Mphutungwane Traditional Healing & Consultation

I came across a poll which was looking at the impact of popular hip-hop culture on cultures at home and also how these have "influenced" the youth of today.  For me this is a slightly irelevant question in the sense that I believe a lifestyle or belief system has to be relevant to the youth and everyone else for that matter, in order to survive.

Practitioners of African healing will know how difficult it is to get attention in popular media because we are seen as old facshioned and unfortunately in some cases, even seen as backward and something that only the uneducated masses engage in. 

Whenever we commemorate Women's Day, the speeches are always about the obstacles and challenges that Women face in the workplace and within society.  This for me always makes me think about the fact that we are the one's who raise the men who we then see as dominating us or treating us unfairly. That dominating partner/boss was born and raised by a Woman.

We struggle to live and accept the duality of our natures and also of nature. We see this duality in nature through the existence of male and female plants, mountains and valleys, oceans and deserts, day and night, summer and winter, the list is endless.  We may recognise these different sides of nature but we tend to not recognise the same patterns in our lives.  We have western medicine and traditional medicine, masculine and feminine instincts, established religion and african spirituality.  What is worse than not recognising, is the habit we have of wanting to impose one over another instead of allowing the natural co-existence that should be there between these different states.  After all, you need rain as much as you need sunshine!

The Soccer World Cup has come and gone.  It was a beautiful event which was enjoyed by the whole world.  We prayed and pleaded for a peaceful and enjoyable festival of football, which we were kindly granted by all who look after us on the continent.  Now we need to go back and give thanks for the opportunity granted and the environment which allowed us to take part.

Ask and it shall be given.  Remember to go back & give thanks!