Healing Power Of Energy Medicine
By Wendy Adamson,
Auras, chakras, meridians and more. Can Western medicine learn something from practitioners who balance and activate the body’s natural healing energies?
In 2009 my life seemed to be going great. I’d landed a high profile director’s position and was making more money than I’d ever made before. Physically, I was in great shape. I drank loads of green juices, did yoga and went for long hikes in the mountains to unwind. Then, all of the sudden, I started to experience some unsettling neurological symptoms — pain, dizziness and severe anxiety. It totally freaked me out. I thought I had brain cancer or an aneurism and was going to die.
The first thing I did was tell my primary care physician what was going on. Acting quickly, she ordered an MRI of my head and a series of tests. A week later, I was sitting in the exam room convinced she was going to tell me to get my affairs in order.
My doctor, a small Filipino woman with jet-black hair, looked like she just graduated from high school. When she walked into the room, her brow was creased as she flipped through the pages of my chart. My stomach was coiling in on itself.
“Well, Wendy, all your tests came back normal,” she said, looking up briefly. “You should be really grateful.”
I paused, sighed and replied, “I would be if someone could tell my why it feels like I’m being stabbed in the head with an icepick.” See more…