View coming down from the super dome
The 9 sided meditation hut (the nonagon)
We taught meditation and Buddhist chanting in the nonagon. Plus Ken has wrapped copper wire around a lot of the rocks in the ground around the structure and he has the wire coming up into the middle of the nonagon. It is possible to meditate while holding the wire and there is a noticeable energy that is coming through (sort of a pulse for me) and it seemed to shift things in people’s heads – cranial bones. It was pretty wild. Maybe not for everyone though (if you are extra sensitive, then maybe go easy with this exercise). The Nonagon was where Myrna conducted her turns in the mornings. Therefore it was quite charged up – lots of healing has happened in there!
the environs of the PPN training were ideal
The setting for the summer intensive is quite idyllic. Peaceful, fog shrouded mornings, followed by mountain-breeze-filled, sunny afternoons, pleasant evenings with chilly nights. I will try to post pictures soon.
For those of you who are reading my blog for the first time, I did training with Myrna Martin and there were 12 of us participants, along with 3 teaching assistants plus the 2 head teachers (Myrna and Ken). You can find her site here: http://www.myrnamartin.net
Looking out over the valley each morning, the large mountains of the Kootenai Lake valley were opposite us. They were about 5 to 6,000 feet high with evergreen trees rising up their steep slopes, usually to the top. Further in the distance, rising slightly above the northern, closer peaks were higher mountains still. The Kokanee Glacier lay hidden behind those, about 30 km away or more. The guys (myself included) would hike around that Glacier park during the middle weekend.
The three of us males were down from the main house. I stayed in a large dome type set-up – not quite a tent, but not quite a permanent structure either. I had one dome-mate and there was plenty of space for both of us. We each had a twin mattress and boxsprings to sleep on, along with piles of blankets which I actually needed during some of the chillier nights.
Ken and Myrna are really big about living greener lifestyles, so they grow a lot of their own food – they had blue berries, raspberries, strawberries, sea buckthorn berries, pears, plums and more. Most of these were ripe while I was there (definitely recommend being there in August!!).
Walking further up the hill, above the main house, is the “super dome” as some of us called it. They have a large dome structure, similar in material to the residential domes, but the large dome could easily hold 30 people, seated. They had a screen and a projector there, where they would show birth videos, yoga videos and power point presentations, etc.
It was definitely more rustic! We used composting toilets every day – these were actually buckets that we put peat moss on each time we went to the bathroom. They were emptied every day. The warm showers were nice but most mornings I would step out of the shower into a chilly morning, so it was refreshing and occasionally bittersweet.
They have beautiful gardens scattered all over their property. They must have had two dozen cherry tomato plants as well, so these were always available to snack on – right off the vine! Plus they had a large fountain with a Buddha and Kuan Yin statue nearby – very serene and perfect for their intention. In addition to that, they also had a hot tub! I watched the sun set several times from the hot tub. It was the perfect way to rest sore muscles after a mid-day hike.
And speaking of hiking, my dome was close to the gate which was down at the end of their driveway. And beyond that, I could be on a hiking trail within minutes! It was so nice to head up the mountain and explore the dozens of hiking trails. I’m good in the woods and with direction, so I was never concerned about getting lost.
In fact, one day I took off intending to discover a loop trail. I knew generally where it was and where it led to, but I did not know how long it would take. Therefore I was jogging half the time. I was later told it was close to 6 km long and I somehow finished it in under 30 minutes! It was very steep coming down though!
There were several cats on the property which was nice. They sort of broke up the intensity of sitting with my psychological, developmental stuff. I could just pick up a cat and have good company in my lap for a short time!
They were having issues with their internet, so it was perfect. It was one of my intentions to have less screen time and I think for the entire 2 weeks I had about 20 – 30 minutes of internet, email checking time. And of my goodness, it was refreshing to be away from Facebook for 2 weeks as well (especially with all the polarizing political garbage going on).
They are up in the mountains, so bears are a potential issue. Therefore they have an electric fence around their property. There was one day that a bear cub somehow shimmied over a gate and was eating blue berries. Ken had to chase him out with a shovel. Fortunately we did not see that cub’s mother! And I went for at least six different hikes while I was up there and never saw a bear while hiking. I did make noises every 10 yards or so, knowing I was hiking alone, I did not want to startle a bear or a coyote. Rather have them know I was coming and mosey on out of my way 🙂
All in all, they have set up and created the ideal space for a process workshop. Negative ions from the woods which surround their property, lots and lots of views of nature and mountains and flowers abound. And they must have at least half a dozen statues of Kuan Yin scattered throughout their property.
