healin'
Recovery in progress
Healin' is an informal spelling of healing that represents the dropped g common in casual speech and certain dialects.
It appears most often in contexts evoking Southern American speech, blues music, or spiritual traditions.
That old church had some healin' power.
The apostrophe marks the missing letter, giving written text a folksy or conversational feel.
Address to deity
- faithTrust without proof
- meditationFocused attention practice
- energyPower to do work
- chakrasBody's spiritual focal points
reiki · cleansing · ancestors · ritual · ceremony · laying hands · anointing · blessing
Regaining what was lost
- mendingRestoring damaged items
- woundsBodily tissue damage
- scarsHealed wound tissue
- bonesRigid internal support structure
tissue · rehabilitation · rest · medicine · bandages · stitches · bruises · therapy
Lasting psychological wound
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- therapyCurative mental treatment
counseling · forgiveness · letting go · moving on · self-care · inner peace · processing · coping
Curved closed shape
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- support groupGathering for mutual encouragement
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- sisterhoodBond among women
brotherhood · elders · community · holding space · testimony · sharing · village · collective
Mournful American music genre
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- soulInnermost animating essence
- singingVocal music-making
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
Marvin Gaye · chanting · drums · vibration · sound bath · lullaby · spirituals · rhythm
prayer
Address to deity
- faithTrust without proof
- meditationFocused attention practice
- energyPower to do work
chakras · reiki · cleansing · ancestors · ritual · ceremony · laying hands · anointing · blessing · soul
recovery
Regaining what was lost
bones · tissue · rehabilitation · rest · medicine · bandages · stitches · bruises · therapy · treatment
trauma
Lasting psychological wound
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- closureSense of emotional resolution
therapy · counseling · forgiveness · letting go · moving on · self-care · inner peace · processing · coping · release
circle
Curved closed shape
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- support groupGathering for mutual encouragement
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
sisterhood · brotherhood · elders · community · holding space · testimony · sharing · village · collective · kinship
blues
Mournful American music genre
hymns · Marvin Gaye · chanting · drums · vibration · sound bath · lullaby · spirituals · rhythm · crooning
- divine healingRestoration through holy power
- healing journeyGradual return to wholeness
- healing powersAbility to restore health
- healing ritualsCeremonies intended to cure
- healing processBody's self-repair over time
- emotional healingProcessing and overcoming psychological pain