Choosing the Way You Heal

Why Make a Choice?

It takes faith…my friend said quietly over the phone during a conversation about a medical condition she was seeking treatment for. I know I want to try an alternative…like healing myself…but I don’t have the faith that I can make it work.

My friend’s position is not an uncommon one because when we begin to gain consciousness, we start to entertain ideas about different ways of doing things…but often times we don’t put these ideas into practice early enough to get grounded in our new desires before something in life confronts us on these very topics.

My friend has been entertaining the idea of trying an alternative to traditional medicine for some time now, but her only experience in healing has been traditional medicine so it is a near impossible stretch for her to mentally align her thoughts toward the alternative she’d like to pursue now that she has an urgent medical issue that requires her to make a decision. The reason for this is she has no healing experience with the alternative methods. The urgency of her current problem has put her in the position of having to ‘know’ what she chooses will work so of course her faith is in the place where healing has come in the past. This is natural…and a situation that faces a lot of people out there. Whenever you want to deviate from the past experiences of your life you need to consciously decide what kind of experience you want to you have. Sometimes we forget to apply this to the way we heal.

If you know you want to move toward alternative medicine then make your choice now…and practice with it!

Walking the Path

I can’t stress enough how important it is to focus on experiencing health everyday. Especially if you are working with energy medicine. Energy medicine is a practice and if you live here in the states or in other areas of the world in which this type of treatment has not been as widespread and accessible as traditional medicine, then the first thing you have to change is your idea about how you get well.

Most of us here in the states grew up with an ‘if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it’ type of approach to medicine. Going to see a doctor is expensive…so aside of the daily maintenance practices of exercise and diet, you only saw one when something was wrong. Energy Medicine takes a different approach and sees health as a constant flow that you affect with what you do every day. So this type of medicine is a regular practice designed to keep things clear and moving…a health disruption in this line of thinking would be best described as a blockage. This is an important aspect to understand. With energy medicine you don’t just show up if you have a disturbance…you show up regularly to participate in a treatment that contributes to your overall health.

Energy alternatives are mind-body practices designed to align your body and mind with its natural state of optimum health. These practices include meditation, yoga, tai chi, acupuncture, massage therapy and chiropractic treatments among others. When you participate in these practices, notice how your body feels during and after the activities and how your energy transforms as you connect to your natural state. This focus on your natural state of health…will get you more of the same.

After enough of these experiences you will have generated faith in these practices….regular mind-body activities are in themselves powerful health aides acting to keep you in balance and thereby preventing illness. After all who’s ever left a massage feeling anything less than fantastic!

My friend has made the decision to have the surgery this time because that is what she currently knows will work…but at the same time she recognizes the need to go explore the other options she has been interested in and she is now beginning to choose how she wants to experience health. No matter what your circumstance…now is the time to choose how you heal…and to get lots of practice!