Welcome to “Healing From Within” with host Sheryl Glick Reiki Master Teacher, intuitive healer and author of The Living Spirit which shares stories of spiritual communication healing energies miracles and finding intuition for creating your most purposeful joyful and healthy life. Today Sheryl welcomes Rev. Constance McClain author of Mindful Paths: Steps Towards a Living Spirituality which is based on a course entitled Spiritual Health that Rev. Constance McClain developed for using in a classroom setting that has been available for over ten years now. It is a key component in an accredited degree program on Holistic Health. As Listeners of “Healing From Within” are well aware Sheryl and her guests share intimate experiences and stories in an advanced metaphysical search to discover who we are. why we are experiencing this physical life, and how we may merge our energetic intuitive soul wisdom with our ego based reality for a productive happy and healthy life journey. It is we find in the knowing that we are spiritual beings having a physical life that we begin to understand the energy aspects of our thinking health and how we create with our thoughts our own reality for better or worse. As it is said, “We are the masters of our journey.”In today’s episode of Healing From Within we will discuss what Living Spiritually actually is and how coincidences or divine intervention often bring us together with people who share a similar interest as we discover more about ourselves the world universe and ways to create our healthiest most prosperous loving life story and learn how to deal with the stumbling blocks or challenges along the way.Rev Constance tells us about the genesis for her book Mindful Paths Steps towards Living Spiritually which she co-authored with Rev.James Anthony Walker and how she believes that there was divine intervention many times in her life and that it was not random or a coincidence that she met Rev Walker and wrote this book. Perhaps an awareness of the benefits of mindful spiritual awareness and meditation practices led to the genesis of this book. His leadership and passion have led the way in the development of a rigorous body of research focused on the physiological and psychological benefits of mindfulness meditation.The results are staggering and have brought meditation into the mainstream of our healthcare systems.Benefits have been found to include: Physical Benefits
Improved stress response, lessening of cortisol production rateImproved parasympathetic nervous system regulation (resulting in a relaxed state where the body can heal, repair and renew)Decreased blood pressureDecreased respirationImproved pain management Psychological & Emotional BenefitsImproved mood and sleep qualityImproved concentration, attention, and self-awarenessReduced anxiety, depression, and impulsivity (improved neuro-chemical balance)Improved detachment skillsImproved understanding of and control over thought processes
Meditation, in all of its many forms, is here to stay. We hope, if it’s not already a daily practice for you, that you’ll give it a try. As with any physical fitness training practice, there are certain elements of it that are foundational. There are many forms of meditation Here is one….Transcendental Meditation, with its roots in the Vedic traditions of India, was brought into the global mainstream in the 1950s by Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It is a form of silent mantra (most often a religious or spiritual thought/prayer) meditation, practiced sitting comfortably, with eyes closed, and assuming no particular position from the yoga traditions. The fundamental goal of TM is largely the same as with other meditation practices… to quiet the mind to a point where a greater clarity and focus can be achieved. While training in TM requires a time commitment and financial investment, you may find some approximation of the clearing benefits of this p...
