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About AoLM©
Philosophy
The Art of Living Medicine is based on the premise that every human being is a living work of art. Who is the Artist? You are. Everyone can learn to actively engage the living material of their life. One can learn to paint their unique life expression in broad, colorful brushstrokes and fine detail. Artistic ability is a skillset, and skills can be learned, acquired, and applied to the practice of making art. The good news is that you are already creative. Creativity is built in to the blueprint of humanity. While life happens and certain circumstances fall outside of one's control, a person can sip from the well of divine inheritance to co-create their experience of life, thereby influencing vital expression. To be fully Self-Expressed is a Creative Act. Human beings can cultivate presence and draw upon the power of conscious, creative choice to respond to the living story even as it is being written. In this way, a situation that may have felt futile, impossible to move through or overcome, now becomes a navigable journey - an adventure if one chooses to look at it that way. To begin to consciously entertain the possibility of oneself as a creative being, enacting those possibilities through choice in real-life application, is to evoke the likelihood of a miracle happening as naturally as drawing breath. But do not take my word for it. Instead, the invitation is to step into the Art of Living Medicine yourself and observe what happens next.
Shadow + Light
The concept of the Art of Living Mediciine was inspired by my grandfather, Simeon Petrikovitch, a Russian immigrant and artist who changed his name to Samuel Patrick during the height of McCarthyism and the “Red Scare” in Los Angeles. “Don’t’ be afraid of Shadow,” he used to say, “it only accentuates the Light, adding depth and dimension to the piece.” In an Art of Living Medicine session, both practitioner and client are considered Living Works of Art who dance with the interplay of Shadow & Light. Healing happens with measures of intention and organicity and a thread of Mystery. Sacred containment is part of the healing, established upon mutual respect and trust, The invitation is to move at one's own pace, unveiling shadowy traits, and befriending oneself completely.
Elements + Essence
The Art of Living Mediciine© as a healing modality revealed itself slowly over time through a committment to be present with myself and others as healing takes place, I began to notice that the broad brushstrokes of a symptom or presenting condition could be distilled into five aspects that are inter-connected: Vitality, Individuation, Peace of Mind, Relationship(s), and Resource. Ancestral Healing made itself known as a sixth element which has proven to be integral to the overall picture of health. In practicing the Art of Living Medicine, elements & principles of art such as Value, Balance, Contrast, Emphasis, Movement, Rhythm, & Unity are animated through therapeautic alliance at the backdrop of a healing experience infused with the essence of Creativity itself. One learns through experience the wisdom and beauty of Heart Coherence.
Living Medicine
Inspired by Nature
Contemplative Reflection
“. . . to create, one needs freedom.” Boris Jakim, Forward to Berdyaev, The Meaning of the Creative Act (1955, 2009)
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