Halina Krupa D.C.

09/18/2025

Always thinking outside the box.

“Severely ‘autistic’ individuals aren’t simply ‘withdrawing’ from social situations or preferring to spend their time in their own ‘inner worlds’ (to use the descriptions originally associated with the term autism.) Rather, such individuals are physically struggling to communicate. This struggle is clearly related to a fine motor dysfunction that has severely affected the muscles connected with the vocal cords, tongue, mouth, lips and hands.

If lacking the context of an animal’s lived experience of danger, we might assume that the animal expressing the ‘play dead’ reflex is exhibiting a motor “dysfunction” as the result of an injury, toxin, or air-borne ‘particle,’ not realizing that the brain actually directed this response from the inside-out. We may call the muscle paralysis a ‘condition,’ however, it would be better to describe this response as a “special biological program” of Nature; an adaptive mechanism deeply ‘programmed’ into the brain of the organism to respond automatically to a very particular kind of threat experienced in life.” – John Ohm

Many cases labeled as “severe autism” may actually reflect something different: profound motor challenges, gut issues, and sensory struggles that prevent individuals from expressing their full intelligence.

By distinguishing between “organic” inside-out adaptations of the nervous system and “inorganic” outside-in injuries or toxicological impacts, we open the door to a deeper understanding.

Keep reading “The Core of Autism” by John Ohm in Issue 86 of Pathways now: https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/holistic-healthcare/the-core-of-autism.html

08/08/2025

When I heard Bill say that he loved Golden Girls to help him relax, I thought this would be a perfect gift! I love that show, and my youngest and I cuddle up on the couch when we're stressed out; a couple of episodes and our nervous systems are much better.

07/20/2025

What an amazing weekend at Dynamic Essentials--a place I go to recharge, hang out with my chiropractic buddies and grow. I am ready to serve more of my community so I asked Dr. Stephanie to be my accountability partner. She said, Yes!

12/15/2023

Yep, we've lost it. Birth is a natural process and it is orchestrated by a cascade of hormones. Why not support that?

10/20/2023

Yes!

“It is a strange and wonderful fact to be here, walking around in a body, to have a whole world within you and a world at your fingertips outside you. It is an immense privilege, and it is incredible that humans manage to forget the miracle of being here. Rilke said, ‘Being here is so much,’ and it is uncanny how social reality can deaden and numb us so that the mystical wonder of our lives goes totally unnoticed. We are here. We are wildly and dangerously free.”

― John O'Donohue

05/17/2023

I am reflecting the fact that I have an innate ability to heal: reorganize, regenerate, deepen, integrate. Always...

I woke up thinking about how we reflect the world we live on, and how in turn, the world reflects us; both individually and collectively.

What steps can we take to become greater reflections for the world around us?

05/12/2023

Had the honor of attending a birth this week! Can I just say, I loooove the HIGH of the experience because it's the body in it's most primal state!

"It is sometimes called our “inner knowing,” a “gut feeling,” or “the wisdom within.” Whatever its name, the experience is universal.

It is a feeling, a word, or an image that stands out bolder than the regular stream of conscious thought and makes a deeper impression on our minds. It will continue to guide us, to the degree we direct our receptive attention to it.

This wisdom leads women to support and trust the birth process, rather than work against it. In this way, nature is allowed to take its course."

—Jeanne Ohm, DC, "Birthing With The Wisdom Of The Ages"

https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/chiropractic/birthing-with-the-wisdom-of-the-ages.html

04/26/2023

How cool!

04/26/2023

Love the energy of this 'medicine wheel' looking arrangement.

Did you have a rock collection as a child?

Children seem to naturally gravitate towards stones and they may be tapping into what many energy healers practice daily.

Stones and crystals are said to have powerful transformative properties, healing potential, the ability to clear energetic fields, and call in new energy. Many of us wear some form of stone or crystal everyday from a diamond ring to a turquoise bracelet.

Do you use crystals or stones in your daily practice?

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04/25/2023

This!

"Respecting and nurturing a mother and baby’s entwined attachment takes a courageous and compassionate commitment in our culture.

The solutions lie, not in replacing the mother with unsatisfying substitutes, but in sharing information, support, and encouragement, and in rediscovering community. They lie in mindfully choosing and living those practices that strengthen the attachment and bring us closer to our children. They require valuing people over things and relationships over products or outcomes.

They ask that we be present to our babies’ needs in the moment, and trust the convenience and sustainability of the bigger picture."

—Ingrid Bauer, "What Babies Really Need"

https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/inspirational/what-babies-really-need.html

04/23/2023

Healing is 'making yourself whole.' I love flower essences because they address emotional states which are always so intimately connected to the way we feel in our body. One of my favorites is Violet (I also use it in my herbal formulas). Check out the short video and see if you resonate? Does it evoke some type of emotion in you? Which part of the body is that in? For me, I feel like it's the nervous system.

The beautiful shy Violets are again showing their tiny blue-violet blossoms among the grass stubble in our February fields.The beautiful shy Violets are again showing their tiny blue-violet blossoms among the grass stubble in our

01/20/2023

That's why I often say, Where is your breath? When we breathe we release tension in the body and help the adjustment 'hold' or stay in place long enough for healing to happen.