Namaste & Fly

I was sitting in treatment with my mother, not doing well. Nauseous, splitting headache, veins not holding. I was in so much pain, laying in the corner in tears chewing on some horrible chalky pill, they would hand out upon arrival. The woman across the room calls my mother over, and hands her two bottles. One was Peppermint the other was Lavender essential oils. She tells her to put some Peppermint oil on a tissue and to have me inhale it, and to place a few drops of Lavender on the back of my neck. I did it. Within minutes. I started to come out of the panic my body was in, and was amazed by these little drops. The center I was going to sold an off brand of oils that I immediately purchased on my way home that day. When I went to my doctor’s appointment I asked about the oils. My doctor lights up, “that would be a great additional to your protocol” she tells me. She suggested I try ImmuPower by Young Living. Told me to go see Nurse Ann, she’s big into Young Living. I replaced 4 different types of herbal drops they had me mixing in water as an herbal antibiotic, with ImmuPower on my feet twice a day. This was a saving grace for me. At that point I was not tolerating anything in my stomach, so it was a great alternative for absorption, and I was starting to level out. I fell in love with Ann! She had Lyme and struggled, which drove her to become a nurse. She was extremely holistic, it started the juices flowing for me. I asked myself “is this really the life I want to live, or can it be different?” Her energy was contagious, and as far as I could tell, very healthy at this point in her life. She would regularly discuss alternative things to try other than more pills. She attempted to teach me meditation and left me with a basic understanding of oils. At this point I was putting Peppermint Vitality essential oil in hot water to sip on during treatment, and wore Lavender, Peppermint, and ImmuPower daily.

As time progressed, I wasn’t getting better they wanted to switch my antibiotics. I need more treatment time, and couldn’t afford to be absent from work any longer. We made the decision to put another PICC line in. I’ve had two PICCs in the past. Both in my left arm, I knew the routine. Turns out my left arm was no longer viable. When they placed the site the tube wouldn’t travel down the vein. Something about previous scaring. The PICC was placed in my right dominate arm. Not ideal, but I’m tough. I figured it would be ok. WRONG my body rejected the PICC the entire time. Every two days I was being rushed up to the center for a dressing change. After a few weeks, they sent me back to the hospital and put two stitches in to stop the bleeding. It did not work. At this point, the options presented to me were to try and make it work or flush the 10k down the toilet and start to go back to the infusion center. I’m stubborn, I decided to stick it out. My arm never stopped bleeding; 3 months in it had to be removed. In the meantime, I asked for a Premium Starter Kit for Christmas with the Aria diffuser. I was going through a rough patch, I deserved it. I scoped it out on the website, felt it was so spa like, I NEEDED to have it. My kit showed up Christmas Eve. I fell in love with all my PSK essential oils, Peppermint was probably gone within a few weeks. DiGize took me a bit to warm up to. Shortly after, I received a phone call from a stranger, talking about uplines, resources, and trainings. When I signed up for Young Living, I didn’t list a sponsor. I didn’t know the business side of YL even existed. I was assigned to a group. I kept wondering what was in it for this woman, why is she so passionate, and when the catch will show itself. I didn’t know the power that was being unlocked here. Christine instantly took me under her wing, with such a warm welcome and a wealth of knowledge. She met me in Middletown and we went over oils uses, the Young Living organization, available products, and the business opportunity. I was even more in love. I felt I could apply some of the culture Young living creates to my own career. I wanted to learn from Young Living. I loved Young Living’s website, the tools it offered its members. Along with the culture and language they created. I admire all things YL, from the overall mission statement, down to the tiny drops packed full of plant life. During this time, I continued to slowly learn and build new relationships with driven people, health conscious people with like-minded goals. I was very happy with all the new additions to my life. Unfortunately, I was still pretty ill, despite all my efforts. I couldn’t eat, lost 60+ pounds, had no energy, and a lot of pain, restricted to not moving PICC arm and wasn’t allowed to lift more than 5 pounds. I had no quality of life. I went to work, did my medicine and went to bed. I honestly was afraid I was dying, and no one would tell me. I bet you can only imagine the mental toll this was playing on me. “I should be out of my cycle by now,” I kept telling myself. Finally the arm had enough. At this point they had to remove my PICC and wanted to put a port in my chest. OKAY, I’ve had enough! I decided I was done.

