve also discovered a connection with the Sensory Cortex, as accidents are often preceded by temporary lapses in concentration. This too can pinpoint what’s going on with clients – what’s on their mind or what are they avoiding?

This understanding brings us right back to where we started – rather than seeing ourselves as victims of random occurences that happen to us, we can be at cause, becoming more present and using accidents as a guide to deeper self-awareness and self-healing.

If you’ve already done some META-Medicine training, you can start using the diagnostic process to explore the meaning behind accidents. For those who want to see how it works, we’re happy to demonstrate how to use an accident to get into a core issue on our forthcoming courses.

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Joanne Ross and Robert Waghmare
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The Two Phases and the Seasons

We can compare the seasons to the Two Phase model of health and energy. In its extreme form, the Two Phase model describes dis-ease, yet in a subtler form, it represents the natural balance of day-night – and the balance of activity and regeneration. We need a healthy balance between directive activity and passive receptivity.

The beginning of spring can be seen as the beginning of the 1st Phase, as it’s a time of increasing energy and activity. Energy spirals outwards, both in nature and ourselves!

This activity continues throughout the summer, and we feel motivated to go out into the world, to interact and achieve. The Autumn equinox, like a conflict resolution, marks the crossover point into the regeneration phase. This crossover point, a moment of pause, is a powerful opportunity for letting go, changing our emotional and behavioural patterns, and shifting our consciousness.

Our energy moves inwards, and our focus is directed to ourselves, to self-reflection, rather than facing outwards towards others and the world. This is when we can become more receptive: we can open ourselves to receiving nourishment and warmth in order to rebuild our resources for the winter ahead.

Symptoms are a natural part of this shift

As those who have had some training in META-Medicine will be aware, the typical symptoms of ‘illness’, such as colds and flu, skin irritations, diarrhoea and muscular aches and pains, are actually signs of regeneration. They can be seen as the body’s way of releasing the toxins built up during the stress phase, and they enable us to rebuild and regain balance. Rather than suppressing these symptoms, if we allow and embrace them, we emerge stronger at the end of the 2nd Phase.

During this time, we may experience unexpected waves of emotion – this is also part of the unconscious shift, and we benefit from allowing and letting go of these previously-suppressed feelings.

What can you do to support this transition?

There may be a temptation to remain busy, suppress the symptoms and soldier on. Far better is to allow your body to take you inwards, and take this opportunity to slow down. Experiment with receptivity – being rather than doing.

You can support the body by ensuring you are adequately hydrated, and shift to a warming, nourishing diet, such as fresh soups made with root vegetables.

Rather than getting active and setting goals, it could be a time to reflect on what inspires you, what creates meaning in your life, and how to become more aligned with what’s really important to you.

How has the seasonal change affected you? Let us know and continue this conversation through our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/metamedicine

With love and light,

Joanne Ross and Robert Waghmare

UK META-Medicine Master Trainers

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