The end of May is a time for celebration. It marks the end of the school year for many, which coincides with Memorial Day, the unofficial start of summer. That means graduations and resulting parties, barbecues, beach days in the summer sunshine, a dip in the pool, juicy watermelon, and a bit more time to sit back and relax.

Today, we celebrate Memorial Day and remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our nation’s freedom. As we honor the memories of these brave men and women, we look a bit deeper into the meaning of memory and the role it plays in our health and healing.

Memory is defined as “the cognitive process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information.” We often correlate memory with our minds. That is, after all, how we remember things. Right?

On the surface level, you use your mind to remember things that happened. However, memory is not simply a recall of an event or person. It goes much deeper. Your cells hold memories of love and happiness. Memory is built into the very fibers of your being, and reaches greater depths than we could ever recall in one lifetime. Memories span generations, linking past to present, mother to child, and current generations to their great-great-great-grandparents.

When looking at genetic illness, how is it that some people can heal themselves so future generations do not suffer? If you have a gene for a specific illness, you also have a complementary gene built into your genetic code to heal it. Your body has this memory, too. We live very fast lives, and don’t often stop to realize the enormous potential our bodies hold.

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