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The Importance of Phytoestrogens

2011-04-12T19:56:00.000-07:00

I found this interesting bit of information about phytoestrogens from Dr. Christiane Northrup's book, "The Wisdom of Menopause". I now know I need to include more foods with phytoestrogens in my diet!

"Phytoestrogens, the natural hormones found in plants, are not the same as the hormones found in the female body, although they may have somewhat similar beneficial effects. Phytoestrogens are found in more than three hundred plants, including some that we routinely eat, such as apples, carrots, oats, plums, olives, potatoes, tea, coffee, and sunflower seeds. Soy and flaxseed are particularly rich in these substances.

Phytoestrogens can be divided into two main families: the isoflavones, which include substances such as genistein, daidzein, equol and coumestrol, and the lignans, which include matairesinol. enterolactone, and enterodiol.

The estrogenic activity of phytoestrogens is lower than that of human estrogens - in the range of a hundredth to a thousandth that of estradiol. They also have antioxidant and antiproliferative activity that is still being elucidated. This means that they have the ability to prevent free-radical damage to cells, the number one cause of premature aging of tissue, and they also help prevent abnormal cell growth.

Like other estrogens, phytoestrogens bind to estrogen receptors throughout our systems. (Research has shown that estrogen receptors are found on the suface of nearly every cell of our bodies, not just those of the vagina, uterus, and breast tissue.) When they bind, they exert a balancing, or "adaptogenic" effect. This means that if your estrogen levels are low, the herbs will have an estrogenic effect, but if your estrogen leves are too high, they will block the stronger estrogen. That's why the same herb - dong quai, for example - can be used both for conditions in which there is too much estrogen (such as PMS) and for those which there is too little (hot flushes).

Phytoestrogens do not stimulate the growth of estrogen-sensitive tissue such as in the breast and uterus; in fact, they have been shown to inhibit breast tumors in some animal studies, probably because they occupy estrogen receptor sites and prevent overstimulation of cells."
- Dr. Christiane Northrup in "The Wisdom of Menopause"

Now, isn't this wonderful news for us women? Imagine overcoming our monthly PMS and daily hot flushes by just including more foods like soy milk, tofu and flaxseed in our daily diet! Let's do it!

Listening to Our Inner Guidance (Part 2)

2010-11-20T00:14:00.000-08:00

Connecting to our inner guidance is about self-awareness, and detachment from the dramas in our life. Here are some of the ways to begin:

Pay attention to what your body feels like. Do some parts feel numb? Congested? Do parts of you feel like crying? Simply observe in a detach manner.
Pay attention to your thoughts and observe how they affect your body. Do some thoughts tighten your body? What are the thoughts that make you happy and free?
Notice what fears you hold regarding your body. Are there parts of your body that you have "disowned"? Are there parts that are "unacceptable" to you? What are the colours of your fears?
Notice what your body needs on a daily basis. What are you cravings? Do you need rest? Do you go to the bathroom when required? Or do you ignore your body?
Make a note on the events in your life that are difficult , painful, happy, peaceful, etc. As these things come up, notice your breathing, and your heart rate. Are they fast or are they slow? Notice your bodily sensations. What are they? Where are they?
Bodily sensations such as back pain, headache, abdominal pain, etc can teach you many things about yourself. Pay attention to them. Stop what you are doing, sit or lie down, breathe and wait with the sensations or feelings. See what insights comes up to you. Are there emotions such as anger, anxiety, frustrations or fear connected to that bodily sensations? What do you need to let go?

Listening to your inner guidance is a present moment experience. There's no "The End" to it. It's always an on-going process. Just remember: Listen, Trust and Take Action.

Listening to Our Inner Guidance (Part 1)

2010-11-20T00:01:00.000-08:00

One of the important lessons I hope to encourage my clients to learn is this: to learn to listen to their body.

The term "inner guidance" is not new. I first came across it in Dr. Christiane Northrup's book, "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom" during the mid 1990's when I was very much challenged by a physical/mental/emotional ailment. I learnt a lot from that book and one of the great lessons was the art of listening to our inner guidance within us. That helped me heal and transform one of my most challenging and difficult moments of my life. Until today, that inner resource has helped me find answers to my personal and professional life.

Dr. Northrup said this, "Our inner guidance is mediated via our thoughts, emotions, dreams and bodily feelings. Our bodies are designed to act as receiving and transmitting stations for energy and information. Living in touch with our inner guidance involves feeling our way through using all of ourselves: mind, body, emotions and spirit".

Our inner guidance system is a powerful resource for us to heal our life. It requires our commitment to not run away, but to be brave enough to stop and look within, and face our truths as they reveal themselves to us. And once we hear the truths, we must take action.

So, how do we connect to that rich resource within us? Will write more in Part 2.

Developing Resources (Part 2)

2010-10-05T19:14:00.000-07:00

So where do we start?

Let's start with this resource building exercise that is simple to do. This will help you discover some of your body's innate, hidden resources and even help you discover new ones too.

To begin, take a piece of paper. Divide the page vertically in half so that you now have two columns.

In one column, write down a list of your external resources and in the other column, list our your internal resources. Examples of internal resources might be your physical strength, intelligence, and a talent for drawing. Examples of external resources might be nature, pets, nutritious food and music.

If you have difficulty doing this exercise, take some time to recall what got you through your most challenging times. How did you cope then? What or who helped you to get to the place you are now? What inner strength did you have to help you go on with life? How did you survive those difficult times?

If you find that you are lacking in resources you wish you have, such as physical strength, you might think of joining a yoga class or simply start walking in the early mornings in the nearby parks or playground.

Take a few minutes to imagine or feel all of your resources. How do they make you feel? Do this even though they seem distant, vague or weak. Little by little, you will discover resources that have been lost, strengthen those that seem weak, or even find new resources.

(Note: The exercise above is very important if you are undergoing craniosacral sessions. It will help you build resources should trauma memories are triggered during a session.)

Developing Resources (Part 1)

2010-09-23T00:50:00.000-07:00

Today, I've decided to change this blog's tagline to "Developing Resources for a Healthy, Wealthy and Happy Life".

Resources are so fundamental for one's well-being, that there is a saying: No Resources, No Get Better.

Yet, it is something not commonly understood by many people. What do you mean by resources?

Peter Levine defines it as: "Resources can be anything or anyone that supports and nurtures a sense of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being". There are basically two types of resources, internal resources and external resources.

Examples of external resources might be nature, friends, dance, music, books, in short anything that is externally derived.

Examples of internal resources might be intelligence, a spiritual practice, strength, discipline, in short, resources that comes from within us.

I find it absolutely necessary to help my clients to learn, and to find their own resources. It has been my personal observation that those clients who are rich with resources heal very fast and deeply too. Unfortunately, those without much resources heal slowly and some, not at all... And these are the same people that go round and round the therapeutic world looking for a miracle cure without knowing that the miracle cure begins with themselves.

Therefore, from this day onwards, this blog is all about helping us reclaim, discover and celebrate the many resources in our life; resources that promotes health, wealth and happiness!

Thought Provoking

2010-07-27T02:03:00.000-07:00

A thought provoking video, with thoughts selected from Dr. Mae Wan Ho's work. Haunting music too.

Moola Mantra

2010-06-17T00:44:00.000-07:00

This is good....

The Law of Attraction Video

2010-05-24T01:58:00.000-07:00

I love this one!

Om Mani Padme Hum

2010-05-20T00:35:00.000-07:00

This is lovely!

Stress Patterns That Causes Illnesses

2010-01-14T00:38:00.000-08:00

Seeing the many different cases that comes to my cranio clinic, I always wonder what are the patterns that caused them to be ill? Are there any deeper reasons beside the usual: lack of exercise, lack of proper diet, or exposure to environmental toxins? Because it often occurs to me that that is not the full story about what causes illness.

One of my favourite writers, Caroline Myss, together with Dr. Norman Shealy gave some very good answers in their book, "The Creation of Health". In it, they wrote this list of significant stress patterns that cause illness:

1.The first pattern involves the presence of unsolved or deeply consuming emotional, mental or spiritual stress within a person's life.

2. The second pattern relates to the degree of control that negative belief patterns have upon a person's reality. Each of us is a complex system of positive and negative beliefs, attitudes and experiences.

3. The third pattern is the inability to give and/or receive love.

4. The fourth pattern is the lack of humour and the inability to distinguish serious concerns from the lesser issues of life.

5. The fifth pattern is how effectively one exercises the power of choice in terms of making decisions over the movement and activities of their own life.

6. The sixth pattern concerns how well a person has attended to the needs of the physical body.

7. The seventh pattern relates to the suffering that accompanies the absence or "loss of meaning" in one's life.

8. The eighth pattern is the tendency towards denial.

I think they are right on target. I saw these patterns in clients that could not move out of their illness. No matter how many therapies they went, nothing seemed to work. But, for those who were able to let go of these patterns, something wonderful happened. They became well again.

Metamorphosis and Craniosacral Therapy

2009-08-18T01:40:00.000-07:00

Last night, I was reading through one of my cranio text book, "Craniosacral Biodynamics, Vol 2" by Dr. Franklyn Sills when something interesting jumped out at me - a paragraph that describes something that is very similar to Robert St. John's Metamorphosis.

In that book, Dr. Sills wrote that by orienting to vertebrae dynamics, these dynamics may reflect the whole of our history including past life and generational family line issues (generational karma). This is what Metamorphosis practitioners do too - orienting to the patterns that we are born with via the spine or spinal reflex on the feet, hands and head.

Isn't it interesting that two very different schools of modality meeting a similar conclusion?

When You Are Most Powerful

2009-06-15T23:07:00.000-07:00

"When you do not seek or need external approval, you are at your most powerful."
- Caroline Myss in Sacred Contracts

"To thine own self be true"
- William Shakespeare in Hamlet

Reiki: A Comprehensive Guide

2009-03-23T02:00:00.000-07:00

Last week, while browsing for a book on yoga, another kind of book caught my attention. It was a book on Reiki, titled Reiki: A Comprehensive Guide by Reiki Master Pamela Miles.

Do I want to read another book on Reiki? I have lots of Reiki books already and thought they are pretty much the same. Reiki, after all, is ... Reiki. But I was so drawn towards this particular book that I brushed those thoughts aside and bought it.

Now, I'm glad that I listened to my inner guidance that day because Pamela Miles's book is unlike the many Reiki books I've read. Drawing upon her many years as a Reiki Master and her experiences with the teaching and training of Reiki with medical staff and their patients, Pamela Miles has written a book that is so useful to those new to Reiki, right up to medical practitioners and Reiki Masters.

Reading this book affirms my stand on the practising and teaching of Reiki: that there are no such thing as "speedy" or "instant" Reiki practitioners or Reiki Masters. Instead, it takes life-time practice of daily self-treatments. There are simply no short-cuts. Period. To those who think that the Reiki initiation process makes them immediate automatic healers, well think again. The initiation process is exactly what it means: it initiaties. After that, is the daily discipline of practising the Reiki self-treatment. Besides that, the search for the right teacher, attending classes, spending sufficient contact time with the teacher, all these matters a lot to the Reiki students.

These are the underlying message that Pamela Miles brought forth throughout the entire book. There are no psychic, esoteric stuffs, no further revealing of the Reiki symbols, no mix-and-match with other New Age healing modalities, but plain simple guidance on how to practice Reiki, the importance of daily self-treatments, how to use Reiki personally and professionally, the many research done on Reiki within the medical community, and yes, Reiki as was handed out to the whole world through the work of one courageous woman: Mrs Hawayo Takata.

Read this book, and you'll be inspired by Reiki over and over again.

(Note: If you are interested to purchase this book, click here: Reiki: A Comprehensive Guide)

Menopause from a TCM Perspective (Part 2)

2009-03-04T22:31:00.000-08:00

More from Dr. Northrup:

"According to Chinese medicine, diet is the most effective way to relieve many symptoms. All heat-producing foods and substances should be eliminated. Caffeine, alcohol, refined sugar, food colouring, preservatives, and additives(including antibiotics and hormones fed to animals during the production of most meat, chicken and eggs) will cause excess heat and yin depletion. Red meat should be consumed in small quantities, but being a complete vegetarian (vegan) is not recommended. You should eat at least 2-4 ounces of meat or fish every week or two, depending upon your size and lifestyle. It is also helpful to limit spicy, pungent foods, such as curries or chilies, and greasy, fried or oily foods.