Day 1, 2 at PPN intensive, Nelson, Canada
If readers are interested, I am going to be slowly going through my journal and detailing what we did each day. Of course some information about other people’s (participants) turns is confidential, I will just be describing my experience and my reactions and my thoughts on the process.
Day 1 – Monday. We were a pretty large group – 17 including 3 teaching assistants and the 2 teachers (Myrna Martin and Ken Martin) plus 12 participants. Therefore the morning was entirely taken up with 10 minute introductions and check-ins from each person. In the afternoon, we chose beads to see which 6 person pod we would be a part of (for the entire 2 weeks) and then later we also chose beads to see which smaller group of 3 we would be a part of for the first week. This group of 3 changed people for the second week. We discussed what people needed to feel safe and comfortable, we discussed how much support was available there are the retreat – we could talk to the TA’s and the teachers at any point about our process. A 10 or 15 minute check-in was easy and encouraged. Also if we wanted, the TA’s were also available most evenings for an hour long session that we could pay additional for.
Most days we had delicious breakfast at 8 am, then occasionally we would have a snack around 10 am. Then an organic delicious lunch was served at 12:30 pm. There was almost always a break / snack time in the afternoon – 3:30 pm or so and then dinner was served at 6:30 pm. The food was incredible and Andria did a wonderful job of accommodating at least 6 different food sensitivity needs – some people were vegetarians, others were grain free, one person was gluten free and others wanted to have at least 1 serving of meat per day, and so on! To be honest though, I might go back just for the food (and the beautiful clean pure environment) it was so so so good!
Day 2 – Tuesday. The morning was the first turn with Myrna. Without having experienced a process workshop or one of her trainings, it will be difficult to describe fully what a turn looks like. Also, each person’s turn is determined by their intention. If someone’s intention is to explore their birth patterns in relationship to psychological boundaries, then the turn will almost always involve a re-birthing of sorts. A turn might also explore conception and implantation without getting to the birth – we would have the chance to re-do the genetic coding of whether or not this world we live in is safe and comfortable and encouraging of exploration and play (vs. dangerous and survival is the only thing we can be concerned with!). Some people’s turns explored adult type issues like boundaries with partners, boundaries with family of origin, etc. Therefore there is no one way of doing a turn.
The process for determining whose turn it was, is very important and revealing and insightful as well. First Myrna would ask, “is everyone here ready to support someone’s turn?” And then she would ask, “who here knows it is not their turn today?” Next we would get into checking in about how we feel about taking a turn if we did not raise our hands to that last question. On several days, multiple people felt like it could be their turns, and we would negotiate about how we felt about taking that turn. Only once did we have to choose a number between 1 and 20. And on that day, both people we basically working with the same nuances of their birth process. Therefore, in spite of not taking that particular turn, the other person felt like they too took a turn that day. It was pretty amazing!
Once we knew whose turn it was, we went around affirming that it was our turn to everyone. For some people, each of these steps could be a huge deal, and therefore we went slowly allowing for whatever wanted to arise to do so.
The first turn was extremely potent. There was a little bit of a negotiation that took place to see whose turn it was but once we got started (knowing whose turn it was), it proceeded to deepen further and further. It did not involve a re-birthing as far as I can recall. But we all did somatic motions with our hands as toxic words and emotions were released and we “shoveled” that crap out the windows. It was a big day of release and reclamation.
That afternoon we did what seemed like a relatively simple exercise involving ropes and cords. We set up our little bubble of space and that was our boundary. We could make it as large as we wanted to or as small as we liked. And then we would explore having someone put their bubble nearby us. And then we got to feel what it was like to have someone put something in our bubble without our permission. For some reason, in spite of having done this exercise at least four or five times previously for various workshops, I found this exercise to be very activating! I was a part of a group of 3 people who were fairly sensitive, so I think we all felt a lot during this playing with boundaries game.
It turned out that each afternoon we would do a different edgy – potentially-emotionally-charged exercise and our TA mentioned that each exercise could give rise to multiple turns (as in 3 hour turns). They were that informative and insightful.
I think it was this day that we had a sushi bowl. This was by far my favorite meal that we had at the intensive (I mentioned to some people there that if there was one food I could survive on for the rest of my life, it might be sushi!).
