Two Bay Area holistic health experts have opinions.
Which one resonates with you?
Dance pioneer Anna Halprin (2002) made an important distinction between curing and healing:
To “cure” is to physically eliminate a disease… To “heal” is to operate on many dimensions simultaneously, by aiming at attaining a state of emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health. Healing also addresses the psychological dimension and works with belief systems,whether they are life-enhancing or destructive. It is possible, therefore, that a person with a terminal diagnosis may not be cured, but can be healed, and inversely, that someone can be cured, but not healed (p. 15).
Len Saputo, MD (2009) said: “Curing is focused on eliminating symptoms. Genuine healing moves us along toward peak health… of the body, mind, emotion and spirit” (p. 146).
To learn more about their work, check out their web sites.
- Anna Halprin and the Tamalpa Institute, http://www.tamalpa.org/
- Dr. Len Saputo and the Health Medicine Center, http://alternativehealth.com/hmc/
References
Halperin, A. (2002). Returning to health with dance, movement and imagery. Mendocino, CA: LifeRhythm.
Saputo, L. (2009). A return to healing: Radical health care reform and the future of medicine. San Rafael, CA: Origin Press.
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