Healing Transformation: The Realm of the Possible

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Good Morning!

 

Healing Transformation: 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, 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 also a lifetime 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

person, 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 " tool belt of knowledge " and maybe able to be

called upon when one path is not as efficient.

 

What shift does it take for someone to find that road to feeling well

again? The path to wellness must include a sense of freedom and

enjoyment within that journey, and we have to be true to ourselves.

We have to believe in the recovery process.

 

We get sick for a reason. There is the germ and virus explanation

that is the basis of Western medicine. There is also another way of

looking at it. When we catch a cold, it is because our immune system

is low and makes us more vulnerable to these bacteria or viral

infections. When we are stressed and the adrenal glands are working

over time, we set ourselves up for a bigger fall. We leave the door

open, when we do not take care of ourselves. There are also the

metaphysical reasons behind illness and that is due to the lack of

love and honor we give ourselves.

 

Once we are ill, this becomes another mind set. We become more

aware, more sensitive to our bodies, to our emotions, to our

mortality. Our perceptions create our reality. When we realize that

we are ill, we can become overwhelmed. I have seen it with myself and

I have seen this with my patients.

 

There is a mind medicine that must be taken along with all your other

treatments. That is to reprogram your consciousness to create the

perception that you are on the road to recovery. I have seen this

work with someone who has had a cold, as well as those who have been

terminally ill. When a transformation is focused along side with

other forms to fight the illness, the healing process accelerates.

 

Your belief in your recovery is the first and foremost therapy that

should be applied.

 

Herbal medicine, acupuncture, color therapy, music therapy, massage

therapy…whichever form of therapy you are working with, these

practices should reinforce the belief in the recovery and the

transformation to wellness and balance.

 

What stops us from getting better?

 

Again it is our mindset. There are those who actually enjoy being in

their illness. They get the love and attention they may not have.

They may find this a great excuse to miss work, step out of life for

a bit, or simply to slow down. Perhaps, it is a sign their bodies are

telling them that it is time to slow down. Some people are just not

ready or willing to be on the recovery path. Even if they say they

are. If they have not made the conscious effort to truly believe in

their recovery, they are only half way there.

 

Your belief in your recovery is the first and foremost therapy that

should be applied.

 

There are many factors in the healing process and your body is only

part of the plan, your mind is the other piece of the puzzle. If you

are treating someone and you are doing your best to get him or her

well, see where there consciousness is about their illness.

 

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. It has given me the

insight to try and steer them in the right direction in order to find

balance and to allow them to help heal themselves.

 

I am always seeking other options in healing.

 

 

Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac.

Peacefulmind.com

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