Foods should be lightly cooked, not raw or cold. The body has to work much harder to digest raw food, which creates heat and chi stagnation. Cold food, contrary to popular belief, doesn't cool the body in a balanced way. Instead, cold and ice create blockages in the chi channel, which creates chi stagnation. The following foods are especially cooling and helpful: melons, bean sprouts, tofu, white ocean fish, celery, apples, asparagus, and grapes.

Smoking obviously makes everything worse. When you smoke, you are quite literally breathing in fire and toxins that enter the brain and bloodstream directly. It is also well documented that smoking poisons the ovaries, decreasing our estrogen levels about two years sooner than would normally occur.

Practitioners of TCM also discourage the regular use of ginger and Asian ginseng (panax ginseng) and Siberian ginseg during perimenopause because both are considered heat-producing."

Menopause from a TCM Perspective (Part 1)

2009-03-04T22:08:00.000-08:00

Interestingly, this information about menopause from a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) perspective was found in Dr. Christiane Northrup's book, The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change, 2nd Edition. Although she was trained from the allopathic medicinal school of thought, she had no hesitation in referring her patients to TCM doctors. In fact, she herself has her own personal acupuncture team. This was what she wrote:

"According to Chinese medicine, the part of us that is referred to as yin - our vital fluids - begins to diminish as we grow older. This leads to an excess of yang - vital energy and heat - and/or stagnation of chi (life energy). Ideally, when our yin, yang and chi are in balance, our body acts something like a kettle containing liquid (yin) heated by fire (yang). The resulting steam (the enhanced chi flow) circulates throughout the body, warming and nourishing it.

How much and to what degree yin becomes depleted depends upon our lifestyle, diet, and genes. Depletion of yin causes the vital liquid in the kettle to burn off, so that the fire burns without producing the steam necessary to moisten and nourish.

Excess heat leads to hot flashes, the most obvious symptom, as well as to dryness of the skin, eyes and vagina. Excess heat can dislodge the shen (spirit) from the heart, causing restlessness and insomnia. If excess heat enters the blodd, it can cause heavy menstrual periods. Chi stagnation can cause pain anywhere in the body, as well as moodiness and emotional instability. A combination of excess heat and chi stagnation can lead to restlessness and anxiety."

So, what can we do? The answer is in Part 2 of this article.

Biocraniosacral Therapy Blog

2009-03-01T01:01:00.000-08:00

Today, I've started a sister blog, biocraniosacral, just for my craniosacral work. Happyhandsnfeet feels like it has been overcrowded with too much information and so, a blog just for craniosacral therapy feels very appropriate to me.

So, Happyhandsnfeet will continue being the resource centre for Reiki, Metamorphosis and other health-affirming healing arts, and the sister blog will be the special resource centre for craniosacral therapy.

Natural Progesterone Cream (Pt 2)

2009-02-24T22:26:00.000-08:00

In her brilliant book, The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change, 2nd Edition Dr. Christiane Northrup wrote this:

The Yam Cream Caveat

Because bioidentical progesterone is often produced from wild Mexican yams, some women try to save money by buying one of a number of wild Mexican yam creams. The problem is, yam contains only a progesterone precursor, which remains inactive when it is absorbed through the skin. Yam creams may offer some beneficial phytoestrogens, but they certainly don't provide the documented benefits of progesterone.

Alas, if you have purchase a cream such as these (but sold as very expensive natural progesterone cream), you now know why after weeks and months of applying cream all over your body, yet your PMS or perimenopausal symptoms remain the same.

(Note: To buy a real bioidentical natural progesterone cream, click Emerita Pro-Gest Natural Progesterone Cream, Paraben-Free, 4-Ounce Tube. This is the cream recommended by Dr. Christiane Northrup in all of her books.)

Natural Progesterone Cream (Pt 1)

2009-02-24T00:57:00.000-08:00

(This article is dedicated to my friend Jennifer, who generously gave me a tube of Progest Natural Progesterone Cream, hence, giving me the inspiration to write this article. Thanks Jennifer!)

Warning: Not all Natural Progesterone creams are created equal, especially when they are sold in Malaysia, and especially, especially if they are sold by multi-level marketers.

For a long time now, I've been baffled by this one, so-called natural progesterone cream sold to me by a woman who was a direct-sales agent. She, together with her peers, kept on referring to the product as natural progesterone cream. Yet, nowhere in the label was there the word "Natural Progesterone". Nor was it found in the Ingredient section. Instead, all I saw was the name "Body Balance Cream" and yes, wild yam as one of the ingredient. Does it mean by simply adding in wild yam as part of the ingredient thus making it a natural progesterone cream? Is it as simple as that?

No, it isn't. Unfortunately many women has been fooled into thinking that they have bought the real thing.

My first knowledge on natural progesterone was from Dr. Christiane Northrup's book Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing, and was impressed by how it can help women suffering from PMS and perimenopausal symptoms. But the natural progesterone cream mentioned in Dr. Northrup's book is totally different from the cream that I bought.

You see, what Dr. Northrup (and other doctors) are refering to is a bioidentical natural progesterone cream. This means that the natural progesterone found in that cream are synthesized in the lab from hormone precursors found in wild yams, such that their molecular structure is an exact match of the hormones found in the human body.

Hence, if you look carefully at the Ingredient section of a true natural progesterone product (say ProGest), you will find something like this: "450mg of USP progesterone per ounce", and not just wild yam, etc, etc.

So women, look carefully at your so-called natural progesterone cream sold by your friendly-neighbourhood direct-sales agent. Do you find any "natural progesterone" word in the label and in the ingredients? If not, you may have bought, at best, a wild yam cream for the price of a true natural progesterone cream.

You have been warned.

(Note: To buy a true bioidentical natural progesterone cream click Emerita Pro-Gest Natural Progesterone Cream, Paraben-Free, 4-Ounce Tube. It's easily found over the counter in US but sadly, not so in Malaysia.)

Craniosacral and Birth

2009-02-11T23:13:00.001-08:00

Here are two pictures of my teacher, Ged Sumner giving birth! Thanks Elaine for sharing the photos with everyone in class!

It had been 5 days of intensive biodynamic craniosacral therapy workshop. And it was all about the birth process this time. This is what Ged said in our notes:

"Craniosacral therapists take a lot of interests in birth as it moulds who we are. Birth leaves an imprint. The passage down the birth canal is so profound it leaves a trail in our tissue field. It programs the psychoneuro-endocrine-immune system and quickens the life force in us to be ready for life's experiences. We all move through this in a unique way....So, in the natural order of things, we all have birth patterns. Our character as individuals is influenced by these patterns and sets up the particular orientation to the world around us. The patterning affects us on all levels: psycho-emotionally, perceptually, structurally and physiologically.

Difficulties arise when birth has been experienced as a traumatic event and the newborn's system cannot recover. The trauma energy and memory then becomes embedded within the birth patterns."

The effects of birth is not that new to me because it is also emphasized in my Metamorphosis work. But the things I learnt in my cranio class takes it a whole level further. I can hardly wait for Feb next year because that last seminar would be focused entirely on pregnant women and their babies. I wonder what we will learn then.

My class ended just this Monday afternoon. And I am still bedazzled by it all.

Biodynamic Craniosacral Introduction Talk

2009-02-04T00:03:00.000-08:00

Calling All Potential Craniosacral Therapists!!!

My teacher, Ged Sumner is giving an introduction talk about this good work this coming Saturday, 7 February. This is a rare opportunity to know more about craniosacral therapy and how one can be trained to be a competent and skillful craniosacral therapist. In fact, he's starting a new 2-year training programme this coming April called Body Intelligence Training.

Below are the details:
Venue: Clove and Clive, F2-02 Dataran Glomac, Jln SS6/5 B, Pusal Bandar Kelana Jaya. PJ.
Time: 8.00pm -10.00 pm

If you are interested to go, please sms me at 012-3518079. I will book a seat for you.

So, what are you waiting for? Sms me now.

The Link between Stress and Cancer

2008-12-25T22:42:00.000-08:00

I friend just emailed me this good article about stress and cancer. It's well written, with not too many medical jargons.

The link between stress and cancer

"Stress causes cancer, even though I cannot prove it," says this cancer doc.

Mon, Dec 22, 2008
AsiaOne

By Dr Ang Peng Tiam

Proof is key to science, which can thereby make a lot of demands. As a doctor, I do subscribe, by and large, to evidence-based medicine - the practice of rigorous and repeated tests, clinical trials and journal reviews.

I hardly ever make a statement without scientific proof. However, I believe there is at least one notable exception: Stress causes cancer, even though I cannot prove it.

This is not from lack of trying. Others too have long tried to correlate stress to cancer.

Over the past 30 years, studies that examined the relationship between psychological factors (including stress) and cancer risk have been inconclusive. Although the results of some studies point to a link between various psychological factors and an increased risk of cancer, a direct cause-and-effect relationship has not been established.

With 26 years of medical experience, I offer some hypotheses, albeit without firm scientific proof.

Whenever one of my patients has cancer recurrence, I gently probe into what is going on in his or her life. Often, those who open up talk about unfaithful husbands, money problems, unhappiness at the workplace or problems with children and their studies.

Recently, a pleasant woman came to see me with her husband, after having been diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer. One of her questions was: 'Why did I get stomach cancer?'

There are many possible causes for this cancer, like preservatives in food, carcinogens from smoked or barbecued meats (which happens to be one of my favourite foods) or Helicobacter pylori (a bacterial infection of the stomach). I also suggested to her that stress might be a factor.

Although she did not say anything, the way she turned to look at her husband spoke volumes. Her husband nodded, agreeing that she was indeed going through a stressful time.

Such anecdotes are unscientific and I can understand why it is difficult to prove that stress causes cancer. After all, two individuals can be doing the same stressful work. Yet one may thrive on the excitement of the work intensity while the other struggles with the same workload.

I remember a conversation in 1992, when ProfessorSun Yan, a renowned oncologist from Beijing, visited Singapore. He was asked whether he believed that stress can cause cancer. Without hesitation, he said: 'Of course, stress definitely causes cancer.'

I was taken aback and asked him why he gave such a confident response. He went on to talk about the Cultural Revolution in China.

During that period, between 1965 and 1975, ordinary Chinese people came under tremendous psychological stress. Betrayal by friends and family, oppression of thought and mandatory and harsh new routines created an upheaval in their lives.

'During that period, I was already a doctor and there was a sudden rise in the number of cancer patients in all the hospitals,' Prof Sun related.

'We saw many more cancer patients. The common factor among them was the tremendous psychological stress they were all experiencing. That's why I'm sure that stress is one of the causes of cancer.'

At the time, I had doubted his conclusion. Today, after more than 20 years in the field of oncology, I am more inclined to believe him.

So how does stress cause cancer?

Evidence from animal and human studies has shown that chronic stress weakens the immune system which is responsible for constant surveillance within our bodies for infections and cancers.

This system seeks out and destroys abnormal cancer cells which may arise from time to time. When it fails, the cells can go undetected and grow into malignant tumours.

For the same reason, patients suffering from Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, or post-kidney transplant patients on immunosuppressive drugs, are more prone to developing certain cancers.

There is also some data suggesting that cancer patients who feel helpless and have negative emotions tend to be worse off. The 'bad vibes' promote the growth or spread of cancer, although this relationship was not consistently seen in all the studies.

So how can anyone, particularly a cancer patient, cope with stress?

Faith in God is one way. By entrusting one's life to a supreme being, the burden is taken off oneself. Exercise, meditation, leisure activities, counselling and use of anti-anxiety drugs may all help in improving one's psychological well-being too.

Even though I sometimes struggle to see the many patients waiting to see me, I constantly remind myself to practise what I preach: 'Be happy and live each day to its fullest'.

You don't need science to tell you that.

angpt@parkwaycancercentre. com

Dr Ang, the medical director of Parkway Cancer Centre, has been treating cancer patients for nearly 20 years. In 1996, he was awarded Singapore's National Science Award for his outstanding contributions to medical research.

This story was first published in Mind Your Body, The Straits Times, on Dec 18, 2008.

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

2008-12-17T23:20:00.000-08:00

During my Seminar 4 craniosacral therapy workshop, my teacher Steve asked all of us what we thought of Dr. Peter Levine's book Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences.

I sat there, without saying anything because I had so much to say, yet could not find the words to describe my entire experience of the book at that time.

Perhaps I would just sum it up by saying Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences is an incredibly important book to me. Just by reading the first few chapters of the book confirmed what I've suspected for so long (but could not find the evidence to back me up): that the way out of trauma is through the felt sense.

