My Health Crisis

My clients have convinced me to tell my personal "health crisis” story because it gives them immediate hope and belief in the process.

More than 15 years ago, I was diagnosed with a serious heart arrhythmia and underwent a number of surgeries and procedures including the implantation of a pacemaker. I then struggled through years of pharmaceuticals prescribed to make me feel better yet causing debilitating side effects. I was no longer a healthy person – I was struggling to keep pace at work and at home. Living like this was untenable for me.

As a former medical researcher, I decided one weekend to spend about 38 hours researching my particular heart condition. I found a significant and credible body of medical research on the clinical benefits of body positions, breath work and guided imagery. The findings included positive effects on the circulatory, respiratory and immune systems that resulted in near or full recovery from my suspected underlying medical condition. The evidence was compelling.

I tested these specific techniques on myself! I made a commitment to a daily practice that included small body movements to calm the heart and lungs, one hour of meditation using the healing breath to strip out any irregular heart beats, and guided meditation to dissipate the fatigue, frustration and pain. I recorded all food and beverages that seemed to be associated with irregular heart rhythms and one-by-one removed them all from my diet. I lived with a heart monitor on my wrist and took hourly recordings! My life changed dramatically for the better in just a few short months.

Today, I am thrilled to say that I haven’t taken any heart medication for more than 13 years. I’ve gone from more than 15,000 irregular beats per day to less than 100 (well within the normal range). My terrifying episodes of very fast beats that could cause cardiac arrest (and for which the pacemaker does not protect me) have dropped from a recorded 673 a day to zero! My pace maker that used to “fire” multiple times a day now reminds me of it presence less than 0.1% of the year. I have been able to maintain this level of personal health for more than 12 years.

And, honestly, I would not have believed this had it not happened to me personally. I had been trained in the Western model of medicine. I did not believe in holistic healing. But, this experience proved to me beyond a doubt that I had deployed a powerful set of healing techniques that worked! Convinced that this was indeed my lesson, the lesson I was to learn from the terrifying experience, I then began my lifelong training in mind body medicine.  I continue to be supported and taught by the best of the best in the U.S., India, Japan and Singapore. And, it is with tremendous joy and gratitude that I continue to honor my teachers by sharing these very same healing techniques with my clients who are equally committed to regaining their full and optimal health.

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