Carole Fofana is best described as a Medicine Woman who has worked
for the last 25 years with the Five Elements system and spiritual/shamanic
practices which is the heart of her practice.
The
Five Element Methodology
The 5 Element
theory was developed by ancient Chinese healers who likened the
body to a perfect state, with many officials who had specific roles
and responsibilities concerned with keeping the whole state in perfect
harmony. Each of the officials has a connection to specific body
systems (Meridians, cycles, etc.), and organs, and by assessing
the pulse connected to each official and organ the practitioner
can assess the health and balance of the underlying constitution
in the body. The internal balance is seen as related to the balance
of the natural world around us, and each of the elements relates
to the seasons and natural elements in the world, when these are
in balance the world is in harmony, as the body will be also. By
enabling the Body to move closer to a state of harmony and balance
a better state of health in the body and mind will be achieved.
Thoughts
on Illness
It is natural
that we get ill from time to time, but how quickly can we bounce
back? The length of time it take to get well determines how ill
we are.
Elemental
Medicine
Carole's
subtle philosophy for healing, is to combine her knowledge, intuition
and experience across a whole range of techniques to create an individual
diagnosis. She works to a session plan designed to bring about a
profound shift from ill-health to well-being. Carole acts as a bridge
to your innocence and peace before trauma. Elemental Medicine is
an uplifting experience where you choose the time when you can be
in touch with your emotions, creativity and spirituality. Carole
is like a mirror reflecting back equally the infinite spirit and
potential that lives deep inside us all.
Using both ancient
and Modern techniques, Carole's combined skills can help with a
range of complaints, physical, spiritual, mental and emotional.
These include headaches, depression, anxiety, tension, fatigue,
neck shoulder and back problems, circulatory, urinary and liver
disorders or the feelings of being "left out, alone" or
disconnected. The list could just keep going,
Working with
reprogramming ways of behaving learnt at an early age and through
your social environment, Carole can help you re-educate, recreate
and integrate the Mind, Body and Spirit. This assists in locating
primary addictive issues which hold your growth back, and working
together on individual scars and wounds your life will begin to
change.
Carole also
works with past lives - family inherited patterns, Karmic and Spiritual
disturbances when appropriate. She has worked with Addictions and
the abuse of woman. She has worked many year with people with learning
difficulties and mental health problems. Carole has facilitated
groups on a varied cross-section of topics. She combines her skills
within the business setting - giving support and allowing the work
place to flow.
Together, the
client and Carole work out a session plan that is totally unique
to the client, by listening with all the senses. What is being said
behind the words? By discovering the fundamental needs and feeding
them, the client can observe and understand what causes them and
re-educate the body to become well again.
Christianity,
Anthroposophy, Zen Buddhism, Native American culture, Mythology
Islam and Matriarchal interests have all been an inspiration for
Carole's work.
Carole sees
diversity as positive, excepting the difference and touching the
heart which lies at the root of all leading spiritual traditions
and cultures. This is the lesson to have to learn in this day and
age, love and understanding, respect of self and then in your family,
then in your community and then out in the world. It starts at home
love yourself then you can love your neighbour. Nobody would harm
people if they had not been hurt and grew up to think hurting others
is normal..
Carole believes
it is our responsibility to be positive for ourselves, our families
for our Mother Earth, Grandmother Moon and Father sky and Grandfather
Fire - Grandfather fire is all fire, the sun. When we have danced
the man in us women and the female in man, then men and women can
start loving, respecting, caring, dreaming and taking chances to
flow together.
5 Element Acupuncture, (Leaminton
Spa), Lic Ac. 5 Element Methodology + the use of needles, moxa, etc.
Business Mentorship - Adult Educator,
Mediator and Group facilitator.
To follow…
Crystal Therapy, (Liz
Manison). Crystals like plants have been used through history for
healing, personal reflection and meditation. Crystals work well
with the human energy field. They can move, absorb, focus, direct
and diffuse energy in the body.
Working with
crystalline energy helps the body to find that natural rhythm again
after illness. The crystal's perfect atomic structure, gives out
a resonance of perfection, a pattern for the body to follow. And
by attuning to channelling Divine healing energy and using the crystals
as a powerful healing tool a wonderful healing vibration is achieved.
Crystal Healing is a therapy which is non invasive and can be used
in conjunction with a number of other therapies and orthodox medicine.
Responsibility
Moving Through
Change
Elderly Healing Care
To
follow…
Healing Shiatsu, (Sonia
Moricau) Dip.h.Sec MRSS. 5 Element Methodology + hands on touch
and manipulation of the body to move the energy around meridians..
Plant Spirit Medicine,
(Elliot Cowain)
"With Plant Spirit Medicine, we enter the dream of nature
in order to restore ourselves to harmony and balance."
Carole creates
a safe space in which to experience your healing process. Plant
Spirit Medicine is a deep healing modality based upon two ancient
healing traditions: Classical Chinese Medicine and shamanism. Using
Five Element Methodology, a plant spirit medicine practitioner learns
to look to the underlying factor that is a source of a patient's
dis-ease as well as their wholeness.