Dr. Levine wrote:
"The roots of trauma lies in our instinctual physiologies. As a result, it is through our bodies, as well as our minds, that we discover the key to its healing...The healing of trauma is a natural process that can be accessed through an inner awareness of the body (italics mine). It does not require years of psychological therapy, or that memories be repeatedly dredged up and expunged from the unconscious. We will see that the endless search for ad retrieval of so-called "traumatic memories" can ofter interfere with the organisms innate wisdom to heal."

Now this is exactly the proof I was looking for to support my professional work! For I have seen far too many people digging up memories after memories (even as far back as past life memories), and going through all those emotional reliving, to heal their trauma, yet sadly, going nowhere.

Then again, what is memory? Exploring research works done by other fellow researchers, Dr. Levine came to the conclusion that even the memories we normally conceive is itself inadequate and misleading; memory is only a particular type of perception, and not an accurate imprint of a past event.

Thus, if our memories are inaccurate, how can one heal by working through certain events over and over again?

Whatever it is, I now approach my professional work with full confidence because I now know I am on the right track!

Living In Gratitude

2008-12-09T21:26:00.000-08:00

I'm very grateful to have come across Caroline Myss's work. To me, she is one of the most sensible and wise teachers of this era. It is from her teachings that helped me moved through my darkest days.

There are so many things I want to share with all of you regarding Caroline Myss. I think I shall begin today with a video clip of one of her talks, Living in Gratitude. Enjoy!

Healed Thoughts

2008-11-17T00:22:00.000-08:00

"We are returning, as a collective awareness, to the understanding that the body is in fact not separate from the mind...Thoughts of aggression, unforgiveness, conflict and fear, tear down the soul. Healed thoughts produce healing in body as well as mind."
- Marianne Williamson

Craniosacral Session Alerts!

2008-11-13T00:22:00.000-08:00

To all my craniosacral practice clients, please note that there shall be no more sessions until December.

Until December then.

I Accept All The Parts of Myself

2008-10-27T23:23:00.000-07:00

(Yesterday afternoon, I came across this short article by Louise Hay. It made me realize that I have shut and rejected certain parts of myself out of my life. I'm wholeing myself again. Thanks Louise!)

Look in the mirror and say:
"I love
and accept myself
exactly as I am."
What comes up
in your mind?
Notice how you feel.
This may be the
center of your
problems.

The biggest part of healing or making ourselves whole is to accept all of ourselves , all of the many parts of ourselves. The times when we did well, and the times when we didn't do so well. The times when we were terrified, and the times when we were loving. The times when we were very foolish and silly, and the times when we were very bright and clever. The times when we had egg on our faces, and the times when we were winners. All of these are parts of ourselves. Most of our problems come from rejecting parts or ourselves - not loving ourselves totally and unconditionally. Let's not look back on our lives with shame. Look at the past as the richness and fullness of Life. Without this richness and fullness we would not be here today. When we accept all of ourselves we become whole and healed.

- Louise Hay

The Benefits of Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

2008-10-20T23:39:00.000-07:00

There is so much to what Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy (BCST) can do! One of its special wonders is that this therapy builds health in the brain, the nervous system and the bones. Hence, it is effective in helping to prevent chronic conditions like the problems of aging, stiffness, dryness, memory loss, immune imbalances and even injuries from falls or accidents. And it had been proven that BCST is very effective with children with special conditions too.

Below is a whole list of symptoms that respond well to BCST. This list can be found in www.craniosacral.co.nz.

Allegies
Arthritis
Asthma/Bronchitis
Autism
Back Pain
Birth Trauma
Bladder conditions
Bone Disorders
Breathing Difficulties
Cerebral Palsy
Chronic Fatigue
Colic Premature
Dental/jaw/TMJ trauma
Depression
Digestive Problems
Emotional Issues
Exhaustion
Fibroids
Fluid Retention
Headaches
Hormonal Problems
Hyperactivity
High Blood Pressure
Infertility
Insommia/Sleep Disorders
Joint Disorders
Low immunity
Menstrual Pain
Migraines
Morning Sickness
Muscular Pain
Nervous Disorders
Neuralgia
Post Natal Depression
Premature Birth
Sciatica
Sinusitis
Stress
Stroke
Visual Problems

Phew! This list is staggering! What a lot of good work can be done with BCST!

(Note: The photo above shows Dr. Sutherland giving a cranio session to a client.)

The Origin of Craniosacral Therapy

2008-10-15T00:11:00.000-07:00

It all began around the start of the 20th century when a final year osteopathy student named William Garner Sutherland was examining a set of human skull bones. As he was looking at a disarticulated temporal bone, a sudden thought struck him: Bewelled like the gills of a fish and indicating a primary respiratory mechanism!

Now at that time, the standard anatomy texts said that adult cranial bones do not move because their joints (sutures) had become fused. However that bizarre thought indicated otherwise. Like a true scientist, Sutherland went all the way out to experiment on himself whether the cranial bones really do not move or do they?

His results after many years of research were astounding. In 1939, Dr. Sutherland announced to his colleagues and the world about his discovery that cranial bones do indeed move; in fact they are part of the rhythmic patterns expressed within the body which Dr. Sutherland called the primary respiration (the biodynamic people prefer to call this the Breath of Life). He also developed a technique of using this primary respiratiion to generate health and well being. Dr. Sutherland called his work cranial osteopathy.

Naturally Dr. Sutherland was ridiculed and laughed at because the theory at that time was this: cranial bones do not move. It was only in recent years that researchers confirmed Dr. Sutherland's findings with X-ray films of living skulls that show cranial motion. Dr. Sutherland was right after all! What a major paradigm shift!

In the early years, cranial osteopathy was only taught to osteopathy students. It was only in the mid-1970s that an osteopath called Dr. John Upleger began to teach the skills to non-osteopath. It was Dr. Upleger who changed the name from cranial osteopath to cranialsacral therapy to differiente the practitioners who did not come from an osteopathic background.

Later, osteopaths like Dr. Rollin Becker and Dr. Franklyn Sills evovled the work further and developed the Biodynamic Craniosacral model.

Today, I'm part of this great heritage, thanks to my teachers Ged Sumner, Steive Haines and Adida Shahab. I'm deeply honoured and grateful.

What is Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

2008-09-26T00:12:00.000-07:00

Let me begin by acknowledging that the body is not static, but a complex field of energy that is always in motion. This in turn, generates several kinds of rhythms in the body. For example, we have the cardiac rhythm, in which the heart beats 60 - 80 times per minute; and the respiratory rhythm in which we inhale and exhale 15 - 20 times per minute.

But less obvious was the rhythm in the body called primary respiration motion, a phrase coined by Dr. William Sutherland who discovered the work.

In a healthy person, this subtle motion can be detected as an expansion and narrowing of the cranial bones, and a lengthening and shortening of the spine. In fact, these subtle motions is a network of interrelated system that involves

the cerebrospinal fluid
the central nervous system
the membranes surrounding the central nervous system (the dura membranes)
the cranial bones
the sacrum

In other words, our living tissues and fluids "breathes" in certain rhythmic patterns of expansion and contraction that is palpated and detected by sensitive hands. Hence, Dr. Sutherland called it the primary respiration because it is the most fundamental and essential feature of human life and health!

What causes our tissues and fluids to move that this? After many years of research, Dr. Sutherland concluded that it is produced by the body's inherent life force which he called the Breath of Life (more about the Breath of Life in future postings).

Which brings us to the role of the therapist of this work: the role of a biodynamic craniosacral therapist is to offer a touch and space that facilitates the expression of the Breath of Life, thus allowing primary respiration motion to move freely again in the body system.

Health emerges.

Inside-Out

2008-09-19T01:24:00.000-07:00

Many times I have said that Metamorphosis is an inside-out approach towards change. But what does inside-out really mean? Here's a good definition:

"Inside-out means to start with self - even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self - with your own paradigms, your character, your motives"
- Stephen Covey

He went on to say:
"If you want a happy marriage, be the kind of person who generates positive energy and sidesteps negative energy rather than empowering it.

If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, emphatic, consistent, loving parent.

If you want more freedom, more latitude in your job, be a more responsible, a more helpful, a more contributing employee.

If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.

If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character."

In other words, start the change within yourself first.

And you know what? The Metamorphosis technique developed by Robert St. John greatly assist those who want to change. It changes your paradigms, your character, your motives, if practiced regularly. It's truly an inside-out approach.

After a Craniosacral Therapy Session ...

2008-09-15T01:17:00.000-07:00

(Many times after a craniosacral session, I would tell my practice clients about the possible healing effects of the session. The article below, written by Dr. Rollin Becker, accurately describes this situation wonderfully!)

Most of the time, when a patient feels something after they leave your office, it has to do with the work going on for their particular problem. For the next two to three days or a week, they can actually feel worse because you have given orders to the tissues, the fascias, the connective tissues, which like to do the loudest screaming. You woke them up. An unhealthy tissue does not wake up and say, "Oh, joy, peace in the world!" It wakes up and says, "Who the hell told you to disturb me?" Sometimes they come back at you and they complain very bitterly.

As a rule, if I sense a person will perhaps respond that way, I very quietly warn the patient that she can either feel ten times worse or better, and I don't know which it will be. I tell her that if she needs to, call me, and I will explain it to her because I have observed what took place in those tissues after I finally quit listening to them, and I have a pretty good idea where they are going to end up complaining and what they are going to complain about. In this way, I can encourage the patient to just wait it out for the rest of the week, and the patient will.

And the funny thing is that while some area is complaining louder than it did, the patient has the strange feeling that maybe it is alright. Often the patient will say something like, "I never hurt so bad in my life, but I got six rooms of furniture cleaned for the first time in a month."

So always listen for a "but I ...". It helps you to understand where you are.

- Article selected from Life in Motion: The Osteopathic Vision by Dr. Rollin Becker

Stop Running

2008-09-03T00:44:00.000-07:00

Last night, a close friend of mine was sharing a story about Jenny (not her real name) a woman she met in a meditation retreat a few years ago.

When she first met Jenny in the retreat centre, Jenny was in deep emotional pain and was having sleeping difficulties. Although she was supposed to remain silent throughout the retreat, my friend chose to help Jenny. They remained in contact throughout the years and met each other in other healing retreats. And each time they met, Jenny was still in deep emotional pain and still could not sleep.

All the healing modalities that Jenny learnt and went to could not help her resolve the pain inside. And, my friend said, Jenny went to a lot of therapists and healing modalities...

I don't know why, but when I heard Jenny's story, I quickly remembered something I read from the book, Coming into Our Fullness: On Women Turning Forty. The writer, Cathleen Rountree interviewed Natalie Goldberg and this is the quote I recalled.

"Perhaps this is the message (more than any other) I'd like to give to the world (especially Americans, who are so easily bored and run around looking for something new): that you stay with something because that's how you deepen your life; otherwise, you are always on the surface"
- Natalie Goldberg

Could it be that this is what Jenny need to heal herself? To stay with something longer, to seek deeper, instead of running around and seeking this and that therapy? Does she, unconsciously, choose to run around because of her deep seated fear of knowing the truth?

I don't know. All I do know is that they are many women like Jenny, all seeking for that magic elixir that can heal their pain. That illusive and mystical elixir of Health and Wellness.

Homework and Metamorphosis

2008-08-09T01:27:00.000-07:00

About 2 months ago, my 7 years old son was struggling with completing his school homework on time. There was simply too much homework to do!

I just let him be, thinking that he'll complete them in his own time. But one day, his teacher wrote a note to me, saying that Little One didn't finish his homework and not only that, he had a nasty habit of not bringing some of his books to school too.

So, what could a mummy do? I did not want to nag him to much nor do I want to watch over his shoulders all the time. I decided to help him through Metamorphosis.

I hadn't been applying Metamorphosis to him for quite awhile and so, this "homework stress pattern" prompted me continue again. So, while Little One slept, this mummy was put to work. I patiently tune-in to his energy patterns along his spinal reflexes, and yes, Little One was facing a certain degree of stress patterns. I simply acknowledged and cleared them, without any thinking or intellectualizing about it.

Today, Little One completes all his homework on time, plus revises what was taught in class. He has no problem forgetting to bring his books to school. And, there are no more complains from his teacher.

What did I do? Simply Metamorphosis, and Little One just made a little change all by himself naturally.

That Dreadful Healing Crisis!

2008-07-28T01:35:00.000-07:00

Last week, I received a call from a Metamorphosis student. She was applying Metamorphosis on a woman friend and after that session, the friend could not sleep that night. "What happened?" she asked.

