Prevent Illness With Naturopathy

We're posting a piece on naturopathy that local conscious entrepreneur and Inner Peace supporter Tanya Wineland wrote for the My Time Matters Blog.

Last November, CBSNews.com reported that “more than 59 million Americans had no health insurance for at least part of 2010, an increase of 4 million from the previous year”. As it turns out, half of America’s uninsured are actually over the poverty line. And in the current economic climate, many are living in survival mode. To insure or ensure health, is that really the question?

Well, that was my question as I looked into health insurance quotes recently. After reading over all the policy options on Anthem’s website, I became frustrated and thoroughly confused. I realized that what I wanted and needed are two different things. I want preventive health coverage and emergency care coverage, but not at the risk of shelling out every cent I make.

So I took a break. Mulling around the house a bit, I found myself fixated on the worn spine of a book I know all too well. A book that has gotten me through many a dis-ease, as its author would say. That book is none other than Louise Hay’s You Can Heal Your Life. A classic informational text exploring the power of thought and the ways it can manifest in our bodies.

You may have heard that as a nation and a global community we are entering a new paradigm; one that is rife with shifts in our personal and professional lives. I feel like both of mine are in the spin cycle (though it does makes for fantastic creative output, let me tell you.) Changes, challenges, transitions; call them what you will. The fact of the matter is that you are an evolving Soul attracting to you exactly what you must experience at any moment ever and always.

And what does insurance provide for the evolving Soul attracting to it exactly what it requires to experience at any moment ever and always? Nothing, of course.

Following naturopathy or a more holistic lifestyle, however, can bring boundless energy, pleasure, and greater joy to ones life. So here is my suggestion to the cost conscious: Honor your pocketbook by insuring your body to the best of your ability, but ensure the well-being of your body, mind, and spirit through naturopathic practices.

Contributing medical doctors and writers to EverydayHealth.com report that Naturopathy is “an alternative medicine approach that uses your body’s own abilities to stay healthy. Rather than focusing on illness, naturopathy seeks to promote wellness.” Here are but a few of the ways I incorporate naturopathy into my daily regimen:

• Exercise. Hello!
• Meditation will always come before medication.
• Detoxify the body with bacteria-free, reverse osmosis water.
• Gratitude is the best attitude.
• No food allergies? Better to ask the body.
• Energy modalities like reiki or quantum touch work only when the mind and body are open and ready to receive healing.
• Chiropractic changes lives. I adore my chiropractor! Many long-term chiropractic clients would agree that they go for relief and stay for wellness.
• The healing power of touch soothes many aches.

No problems with gluten? Those without Celiac Disease can still be gluten sensitive or gluten intolerant. Try the finger test. Hold out either of your hands, fingers together. If the top of your pinky rests below the upper crease of your ring finger, then you are most likely gluten intolerant. Only medical tests can tell you for sure, but they are pricey.

Other examples of naturopathic treatment include nutrition, spirituality, coaching or counseling, and herbal supplements. Try one and see how you feel. It could just change your life. It continues to change mine everyday.

Therapeutic Groups at Inner Peace

Rev. Lisa C. Marks, M.Ed, an ordained minister of Religious Science, credentialed counselor, and working towards obtaining an LPC, is offering the following groups (dates and times to be scheduled based on interest):

• Beyond Depression:  For those who experience depression, it is often difficult to see what is on the other side of it, or that there can be “the other side” of it. This group will help participants to understand their depression, gain tools for overcoming it, and gain the courage to look ahead knowing that an individual can lead a productive life without depression.
• Where Am I Not Being Me?:  This group will focus on our relationship with ourselves, and how that major, main relationship is the basis for all other relationships in our lives. This group is meant to be uplifting, encouraging, and will incorporate elements of Louise Hay’s work, You Can Heal Your Life.
• Life Transitions: Most often, we look at grief and loss as losing those close to us, be they family, pets, friends, etc. But issues of grief and loss incorporate so many more issues: loss of job, moving, divorce, etc. In today’s atmosphere and economic conditions, we feel this grief in other ways as well – loss of status, fear of loss of prosperity, and more. We will explore these issues in a safe, sacred space, and come away with tools to create the lives we most wish to live.

All groups are designed for 8 weeks, $15 per session. Groups are forming now. Please call us (804) 350-6743 to register, or send an e-mail to InnerPeaceRichmond@gmail.com.