"You live by the breath, you grow by the breath, you die by the breath
and you do not know the science of breathing." Yogi Bhajan
who am I?
I AM A TEACHER, a healer & yogic researcher.
I teach Kundalini Yoga & Meditation, and specialize in the chronic/critical illness field.
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I WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
SUFFERING
I TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO BREATH
and
RELAX
What qualifies me to be sharing in this arena is my own life-long battle with a serious, rare and relapsing auto-immune disease. I have been SICK-TO-DEATH more times than I can count or remember.
In Feb of 1995 I was given 5 years to live. I have faced my own death and come out
THE VICTOR!
Not only that, but I was told by many doctors that I would need to live on 5 heavy-duty drugs for the rest of my life, all of which I have successfully weaned off of. In retrospect, NOTHING was harder than the grueling, ongoing-for-SO MANY YEARS and dangerous descents off these drugs to which I had become addicted
A PICTURE TELLS A THOUSAND WORDS
GO TO MY GALLERY AND SEE FOR YOURSELF THE DEGREE TO WHICH I WAS TOSSED ABOUT OVER THE YEARS
I have been blessed to maintain my recovery for 4 years now (successfully weened off all drugs, including PREDNISONE), thanks to employing all the life-learned survival and YOGIC TOOLS I am now available to pass on to YOU.
I TEACH WHAT I KNOW and, regardless of the 'condition' that you are personally challenges by, I KNOW I CAN HELP YOU do the same thing I did - lift yourSELF out of the darkness and into the light by teaching you A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT AND WORK WITH YOUR ILLNESS.
I teach CHAIR YOGA CLASSES (select the above tab to view our class video) and also, work one-on-one with many clients, guiding them through a process of SELF-DISCOVERY and YOGIC REHABILITATION .
We work together to develop a REALISTIC AND CUSTOM-MADE PROGRAM designed with a projection to BRING YOU RELIEF, break the pain cycle and deliver you to your highest health.
PLEASE READ MY TESTIMONIAL SECTION
THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE BEST IDEA OF WHO I AM
and what you can expect to accomplish
by involving yourself with me
and employing the LIFE-SAVING PROGRAM I have to offer
I come to the table with the spirit of a WARRIOR , a HUGE REPERTOIRE of natural-to-me organizational expertise and an offering of knowledge and experience with the following:
- WHAT YOU FOCUS ON GROWS
your mind is a MAGNET
- CHOOSING A NURSING AGENCY
- PILLS PILLS PILLS - BLESS YOUR MEDICATION
- the agony of MISDIAGNOSIS
- breathing exercises specific to real-life circumstance
- creating your Advance Directive & Out-of Hospital DNR Order
- for LOWER BACK PAIN - yoga, yoga and more yoga
- opportunity for SELF-SEEING/mirroring by the grace of the adversary in your life
-the exponential healing power of SELF-LOVE
- balancing your time, your energy, your life
- how to move out of VICTIM-mode
-loss of IDENTITY
- SHOCK
- hearing the message behind your illness
- WOW - YOU REALLY CAN RAISE AND LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE WITH KUNDALINI YOGA!!
- what i learned from 11-year challenge of high-dosage PREDNISONE use
- PREDNISONE DESCENT STRATEGIES
- successful drug descent supported by homeopathy
- living with PERMANENT DAMAGES of long-term, high-dosage PREDNISONE
- releasing OCD
- choosing humane treatment
- YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
- de-sensitization to environmental and food allergies
- "Stop relating to anything that limits you."
- AWARENESS OF & options for changing the tendency to COMPLAIN
-yogic tools for BEYOND-FATIGUE status
- when ANTI-DEPRESSANTS are truly called for
- personal experience of losing my hearing during a 5-yr course of chemotherapy
- the laws of ATTRACTION
- learning how to function in the hearing world as a late-deafened adult
- AUTO-IMMUNE DIS-EASE
- prioritization for life-management
- personal experience with successfully resolving addictive behaviors
- focus on anatomy and physiology
- GET A BIRDFEEDER! - enjoy the wild birds outside your window
- 32 YEARS PRACTICING KUNDALINI YOGA
- certified with KRI and IKYTA Kundaili Yoga teacher
- THERE IS A WAY THROUGH EVERY BLOCK
- PAIN MANAGEMENT
- multiple medications spreadsheet system for long-term drug use
- walking and water aerobics with mental & spoken mantra
- negative mind/positive mind/neutral mind
- yogic tools for burn-out and burn-out prevention
- build your protective energy bodies
- family & community support systems
- ANXIETY
- Bi-lateral vestibulopathy -permanent loss of the balance mechanism in the inner ear
- give peace a chance - there must be something else in your 'space' besides pain
- yogic application of the FANTASTIC SCIENCE OF of anatomy and physiology
- MINISTERING to the sick and dying
- IDENTIFY YOURSELF - discover and build your navel center
- yoga posture correction and alignment
- expertise in yoga modification for those with limitations
- "Maybe you could help me with something..."
