There are many people that call themselves ‘Gurus’ or Spiritual Teachers that come from a variety of different belief systems and philosophies. As the nature of life is uncertain it can be easy to look to Gurus and spiritual teachers for all the answers to our problems rather than tuning into ourselves. However, like us they too are human and are prone to the same pitfalls that come with being human…

All of us have an aspect of ourselves called the 'inner child'. This part of us is like a child; it feels, acts, and thinks as a child does. When we feel emotions such as anxiety, fear, insecurity, silliness, playfulness, and mischief we are in touch with our child. Symptoms of illness whether that be mental, physical or spiritual are the inner child's way of communicating with us and encouraging us to take good care of ourselves and get our needs met…

For a lot of us growing up as children we were not given the space with the appropriate nurturing conditions to expand and grow into our unique individual selves. We had restrictions and expectations placed upon us from an early age to be what our parents or society wanted us to be and our individuality was discouraged or rejected…