What could have happened was the Metamorphosis session stirred up some unpleasant, yet unconscious memory buried deep within the cellular memory of the woman. Hence, she could feel uncomfortable for awhile.

Actually, "healing crisis" (or the other term "detoxification") like this is rather common after any healing session, be it Metamorphosis or Reiki. Naturally, this is very upsetting for the clients and they may think the practitioner has messed up their system! Although that can happen, but most of the time, the body seems to get worse before it gets better.

So, what are the common symptoms of a healing crisis? The common ones are

headaches
stomachaches
cough
diarrhea
tiredness
sleepiness
insomnia
skin eruptions (rash)
clogged sinus
emotional upsets
fever

And, yes, your pain may even get worse before turning better. Makes you think twice about going for a healing session, right?

Actually, when you receive a Metamorphosis or Reiki (or some other healing modality) session, you are making a change in your body/mind system. On the physical level, your cells begin to eliminate the toxins that have accumulated in your body. They are then released into the blood stream and are carried through the circulatory system. It is these busy transporting and eliminating of toxins that caused the symptoms mentioned above.

And, at the mental/emotional level, a healing session may stir up some suppressed emotions like anger or fear up to your conscious mind again. Or, some unpleasant memory or stress pattern is being brought up to the surface. Although these are very uncomfortable and unpleasant, even maddening, they are energy currents given the opportunity now to let go.

So, at the end of the day, I guarantee you this: you do feel good after the crisis is over. A change simply happens.

Where Is Health? (Part Three)

2008-07-11T06:58:00.000-07:00

(continuing from Part Two)

Then there is more: the Breath of Life is known to carry the essential blueprint of Health that is already present from the time of our conception!

What all this mean is, if we are able to facilitate this Breath of Life to move freely again in a sick body, the body knows how to heal itself because within the Breath of Life, is the blueprint for Health. Our body simply has this innate ability to know where Health is and can manifest Health.

So, as a student just starting on craniosacral therapy, what is my role here? What do I need to do now to continue the heritage of Dr. Still and Dr. Sutherland?

Simply to be still, to be present, and to ask that immortal question, "Where is Health?". Then I wait, I watch, and I listen through my hands, as the client's body tells me 'The Story of My Health'. A truly fascinating story of fluids, tissues, potencies, tides upon tides, stillness and other dialogues unique to that body. We also do a little bit of tango, this Breath of Life and I; with the Breath of Life always taking the lead.

I am forever mesmerized.

Where Is Health? (Part Two)

2008-07-11T06:52:00.001-07:00

(continuing from Part One)

That same burning question "Where Is Health?" must also be on the osteopath, Dr. William Sutherland's mind, for he took the science of osteopathy into another direction. Based upon what Dr. Still had discovered, Dr. Sutherland found a way of activating health in the human body without body adjustments; a therapeutic system which he called craniosacral therapy.

Here, instead of manipulating bones, Dr. Sutherland's intensive research showed that the entire human body "breathes" and has a rhythmic expansion and contraction movements that can be palpated by sensitive hands. He called these movements the Breath of Life. This Breath of Life involves a network of interrelated tissues and fluids at the core of the body, mainly

motion at the cranial sutures, the joints linking the 26 bones of the skull
expansion and contraction of the hemispheres of the brain
motion of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
the fluctuations of the cerebrospinal fluid
the involuntary motion of the sacrum

(to be continued ....)

Where Is Health? (Part One)

2008-07-11T06:43:00.001-07:00

(Where Is Health? is actually part of my craniosacral course homework. After adding a few other materials in it, I've decided to put it in this blog to give you readers a craniosacral perspective on health.)

More than 110 years ago, a Midwest frontier physician, fed-up with seeing death and disease, must have asked himself the question "Where Is Health?" before immersing himself on a lifetime study of the human body system.

That physician was Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, and he discovered a drug-less system of therapy based on the manipulation of bones. His theory was to adjust the body mechanically to enable the circulatory and nervous system to function smoothly, hence, activating the body's natural healing system to heal itself. Dr. Still discovered osteopathy.

"Osteopathy is based on the perfection of Nature's work. When all the parts of the body are in line, we have health. When they are not, the effect is disease. When the parts are adjusted, disease gives place to health. The work of the osteopath is to adjust the body from the abnormal to the normal; then the abnormal condition gives place to the normal and health is the result of the normal condition."
- Dr. A.T. Still

(to be continued...)

Mother and Baby Story

2008-07-08T01:12:00.000-07:00

(This Mother and Baby Story was found in Dr. Rollin Becker's book, Life in Motion. It just shows how our thoughts and emotions influenced our children and everyone around us!)

"Witness the influence of a frightened mother when her child is injured. A baby was brought to me who fell from a highchair and was unconscious. the mother was sitting across the room while I examined the baby. I checked the baby carefully while he was still unconscious and found nothing physically injured. I said, "There is nothing to worry about. Your child is all right." She exclaimed, "Thank God!" and she relaxed. Instantly, the baby responded by beginning to cry and move about normally. The mother's fear had contributed to the child's immobility."
- Dr. Rollin Becker in Life in Motion.

Body Therapy and Other Manipulative Therapies

2008-06-30T23:45:00.001-07:00

(I received this interesting and promising article from a friend. Craniosacral therapy, chiropractic, and reiki are mentioned here but Metamorphosis, being a body therapy, still holds true for much is been said here. Unfortunately, both my friend and I do not know who is the writer. Only that, it's good enough to be in my blog)

A recent study from the University of Miami showed effectiveness of craniosacral therapy, a form of osteopathic manipulation, for autistic children. In craniosacral therapy, the bones of the skull are adjusted along with subtle adjustments of the spine, all the way to the sacrum. Craniosacral Therapy, or CST, is different from chiropractic manipulation in that the adjustments are very subtle and are aimed at improving the flow of cerebrospinal fluid down the spinal canal. This fluid has been demonstrated to cycle with a pulse of 12 beats per minute. This pulse can be felt in the area of the sacrum (near the tail bone).

The goal of craniosacral therapy is to improve the ease with which the cerebrospinal fluid circulates and to help hold the skull bones and the spine in adjustment. The study showed improved concentration, socialization, and less self-stimulation behavior after a course of craniosacral therapy. This has been my experience, as well, watching children receive the therapy.

Chiropractic manipulation has been used for autistic children. I know of no formal clinical studies on its effectiveness, but have referred children for this therapy and been pleased with the results. Naturally, without clinical studies, the results could be due to the parents expecting it to work, so we cannot say for sure that the technique works of its own.

Sometimes, technique work by giving opportunities for natural healers and patients to interact. Unlike drugs, which can be more obviously separated from the prescriber, body therapies are more fused with the person administering the treatment. Some body therapies are more inspired than others. Nevertheless, a developing literature is finding body therapies very effective for many medical conditions.

We have been doing a pilot study of reiki massage for autistic children. The preliminary results are encouraging, especially when the parents are taught to do the reiki along with visualization in between formal appointments with the therapist. The use of reiki by parents and therapist appears to encourage communication, especially non-verbal communication. Children are more calm and have less self-stimulation.

Important to remember with healing methods that are non-pharmacological, is that their effectiveness is a complex mixture of technique, therapist, expectation, and communication.

- anon

Metamorphosis - Creating Consciousness Through Touch

2008-06-25T23:28:00.000-07:00

Other than Robert St. John, not much has been written about Metamorphosis. When I first started on this healing art, Robert St. John's books were all I have. Then I discovered Cindy Silverlock and her book, An Introduction to Metamorphosis. That book is now been updated and published as Metamorphosis: Creating Consciousness Through Touch.

I love Cindy's book because in it, you'll find everything you need to learn about Metamorphosis: the Prenatal Pattern, the principles of Afference and Efference, The Creation Theme, the Image Pattern, etc, etc, etc. In fact, it is through this book that I got a clearer understanding of Afference and Efference. And I highly appreciate her writings on Afferently-oriented and Efferently-oriented children.

Cindy did a great job of conveying the principles of Metamorphosis and how the practice of Metamorphosis can actully heal the world.

"In summary, the patterns of abuse, dysfunction, illness and suffering have existed on the planet since the beginning of time. As you address the universal patterns of humanity within yourself, you are also affecting the quality of life on this planet. This means that the best thing you can do to help others, animals, the environment or global disharmony, is to work on yourself"
- Cindy Silverlock in Metamorphosis: Creating Consciousness Through Touch.

Highly recommended to all students and practitioners of Metamorphosis. Perhaps one of you would write another book on Metamorphosis?

To buy this book, click Metamorphosis: Creating Consciousness Through Touch.

Thank You!

2008-06-24T01:12:00.000-07:00

I would like to thank all of you who visited my booth and came for a short Metamorphosis session during the Bangsar Village's Mind, Body and Spirit Festival.

It has been a great pleasure for me to share Metamorphosis to you, although it was only at the hands.

Thank you!

Quick Metamorphosis at Bangsar

2008-06-15T23:11:00.000-07:00

In conjunction with Bangsar Village 2's Mind, Body and Spirit Festival, I will be conducting quick Metamorphosis private sessions at Bangsar Village 2. The time is from 11.00am to 6.00pm.

And since, it is a Quick Metamorphosis Session, I will only work on the hands and head, plus a 1-2 mins of meditation on the Creation Hand Symbol. The intention of the meditation is to balance our Afference and Efference within us so that we can bring a little more balance into the world. Hopefully, by doing this small act, we can collectively help to heal the current chaotic world situation.

Ok, see you there at the mall (the fair will be at the top floor). And, bring along your friends too!

Lemon Flush!

2008-05-31T06:01:00.000-07:00

A friend came to me last week for Reiki. He has HIV and the early signs of AIDS is already showing.

We spent a few hours talking about life, about HIV, about Reiki and how he can now use Reiki daily to help him manage his HIV symptoms.

Among the things I share with him is the book by Mark Konlee, How To Reverse Immune Dysfunction (former title is AIDS Control Diet). Many years ago, I have used some of the things recommended in the book, which I found rather helpful. In it, you can find nutritional advice for people with HIV, chronic fatigue syndrome, candidiasis and other immune related disorders. So, ya, I should think this book would be just what my friend needed.

Here's one of my favourite gems from this book:
Recipe for Whole Lemon Drink (I called it the Lemon Flush)
You need:

one whole lemon
1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil
1 and 1/2 cups of water

Put everything into a blender (yes, the whole lemon, skin, seeds and all) and blend. Sieve the pulp and divide the resulting drink into 2 portions or if you want, you can drink everything in one go. You can add a little honey for a less sour taste.

"The Whole Lemon Drink has produced dramatic results in normalizing saliva pH values, detoxifying the liver, reducing swollen lymph nodes, increasing the absorption of nutrients, restoring normal weight and building up white blood cell counts."
- Mark Konlee in How To Reverse Immune Dysfunction

I do have to caution you though: this is quite a strange drink for first-timers. However the good news is that the more times you drink it, the better it taste to you. So enjoy!

Will How To Reverse Immune Dysfunction and Reiki help my friend? I sure hope they will.

Metamorphosis Hand Symbols

2008-05-15T01:41:00.000-07:00

Metamorphosis is not just about working on the spinal reflexes. There is also a set of Hand Symbols developed by Robert St. John, that symbolizes the entire theme of Metamorphosis.

This little booklet by Robert St. John, METAMORPHOSIS: HAND SYMBOLS, contains clear illustrations of all these symbols, together with their meanings.

An example is the Conception Points symbol, which is well-known to practitioners and students of Metamorphosis. It symbolizes the moment of conception: the moment in time when the genetic and thought patterns enter into physical form and condition the first cell. I used this symbol a lot in my daily practice and can see the change it has brought me.

METAMORPHOSIS: HAND SYMBOLS is definitely a good buy for those who choose to use the Hands Symbols in their work.

Metamorphosis Introductory Articles

2008-05-15T01:35:00.000-07:00

There are 12 articles in the book, Metamorphosis: Introductory Articles, written by Robert St. John at various times during his development of his work.

Unlike his earlier books (Metamorphosis: a text book on Prenatal Therapy and Prenatal Therapy & the Retarded Child), the articles here are mainly focused on the principles of Afference and Efference and how they apply to the creation of our planet. The Creation Theme is discussed in detail too, along with an interesting discussion called The Lemurian Effect.