Each day built of the previous day as we were slowly building up to exploring our own conception and birth processes (in week 2). Therefore just about everyone became more and more exhausted by the end of the first week and definitely once we got into the 2nd week.
By writing this, I feel that I am recollecting the beautiful energy and container and cohesion of the group I was a part of. The principles of safety and saying no and contact etc created a marvelously safe and comfortable space for dropping deep into emotionally charged waters. And frankly, that kind of container is extremely difficult to find in any kind of workshop or training! (This is coming from someone who has done dozens of various types of retreats and workshops and trainings.)
Thanks for reading!
~km
Land of the Goddess
The intensive, or pre- and perinatal (PPN) psychology retreat, was held on very potent and positively-charged land. Myrna Martin and Ken, her husband, have been farming fruits, berries and veggies on that land for more than 30 years and they have been hosting process workshops for the last 16 years.
Myrna is a big proponent of home births. And rightfully so. When we have a relatively (and all births involve some strain and difficulty) smooth birth, and we can lay on our mothers with skin-to-skin contact for at least 15 minutes, and then when we (the baby) feel the impulse to crawl to the breast and nurse, we create the foundations for secure attachment. And if there is good support for both Mom and Dad, with a good birth keeper (midwife) present, many positive things can come from birthing at home. Of course having a skillful and properly trained midwife is necessary to know if and when transport to a hospital is needed.
Long story short, their land is just infused with safety and potency and the divine feminine. The principles of safety and confidentiality and comfort and being able to say no to anything and being able to call a pause whenever you feel you need one create a container which is very difficult to find outside of her trainings. And of course, the majority of her students have been women. This makes sense – women are more likely to be able to go to those vulnerable places, they are more comfortable doing emotional process work in general, and they are far more concerned about learning how to become a birth keeper. (Just for the record, Myrna does not teach midwifery, as far as I know.)
Taking all of this into account, I was very pleased that 2 other males participated in the training with me. And Ken was a teacher, so that made the male population 25%. That is much higher than I am used to in bodywork classes.
It is no wonder I was drawn to do Green Tara practice while I was (in the evenings) doing the training. Not that I know what I am doing in the least. But with that said, I taught the mantra to several of the women there and I also taught them the Om Ah Hung practice that we learned from Khenchen Konchog Gyaltsen at the Tibetan Meditation Center in Frederick, Maryland. In fact, when I was doing Green Tara practice with one young woman in particular, I felt something very unusual – my body was very present and grounded while my awareness of reality expanded beyond what was normal. That was pretty cool.
I may have over-done it a bit. I offered astrology to two different participants in exchange for bodywork and a Taro reading. Plus I went hiking on Saturday and did kayaking on Sunday. With such full psychologically-churning days and full evenings, I probably could have spent more time resting down and purposely pausing to integrate. But overall I am glad for how things worked out.
I don’t have many goddess experiences to relate, but as I was winding down in Spokane Washington, having a leisurely lunch with one of the TA’s from the intensive (she was to leave the next morning), I had one little goddess encounter.
I’m not entirely sure why it occurred and I’m not entirely certain I was really grounded and embodied, but I definitely sensed a large feminine presence (a goddess) hovering over me in the restaurant and having her hands on the sides of my head. It was almost as if her hands were in a craniosacral type of hold. Whatever the case, I rested back and enjoyed the sensation for at least 60 seconds. My new friend, the TA may have been talking, but I was much more focused on sensing in to what was happening around and within me. And then the sense of the goddess’ presence was gone.
[Which goddess? I don’t know. She was altruistic and loving and gentle. She did not have much of a form that I could identify.]
And then I began my long journey eastward to Virginia. Home now, I can honestly say that the PPN work is indeed life changing!
Thanks for reading.
~K
back in Virginia, many emotions
Now that I am back in Virginia, I am noticing many reactions to not being in a vast wilderness of long lakes, towering mountains, not-so-distant glaciers and amazing people (of British Columbia, Canada).
I am reminded of one young man I met at the co-op in Nelson (BC) who said that he was there from Quebec. I asked him if he was vacationing and he said “No, I am here building a life.” He also had a very loyal black labrador retriever who waited outside the store and then followed him, without his needing to look back. There is a simplicity about most of the Canadiens I met, a refreshing, leisurely, calmer simplicity.
