Today I reclaim as Healing and Transformation Day. Three years ago I experienced a very serious spine injury. Overnight I could not walk more than 30 feet, I could not lift my arms over my head, touch my toes, bend, or feel the lower half of my left leg due to severe nerve impingement. I had to be driven around to medical appointments, the chiropractor and to be helped up and down stairs, etc. Overnight I had gone from rock climbing, hiking and running daily to practically bedridden, to profoundly understanding the word DIS-abled. The list of what I could not do seemed endless. I was in mind-erasing pain every minute of every day for far too many months. I choose to not take the strongly suggested surgery route. I choose instead my own path to healing even though it meant weeks, months and years of education, tenacity and steadfast determination. I combine complimentary/alternative methods with some allopathic ones. It was the spiritual healing of sweat lodges, sound & energy healing, ritual, singing, love and prayer that facilitated each significant inch forward in my healing progress. About nine months ago, I suddenly experienced a dramatic shift in this journey and my former vitality began to return in earnest. Today, I am so grateful to be here; very flexible (far beyond the health care professionals expectations), able to hike long distances, ride my bike, and this month, to actually do pull-ups. I am pain free and have been for months. My healing has brought me incredible insights and tremendous gifts. Today I celebrated my newly reclaimed anniversary with a hike up Bare Mountain with Juno, scurrying up and down basalt. Sweet is the essence of embracing life.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 01:49:52 +0000
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