"Lemuria is a continental land which is said to have existed some twenty five thousand years before Atlantis.Historically, there is no evidence of this continent; its demise was more thorough than that of Atlantis, but from the point of view of Metamorphosis, its 'presence' is still there in the thought patterns of space and time. ... The end of a civilization is a 'negative' pheomena, and it passes on this negativity through time."
- Robert St. John, in Metamorphosis: Introductory Articles

Interesting stuffs, isn't it? Which is why, I found that Metamorphosis: Introductory Articles deals with the more abstract and esoteric teachings of Robert St. John. If you are serious about his work, do get this book.

Prenatal Therapy and the Retarded Child

2008-05-15T01:23:00.000-07:00

When my teacher Patti, introduced to me the book, Prenatal Therapy & the Retarded Child by Robert St. John, my first thought was, "Do I need another Metamorphosis book?"

But, being a Metamorphosis freak, I bought it and am very glad I made that decision. It has helped me a lot in applying Metamorphosis on my son who was only 2 years old at that time (I still continue to do so and he is now going to be seven soon).

In this small book, contains Robert St. John's thoughts and years of experience of applying Metamorphosis on special and normal children. He said this:

"Probably the most important factor to remember is that through the medium of this work, the condition of the child can change; the child can become a different person. There is no such question as 'Can this work cure this or that?', change is inevitable through this work and because of the primary focus on the prenatal patter, this change is towards a more normal condition." - Robert St. John, in Prenatal Therapy & the Retarded Child

I highly recommend Prenatal Therapy & the Retarded Child to all parents, caregivers, teachers, and those interested in applying Metamorphosis to children.

Metamorphosis: A Text Book on Prenatal Therapy

2008-05-15T01:15:00.000-07:00

Metamorphosis: a text book on Prenatal Therapy is THE text book on Metamorphosis, written from the aspect of the prenatal pattern. The author is none other than the founder of Metamorphosis himself, Robert St. john, thus making it a highly essential read for all Metamorphosis students and practitioners.

The principles of the prenatal pattern and the technique of applying Metamorphosis on yourself and others are all fully elaborated here. Robert St. John even gave a lengthy discussion about the physical appearance of the feet and how these are merely reflections of the mental and emotional disturbances faced by the person.

I feel very close to Robert St. John whenever I read this book. His ideas and thoughts are truly revolutionary and deep, inspiring me to investigate and carry out his work further.

"This is what this work is about, to free the blocks in time, and to allow man his natural and spontaneous place in the creation of a physically and mentally healthy life; and by doing so, to free his planet from its block in time."
- Robert St. John, in Metamorphosis: a text book on Prenatal Therapy

If you want to know more about Robert St. John and Metamorphosis, get this book. A must-have for all Metamorphosis students and practitioners.

At the World Fairy Festival

2008-05-09T00:15:00.001-07:00

I really had a good time at the World Fairy Festival. Well, I really didn't meet any real fairies but I met many human-fairies: people that are caring and compassionate about helping others. I've made many new friends.

I was also very busy working on hands that day. More than I've ever done in such short span of time.

Thanks everyone for giving me this wonderful opportunity to share Metamorphosis.

Metamorphosis Quick Demo at World Fairy Festival!

2008-04-30T01:34:00.000-07:00

Angel Caster is organizing a World Fairy Festival this coming 3rd May and I will be there to give a quick demo on Metamorphosis. Their address is F107&108, First Floor, Centrepoint, No 3, Lebuh Bandar Utama, Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya.

So, if you are around that area that day, drop by that little shop and give me your support. I will be the one sitting in a corner with a pillow and a towel for Metamorphosis. Oh one more important: the organizers confirmed with me that fairy food shall be served.

See ya!

New Beginnings with Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy

2008-04-23T00:59:00.000-07:00

16 April 2008 holds an important memory for me: my first day at my craniosacral class; the beginning of a new way of relating to health and healing.

I don't know enough about biodynamic craniosacral therapy to write about it now. After all, the entire course takes 2 years to complete, so I am just in the kindergarten stage. Will write about cranio work when I know more.

Stay tune for more stories about my new adventure!

A Tribute to Mdm Kong SY and Mdm Kong SK

2008-04-14T01:27:00.000-07:00

I would like to pay tribute to my two new students who came for my Senior Citizen Reiki Class last Thursday and Friday evening. These two wonderful women, one in her early fifties and the other in her late fifties (and without formal schooling too) changed my perspective on how receptive a person can be towards Reiki.

You see, I've always thought that younger people would be more sensitive and receptive of Reiki during the Reiki Attunements. Well, Mdm Kong SY and Mdm Kong SK proved to me that this is simply not true: for both women could feel their warm Reiki hands during the 1st attunement itself. Most of my younger students only felt this after the 2nd attunement, and a few did not sense anything even after the final attunement. Furthermore, Mdm Kong SY could even count the number of Reiki circuits circulating around her body! Amazing!

By the time the class had finished, both women had learnt how to give reiki treatments to themselves and others like a pro. Their hands were steady, their bodies grounded and centred and they were full of confidence about themselves and reiki.

Since I passed the Reiki attunements in a same manner to all my students, these elderly women just taught me that sensitivity to Reiki and the ability to grasp the meaning of this healing art, is beyond age and education.

It's a joy to teach Mdm Kong SY and Mdm Kong SK. Thank you very much.

When You Have Pain ...

2008-04-06T22:53:00.000-07:00

I had one of my tooth surgically removed last Friday afternoon. Everything seemed fine at first but the very next day, Saturday, I began to feel feverish and my whole body ached from the back of my spine right down to my legs.

Naturally, I went back to the dental surgeon but he could not find any reasons for the fever and the body pain; there was no infection of any kind. His advice typical: take two Panadol tablets, three times a day.

Mmm...I was a little worried about these painkillers. In fact, prior to this, I was given 2 injections by a dentist on Thursday (it's a long dental story, so I shall give it a miss on why I was in a dental clinic on that day), followed by 3 more jabs by the dental surgeon on Friday, plus I took 4 (2 in the afternoon and again 2 at night) Panadol tablets after the dental surgery. So, I began to suspect that these overload of painkillers could be the contributing factor to my ailments!

So, I called my TCM doctor. He gave me a TCM prescription for me to take and said that my body pains will gradually subside in a few days time. I groaned; a few days time seemed like a long, long torture for me. I could hardly walk, sit or even lie down!

There was only one thing to do besides taking the Chinese herbal medicine: Reiki.

That night, I set my intention to send Reiki during my sleep. And an amazing thing happened: although I was sleeping, yet in my semi-conscious state, I was aware of my hands automatically moving along my body, sending Reiki while I was asleep.

And you know what? The next morning, I woke up feeling good; the fever had subsided and there was no more pain! I even drove to an organic store to do my shopping and cooked lunch later. Can you imagine that?

So when you are in pain, call your TCM doctor for a chinese herbal prescription, and send Reiki even while you are sleeping.

Healing Relationship Issues With Metamorphosis

2008-03-19T01:27:00.000-07:00

Recently, I received a short write-up about how Metamorphosis can help heal dysfunctional relationship patterns. The writer is Cindy Silverlock, a Metamorphosis Teacher in USA. This is what she wrote:

"Do you ever feel the compulsive nature of relationships? The compulsive urge to argue or nit pick? Does your partner / child / friend / neighbor - annoy you - but you can't really say why?

Robert St. John noticed in his own marriage and divorce, the dynamic of negative afference and efference. His observations on relationships can be seen between partners, family members, co-workers, friends, strangers and globally.

The tendency for some is to retreat and for others is to push outwards. These two orientations usually end up married to each other. One appears to be dominated and one appears to be more passive. Tension builds due to this dynamic and relationships become strained.

The most afferent member of a family receives the most abuse from the most efferent member of the family. You see this dynamic in marriages, families, classrooms and globally. The retreative person elicits a reaction from the more efferent person.

What is interesting is we tend to think these are personality traits. They are not. As you shift out of your own negative patterns, you take on a different relationship to people and the world around you. As you change - the world around you changes!

Metamorphosis is a gentle approach to changing patterns within yourself. You can learn to work on yourself, others and animals. As you change within - you help change the collective. Changing oneself is the greatest contribution you can make towards greater peace within yourself, your home and in the world!"

Which is why in class, I emphasize the need to apply Metamorphosis on the entire family members (including the maid), if possible. That way, the entire afference/efference imbalance within the family can be brought into harmony and balance. This takes a lot of effort and work but it definitely is worth the while.

A Forest Near My House

2008-03-13T23:32:00.000-07:00

Can you believe this? I have stayed in Kota Damansara for many years and yet, was unaware of the existence of a community rainforest near my house! Talk about ignorance!

Anyway, I now know that it is called the Kota Damansara Community Forest, and the previous Selangor government planned to turn the whole forest area into high-rise apartments. If they manage to proceed with this devious plan, this means no more fresh, clean air for the city folks. And, no more home for the small animals that lived among the trees.

Yet, not all is lost because Barisan National is no longer governing Selangor! Selangor is now at the hands of the Opposition and that means hope for the Kota Damansara Forest.

Still, it is always wise to continue to state our protest. Click Protest Against the Destruction of Rainforest to make a strong political statement.

I have yet to ventured inside the forest. Maybe I will, one day.

The Action of Flow

2008-03-09T23:50:00.000-07:00

In his book, The Little Money Bible Stuart Wilde said this:

"The action of flow is one of being alive and aware, ready to step forward fearlessly. You have to move toward your target. So do something each and every day that improves your situation and takes you closer to your dreams. Sometimes that action may just be a simple thing that grants you more stability, or more order - like perhaps you take a day out to tidy up your paperwork. Order of itself is a positive thing, is it not?

Rarely do opportunities find you; usually you have to be moving toward them. So heighten your ability to stay in the flow by heading out, talking to people, making contacts, stepping out from where it's safe and cozy, pushing against your comfort zones and reaching out. That's how the faucet of flow is turned on - by generating energy each day so the Universe-at-Large can engage its magnificent laws and deliver to you even more energy."

I like to remind myself of what Stuart said, especially the part about heading out, talking to people, making contacts and going beyond my comfort zone. Because I am that type of person who doesn't like to talk about myself much. However, I realised that if I don't tell people what I do and who I am, how would I present my work and gifts to those who are in need of them?

So, I am moving out of my comfort zone. Telling people I am a Reiki Master and Metamorphosis Teacher (and a skillful one too!) is not bragging; I am simply offering an opportunity for people to improve their lives by using my services and learning these healing arts from me. Now, isn't that something good?

Helping Others With Reiki

2008-02-29T00:03:00.000-08:00

One of the wonderful things you can do with Reiki is that you can help someone in pain, and very quickly too.

I was in a Buddhist community centre when one of my friends complained of a migraine. I offered him a quick Reiki session which he happily accepted. The session took about 15 - 20 minutes. When it ended, my friend opened his eyes, turned to me, and said, "Yen Yen, this is fantastic. The migraine is gone!" He truly believes in Reiki now.

A similar thing happened when I was at a fund raising event. One of the volunteers was complaining of a terrible pain in her ankle. She was walking painfully! I offered her a quick Reiki session, about 15 to 20 minutes. I was not expecting anything because the pain had been there for quite awhile.

An hour later, someone danced in front of me, grinning cheek to cheek. It was the volunteer with the painful ankle, except now, the pain had disappeared! For the rest of the day, she walked so light and fast because her ankle had never felt better.

Now, isn't that a miracle?

Metamorphosis Share

2008-02-21T23:28:00.000-08:00

I will be giving a short sharing session on Metamorphosis tomorrow, 23 February 2008. It is held at Angel Cast'er, Centrepoint, Bandar Utama from, 4.00pm to 5.00pm.

You are all invited to come. Simply call me at 012-3518079 to book a seat as the space is rather small.

Just what is Metamorphosis? A quick recap: Metamorphosis is a gentle healing art that addresses the primary source of our life patterns: the stress patterns that we are born with.

Okay, see you there!

Good Advice To Become More Abundant

2008-01-23T23:08:00.000-08:00

I love this short paragraph from the book Creating Money: Keys to Abundance (Roman, Sanaya) by Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer that I want to write it down here to share it with others. The writers expressed them so beautifully and so completely!

"Developing any higher quality - be it love, inner peace, well-being, happiness, courage, personal power, or self-respect - will change your vibration and make you magnetic to whatever matches your new vibration. You will become magnetic not only to more money, but to all the forms that will help you express your new level of growth. You will draw to you the things you know you want, as well as having things come to you before you are aware you need them. You will attract things that are better than what you ask for and everything around you will fit who you are."

Now, isn't this lovely?

