Science Shows How We Can Control Our Gene Expression And Evolve Consciously

Epigenetics - means above the genes.

“The term epigenetics, which was coined by Waddington in 1942, was derived from the Greek word 'epigenesis' which originally described the influence of genetic processes on development” ~ Waddington C.H., The epigenotype

“Epigenetics is the study of cellular and physiological traits, or the external and environmental factors, that turn our genes on and off, and in turn, define how our cells actually read those genes. It works to see the true potential of the human mind, and the cells in our body.” ~ Bruce Lipton

Epigenetics is a now an established science showing us that we can reprogram our genetic structure by shaping our attitudes, perceptions, and beliefs. 

We can reprogram our genes in ways that empower and propel us into new levels of self-mastery. This is done by sending new information that changes the way cells behave and communicate with each other.

Once we identify the perceptions and out-dated beliefs that limit our gene expression, we can begin to open up to more holistic forms of cellular expression. 

1. The sensory receptors detect thoughts and beliefs

2. Triggering the brain to release chemicals into the body 

3. Signalling off cellular behaviour 

4. Controlling genetic expression

It is important to note that the brain can release chemicals into the body just by thought alone — focused thought can trigger a cascade of chemicals in the body, signaling genes to turn on and off.

The way you perceive reality is triggering of a cascade of chemical responses in the body that ultimately controls your gene expression.

That's right... the way you define reality on a moment-to-moment basis is modifying and regulating your gene expression.

Source - brucelipton.com

Source - Biology of belief

Source - renewingallthings.com

“In New Zealand, there was a study conducted in a town called Dunedin in which a thousand individuals were studied from birth up to their twenties. What they found was that they could identify a genetic mutation, abnormal gene, which did have some relation to the pre-disposition to committee violence. But only if the individual had also been subjected to severe child abuse. In other words, a child with this abnormal gene would no more be likely to be violent than anybody else and, in fact, they actually had a lower rate of violence than people with normal genes. As long as they were not abused as children.”—James Gilligan (Extracted text from Zeitgeist moving forward) 

It implies that even if you have certain genes that were genetically inherited from your parents, it doesn't mean that they will turn on.

Epigenetics is a revolution in our understanding of how life really works, from the micro level of our cells to the macro level our lives. Opening up those who understand it to new levels of human empowerment and the ability to consciously evolve.

You are the master of your DNA; you can change your emotions, thoughts, and beliefs at any given moment! You have the power to control your biology! Bruce Lipton calls this new scientific frontier the "biology of belief"

If you consider a DNA sequence as the text of an instruction manual — the information package that explains how to make a human body. Epigenetics is the science of your mind going through this manual with different coloured markers, highlighting which information to express and which information gets discarded.

So why do some people express healthy bodies and others express disease?

“For example, someone might use a pink highlighter to mark parts of the text that need to be read the most carefully, and a blue highlighter to mark parts that aren't as important.” 

SOURCE - heartmath.org

SOURCE - Biology of belief 

Meditation: Learning to control your attention and calm your mind

How does stress effect gene expression?

Stress is one of the major causes of epigenetic changes in the body — knocking your body out-of-balance. Stress hormones produce unsettled energy in the body, which can accumulate over time, leaving our cells vulnerable to absorb this negative energy.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as long as we have outlets of expression to discharge the stressful energy:

- Meditation 

- Exercise 

- Yoga

Stress can upgrade the integrity of our cells or it can breakdown our cells.

Think of stress as an opportunity to enhance one's life if you take the right steps! When the body triggers the production of stress hormones, the body’s physiology changes either sending you down a spiral of poor health or upwards to new heights of well-being.

A fast paced lifestyle combined with the amount of information we process daily puts the body through various degrees of stress. If you feel overwhelmed by the stress in your daily life, regaining balance may be as simple as bringing your awareness back to your breath (meditation).

Breath awareness and deep breathing will slowly trigger the parasympathetic nervous system, which acts as a brake on the production of stress hormones. Listen to one of our StressFit meditations today to bring your body back into homeostasis (balance).

Take a moment to consider all the stress affecting your life and wonder how different your life could be if you had a bullet-proof mind, unaffected by the world out there: 

• Relationships

• Physical appearance 

• Dealing with different personalities 

• Running late to a meeting

• Traffic Jam

• Failed internet connection

• Loud noises 

• Work/deadlines/presentations

• Financial status 

(Just to name a few)

The overactivity of stress hormones in the body; mobilises unsettled energy that can influence our gene expression. Unsettled energy can be disruptive to our bodies natural chemical order, thus shifting our state-of-balance. It is essential to have an outlet of expression to discharge this unsettled energy.

The fight or flight response triggers the production of stress hormones that enables a massive amount of energy to ensure our survival. 

In fact overactive stress hormone production wrecks havoc on our body and at a cellular level, our body is not designed to handle the constant bombardment of stress hormones. 

Over time, this will cause dysfunctional signals in cellular communication, and the outcome of this is genetic mutation — disease or illness. There are a variety of factors that one can be prone to keeping our body in a constant state of stress or survival mode, and this is what we call living in the 21st century. 

There are ways to stop the dysfunctional signals, reprogram the gene expression and master your biology. I have created an online course on mastering your biology with epigenetics to help empower people to heal and evolve consciously.