The Vitalist Why Vitalism Matters: Reframing Pain, Symptoms, and Self-Healing with Dr’s Keiko and Sera
Most of us were never taught that there’s an innate intelligence animating our bodies, a spark that builds us, heals us, and carries our stories. In this episode of The Vitalist Podcast, Keiko and Sera open up about their personal journeys from feeling broken and disconnected to discovering the life-changing philosophy of vitalism.
Through stories of conception, embryology, and their first chiropractic experiences, they reveal how vitalism reframes pain, symptoms, and even grief, not as problems to be fixed, but as intelligence speaking through the body. They share how adjustments can help release buried emotions, why kids are natural vitalists, and how cultures and indigenous tribes intuitively relate to nature’s wisdom in ways modern society has forgotten.
This conversation is a reminder that healing is less about fixing what’s “wrong” and more about reconnecting with what’s already right within us.
If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your body, struggled with symptoms that don’t make sense, or wondered if there’s something more to healing than quick fixes and protocols, this episode will expand your perspective and invite you into a heart-based way of living.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Why people don’t know how to embody innate intelligence and how vitalism makes it practical. (1:27)
The spark of life and why no one taught us this in school. (2:06)
From broken to whole: how the story of conception shifted the belief “I’m broken” into “I’m inherently whole.” (4:19)
Why studying embryology, and how one cell becomes 70 trillion, changes how you’ll see your body forever. (5:08)
How vitalism changes the way we adjust, connect, and see people beyond the physical body. (6:37)
How an adjustment helped Keiko release the buried longing for a mother. (8:20)
Why healing is less about fixing and more about unlearning cultural conditioning. (9:48)
Vitalism as a heart-based way of living: why it’s about experiencing life force, not just intellectualizing it. (13:11)
Holism vs. Vitalism: the crucial difference between “everything is connected” and “everything is bio-intelligent.” (14:49)
Kids as natural vitalists: curiosity, awe, and openness before culture puts us in boxes. (16:05)
Why Amazonian tribes call plants “she” and what it teaches us about relating to nature’s intelligence. (20:05)
Food as information: why food is more than calories. (26:43)
Reframing symptoms: shifting from “my body is punishing me” to “my body is communicating with me.” (29:06)
How we stopped burning out as chiropractors by realizing healing isn’t about “fixing.” (30:10)
Root cause redefined: why it’s not just the “root cause”, but the soil it grew in. (32:56)
EPISODES WE REFERENCED:
The Science of Flower Essences and What Nature Knows That We Don't with Katie Hess
The Most Counterintuitive Healing Advice You’ll Ever Hear with Wes Kress
Breath Is the Steering Wheel of Your Nervous System with Dr. Sachin Patel
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