Do Natural Healers Really Need Courses?

Many natural healers believe there is no point taking a healing course since they can already do great healing.

At first glance this position makes some sense, and I have to admit that when I first taught natural healers Reiki, I did wonder whether they would get more from my course than just the certificate.

I mean, some of them were incredibly talented, more talented than me in certain healing aspects.

Having worked with hundreds of natural healers over the last sixteen-plus years, however, I’ve discovered that all of them – without exception so far – have benefitted from extending their healing repertoire.

For instance, many natural healers lack confidence in what they do. It’s not that they question their ability, but since they work intuitively, since they don’t really have any technique or rules to support them, it’s almost inevitable that at some point a little voice inside their head will wonder whether they are doing things ‘right’.

Learning something like Reiki, however, gives them a strong healing tradition (and set of healing techniques) to fall back on should self-doubt creep in – something that always improves confidence.

Another issue natural healers often encounter is that their healing ‘education’ is unbalanced. Because they are self-taught, they might excel in certain areas but be totally ignorant of other key healing skills.

Many natural healers, for instance, are highly sensitive to energy but lack grounding.

As a result, they get bombarded by ‘negative’ energy, overwhelmed by the pain of others, and are all too often pulled down by places with dense and unbalanced energy.

With more formal training, however, with the right techniques, these issues can typically be quickly overcome, leaving a much happier, more balanced healer.

And this all makes sense, too, because if a natural healer is already good without help, how much better could they become with a bit of guidance?

In my courses, I typically see natural healers not just improve their theoretical understanding of healing, but also – and more importantly – increase the strength, versatility, and sensitivity of their healing work.

I have attended many many courses myself because, like everyone else, I know there is so much more I can learn, so much I can improve. I also know that having a teacher who has already trodden a path I wish to follow will greatly accelerate my learning.

Socrates taught Plato. Plato taught Aristotle. Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.

Look behind almost anyone who excels in any field and you typically find they have had one or more influential teachers.

Teachers help you discover your blind spots. They fill in missing knowledge. They give you a map to help you speed up the natural learning process.

Then, when you combine what you learn with what you already do naturally, you’ll discover that your healing work often undergoes huge shifts.

After that, if you continue to learn from others and continue to practise, the shifts will typically compound until you surprise even yourself.

Often, all we need is a single new piece of information, a slight tweak to the way we are doing things – to make a huge leap forward.

So if you are a natural healer, find good teachers and learn as much from them as you can.

For their help might be the fast track to unleashing your true healing potential.