Medicine Without Form
For Healers:
What modern science dismisses as the Placebo Effect is actually a practical, teachable set of skill which anyone can learn. This "inner aspect" of medicine has always been considered an essential part of any traditional healing modality, worldwide, until modern times. Because of this, you are potentially your most powerful healing tool/asset. The ability to connect with others from the Healing Presence within yourself allows others to connect with the source of healing in themselves.
For Activists:
Activism as Healership
It's is a form of healership that focuses on the collective. There are many skills from healing traditions which can benefit activists who have made the embodied shift from “activist as warrior” to “activist as healer.” Social injustice, like sickness, is not something we must “fight.” It is an opportunity to engage with others in such a way that their own healing initiative is awakened.
For Sufis:
Practical Sufi Skills in a Stealth Healing Context
Sometimes it is hard to know how to bridge the gap between our personal practice of Sufism, and our every day life. This is especially the case when we are in a context which does not comfortably allow us to use Sufi terminology, or pray out loud, or even indicate in any way that we are living and interacting with spiritual and healing intent. This experiential workshop gives practices and strategies for using Sufi methods (without disclosing that they are Sufi methods) in the context of healing, teaching, activism, family life, or anything else that involves human interaction.
This workshop is designed to teach reliable methods of accessing the Healing Connection with anyone. The skills taught will also be fully applicable to "healing" situations outside of formal health care contexts, including family life, classrooms, activism for social change, and work within organizational structures. All that is required of the student is sincerity. 13 CEUs - Accredited by NCCAOM
Here's an audio sample of a recent intro session for Medicine Without Form.
(Class exercises are edited out, since they are experiential and don't make good listening!)
And regarding the additional Training Day...
Would you like coaching in how to teach using Medicine Without Form skills? The world is waiting for you to step into the Group Heart as a leader. Join us on Monday for a more focused class designed to help you find skill and confidence using what you learn this weekend specifically in any group setting.
Medicine without Form in Portland, OR
Center for Natural Medicine/ Healthquest
1330 SE 39 Ave Portland OR 97214
Local Contact: Nanette Niski 503-252-1451
Workshop - September 18-19, 2010
(limited to 30 people)
$200 - Tuition ($250 after Sept 1)
(or mail check - Thea Elijah, Box 493, Putney VT 05346)
Advanced Training Day - Monday, September 20, 2010
Optional for current and previous workshop participants - limited to 16
$100 - Teacher Training Day
