Category Archives: Michaela on Medicine

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Means of Life (8)

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Michaela

“Means of Life” is an inter-disciplinary approach to explore how everything is related and to pin-point the differences between what we need and what we want. “Means of Life” is emerging as I type. I has started as a reflection … Continue reading →

Posted in Means of Life, Michaela on Medicine, The Sacred Disease | Tagged Addiction to eating, Eating, Eating disorders, Food, Nourishment, Spiritual Starvation | 2 Comments

Cure and Healing

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Michaela

I always found it to be curious that the official WHO definition for health is a perfectly holistic one: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Each … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Medicine, Michaela on Medicine | Tagged Chronic disease, Cure, healing, Holistic medicine, Spirituality and Medicine, Transformation | 2 Comments

Means of Life (7)

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Michaela

“Means of Life” is an inter-disciplinary approach to how everything is connected and to pin-point the difference between what we need and what we want. Addiction to food may be the reason for many chronic disturbances and diseases. We said … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening & Medicine, Means of Life, Michaela on Medicine | Tagged Chronic stress, Eating, Food, Holistic health, Metabolic syndrome, Spirituality and Medicine, Stress and disease | Leave a comment

Means of Life (5)

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Michaela

In many ways, food has become an obsession in our society. As we have established, food intake is regulated by the bodily functions of hunger and satiety, as well as influenced by appetite, that is an indicator which type of … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening & Medicine, Means of Life, Michaela on Medicine | Tagged Ayurveda, Eating, Energy, Food, Health, Physical body | Leave a comment

Means of Life (3)

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Michaela

I am currently preparing a lecture how chronic stress and symptoms and diseases of the digestive system are related. So this is the real-life background for contemplating about food, digestion and the innate wisdom of our bodies. Why do we … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening & Medicine, Means of Life, Michaela on Medicine, The Window Seat | Tagged Murray Gell-Mann, Quark, Subatomic particle | 2 Comments

Means of Life (2)

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Michaela

Many years ago, in the search of what I felt was missing in my understanding of the human body and how to help people heal, I came across the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. It is a Sanskrit term meaning “ … Continue reading →

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Means of Life (1)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Michaela

Lately I have become really intrigued with the obsession of our Western society with food. I have written on other occasions about my own (past) passion for cooking and how it has been changing lately, transforming into something else. Moreover, … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening & Medicine, Means of Life, Michaela on Medicine | Tagged Eating, Energy, Food, Health | Leave a comment

Spiritual depression

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Michaela

Today I would like to investigate the subject of spiritual depression. If you try to research the subject, it appears that spiritual and clinical depressions are worlds apart and is not least expressed by the language used to describe either … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening & Medicine, Energy Medicine, Michaela on Medicine | Tagged Chronic stress, Depression, energetic changes of awakening, Fatigue (medical), letting go, Major depressive disorder, Spiritual depression, symptoms of spiritual awakening | 7 Comments

Between fear & faith

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Michaela

On 5th chakra, addiction, disease and surrender Whether being on a spiritual journey on the brink of surrendering, healing an addiction or a disease – energetically it is all connected to the centre of will-power: the fifth chakra. While the … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Medicine, Michaela on Medicine, The Sacred Disease | Tagged Chakra, Energy medicine, Health, Not my will but thine, surrender, Throat | 2 Comments

a sacred gift

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Martina

Is arthritis really about feeling unloved, as I read in Louise Hay’s book “You Can Heal Your Life” ? I didn’t know at the time but the debilitating pain of arthritis taught me surrender, courage, acceptance, patience ~ and much … Continue reading →