| 'Healing Sessions' Are Also Offered By Dr. Ackerman (In-Person Or By Phone) The Following Is A Preview of "Depth Healing" Therapy |
| THE CENTER FOR DEPTH HEALING |
Many of us have been engaged in various forms of healing work or spiritual practices over the years, seeking some form
of growth or positive change in certain areas of our lives. We've read numerous books, tried different forms of
meditation and spiritual practices, used affirmations, gone to seminars and counseling, etc., seeking to become more
peaceful, loving, and successful human beings. But those of us who have truly made a sincere effort to rid ourselves of
undesirable personality traits or self-defeating behavior patterns have probably discovered how exceedingly difficult this
process is. Oftentimes, just when we believe we have changed and achieved some success, life sends us some kind of
test or challenge--perhaps in the form of a difficult person, a trying relationship, or some stressful situation--in the face of
which our unwanted personality traits, which we had hoped were long since conquered, re-emerge and rear their ugly
heads. We get discouraged with apparently how little progress we have made, and wonder if perhaps our past efforts
have been all for naught. This was my repeated experience throughout 34 years of spiritual practice, trying to bring the
light and peace that I obtained in states of meditation consistently into my daily life.
Since 1990, however, under the powerful guidance and grace of an East Indian Spiritual Teacher by the name of
“Ammachi”, an intensive period of training, trials, and efforts, resulted in the great fortune of my being able to learn
techniques to remove the deeper roots of our negative tendencies. These roots are not readily apparent. They are
hidden within the so-called “shadow” of the human personality, and they are maintained in unconsciousness due to the
fear and pain we have of confronting the parts of ourselves which we judge most harshly. While children who are devoid
of self-judgment readily express and release the full spectrum of their emotional burden, we adults find ways of avoiding
most of our fear, pain, and “negatively” labeled emotions. We form various psychic and bodily holding patterns in an
effort to bury these feelings which thus become stored “emotional wounds" that are sensitive to the pressures of any
new life experiences or persons which remind us of our painful past.
Over a period of time, these wounds may also cause physical tissue changes manifesting as tension and pain patterns in
the body's muscles, i.e., headaches, backaches, nerve conditions; they may affect internal organ physiology causing
disease conditions, e.g., asthma, ulcers, arthritis; and at times long standing emotional wounds may aggregate into
entire multi-system syndromes, e.g., chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic anxiety or depression. The more
we continue to avoid facing the dark-side of our nature, the more we accumulate pain in many sensitive trigger-areas
within us, and the more likely in life that situations or people will come along and "push" one of these sore and reactive
"buttons." We thus become easily robbed of our peace, health, and vitality--we feel victimized, wrongfully pointing our
fingers in blame at people or outside circumstances for our upsets, instead of looking within and realizing that these
external factors merely trigger hidden areas of pain already stored within us.
As a result of my years with my Teacher, deeper intuitive abilities were opened within me, enabling me to help others to
see their internal wounds, to understand where they were rooted, and to release the emotional pain held within them.
After three years of continuously living and traveling with Ammachi in India and on her world tours, in 1996 she gave me
her blessing to return to the U.S. and to practice this healing work in the West. For the lack of my having encountered
any similar technique resembling it, I have simply decided to name this work, "Depth Healing."
"Depth Healing may be considered a methodology for removing the reactive emotional buttons or wounds responsible
for
the pain, disease, and the many blocks we encounter to experiencing better health and achieving our personal goals."
Depending on the goals of any particular session, when these buttons or wounds are addressed, one may experience
not only a new level of emotional healing and freedom, but also relief from one's physical pain and disease. Back pain,
neck pain, tension patterns, fibromyalgia, shoulder, hip & orthopedic problems, as well as many other bodily conditions
and diseases with a psychological or stress component have been found to respond remarkably well. Many times
medical treatments, chiropractic therapy, physical therapy, massage, and acupuncture alone will not sufficiently address
the underlying causes of our pain and disease. Thus, with its unique synthesis of both Eastern and Western healing
methodologies, this work can be a new tool for clearing the emotional, psychological, and physical challenges we face --
going beyond the boundaries of most of the mainstream and alternative healing therapies which are available today.
