AboutTHE FORGOTTEN PEACE: HEALING TRAUMA THROUGH QIGONG

I termed “the forgotten peace” as the joy that is stolen when trauma disrupts your life, as it did mine. Trauma, according to medical intuitive and best-selling author, Caroline Myss is:

“………….any experience that shatters our capacity to
reason our way through it. And, by reason, I mean
anything that shatters our sense of trust, justice ,or our
feeling that we can protect ourselves from the unknown”.  (Myss, Caroline & James Finley, PhD., CD, Transforming Trauma, Session Six)

Qigong is an ancient Chinese healing practice and is the third leg of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the other two are acupuncture and herbal medicine. These meditative exercises clear the blockages in the meridians, or energy channels, used in acupuncture. Many usually regard qigong as healing the physical body; however, it also applies to the mental/emotional and spiritual body.

Qigong is in my paternal lineage. In practicing these exercises daily, I was able to heal from trauma. My experiences included cancer, emotional, physical, sexual, and racial abuse, as well as my family escaping from Communist persecution in China.  I was only 3 ½ years old when my whole world was turned upside down.

I also used qigong with my psychotherapy clients in the mid-80s when my entire clientele consisted of survivors of child sexual abuse. At that time, there was no formal training for this field, and I soon realized that “talk therapy” stopped short of the total healing process.

Because qigong was instrumental in my healing from the effects of trauma, i.e., post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, I began to teach my clients these exercises. My clients became calmer, and at the same time, were able to rapidly open the blockages of repressed memories. They were then able to process and release these memories in a safe environment.

More than two decades later, recent clinical research I have read, i.e, Belleruth Naparstek’s Invisible Heroes, validate this finding.

Because trauma isolates, this is an arena where survivors can share their stories of healing with each other. I am setting up this blog to let those who have been traumatized in any way know that healing can take place.

Because families and friends so often want to help but feel powerless to do so, this is a forum where they can learn about the effects of trauma and how they can help.

Because practitioners can acquire post-traumatic stress disorder from continually hearing despicable stories of abuse and violence,  I envision a  community of  practitioners who need support as they do this crucial work.

As these communities build, my mission is to offer a forum for educating, supporting, and healing trauma.  To that end, this blog will:

  • introduce qigong as a viable modality for healing trauma
  • teach qigong classes, other meditative practices live, and via video downloads;
  • provide webinar presentations;
  • present live interviews with known practitioners in this field;
  • offer remote group healings;
  • offer individual healing sessions

Please join me as we journey to healing from trauma and finding the peace that has been forgotten.