That Healing Touch

New beginnings

I found this picture that was sent to me by Ali Goward (now EMRT, specialized Bowen for horses) holding my then little baby-daughter Amber, and Ozzie and Izzy with her little one. Amber was probably the youngest Bowen training attendee. Amber is the youngest person at 26 1/2 week gestation I gave Bowen treatment to two days after she was born. Eternally grateful for your teachings Ozzie and Elaine, always a delight to hear you cracking jokes, it was such a God-send gift to have met all of you! Wonderful teachers who introduced me to new beginnings in my healing work. In Bowen I found what I have always have been looking for: working with my hands, a healing modality that is simple, effective and often has a profound and lasting effect, so you don;t have to keep on coming back often (unless you want some deeply relaxing time to unwind your body..)

New beginnings as well for me after my move to Taranaki. A move that was laced with a lot of unexpected and unforeseen challenges. John, the man who was the reason that I moved to Taranaki, was diagnosed with a congenital heart condition and was told that he needed an operation, otherwise the prognosis would be less than one year to live.. So it felt like living with a ticking time-bomb for both of us, until we started looking in different directions for answers how to heal and ways to reverse what was happening, 2 heart valves instead of 3, that had fused due to calcification and all that put pressure on the aorta - a potentially fatal condition which required a heart valve replacement. Out of a scale of 1-6, he was diagnosed as 5! Listening with a stethoscope we could not detect a heart beat, it was more a gushing sound. Also he was not able to walk more than 20 steps without getting out of breath. That was 3 months ago... But there is some good news too! Since then improvements have taken place thanks to something that I had come across last year when I had a few health challenges myself. It’s called Natto and it’s amazing stuff, inspite of it’s texture and appearance, one of the best things since sliced bread! John has been taken this religiously since the surgeon told him that this was one of the best things to eat. John is now able to move around a lot better, more energy, breathing easier and when we listened to his heart we could actually hear it beating, albeit not as strong as it should be, but it ws there!

I came across NATTO end of 2018 - and I must confess it took a little while before I took the plunge to give it a go, mainly because of the adding of a raw egg to it. But I can say that I grew to like it so much that I miss it if I don’t get my daily fix. Not only did I notice a distinct increase in my energy level, but also don’t feel hungry till much later in the day and when I go out shopping, I noticed that certain things I used to like no longer appeal to me. All my horses got damaged during transportation and 2 were very sick and require intensive care.. And a few other things that were quite challenging to deal with.

Inspite of all that was flying around and the times that I wondered why this was happening I felt lucky that I could tap into the resources, knowledge and experiences that I had acquired during the years that I was working in the healing field. Also it allowed me to look into new information and developments, looking for answers to challenges that were thrown onto my path. And found a number of things, came across people who had knowledge and resources - and dived again into things that I had left or forgotten - all this formed answers, insights and solutions to problems and questions. And provided me with new ideas and inspiration that are slowly starting to create a new direction in my work I feel very excited about to start sharing with the world in the coming months.

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