Dr. Regina's Healing & Psychotherapy Blog

I am no longer afraid of mirrors where I see the sign of the amazon, the one who shoots arrows. There was a fine red line across my chest where a knife entered, but now a branch winds about the scar and travels from arm to heart.
Green leaves cover the branch, grapes hang there and a bird appears. What grows in me now is vital and does not cause me harm. I think the bird is singing.
I have relinquished some of the scars.
I have designed my chest with the care given to an illuminated manuscript.  I am no longer ashamed to make love. Love is a battle I can win.  I have the body of a warrior who does not kill or wound.
On the book of my body, I have permanently inscribed a tree.

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These are the words of cancer survivor and poet Deena Metzger...If you haven't read any of her books, I highly recommend them.

Healing is unique. Metzger's path to healing was intense, fierce and some might say radical, but it was Metzger's unique path. No one else could have dreamed it.

Every human being who traverses serious illness or trauma is tasked with finding a way through the darkness. It's beyond chemotherapy. I am talking about listening/seeing/experiencing and respecting the truth inside. It has been and continues to be the best guide through healing and transformation. Learn to listen...

How do you listen? The first session of  "The Integrative Oncology Lounge" is Tuesday March 30th from 4 to 5pm. We will learn mindfulness meditation attitudes/benefits and practice listening/seeing/experiencing.

Location: The Pacific Oncology and Hematology Associates 477 North El Camino Real, Suite D200 Encinitas, CA 

Cost: Free to all oncology patients (you do not have to be a "pacific oncology and hematology" patient). The group is supported by a grant from the Wings of Care program

Questions/RSVP/Comments: Regina@Ritualsofhealing.com or 858.880.0145