Being a next level healer requires constant refinement. Whether you already work as a healer, want to become a shaman, or just like learning ways to make the world a better place, there are five fundamentals every spiritual healer can build on.
1. Listen With Your Heart
It is said you aren’t really listening if you’re just waiting to respond. Healing work isn’t telling people what to do or what they’re doing wrong. It’s hearing what is below the surface of what they say. It’s feeling what they feel, locating it in their body, and helping them turn toward it so they can look at it themselves. The most powerful work doesn’t come from a plan or a formula but from full presence.
2. Get Comfortable With Discomfort
One of the hardest things for most healers (heck, for most people!) is to see someone who needs help and not immediately run to the rescue. Yes, we do need to help one another, but the job of the healer is to help someone who feels down remember how to stand up. If you try to prop them up yourself, now you’re both stuck and there’s no real growth. Instead, aim to hold yourself as an example. With care and compassion, invite others to join you there.
3. Go Ahead and Look
Our biggest blocks appear when we’re closest to a breakthrough. The reason we get stuck is that we don’t want to face the fear. As humans, we were created to stand in the face of everything beautiful and horrible and be a witness. We can’t move through fear if we never look at it. This means your client needs to turn toward the thing they’ve been avoiding. Take a look and be willing to see what is hidden in the cracks. What are they working really hard to cover up?
4. Trust Your Intuition
Your intuition has always guided you, but there are still doubts sometimes. The biggest part of the healer’s journey is diving into deep self-trust. Things might not make sense, but the more you listen and find that your inner knowing is guiding you in the right direction, the more you’ll build trust in it, and the more clarity you can bring to those you’re helping.
5. Stand Your Boundaries
Seeing someone suffering and not taking on that person’s suffering is a challenge for many healers and empaths. When we do take it on, it’s easy to want to “nice things over” so no one has to feel bad anymore. Good healers aren’t just love and light. They are shadow, fire, wind, and stone. Know where your boundary ends and where another begins, so you can stay in your own energy and be a clear, confident guide.
Becoming a Next Level Healer
Each of these five fundamentals asks you to keep growing, and that’s what it takes to be a next level healer. The best spiritual healers never stop refining.
When You’re Ready to Refine Your Practice
If you’re already working with clients, these fundamentals may feel familiar, and you may sense there’s a deeper level of presence, trust, and skill waiting for you. The Way of the Hollow Bone Master Healer Certification is a nine-month path for healers ready to facilitate with their clients rather than for them, trust what they perceive, and hold strong boundaries as clear, confident guides. Apply now if you’re ready for your next level as a healer.