Medicine for Individuals, Communities and our Planet – Vital Medicine was born out of a desire to address what we see as an urgent global need. We believe that as people discover and embody the depth and breadth of their vitality, that inherently they will look outward and recognize how they can uniquely contribute to the greater community. Our world needs vital individuals prepared to meet the uncertainties ahead with conscious awareness, a collaborative spirit, creativity, perseverance, and trust. We are committed to serving individuals and groups to develop these capacities and access enhanced states of vitality, and in so doing serve the health of our planet.
Sustainability – Our orientation in the work we do is long-term, both with the individuals and groups we serve as well as the ripples of impact on our greater global community. We form relationships with our clients with the intent that we will be a partner in their personal healing and transformation for a lifetime. We see that a quick fix method of healing will not address the complexity of imbalance and illness found in an individual, let alone our fragile planet. We focus on identifying and addressing the root causes of imbalance using an integral approach of inquiry and assessment. We then work with our clients to co-create strategies and practices that result in sustainable life enhancing change.
Expanding the Territory of our Awareness – We see expanding the territory of awareness as the first step to creating sustainable change and developing greater responsibility for one’s experience in and contribution to life. Our work with clients explores the physical, mental, emotional, interpersonal, and spiritual aspects of their beings and allows them to open into a more expansive view of the ways in which these all interrelate and integrate within themselves. As we awaken to more of ourselves, our perspectives of our world and our place in it expands. We learn to become true stewards to ourselves, open to greater intimacy, and find ourselves capable of service in the world that truly feels aligned with our vitality.
Investing in Vitality – We are committed to working towards a new paradigm of medicine in which an investment in vitality is a top priority for everyone. We wish to create a shift in consciousness in which everything we do and everything we take in is filtered through a vitality lens, unique to each person. We hope to engender an awareness that an investment in one’s vital energy offers the biggest payback of all – to individuals and our world at large. Individuals will find themselves more awake, vibrant, and creative with the will and energy to live their dreams. And the world becomes populated with people who find themselves with a new awareness of the challenges we face and abundant energy to bring about change.
The Paradoxes of our Medicine – In offering Vital Medicine, we recognize the inherent paradoxes in our roles as physicians and educators. While we work to reduce suffering, we simultaneously hold the perspective of the gifts and opportunities inherent in the suffering - the awakening, wisdom and clarity born from the pain. And while we work with our clients to enhance vitality and develop transformative capacities, we also appreciate the perfection of all that the individual embodies now. In recognizing these types of paradoxes, our work with clients takes on a multilayered approach, mixing seemingly contradictory perspectives, yet inevitably revealing the healing and wisdom in the embodied integration of them all.
Medicine of Nature – Vital Medicine is rooted in the philosophy that within us all is an innate vital energy, a generative force of nature that promotes wellness and balance. When we spend time in the natural world the reflection of the vitality around us nurtures and awakens our own within. While the Wilderness Renewal programs offer the opportunity to plunge deeply into this experiential awakening, all of the work at Vital Medicine is framed in expanding our awareness of the inputs and experiences in our lives that augment the force of life energy within and those that act to inhibit it. When empowered with this awareness, we all have the opportunity to become our own healers.
Walking Our Talk – We are learning every day to walk our talk and prioritize our own vitality and evolution in the ways that we advise and support our clients. We recognize from our own struggles how challenging it is to truly make this a first priority and how disorienting times of illness and injury can be. We pledge to continue to do our own work so that we can continue to offer our clients the wisdom, compassion, and experience that is born from our personal journey. We recognize that this commitment may well be the source of the greatest gifts that we have to offer.
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