“Meeting Asclepius”

“Meeting Asclepius” helped me to understand the healer within me. The experience was peaceful in general. At the beginning of the exercise I feel momentary trouble in deciding who to visualize. Experience in helping situations has blessed my life with many mentors and exceptional healers! I like making an opportunity to examine the words and feelings they passed on to me in their writings, by example and interpersonally.

Exercising mindfulness and meditation allow me to improve my health and wellness in my daily life and to remain in contact with my spirituality. I may reap the benefits of health, flourishing, happiness and wholeness, simply by using persistence in these practices. When I become anxious and distressed, I make an effort to refocus on calming my mind and on spirituality. The calming helps me to heal perceived slights and to continue to self-regulate my diet to preserve my physical health. My spiritual beliefs allow me the strengths to carry on a healthy integral path. I gain the presence of mind to send out positive energy and call on the angels or God to help myself and others.

I see the principles of recovery as important to daily life and believe I as a professional would need to “walk the walk and not just talk the talk”. I learned this phrase from a coworker who specialized in addictions counseling. Those recovering from addictions tell me the most beneficial thing about 12 Step programs is reconnecting with their spirituality. I strongly believe any healing situation presents a spiritual aspect. The art and science of healing requires we evolve in psychological and physiological aspects as well. An effective and integral delivery of any type of service requires that we begin on the integral path ourselves.