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Happy Newsletter
Hello Reader,
Hope you are well and happy!
You might have noticed that I'm slipping into a new routine of sending newsletters every second week. I might return to weekly at some point but currently, the PhD stuff is absorbing my energy.
Talking about energy, I'm really getting into energy healing. After years of health mismanagement (hello super drunken sleepless nights, binge eating, smoking and believing that I can do 'it all'), I have a number of health issues. The worst ones are looked after, have been reduced or disappeared. But there are still some leftovers lurking in different parts of my body.
I started with acupuncture to get my severe eczema and fatigue under control. Acupuncture is energy medicine (yoga is too) but I didn't stop there. For a few months, I have been playing with visualising which can also trigger healing. But over the last weeks, I've immersed myself further in energy medicine, learning about meridians (used in acupuncture and acupressure), chakras (important in yoga) and aura. I learned about grounding and tapping into universal energy resources.
Now, I cannot see energy and I'm not even sure what to believe about these techniques and thought schools. But I can tell you that life has become lighter and more joyful. I feel like things got unstuck and are flowing again. There are some corners, I still need to dust and air, but they are getting less.
Rationally, it even makes sense. Even though our society is not open to such beliefs, except for some people who are always viewed as a bit odd, energy medicine has been practised around the world for millennia. Western science has researched and confirmed many of the techniques. Yet, we rather pop a Panadol instead of clearing our heads or grounding ourselves.
Energy and mass are interchangeable, according to Einstein. So, everything is energy. Why wouldn't energy healing make sense then? If you secretly want to try it, imagine that a cord, waterfall or beam of light connects your tailbone with the centre of the earth and grounds you. Do that a few times and see if you gain more clarity. Let me know if you do!
As always, have a happy week!
Anja
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