We're all in need of healing. Maybe until we all begin this process of gradually moving together we won't have that healing. Maybe our real healing will come when we recognize our oneness as the human family. Then we will also attain that integrity, the unity of hearts and souls. Kung people of Botswana, Namibia and Southern Angola have a healing tradition that supports the culture's emphasis on sharing and egalitarianism, its belief in the life of the spirit, and its strong community ties.
Healing involves health and growth on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual levels.
It affects the individual, the group, the surrounding environment, and the cosmos. Healing is an integrating and enhancing force, far more fundamental than simple curing or the application of medicine. The central event in the healing tradition is the all-night dance. Sometimes as often as four times in a month, the women sit around the fire, singing and rhythmically clapping as night falls, signaling the start of a healing dance. The entire camp participates as the men, sometimes joined by women, dance around the singers.