“ How do you feel about being human?”
THE HUMAN GIFT
ALAINA GURWITZ
“ How do you feel about being human?”
I smiled and laughed, not the least bit confused or insulted. I understood completely.
This was the question my new chiropractic healer in Boulder, Colorado asked me on the morning after the election.
I came in for my usual Wednesday morning appointment which consists of a mixture of talking, Somato Respiratory Integration( practice it here in our Body Bond column) and Network Care, which is her brand of chiropractic reorganization of the body. It didn’ t take her magical hands or intuition very long to figure me out.
I have trouble being human.
Let me explain. Since as young as I can remember, I questioned human existence. Everything felt so odd to me, yet I could never put my finger on the origin of the oddness. I accompanied my parents to psychic healers, homeopaths, psychics, Buddhist lectures and because we’ re Jewish, rabbis. Each practitioner held a slightly differing belief system, yet they all pointed to one thing for my open and imaginative young mind, there was more going on that met the eye.
During a time when most kids were passionate about intermural soccer, I was home reading about reincarnation. My friendships were a mixture of praying to feel like I fit in while simultaneously hoping I’ d wake up 35 years old so I could openly explore what felt more natural to me than any other human aspect of being a teenager.
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