A short introduction

This is a book about your Self-Healing, about ridding yourself of stress and pain. It is for those who have not been exposed to energy work and those looking to further their understandings. To start this path to Self-Healing, you only need to look at where you are right now this is the starting line, and congratulations! This is exactly where you should be in space at this precise moment in time. This is what we refer to as Shaman Time, being exactly where we need to be at the time needed to be there. This is the reason you are here right now reading this. It is your time to make a positive change from within. Something deep inside is telling you that there has to be a better way, and you are right the way is You! Self-Healing means taking on the responsibility and mindfulness to fully heal from whatever it is that inflicts you, be it a "disease" or what we refer to as "dis-ease" health condition, hereditary dysfunction, or any other physical, emotional, or mental illness. There is no one method of completely healing any condition by doing one particular modality. Full healing requires encompassing all realms of human existence: the full body and all of its intricately woven functions and systems; the mind, which includes memories, traumas, fears, obsessions, and predetermined outcomes; and the spirit, by which I mean the energetic self, life force energy, chi, ki, or prana. This is why this book contains two workbooks. Featured in this book is a hands-on REFERENCE GUIDE AND WORKBOOK THROUGH THE CHAKRAS FOR SELF-HEALING AND WALKING AS A SHAMAN. This workbook categorizes and utilizes all that is given to us by Mother Earth to support and enhance our lives, strengthen our bodies, balance our emotions, and soothe our souls. My personal Medicine Woman, Simply Cathryn, takes you on a journey with her 40 years of experience through the energy centers of the body that weave every atom of our being naturally into the tapestry of all life on Earth and awaken us to our true selves as good stewards to life on Earth happy, healthy, and well adjusted. Each of the Chakras, which support the functions of particular systems and organs of the body, is visited as a portal into the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual body. Simply Cathryn first looks at the history behind each Chakra. She then suggests aromatherapy to soothe and heal and flower essence to unlock dis-ease, releasing known, as well as unknown, memories buried deep in the tissues supporting each Chakra. She visits customs, rituals, and protocols of the Ancients, and through activities, she shows how you already have around your home all the things you need to improve everyday living. She teaches about what gems to use, teas to drink, and foods to eat that are the medicines of each Chakra and its systems. How we'e arrived to the point of needing healing is also an important factor in this book. What have we fed our bodies? What toxicities and heavy metals have we exposed ourselves to? What stresses have we been put through? The fact that most conditions have come about through many years of abuse, neglect, unknowing environmental exposures, and stress also means you must be willing to take the time to unravel, cleanse, repair, rebuild, and heal each layer. By doing this, you heal once and for all unlike with modern medicine, which only suppress the symptoms. If the underlying causes are not addressed, the original problem still exists and will resurface again. This book will help you become aware of the total involvement necessary for self-healing. The first step is creating a mindset to heal: accepting everything for what it is and allowing everything to be as it is, channeling your thoughts in a positive manner, and knowing and believing without doubt or fear that you can heal yourself. This is followed by healthfully and naturally making your food your medicine, creating new daily habits, learning ancient rituals and traditions, making tools for self-healing, and taking back responsibility for your own healthcare. The result is a new way to walk through life: walking AS IF. The second workbook is THE LABYRINTH OF SELF-HEALING. I will take you on a journey with my 25 years of experience in the Healing Arts to show you how to create the mindset needed to heal while explaining the concepts of energy, work, and healing the body, mind, and spirit. I will show you how to concentrate, manipulate, and move life-force energy, ki, chi, or prana to do this work. Energy work is channeling the inherent energy found in all living things into a place where it may be stagnant, blocked, or out of balance. Whether you are in the Healing Arts or facilitating your own Self-Healing, the work and the energy are the same. This workbook is designed so that anyone can use it. I will teach you, through guided imagery and meditations, how to clear the body, mind, and spirit of stress and pain. There are hundreds of healing modalities around the world and throughout time. None are greater or less than another it is all about intention and focus. In this book, I use a few different modalities to explain concepts and suggest ideas that I have learned over the years. The energy work that I teach in this book is an entity unto itself, a culmination of various modalities from around the world and throughout time. I call it the Dragons Way. This is a how-to manual as well, teaching you how to manipulate your own energy to heal yourself, whether you are a practitioner in the Healing Arts or just someone who is tired of being told that there is nothing else to do, that your pain is all in your head, or, the worst, that if you do not take these prescriptions or have this surgery you cannot and will not heal! Reiki, as any modality, is not learned from a book, CD, DVD, or webpage; it is learned by sacred tradition from teacher to student. Reiki attunements are necessary to channel the life-force energy of the universe in a disconnected or empathetic manner. If not attuned to Reiki, you can inadvertently drain your own energy and create energy attachments. Reiki, or any other healing modality for that matter, is not a replacement for a healthcare professional. If you have a serious condition, or are under a doctor's care for a specific condition, seek professional guidance before considering energy work. Energy Work is a form of Complementary Alternative Medicine. A complement is not a replacement; use it with discretion and with the best of intentions. When your intention is for the best and highest good for yourself and for anyone else involved, known or unknown, it is the way of nature and will manifest into a reality with harm to none. It is painfully obvious to see the difference between Original Medicine and Modern Medicine; we see what is in the best interest for our whole healing and what is not. For instance, take a good look at a pharmaceutical ad on television, which spends only a few seconds on what it can do for you and the rest of the time on all the side effects all due to unnatural, synthesized chemicals. It's time to return to making our medicines from natural herbs, vitamins, minerals, and flora and create meals that address our needs making food our medicine in the same way our ancestors did for thousands of years. This is a book about returning to what we have lost over the past 70 years: Personal Responsibility and Original Medicine. To your health, happiness, and wellbeing ~ Namaste ~ TonyD