Welcome to Inspiring Health.

It is our philosophy to approach health holistically by looking at the brain as well as the body. Seeing the big picture assists us to clearly identify your unique challenges, their causes and ways to address them.

It has now been 10 years since graduating from Emperor’s College of Traditional Chinese Medicine when Inspiring Health came into being.  During this time it has become clear that most health issues arise out of stress or trauma.  In fact, recent research shows that 90% of doctor’s visits are triggered by stress-related events.   These stressors can be generated internally, generated by poor digestion, heavy metals, physical pain or a belief system.  Also stress can be activated from external sources such as an unhealthy relationship, a difficult work situation or an unresolved family issue.  No matter what the source of the stress it will affect us both physically and mentally.

If stress has been extreme, over a long period of time it causes the body to lose its ability to self-regulate.

This changes the structure of the brain which in turn changes the physiology of the body. As this occurs, psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression, or apathy start to develop.  Our ability to focus and concentrate diminishes. The metabolism also is altered and physical symptoms will also arise at the same time like fatigue, insomnia, high blood pressure, or poor digestion.  These in turn create their own stress.

The problem with this is that once we start to develop the various symptoms we often forget what caused them in the first place. The human organism is so adaptive that we can get used to stress and do not even realize that we have it any more. We come to accept it and do not even feel the need to change because now it has become normal for us.

Having this awareness, it then becomes exceedingly important to be able to reduce stress whether it is internally or externally generated. Reducing stress increases the body’s ability to self-regulate, strengthens the immune system and leads to better health.

Our approach is to assess how your body is coping with stress and to determine the state of overall health. We do this using a unique set of tools. We use EEG neuro-feedback, Hair Mineral Testing, Imaging Technologies and Astrology. This then gives us information on the functioning of the brain, which is involved with all aspects of both our physical and mental health, functioning of the body, minerals, heavy metals  and the metabolism, and a deeper understanding of how a person’s psyche operates which plays a major role in our health and well-being.

Use of these four tools helps us understand how your body has adapted to stress. Where we start depends on your unique challenges and what you would most like to address. Whatever your situation, the body has a tremendous ability to heal itself when given the correct information and/or appropriate environment. Please see the various services we provide for more information or give us a call to see if we can assist you with your unique situation.

Wishing you good health.

James Hopson