The Foundation of Chiropractic:
Tone & Energetic Healing
By Cameron Brownley, DC, CACCP
“Life is the expression of tone. In that sentence is the basic principle of Chiropractic.”
- Daniel David Palmer, The Founder of Chiropractic
Tone is a quality of the energetic and thus physical expression of health. Chiropractors palpate
tone to determine the balance or imbalance of the nervous system. From the very beginning,
Chiropractors have always used the subtle art of palpation to feel changes in muscle, joint play,
connective tissue, tissue hydration, heat, and electromagnetic energy circulating through the
human body. The sensitized hands, each with 5 million varying sensory nerve receptors, are the
most powerful, specific instruments that can be used to detect tonal imbalances in the human
body. It all comes down to tone (energy).
Nowadays however, people tend to use the words quantum, frequency, energy, vibes, vibration,
etc. There are quantum healing machines that work with frequencies to help our physiology
return to balance. Coffee shops are now all about the energy of the space and interactions, you
go there for an experience (and yes, delicious, organic, quality coffee). There are even rap
songs that now lyricize prayerful intention and the raising of one’s vibration.
The point is, we see this “new perspective” everywhere in this 21st millennium “woke” society.
We are beginning to understand, not just with metaphysical science, but culturally too, that we
exist beyond the plane of the physical. Nowadays, we can intentionally “send love” with the
nimble touch of our finger on a social media like or text message emoji. We can facetime
someone on the other side of the world and feel connected to their heart and energy.
Furthermore, people are beginning to comprehend that what you project into your reality, is what
you create for yourself. That the external is simply a holographic reflection of the internal. As
such, people are starting to take ownership of themselves and their energetic “upgrades.”
Ultimately, this is leading us all into healing.
“Life is but the expression of spirit through matter. To make life manifest requires the
union of spirit and body.”
- DD Palmer
Healing happens from the inside-out. It is so amazing that the public at large is becoming aware
of the true nature of reality that has always been. We are spiritual Beings having a physical
experience. Our emotions and ability to process them affect our health. Our mental constructs
play into our recurrent emotional patterns, which in turn create the scaffolding towards dis-ease
or health. Yet most of all, our faith has a direct correlation in our capacity to heal. Should we
have faith in the Innate Intelligence of the human mind-body and heart-center, we may
awesomely upgrade the very nature of our reality.
The energy we express and integrate has a direct effect on our life. If we want to change our
reality, we have to change our energy. If we want to change our energy, we have to reprogram
our mental-emotional patterns that keep us stuck in the same cycles. If we want to upgrade our
mental-emotional state, we have to have faith in something BIGGER than ourselves. We have
to be able to surrender to that special something within that always wants us to heal. This
special something is what we Chiropractor’s refer to as a living organism’s Innate Intelligence.
“Innate is a segment of the All-Wise; Educated is an offspring of Innate, a servant for its
lifetime only. Educated continues with and lasts as long as life exists; Innate is eternal,
always was and always will be.”
- DD Palmer
Something incredibly powerful occurs when we make our “educated intelligence” (egoic mind)
take the back seat in our life experience. Deciding to have faith in the natural healing capacities
of the Innate Intelligence of the human mind-body is one of the most brilliant ways we can take
our power back. By trusting our Innate, we are putting faith in our internal, eternal connection to
God (Source). This very connection is now being measured and quantified in modern day,
metaphysical science.
We can effectively measure a person’s electromagnetic field around their body, generated
largely by the heart-center. Brain scans can illustrate brain wave states such as the theta state
that is associated with meditation and inner peace. The Heart Math Institute continues to be a
pioneer for detecting heart-brain coherence. What all this science continues to reassert is that
the more our educated mind can settle itself, taking its initiative from the heart-center, the
greater our capacity for homeostasis and healing.
“Chiropractic embraces the science of life, the knowledge of how organisms act in health
and disease, and also the art of adjusting the neuroskeleton.”
- Daniel D. Palmer (Founder of Chiropractic)
Chiropractic care, from the very get-go, was established on tone (energy). What many people,
even Chiropractors, do not fully comprehend is that Daniel D. Palmer founded Chiropractic from
a place of powerful, spiritual insight. Over a hundred years ago, he awakened to the idea that
the tone of one’s spine and nervous system was directly related to their physical health. Further,
if we could release the blockages (subluxations) from said spine and nervous system, we could
open up the pathways for Innate Intelligence to heal.
When a Chiropractor palpates the the tone of the nervous system, he or she is really
energetically connecting with the vibrational, electromagnetic, intelligence-carrying energy of
that person’s Innate Intelligence. Innate always knows what needs to happen for that person’s
healing journey. Often, it is a release, integration and settling of the stagnated energy to enable
the physical nervous system to find more peace. In this way, there is a reorganization that
occurs within the person’s physical and energetic anatomy, enabling an increased level of
coherence.
When our nervous system is more at peace, we have a greater capacity to trust the process of
life. With this trust comes faith in the healing journey in and of itself. We don’t have to chase
after the next fad to find healing. Our culture tends to repeatedly think we have the next big
thing. Yet, bioenergetic healing has been understood for thousands of years in tribal
communities and ancient cultures. Still, everytime we rediscover what has always been, we
seem to think we have to reinvent the wheel. Many of us go running towards that cool new tool,
gadget, or modality that is being marketed and talked about at the time.
Something wonderful happens when we relax into the simplicity of Chiropractic. When we trust
the inherent capacity of the human body to show another human body what it needs. When we
decide to have faith in a healing process being led by the omniscient, omnipotent healing
energy of Innate Intelligence.
“The spiritual always did exist, always will. It is eternal, it is changeless.”
- Daniel D. Palmer (Founder of Chiropractic)