Aloha,
My wife had chronic migraine and body pain before she found Spring Forest Qigong. Her specialists were throwing around Fibromyalgia to her too. Here is the cliff notes version as found on the Spring Forest Qigong website and his Born a Healer book.
Much Love, Shawn
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“I am virtually pain free through the practice of the active exercises and meditation. I have a very deep belief that Spring Forest Qigong works and have witnessed the healing of others that I’ve worked with.”
Darcie Gustine, Former Elementary School Teacher
Stillwater, MN
Migraine Headaches, Chronic, and Debilitating Pain
In October of 1993 I began seeing doctors about my constant migraine
headache. I was tested for brain tumors and other serious ailments. Nothing was found. I was given pain medication. Nothing helped. I did biofeedback. I knew how to relax. I went to physical therapy with minimal results. Over one year later, I still had not experienced even a moment’s relief from the constant pain of a migraine headache.
I went to yet another doctor of many who specialized in chronic pain. He examined me and wrote a five-page document explaining the immense pain it was evident that I incessantly lived with. He recommended that I be placed on permanent disability and that I should not be expected to work to support myself. The state would need to financially assist me the remainder of my life. I was thirty years old at the time.
When the neurologist said that there was nothing left that the medical community could do to help me, other than prescribe drugs to try and manage my pain, I was forced to find my way into the world of alternative health care. I tried many things. Not covered by insurance at that time, and thousands of dollars later, I finally found something called network chiropractic.
I worked with Carol Jillian four times a week for four years. My headaches were gone and the rest of my muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems were healing. My quality of life was slowly improving, but I was in constant pain and absolutely racked with it if I missed an appointment. I could also never sleep through the night because of muscle spasms that would never release on their own.
I needed something more. I needed to learn how to make my pain go away myself. I needed strategies. I longed for a more powerful healing modality that I could do by myself for myself. In August of 1997, I found it when I found Master Lin, the funny Chinese guy teaching at Anoka Ramsey Community College here in Minnesota.
During the first minutes of class, I knew I was in the right place. The philosophies of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the concept of energy channels, the need for balancing our body’s energy and how we did that naturally when we slept, all made sense to me. Then, Master Lin gave me strategies; ways that I could keep this energy flowing through all of my body. These active exercises were simple, yet powerful tools that I could utilize myself to remove my own pain and heal my body.
The next evening, I had the opportunity to try what I had learned. I woke at 3:00 a.m., as I usually did, writhing in pain. My back had spasmed and would not release. I talked myself into sitting up on the edge of my bed to do one of the simple exercises that Chunyi had taught the night before. I did it seven times. I didn’t think that was giving it a fair shake, so I dedicated myself to fifteen minutes. I began to feel the tingling sensation I had experienced in class, so I decided to continue the exercise for another fifteen minutes. After a half an hour of doing a simple qigong movement, half my pain had disappeared! I became very excited and continued until I had completed this one simple active exercise for a total of an hour, and ALL my pain had completely disappeared. I lied back down in bed and fell soundly asleep. I woke the next morning feeling euphorically refreshed. I hadn’t slept that well in over four years. I was a believer. Spring Forest Qigong worked.
I went on to Spring Forest Qigong, Level Two. At this time of my life, my mom was experiencing a health crisis. I told her I had learned some strategies to help heal others in this class. If she were agreeable, I would work with her. She was willing to receive a healing, and I was willing to help. The results were fantastic. Her pain vanished. She began learning Spring Forest Qigong techniques for herself and became my greatest advocate for continuing my Spring Forest Qigong education.
I wanted to truly understand Spring Forest Qigong, and I was in such need of the healings Chunyi gave in class. I repeated these two classes over and over again until I was ready for Level Three. I had barely completed Level Three when again; I had the opportunity to put to use what I had just learned. I received a heart-broken phone call from my distraught mom. Her brother had just been diagnosed with tumors on his adrenal glands. He had to have surgery, but it would be a dangerous one to perform. The doctors were worried about nicking the glands and poisoning his body. They were also worried that the tumors were not contained and cancer could be spreading throughout his body.
My mom was terrified. She had lost both her parents to ugly battles of cancer. My response was to tell her that she didn’t need to react to the news in that way. There was a much more beneficial thing to do. I told her about long distance healing. I told her she could empower herself and the situation rather than submit to despair. I encouraged her to visualize a healing for her brother, and I would do one as well.
When we said goodbye, I began my meditation. It was amazing. Words, actually, commands came into my mind. I told my uncle’s body exactly what it needed to do. I told the tumors to encase themselves in a thin skin so the doctors would not be concerned about them spreading. I then asked for the tumors to be attached to the adrenal glands with fatty tissue so the doctors could remove them easily. And finally, I asked that my uncle take his medical ordeal as an omen and quit his job that was causing such severe stress in his life and making him miserable. It was a powerful meditation. I was in awe of how commanding my thoughts were. I knew I had done what could be done for him, felt really positive about it, and gave up all concern. I literally went on vacation.
Two weeks later, my mom called and updated me on my uncle’s condition. She said the surgery went very well, but that the doctors had considered it extremely strange. First, the tumors were encased in a skin-like ball so they weren’t at all concerned about the spreading of a disease. Next, these tumor-balls were each attached to their corresponding adrenal gland with a string of fatty tissue, so it was easy to remove the tumors without accidental injury to the adrenal glands. And you’ll never guess, my mom went on, my uncle had decided to take his experience as an omen and he quit his job.
Amazing, I know. All I did was apply what I had learned. Who am I to facilitate these healings? I am you. I am people you know. We all can heal. We all can help others heal. It’s knowledge and strategies that Chunyi Lin has learned from part of his culture’s healing community, and he is willing to teach this to all who wish to learn. His desire is to have a healer in every family and a world without pain.
I have joined Chunyi in this vision. I have been studying with him intensely since my first class in 1997. I continually repeat all of his classes over and over again. I have never left a class without learning something new. I love what I know. I love feeling so empowered about my own health, and I love helping others.
[This message has been edited by Shawn_Grim (edited October 20, 2004).]
