Holism & Health
A very dedicated nurse practitioner told me of a patient whom I had once also seen. She is afflicted with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and has of course mobility difficulties. When I saw her, her Inner Flame was very low – she had read and been told so much about her diagnosis and her prognosis that she had, basically, surrendered any desire to live.
I’m thinking of the technically most skilled surgeon but also the most flawed. Time and again he would stand with his entourage at the foot of the patient’s bed and declare, “Well, you’ve got the cancer and you’re gonna die!”
A statement of Gratitude to my friend George Goodheart, the great chiropractor and founder of Applied Kinesiology. Thank you for introducing me to the body.
A healer advises, puts forward, posits, a suggestion for the sufferer. Hoping so to actuate his Life Energy. “Can you see how this will help you heal?”
Dr. John Diamond discusses three types of yoga that he considers integral to his work: karma yoga (selfless action), bhakti yoga (devout love), and hatha yoga (raising the life energy) – and the deep principles that serve as their foundation.
I overheard Robert Fulford, my dear friend, talking on the phone to a young osteopath wanting to learn cranial work.
In Medicine I am an alienist. And in Psychiatry – and psychiatrists were called alienists – I am still an alienist.
Dr. Diamond discusses the importance of examining oneself and one’s life, especially in terms of then going on to help others.
See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.
I would like to practice true Psyche-atry.
Psyche is from the root BHES – to breathe. The Greek psukhein, to breathe gave us psukhe, soul. (The Latin halare, from the same root, gave us inhalation and exhalation – and halitosis.)
In this free video, Dr. Diamond discusses how, up until recently, medicine has disregarded the value of such a crucial organ for our health and wellbeing.