Robin Vinge

Naturopathic Medicine

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The Spiritual Side of Healing

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So when you have this ego shattering experience and feel like you have hit rock bottom, what do you do? You don’t really do anything. Rather you remain open…open to spirit…open to whatever information wants to come forward to you… I spent two years after I was diagnosed with MS in contemplation. This meant I did not do anything. I got quiet within myself. I walked a lot without any companions. I spent time in reflection. I spent time alone with my spirit trying to make sense of my circumstances…That is all I did… I wanted help and I asked for help from the spiritual realms… I probed the interior of my being; I wanted to make sense of the diagnosis and know why it had shown up in my life. I looked over my life and pondered the path I had taken in depth… I evaluated my level of happiness and how it had varied at different points all along my life path and wondered why that was… I looked at key decisions that I had made along the way.  I then probed a little deeper… looking for the reasons behind the decisions that I had made. I looked at forks in the road, relationships I had entered into, matters of significance, triumphs, failures, choices I had made, errors in judgement, personal setbacks, regrets, blessings, opportunities, loves lost and loves gained. I looked at the simple tableau that I had written now seemingly enshrouded in darkness…

By the end of the two year span, I began to see little pockets of light illuminating small pieces of the tableau. I began to have some small insights as to why this illness had made its presence known in my life. It was a gift and it was meant to wake me up. These ego shattering experiences are always a gift even though you may not see it that way for quite some time…First you have to deal with the shattered pieces and there is often a significant amount of grief involved regarding these pieces. You are like a plate that has been shattered and your objective is to now painstakingly piece the plate back together. However it takes time to reassemble the plate and now that you have been shattered you will never be the same plate from this day forward…Any ego shattering experience that shows up is without a doubt meant to connect you with your awareness – nothing more, nothing less – but connecting you to your awareness is the first step needed before you begin to reassemble the plate that now represents your life in this very moment…you need time to process this event thus the need for reflection and contemplation…

The Spiritual Side of Healing- Part One

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I will talk more about the physical side of healing in future posts as I feel most people resonate with that side of healing and are wanting to make more changes pertaining to their physical health. However, I am most excited to discuss the spiritual side of healing with you because this is the world that I really get and love. The spiritual side is the nitty gritty of healing. It is when you come face to face with yourself and your life and that can pose difficulty for most if not all of the human race. It is when you lie naked against the transparent backdrop of your life and begin to see things as they really are. It is cutting out the crap and agreeing to face the music. This is not easy folks! It is scary and hard to face the music which is the particular tune that you are playing in this life. But by not facing yourself and your music you leave a lot of stones unturned. The more stones unturned the less transformative is the healing. The spiritual side of healing is where the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow lies; agreeing to look at this aspect of yourself can lead to the most insights, the most profound healings and the most peace and understanding that you will ever know. If you have never had a longing to know yourself better or have never had a desire to know who or what God or a spiritual connection is then this side of healing is not for you now. But there will be a time, likely when you are challenged by some unforeseen circumstance in your life, perhaps an ego shattering experience like the death of someone you love, the diagnosis of a serious illness in yourself or another, losing your job or filing for bankruptcy, a divorce that you never saw coming, a horrendous accident….this incident will act as a catalyst and you will be driven to seek out the spiritual side of healing. You will be greatly comforted by it when there is nothing left you can do, there is nowhere else you can go, and there is no one that can really understand what you are going through; you have officially hit rock bottom and you will have nowhere else to turn but to spirit. You are never alone and there is always a spiritual connection around you; you just have to be open to it. You have to ask for help from the spiritual realms and trust me> you will receive help…the help might come in an unexpected phone call that you receive, a commercial on your television, a conversation that you are having with a friend, a song you hear on the radio, a sentence you read in your newspaper… the mystery lies in the method of delivery but this connection to spirit becomes your lifeline>>> the message is for you and it is from the spiritual realms – you will know this when it happens to you and it is the beginning of your connection to the spiritual world…your life has now officially changed…for the better…

The Physical Side of Healing

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One thing that I have been more focused on as of late is promoting a more alkaline pH in my body. As chronic acidity is linked to the many degenerative and chronic diseases that our society deals with on a regular basis, the call is to eat more foods that favor an alkaline pH in the body – read fruits and vegetables…I find that most people get the recommended amounts of fruits in their diets but fall short in the vegetable department. One of the quickest ways to increase alkaline status and up your veggie intake is to have green drinks. There are many green drinks on the market and you can go to any health food store and get a powdered drink to help the physical side of healing. I use Phytogreens in my practice (made by Seroyal) but you will not find that particular brand on the shelf. Greens plus is a decent health food store brand (just follow the directions on the label). If you are more adventurous, I recommend making your own green drink. Pick up organic celery, cilantro, cucumber, parsley, kale, spinach, apples and pears for starters. Wash the vegetables. Remove the middle stalk of the kale and rip into bite sized pieces. Cut the apples or pears in half and remove the core. You need a kitchen appliance to blend your drink. You can use a blender, hand blender or a bullet blender (from Canadian Tire). Add one cup of orange juice to the blender and one cup of water. Then add the equivalent of three fronds of kale or use 1 1/2  fronds kale and a handful of spinach, then add two stalks of celery, 1/2 cucumber, a handful of cilantro or parsley and 1/2 to 1 apple or pear. This is a great alkalinizing drink that tastes good. Try it and modify it to suit your liking. If you are prone to calciun oxalate kidney stones, you should omit the kale and spinach. Otherwise, happy alkalanizing blending everyone. I swear that the complexion of my skin improves when I am juicing more. Juicing is an easy way to get more fruits and veggies in your body and they are in a form that is easy for the body to assimilate. Until next time, try a green smoothie…