The Healing Arts
Experience leads me to conclude that all healing is self healing. The people who are called 'healers' are facilitators or catalysts of our healing process, creating an environment in which we are able to heal ourselves. We ourselves are the ones who do the process called healing
The body is quite capable of healing itself when we get 'ourselves' out of the way. We are intimately involved in creating the life we experience through the choices that we make, and the solution also lies within ourselves. Our chosen therapist is an enabler of that solution.
Good food, clean water, adequate rest, sufficient exercise, absence of environmental toxins and elimination of stressors, all impact and assist in this process. Remove the cause and the condition takes care of itself. Factor in the contribution of mind and even more possibilities open up.
The body gives warning signs when it becomes off balance. Stress is one of those warning signs. Ignoring the early warning signals inevitably leads to the body escalating its signals until it reaches pain or illness status.
Our medical and therapeutic systems are intended to support the body's natural processes. When our bodies are physically damaged our allopathic medical systems are without peer. But healing is more than fixing the body.
Beyond the medical and physical aspects of the healing process are a whole range of options and choices that are available to assist the body, bringing a degree of peace and balance into our lives.
Although the words "hands-on healing" are applied to the Reiki practice and other similar practices, it is not the hand that heals, but the 'heart'. The hand is a powerful physical symbol, a connector bringing mind into awareness of the body. That choice to allow and let go is a coming home to a space of heart, to the now moment, to the experience of love that embraces self and others.
Healing may not necessarily happen in the form or in the time frame we might like, some physical processes are seemingly not reversible beyond a critical point. Nonetheless, relief from pain, or an improved condition of life have been consistently observed to result from the various natural healing arts that access the body-mind connections.
The body is quite capable of healing itself when we get 'ourselves' out of the way. We are intimately involved in creating the life we experience through the choices that we make, and the solution also lies within ourselves. Our chosen therapist is an enabler of that solution.
Good food, clean water, adequate rest, sufficient exercise, absence of environmental toxins and elimination of stressors, all impact and assist in this process. Remove the cause and the condition takes care of itself. Factor in the contribution of mind and even more possibilities open up.
The body gives warning signs when it becomes off balance. Stress is one of those warning signs. Ignoring the early warning signals inevitably leads to the body escalating its signals until it reaches pain or illness status.
Our medical and therapeutic systems are intended to support the body's natural processes. When our bodies are physically damaged our allopathic medical systems are without peer. But healing is more than fixing the body.
Beyond the medical and physical aspects of the healing process are a whole range of options and choices that are available to assist the body, bringing a degree of peace and balance into our lives.
Although the words "hands-on healing" are applied to the Reiki practice and other similar practices, it is not the hand that heals, but the 'heart'. The hand is a powerful physical symbol, a connector bringing mind into awareness of the body. That choice to allow and let go is a coming home to a space of heart, to the now moment, to the experience of love that embraces self and others.
Healing may not necessarily happen in the form or in the time frame we might like, some physical processes are seemingly not reversible beyond a critical point. Nonetheless, relief from pain, or an improved condition of life have been consistently observed to result from the various natural healing arts that access the body-mind connections.
