5 Steps to Intuitive Healing

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FIVE STEPS TO INTUITIVE HEALING Judith Orloff M.D I want to thank everyone for the wonderful emails I received after my article in Caroline's newsletter about my first book "Second Sight." I was so touched by how much you identified with my struggles to integrate intuition into my medical practice and personal life. As a psychiatrist, coming out of the closet as an intuitive has been a tremendous gift. I've had a million fears of what my peers would think, but thank God I didn't let them stop me. I want to thank Caroline for her generous support of my work. What a blessing to find a peer and friend so share this journey with. Caroline's world class expertise with energy and archetypes blends so naturally with my work on intuition and dreams. When I gave my talk at CMED I felt like I was home. I recommend this course to everyone! The CMED students and many of you in your emails requested follow-up articles on practical ways to develop intuition. That's exactly why I wrote my second book, "Guide to Intuitive Healing," which I'd like to introduce you to. In the book I go through five steps to awaken intuition. These are steps I use as a psychiatrist and intuitive and teach to patients and workshop participants. I'd like to teach them to you too. Everyone can develop intuition. I don't care if you haven't remembered dreams since you were a child, or don't know a gut feeling from an obsessive fear. You can start here and now. So much of intuition is about practice: learning how to tune in, knowing what to trust, and then acting on your inner wisdom. In this first article I'll describe the five steps. Then in future newsletters I'll go into each step in detail. "Intuitive Healing" is divided into three sections: Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Wellness. These steps can be applied to any problem you will ever face--from healing your body to riding a roller coaster of emotions to sexual awakening. As we go through the steps use my book as a study guide. When developing intuition, I suggest you come from your Magical Child Archetype. Be playful, not analytical or overly intense. Be spontaneous. Be happy and enjoy the process. The magic of intuition is that it insists you live in the moment with no expectations, which brings a continuing freshness. Intuition is our birthright, available to everyone. It can bring you the joy and clarity you've been searching for. THE FIVE STEPS TO INTUITIVE HEALING ARE: Step 1: Notice Your Beliefs Your beliefs set the stage for healing. Positive attitudes stimulate growth. Negative attitudes impede it. It's important to rid yourself of counterproductive attitudes that you may not even realize you have. If you examine your beliefs, choose life-enhancing ones, you'll create optimal wellness. No organ system stands apart from your thoughts. Your beliefs program your neurochemicals. I'm not suggesting that you be Pollyannish, but that you are completely true to yourself. This will free you from unconscious negative beliefs that can sabotage your healing, Step 2: Be In Your Body Your body is a complex and sensitive intuitive receptor. You must make a commitment to be in it completely to heal. Most people in Western society are conditioned to live from the neck up, ignoring the rest of their body. This stance is counter-intuitive. I'd like you to shift that perspective-to enjoy your intellect but revel in your physicality as well. Being aware of the sensuousness of your body opens intuition. Then you'll become more cognizant of early warning signs your body sends. This gives you a head-start on preventing illness, choosing healthy relationships, and avoiding detrimental situations. Step 3: Sense Your Body's Subtle Energy We are composed of flesh and blood, but also of subtle energy. Chinese Medical Practitioners call it "chi," a vital substance which penetrates the body and extends many feet beyond it. From an intuitive point of view, these vibrantly colored energy fields, whose centers are called chakras have a significant effect on our health. For that reason, it is important that we learn to sense this energy within us, recognize when it is off, and learn to correct the imbalance. Feeling energy can be very sensual, an extension of love. Learning to tap into your body's energy is healing. Step 4: Ask for Inner Guidance We each possess an intuitive voice that contains answers about our healing. Because our intellect is often so loud, this voice can get drowned out. It's essential that we learn to access the stillness within--though meditation, quite contemplation, connecting with nature, prayer-in order to gain answers about our health. Spend a few minutes each day devoted to listening to this voice. It may appear as a gut feeling, a hunch, an image, a sound, a memory, an instant knowing-as if a light bulb suddenly switched on. Learn to trust the signals your inner wisdom sends. Step 5: Listen To Your Dreams Intuition is the language of dreams. Every ninety minutes each night during the REM stage of sleep, we dream. Dreams provide answers about health, relationships, career choices, any new direction. The secret is to remember them. I suggest keeping a dream journal by your bed. Before you go to sleep, ask a dream a question. For instance, "Is this relationship healthy for me or should I move on?" The next morning, write down any dreams immediately before getting out of bed. Try repeating the question, every night for the next week until your answer comes. As you develop the habit of remembering dreams, you'll be able to benefit from this form of healing. For starters, let these steps sink in. Ask yourself: Which step are you drawn to? How would you like to expand the step as well as open up to others? Notice what makes you curious and excites you. As a physician, I have a continual sense of awe for the relationship between body and spirit. As your heart opens, so does your intuition. Your intuition will teach you how to see and how to love. It will instill in you a renewed faith to face anything. Stay tuned for the next installment of the newsletter to go deeper. Judith Orloff, M.D. is now part of the Myss Expert Forum located in the resource section on the home page of myss.com and can be reached through her website www.drjudithorloff.com Judith Orloff, M.D. is a board certified psychiatrist and practicing intuitive, author of the bestsellers Guide to Intuitive Healing and Second Sight. She is assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and an international workshop leader. A SPECIAL INVITATION: Please join me in my workshop "The Power of Your Intuition to Heal," at Esalen Institute July 18-20, 2003 in Big Sur, California. To enroll contact www.esalen.org or call 831-667-3000. This workshop will focus on dreams, listening to inner guidance, and using intuition to protect yourself from people who drain you. Esalen also offers massage, natural mineral springs, and organic food from their garden overlooking the ocean. --