Many of the people I know and many of the people I meet here in Charlottesville Virginia are distracted, and I mean heavily distracted from their true selves. Whether it is a Pokemon game on their phones, spending hours on Facebook (and now that I have been back 24 hours, I am starting to become guilty of this), busily talking about American football formations for long spells or by watching every FC Barcelona (soccer) game they can get their eyes on. Heck, I have a list of shows I have watched (on Netflix or Hulu) in the past year, and I have watched at least 1 whole season of 6 or 7 different shows! Talk about leaning away from my authentic self!
I feel like I have been waiting for something. Of course, nothing is going to move or change me from the outside without some impetus and impulse from within. But I feel as if my trip to Canada was that impulse. I desperately wanted things to change, but I didn’t know how to do it previously. And I’m now afraid I might fall back into that pattern. There were a number of obstacles which arose to block my making it to Canada, but I’m so glad I persevered through my inner resistance!
So how I can stay more heart-centered here? With many responsibilities pulling and tugging at me, how can I get out in nature more often and easily? How can I maintain open-hearted connections with friends here in Va? How can I integrate all the juicy material we covered at the intensive?
These are all vital questions that I need to find answers for.
In the meantime, I am attempting to practice the Dharma – nourishing my heart and soul. I am starting to ask for connections with others here who are connected to the PPN work.
But I miss the land and the mountains and the clean water and the non-venomous wildlife and the lack of ticks. I miss the touch of the cool morning air as I step out of the outdoor shower and rainy mist that said goodbye to us as we parted ways. I miss being able to step out of my tent, take 20 steps and be on a logging road which leads to dozens of serene hiking trails. I miss being around people who are so outdoor oriented – when winter is harsh and piled high with snow, I suspect we tend to appreciate the summer that much more!
Thanks for reading my meandering words!
~KM
a little insight arising after PPN retreat
I am back from Canada now. I have only been home and awake for a few hours. I will describe the workshop (intensive) more in depth in the coming days. But when I was walking our dog, I had a little insight.
This may just be review for most of you, but I found it helpful for myself. And it is this:
During a potent and purgative and coherent retreat or workshop like I attended, we are really given the chance to open our hearts. I was also doing a little bit of meditation during it, so I suspect my heart had the opportunity to stretch open even a bit more.
When my heart opens, I can include more beings in it with compassion and acceptance and I can also be more patient with more typically “triggering” types of reactions and comments from others. So with an open heart, I can rest back and allow people’s stuff to be their own and not affect me so much.
But then I come home. I am out of the beautiful energetic field which Ken and Myrna have spent years establishing. Their space up in the mountains above Nelson Canada is abundantly full of Kuan Yin statues and home-grown vegetables and dozens of fruit trees and many berries. Myrna has hosted dozens of process workshops there, creating a mandala of healing potency.
And here I am at home. The airport experiences did not help much either – dry, impersonal, no heart, barely any warmth (literally and figuratively!). Now I have to work that much harder to keep my heart open. Will I be able to maintain what I attained up there? Maybe not. But I can definitely prevent my heart from closing up.
What kind of activities does my heart enjoy? What makes it feel like closing down? What do I want to foster in myself? What is my intention for the next few months?
We are maintaining contact with members from the group which will be helpful. We can keep each other honest and on-track. We spoke powerful intentions about what kind of support we will need back in our regular lives, we talked about what that is going to look like and we discussed what we might change in our lives to allow our intentions the space to come to being.
Good stuff! Yummy indeed!
For me personally, I am working to find a balance between down-time / integration time for at least the next month. More naps (at least 5 days / week), some time soaking in the bath tub, spending time in nature if / when possible, walking the dog, and most importantly, STAYING SLOW. I recognize my tendency to want to dive into new projects and longer and longer to-do lists.
Now I have several lists: one is “absolutely necessary items”, the next is “if there is time” and the third list doesn’t matter, because after that second list, I won’t have any time whatsoever!! Especially after I get in my nap and down time.
I know meditation is on that first list – to keep my heart open and tolerant and patient and compassionate. Doing things with my girlfriend is also going to be very important considering we haven’t seen each other in 6 weeks or more! (But she comes back on Wednesday)
Yay!
Thanks for reading.
I am heading to Canada in a week, for a special training in PPN psychology
I have been having second thoughts about my trip to the Northwest, to train in pre- and perinatal psychology and birth process work. It is going to be expensive (for me) as I fly to Spokane Washington, and then drive to Nelson Canada. I will have to pay a dog-sitter, parking at the airport, tuition, food, etc. It will be tough to leave our dog – Emma – who I have been enjoying spending time with (she keeps me in good shape by taking me for walks every day).
