The Realm of the Possible

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Good Morning!

 

The Realm of the Possible

 

As individual as the cells that make up our

systems, the process of healing each individual is as unique as this.

 

It is important, as human nature dictates, to want to categorize and

organize things. This is an innate function of the brain system

itself. If you have this... then you do this... and so on.

 

As we learn... a system of healing, be it massage therapy,

ayurvedics, tradtional chinese medicine, color therapy - there tends

to be a set of tried and true rules to look at, follow and be guided

by.

 

As we practice... it is never as cut and dried! We would all like to

see patients come in with classic textbook symptoms. This would make

it so easy for us to treat. Unfortunately, those cases tend to be

more the exception than the rule. That is what makes healing not

only an art, but a life time of discoveries.

 

I feel, nothing in healing, is etched in stone.

 

What method of treatment may help one individual, may not help the

next.

 

I also do not believe that if someone has said or has proven that a

form of healing MAY NOT work in general, that this is still not

grounds for abandoning the treatment. What may not work for one, may

absolutely be appropriate in healing another.

 

In Western medicine, for example, we tend to only work with and

accept the most recent medications, the most recent findings and the

most current approaches...they disregard the rest.

 

In Chinese medicine, no theory or form of healing is ever thrown out

but placed in the " toolbelt of knowledge " and maybe able to be called

upon when one path is not as effecient.

 

There are many factors in the healing process and you are only part

of the plan, your client is the other piece of the puzzle. I had a

wonderful teacher who once said to me:

 

" A doctor's job is not to heal a patient, it is to show the patient

who they really are! "

 

This profound statement has stayed with me. It has given me the

insight to offer options of healing to a patient. To try and steer

them in the right direction in order to heal, and to allow them to

help them heal themselves.

 

I am always seeking other options of healing.

 

 

Andrew Pacholyk, LMT, MT-BC, CA

Peacefulmind.com

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