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All healing comes
from above-down, inside-out.
Healing is a Process
By Dr. Joan Norton
When any of us are in the midst of experiencing uncomfortable or
painful circumstances, emotions, symptoms or illness; the natural
response is to want our pain or discomfort to be alleviated as quickly
as possible.
Often this drive to have our pain relieved will lead us to choose the
nearest, quickest, most familiar or most convenient form of
pain-relief available. With a nearly endless supply of palliatives,
pills, gadgets and programs to choose from, we often resort to these
quick (yet temporary) fixes rather than involving ourselves in the
slower, more rewarding path of returning our body, mind and life to
their original balance and harmony.
Thus, our basic human instinct to avoid pain carries with it a danger:
by taking the pill, buying the book or trying the gadget we may
temporarily numb, forget or reduce our pain, but the fundamental
imbalance that gave rise to our condition remains. Inevitably the
pain, symptoms or circumstances return, often with greater severity
and complexity.
It is natural to want our pain and suffering relieved, however, it
takes wisdom to recognize that the most effective way to address the
imbalances is not in seeking a “cure” but in making room for healing.
To make room for healing means to allow us a new and more involved
approach to our personal health and wellness. This begins with
understanding that everything we need to correct our present state of
imbalance already exists within us. Each person’s body contains within
it amazing capacities for self-correction, self-healing and
self-transformation. In fact, science and medicine is only now
beginning to realize the body’s innate healing powers.
What is necessary then, is awakening the “healer within” rather than
seeking elaborate or convenient means of relieving our symptoms. Pain
and symptoms are, after all, simply messengers sent to inform us that
something in our life is out of balance and requires attention. The
best way to respond to these messages is for us to begin addressing
our being as a whole, to become involved in the process of healing
rather than curing, the process of integration and alignment of body,
mind and spirit.
One of the more powerful holistic healing modalities developed over
the last twenty years is Network Spinal Analysis, a gentle yet
profound technique that is remarkably effective in activating a
person’s innate healing mechanisms. This subtle method of non-force
spinal adjustments releases tension on the meningeal system (a sheath
of tissue that surrounds the spinal cord). These gentle-touch contacts
unwind and release tension on the meningeal system, supporting the
body in “clearing out’ blockages and obstructions, which, in turn,
allows our nervous system to more effectively deliver information and
nutrients to cells, tissues, organs, etc. As the body’s innate
intelligence is allowed to communicate more freely it begins to make
spontaneous self-healing corrections in order to return the body to
its natural state of good health.
Dr. Nicholas Tivoli and I have refined the Network Spinal Analysis
method and integrated a number of dynamic healing techniques into our
practice including Cranial-Sacral Therapy, Kinesiology, and Direct
Non-Force Technique. Having received this care and experienced this
healing process within our own bodies, we have learned to trust and
respect the fact that healing is a process rather than an event.
Throughout the years of our practice we have noticed that those
practice members who benefit most are those who embrace their personal
“path of healing” and begin to trust and honor their body’s own wisdom
and innate healing capacities. In this way, healing is similar to most
other areas of our life … the more we give, the more we receive.
During the healing process, a particular pain or illness can sometimes
become more intense, or perhaps a new set of symptoms may arise or an
old one reappears. In such instances, a person may begin to doubt
their healing process. However, those who are familiar with the
healing process and have witnessed the wide variety of ways healing
takes place understand that such shifts and changes are not only
common but are generally a signal that deeper levels of processing and
releasing are taking place. It is during the “down” times of the
process that we do best to remember that healing often involves a
great variety of fluctuations as our body endeavors to clear
obstructions, repair cells and tissue and reestablish a state of ease
and equilibrium.
The way of true and deep healing almost always involves deepening our
levels of trust, perseverance and patience. The deeper our commitment
to our own healing and growth the more we begin to recognize that we
never have need to doubt, for each of us inevitably experiences a
reward that is equal to the attention and energy we have given to the
process.
As you consider your own approach to health and wellness, see if you
have developed the habit of seeking a “cure”, then consider how well
this approach has been serving you. What has been the cost? What
further complications has it created? Has it led you toward further
growth, expansion and vitality? If not, it is time to rediscover the
path of healing and integration, to explore a new approach to health
and wellness that includes the totality of who you are and who you can
be.
Dr. Joan Norton and Dr. Nicholas Tivoli are two of the nation’s few
Network Spinal Analysis chiropractors, a rapidly growing group of
highly-educated, highly-intuitive healing facilitators dedicated to
helping individuals reconnect with their full physical, emotional and
spiritual potential. As founding practitioners/doctors of at-ease
Wellness Center they have integrated a number of dynamic healing
techniques into their practice and have developed a natural yet
profound healing method known as the at-ease adjustment. Those
interested in finding out more about the subjects covered here or
about the at-ease adjustment are encouraged to contact them. See their
ads elsewhere in this Journal for more insight!
Contact Info:
Phone 520-325-4881
e-mail: chiroease@aol.com
website:
www.at-easewellness.com
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