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| springs and ornamental, culinary, herb, and staple food gardens, will provide a sanctuary for healing in body, mind, and spirit. When complete, WellSprings West will offer clinical treatment and support services, including hydrotherapy, acupuncture, and yoga; state-of-the-art research, development, and validation of complementary medical practices; and comprehensive educational programs, classes, lectures, and seminars. Like WellSprings East, it will also include an apothecary and herbal dispensary. |
| In my practice, I see a wide variety of individuals and a wide variety of illnesses, including diverse forms of cancer. In fact, nearly half of my practice at this time is devoted to clients dealing with this disease. They range from people with a genetic predisposition to cancer who are focusing on prevention to those diagnosed as terminal and for whom all other treatments have failed. Though I do not have all the answers, I am making progress every day in guiding these patients to wellness. I feel passionately devoted to this work, and I pray daily for the well-being of my clients and for the strength and wisdom to guide them in their healing process. |
| The Wisdom of Chi, the Vital Life Force |
| In terms of biological and cellular functions, twentieth-century medicine can brilliantly describe cancer's process from oncogenes to tumor-suppressor genes, to growth factors and specific cell receptors. However, although conventional medicine understands that malignant cells function in a chaotic fashion, it ignores that which imposes order in a healthy organism. |
| This is not the case with traditional healing systems. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), for example, tells us order is imposed by chi, the vital energy or life force present in and activating all creation. India's medical system, Ayurveda, calls this life force prana. Japanese medicine calls it ki. All traditional healing systems recognize this life force as an invisible intelligence that "knows" how to direct and regulate all the body's autonomic functions, such as respiration, circulation, digestion, elimination, infection-fighting processes, and so forth. The traditional systems attribute any breakdown in health directly to an imbalance in the life force, a condition that existed for some time before disease manifested. |
| Thus, the approach of the traditional healer in treating illness is very different from that of most twentieth-century physicians. The principal task is to identify imbalances or blocks in the life force and correct them by applying the |
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