Now we understand the importance for our health of maintaining coherence between the immune system, the endocrine system, and the nervous system—but how do these systems communicate with one another? Through the vascular system. This is the main connector and communication channel between them. Its primary function is to transport blood throughout the body, ensuring the oxygenation of organs and tissues via arteries and capillaries, sustaining cellular life and enabling physi

We have always believed that the immune system is activated at the slightest sign of threat with the sole purpose of ensuring our survival. According to this belief, our ability to influence it would be virtually nonexistent, except for taking the occasional medication to support it. However, this view is incomplete. The Western lifestyle, together with permanent uncertainty, leads us to live in a state of extreme alert that the body interprets as danger. In this context, the

The purpose of the “Debunking Myths”  series is to recover lost knowledge about our bodily intelligence. Throughout a series of five chapters, we will explore the hidden power behind conscious breathing, the nervous system’s search for coherence, the stress response, and immunity. Our objective is to bring awareness to the intelligence of the body itself, because when we understand how it works, we stop feeling fear and begin to collaborate with it—without this implying a rep

She had been born in a coastal city in Andalusia. The entrance to her house began with a solemn door that spilled onto the last step of a winding staircase sprinkled with small tiles alternating black and white, like an analogy of what her childhood would become. That geometry, present beneath her feet, would end up as a metaphor throughout her entire life. Orphaned of her father at an early age, she became the shoulder to cry on for a young widow raised for little more than

Before recommending specific conscious breathing practices, it is essential to understand how our body reacts to sustained stress responses and to review some of the new studies in the field of epigenetics. It is also important to recognize that bringing awareness to something as automatic as breathing is the first challenge we must integrate into our habits. We know it’s not an easy task, but the effort is worth it. The reward? Becoming increasingly self-sufficient in preser

How many times have we walked into the kitchen thinking we’re hungry, only to find ourselves scanning every shelf in the fridge or the pantry looking for something tempting to put in our mouth? And, how many times have we actually noticed that boredom, fatigue, or anxiety are the real  emotional drivers convincing us that we somehow “deserve” a reward? The truth is that this need to fill a void has little to do with hunger. The relationship between what we eat and our emotion

Entering the universe of this Alicante couple is to step into the very essence of their city: a space bathed in light and open to the beauty of the Mediterranean Sea. It is no coincidence that Juan L.’s earliest memories recall the clean, freshly washed streets where he played as a child—perhaps a reflection of what this town truly is: hardworking, luminous, and accustomed to making each day a new beginning, earning one’s bread and starting all over again. A town that lives i

Among all the grandchildren, she had been the General’s favorite. Perhaps it was because she was the firstborn, or perhaps because, in her clear gaze and perfect ringlets, he sensed the beginning of something new — a life born free from the shadows of the past. In that serene child of light, he found the full stop and new paragraph of his own story. She embodied the living proof of life’s resilience and the transforming power of time — time that flows and slowly erases the tr

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