Why I Must Go for Monday's Stretching Class

2008-01-17T00:12:00.000-08:00

Monday, 7.00 am = Stretching Class

What a way to begin the week, right? Unfortunately, this lazy person seems to find all kinds of reasons and excuses to skip class. So, to motivate myself, I'm writing this down as a serious reminder to str..e..t..ch!

The Benefits of Stretching

Stretching is a vital component to any exercise programme. In other words, it is part of a fitness programme.
Stretching improves sports performance, preventing sports injuries.
Stretching makes me flexible. And again, since flexibility is a component to fitness, this means that stretching helps improves muscle strength and endurance. (This, I desperately need!)
Stretching relieves overuse syndrome, like sitting too long at the computer or sitting too long at at the sofa, reading Harry Potter.
Stretching relaxes muscles, preventing stiffness.
Stretching keeps joints more limber, hence, helps maintain an optimal range of movement. (Remember those super yogi with their super yoga postures? Now, that's a good thing to have. Hee...hee)
Stretching helps with body balance and coordination
Stretching relieve stress and is a good way to relax the body and mind. (I'm not too sure about this though. I think I get a little stressed up not being able to do those difficult stretches!)
Stretching, supposedly, makes us feel good. (I suppose that must be true because one sure feels good if they can do those complicated leg stands)

In short, stretching, together with the toning ball exercise and Qi Gong, makes me fit and strong: warrior-like. Hmm, I must remind myself this. So stretch, warrior-in-making, str..e..t..ch!

What I did on New Year's Eve

2008-01-01T23:34:00.000-08:00

I shall miss 2007. It has been a very, very good year. I've learnt many things in 2007, and started many personal projects too. It is also in year 2007 that I decided who I want to remain friends with and who I need to let go...

Heck! It is in 2007 that I started blogging and created this blog. Way to go!

Year 2007 was the last year for my son in his kindergarten. I appreciate every single steps, walking to and fro, hand in hand, from our house to his kindergarten. He won't be studying there any more, for you see, he has grown so quickly, that in the blink the eye, he is in Primary One this year. And the new school is just too far away for this special mother and son walk. Yes, I shall miss this special private time together.

It is also in 2007 that I learnt more about my state of health and the things I need to do in order to get my life going. And it is in this special year that I, at last, saw the great importance of having a strong and fit physical body. I decided that Qi Gong (I have been practising Qi Gong for 10 years) is not enough for me. I want, and need, strong muscles and bones. In short, I want to be as fit and strong as a ... Warrior.

Then, one fine Saturday morning in November 2007, my neighbour, Melody, walked by my house and I casually asked, "Hi, what are you doing so early in the morning?" She answered, "I've just taught my early morning exercise programme in our neighbourhood field. We use a toning ball to tone our muscles. I also teach stretching exercises on Monday mornings. Want to join us next time?" You bet! I signed up for the classes on the spot. The Law of Attraction working its finest magic. This is also a fine example of "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear".

Yes, I love 2007. So, on the last day of December 2007, when the other family members have gone to bed (we never waited until midnight to greet new years. Not even Chinese New Year. Never!), I light up my aromatherapy oil and some candles around my shrine room and living room and paid tribute to good old 2007, my own way: I applied Metamorphosis silently on myself, with the intention to remove my blocks in time so that 2008 be another creative and harmonious year. And, I fell asleep with Reiki tingling in my hands, trusting that everything would turn out well.

Goodbye dear old 2007 and hello 2008. I wonder what gifts the new year would bring me? I open my heart and mind to receive.

Happy New 2008 everyone!

Metamorphosis and The Law of Attraction

2007-11-02T20:14:00.000-07:00

By now, most of you would have seen the movie and read the book called "The Secret" and became fascinated and mesmerized by it. For "The Secret" is all about the ancient knowledge of The Law of Attraction, and how to utilize it to bring joy, health and abundance to our lives.

The entire theme of The Secret can be summarized by this:

The Law of Attraction:
Everything that is coming into your life, you are attracting into your life. And, its attracted to you by virtue of the images you're holding in your mind. It's what you are thinking. Whatever is going on in your mind you are attracting to you.

-Bob Proctor, The Secret

In short, this means that you get more of whatever you focus on. However, my Metamorphosis practice helped me realized that although this law works for our conscious thoughts, most of the time, we are truly ignorant of what our unconscious thoughts are focusing.

For example, you might be spending an hour or two in a day, affirming and visualizing all the money you want (your conscious focus) but the rest of your 24 hours, your unconscious mind has this ingrained anti-money thought patterns, attracting all the anti-money situations in your life! What exactly is happening here? It is simply your underlying unconscious anti-money thought patterns getting in the way.

Being a Metamorphosis practitioner and teacher, my work involves helping my clients and students to release these deep-seated patterns. What I find fascinating about Metamorphosis is that it offers a hands-on approach to do something about these unconscious thought patterns, enabling them to slip away by itself without any form of mental analysis. This frees up your mind to use the The Law of Attraction to manifest positive experiences and abundance into your life.

I find a lot of similarities to what Robert St. John (the founder of Metamorphosis) had said, and The Law of Attraction. Robert St. John had always emphasized not to focus on the problems or patterns because this would not help them to go away. Instead, he said to focus on living your life and doing what you love and the practice of Metamorphosis will then help to resolve your problems without giving lots of attention to them.

I am truly excited about Metamorphosis and The Law of Attraction can offer. What about you?

Who is a Healer?

2007-10-17T01:10:00.000-07:00

Let me get this out from the closet: for many years, I would cringed whenever I heard someone described himself/herself as a Healer. For the word "Healer" implies a person with the skill and the ability to remove or take away someone's else pain and illness. Can this be done? Is there such a powerful, superman or superwoman in this world?

From my experience with Reiki, Metamorphosis and other healing arts, the best one can do for another is to facilitate an individual's healing process. For example, with Reiki, what the Reiki practitioner or Reiki Master does is to channel Reiki onto the person-in-need. Then, the person-in-need's own healing system takes over, drawing as much Reiki as needed to get the healing system going again. Ultimately, it is the person-in-need that is the Healer.

Robert St. John (the founder of Metamorphosis) had emphasized this many times: Metamorphosis practitioners are merely catalyst of change, the Healers are the patients themselves.

So, who is this mysterious and powerful person called the Healer? It is us, of course! We are the Healers! Only we have the ability to change and create a life that promotes healing.

But, having said all this, I love this description on Healers given by Caroline Myss:
"A Healer is a person with the passion to serve others by repairing the body, mind and spirit. He/She has an inherent strength and ability to assist people in transforming their pain into a healing process, and to channel the energy needed to generate physical and emotional changes."

Now that changes the entire perspective that Healers are beings with superhuman powers who remove pain and illnesses from other people's bodies. It puts the 'humanness' into a Healer again.

With that kind of right understanding, I no longer cringe when someone calls him/herself a Healer. Because ultimately, we are All Healers!

Metamorphosis and The Prenatal Pattern

2007-09-24T00:05:00.001-07:00

(The following article is extracted from Robert St. John's "Introductory Articles". It states what happens during the gestation period, a most important time for all of us. The term 'karmic' should not be confused with the Hindu term 'karma'. Robert St. John's karmic patterns means 'Thought Patterns'."

The period of time from conception to birth is that in which we form our physical body and all that is in it; the genital pattern, the karmic pattern, all that went on during our gestation period regarding the relationship of our parents and any outside influences that had any effect on our mother, particularly emotionally.

The genetic and karmic influences are the main factors in the pattern of our life. They both have a similar effect but the karmic patterns are on the "thought" level and above it and the genetic pattern are on a purely physical level. They both influence each other and are, in fact, the same pattern but in different forms. The fact that the genetic pattern is that of our forefathers and that they died and that which was left of them became the "thought" patterns of time and space, which, in turn, became the karmic pattern. So we get a double dose in case one of them doesn't have effect.

These two patterns arrive at conception, and at conception is "registered" in the first cervical vertebra. The whole pattern at conception is the true beginning of our life and all these events that are registered here are the basis for the patterns of the gestation period, from conception to birth and the patterns are registered at conception, the 8th, 19th, 34th and 38th weeks of gestation.

These seven points or "reflexes" in the spine reveal the entire nature of our lives, our mental and physical stresses and illnesses, our attitudes of mind towards ourselves and others, and any application of "thought", as in Metamorphosis, in any form, eventually resolves the patterns, disconnects us from the genetic and karmic patterns and by doing this, releases all that they have created during our lives.

© Robert St. John 1993

The Many Benefits of Reiki (Part 3)

2007-09-10T01:08:00.000-07:00

I was frequently asked his question, "I'm pregnant. Is it safe for me to learn Reiki?" The answer is a definite, "Yes!" In fact, my Reiki teacher, Mahes said this: "She can't do herself and her baby a better favour". And that comes from someone who has years of teaching Reiki.

One of my students was about 8 months pregnant when she came of the Reiki First Degree workshop. When I first saw her, she looked tired and was rather uncomfortable with her growing abdomen. However, at the end of the workshop, she felt so calm, and relax that she remarked, "I feel so good and comfortable. I even feel so much lighter too."

In their book, "Reiki Energy Medicine", Reiki Masters Libby Barnet and Maggie Chambers wrote:
"Reiki is also easily incorporated and effective in all practices pertaining to childbirth. Obstetric nurses and midwives find that adding Reiki to their professional skills allows for more holistic clinical practices. Reiki is useful for easing pelvic exams; a few minutes of Reiki or the abdomen or thighs soothes and relaxes the mother-to-be. The use of Reiki during childbirth seems to be associated with reduced use of drugs, shorter labor, and fewer complications."

Now isn't Reiki a super-good thing to learn and practice?

The Many Benefits of Reiki (Part 2)

2007-09-10T00:56:00.000-07:00

One of the wonderful things about Reiki is that it is so easy to pass Reiki. You don't need any special equipment or complicated preparations; all you need are your Happy Reiki Hands. Therefore, you can easily give Reiki in hospital environments, without obstructing the work of the health practitioners there.

Reiki Masters, Libbly Barnet and Maggie Chambers had taught Reiki to many doctors, nurses and counselors in the United States. In their book, "Reiki Energy Medicine", they wrote:

"A physician who combines Reiki with her practice of surgery told us that patients are less anxious and more calm and relaxed, and they experience less pain and discomfort post-operatively. In most cases, their wounds heal quickly and uneventfully.

Most nurses to whom we teach Reiki use it in routine patient care. Nurses report that certain shifts in patient's conditions are common following Reiki treatment. These shifts include the following:

patients 'pink up' (i.e circulation increases)
patients sleep calmly and for extended periods
relaxation response is elicited
less time is needed to calm patients following a stressful event
patients have a more positive attitude
patients are more cooperative
patients report decreased pain."

The Reiki Training (Part 2)

2007-09-04T23:59:00.000-07:00

Many people think that by going for a session of "opening" their chakras to receive Life Force energy, they automatically become, ta-daaa...Healers. The same goes for many Reiki practitioners; they think that by receiving the Reiki attunements, they instantly become Reiki Healers , warm hands and all.

Although it is true that the attunement process (the same goes for other "opening the chakras" techniques) do give the receivers the ability to channel energy to heal, Healers are not created instantaneously. If only things can be that simple ... but it is not.

The truth is, the Reiki attunements activates the Healer within you. It opens up a channel that lies dormant in you throughout the years, giving you unlimited access to Universal Life Force energy. An ancient memory awakens, and thus begin your journey and training towards Reiki Healerhood.

Yes, Reiki is a training; it is a practice, a discipline. Reiki is a training that takes you through 4 separate levels (Reiki First Degree, Second Degree, 3A and 3B), although you can choose to stop at any level as it is a complete training in itself. And, each level has it's own intrinsic lesson to learn.

Reiki is a discipline because it takes discipline to remember your commitment towards your self-healing first; for all Healers must go through and understand this process of self-transformation before working on others. In order words, it takes discipline to do your regular Reiki self-treatments, and to be able to keep your Reiki hands on your body despite feelings of restlessness, resentment or whatever emotions that arise at that moment.

Then, there are the 5 Reiki Precepts. They are:

Just for today ....

Do not get angry
Do not worry
Be filled with gratitude
Devote yourself to your work
Be kind to people.

These 5 Reiki Precepts are not to be taken lightly. Dr. Usui highly emphasized them in all of his classes and they are taught for a reason: to train the mind to let go of negative emotions and to cultivate positive mental/emotional and spiritual values in all Reiki practitioners.

I hope that all this talk about Reiki being a discipline doesn't deter you from learning and practising Reiki. Reiki is still, the easiest energy-healing discipline to learn. It just takes a little effort, that's all.

