| "HOW THEN DO I HEAL?" If this is a question you have asked your doctor or, if you are a doctor, heard your patients ask, perhaps it is time to investigate the benefits Mind-Body-Energy Medicine and how the connection between mystery and science is changing the way we heal. Through the benefits of current scientific experiments, we now know that our thoughts, emotions, feelings, spiritual sense, and belief systems all impact our overall health and wellness – thus the mind-body-energy connection. As more and more professionals inquire about the whole rather than just the parts of the person, it is possible find new ways to heal.
The health care crisis has many people looking for inventive methods to stay healthy, find deeper healing or overcome a health crisis. Perhaps the surgery you had helped, but you still have not regained your former strength. Perhaps the pills you have been prescribed are making you weak and feeling depressed. You are looking for answers as you feel deep in your heart there must be other ways to heal.
When you look beyond just the physical body, you can enter into a deep healing process or journey, which encourages discovery, as you determine and examine the underlying cause of your ailment instead of having the doctor solely treat your presenting symptom. This process can be a journey to investigate more than just the physical aspects of an ailment. This is a holistic, integrative approach to healing – working with the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects that support the whole person, for healing. Mind-Body-Energy Medicine affects the patient on deeper levels to facilitate healing. This does not take away from traditional medicine; rather, it enhances the process, giving life and hope when needed.
What can Mind-Body-Energy Medicine do for you? Why would you want to investigate it? Here is one reason: it can open the door to experiencing modalities that are perhaps unusual, inventive, creative or even odd that may lead to healing, not just curing. Mind-Body-Energy Medicine can affect you on deep levels to really heal or start the process of healing. For example, using Guided Imagery before and after surgery to heal faster, or to understand how your energy body relates to your physical body; learning clues to keep your stress level down; or how to start a yoga practice to learn about your body and mind.
As you investigate Mind-Body-Energy Medicine, it is wise to listen and learn from Master teachers from Integrative/Holistic/Complementary Medicine as they share their knowledge and wisdom. At the upcoming Heart of Healing Conference, the following teachers will educate and inform the audience, both professional and public who have a desire to understand complementary forms of healing and health options. The format of the conference offers dialogue, discussion and interaction as teachers share “take home” health and wellness ideas, tips, and tools with participants. There are two days structured around the teacher’s talks, presented in a comfortable theatre style learning environment. At the end of the day, the speakers will convene in a cohesive, moderated panel with Drs. Max Barish-Wreden, & Kay Judge, and take written questions from the audience, for a focused and lively discussion of the day’s issues.
You are invited to learn from the following Mind-Body-Energy Medicine teachers:
Guided Imagery expert, Belleruth Naparstek speaks on Gifts of the Imagination: Where Mind, Body & Spirit Meet to explain the power of Guided Imagery- a form of deliberate, directed daydreaming – and, what characterizes effective healing imagery.
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