But I am resolved to go through with it, no matter how many tiny obstacles keep cropping up. I am hoping to learn about my own personal birth process as this workshop will focus on conception, time in utero and the actual birth. That is where it stops however – the developmental psychology pieces from birth onward are covered in the next workshop level! But that is enough. What little misunderstandings about my conception, about my parents, about my birth are holding me back? What unconscious obstacles are preventing me from expressing the fullness of my loving heart? These are questions I am hoping to uncover as I delve deeper into my psyche during this workshop. Plus it will be spent with exceptionally good company.
I have done a previous Birth Process Workshop with the main teacher, Myrna Martin. She is very knowledgable and skillful and compassionate and she is known as one of a half dozen highly trained experts in this field in North America. You can visit her site below.
Wish me luck on my journey! And I wish that all sentient beings take a little provocative risk toward opening their hearts and leaving their comfort zones to learn and grow!
Can gluten allergy be treated or cured?
Before today, I’m not sure what this answer would be. Some doctors might say “no, it cannot be cured.” After chatting with my acupuncturist however, and having him explain and then put in a semi-permanent acupuncture needle in my ear, I am thinking that my gluten sensitivity is already improving. Why?
Michael Jabalee is a wizard by the way. I just wanted to put that out there. He is a superb healer and his knowledge and skills far outweigh any acupuncturist I have seen previously, with maybe one or two exceptions – but I have been very fortunate to meet some incredible practitioners in my time.
He explained how having a tiny needle in my ear for 3 weeks can possibly cure allergies. He has had success with treating the red meat allergy which arises after being bitten by the Lone Star tick. He has had success treating people with gluten allergies. He even mentioned that using his bio-energetic testing machine, he successfully determined which (out of 18 colors) Sharpee markers an artist was allergic to and treated her for that! It turns out it was the pink and light purple colors that were getting to her. I’m not making this up. And the tiny little throb in my ear is reminding me (although it is covered in flesh colored surgical tape so no one will notice) that there is in fact a needle still in my ear cartilage!
The semi-permanent 3 mm needle allows for the acupuncture to continue 24-7 for 3 weeks at home! I am pretty much amazed.
Of course I will report how I am doing and at the end of that time I will report how I feel the next day after eating gluten.
I had him test me for gluten and alcohol sensitivities (allergies) because over the past few weeks I have been noticing feeling achy the next day or two after I drink a couple of beers. And sure enough gluten came up.
There is even a positive (statistically significant results) study done by the NIH about the efficacy of semi-permanent acupuncture needles. And hopefully I will also be reporting something similar (although for me it is not strictly scientific and objective).
Here is a link to his website:
So now I have to say that he specializes in treating nerve pain, neuropathy, Lyme’s disease AND allergies. I cannot recommend him more – and I am not getting anything for saying this. Simply that he is a fantastic healer – I am feeling better after my bout with chronic (unidentified for 2 years) Lyme’s disease and hopefully I will be making my way toward 100% health after this mini treatment (which is on-going for 3 weeks).
Thanks for reading!!
~K
Coming to terms with Pharmacology
If you are not aware, I am in nursing school, along with a number of other activities to keep me busy. As my blog title page mentions, this is a blog about health and wellness and astrology and the Buddha-Dharma. Well, I think I am trying to integrate myself into the mainstream side of wellness by becoming a nurse. And one of the hurdles to become a nurse is to take the Pharmacology class and learn (and memorize) hundreds of facts and numbers and onset times, etc about many different types of medications (drugs).
My only issue with this, as you may have read in a previous post, is that I disagree with the way the Pharmacology book just stops instead of mentioning new (cutting edge, brand new, ahead of the curve) research which indicates that some non-pharmacologic techniques work just as well as the medication route. If not better.
For instance, according to the Adverse Childhood Experiences study (a massive study involving over 30,000 participants over many years), early childhood trauma is almost guaranteed to cause inflammatory diseases later in life. This is a fact. In certain circles of bodywork and trauma resolution practitioners, this is well known. And most pharmacologic methods do not cure the underlying disease (they do not cure the cause), but rather they treat the symptoms. See asthma for examples of this. How about we find a non-pharmacologic way to treat the underlying trauma and resolve the cause of this inflammatory suffering? Do you have any idea how much this would save the American public?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_Childhood_Experiences_Study
http://www.acestudy.org/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/
Even the CDC is on board with the validity of the ACE study! It is legit!
