The Body Is an Electrical System

I have been thinking a lot lately about how ideas form, how they grow, and how rarely they arrive complete. Most of what I understand about the body today didn’t show up as a polished belief. It first showed up as a feeling, then a question, then an observation, then years of watching patterns. I’ve realized I’m far less attached to being “right” than I am to staying curious, because curiosity is what allows ideas to evolve instead of calcify.

I also see myself more and more as a gardener. A gardener sees potential before anything is visible above the soil. They understand that growth is happening even when nothing appears to be happening. They trust the unseen process. When you stand in that position, it can feel very isolating. Not many people see what you see…. yet. Not many people agree with you. Some actively push back because new frameworks threaten old identities.

That can be lonely a lonely place. But I don’t experience that as being misunderstood. I experience it as being a bit early. And early is a strange place to live. It requires a certain kind of stamina. A certain kind of inner steadiness. A willingness to keep tending what you know is real, even when few others are standing beside you yet. I think of that often through the archetype of Hecate, the guide at the crossroads, the one who holds a light for those moving through confusion, she does not force a direction, but illuminates possible paths. That perspective shapes how I relate to health, too.

About a year ago my daughter and I had a conversation about calories. I told her I don’t really believe calories are what determine health or even energy in the way we’ve been taught. She couldn’t hear it. At the time it bothered me, not because I needed to be right, but because I wanted her to understand what I had already moved through myself. Now she’s starting to talk about macros, more as a bridge to understanding health, mostly because she’s hearing it through social media and other voices. I don’t love that it didn’t land from me, but I also recognize the pattern. Sometimes you’re not meant to be the one who delivers the fully formed idea. Sometimes you’re meant to plant the first seed and trust that it will grow in its own way, in its own season.

That conversation has been back in my mind lately as I’ve been revisiting how the body actually produces energy. Not the simplified version we were taught, but the deeper one. Calories are just a measurement of heat. They don’t explain how a cell generates voltage. They don’t explain why two people eating the same foods can have completely different outcomes. They don’t explain why someone can eat “perfectly” and still feel exhausted, inflamed, or stuck.

Even ATP, which is often labeled as “cellular energy,” is better understood as a way the body measures and transfers charge, not the original source of it. The charge itself exists first. Electrical potential comes well before chemistry. Every cell in the body maintains an electrical charge. That charge creates the conditions that allow minerals to move, nutrients to enter cells, waste to leave, and signals to travel. When electrical potential drops, chemistry becomes inefficient. So instead of asking only, “What am I eating?” a more useful question becomes, “How well is my body holding and organizing electrical charge?”

Food still matters, but not only as fuel. Foods carry charge because they were grown in sunlight, in soil, and in relationship with the earth. In that sense, eating is less about consumption and more about recharging. We’re not just taking in calories, we’re taking in electrons, charge. Highly processed, factory-made foods may contain calories, but they carry very little living charge, which helps explain why people can eat enough on paper and still feel depleted.

When I look at it this way, decades of observations in dentistry and holistic health start lining up. I see that movement generates electrical charge, stillness helps organize it, light influences it, water conducts it, and minerals shape it. Food matters, but it’s one contributor within a much larger electrical ecosystem.

And then the heart kept coming into my awareness. I recently came across some work from Rudolf Steiner that described the heart not as a simple pump, but as a single continuous strand of tissue arranged in a spiral. That spiral motion creates a rhythmic, organized movement that blood naturally follows. Blood doesn’t need to be pushed or pumped. It already has intrinsic motion. The heart coordinates and refines that movement. That idea pairs beautifully with what we’ve learned about structured water. Blood, like structured water, behaves as an organized, responsive medium rather than a passive fluid. Both respond to electrical fields, carry information, move in patterned, intelligent ways when the system is supported. This reframes the body from being a pressure-driven machine to being a self-organizing electrical system.

Minerals, in particular, feel widely misunderstood. They’re usually talked about as building blocks, something you “take” to correct a deficiency. In practice, I see far more imbalances and misallocation than true absence. Minerals may exist in the body, but not be moving to the right tissues or being utilized efficiently. I tend to look at minerals more as conductors than construction materials. They influence how electricity moves through tissue, they shape signal clarity, and they affect how smoothly communication happens between cells. When charge is low or disorganized, minerals don’t traffic well. When minerals don’t traffic well, tissues don’t repair well. That relationship moves in both directions.

This is why my work with minerals has shifted over time. I’m less focused on forcing large amounts of isolated minerals to “build” strong teeth or bones, and more focused on supporting the conditions that allow minerals to move, distribute, and be utilized. This is also one of the reasons I work with cell salts. Not as a fix or as a cure. But more as subtle pattern reminders that support mineral signaling at a very basic level, especially when the system feels overwhelmed or sluggish.

This also ties into the Liver and Gallbladder, especially as we move into Wood season in TCM. I don’t only think of these systems in terms of detox or bile. I think of them as major regulators of movement, not just physical movement, but informational movement. When that system is under strain, I often see jaw tension, clenching or grinding, neck and shoulder tightness, irritability, sleep disruption, digestive sluggishness, hormonal shifts, and changes in saliva or tooth sensitivity. Not truly as pathology, but more as signs that movement is restricted.

Spring tends to amplify whatever has been sitting still. Sometimes what people call “flare-ups” are really the body attempting to initiate motion again.

What I feel most strongly about is that health feels less like something that unfolds when we create supportive rhythms, not something we force to occur. It’s not about controlling every variable. It’s about shaping daily habits and environments that invite order, communication, and flow.

Ideas grow. Understanding changes. People evolve. I’m learning to trust that process.

I’m slowly building a living body of work that includes ongoing research, videos, free resources, practical guides, and eventually coursework, all leading into what I’m calling the Cellular Remembrance Method, a space for layered learning, community support, and real-world application.

More than anything, I care about understanding what people are actually navigating, what feels confusing, what feels heavy, and what they sense is missing in their own healing process.

If you feel called, I’ve created a simple form where you can share your experience and what kind of support would feel most meaningful to you right now. You can also let me know if you’d like to meet with me for a short conversation so I can listen more deeply.

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