The removal of the picc line, brought on my first holy s**t moment with oils. I watched my arm drastically improve within 3 days. My arm was in bad shape it bled for 3 months underneath a bandage that they constantly changed to avoid infection. By the time they removed it my arm felt like it was on fire, oozing liquid in random spots, had a yeast infection and later confirmed septic…Fun! When I decided I was done, we drove to the center I expected them to pull it. They sent me to the hospital for a biopsy first. As I sat with this thing burning in my arm to my heart, while they poked, I had vision of myself ripping it out of my own body. I couldn’t stand it anymore. I got pretty nasty, they finally removed it. That night I couldn’t sleep it burned so bad. It went from not being exposed for months to being in the air. I started frantically googling what to do. I was hesitant to start putting lavender on an open wound that tunneled to my heart. I couldn’t take the burning anymore, at about 2:00 I decided nothing else was helping, what was the worst that could happen. I put 15 drops of Lavender in a roller with fractionated coconut oil. AHHHHH relief! By the morning my arm was scabbed up and the burning subsided internally and externally. I applied as often as I could. Within 3 days, the arm saga was over.

When the dust settled I was left with about 20 remaining Lyme issues, nerve damage, heart issues, and still no answers to my stomach. I had a lot going on internally. I felt immediate relief when I used the oils to support whichever body system was in need that day. It became a normal part of my routine. At this point I was in a few oil groups, a Lyme group, and diving deep into alternative options. I started working regularly with Lonstein Chiropractic doing laser, acupuncture, cupping and massages. I decided to stop all antibiotics, and focus on building myself up.

I’ve had Lyme and 4 co-infections for 16 years at this point. Even though I had a positive Lyme test last treatment, I consider myself autoimmune. I decided if I want to break the cycle I have to address my immune system. I also believe my system was overloaded, and wasn’t responding normally to most things. From here I tightened up my paleo diet, dove into essential oils, laser theory, acupuncture, meditation, inversions, massages and attempted to expose myself to as little chemicals as possible.

One day I saw a video of an oiler who had surgery, struggled after and explained his first Raindrop experience, and how this helped him. Occasionally, a few of my oily members would check on me, and see how I was feeling. I mentioned the video, she immediately referred me to someone within the oil network certified in facilitating raindrops. I reached out to her and set up an appointment. I was still desperate for relief. I remember driving to this woman’s house in Middletown, by myself, thinking what the hell am I doing? Going to a random person’s house by myself not knowing what will happen. This is irresponsible and stupid. This is not in my character. It turned out to be the most amazing, justifying experience I’ve ever had. Yes, she does Raindrop Technique, and yes she knows a lot about oils, but the experience was so much more. Her magic is a blend of energy work and reflective truth. I didn’t have to explain anything, she just knew. She hovered her hands over my body and was able to tell me everything I felt. She’s opened my eyes to many new ways, really helped center my thoughts, and gave me room to figure out how I felt about them. Every time I go she would makes some suggestions for different oils or YL supplements to try that she felt I was deficient in. With each treatment it’s getting easier to handle and last a bit longer. The day after a Raindrop I always feel HEALTHY and Balanced!!

As I moved through my journey. I was now more supported, created a great network, and continued to focus on healing. At this point, I’ve switched all the products I put on my body over to DYI, using oils or a YL product. Phased out many household items as well. IE: Thieves Household Cleaner if you haven’t tried it, do! I use no other item to clean the house now. (Disclaimer: I add water, and sometimes vinegar) The dog used to hide when I cleaned. Neither of us wanted to deal with the chemicals. Now he stays where he is, and licks the overspray off the floor. My husband has bet me on multiple occasions that Thieves wouldn’t do the job. I haven’t lost yet!! All my family members have kits and I diffuse whenever possible. I feel confident in the additional tools that I built for myself. However I was still having a lot of stomach issues. I was scoped upper and lower eventually concluding that I had Vagus Nerve damage. Looking up holistic treatments, I was already on the right path.

After my line came out I started doing yoga. It was a good balance for me. I couldn’t handle intense activity, and it helped with my new-found anxiety and depression. I had to start with Restorative and worked my way up to my goal of Aerial. Chris built me a platform, and instead of lying in bed I would gently play around on my swing or stretch. As it got colder I sought a studio. I quickly felt a bond with the instructor and loved how sweet she is. She again helped me expand my holistic knowledge base. When no one shows up for class we did weird vocal excesses to help my Vagus issues and I slowly continued to heal. She was even kind enough to hang a swing in her studio for me to practice on and to get herself flying. My community grew, we have some regulars. I donate oils to the studio to strengthen everyone savasana and sytems!

Fast forward to today. I still have issues, I deal with them as they come. Month over month they are getting better. I feel confident that I can handle anything that comes up. I harass everyone I can about oils, because I believe they lead to a better life. Back to the basics. Strip away all the crap that your bodies are fighting and start supporting it. We only have one life, is it really worth settling for stumble through? Find what feeds your soul and thrive. Anything else is bulls**t.

My family ditched the below plus so much more:

Shampoo: Conditioner All soap Face wash Shaving cream Toothpaste Laundry detergent Dish detergent Household cleaners Make up Grocery store vitamins Supplements Air freshener Candles Inhalers Antibiotics Sugar drink: Dog shampoo

If you’ve read this entire thing, you’re interested. Reach out to me, and let’s discuss how you’re going to thrive.