When we think about what we mean by ‘healthy and well’ most of us answer according to our own level of health ‘comfort’, which we not only feel physically but also tends to change with our mind and emotions.
I have a friend who’s just taken off her ‘boot’ after her leg broke. It is a great relief for her to simply be out of pain, which changes her day and satisfies her level of ‘comfort’. Another friend is planning an epic 6 month hike in the wilderness, so their primary focus is on fitness and refining their nutritional needs. Right now, their health ideal is to be in ‘optimal’ physical form.
We constantly adjust ourselves to varying levels of comfort to feel ok. We like to hold close to our health perceptions (especially when we can google our symptoms,) which we think match our temporary comfort level. Unfortunately, we can’t hope to make a significant and lasting change in our health, unless we hold up a mirror to our entire ‘health picture’.
In homeopathy, we hold up the full-length mirror from all sides and focus together on a your main health concern and how it affects you in your life, as well as significant events/issues, health history, family history, general health, vitality and more. This process is incredibly healing in itself and a homeopathic remedy is then carefully chosen, based upon that ‘health picture’. See ‘like cures like’ on www.healthyandwell.net . The homeopathic remedy acts to ‘clear the mirror’ or ‘health picture’ to restore the body’s innate balance so the body can now ‘see itself’ to ‘heal itself’ using it’s own powerful intelligence and intrinsic desire to rid itself of dis-‘ease’.
It can be such a relief when we allow ourselves to remember, discover and acknowledge ‘how it came to this’ and to experience a truly effective, holistic therapy as homeopathy.