5 Essential Elements for Healing of Chronic Conditions
In my work as a physiotherapist and trauma therapist/counsellor, I take a different approach to traditional physiotherapists when working with chronic pain and chronic physical conditions. I work with chronic conditions by looking for the root of the problem, sometimes with minimal focus on the actual physical symptoms.
Many people seeking therapy or healing work have been convinced that they need to somehow work to integrate their mind, their body, and their spirit. The truth is, that mind body and spirit were never separate. One simply needs to become aware of the subtle interplay between the thoughts of the mind, the emotions (and chemical changes) produced by those thoughts, their effect on the nervous, immune and endocrine systems of the body, and the role of spirit (or intuition) in guiding the body to heal itself. And this of course is very different to the traditional medical approach that we have relied on since the C18th that is founded in Newtonian mechanistic, deductive physics and the idea that the body and mind are separate. The Newtonian model of the universe turned out to be too limited and has been displaced by the quantum model which shows us that everything is ‘energy’ or waves and ‘consciousness’ is a measurable field. Of energy.
Through my own trauma practice, and with the insights on my own personal journey, I have found there are 5 essential elements that need to be present for healing of chronic conditions to occur in an integrated way. They are:
· Willingness - to be well, at both a conscious and subconscious level, AND a willingness to feel uncomfortable emotions
· Awareness - addressing fear of change, of the unknown, awareness of the integrated system of the mind/body/spirit
· Acceptance - fully accepting whatever condition you have, not resisting, not fighting. This frees us to move on
· Empowerment - Realising that you are not a ‘victim’ of anything. Taking full responsibility for all events and all emotions and seeing the potential for growth in all that
· Focus - staying the course, being patient with yourself, trusting, putting in the time
I will discuss each of these in more detail the newsletter blog over the next few months.
