Melinda Sue
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 why does my body sometimes seem to provide me so much fodder for wanting to understand it all? As a child, my constitution was strong, but I had "weak links" in my system. I found myself in the hospital more than once with digestive issues and later in life discovered I had inherited some issues that seemed to come down my feminine ancestral line. Given this was my "stuff" this time around, I wanted to unearth the deeper meaning in it and "clear the patterns" that I was and am starting to so see with growing clarity.
Over the years I was drawn in diverse directions...from a career as an environmental engineer working within the sustainability movement and the health of the planet, to co-directing several wellness centers exploring the art of healing oneself. As my exploration has progressed, I have gathered wisdom from east and west, inner and outer, working to find balance between my mind and my body, the feminine and masculine, the doing and the being, and ultimately the metaphysical and the mundane.
I apprenticed in the study of the Five Elements and became a certified beginning level Qigong instructor. I explored and was certified in Reiki, Pranic Healing, Yoga Instruction and 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 move through their challenges. 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 eventually had many more experiences with disease, death and dying with some of the people closest to me in life and I found a profound inner catalyst emerged in many who experienced these great hardships. I also studied with the International Academy of Consciousness 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 to say the least 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 lack of connection to our deeper feminine wisdom..the wisdom of going within and ultimately a minimal understanding of our multi-dimensional nature.
In light of my discoveries, I founded and launched a non-profit for re-awakening feminine wisdom...with somewhat of a continued "masculine" approach that a non-profit sometimes just induces. The non-profit has been a success, and I realized it was at times coming at my own expense. In the midst of the realization and being "wiped out" I was diagnosed with Lyme's Disease. I was flat on my back in bed wondering what life was going to be like living with this crazy, sometimes insanely debilitating little creature??? After a short and very depressing bought of anger, fear and confusion cleared I felt a deepening intuitive conviction that I was going to heal naturally, from within and to the root. And after a few months of some up and down experiences, I was led out to a new home that was to become the healing sanctuary of "Luminaria", to lay down on the earth, commune with other women who shared my circumstance and to study with a holder of some of the worlds most powerful root practices for awakening from within...traditional teacher, Max Christensen.
It was during this time, that a much, much deeper understanding of "re-awakening feminine wisdom" emerged. I started to see the gift of Lyme forcing me to STOP and BE..to unearth the MEDICINE WITHIN. Following the intuition of my heart eventually led me to reconnect with nature and to explore the art of KUNLUN NEI GUNG™. 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 my true nature. As of today, I continue to follow that path and have found myself living a very healthful, fulfilling, mindful life that has moved Lyme Disease more into the background. Lyme and its symptoms are now a reminder for me to take care, stay connected, be more, do less and continue to trust what guidance emerges from within when it comes to my health and the rest of my life. The focus of my life now, is embracing my feminine essence as much as feels balanced, cultivating the magnetic field of my heart and walking the path of awakening which invariably means embracing the ups and downs of the human experience as much as I am capable. As I continue my journey, I also feel called to share with others who feel drawn to what I humbly have to offer in hopes it will be helpful to them on their path.
Over the years I was drawn in diverse directions...from a career as an environmental engineer working within the sustainability movement and the health of the planet, to co-directing several wellness centers exploring the art of healing oneself. As my exploration has progressed, I have gathered wisdom from east and west, inner and outer, working to find balance between my mind and my body, the feminine and masculine, the doing and the being, and ultimately the metaphysical and the mundane.
I apprenticed in the study of the Five Elements and became a certified beginning level Qigong instructor. I explored and was certified in Reiki, Pranic Healing, Yoga Instruction and 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 move through their challenges. 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 eventually had many more experiences with disease, death and dying with some of the people closest to me in life and I found a profound inner catalyst emerged in many who experienced these great hardships. I also studied with the International Academy of Consciousness 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 to say the least 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 lack of connection to our deeper feminine wisdom..the wisdom of going within and ultimately a minimal understanding of our multi-dimensional nature.
In light of my discoveries, I founded and launched a non-profit for re-awakening feminine wisdom...with somewhat of a continued "masculine" approach that a non-profit sometimes just induces. The non-profit has been a success, and I realized it was at times coming at my own expense. In the midst of the realization and being "wiped out" I was diagnosed with Lyme's Disease. I was flat on my back in bed wondering what life was going to be like living with this crazy, sometimes insanely debilitating little creature??? After a short and very depressing bought of anger, fear and confusion cleared I felt a deepening intuitive conviction that I was going to heal naturally, from within and to the root. And after a few months of some up and down experiences, I was led out to a new home that was to become the healing sanctuary of "Luminaria", to lay down on the earth, commune with other women who shared my circumstance and to study with a holder of some of the worlds most powerful root practices for awakening from within...traditional teacher, Max Christensen.
It was during this time, that a much, much deeper understanding of "re-awakening feminine wisdom" emerged. I started to see the gift of Lyme forcing me to STOP and BE..to unearth the MEDICINE WITHIN. Following the intuition of my heart eventually led me to reconnect with nature and to explore the art of KUNLUN NEI GUNG™. 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 my true nature. As of today, I continue to follow that path and have found myself living a very healthful, fulfilling, mindful life that has moved Lyme Disease more into the background. Lyme and its symptoms are now a reminder for me to take care, stay connected, be more, do less and continue to trust what guidance emerges from within when it comes to my health and the rest of my life. The focus of my life now, is embracing my feminine essence as much as feels balanced, cultivating the magnetic field of my heart and walking the path of awakening which invariably means embracing the ups and downs of the human experience as much as I am capable. As I continue my journey, I also feel called to share with others who feel drawn to what I humbly have to offer in hopes it will be helpful to them on their path.