“ 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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