From womb to grave, we continually receive whatever the environment presents us and generate the most appropriate, adaptive responses available under the circumstances. The vast majority of these responses are carried out on a subconscious level. And, this innate physiology is incredibly optimistic. You don’t even have to think about it. You are a positive adaptive response generator.

Biology refers to this phenomenon, rather unfortunately, as homeostasis – from the Greek for “similar to standing still.” Far from a static state of sameness though, homeostasis is an elegant dance of shifting relationships across surprisingly broad spectrums of dynamic equilibrium. Perhaps a more accurate term would be adaptogenesis.

Althea believes this propensity exists in not only the plant world and on the human physical level of experience; it also extends into mind and spirit realms. Massage, movement, meditation, diet, lifestyle, and social interactions are just some of the ways we can purposefully enhance our naturally adaptogenic tendencies.