Clinical Health Consultations - Shamanism Or "Energy Medicine"
MY PHILOSOPHY IS GROUNDED IN THE WISE WOMAN TRADITION...
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The Wise Woman Tradition is not Counseling & it is not just for women. In a co-created "Process" we engage the emergent, creative, expressive energies already vibrating harmoniously in our lives, & we dissolve, by "letting go into them", any destructive, limiting or worrisome life experiences through being in the Process. We get to this through conversation, simple ceremony & whole plant preparations of mostly local, organic herbs. It is my opinion that it is unnecessary to use exotic herbs from exotic locales most of the time. You & I work with the appropriate herbals to encourage the movement, dissolutions, releasing, & integration of these energies towards the fulfillment of your Heart's desire & your Soul's Path. The plants assist us to be grounded in our bodies & live in the present in integrity. They assist us with our healing so that we may learn to, & master, moving our energy/|chi in the appropriate way for our optimum health. They get us back in touch with Earth & Her Cycles: into relationship with the natural world.
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A large variety of whole plant preparations allow each human to take the correct herbs at the appropriate time for the condition(s) that they are seeking to recover & engage with. Through assisting us in our Process of Healing, they give of their life so that we may heal ourselves. They work on all levels; physical, emotional, perceptual & spiritual. They work even more effectively if we also do "process" work or what is now called "energy medicine".
In this time-honoured Tradition of healing, or whole-making, we use the Feminine principle of listening to our bodies, of going within for our answers to observe the obvious within ourselves. Then we use the Masculine principle to create or change the patterns that draw our life lessons to us. In this way, we acknowledge both sides of our nature & invest in ourselves the Marriage of our visions & our actions. Thus we become Whole unto ourselves, trusting that we are able to walk freely through life meeting our challenges with Power, & entering into healthy relationship with others. You & 1 co-create a safe space for this Process to occur without fear of being judged or criticized. I them apply personalized herbal formulations & we can alter them as you grow & change or as needed.
ABOUT THE SHAMANIC TRADITION
The Shamanic Tradition follows logically upon the heals of the Wisdom Processes. They simply involve me as healer in a more active role, bringing through more Energy on your behalf. For some common processes, please see the list in what I agree to bring to our sessions with you.
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THE SIX STEPS OF HEALING
From Susun S. Weed's Book 'MENOPAUSAL YEARS'
Step 0: DO NOTHING! (sleep, meditate, unplug the clock or the telephone). A vital, invisible step.
Step 1: Collect Information (low-tech diagnosis, reference books, support groups, divination).
Step 2: Engage the Energy (prayer, homeopathic remedies, crying,visualizations, ritual, aromatherapy, color, laughter).
Step 3: Nourish & Tonify (herbal infusions/vinegars, love, some herbal tinctures, life-style changes, physical activities, moxibustion).
Step 4: Stimulate/Sedate (many herbal tinctures,acupuncture, most massage, alcohol). Risk of developing dependence on step 4 remedies is influenced by frequency(how often), dosage (how much), & duration (how long).
Step 5a: Use Supplements (synthesized/concentrated vitamins or minerals, special foods like royal jelly or spirulina). Supplements are not step 3. There's always the risk with synthesized/concentrated substances that they'll do more harm than good,e.g., the men who took fish liver oil in capsules & had a greater mortality from heart disease (the oil was rancid).
Step 5b: Hi Dosage (synthesized alkaloids, oral & injectable hormones, high dilution homeopathics). Overdose may cause grave injury or death.
Step 6: Break & Enter (fear-inspiring language, surgery, colonics, Rolfing, psychoactive drugs, invasive "diagnostic" tests such as mammograms & biopsies). Side effects are inevitable & may include permanent injury or death.
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IN SESSION WITH YOU
I AGREE TO:
• Absolute Confidentiality - I have also agreed to the Code of Ethics & the Code of Practice of the Registered Herbalist, with the Ontario Herbalist Association - www.herbalists.on.ca
• Bring & Teach a Heart-centered Approach to your Process, problems, etc.
• Bring an Intent for Truth & your Wholeness to each session.
• Align with your Intent & your Commitment to Yourself & Your Process.
• Reflect back to you, your Truth, as I see it emerge, in a non-judgmental way.
• Facilitate your acceptance & ownership, co-creating Personal Responsibility Consciousness.
• Offer you a variety of means to engage the energy/consciousness, such as:
1. The Wise Woman Tradition:
a) An evolving, if necessary, personalized herbal program, including flower essences
b) Conscious conversation
c) Processes that Aid Letting go into the Truth, into your True Feelings
d) Body Attunement of Your Problems and/or Safe Emotional Release Work
e) Plant Allies, and/or Plant Ally Journeys in Level 2 of The Wisdom of Plants Herbal Apprenticeship Program
f) Guided Visualizations & Imagery Work
2. The Shamanic Tradition
a) Hands-on, energy/healing, if necessary
b) Prayers and/or meditations to focus your Intent
c) Sacred space to get Clarity
d) Alignment with your Guidance and/or Intuition
e) Soul recovery Processes
f) Soul retrieval processes
g) Transforming of any energy/consciousness that you may wish to change
h) Chakra balancing/clearing work
i) Journey work with Animal Totems/Allies
Other Processes could include:
3. The Sacred Feminine Principles & How to Embody them in daily life
4. Tools and/or techniques to take home with you for day-to-day living with Heart & in Truth
5. Circling processes
6. Moonlodging processes
7. The Wisdom of Plants Herbal Apprenticeship Program
8. The Wisdom & Happiness Program: Fulfilling Your Soul's Purpose
9. Co-creation of other agreements between us as becomes necessary
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YOU AGREE TO:
* Engage with the Process Principles in the areas of your life you want results in.
* Be ruthlessly honest with yourself & communicate that Truth to me as it makes itself known to you.
* Engage with whatever spontaneously shows up when we are in session.
* Learn to recognize when you are in Resistance & to what you are resisting.
* Journal your Process & your progress as a tool for self-discovery.
* Be willing to take the appropriate, new actions in your life when they arise.
* Tell me if the Process is not working for you so that we may adjust accordingly.
* Respect my time limitations by Journeying with any unresolved issues that come up in session or in-between sessions, to be engaged with on our next session.
* Keep our professional relationship discreet by not referring to it if we meet socially or in Circle, etc.
* Co-create any other agreements as becomes necessary.
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