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About
The distinction between healing and recovery is not always clear-cut. Sometimes, the two concepts overlap or complement each other. Kintsugi encourages a celebration of the fragilities that make us human. Viewing healing and recovery as a beautiful and strong process. The strength and fortitude to heal and recover is a great virtue humans possess. Our God has designed each system, organ, cell and atom with a purpose and connection to give His children the ability to heal and recover.
Healing
Healing is a restoration of wholeness and health to the body, mind, and spirit. When speaking of the goal of healing the body, my goal is to begin at the root of the ailment and encourage the body's natural healing process. Body, mind, and spirit are bonded and intertwined, living with them balanced and in harmony helps lead an overall healthy and happy lifestyle. I focus on the body, but I maintain a safe and peaceful environment for mind and spirit to heal should it be needed.
Recovery
Recovery is process of adaptation, adjustment, and compensation. It involves coping with the consequences of an ailment, managing the symptoms, and returning to a new sense of wholeness in oneself. Recovery may not mean returning to a previous state, but rather starting a new chapter and discovering what a new state of being could look like. Recovery usually happens after a period of rest, treatment, or rehabilitation, and it may involve lifestyle changes, support from others, or self-care practices.
In Japanese culture, the 500-year-old tradition of Kintsugi, meaning "to join with gold," involves mending broken pottery with gold-infused lacquer, emphasizing imperfections rather than hiding them. This practice teaches calm in the face of loss and celebrates human fragility. In contrast to a world that often values perfection and excess, kintsugi encourages optimism when things fall apart and embraces the beauty in flaws and life's missteps.
Kintsugi views the process of repair as something to be celebrated rather than something to be hidden. Instead of being something to be embarrassed about, the scar or repair work becomes an essential component of the piece and can even be celebrated as being a part of it. This strategy imparts the object with a one-of-a-kind beauty and value because it testifies to the history of its previous application and the process that was used to restore it.