A Plant Spirit
Medicine practitioner calls upon the extraordinary healing power
of the plant spirits. Plant Spirit Medicine differs from many forms
of herbalism in the central importance it places on the relationships
between the plants, the practitioner and the patient before, during
and after treatment. Both patient and practitioner alike are deeply
connected to the plants that are called upon for healing. For the
patient, relationship is established by introducing plants that
have revealed their affinity for the constitutional elements in
which the patient has lost balance. For the practitioner, this relationship
is developed through shamanic journeying and ongoing friendship.
The result is a deeply effective and elegant form of healing.
With Plant Spirit
Medicine, we enter the dream of nature in order to restore ourselves
to harmony and balance. Our ancestors lived their lives in this
dream of nature - an existence in which there is no illusion of
separation from nature. Plant Spirit Medicine restores us to this
state of grace, which is our birthright.
For first hand
accounts and more about the reality behind this transformational,
yet gentle healing, see the book Plant Spirit Medicine by Eliot
Cowan (1995, Swan Raven & Co) or to order a copy contact your
local Plant Spirit Medicine Practitioner.
Website produced
by Creative Force Online All images.
Reike (Rachael Hertogg).
To follow...
Shamanic Healing (Churaig
MacNaill)
Shamanic Healing is a vision of the world which accepts that all
material things are dependent for their existence on an underlying
spiritual reality. By engaging with this spiritual reality it is
possible to effect in a positive way outcomes within the material
world. Shamanism uses benign healing energy such as that contained
in the spirits of the plants/crystals/animals/ancestors etc. to
bring about a healing on the level of spirit, which will then surface
as healing in the material world itself
How
Can Elemental Medicine Help You?
What to expect from a session?
The
initial consultation lasts approximately 1 1/2 and 2 hours. In total
confidence we will cover your family and medical history, Your current
state of health, your reason for coming and your needs. This first
session follows the traditional diagnosis system used in ancient Chinese
5 Element medicine, and gives the practitioner an opportunity to get
an insight into the way that you may be best treated. as well allowing
time for a healing relationship to begin to develop between you. There
will also be some basic physical examination, such as pulse taking,
and checking the alignment of your spine. The treatment normally begins
on the second visit which is usually planned for a time within the
next week, this session is shorter, usually between ¾ of an
hour and 1 hour. During the treatment the practitioner will take your
pulse frequently to assess how you respond to each part of the treatment.
The treatment takes place on a couch, you do not need to remove any
clothing.
We will work
out a session plan which may cover a number of visits, aims of the
sessions and the methods Carole may choose to use, etc.
How
will I feel after a session?
After a session
it is usual to feel quite relaxed and it is best if you can organize
yourself to have a quiet time for the rest of the day following
the treatment. Carole will always be available to talk to you as
the effects of a session may be felt immediately or later on in
the day, she will be able to explain the reactions and make suggestions.
She can assess your pulses between sessions if it is necessary.
How
Many Sessions Will I Need?
The following
treatments are usually timed weekly at first and then will become
more spread out, depending on individual needs.
As Carole's Elemental Medicine is a shared process of healing involving
you, the Plants/Crystals etc. and your practitioner, it is something
which needs to be honored with the appropriate amount of time for
changes to occur. It is always difficult to predict how long this
may be, but it is important that you are prepared to make the necessary
commitment to enable your own process of healing to occur. It is
not a treatment which is given as a one-off session.
Please wear loose clothing.
How
Safe Is Elemental and Plant Spirit Medicine?
Elemental medicine
and PSM are concerned with restoring the body's harmony and balance,
and does not use any medical or other intervention that is likely
to cause side-effects or other physical problems. Sometimes in the
process of returning to health certain ailments which have been
suppressed in the past may work themselves out, this may cause some
temporary aggravations in the form of old symptoms temporarily returning,
however these will usually be short lived. Your practitioner has
been trained to ensure that you are given any support and assistance
that you might need during any time that such problems might surface.
Can
I Have Plant Spirit Medicine Treatment If I Am Pregnant?
There is no
reason why Elemental medicine shouldn't be used during pregnancy,
as it is always supporting our own journey towards balance and wholeness,
and is not a threat to natural processes such as pregnancy. However
if you have specific concerns you should speak to your practitioner.
How it works. Carole with her medicines focuses on the underlying
constitutional balance of each individual, if this balance improves
the symptoms of specific conditions will also improve. The symptoms
are actually the messengers of imbalances at deeper levels and merely
treating the symptoms as is practiced in conventional medicine will
not resolve the underlying causes of sickness. Plant Spirit Medicine
can help everyone whatever their situation in furthering them on
their own journey of healing by bringing us closer to a state of
balance and harmony.
Can
I have Elemental Medicine PSM in Conjunction with other Therapies?
Your practitioner
will not tell you to discontinue any medication that you might be
using that has been prescribed to you by your Doctor. However it
is preferable if your practitioner is able to be sure that any changes
which may be occurring in your condition are related to your treatment,
so usually you will be asked not to use any other therapies concurrently
with Elemental Medicine/PSM especially those which may be acting
on an energetic or spiritual level. 2006 - 2007.
When
we feel good about ourselves; when we feel positive, Everything
is possible.
Some of this
material has been taken from Plant Spirit Medicine website as it
is integral to my work.
www.plantspiritmedicine.org
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