1. Every person has within them the ability to heal themselves to some degree. The Healer’s job is to help others bridge the gap between the wisdom of the Soul and the conscious mind and/or body.
2. The greatest healers are heart-centered. See Amma, the hugging Saint, or the Dalai Lama for examples. While confidence is important in a healer, watch very carefully those whose egos are making a lot of noise.
3. Healing Spaces are most effective when they invite full-bodied engagement. Our bodies are not an accident or meat suits in need of transcendence. They carry important intelligence & our senses are pathways to the deep presence needed for healing.
4. A conscious conversation with a friend has the ability to facilitate miracle healings in perception. And our perception colors the experience we have of our lives and the world.
5. Judgement blocks the flow of healing. Discernment & intelligent attention are extremely important, but judgement can throw a wrench in the healing process.
6. Healing Spaces don’t have to be serious to be affective. While tears, addressing deep issues, and sincere contemplation are often an important part of healing work – play, joyful expression& humor can do worlds of good in a healing space.
7. Healing Spaces don’t have to look like a prestine retreat center. A living room, a coffee shop, a backyard, a dance floor can be a sacred space if the intention is there.
8. As the facilitator, remember that you are not the source inspiration & guidance; You are the unique vessel through which the inspiration & guidance flows.
9. A true healing space evokes an altered state of consciousness. A place where you can see & feel things in a heightened way. The more you immerse yourself in Healing Spaces, the more you take that state of consciousness wherever you go.
10. Healing Spaces will often ask you to do the most brave thing: be vulnerable. Vulnerability is the key that unlocks the door to discovery, connection & creativity.
11. Healing Spaces need innovation too. Healing & Sacred Spaces have been a part of human life for a very long time. They have taken so many different forms at different times, in different places & cultures. Healing Spaces have been evolving with us. The more we allow this and innovate to help sacred spaces meet the needs of the time we are in, the more Healing Spaces will become a vital part of our modern lives.
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↠ In the comments below, please share: What kind of healing & sacred spaces are part of your life? What is 1 thing have you learned about healing-helping-sacred-Spaces in your experience, practice & studies? Can’t wait to read yours!
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For me, a healing space has some sort of natural element. Whether is a crystal, a small fountain, plants or flowers, or sometimes just a lit candle. This element helps me to center myself and relax. That element can be in a room or outside in nature. It reminds me to slow down and enjoy the journey and experience what is in front of me.
Totally feel you with this, Cathy 💓🌿
Thank you for sharing it with us.
XoChris
I can’t remember where I heard it from, but I remember reading something about how you should never trust anyone who says they have the answers, or the wisdom, or that they will heal you. But rather, look for people who offer to help you heal yourself. You’re the one who has to put in the work, make the decisions, do the healing. No one else can do it for you. We create space for people to help themselves, but we can’t take credit for the work they’ve done.
That’s an important one ❤️
Thanks, Sasha.
XoChris
Healing happens for me in both silent reflection and calm spaces and in a gathering of women sharing deep laughter. The key is to first seek it out. We get so busy that we forget to be conscious of our own healing ability and making the time to engage our power.
In my experience, being affected by arthritis, an auto-immune disease that in time brought me an handicap to a leg (handicap that I am rehabilitating), the Healer when appears in our counsciousness, nurtures the essential qualities, the qualities of the soul that need to be nurtured. My Healer is an aged, Navajo woman who makes food and prepares herbal recipes. When I contact her, she brings me a lot of ‘grounding’ and support. I feel my bones heavier and my body more ’embodied’…She allows the connection with my inner self, giving me self-confidence and silence in my mind.
Chris, Thank you for your precious tips. About the one on vulnerability, I totally agree. Vulnerability is the key that unlocks the door to discovery, connection & creativity. And also vulnerability is one of the key to create a space of confidentiality when relating to a sick person. Sick persons are very vulnerable but very often they are ashamed to show it. Allowing the vulnerability is allowing the opening of their hearts.