This document discusses spirituality, healing, and spiritual healing methods. It defines spirituality, healing, cure, and remedy. It describes how spirituality is related to health and identifies different paths and methods to improve spiritual wellness, such as meditation, yoga, guided imagery, deep breathing, mindfulness, visualization, and biofeedback. The document differentiates between healing and curing, stating that curing means eliminating disease while healing means becoming whole.

1. HEALING CURE AND SPIRITUALITY
BY
Sehrish Naz
RN, Post RN, MSN
&
Shahla Arshad
RN, Post RN
Lecturer
INS-KMU

2. Objectives
At the end of the unit learners will be able to:
 Describe spirituality and its relationship with
health and illness
 Differentiate between healing and cure
 Identify different methods of spiritual healing

3. Healing
To restore health or soundness; cure.
Cure
Means of healing or restoring to health or a method or
course of remedial treatment for disease or successful
remedial treatment for restoration to health.
 Spirituality
Spirituality is the way you find meaning, hope, comfort, and
inner peace in your life. Many people find spirituality through
religion. Some people find it through music, art, or a
connection with nature. Others find it in their values and
principles.

4. Remedy
something that cure or relieve a disease or bodily disorder , a
healing medicine, application or treatment.
Spiritual Wellness
is a personal matter involving values and beliefs that provide a
purpose in our lives .Spiritual health can also consist of more
broad concepts, such as hope, purpose, and peace

5. Spirituality Is Related To Health
 No one really knows how spirituality is related to health.
However the concept is that body mind and spirit are
connected. The health of any one of these elements seems to
affect the others.
 Some researches shows a connection between your beliefs
and your sense of well being.
 Positive beliefs comfort and strength gained from religion.
Meditation and prayer can contribute to well being. It may
even promote healing.
 Improving your spiritual health may not cure an illness, but it
may help you feel better. It also may prevent some health
problems and help you cope better with illness, stress, or
death.

6. Path To Improved Health
 If you want to improve your spiritual health, you may want to
try the following ideas. However, remember that everyone is
different. What works for others may not work for you. Do
what is comfortable for you.
 Identify the things in your life that give you a sense of inner
peace, comfort and strength.
 Set time every day to do the things that help you spiritually.
These may include doing community service or volunteer
work, praying, meditating, singing devotional songs, reading
inspirational books, having quiet time for thinking, doing
yoga, playing a sport, or attending religious services.

7. Reaching Spiritual Wellness
 It is important for everyone to explore what they believe is
their own sense of meaning and purpose.
 The path to spiritual wellness may involve meditation, prayer,
affirmation, or specific spiritual practices that support your
connection to a higher power or belief system. Yoga and
meditation can also help you develop spiritual wellness.
 Having compassion, the capacity for love and forgiveness,
altruism, joy, and fulfillment help you enjoy your spiritual
health. Your religious faith, values, beliefs, principles, and
morals define your spirituality.

8. Evaluation Of Your Own Spiritual Wellness
Evaluate your own spiritual wellness with this brief quiz.
 Do I make time for relaxation in my day?
 Do I make time for meditation and/or prayer?
 Do my values guide my decisions and actions?
 Am I accepting of the views of others?
If you answered "No" to any of the questions, it may indicate
an area where you need to improve the state of your spiritual
wellness.

9. Differentiate Between Healing And Cure
You can cure without healing, and you can heal without curing.
Curing means "eliminating all evidence of disease,“ while
Healing means "becoming whole.“
The words “healing” and “curing” are used interchangeably.
Curing is a restoration of health, an absence of symptoms, and a
remedy of disease.
Healing, on the other hand, is a restoration of wholeness. Healing
is not the removal or cessation of symptoms, but an integrative
process that exceed from physical to mental, emotional, and
spiritual vitality and wellness.

