Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The Well Tempered Human

I was listening to a piano lesson today and heard the teacher refer to Bach's "Well Tempered Clavier", a famous compendium of pieces for the new pre-cursor to the piano; the clavier. It struck me, while I was working on a patient on how incredibly synchronous balancing the body is to tuning the piano. When tuning a piano, you have to "temper" the tuning of the pins so that the piano, when played, is in tune in all the keys, as opposed to just a few. That is what makes it well tempered. I seek to teach my patients and work on my patients to become well-tempered HUMANS. How many of us know "ill-tempered" humans, especially at the holi"daze"; the grinches. When the body is out of tune, the pain bell starts to ring, like a key struck on a piano that is painful to the ear. They are a pain to be around because they are in pain and need to get "in tune". The body must function well in many "keys", environments, or dimensions to make a beautiful sound. The point of healthcare is to encourage and create beautiful, well-tempered, lovely humans that can walk on Earth, creating a life that uplifts, enlightens, challenges, and just sounds good. May your Solstice/Christmas be filled with the lovely melodies of health and healing!!!! Lisa T.

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