Melinda Sue
The Short: Medicine Within emerged on my personal path of awakening. My journey began with a natural curiosity about how life works and why are we here and what can we do with these amazing bodies and minds? Over the years I was drawn in diverse directions...from a career as an environmental engineer working within the sustainability movement for a more healthful planet, to co-directing several wellness centers exploring the art of healing oneself, to starting a non-profit and two wellness retreats to help share that experience more deeply with others. As my exploration has progressed, I have gathered wisdom from east and west, inner and outer, working to find balance between mind and body, the feminine and masculine, the doing and the being, and ultimately the metaphysical and the mundane. It has always been my path to humbly share what I have learned with those who were interested and offer tools to help them on their own paths.
The Long: Over the last 25 years, my journey of exploration and awakening has included many things. I apprenticed in the study of the Five Elements and became a certified qigong instructor. I explored and was certified in Yoga (200hr), Reiki, and Pranic Healing. I became a licensed massage therapist with a successful private practice for many years. I went deep into the study of astrology looking for patterns and life lessons eventually giving readings to help inform and empower individuals and families illuminating their gifts to help them move through their challenges. I explored and continue to contemplate and work with the Gene Keys as a foundational tool for understanding our genetic DNA profile and the shadows and gifts we are each working with in this life. I was a caretaker of a relative dying of cancer and deepened my understanding of the disease and our relationship with death and dying. I went through the Hippocrates Health Institute Life Transformation Program when my best friend was diagnosed with Cancer a year later. I eventually had many more experiences with health, disease, and the dying process with some of the people closest to me in life. I found a profound inner catalyst emerged in many who experienced facing their deepest fears and they transformed through the journey to a renewed more empowered place in life.
I also studied with the International Academy of Consciousness going through their CDP (Consciousness Development Program) to better understand our multi-dimensional nature and the effects of our genetics and para-genetics on our experience in this life. It was profound and gave me a much more solid framework for understanding life on planet earth and my place in it, changing my relationship with my dreams, death and the human experience in general. Through all of this, I had that growing sense that at the root of so much of this "dis-ease" was our culture of stress that comes from too much doing, a disconnection with natural rhythms, a minimal understanding of our multi-dimensional nature and ultimately a lack of connection to our deeper wisdom and co-creative power.
As my awareness deepened, I founded and launched a non-profit for re-awakening feminine wisdom and helped co-create the healing sanctuary of "Luminaria". At the same time I began to study with a holder of powerful root practices for awakening from within...traditional teacher, Max Christensen and his art of KUNLUN NEI GUNG™. It was during this time, that a much deeper understanding of "re-awakening feminine wisdom" emerged as the art is a "water path" which works with the feminine magnetic aspect that informs the masculine electric or energetic aspect. The art led me to shift my intention from "healing" to "awakening", trusting the healing would transpire on its own the more connected I was to myself, nature and that higher source whatever we want to call it. As life continued to unfold I moved to Hawaii and helped establish and I continue to co-direct Honaunau Farm Wellness Retreat , a 7.5 acre permaculture farm and retreat and Mana Artisan Botanics, a wellness-driven hemp company. The two endeavors have given me a great deal of insight into people, the business world and the path we seek to fulfill ourselves in this life. A few years ago, I was introduced to the Sant Mat path which has deeply transformed my understanding of the path of self-realization, god-realization and the science of the soul and brought me to a place of surrender that is difficult to put into words.
With all this gathered wisdom, I am no longer searching for answers outside of myself and trust that everything...including medicine comes from within. I currently just do my best to live a life that supports me to stay connected within, to trust in every experience as a teacher, to be as kind as possible and be of service to life and its higher power. I continually work to cultivate deeper awareness and sustain my daily practice...and embrace the ups and downs of the human experience with gratitude as much as I am capable. As a part of my journey, I have always felt called to share with others who feel drawn in hopes it will be helpful to them on their own path.
The Long: Over the last 25 years, my journey of exploration and awakening has included many things. I apprenticed in the study of the Five Elements and became a certified qigong instructor. I explored and was certified in Yoga (200hr), Reiki, and Pranic Healing. I became a licensed massage therapist with a successful private practice for many years. I went deep into the study of astrology looking for patterns and life lessons eventually giving readings to help inform and empower individuals and families illuminating their gifts to help them move through their challenges. I explored and continue to contemplate and work with the Gene Keys as a foundational tool for understanding our genetic DNA profile and the shadows and gifts we are each working with in this life. I was a caretaker of a relative dying of cancer and deepened my understanding of the disease and our relationship with death and dying. I went through the Hippocrates Health Institute Life Transformation Program when my best friend was diagnosed with Cancer a year later. I eventually had many more experiences with health, disease, and the dying process with some of the people closest to me in life. I found a profound inner catalyst emerged in many who experienced facing their deepest fears and they transformed through the journey to a renewed more empowered place in life.
I also studied with the International Academy of Consciousness going through their CDP (Consciousness Development Program) to better understand our multi-dimensional nature and the effects of our genetics and para-genetics on our experience in this life. It was profound and gave me a much more solid framework for understanding life on planet earth and my place in it, changing my relationship with my dreams, death and the human experience in general. Through all of this, I had that growing sense that at the root of so much of this "dis-ease" was our culture of stress that comes from too much doing, a disconnection with natural rhythms, a minimal understanding of our multi-dimensional nature and ultimately a lack of connection to our deeper wisdom and co-creative power.
As my awareness deepened, I founded and launched a non-profit for re-awakening feminine wisdom and helped co-create the healing sanctuary of "Luminaria". At the same time I began to study with a holder of powerful root practices for awakening from within...traditional teacher, Max Christensen and his art of KUNLUN NEI GUNG™. It was during this time, that a much deeper understanding of "re-awakening feminine wisdom" emerged as the art is a "water path" which works with the feminine magnetic aspect that informs the masculine electric or energetic aspect. The art led me to shift my intention from "healing" to "awakening", trusting the healing would transpire on its own the more connected I was to myself, nature and that higher source whatever we want to call it. As life continued to unfold I moved to Hawaii and helped establish and I continue to co-direct Honaunau Farm Wellness Retreat , a 7.5 acre permaculture farm and retreat and Mana Artisan Botanics, a wellness-driven hemp company. The two endeavors have given me a great deal of insight into people, the business world and the path we seek to fulfill ourselves in this life. A few years ago, I was introduced to the Sant Mat path which has deeply transformed my understanding of the path of self-realization, god-realization and the science of the soul and brought me to a place of surrender that is difficult to put into words.
With all this gathered wisdom, I am no longer searching for answers outside of myself and trust that everything...including medicine comes from within. I currently just do my best to live a life that supports me to stay connected within, to trust in every experience as a teacher, to be as kind as possible and be of service to life and its higher power. I continually work to cultivate deeper awareness and sustain my daily practice...and embrace the ups and downs of the human experience with gratitude as much as I am capable. As a part of my journey, I have always felt called to share with others who feel drawn in hopes it will be helpful to them on their own path.