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Kuan
Yin
Goddess
of Compassion & Mercy
I fulfilled that dream in 1983 when I graduated from
Michigan
State
University. In my 24 year career, I
have worked in numerous areas from cardiac care, critical and emergency
room care to my current position in cancer research.
I loved the early years of my career because I felt
as though time allowed me to care for my patients in a way that made a
difference in their lives and in the lives of their family members.
But as Medicare and insurance companies began to decrease
reimbursement for care, the manner in which patient care was
administered began to change.
Being a nurse was becoming stressful and tiresome,
instead of fulfilling and joyful.
And from my perspective, healthcare became about treating disease
and illness in an assembly line and cookie cutter fashion.
So when Deepak Chopra came to our church and spoke
about Ayurveda, I listened.
And at age 40, when I was newly diagnosed with food
allergies, I became concerned.
I took advantage of every opportunity that I
could to see Deepak Chopra, and began reading his books.
In 2004, I completed the Graduate Certificate
Program in Complementary Medicine and Wellness.
In 2006, I completed the requirements to become a Chopra Center
Certified Instructor to teach the signature course, Perfect Health.
All of my subsequent education since graduating
from MSU in 1983 has been about Holistic health~the integration of body,
mind and soul. And my
focus has shifted from caring for patients with diseases to teaching
people how to prevent illness and disease. This
shift in thinking and perspective is what facilitated my own healing.
Once I learned Primordial Sound Meditation in 2000,
the stress that was both affecting my marriage and that induced my food
allergies began to dissipate.
And the many other symptoms that I was experiencing, (insomnia,
constipation, fatigue) as a result of stress also began to disappear.
Meditation taps into the silence that exists beyond our daily
50,000 thoughts. And
it is in that silence that we begin to heal ourselves.
When we integrate the body, mind and soul, we access the
intuitive part of ourselves that knows where balance and peace resides.
These are stressful times in our lives, and
research has shown that stress has a tremendous effect on our immune
system. When our
immune system is weakened we become more susceptible to illness and
life-threatening diseases.
We live in a time where we have no choice but to
shift the way in which we live our lives.
We cannot afford, emotionally or financially, to wait until a
disease occurs before we make different choices in our lives.
Through the simple wisdom of Ayurveda and
meditation, we can learn to prevent illness and disease, and to live a long
life of happiness, love, and purpose.
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