My journey into homeopathy
My journey into homeopathy begins years before finding this incredibly healing form of medicine. Looking back, I see that I had always had a desire to heal myself and others, but lacked the direction. I spent a great deal of my youth waffling between the idea of being a teacher, a counselor, or an actress. Always knowing I wanted to help others, but not sure as to how. So, I put my focus into acting, but something was missing.
Until the universe came to my rescue, when a car accident stopped me in my tracks. After my left hand hit and cracked my windshield, it blew up in size and was taken over by a red hot pain I had never experienced before. I was then diagnosed with RSD, an extremely painful and disabling nervous disorder caused by trauma. Here is where I would love to say I found homeopathy, but that was not the case.... not yet. Instead I spent the next 8 months in recovery, going to several doctors, physical therapists, an osteopath, and an acupuncturist, all while being told not to expect to fully recover.
The reason I'm telling this story is, because even though I didn't find homeopathy for a few more years, my path as a healer had begun. I knew after that accident, that I was to find a new route in life, and that their must have been some meaning to my suffering. I refused to believe that at 26, I was to lose the ability of my hand, and be in pain for the rest of my life. I then began meditating intensely while working with my healers, and I recovered far more than anyone believed I would. Only a small amount of pain and weakness remained in my hand. Believing that was as good as it would get, I was satisfied.
As I was still struggling to find my new path in life, I was first gifted with motherhood, and became pregnant with my son. Pregnancy with a weakened body proved quite challenging, and though I was excited to become a mommy, I was reminded of some of the other injuries I incurred, and I was in pain. Soon after my sons birth, I found a form of yoga called Kundalini, which brought me a great deal of strength and relief. So, 3 years later, when I became pregnant again, determined to have a happier pregnancy free from pain, I plunged into the pre-natal version of this yoga, and became a pre-natal yoga instructor. This proved to make a huge difference, and instead of having trouble moving, and being bedridden for any part of that pregnancy, I was moving easily, keeping up with my 3 year old, and feeling pretty good, teaching right up until a week before my daughter was born. With the desire to do many things more naturally with this pregnancy, I decided to have a home birth, and began learning more natural ways to keep myself and my family healthy.
This is where homeopathy comes in: During this pregnancy my blood platelets began dropping dangerously close to a number that would mean only a hospital birth, until some dabbling with homeopathic remedies by my midwife, and up they shot! Even my back-up doctor said he had never seen anything raise someones platelets like that. That struck my curiosity, so I bought a home kit, and a book for acute treatment, and started treating my family for colds, flu's, bruises, burns, sprains, and anything I could. A year later, my then 4 1/2 year old son contracted a viral rash on his chest and stomach called mollescum contagiosum, that just wouldn't go away. But I was leery of having him treated conventionally for it, not wanting to create any new lasting side effects. Well, one trip to the homeopath, and the itchy bumps that can take 4 years to go away, were vanishing, and completely gone within a few weeks. A year later, I attended a few beginning classes on homeopathy. There I started to learn the philosophy, which really resonated with me. By the end of the third and final class, I knew I was meant to become a homeopath! Soon after taking the beginning classes, I joined a study group, and eventually studied formally at the Homeopathic Academy of Southern California. During the early stages of learning about homeopathy, I had an unfortunate incident with a door and a finger (on the hand of that old injury), which seemed to bring back all the unhealed pain left in my hand. Well, it turns out that the incident was actually quite fortunate, because I then treated the trauma and pain in my hand with homeopathic remedies, which not only brought much relief, but also healed the pain in my hand left by the car accident. Since then the list of ailments physically, mentally, and emotionally, that have healed in me through the use of homeopathy is quite a long one! Today, I no longer suffer from many issues I had thought were just part of my life, and my children are the healthiest they've ever been, rarely missing any school. My intense love and appreciation of this amazing medicine, and my desire to help others, has brought healing to many people with a wide range of age and symptoms. And, I look forward to helping many many more on their own path to greater health and freedom from suffering!
Until the universe came to my rescue, when a car accident stopped me in my tracks. After my left hand hit and cracked my windshield, it blew up in size and was taken over by a red hot pain I had never experienced before. I was then diagnosed with RSD, an extremely painful and disabling nervous disorder caused by trauma. Here is where I would love to say I found homeopathy, but that was not the case.... not yet. Instead I spent the next 8 months in recovery, going to several doctors, physical therapists, an osteopath, and an acupuncturist, all while being told not to expect to fully recover.
The reason I'm telling this story is, because even though I didn't find homeopathy for a few more years, my path as a healer had begun. I knew after that accident, that I was to find a new route in life, and that their must have been some meaning to my suffering. I refused to believe that at 26, I was to lose the ability of my hand, and be in pain for the rest of my life. I then began meditating intensely while working with my healers, and I recovered far more than anyone believed I would. Only a small amount of pain and weakness remained in my hand. Believing that was as good as it would get, I was satisfied.
As I was still struggling to find my new path in life, I was first gifted with motherhood, and became pregnant with my son. Pregnancy with a weakened body proved quite challenging, and though I was excited to become a mommy, I was reminded of some of the other injuries I incurred, and I was in pain. Soon after my sons birth, I found a form of yoga called Kundalini, which brought me a great deal of strength and relief. So, 3 years later, when I became pregnant again, determined to have a happier pregnancy free from pain, I plunged into the pre-natal version of this yoga, and became a pre-natal yoga instructor. This proved to make a huge difference, and instead of having trouble moving, and being bedridden for any part of that pregnancy, I was moving easily, keeping up with my 3 year old, and feeling pretty good, teaching right up until a week before my daughter was born. With the desire to do many things more naturally with this pregnancy, I decided to have a home birth, and began learning more natural ways to keep myself and my family healthy.
This is where homeopathy comes in: During this pregnancy my blood platelets began dropping dangerously close to a number that would mean only a hospital birth, until some dabbling with homeopathic remedies by my midwife, and up they shot! Even my back-up doctor said he had never seen anything raise someones platelets like that. That struck my curiosity, so I bought a home kit, and a book for acute treatment, and started treating my family for colds, flu's, bruises, burns, sprains, and anything I could. A year later, my then 4 1/2 year old son contracted a viral rash on his chest and stomach called mollescum contagiosum, that just wouldn't go away. But I was leery of having him treated conventionally for it, not wanting to create any new lasting side effects. Well, one trip to the homeopath, and the itchy bumps that can take 4 years to go away, were vanishing, and completely gone within a few weeks. A year later, I attended a few beginning classes on homeopathy. There I started to learn the philosophy, which really resonated with me. By the end of the third and final class, I knew I was meant to become a homeopath! Soon after taking the beginning classes, I joined a study group, and eventually studied formally at the Homeopathic Academy of Southern California. During the early stages of learning about homeopathy, I had an unfortunate incident with a door and a finger (on the hand of that old injury), which seemed to bring back all the unhealed pain left in my hand. Well, it turns out that the incident was actually quite fortunate, because I then treated the trauma and pain in my hand with homeopathic remedies, which not only brought much relief, but also healed the pain in my hand left by the car accident. Since then the list of ailments physically, mentally, and emotionally, that have healed in me through the use of homeopathy is quite a long one! Today, I no longer suffer from many issues I had thought were just part of my life, and my children are the healthiest they've ever been, rarely missing any school. My intense love and appreciation of this amazing medicine, and my desire to help others, has brought healing to many people with a wide range of age and symptoms. And, I look forward to helping many many more on their own path to greater health and freedom from suffering!
"The stronger the doubt, the greater the awakening."
~Albert Einstein~