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Experience your own goodness and rediscover
your natural state of grace, freedom and health, as you…release
old habits and patterns from the body and mind, re-align with
your heart’s greatest joy...and find healing and peace
that will guide you through this life and beyond. Each of us is naturally blissful and happy. This natural state
becomes covered over by layers of pain and suffering as we
grow up, and eventually we forget that it is possible to alleviate
suffering and experience joy. Wild Lotus Counseling offers
you
simple ways to remember or discover who you really are, and
to rediscover your natural radiance, health and happiness. These
practices are equally powerful whether you are healing a life-threatening
or chronic illness, or are looking to enhance and “upgrade” your
life.
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Spiritual direction is a way of working with the issues of
your life within a spiritual context. We begin with the premise
that
your suffering, your illness and your longing are all, at
the deepest levels, paths to spiritual growth. With simple
yet
powerful spiritual practices, we will support your spiritual
growth and
awakening. Spiritual Direction is the process of listening together
for the story in your life and your dissatisfaction, your
dis-ease;
listening to the messages that come from your own deepest
inner wisdom about what you are seeking in your life, what
will bring
you joy, heal your heart, and bring deep peace.
“Anne offers
us more than yoga, more than meditation, more than
a wilderness trip. She offers us herself, her journey,
and all the wisdom she has garnered along the way.
We are the beneficiaries of this woman who has plumbed
and continues to plumb the depths of life, in all
its complexities and wonders.”
– PATRICIA REIS
author and psychotherapist
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ENERGY
HEALING We may choose to couple the spiritual direction with energy
healing. Energy healing is a way to clear the body’s
energy field of old patterns. We may do illuminations and
energy extractions
to clear and release stuck energy. Or I may suggest certain
yoga practices for you to do. In combination, these practices enhance your body’s
natural healing ability; enhance your ability to live the
life you want
to live; and help you prepare for a graceful end of life.
WORKING WITH ILLNESS Disease is both physical and spiritual, and can be addressed
both physically and spiritually. In fact, the body, mind
and spirit are not separate; working on one will affect all parts
of us. Spiritual direction works to heal the whole self; while conventional
medicine seeks to cure disease. Healing is distinct from
curing. It is the process of bringing balance back to the body/mind/spirit,
of coming back (or perhaps for the first time) into alignment
with who you know you truly are, your true self. In this
process
we listen for the deep meaning of the illness, letting this
deep meaning point to the gateway to your healing.
FINDING THE HEALING ZONE
In addition to working with the story of your illness,
you will also learn how to find your own way to the “healing zone.” This
is a meditative state, beyond time and space, where you
can experience and remember your own wholeness and
wellness.
CANCER
Cancer is a radical call to healing. While you will, of
course, seek medical treatment (if it is available) for
the cancer;
there are many ways to support the treatment you choose,
ways to enhance
the body’s natural healing abilities. You can easily learn
healing practices to balance the body, mind and spirit. This
amazing process frees your spirit and often brings “miraculous” healing
to the body.
As we work together you will come to understand through
your own experience that healing happens as your energy
field
shifts significantly enough that your physical form changes.
When
this happens without medical intervention it’s called a “miracle.” A “miracle” is
a cure that medicine can’t explain.
There are a multitude of things you can do to increase
your chances of being a miracle. Our work is to find the
right
ones for you,
the ones that will be a catalyst for your miracle. The
right practices for you will be the ones that inspire and
excite
you, that make you feel radiant and expansive, invite you
to change.
They will catalyze your whole body/mind/spirit to re-energize
itself and to re-align with your optimal health.
This work is deeply spiritual, and can have a tremendous
impact on all aspects of your life, including your
physical health.
You can expect this work to enliven you, challenge
you, and inspire you, even as you will also be preparing for
a graceful
end — whenever
that moment arrives.
CHRONIC ILLNESS
Chronic illness requires patience and commitment. The processes
of change are often slower than with life-threatening diseases;
the method is the same. We still work together to find
what will release your own healing, which is possible even
when
medicine
has nothing or little to offer.
THE PRACTICES In designing a practice for you, we’ll draw from
a wide variety of modalities such as:
- Prayer and meditation
- Visualization and Guided Imagery
- Sound Healing
- Breathing and Chanting
- Medical ChiGong (ChiLel QiGong)
- Yoga Nidra (yogic meditation and deep body/mind
cleansing)
- Macrobiotics
- Ayurveda
- Proprioceptive Writing
- Self-Guided Ritual
- Personalized Yoga
HEALING THE WHOLE WORLD
Your illness is the world’s illness. As we listen for
the deeper meaning of illness and dis-ease, we hear messages
that
are vital to the transformation of the whole community.
Like dreams, understood by many indigenous peoples to belong
to the
collective more than the individual, illness is a gift
and a gateway for the transformation of the whole. Healing yourself is your gift to the world. It is your personal
pathway to healing our deeply troubled world. By bringing
harmony and balance into your own life, you create the energetic
pathways
so that others can do the same. |
