The Practice of Holistic Self-Healing

Course overview

The Practice of Holistic Self-Healing enables Nurses and Caregivers to apply healing techniques with a focus on maintaining practical self-care for holistic living. Participants will benefit from this activity by reducing stress in both their professional and private lives resulting in a healthier lifestyle. INSTRUCTOR BIO: Shirley Knapp is the author of this self-paced activity. She is a Continuing Education Instructor, a holistic practitioner, and the author of Sustaining Joy. Having been involved in holistic healing for over 25 years, it has been her dream to pass these self-healing tools on to Nurses and Caregivers who touch so many lives. Section One: Healing the Healer: Strategies for Self-Care Objectives: 1.Discover food combinations that will strengthen your body. 2.Recognize food combinations and the effect on the digestive system. 3.Perform self-healing techniques to stay healthy while expending energy to others. Content: 1.Introduction of knowledge of alkaline and acidic food balance. 2.Journal food combinations. a.Assess which food combinations provide increased or decreased energy. 3.Grounding techniques to create physical and psychological balance. a.Stress relief exercises to stimulate pituitary, adrenal and thymus glands. b.Establish a daily routine that fits individual needs. Section Two: Intuitive Development: Strategy for Holistic Living Objectives: 1.Discuss intuition to promote a healthy assessment of personal and professional life. 2.Apply the methods of intuitive healing. 3.Describe the experience of developing the connection between the body, mind and spirit. Content: 1.Specific techniques to develop insight and release fears. a.How quiet time and meditation encourage inner knowing. b.Explore your inner knowing. c.Identify and name fears. 2.How journal exercises uncover fears that adversely affect lives. a.Intuition comes from your heart and not your mind. b.Establish a quiet place for meditation. c.Learn to clear the mind and allow insight to come through. 3.A visualizing meditation encourages inner strength with a new way of experiencing stressors. a.Identifying and releasing fear patterns. b.Experience trust in self. Section Three: Meditation for Health Objectives: 1.Identify physical and psychological effects of stress. 2.Implement stress management techniques. 3.Create a personal stress management meditation practice. Content: 1.Examples of how stress challenges health and personal and professional relationships. a.Exercises in personal stress evaluation. b.Become aware of physical effects of stress. c.Address psychological effects of stress. 2.Explore the origins of meditation. a.Apply the techniques of meditation. b.Introduction to applications of meditation in healthcare. c.Scientific data on the benefits of meditation and the impact on patient recovery. 3.Entire body meditation for individual self-healing practice. a.Daily visualization supports the ability to feel relaxed for continued control. b.Technique can be used anytime during the day to regain the feeling of control.