- personal experience in NURSING HOME care
- resolving 'family of origin' issues
- SETTING HEALTHY BOUNDARIES
- to what extent can exercising in the pool rehabilitate you and manage your pain?
- the law of prayer - hold a clear vision of your goal
I AM NOT THE DOER, I AM THE SEER
- CREATE AN INTENTION ALTAR
- 16 years - Licensed Massage Therapist
- 32 year expertise in foot and leg massage
- releasing childhood subconscious block
- sensitive protocol for attending to an unconscious patient
- THE LAW OF RECEIVING
- doctor/patient relationships
- HOW SICKNESS AFFECTS A MARRIAGE
- DEPRESSION
- allowing others to serve you
- gaining and holding self-confidence
- peripheral neuropathy
- caring for bed-ridden patients; what do they need most
- how to touch, sooth and care for a critically-ill patient
- surrender
- SHINGLES and post-herpatic permanent nerve damage
- finding good doctors
- dealing with a bad doctor
- PATIENCE PAYS
LET THE HAND OF GOD WORK FOR YOU
- making the HOSPICE choice
- I AM A WOMAN - Creative, Sacred and Invincible
- how to not fall through "loop-holes" in the medical system
- healing the wounds of LOSS
- breaking habit pattern/setting new ones
- hydrotherapy & foot reflexology
- expertise in moving successfully through the MEDICAID SYSTEM
- yogic personal hygiene
- yogic sleep and napping aids
- yogic BREAKS......pauses...
- inhale/exhale
"is there MORE?"
- herbs and teas
- yogic tools for ER &CHEMO SURVIVAL
- removing the toxic mercury filling in your teeth
- focus of yoga posture and alignment
- expertise in yoga posture modification for those with limitations
- the importance of VISITING THE SICK
- grief and loss processing
- a seemingly-infinite collection of yoga sets and breathing exercises
(forever thanks to my teacher, Yogi Bhajan for THAT)
-yoga to do in bed
- living through emergency room events and hospital says
- knowing your rights as a patient
- drug-induced psychiatric involvement
- CHARGING AND MOVING YOUR PRANIC, SUBTLE LIFE FORCE
- prayer
- yogic journaling and meditation
- FORGIVENESS & GRATITUDE work
-laughter and 'lightness'
- CELESTIAL COMMUNICATION - singing and hand/arm movement therapy
- yogic approach to death and dying
- discipline and relaxation
- the amazing science of PT - physical therapy:
PUTTING HUMPTY DUMPTY BACK TOGETHER AGAIN
- self-promotional skills
- loss of driving (SUPREME BUMMER) and regaining the privilege (YES!!)
DOCTORS ARE HUMAN; THEY MAKE MISTAKES
- Intuitive Akara Numerology
- THERE IS A WAY THROUGH EVERY BLOCK
- Newton's Law of Force -
for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
- self-made POWER RECORDINGS with personal affirmations
HOW THINGS WORK
HOW THEY DON'T
- COUNSELING and SUPPORT GROUPS
- understanding and working with your 10 ENERGY BODIES
- LOSING YOUR SOCIAL LIFE
- losing some of your friends
- healing through art
- 32-year-old HUGE, archival collection of yogic files now being scanned and pdf's for YOU!
