Balancing the winds

Reflective theory and models have largely been dominated by cognitive approaches that characterize reflection as something someone does or applies. To help ‘balance’ this influence, more esoteric approaches are offered from Buddhist and Native American lore, which characterize reflection as a way of being. The paper does not draw any conclusions from this exploration except to suggest that esoteric approaches may be dismissed simply because they defy rational explanation which, if true, would be paradoxical given the significance of intuition within professional practice.