A shaman can help a person heal from all types of physical and emotional traumas where conventional approaches may have failed. In shamanic practices, illness is understood not only in medical terms but also as a way the patient’s spirit is trying to communicate. Therefore, in treating illness, the shaman works to understand what the spirit of the patient is calling for. Where modern medicine focuses mostly on treating the body, shamanism take into consideration the whole person — the body, heart and mind — in her environment (including all her relationships and ancestors). Most traditions also recognize that the dis-ease itself (or imbalance in someone’s life) has a spirit as well; therefore they would ask: What does the disease need? Why did it come? What is it teaching the person? As such, shamanism is a great complement (not a substitute for) to conventional medical or psychological services. When doctors and other medical practitioners refer patients to me, they know that it will help them pass a stuck point in a therapy process, better integrate a treatment or release an energetic or emotional block that is preventing the body from healing. Some of them don’t hesitate to send me patients also to confirm a diagnosis or solve a “mystery.”
In all those aspects, shamanic healing helps address dimensions that the rational conscious mind may be unaware of or that would take much more time for conventional approaches to uncover.
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