I first developed this technique after recognising the need for a new approach to health when my rugby-tortured neck refused to "stay" in place. After years of pain, a chiropractor who was interested in the neurological and psychological connections to structure suggested the reason my neck remained a problem was related to past emotional issues. With a few months of focus on this possible connection, my neck "stayed".

Powerfully affected by this experience, I studied all available methods that link our physical health to programming and issues that remain buried in our minds and bodies. Along this path, I learned, absorbed, modified and extended the information I was receiving from pre-eminent teachers in neuro-linguistics, neuro-organisation, chiropractic, homoeopathics, hypotonixs, and several other ground-breaking modalities.

In 1999 I took a contemplative trip to India, to more clearly define my life's direction. Here I expanded my vision of the spiritual and conscious implications of what I had learned and made the crucial decision to dedicate all my professional time to the process of developing and refining NSR. Since then my wife Julie and I have worked with thousands of clients, dealing with personal health problems, business and professional challenges, relationship struggles and myriad other issues.

The NSR concept

NSR looks at the brain like a computer and works to clear the unconscious programs that rule so much of our lives. Most people are unconscious of just how many programs are running every minute and how they affect us on every level -- physical, chemical, emotional and energetic. The following exercise highlights just one of the connections between mind and body:

Imagine going into a fruit shop and buying a couple of bright yellow lemons. You pick up one of the lemons and smell its sharp lemon aroma as you put it into your trolley. When you get home, you pick out one of the lemons, put it on a chopping board and slice it into quarters. You pick up a quarter of the lemon and you take a big bite. It's the juiciest lemon you've ever eaten.

At this point the saliva flow in your mouth will probably have increased, even though there is no lemon actually there. Your body produced saliva even though your conscious mind knew there was no lemon coming. This simple example is a powerful illustration that your subconscious mind cannot distinguish between what is imagined and what is real. Like the reaction of your saliva glands, your body is constantly responding to conscious and unconscious stimuli. Watching movies provides other examples. If you watch a war movie, your body prepares for war. Many fears and phobias have their roots in scary movies. Even if you imagine a fight, argument or confrontation, your body prepares for it; your heart beats furiously, adrenaline is pumping and your mind becomes anxious. This is enough to leave you irritable and grumpy for hours. Your mind, thoughts and emotions affect your body. Thus, if you can't turn off the mind, you can't stop the body's reaction.

The filing system

Your mind's filing system stores all past memories together with the emotional charge associated with the event or memory. This not only takes up energy but files a "trigger", so when a similar situation occurs, it unleashes the old and past emotional charge. What's more, these files and charges build up so that minor triggers end up causing larger reactions! Imagine what happens when your filing system is full. It can eventually manifest in a mid-life crisis, anxiety attacks, high blood pressure, depression or some other physical or emotional guise. All body illness reflects the fact that something has been triggered in the mind, because memories, files and charges are stored in not only the brain but also the muscles, bones, organs and glands of your body. Many of us have had the experience of thinking about something and suddenly getting a sharp pain somewhere, even though we didn't move.