Natural Family Medicine - Healing Body and Mind
What is missing from modern medicine is the physician's ability to spend time with patients to learn what is underlying their disease. Patients receive medications to suppress their symptoms and miss the opportunity to learn the lesson of their disease. This is not to say, one should endure their disease without assistance. Rather, one must be open to the possibility he/she is here for a greater purpose than this suffering. The disease may be a doorway to one’s understanding and awakening.
There is a relationship between a person and his/her disease. Usually, it is a relationship of conflict between the subconscious and conscious mind. We live in a culture that fears difficult emotions and sensations, and tries anything to escape them. A good physician, like a good meditation teacher, will encourage presence in his pupil during the difficulty. Through presence and awareness, the message of the disease unfolds. The disease is merely a reaction we have to a painful stimulus. It is telling about ourselves, how we guard, and what we are protecting. We have original wounds often in the emotional sphere hidden in the subconscious. It is only through deliberate presence and perseverance we bring our wounds to the light of consciousness to be healed.
It is my great honor to hold space for patients to express themselves on all levels physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual that they may know and love themselves. For love prevails over all illnesses. There is no greater power in the universe than unconditional love. When one loves herself, she loves all beings because she realizes she is not separate from them. This is peace and wellbeing.
I am Dr. Rasa Lila, naturopathic doctor and health educator. I hope this site shows you how getting healthy is easy. All you need is the willingness to begin the journey. I have extensive experience and tools to help you on your way. I practice natural family medicine, healing body and mind. I offer office visits and phone consultations, as well as retreats, classes and workshops to teach you foundations in health, vitality, and happiness. Experience profound healing using multiple natural modalities.
Monday, 14 March 2011 21:38
I had a severe paragliding accident in which I shattered my right arm and broke my pelvis. The pelvis was a stable brake, so it healed well on its own. The shoulder was much more complicated since it is the least stable joint so it can have greatest range of motion. I tried many modalities to achieve my optimum range of motion including physical therapy, feldenkrais (which I greatly value), cranial sacral, manipulation, acupuncture, and massage. They all seemed to have minimal results. Finally, I connected with a colleague, Wilhelm Heppe, who did rolfing for many years.
In my first session, I cried when he made contact with my right arm. The crying was not merely because the treatment was painful. It was because the treatment touched the emotional pain from the accident. I never cried when I crashed. I was so out of it, and then the pain-relieving chemicals were in full force. In the hospital, I needed emergency orthopedic surgery and was barely able to tolerate the pain with a morphine pump. But, I didn't cry. I had to be strong and get through it. Afterwards, I was on a high, not just from the painkillers, but from all the loving attention and prayers I was receiving. Finally, the rolfing allowed me the space to release the intense sadness that was in me. It was a great relief!
Monday, 14 March 2011 21:59
I grew up with homeopathy when our illnesses were more serious than my mother could handle with her herbs. I got strep throat bad once. Mom took me to the homeopathic doctor. He gave me a remedy and I took it at home. Soon after, the pain in my throat was unbearably intense. I cried and slobbered since it hurt to swallow my own saliva. A few hours later, I was better, I mean all better as if the infection disappeared completely. The next day, I was myself again and I never got strep again.
In high school, I would mention my homeopathic doctor to friends and they had no idea what I was talking about. I didn't really know how to explain it to them, so I decided to devote my senior project to it. I researched and read about it so I could understand. I learned when you take the right remedy, you can initially get an aggravation in which the symptoms get worse before they get better. It is the rising of your body's vitality that creates this reaction. Symptoms are your body's defenses against disease, not the disease itself. Therefore, homeopathic medicine is far more effective than standard western medicine that merely treats the symptoms. In homeopathy, the body learns to fight the disease on its own, so it does not get sick again. In standard Western medicine the use of antibiotics weakens the body's defenses and recurrent infections are common.
Saturday, 19 September 2009 09:53
Nature-Cure is a revolution in the art and science of medicine. It is a way of life based on a simple philosophy of cause and effect. It honors nature and how we were designed to live.
Health is the normal and harmonious vibration of the elements and forces that comprise the human organism. Disease is abnormal and inharmonious vibration of these elements and forces. Acute disease is the body's effort to eliminate waste and foreign matter such as infection or toxins. Acute symptoms should thus be supported in order to assist the body's eliminative efforts. Chronic disease is the accumulation of waste and subsequent destruction of vital tissue. 
The result is lowered vibration, and inability of the organism to react against destructive processes. The body deteriorates and often creates much suffering in the individual. Treating merely the symptoms often prolongs the disease. One must find the cause and remove the obstacle to cure. A healing crisis is the acute reaction resulting from the ascending of the healing forces over the disease. One feels stronger than prior to the illness. This is rarely seen in today's medicine. It still occurs regularly with homeopathy and other natural medicines. They work miracles daily as nature's expression of love.
Sunday, 01 November 2009 20:01
Green leaf vegetables are your greatest ally to stay healthy, prevent disease, detox your body, and live carefree. Green is the new popular word that signifies sustainable living and the environmental movement. Ultimately, I believe it is about our relationship with nature. The more we respect it and take care of it, the more it takes care of us.
Green leafy vegetables are packed with vitamins and minerals, chorophyll, as well as carbs and protien for energy. We could live on green leafy vegetables alone. Some yogis used to live alone in caves and ate only stinging nettles leaves. Others may choose to live a party lifestyle and can keep going with greens in their diets. Green leafy vegetables are bitter in taste, which is especially good for the liver. It helps stimulate the release of bile. Bile has the dual function of releasing toxins cleared by the liver to be excreted in the feces and emulsifying fats for their absorption into the bloodstream. One could eat fatty foods, drink alcohol and keep on partying with greens in their diets. Though I don't recommend this path for feeling your best, it is a start for people who don't care about health or have very stressful lives. The detoxifying and blood-building qualities of greens can help us achieve any of our health goals. They help us lose weight, have clearer skin and more energy. There is a certain amount of confidence that comes from eating healthy because you are treating yourself well. You do not have to fear getting chronic illness later in life because you are taking measures to prevent them. Green leafy vegetables protect against cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and many other diseases.
