Real healing happens when we dare to breathe in the universe, stretching both body and soul to reach for balance and truth. Sometimes, healing moments take forever to arrive. At other times, they fall in our laps with sheer grace, like a feather from an unseen bird. – Kristina Turner, The Self-Healing Cookbook, 2002, originally published 1987 [a l

So many come to the sickroom thinking of themselves as men of science fighting disease and not as healers with a little knowledge helping nature to get a sick man well. – Auckland Geddes, The Practitioner

You must lance an ulcer to heal it. You must tear down parts of an old building to restore it, and so it is with a sensual life that has no spirit in it. – Rumi

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. – Hippocrates