ON A DEEPER LEVEL....

I met a stranger today and she asked me what I did for a living --
I replied: Natural health therapist and healer.

She stared at me blank and then smiled: Soooo, did you just wake up one morning and decide this or what?!?

It did take me a minute to try to see where she was coming from, but then again...I completely understood. It was on the 'strange path' of things... Not exactly what most people expect to hear or grow up to be... I welcomed her honesty. Most people just ask again and then say 'ok', clearly unsure wheteher they should ask what it is exactly.

From experience, most people in my field started it up in times of hardship and health problems. And then there are some who just said they always knew it was what they had to do... And I admire them both. There always seems to be a touching story associated to how many healers start their work.

I was both, I discovered about my health condition when in 2001... In a state of denial for a while but I knew that things just had to move my way from now on... I wasn't getting anywhere, my life felt unfulfilling and I always did have a passion for health and natural lifestyle. All the ancient knowledge and wisdoms came naturally to my thoughts and mind. Along with many other things, I took a promise to start the journey.

And it wasn't easy --it was a learning process, plus a few other personal issues came about but I am now enjoying a new journey on my professional work.

All the things IT IS:

• It is very rewarding, challenging and a state of being.
• It is being part of a huge community.
• It is creative job.
• It does offer a wide choice of where to work -cruise ships, home run business, salon, natural health centre, hospitals, etc.
• People are getting clued up on it, but slowly.
• There is good money to be made.
• You are your own boss most times.
• People enjoy their work -I've never heard anyone complaining that they had to work when doing their healing.

• It is not another word for sexual service. It ANNOYS me that so many 'massage therapists' are really just hookers, then we get the massage parlours that give real massage therapists a BAD name.
• Not every therapist is qualified, unfortunately. This is where laws and associations come in to make sure all therapists reach a certain level of qualification and insured.
• It never claims to replace orthodox medicoine.
• It is not a cult following.
• It is not an easy thing to train for.

To anyone who is reading this with little or no experience of what it is...Then please be aware that there are so many different types of natural health therapies...It is not just one thing.

If you are looking for a natural therapist, contact the association that deals with the type of therapy you choose and get a list of member therapists in your area -so you know they are qualified and insured.

And always do your own homework on the subject, ask questions before starting anything and please don't continue if you don't feel comfortable with your therapist. The client-healer bond should be good and comfortable otherwise it is more or less a waste of time/money.

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