Metamorphosis: Simile of the Stressed Up Homemaker

2007-07-24T00:49:00.000-07:00

(This wonderful description of what Metamorphosis does is written by its founder, Robert St. John, and was extracted from his book, Prenatal Therapy and the Retarded Child. The title, Simile of the Stressed Up Homemaker, is coined by me. Enjoy!)

Let us consider an example. Suppose that one of you who reads this book had the feeling that the whole structure of your life, your family and your home were totally impossible to handle; you decided to retire to bed and stay there indefinitely, leaving your children and husband to cope with life. Two things could happen. One your neighbours and friends could come in and do everything for you; eventually you might get up and come downstairs and resume your responsibilities in the home. The only advantage you would have gained would be a few days or weeks of rest. You would come down to take the same problems, with the same attitudes of mind that you had before.

Second, during this period of rest and freedom from responsiblities you could have gained a certain insight into your way of thinking and acting. you could have realised that what you had been doing was creating chaos and stress. You could look into your motives and see, to a certain extent, what made you do these things. No blame, no retribution, just observation and decision to change. This time, you come downstairs as a totally different woman. You are different, you don't have to try to be different, and the result is that the whole problem of the conduct of the house is not a problem anymore.

This is what happens, in this work, to the capacity of the retarded child to handle life. In treatment, through the reflexes, something like the second method of dealing with life is happening. In the ordinary treatments that have been used for all ailments of life, not only those for the retarded, we are looking at the first method; it is all done for you.

The Many Benefits of Reiki (Part 1)

2007-07-12T00:14:00.000-07:00

One of the very first things I tell my students is that, with Reiki, they now have the ability to reclaim what was long-forgotten in the collective consciousness of the human race: the ability to channel healing energy through their hands. Together, we start remembering that connection again...

Years ago, during the Reiki First Degree class, my teacher, Mahes Karuppiah gave me this list of what Reiki and your hands can do. I now share them with you. Reiki:

· Reduces stress and tension and promotes relaxation

· Alleviates tiredness and aching muscles

· Relieves pain and discomfort of chronic diseases

· Relieves headaches, colds, flu, cuts, burns, fatigue, stomach upsets, sprains and other discomforts of day to day living

· Complements other healing systems including standard medical treatment

· Aids in the withdrawal process of additive drugs

· Increases the therapeutic effects of both conventional medicines and alternative remedies

· Promotes recovery from surgery.

Then, there’s more. In their book, Reiki Energy Medicine: Bringing Healing Touch into Home, Hospital and Hospice, authors Libby Barnett and Maggie Chambers said this:

“Self-Reiki is an effective method for centering yourself. If you find yourself feeling upset, angry or afraid, a few minutes of Reiki helps you feel calm confident and strong. When you are confused or overwhelmed by challenges, Reiki helps you regain clarity and perspective. When you feel pulled into the swamp of the mundane, you can extricate yourself with Reiki. It gets you through grueling days with tight schedules or long nights tending a sick patient. Self-Reiki allows you to build high levels of energy reserves for these challenging situations. By doing Reiki regularly on yourself, you are more resilient and resourceful in times of stress. Reiki helps you take care of yourself in order that you can take care of others.”

So, you see, with Reiki, you begin to discover that you are no longer that helpless damsel-in-distress. You discover that, no matter what the outcome will be, you have the ability to make a difference. You realize you are now able to take charge of your health and well-being of yourself and your family.

In short, Reiki is an excellent tool in your journey towards self-empowerment.

Metamorphosis For Children (Part 3)

2007-07-04T00:07:00.000-07:00

(The entire article below is extracted from Robert St. John’s Prenatal Therapy and The Retarded Child. I like it a lot as it clearly explains why Metamorphosis works for some parents and why not for others.)

I have taught many mothers to help their children in this way, but I have noticed that they have varied considerably in the results that they obtain. Generally speaking, this has been due to two factors: firstly, that the condition of the child is, in some way, a challenge to the mother, and she is only partly able to meet it; secondly, that there is not the positive drive of confidence in the method she is using.

Let us take the first of these. Why is the mother challenged by the condition of her child and her attempt to help him out of it?

Probably the most prominent of these reasons is that the child is the product of the parents, and the condition of the child is, in some way, due to them. The condition may be from one or more generations back in the family tree, the mother may have had measles during pregnancy, there may have been an earthquake or a war during the time, any other deeply disturbing conditions may existed.

We are not concerned so much with the precipitating condition, which is incidental, but with the fact that this mother did produce this child, from within herself, and that there is a feeling of shame, fear or despondency about it, unconscious though it may be.

Once a mother has really looked at the situation, just as she might look at her house in the morning after a particularly lively party, with a groan, but with every intention of getting it cleared up by lunch time, she is beginning to come to terms with the situation, and her motive is getting a positive drive.

Often, of course, a retarded child is an embarrassment to a really social life, and the mother may claim that she is quite justified in feeling as she does about the situation.

Whatever the reason, there is all too often a very deep reluctance to come to terms with the problem in herself , and therefore with that in the child.

Let us now look at the second factor. Whatever instrument you use, you need to use it with some degree of confidence and aptitude. If you have neither it is surprising how even the most mundane of vacuum cleaners or hair dryers will play up and refuse to work properly.

When it comes to the much more sensitive and responsive mechanism of your own mind, and that of your child, you are really in trouble if you do not have the confidence in what you are doing.

This is a method which has been proved to work, not only by myself, but by many students and parents of children I have treated. If you are going to use it to help your child to normality, you will need to understand it and to have some measure of confidence in the principles.

It is more important that you have confidence in the principles than in the fact that it has been used successfully in other cases. Other cases are different from your own, but an intelligent understanding of the principles of the method will enable you to apply it in the way most suitable for your child. When you understand a system, you are in the position of being able to modify it to your own particular needs.

So this second factor is an intelligent and positive grasp of the method you are using.

Metamorphosis For Children (Part 2)

2007-06-27T01:35:00.000-07:00

Unlike adults, applying Metamorphosis to a small child can be a rather tricky affair. With adults, they can give their feet to you for as long as it takes but not so with a child. Your child may have difficulty sitting still for you!

One way of solving this little problem is to work on your child while she is playing or fully concentrated on something (like watching her favourite cartoon, for example). Or, you can work on her while she is asleep.

Metamorphosis session for children doesn’t take as long as an adult’s. One obvious reason is their feet, hands and head are smaller; the second reason being their stress patterns are not as set as an adult’s. Hence, I find it much easier to work on a child.

In general, 10 to 20 minutes on the feet, once a week, is enough for a small child. However, learn to tune-in to your child, as different children have different needs.

You can apply Metamorphosis on the hands and head daily if you wish. As with the feet, learn to tune-in to your child’s needs because there are cases where too much treatment, even on the hands and head can be disturbing for the child.

Avoid the temptation of giving too much Metamorphosis to your child. Some over-enthusiastic mothers tend to do this, causing too much disturbance for the child to handle. Robert St. John said this, “This treatment loosens and releases, rather like opening and cleaning out a cupboard that has been closed for many years, there is chaos and disturbance, maybe even emotional stress. A lot of tidying up is necessary before normal life is possible again. A child is like this. One treatment can sometimes release so many disturbances that it takes him several days to re-orientate himself. Under these circumstances, discontinue treatment, or give only a very superficial massage of the feet in general.”

Therefore, always observe your child. Use your intuition to know when Metamorphosis is needed (and how often), and when it is not. This inner knowing will come naturally to you as you gain better balance with your afference and efference within. Which is why, we come back to what I said in Part 1 of this series: the importance of applying Metamorphosis on yourself. As you regularly work on your feet, hands and head or by applying the Hands Symbols, you gain better balance. And with that, you become a more effective catalyst of change for your child.

Metamorphosis For Children (Part 1)

2007-06-25T01:36:00.000-07:00

(Note: The info below is also applicable for your own self-healing or when applying Metamorphosis to adults)

Children respond very well to Metamorphosis, and this applies to special children as well. In his book, Prenatal Therapy and the Retarded Child, Robert St. John said this: This is a method which has been proved to work, not only by myself, but by many students and parents of children I have treated. If you are going to use it to help your child to normality, you will need to understand it and to have some measure of confidence in the principles.

Ok, let’s get started.

When you are holding the feet of your child, know that you are in contact with her underlying stress and blockages. And through Metamorphosis, you have the means of affecting a release of these underlying stresses and blockages for her body/mind. With regular practice, your fingers, being highly sensitive by nature, will be able to sense or to get a feel of them rather well.

Now, how do these stresses and blockages feel like?

Some of the obvious sensations are the feeling of dryness, moisture, or even heat on your fingers or on the skin. These are indicators that there is something ‘underneath’ your child’s daily affair. No need to intellectualize it; just keep on going.

Your child may even feel ticklish. When this happens, use firmer pressure and the ticklish feeling will soon go away.

You may also experience sadness, despair, fear or any other strong emotions arising in you. Despite what you are feeling, this is actually a good sign. It may mean that whatever emotions that lies in the unconscious mind of your child is now being brought up to the surface to be released!. So, don’t stop. Take a deep breath, centre yourself and continue with the session. You may need to go to the hands and head after working on the feet to help your child handle these strong emotions.

Another feeling that often comes up is the feeling of exhaustion. Your fingers and hands may suddenly feel as heavy as lead and you may feel so tired that you want to sleep at that very moment! What’s happening is you are now touching a block in time that is very disturbing for your child and this disturbance is transmitted into your fingers and you feel the exhaustion. No matter how sleepy you are, or how heavy your hand is, as always, keep on going. This is because you are in the process of releasing something in your child. This tiredness or sleepiness will eventually go away (if not, you can always rest or sleep after the session).

There are also circumstances when the part of the feet you are working on is extremely sensitive. If this be the case, use very light touches on the area. However, if it is still sensitive even with light touches, then work on the aura (energy field) of that area. Robert St. John said that sensitivity is caused by an active reflex; a reflex being challenged by one action or another in your child’s daily activity.

Many times, however, you may just feel like there’s “something there”. Your body may also feel a slight discomfort. Again, no need to rationalize it or try to find out what that means. Simply apply Metamorphosis until that “something there” is gone or has lessened.

Then again, most beginners of Metamorphosis feel nothing. That’s alright. It takes practice for your fingers to be able to tune-in to these stresses and blockages. If you think you belong to this category, and you feel discouraged by your so-call lack of intuition, listen to Robert’s following advice.

“Don’t be downhearted if you feel nothing; just go on easing and soothing the area. You are helping to release the pent-up inhibition on action and the result could well be a considerable change in his behaviour.”
- Robert St. John, in Prenatal Therapy and the Retarded Child

One final, yet most important thing: don’t just give Metamorphosis to your child. You must apply Metamorphosis to yourself for your own self-healing. For it is true that you can’t give away something that you don’t have. In a similar manner, you can’t be a catalyst of change for your child if you yourself are not a catalyst of change for your own self-healing.

May there be Happy Little Feet pitter-pattering all over the world!

One Common Question about Metamorphosis

2007-06-12T00:06:00.001-07:00

Many times, after explaining Metamorphosis to students and clients, I was posed with the following question: Can Metamorphosis heal ...(name of illness)... .?

Now that is a very fair question because, who wants to learn something that doesn't help them with their health problems?

However, what I want to emphasize here is this: The whole intention of Metamorphosis is to address the underlying stress patterns formed during conception (and throughout the gestation period) that is causing the manifestation of the illness to occur in the present. Therefore Metamorphosis practitioners are trained not to be concerned with the nature of the illness or the degree of the illness in themselves or others. In other words, they are taught not to identify with the illness.

One interesting example came from the book, "Introduction to Metamorphosis" by Cindy Silverlock. She wrote, "We tend to identify with our own patterns, such as an illness or a condition. People often say 'I am' or 'I have' such and such. Robert had a step-daughter who appeared to have the symptoms of Down Syndrome at birth. Rather as label her as such, they practiced Metamorphosis on her and she developed into a girl without any symptoms of Down Syndrome. Robert's thinking was that it is better not to label anyone with an illness or condition so that they do not begin to identify with the pattern."

So, coming back to the question: Can Metamorphosis heal this or that illness? Yes, fundamentally it does.

© Ng Yen Yen 2007

Second Degree Reiki Workshop

2007-05-16T23:53:00.000-07:00

Ok, you had gone for a weekend First Degree Reiki workshop, and have spent a few months (or years) doing lots of self-treatments and using Reiki in your daily life. Suddenly, you feel like learning more about Reiki; you decide you want to go deeper into your Reiki training.

