According to the independent, dentistry is the second most toxic career; heavy metals and other materials are often used that off-gas toxins and particles. Visuals and aesthetics have become one of the main deciding points for dental work these days, but at what impact on our bodies’ structural integrity? Our teeth support our cranium and skull, which links to our spine and, ultimately whole body. The body is a complex being, and all of these things impact it, so trying to get the mouth as natural and structurally sound as possible is vital for vitality, in our opinion.

Emotion is often referred to as energy in motion - when we are angry, often heat rises, and our shoulders and arms want to move kinaesthetically; a low mood can often leave us with shrugged shoulders and a slumped spine. All emotions carry a vibration within our bodies.

As we go through life, we are often conditioned either by society or our family environment and taught what is okay and acceptable and what isn’t wanted. It may be that seriousness is allowed, but silliness isn’t, happiness is allowed but crying or sharing our needs isn’t. As a child, we need our caregivers for survival, so in these situations, we will often follow the family system and hide these unwanted parts as they don’t feel safe to express. The beliefs become stories and become ways of being.

As we move through life and go through its experiences, situations may arise that we might not be able to respond to in the way in which our body wants us; we may feel upset but don’t feel safe to share our feelings, our stories play out, and as a result, we suppress our emotions. These emotions (think energy) then can get lodged in our body to process at another time. The thing is, we don’t create this time in our busy lives or even know how to go back into these places and heal. As a result, these emotions begin to impact us physically and play out more in our lives for us to pay attention to.