- the blessing & privilege of having personally worked 32 years with
Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga
- Yogi Bhajan's letters to me with advice and support during the years I was critically ill
- HUGE CHALLENGE OF RE-ENTRY
- MAINTENANCE Support System
- self-massage
- understanding the workings of the glandular and nervous systems
- support for your caretaker
- follow-up support for certified KY certified teachers
- FINDING A GOOD CAREGIVER
- THE DYNAMICS OF HAVING A CARETAKER IN YOUR HOME
- INTENTION ALTARS
- developing communication and relationship skills
- LIVING WITH PERMANENT DAMAGE
- regular Kundalini Yoga classes in TX/on-going, daily class for 2 1/2 yrs (see schedule)
- hearing loss educator
- spiritual music and drumming therapy
- flower essence therapy
- creating & BREATHING LIFE! into your LIVING INTENTION BOARD
- Sat Nam Rasayan - a phenomenal, non-reactive healing system of awareness
- long-time patient of chiropractic and acupuncture
- THERE IS A WAY THROUGH EVERY BLOCK
- many alternative medicine therapies
- opening up the flow of abundance and PROSPERITY in your life
- attitude and life-style choices
- diet and nutrition adjustment
- SUCCESSFUL PHONE SKILLS FOR THE PURSUIT OF "RED TAPE"
- coping skills for LIFE
- SACRED SPACE
- PERSEVERANCE STRATEGIES
- HUGE, personal, medical filing system that i created to serve me along the journey
- forgiveness/acceptance/gratitude work
- yogic philosophy
- Secretarial Specialist
- self-promotional techniques for your walk through the medical realm
- direction towards outside support on all level
- opening your intuitive eye and learn to hear your inner voice
- "What must you think of yourSELF to behave this way?" - addiction counseling & course
- cooking for your highest health
- etc
- but especially for you to know,
I TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO BREATHE
My clients present me with conditions ranging from pain and depression to injuries, peripheral neuropathy, and loss of mobility and freedom, amputation, some are facing impending death, hearing loss, the debilitating side-effects of drugs( I am an expert on PREDNiSONE), glandular and nervous-system imbalance, weight management, addiction,
etc etc
PLEASE READ MY TESTIMONIAL SECTION
THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE BEST IDEA OF WHO I AM
and what you can expect to accomplish
by involving yourself with me
and employing the LIFE-SAVING PROGRAM I have to offer
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Wait till you see what I'm going to offer you! Soon, MY STORY will be written here and as you scroll through it, themes will POP UP which you can select and then see/hear my talk on that particular subject. I KNOW you're going to love these YOGIC TOOLS...
BLESS YOUR DRUGS
Make Peace with Your Medications
"Up All Nite" YOGIC Survival TOOLS
Overcoming COLD DEPRESSION
DIVINE/DIVIDED
The Yogic Philosophy of Auto-Immune Disease
Breathing Exercises for WAITINGWAITINGWAITING
Blow It Out Your LIFE
How To Cope With Losing Your Freedom to SHOP & DRIVE
go WHERE you want
WHEN you want
CONVERT the energy you spend WORRYING into SELF-DEVOTION
5 THINGS TO FORGIVE
RED TAPE
HOW TO graciously & effectively get what you need from your doctor's office
What Belongs To Me & WHAT DOES NOT
Helpful Relationship TOOLS
"Sucker for a plaid" - YOUR GRATITUDE JOURNAL
a good TOOL to have!
HEARING the Higher Message of Your Illness
for GOODNESS sake
BREAK THE CYCLE OF YOUR PAIN!
I AM A LIFE
I AM I AM
Put up a big sign on your mirror
IT'S NOT ME - IT'S THE DRUGS
BLESS THE MESS, the mistakes & the omissions
Newton's Law of FORCE
for every ACTION there is an equal & opposite REACTION
THERE IS A WAY THROUGH EVERY BLOCK
YOGIC TOOLS for releasing your attachment to the "shoulda-woulda-coulduz"
YOGIC TOOLS for a Hospital Stay
Self-Induced Stress Syndrome
What the Government of USA DOES HAVE TO OFFER those of us in need of support!
you have a part in that relationship
"everything has its' price"
NON-REACTIVE MEDICINE
hold your horses
GET A SECOND OPINION
save your body parts
"In case of an emergency, put the mask FIRST on your own face."
YOGIC TOOLS FOR THE SPOUSE-TURNED-CAREGIVER
NO WAY, JOSE!
Your Medical Directive
Creating the Altar of Your Death
The Yogic Approach to Death & Dying
CHOOSE LOVE
Does your diagnosis own you?
I am challenged by the condition of (fill in the blank).
CAREGIVERS
Angels & Demons By Your Side
'cool it' with the chemical deodorants, Bounce & Tide,
sugar, coffee, processed foods & microwaves
Yogic RE-ENTRY
red light............................. yellow light.............green light-GO!
...and exhale deeply
"Pre-forgive all the mistakes, the pains and the encounters you encounter. They are all yours. They are part of your drama. Without them, you cannot evoke the depth of your soul and the dimensions of your character."
Copyright The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
see you later!
humbly
guruatma