The nightmares included her grandfather dying and seeing him sick, so we deduced that this was related to the death of her grandfather a year ago. Had severe digestive a couple months later and went to the hospital but was told it was emotional not physical which would corroborate this inference. She also lost a lot of weight and gained a lot of weight post-death. Also learned she had an early death in the family when she was 2. Her Uncle died, had an accident. She doesn’t remember it herself, but as children, we take on the tenor of our family (the vibes of those around us). It appeared her grandfather’s death poked her in the same wound.

Had a lot of health fears around things happening, people dying (find out the name of the phobia). She also had a pathological connection to her family. In Chinese medicine, at age 7-8 we’re supposed to be able to leave our families’ side and trust that everyone will be safe and well, we’re secure enough in ourselves to believe that we will be, too. However, at 29, this client was afraid to move away from home. In Chinese medicine, what this means is that she had a root belief of not being safe. Not being safe within herself, or at home within herself.

The initial belief is not feeling safe, feeling that something terrible is going to happen at any given time. The other one is feeling that you need to be connected to someone else in order to feel whole. I provided her with mantras to support her in subconsciously reprogramming these. I also offered reframes so we could change the narrative - rewrite her story so to speak.

We connected with the spirit of her grandfather to help her make peace with his passing. In terms of energy channel, we worked a lot with chong mai (where we store past traumas in our bodies). It’s also called the sea of blood, so it’s a channel that, on a physical level, when it’s out of balance or blocked, it blocks our ability to create blood in our body from the nutrients we consume.

Chong is one of the first channels that develops in our body in utero and through our first 2-3 years of life. Chong stores all our Yin/Yang energy in our Kidneys and uses the Yang from our kidneys to ascend up to our Spleen/Pancreas in order to finance our bodies ability to absorb nutrients from the food we eat and properly digest our food. When there is a shock to Chong in the first 2-3 years of life, or later on due to a big trauma, is throws Chong out of balance and it stops of Yang energy from our Kidneys to ascending to support digestion. When we can’t assimilate our food and our nutrients properly, it ends up as a lack of blood or “blood deficiency” in our bodies. Which doesn’t necessarily mean you’re anemic, although it definitely can. It means that we don’t have enough blood to adequately support the healthy functioning of our organs, brains, uterus, immune system and every cell and tissue in our bodies. 

So when we're depleted of blood, our blood stagnantes in order to protect us. It’s a way of consolidating resources. Endometriosis is a sign of stagnant blood in the body - it is literally a misplacement and stagnation (pool) of blood in the body. As our blood stagnantes it will also create pain around the menstrual cycle when blood is meant to be flowing freely. Ovulation is a time of the month that requires the most movement and a lot of qi and yang. The taxation of blood and resources around that time will lead to pain if you’re depleted of resources. Abnormal cells also occur when there is a depletion of blood.

Going back to feeling an over attachment to her parents - Yin is a thick substance in the body that allows us to feel grounded and secure within ourselves. It’s also the substance that helps create hormones. I like to think of it as a weighted blanket almost. When we don’t feel secure within ourselves without attachment to others, our bodies will try to reproduce that sense of security by stagnating Yin. The stagnation of Yin creates weight gain and cysts (cysts are an accumulation of yin/dampness/this fluid in the body). We worked with a channel called Ren Mai, “Sea of Yin” and channel of Bonding, to help support a healthy building of Yin in the body so that the body doesn’t need to hold onto Yin in the form of mucus and masses in the body. 

We also worked with a channel called Yin Wei Mai. Yin Wei Mai is a linking vessel, meaning it links all our past experiences. When we needle into (or energetically activate) Yin Wei Mai, it’s an invitation for the person to see their past experiences in a different light. It takes the trigger off of our past experiences. It’s the PSD channel, or my teacher equates it to 30 years of therapy.

Built blood through blood building foods, e.g. red meat, cooked leafy greens, foods that are red and black).

Also yin building foods - essentially sat fat.

We stopped doing HIIT because that depletes blood and yin further. And focused on more mindfulness movements such as walks outside, pilates, weightlifting.

A lot of mindfulness practices - things to do at night before bed. Writing out everything. Saying mantras before bed, because our dreams are a reflection of our mind. Practices to protect her energy when she was walking into situations that made her nervous. 

*Cervical cyst disappeared (she had an ultrasound to confirm), painful ovulation stopped, was able to travel without fear, everyday anxiety reduced 90%, nightmares went away, cervical cells came back normal at the next checkup