Spiritual Healing For Chronic Pain

People turn to spiritual healing for a variety of reasons. Some simply are looking to more effectively balance their lives and become "whole." Spiritual healers assist these patients in personal development and growth. This process often centers on helping the patient focus positive energies toward productive endeavors, rather than the negative aspects of their surrounding environment.

Besides such emotional and mental benefits, spiritual healing is also used to treat chronic physical pain. To do this a spiritual healer uses his senses to detect biological energies that surround the patient's body. There are two main ways that spiritual healers detect these energies. One is through "scanning" the patient's body. This process involves the healer assessing the patient's entire body looking for inconsistent changes in energy. These changes are usually perceived through a feeling of heat or tingling, which signifies a potential part of the body that is in need of healing.

Another way to detect these energies is through a person's ‘aura." Advanced healers claim to see a colored aura around each individual they treat. Changes in the color suggest a need for healing.

Meditation is another common method used by spiritual healers to treat chronic pain. In order for the meditative state to be effective, the patient must first acknowledge the particular pain. The belief is that if the pain is fully realized and experienced, the patient is in a better position to let it go. Another important step to this process is for the patient to come to the realization that she is not the only one in the world experiencing pain. This is meant to help the patient put the pain in perspective.

During the meditative process the patient is instructed by the spiritual healer to follow a specific breathing pattern. While the breathing should be natural, the patient should be conscious of each inhale and exhale. The patient is instructed to visualize breathing in their pain and breathing out relief. This entire process is meant to neutralize and calm the mind. Meditation has been shown to reduce mental and emotional anxieties that often lead to physical pains. This is especially true for chronic pain that is often caused by depression or anxiety.

Many patients are especially interested in spiritual haling for the treatment of chronic pain because it offers an alternative to pharmaceutical dependence. It offers the potential of a permanent elimination of the pain without the use of traditional Western medicines.

To learn more about the field, consider reading a book, or taking a course from a practitioner.

If you are looking for a good introductory text, try Energy Healing for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Basics of Spiritual Healing by Ruth White. The book offers beginners a close look at the methodology of spiritual healing, and covers such topics as basic guidelines, how to get started in the field, and step by step guidelines to healing. Ms. White has written a number of books on this topic, including Using Your Chakras: A New Approach to Healing Your Life and Working With Your Chakras: A Physical, Emotional, & Spiritual Approach. A trained psychotherapist, Ms. White offers training sessions throughout the UK.
The Healing Energy of Your Hands by Michael Bradford relates the story of how Bradford, formerly a high-level executive, began a personal journey toward his new life as a spiritual healer. Written in a practical and down-to-earth tone, Bradford creates an ultimately believable scenario of this transition, and offers guidance for those who may be considering a similar path. Another book by the same author is Hands-on Spiritual Healing.