Welcome to Second Degree Reiki! This level takes us further into ourselves and gives us more tools for our journey of self-discovery and healing. All this is done through Sacred Reiki Symbols. These are the symbols that empower your First Degree Reiki, enabling you to send Reiki faster and more efficiently.

For example, with Second Degree Reiki, you can send an equivalent of one hour of First Degree Reiki in 15 minutes, and can send to more than one person at a time. With this new level, you have the ability to do distance healing. Yes, you can be sending Reiki in your little room in Petaling Jaya and your darling husband in Sri Lanka will be able to receive it!

There are many more exciting things you can do with Second Degree Reiki and all these will be covered in the workshop.

The workshop programme consists of:

One attunement - this attunement enables you to use an "upgraded" form of Reiki, including the sacred symbols.
What Second Degree Reiki is.
The Sacred Reiki Symbols - you will be taught 3 symbols.
Explanation and instructions on Chakra Treatment
Explanation and instructions on Mental Treatment
Explanation and instructions on Deprogramming Treatment
Explanation and instructions on Distance Healing
How to create a Reiki label
Creative ways of using Second Degree Reiki
Lots of practice, including giving and receiving treatments, so that everyone feels confident about Second Degree Reiki and the sacred symbols.
Time for questions and answers, discussion and sharing of Reiki experiences
21-day clearing period

I teach Second Degree Reiki over 2 days (i.e. 4 sessions) or the equivalent. Handouts are supplied, including lunch and tea breaks.

Things to bring: sleeping mat, pillow, blanket, a photo of a family member or friend.

First Degree Reiki Workshop

2007-05-15T00:10:00.000-07:00

This is the starting point of your Reiki training. First Degree Reiki introduces you to the basics of Reiki, enabling you to work on yourself and others. In my First Degree workshop, not only do I talk about Reiki, but I also emphasize on the part we play in the manifestation of our illnesses; and how Reiki can help us heal that pattern. So, it's not just Reiki, Reiki, Reiki all the time. More importantly, is the understanding that we are all responsible to our own life and how we must reclaim our personal power and strength to heal at all levels. Reiki is a great tool to help us with that.

Very briefly, the workshop programme consists of

The four attunements - the passing of energy from the Reiki Master (that's me) to the student, hence, enabling her to channel Reiki.
What Reiki is and how it works.
The History of Reiki
Our Seven Energy Centres: The Chakra System
Explanation on the 12 Hand Positions for self-treatments
Instructions on doing self-treatments, their benefits and importance.
Information on possible response to Reiki
The 5 Reiki Principles
Instructions on how to treat others and Group Reiki.
Explanation and instruction on Reiki Short Treatments
Explanation and instruction on Chakra Balancing with Reiki
Significant stress patterns that cause illness
The Female Energy System (for female students)
Mindfulness of Breathing and The Tranquil Breathing Exercise
Many other ways of using Reiki
Lots of practice, including giving and receiving treatments, so that everyone leaves the workshop feeling confident about themselves and Reiki
Time for Questions and Answers
21-Day Whole Body Self-treatment

Now, since there's so many things to cover in my First Degree Reiki workshop (both theory and practicals), I teach over 2 days (i.e. 4 sessions) or the equivalent. Handouts are supplied, including lunch and tea breaks.

You do need to bring the following: your personal sleeping mat, pillow and blanket.

Ok, do call me, YenYen at 012-3518079 for my First Degree Reiki workshop schedules. See you!

The Reiki Training (Part 1)

2007-05-14T23:52:00.000-07:00

In my Reiki lineage, Reiki is taught in four different levels: Reiki Level 1, Reiki Level 2, Reiki 3A and Reiki 3B. Reiki 3A is also known as the Advance Level, whereas Reiki 3B is often called the Master Level. Only those who have completed all the four levels can teach and attune people to Reiki.

These levels of Reiki must be done in order, each building on the previous stage. However, each level is complete in itself. One do not need to complete all the four levels. In fact, many people only went for Level 1 and choose to stop there. Some may go on to do Level 2, while only a few are called to be a Reiki Master.

There are many different ways of presenting Reiki, simply because, there are many different Reiki Masters. Each has their own unique style, personality and lineage. However, one thing remains the same: Reiki.

This is because the attunement process (by which practitioners can have the ability to channel Reiki) has been passed down from generations of Reiki Masters, all linking to Mrs. Takata, Dr. Hayashi and the founder himself, Dr. Usui. So, despite all the different styles and lineages, the energy Reiki remains the same.

© Ng Yen Yen 2007

Metamorphosis Training and Metamorphosis 2- Day Workshops

2007-05-08T00:54:00.000-07:00

Metamorphosis training is simply this: the letting go and releasing of negative thought and genetic patterns that came in through conception. And we do this by tuning in to our body while working along the spinal reflex on the feet, hands, head and directly on the spine (if you wish). We also use the hands symbols developed by Robert St. John to help us clear these patterns.

Metamorphosis is usually taught over a weekend class and it is complete unto itself. In other words, everything you learn in that workshop is enough and complete for your Metamorphosis training. There are no other levels.

My Metamorphosis 2-Day workshop runs from Saturday to Sunday, 9.00am to 4.30pm. Handouts are supplied, including lunch and tea breaks. You do need to bring the following: a medium-size clean towel, your sleeping mat and pillow.

I emphasize both the theory and philosophy of Metamorphosis, and its practical aspects during the entire workshop. You'll learn:

the main principles of Metamorphosis:

the prenatal pattern
the principles of Afference and Efference
the Creation theme
the Image Pattern

the correlation between the gestation period and the spinal reflex

how to tune in and listen to your body's messages

the importance of your motives and intent

how to work on the spinal reflexes to release stress and block patterns

how to apply Metamorphosis to others

how to use the Hand Symbols developed by Robert St. John

and much, much more!

It is easy to learn Metamorphosis. Just come with an open mind and develop the patience and discipline to work through your stress patterns. In other words, just remember to practice, practice, practice daily.

Although Metamorphosis is relatively unknown here in Malaysia, it is taught worldwide and is well-known and respected in Europe, USA and Australia.

Please call me, YenYen: 012-3518079 for details regarding Metamorphosis healing sessions and workshop schedules.

What is Reiki?

2007-04-25T01:21:00.000-07:00

When I mentioned the name, Reiki, some of my friends would say, "What is it? Sounds so Japanese". They are right, it is Japanese! It consists of the word "rei", meaning "Universal Spirit" and "ki" meaning "life-force energy". Hence, the usual translation for Reiki is Universal Life Force Energy.

In fact, Reiki is a popular term for an ancient healing art that uses natural energy to heal our imbalances at every level: physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. It de-stresses and detoxifies painlessly, filling the Reiki receiver with glowing energy and calm.

Reiki was discovered a century ago by a Japanese scholar called Dr. Mikao Usui. Dr. Usui went on a search for a method of healing through hands and found Reiki after meditating on an obscure Sanskrit writings. One of his students, Dr. Chujiro Hayashi taught Reiki to a American Japanese woman, Mrs. Hawayo Takata, who then spread the healing art to the West and hence, to the world.

"I believe there exists One Supreme Being - the Absolute Infinite - a Dynamic Force that governs the world and universe. It is an unseen spiritual power that vibrates and all other powers fade into insignificance beside it. So, therefore, it is Absolute! ...

I shall call it "Reiki"

Being a universal force from the Great Divine Spirit, it belongs to all who seek and desire to learn the art of healing"

- Hawayo Takata

During a Reiki session, hands are placed in a sequence of positions to cover the entire body. Reiki is then drawn through the practitioner, down to the recipient's body, depending on the need of the recipient. It is really that simple, and it is this simplicity that draws me to learn and teach Reiki to all who wants to heal their lives. Yes, it is also this simplicity that makes self-healing such an easy thing to do.

Reiki is one of the fastest-growing form of hands-on healing anywhere because it is easy and enjoyable to learn. All it takes is a weekend class, followed by the discipline to use Reiki in your daily life.

What is Metamorphosis?

2007-04-25T01:15:00.000-07:00

I am sure all of you know what metamorphosis mean (for those who don't: it means change of form or character). But the Metamorphosis I am referring to is not just about the meaning of the word, but something else.

Here, Metamorphosis refers to a gentle healing art that addresses the primary source of our life patterns: the stress patterns that we are born with. These are the karmic and genetic patterns that were formed before conception itself, right until birth. Now, the time while we are in our mother's womb is extremely crucial: not only were the physical body was formed then, but the mental, emotional and spiritual block patterns were formed as well. Hence, these stress patterns were ingrained into all our cells, creating what I call our "inner life stress programmes" or "inner life stress scripts". These are the cellular memory programmes that are running through all day long, influencing how we view and experience like, most of which we are unconscious of.

Metamorphosis practitioners use light, gentle, massage-like touches on the spinal reflex points to release these stress patterns, thus creating a tremendous change within - a true metamorphosis.

Its founder, Robert St. John, formed Metamorphosis in the late 1950's from his observations of the usage of reflex points in reflexology. He noticed that when he applied Metamorphosis on his clients, there was a great inner change in them. He said this:

Through the medium of Metamorphosis, a purely physical application, a complete change of the attitudes of life and modes of living can take place"
- Robert St. John

Now, when I read this, I was very, very keen to pick up Metamorphosis and to learn as much as I can about it. The more I practice, the more I learn and hence, the more empowered I become. And the more I do this, the more I want to share and teach this gentle healing art to others.

Robert St. John and other Metamorphosis practitioners have worked with children with conditions like Down Syndrome, autism, ADHD and other compulsive behaviour, and have seen positive results. Although I have yet to work with such children, I have seen the positive results of Metamorphosis with my own son. So, I know it is very helpful for both parents and child.

Metamorphosis is easy to learn. All it require is an open mind, lots of patience and the discipline to practice it regularly at home.

© Ng Yen Yen 2007

Four Basic Truths about Healing

2007-04-25T01:02:00.000-07:00

Despite what the majority of people believe about healing, my personal experience shows that healing oneself doesn't simply mean just popping pills after pills or swallowing down bottles of supplements (herbal or synthetic), nor does it simply mean following a certain kind of diet. Healing is far, far more deeper than that. For me, it is a journey of self-discovery and birthing my own true self.

I believe in these 4 basic healing truths:

The body breaks down in response to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual stress.
In order to heal ourselves, these unsolved areas of stress need to be dealt with.
The healing journey involves reclaiming your fundamental power within you: the power that activates your very own healing system within so that the body can heal itself.
We are responsible for our own healing process.

Yes, ultimately, we are responsible for our own healing process; not the doctor or the Reiki Master. We are responsible for our lives and many times, that means, the willingness to work through the many uncomfortable and painful feelings that comes up along our healing journey.

Be brave, be brave ... .

About Happy HandsnFeet

2007-04-19T01:30:00.000-07:00

Hi, I'm Yen Yen, and I am a writer, a Reiki Master and a Metamorphosis Teacher. I am also, Happy HandsnFeet.

Why the name Happy HandsnFeet? Because Reiki is very much a hands-on healing practice and in Metamorphosis, we start our work on the feet first. My Metamorphosis teacher once said to me that the more we work on our feet, the happier they'll look. And I now add, the more we use our hands for healing, the happier they'll look too. So, Happy HandsnFeet it is!

Now, I wonder whether any of these applies to you?

You are going through a major transition in your life and is wondering what to do next.
You are searching for a meaning and purpose in your life.
You are facing one or more challenges in your life regarding health, relationships, money and creativity.
You feel stuck in life.
You are looking for your life's work.
You've been experiencing frequent upsets and chaos in your life and you're wondering why.
You are a parent or caregiver of a child with ADHD, autistism, Down Syndrome or other compulsive behaviours.
You are a homemaker. Period.
You have pregnancy and parental issues you feel you need to resolve.
You are deeply concern about current world problems like war, disease, violence, sexual abuse, deterioration of the environment, etc.
You have issues maintaining your center of power.
You want to have happy hands and happy feet!

If anything on this list applies to you, then please realize that you are not alone. Nor are you powerless to change whatever situation that you are in. For beneath the confusion and pain, lies a new being waiting to be born.

I have been there myself, many times in fact. So, here in my little blog, I will be sharing with you my personal experiences, insights and stories about Reiki, Metamorphosis, meditation and everything that I've learnt about this birthing process. Yeah, we are not alone ... .

Welcome to Happy HandsnFeet!