Depression is an illness that comes for repetitive negative thinking and accumulation of negative thoughts. In this fast paced world where no amount of money seems to be enough or no amount of time seems to enough for anything, this ailment resulting from negative thinking is seen quiet commonly among the population. While there are several medical treatments and drugs for treating depression, it would be worthwhile to try Spiritual healing for depressed people. This alternative and unconventional way is found to be effective by many people around the world in curing depression.

Spiritual healing or holistic healing techniques have been around since thousands of years. These techniques have been used to cure not just the ailments of the mind, but also the ailments of the body and the soul. Our existence is a combination of our mind, body and soul. Thus to ensure complete well being it is important to take care of all the three components. Just as people take care of their bodies, it is important to tend to your mind and spirit to ensure complete well being and happiness. Spiritual healing can do just that. It can help you establish the much needed mind body connection, and also help you to connect yourself to your innermost deep conscience.

Depression can result from various situations like loss of job; lose of loved ones, loss of house or money. When we are continuously in a hurry or rush it becomes difficult to focus on the good things in life and people start to develop the worry habit. Worrying continuously about the future and brooding over the past fills the mind with negative thoughts and create imbalance in the brain’s chemicals causing depression. Spiritual healing helps the depressed people to calm their minds and relax and focus on the good things in life. Believe it or not even the most depressed person can focus on the good things in life by training their minds through spiritual healing.

Spiritual healing uses techniques like meditation, guided imagery, prayer, breathing techniques, exercise and discussion groups etc. to help the depressed people to think positively. Reading inspirational books, listening to inspirational lectures and calming music, discussing your problems with someone in similar situations is all encouraged in spiritual healing for depressed people. With proper practice it is possible to get rid of the negative thoughts that accumulate and pollute the mind and focus on the positive things in life and restore the balance of mind, body and soul.

If you or your loved one is suffering from depression then it would be advisable to use spiritual healing in conjunction with the conventional medical treatments for getting faster and better results. Depression also caused several physical ailments like increased blood pressure, aches and pains, migraines etc. The use of spiritual healing would also be great physical health and elimination of physical ailments aches and pains caused by depression because a healed mind can heal an ailing body. So just try it out.

Author's Bio: 

Jill Magso is a member of the Silva Team and contributes to spreading enlightened ideas and sharing teachings about meditation practices. The Silva Method encompasses a variety of powerful exercises that take you deep into Alpha and Theta levels of the mind so that you can work within your subconscious as well as your conscious mind.