Woman Who Glows in the Dark by Elena Avila
Based on the practices of a cureander, who reveals aztec secrets of physical and spiritual health, this text is a guide guide to healing mind, body and spirit. In the West, we have doctors to heal the body, psychiatrists to heal the mind and the church to heal the spirit. In South American tradition there is the curandera who treats the whole person with a combination of massage, counselling, herbalism and ritual. This form of healing enforces a mind-body-soul connection. While studying nursing, Elena Avila began to piece together both her own healing heritage and to uncover the thriving healthcare system which many Mexicans still rely on today. Her fascination led to an apprenticeship with a master curandero in Mexico and today she incorporates this holistic approach with her Western psychiatric training in a successful practice in the USA. As a curandera, Avila deals with physical and emotional disorders like heartache, rage, bad luck and the evil eye and also applies the healing to Western physical disorders such as migraine, eating disorders and diabetes. She also shows how she has healed people with counselling and soul retrieval, so they can reclaim lost parts of themselves from traumatic situations.
"I invite you to read about a pure and authentic Southern wisdom tradition, curanderismo, well described by La Elena, a curandera superfina, one who lives on the inside of the phenomenon, one whose roots are in the rich, dark soil of the true work, one who knows the fragrant Centre utterlyYou are in good hands." Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author of Women Who Run with the Wolves
As both curandera and psychiatric nurse, Elena Avila has her feet in two worlds -- ancient tradition and Western medical practice. She has established a successful curandera practice in the United States. She gives lectures and leads workshops.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780722540312 |
| ISBN 10 | 0722540310 |
| Title | Woman Who Glows in the Dark |
| Author | Elena Avila |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2000-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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