The Inner State… what is it ?
A State of Full Radiance !
The Inner State is that special inner condition we arrive at when we feel deep love, gratitude… whether it’s for one’s children, parents, friends, work, a pet, for oneself, for a simple sunset, or for life in general.
Do we not all aspire to that quality, that intensity, in the various spheres of our lives ?
It is what we all long for deeply — yet it is not always what we actually live in our daily lives !
A Physical State !
Here, “Inner State” refers to a physiological state — that is, the way the body operates, particularly the nervous system, which governs both our body and our emotions.
This is what gives the method its strength: going beyond theory, beyond the traps of the mind that sometimes reassures itself by believing “everything is under control”.
The bodily approach of STARS© chiropractic:
it enables a physical evaluation — in the body, concretely — of a person’s Inner State, according to eight major levels of personal radiance, even measuring developments over time.
Inner State: opening onto another dimension !
When someone enters the Inner State, people who’ve experienced it report feelings of love, gratitude stronger than anything they’ve felt before. As if their senses opened to another dimension.
There’s a very big difference between someone who is burnt‑out or exhausted, and someone who “kind of likes” their life. But there is an even larger gulf between that, and the person who wakes up in the morning with inspiring life‑plans, a sense of following their true reason for being, experiencing real radiance. Another dimension opens up — a unique experience: the Inner State of full radiance, comparable to that of a star ?
A highly contagious state which tends to draw people around into the same state in return !
A complementary vision of symptoms
There is a fundamental difference between the mental concept of being well, or even radiant, and the physical, physiological experience !
In any area of life, the greater the distance between the Inner State we aspire to and what we are actually living, the more tension arises, creating all kinds of symptoms. “Any structure that does not follow its reason for being self‑destructs !”
We “self‑destruct” in many forms: by gritting our teeth at the idea of staying in a job that exhausts us; by knotting our stomach at the thought of staying in a relationship that is unsatisfying; etc.
It may be helpful, alongside conventional approaches, to explore how certain symptoms may be present (out of love for ourselves?) to awaken us and push us (finally) to live fully; to follow our true reasons for being ?
The S.T.A.R.S. reference frame : a universal reference
Everyone can live with more or less satisfying inner states: between enduring life and succeeding, between depression and inspiration, between fear of rejection and feeling loved… the range of possibilities is wide!
Since 2009 and the publication of Become What You Are, Nicolas Proupain has offered ways to orient ourselves using as objective criteria as possible. We invite you to experience this through the test.
The STARS reference, created by Nicolas Proupain in 2012 as the result of his mathematical, neuroscientific studies and clinical experience, has become an international landmark for orientation, and is likely used by hundreds of thousands of people.
The Inner State : a new standard !
The idea of doing what one loves is not new. But living it concretely? And at the highest level, as described here ?
It is easy to observe that our current culture does not truly aim for living with deep love full of gratitude across all domains of life.
In school, it doesn’t seem to be the primary goal to find one’s reason for being and to become competent at living it professionally.
In romantic relationships, in family life, it is rare that such a standard is agreed between people. And skills are often lacking to communicate or to live concretely to this standard.
Professionally, it is rare to see someone truly inspired by their work !
In terms of public health, living in the Inner State is not goal number one… and yet !
It’s not (yet) our habit, our culture — but, deep down, isn’t it the standard we really wish for ourselves? For those we care about? The standard we truly deserve ?
The aim of this site is to offer you tools to gradually live at this new standard.
Birth of the Inner State
Since there was no specific word to express this particular physiological state, Nicolas Proupain coined The Inner State in 2012.
A term meant to be universal, respectful of all philosophy and, above all, unifying — enabling any path (health, education, school guidance, social work…) to rise to this new standard with a common, benevolent goal.
The Inner State: a right for all ?
Thirty years of international clinical experience and teaching in different cultures; feedback from patients, readers of his bestsellers; bodily releases and mental, social, professional improvements in people who have lived the experience of the Inner State over years have enabled the solid establishment of the relevance of this life goal.
Nicolas Proupain feels deeply inspired to share this work on a far greater scale and to offer it to as many people as possible as a right.
He wrote the New Human Rights in 2012 and organises STARS programmes through which one benefits from his famous synergy of (insight + chiropractic + integrative work) to allow people to experience his work.
