Dear people,
The spiral is a wonderful healing tool to work with, both in what we can accomplish for ourselves, but also in what happens when things go wrong. In English, spiraling can both mean: decrease or deteriorate continuously as well as showing a continuous and dramatic increase. I've written before on using the Spiral in walking meditation, but today I want to write some more about the spiral as a healing tool.
Why a healing spiral?
Most of the time, people like their growth to be a continuous line trending upward. While I can understand why that's ideal, that's hardly realistic. That would mean that we only take steps forward and our lives continuously improve at the same rate.
After discussing this, people often talk about how life has it's ups and downs, and then draw a line which dips now and again, but in the end rises higher and higher. That's more realistic than the always upwards trending line. Sometimes we take a step back and then 2 forward, sometimes we are stuck in a dip for a long while, but in the end, we achieve more then we had in the beginning.
What it doesn't show is how healing builds upon healing and pain builds upon pain. It's no wonder we call it 'spiraling' when we talk about mental health. When we can't stop a negative thought, it will often generate another and another and another until we hit rock bottom. Breaking that spiral is so important. At the same time, if we are healing, building positivity upon positivity, we will reach higher and higher. That often means we reach higher and higher levels of healing. Of course that means we regularly revisit earlier themes which sometimes means people mistakenly think they make no progress or fear that they are stuck in a loop.
Why use a healing spiral?
If you know that healing and growth moves into a spiral, you can use it in your healing practice to increase healing as well as speed it up. Who doesn't like speeder results? It means meeting yourself where you are at, but also increasing your own healing potential.
You can also use spirals to get to the core of issues or to manifest things outward. Spirals are found in nature, making it easier to meditate with this symbol. Of course spirals also feature in sacred geometry. So there are many ways in which you can connect to spirals and have them help you.
Some ideas to use a spiral
Here are some ideas on how to use a spiral:
- Meditate with a spiral object like a seashell, a snail etc.
- Walk a spiral inwards with a reflection question
- Walk a spiral outwards with a manifestation focus
- Trace or draw spirals
- Use a piece of rope, string or a necklace to make a spiral
Exercise: Healing Spiral
- Take around 10-15 minutes for this exercise
- Choose a healing theme (for example: physical health, assertiveness, acceptance)
- Gently close your eyes
- Breathe in and out until you feel comfortable
- Visualize a spiral staircase standing right before you
- Your staircase is filled with light and healing
- Set your foot upon the first step - breathe in and out - and access the healing available
- Gently ascend upwards to the next level
- Ask for the lesson or gift at this stage of healing
- Breathe in and out - and access the healing available
- Repeat until you feel you are at the highest level of healing for yourself
- Extend gratitude towards yourself
- Gently open your eyes, drink a bit of water and do some grounding
If you want to share your experience with healing spirals or my exercises, you can email me, post a comment here on the blog or send me a message on the Facebook Fan Page or on Instagram.
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