Self Love Healing

This morning I had an impulse to ask the angels for a message for the day. The answer I received was about self love and healing from Archangel Raphael. It was exciting because I'm newly practicing communicating directly with angels for answers outside of intuitive readings.

Raphael offered this as my morning message, "Healing happens in our own heart. It is through loving ourself that transformation can begin and continues on as we practice this."

I loved this message. It's always helpful to get that validation. As someone who loves to offer healings and help to others, but feels a bit guilty sometimes when I spend time and money to get my own, confirmation from Raphael that giving to myself and loving myself is ultimately the best healing.

This message of self love being the start of healing goes along with my training in Buddhist Psychotherapy from Naropa. We studied about the Buddhist philosophy of brilliant sanity (or self love) being the basis of healing. As a therapist, our job is not to point out what is wrong with the client. It is to help them find their inherent goodness, sanity, joy so they can internalize this and start loving themselves, also called Maitri in Buddhism. At the end, I describe a meditation for developing self love.

My practice lately has been a practice of self love healing by taking time during the day to spend time in nature. Going on a hike with two of my doggies on a very beautiful trail near my house is one of my favorites. The other is laying in my hammock in my yard and listening to the birds & watching the tress glitter in the breeze.

For me, this act feeds my heart and feels so nourishing to my spirit. Like a spoonful of love. So much of the time I've had my own business, I've felt like if I am not working during the day, being productive, then my business will collapse. Because much of my work is from home, it's hard to just relax and give myself love during the day. So much to do for my business or for the house or for my puppies/husband.

I feel so wonderful when I take time for self love practices during the work day. Meditation, eating a good breakfast/lunch, time in nature, and exercise are all acts of self love I believe.

A meditation I practice to deepend my self love and compassion for others is the "metta practice", metta meaning loving kindness. Basically, you breathe light into your heart and breathe it out to others. There can be more details if you want to be specific. Here's  a 20 min meditation, starting with a body centering practice, then a metta practice, with a water fountain in the background.



If you find you are in a defecit of self love, it is great to reach out to a friend who can help you return to it, or a professional who can help you reconnect to your love, your heart, your basic goodness. This should be the basis for any therapy, helping you reconnect with self love, so you can internalize it and continue the path of healing on your own, everyday.

May all beings enjoy peace, understanding and amusement with increase every day. Blessings.
Lisa