of growth or positive change in certain areas of our lives. We've read numerous books, tried different forms of
meditation and spiritual practices, used affirmations, gone to seminars and counseling, etc., seeking to become more
peaceful, loving, and successful human beings. But those of us who have truly made a sincere effort to rid ourselves of
undesirable personality traits or self-defeating behavior patterns have probably discovered how exceedingly difficult this
process is. Oftentimes, just when we believe we have changed and achieved some success, life sends us some kind of
test or challenge--perhaps in the form of a difficult person, a trying relationship, or some stressful situation--in the face of
which our unwanted personality traits, which we had hoped were long since conquered, re-emerge and rear their ugly
heads. We get discouraged with apparently how little progress we have made, and wonder if perhaps our past efforts
have been all for naught. This was my repeated experience throughout 34 years of spiritual practice, trying to bring the
light and peace that I obtained in states of meditation consistently into my daily life.
Since 1990, however, under the powerful guidance and grace of an East Indian Spiritual Teacher by the name of
“Ammachi”, an intensive period of training, trials, and efforts, resulted in the great fortune of my being able to learn
techniques to remove the deeper roots of our negative tendencies. These roots are not readily apparent. They are
hidden within the so-called “shadow” of the human personality, and they are maintained in unconsciousness due to the
fear and pain we have of confronting the parts of ourselves which we judge most harshly. While children who are devoid
of self-judgment readily express and release the full spectrum of their emotional burden, we adults find ways of avoiding
most of our fear, pain, and “negatively” labeled emotions. We form various psychic and bodily holding patterns in an
effort to bury these feelings which thus become stored “emotional wounds" that are sensitive to the pressures of any
new life experiences or persons which remind us of our painful past.
Over a period of time, these wounds may also cause physical tissue changes manifesting as tension and pain patterns in
the body's muscles, i.e., headaches, backaches, nerve conditions; they may affect internal organ physiology causing
disease conditions, e.g., asthma, ulcers, arthritis; and at times long standing emotional wounds may aggregate into
entire multi-system syndromes, e.g., chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic anxiety or depression. The more
we continue to avoid facing the dark-side of our nature, the more we accumulate pain in many sensitive trigger-areas
within us, and the more likely in life that situations or people will come along and "push" one of these sore and reactive
"buttons." We thus become easily robbed of our peace, health, and vitality--we feel victimized, wrongfully pointing our
fingers in blame at people or outside circumstances for our upsets, instead of looking within and realizing that these
external factors merely trigger hidden areas of pain already stored within us.
As a result of my years with my Teacher, deeper intuitive abilities were opened within me, enabling me to help others to
see their internal wounds, to understand where they were rooted, and to release the emotional pain held within them.
After three years of continuously living and traveling with Ammachi in India and on her world tours, in 1996 she gave me
her blessing to return to the U.S. and to practice this healing work in the West. For the lack of my having encountered
any similar technique resembling it, I have simply decided to name this work, "Depth Healing."
"Depth Healing may be considered a methodology for removing the reactive emotional buttons or wounds responsible
for
the pain, disease, and the many blocks we encounter to experiencing better health and achieving our personal goals."
Depending on the goals of any particular session, when these buttons or wounds are addressed, one may experience
not only a new level of emotional healing and freedom, but also relief from one's physical pain and disease. Back pain,
neck pain, tension patterns, fibromyalgia, shoulder, hip & orthopedic problems, as well as many other bodily conditions
and diseases with a psychological or stress component have been found to respond remarkably well. Many times
medical treatments, chiropractic therapy, physical therapy, massage, and acupuncture alone will not sufficiently address
the underlying causes of our pain and disease. Thus, with its unique synthesis of both Eastern and Western healing
methodologies, this work can be a new tool for clearing the emotional, psychological, and physical challenges we face --
going beyond the boundaries of most of the mainstream and alternative healing therapies which are available today.
amateur athletes from most sports backgrounds. Dr. Michael Ackerman enjoys practicing as a chiropractor by the sea in such a beautiful town as La Jolla, California, but
he also does healing consultations by phone with people from all over the country.
he also does healing consultations by phone with people from all over the country.
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