One of the ways that people are opening up is by taking charge of their own health and happiness. We are, for many reasons, losing faith in Western medicine. Of course, there are many instances where traditional medicine is needed. Surgery is one example. But there are times, more often than not, where we have control over our health. We need to start listening to our bodies instead of subduing them into doing what we want. Our bodies know what we need, if we only take those few precious moments to listen. Meditation can be a great help when you desire to tap into inner knowledge.


Our intuition is another wonderful source from which we can gain wisdom. Deep inside us all, there is a small voice that most of us do not hear. This is our intuition, or Higher Consciousness. The reason most of us don't hear our intuition is because we are not in the right state of mind. Like meditation, we need to become quiet.

Shakti Gawain, author of "Developing Intuition, Practical Guidance for Daily Life", describes intuition as the universal, intelligent life force residing in all of us that tells us what feels right at any given moment. Many people who are not consciously aware of being in touch with their intuition imagine it to be some mystical, far-out force. It really isn't. It is a down-to-earth, practical tool that is always available to help us with decisions, problems, and daily challenges.

Here is a good exercise to start working with your intuition.

A very important thing to keep in mind while working with self-healing are the words we say to ourselves. Thoughts go unnoticed very easily. Take some time to listen to your thoughts today. Try to look at them without emotion. What are you telling yourself? Are you positive, expecting miracles, knowing success and happiness are your birth-right? Or are you negative, putting yourself down, expecting to fail?
Inside each of us there is a level of consciousness which responds - literally- like a child, to all of our thoughts. This level also works to maintain our health. So what do you think is going to happen if we keep saying, "Boy, am I ever fat!" Well, you've already convinced yourself that you are fat. This level of consciousness has heard you, and you will probably stay fat! We need to turn this around.

There is a Divine spark in you! Treat yourself in light of this. You are in control, whether you realize it or not. The power to heal yourself is as simple as laying your hands on a painful area, working towards positive thoughts, doing a meditation technique before going to sleep. There is so much more possibility than physical reality would lead us to believe. There is so much growth potential, so much beauty. We only need to open our eyes to it. Put yourself around beautiful things. Be inspired! If you are miserable and can't stand the direction you are going in, flip it around! Turn your life upside down. Go see the mountains, the ocean, start up that business you keep talking about,