carmen fernandez de cordoba

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 physiological...

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 immune system...

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 replacement for...