So about those non-pharmacologic methods to resolve inflammatory disease (which may be caused by unresolved early childhood trauma)? Well guess what? There are modalities which treat just that! See Somatic Experiencing for one. Look at birth process work for another. See pre- and perinatal psychology for explanations of how the trauma gets laid down. Read about the Vagus nerve and how it regulates the Parasympathetic nervous system. And if you assist someone to learn and absorb and embrace tools to resource their nervous systems, they will be more relaxed, more resilient and more adaptable. They will move toward healing.
Somatic Experiencing website:
A fantastic teacher of pre- and perinatal psychology, Myrna Martin:
Another incredible teacher of trauma resolution, Kathy Kaine: (working with the Vagus system)
http://www.somaticpractice.net
One of my teachers here in Charlottesville, Janet Evergreen:
My point here is that allopathic, typical pharmacology books do not discuss any of these modalities or even possibilities. It is not well-known enough. Body-psychotherapy is not well known outside of California or certain alternative enclaves around the U.S. (Charlottesville, VA, Asheville, NC, Austin, TX, Burlington, VT, etc). But trust me when I say that it is possible (with many caveats) to resolve early childhood trauma and that by doing so, our health typically improves. It is not always comfortable (to say the least!) and it is very difficult to get started down this particular, provocative, accelerated path of healing. But it is possible.
Unfortunately, most people want the silver bullet. They want the pill that heals them. Well folks. It ain’t gonna happen. You can’t keep doing the same thing and expect to get different results, no matter what you are taking! (this is actually one definition of insanity) We have to change our minds along with changing our bodies.
With all of this said however, I was pleasantly surprised to note in myself a change of heart toward Pharmacology. In studying the Chemotherapy drugs, I noticed a change of mind in myself.
In the past, without knowing the mechanisms of action, without knowing much about cancer, without knowing anything about pharmacology, I thought chemotherapy was all about poisoning the cancer cells. Choking out the toxic cells and lethal tissues. And of course in doing so, it would also poison the person on those toxic drugs.
Well guess what I am learning? There is a method to the madness and in theory, chemotherapy drugs (when used properly and with up-to-date research) can destroy cancer cells faster than non-malignant healthy cells. It is this theory which leads to some cures through Chemotherapy. Good grief! This is different than I was expecting.
See, I have some underlying distrust of doctors from my own birth (I was thought to be contagious upon being born and promptly stuffed in an incubator for 18 – 24 hours). Those assholes. The mark on my back which the doctors had never seen before was the mark of the native american people. So yes, my birth trauma was / and probably is still influencing my relationship to doctors and the Western medical paradigm. But after learning a little tiny bit more, I am no longer completely against Chemo drugs. Wow! Sure, I might consider other therapies first (at least learn about what they are doing in Germany for cancer!). But here in the U.S. chemotherapy might not be a death sentence and in fact there is a chance it will lead to a cure! Even if that journey is like traveling through Hell and back…
What a change of heart?! Okay, so yes I am still skeptical about Pharmacology. Any industry that is fueled by profits, even if doctors take the Hippocratic oath, is bound to become corrupt. And guess what? The pharmaceutical industry does not pull their punches. Their bottom line probably matters most. But fortunately the FDA has regulations in place to limit their corruption and to strictly review new drugs coming onto the market. Yay!
So what am I saying? I am saying that pharmacotherapy has its merits. However, I would also recommend looking at alternative therapies when / where possible. Get second opinions. Look at those websites above! It is obvious that the ACE study and its ramifications will become a part of mainstream medicine – whether it is in 10 years or 20 years, people are going to come around. There is reason to be happy. The info is out there, you just have to know who to ask or where to look.
And there are even websites dedicated to tracking pharmaceutical donations to doctors(!):
https://www.propublica.org (see the Dollars for Docs tab on top)
So have hope. Know that change is coming and that if is possible for you to unwind your own birth / early developmental trauma and that that can lead to better health! Hooray!
And it is even possible for me to begin to trust the Western pharmacotherapy-based medical paradigm. Whoa?! That is quite the step to take. I’m not quite there yet. But I am willing to give it a shot. 🙂
Thanks for reading!
~K
Meditation Informs Healing Facilitation 