The Inner Healer

The final practice meeting Aesclepius uses visualization to help access our inner healer that is found at the source of our bean.  That wise healer that resides within each of us will help guide us through the integral process, the ancient Greeks called this inner healer Aesclepius, though to us it’s called our subtle mind.  This week’s assignment asked us to sit in a quiet relaxed room with our eyes closed and to visualize the image of a very wise loving man or woman; when choosing an individual they can be alive or passed away, but they must be a person whom you respect, honor, and whom you feel a special sense of connection with; with our eyes closed we observe this individual while listening to the ocean waves in the background.  I chose to visualize my father whom taught me most of everything about life; this practice was very calming and peaceful with the sound of the water and having my eyes closed.  Meditation has given me a calming sense and I have found myself trying to control my breathing when I get upset and letting the issue go; I also can practice these methods on a more regular basis in order to foster greater health and wellness in my life. 

            To me the phrase “one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself” means, we cannot teach or give advice on things we know nothing about or have ever experienced ourselves.  It’s like a smoker telling another smoker to stop smoking because the benefits are great, how would they know if they never stopped smoking.  This phrase can be applied to the health and wellness professional by for example, if a nutritionist/personal trainer wanted you to eat right and exercise then they should also follow this lifestyle they want others to follow.  I know if I seen a personal trainer/nutritionist smoking and drinking all day every day all information given by that individual would go in one ear and out the other.  Yes, I do have an obligation to my clients to be developing my health psychologically, physically, and spiritually because like the phrase says “one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself”.  I can implement psychological and spiritual growth in my personal life by turning negative situations into a positive.