by distorting other areas of your life.
Energy
“SELF-HEALING AS CREATIVE EXPRESSION” WORkSHOP
Balance and energy are closely related
The authors of this article are sponsoring a related workshop 1-5pm,
concepts. Think of a spinning top and
Sept. 19. Learn how illness and imbalance serve as guides to understand-
the way it needs a certain level of en-
ing your heart’s desire and the life choices needed to actualize those de-
ergy in order to maintain its balance.
sires. Make healing the path to happiness and more! $50. Central Phoe-
Energy is needed too to move beyond
nix. Registration required. Call the Phoenix Healing Team at 602-516-2813
the current state into new arenas – the
or email us at
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Dtmms.org/HealingTeam.
quest of the human spirit to grow,
learn, and change.
There are many ways to lose to invest and delight in the unique reveal exactly what you need to know.
energy. Do you tolerate things far too creature that you are. When you listen, you have
long – such as clutter, dirty laundry, Dishonoring happens in all the placed the cornerstone for change.
pending home repairs? Do you avoid things you do to fit in with others – The building that you create from
issues in your intimate relationships, things as small as wearing your hair a there, with all other stones to be set in
thinking it is easier to ignore them and certain way, or as large as pretending reference to this cornerstone, is entirely
“get along.” Do you stay in routines or up to you. Will it be a shed or a cathe-
habits that you know are not serving dral? A neat and cozy home? A school,
you because change seems too hard,
“Life isn’t about finding your-
a monastery, or perhaps a strip mall?
or because someone else might not self. Life is about creating This whole process – finding our
like it? In each of these circumstances,
yourself.” - Unknown
cornerstone, determining what we
it takes effort to suppress your desire desire to build, and building it – is
for things to be different and to con- actually the healing process, a process
vince yourself it’s better to leave things to be someone completely different of reaching beyond or seeing through
as they are. Each time you do that, than who you really are. When you do our firmly held notions of how life has
you are dumping your energy down not honor your true nature, you not to be to what is truly possible.
the drain. only lose balance and energy – you Each illness we go through is not
withhold from yourself and the world just an annoyance. It is an opportunity
Honoring the exact gifts, perspectives and con- to realign with who we are, and what
Embedded within balance and energy
tributions that only you can bring. we desire in life. Use them well!
is the concept of honoring: being
Karen Williams and Diana Kardia have
honest about who you are, what you
Self-healing as
studied in the healing paradigm of the
need, and what you desire and arrang-
ing your life to reflect this truth. Hon- Creative Expression
Sweet Medicine SunDance tradition
for many years. For more informa-
oring also takes us a step further – to
tion go to
DTMMS.org/HealingTeam
Your body is talking to you, and it’s not
honor means to praise and celebrate,
or contact them at HealingTeam@
a crank call. Your body is designed to
dtmms.org or 602-516-2813.
Pr i n t e d o n re c y c l e d Pa P e r t o Pr o t e c t t h e en v i r o n m e n t
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