10. Different Methods Of Spiritual Healing
Meditation
The beauty of practicing meditation is that it allows you to “let
go” of every day worries and literally “live in the moment.”
People who meditate regularly report improvements
physically mentally and spiritually. To begin a meditation
practice you will need to find a quiet spot, away from the
phone, television, friends, family and other distractions. There
are several different ways to meditate. Meditation practices
often involve learning breathing, or mantra techniques.
Initially your mind may wander when you first start
meditating. By training your mind to focus on the moment,
you will eventually find yourself transformed and feel very
peaceful and happy. Most experts recommend mediating for
about 20 to 30 minutes at a time.

11. Practice Mindfulness Meditation
To practice mindfulness meditation, you'll need:
A quiet environment. Choose a secluded place in your home, office, or
outdoors where you can relax without distractions or interruptions.
A comfortable position. Get comfortable, but avoid lying down as this
may lead to you falling asleep.
A point of focus. You can meditate with your eyes closed or open so this
point can be internal—a feeling or imaginary scene—or external—a
candle flame or a meaningful word that you repeat throughout the
meditation.
An observant, noncritical attitude. Don't worry about distracting
thoughts that go through your mind or about how well you're doing.
If thoughts intrude during your relaxation session, don't fight them,
just gently turn your attention back to your point of focus.

12. Counting
Count backwards from 100, restarting every time you lose
track. Don't attach to forgetting your place; simply start over
and keep counting down. Remember, there is no right or
wrong — it's all meditating!
Visualization
Concentrate on a single face, place, color, etc. Allow your
mind to clear and focus on a single image e.g. A peaceful
green field Notice how this makes you feel.

13. Biofeedback
This method involves attaching surface electromyography electrodes
(SEMG) to the skin. The SEMG measures blood pressure, muscle
tension level, breathing, and heart rate. A biofeedback therapist will
meet with the client and show him the ways in which his body reacts
on a computer screen. The therapist will then teach him new skills for
decreasing the level of stress he is experiencing. The results are
shown on the screen.Biofeedback is taught by a psychologist or
specialized therapist who has been trained in biofeedback
techniques.

14. Yoga
Yoga combines meditation and physical exercise to achieve
improved health and sense of well-being. Yoga has been
practiced in India for over 5,000 years. Yoga involves repeating
movements that can help improve strength and flexibility as
well as promote mental and physical health and greater self-
understanding. The movements are very graceful and have
spiritual significance. Paying careful attention to breathing is
also part of practicing yoga.

15. Guided Imagery
Guided Imagery is a wonderful stress reduction tool which
uses “visualization” and “mental imagery” techniques to
improve health. It has been used effectively
for cancer patients who literally imagine themselves without
the cancerous cells. Other creative visualization techniques
include transporting the individual to a quiet place in their
mind (perhaps a favorite lake, river, or forest). Guided imagery
can “reduce blood pressure, lower cholesterol and glucose
levels in the blood and heighten short-term immune cell
activity.”

16. Practicing visualization
Close your eyes and imagine your restful place or Picture .
Visualization works best if you incorporate as many sensory details as
possible.
For example, if you are thinking about a a quiet lake:
 See the sun setting over the water
 Hear the birds singing
 Smell the pine trees
 Feel the cool water on your bare feet

17. Deep Breathing
Deep breathing exercises are also known as diaphragmatic breathing.
In these exercises, you are learning not to engage in the typical
shallow breathing, but breathing through your diaphragm (a
technique learned and practiced by singers and actors for centuries
to produce uninterrupted song or dialogue).
 The key to deep breathing is to breathe deeply from the abdomen,
getting as much fresh air as possible in your lungs. When you take
deep breaths from the abdomen, rather than shallow breaths from
your upper chest, you inhale more oxygen.
 Sit comfortably with your back straight. Put one hand on your chest
and the other on your stomach.
 Breathe in through your nose. The hand on your stomach should rise.
The hand on your chest should move very little.

18.  Exhale through your mouth, pushing out as much air as you can.
The hand on your stomach should move in as you exhale, but
your other hand should move very little.
 Continue to breathe in through your nose and out through your
mouth. Try to inhale enough so that your lower abdomen rises
and falls. Count slowly as you exhale.
 If you find it difficult breathing from your abdomen while sitting
up, try lying down. Put a small book on your stomach, and
breathe so that the book rises as you inhale and falls as you
exhale.