Starting from the Beginning

While celebrating a journey, it often helps to honor the trailhead.  Many of us find Eden Energy Medicine “by accidental coincidence,” having someone within their circle of friends, family, and/or healers pass on the word of Donna and David’s work, or by having circumstances arise in their lives where EEM has been found to be the source of greatest help when a difficult situation presents itself.  The story of how I began to make Eden Energy Medicine my own qualifies in the latter two selections above.

Like multitudes of others, I had come to depend on my body, my focus, and my joy to carry me through my life.  I loved the challenge of pushing myself intellectually and physically from the time I was young through the years I was in college.  Sure there were setbacks along the way, but the body and emotions heal under the right conditions.  Fast forward a few more years to the time I was expecting my daughter.  I was gifted with a marvelous pregnancy and birth experience with her.  I was on top of the world, or so I thought.

The months following her birth brought me a primal sense of gratitude, but I found myself fatigued and struggling with exceedingly dark periods of sadness and hopelessness of which no source could be identified.  I shrugged it off as many new moms do because there were more important tasks to which to attend.  Time went on and each day became more of a struggle.  I pled silently to my baby child to please just take a nap… Mommy’s so sad and tired.  Most days I just wanted to crawl into the back of my closet and go within.  I dearly grasped on to inspiration with my child, with the help of those in my immediate circle, in my garden.  This lasted for close to four years until, frantic, I sought the help of my family physician.

Bless her; she handed me boxes of free sleeping pills and wrote me a script for a powerful antidepressant.  I ‘should’ have known better.  My body had not responded well to chemicals introduced to it in the past, but I was desperate and agreed to follow her regimen.  The pills were not working… dosage was increased four times… and I felt the flat blackness bringing me to the brink of the unthinkable.

About that time I was introduced to Reiki and began to rediscover the light within.  One afternoon my mentor pulled Donna’s blue book off of her shelf and recommended that I “pay attention to this book and this woman’s work.”  Anxious to learn more about our body’s energies I hungrily read through Donna’s words and ordered additional copies to carry at my bookshop.

So what helped most at that time?  The Five Minute Daily Energy Routine was and still is my best friend.  It took me 18 months, but I was off the meds!  The Homolateral Repatterning Crossover technique worked miracles as I learned to incorporate it six times a day thanks to Julie Lappin’s wisewoman advice (thank you and bless you, Julie!) and I now add hormone work to my daily practice.  I have found the JOY and the HOPE in the journey once again!

There is still work to be done, but I have never felt better!  Donna’s techniques are simple, elegant, and easily shared, especially with kids.  My baby daughter is now nine!  Before she gets on the bus each day we crank up the music on our Happy CD, go through the daily routine, and trace our meridians.  I have my life back again.  An additional, unexpected benefit is that I have gained a greater sense of my self; the one who has been waiting to come into being for 35 years.  I celebrate her vibrancy.  My wish is for you to feel that same sense of hope, of inspiration, and know there are others on this journey with you.  We are never alone.

In celebration of all that is and all that will be ~

Jennifer

Comments

[Andie 97]

That is so beautiful. I never knew that you had those struggles. You are such a joyful and beautiful person that it's hard to imagine you in depression. I'm so glad you found this because I can't imagine the Energy Medicine world without you.

It took me a while of doing this work to get off all of my medications (including anti-depressants), and life is so much better for it.

Sending lots of hugs.....

Andie