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The Power of Chi-Lel
The Mind-Body Connection - Ginny's
Story.
Introduction: NEVER underestimate or overlook
the power of the mind-body connection when you become ill. The power to
heal yourself begins when you look deeply into any unresolved issues that
you carry within you. By refusing to hide behind poisonous prescription
medications, drugs, alcohol or food, and by facing the issues head on,
THAT is when you begin to truly heal! Many, if not all illness - and so
called accidents - are created by unresolved issues, some dating back to
birth. Unresolved issues manifest on a physical level where they slowly
corrupt the cells within your body until YOU decide to release them.
This is a true story of a brave lady who refused
to give in to cancer - a woman who faced her inner issues, released them
and healed her body of cancer. Ginny Walden turned to Chi-Lel, the power
of CHI - the natural life force energy present within every living thing
- to heal herself completely.
The cancer healing journey of a national champion
swimmer,
Ginny Walden, Honolulu, Haiwaii.
Aloha Friends!
Here is my complete Testimonial, up to date,
as of 4-30-2000.
As a child I was an avid swimmer and athlete. When I was 17, I was training
for the 1964 Olympics and broke the national record for the 1500 meter
Freestyle. All my life I was health conscious. I did not smoke or eat a
lot of junk food. For a period I drank alcohol lightly. My diet was full
of vegetables and fruits and not a lot of meat, but I did eat dairy, sweets
and red meat. When I was 21 I moved from NY to Santa Fe, NM to pursue my
calling as an artist. Now at 53 I have been a sculptor, classical and flamenco
guitarist, and an unconventional teacher for over 30 years.
Then in August 1997 I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Advanced breast
cancer. Actually, 2 years before, my healing had begun. At that time
I let go of some destructive patterns in my life and began to feel truly
happy. So when they told me I had had cancer 8-10 years I couldn't connect
with the illness. I told my doctors that just because I now knew that I
had cancer for ten years didn't mean I was going to stop being happy! So
I began treatment with a positive attitude. The oncologist said with great
seriousness that the AMA now approves a positive attitude. I laughed and
asked "And how much does that cost?." A native American shaman told me
that if I knew I had cancer ( in other words I am not in denial) and I
could not "connect" to it, then it has no home, no place to land, and that
it would leave my body. Also I went to talk to Dorje, a Tibetan monk connected
with the Dalai Lama in Santa Fe. I asked him about cancer. He said "Ginny,
do not be fearful. Fear increases illness. Do whatever medicine
you choose, it does not matter. Just be joyful, be happy! Do what makes
you happy!". This appealed to me so I maintained a truly joyful attitude
throughout the next 9 months of treatment.
Acupuncture - Cancer Diet
Being mystical by nature but also having an inquiring mind I was praying
to the Universe that I would not have to go through treatment and was searching
through alternative therapies. The doctor was strongly against this and
said I would be dead if I chose alternative. That was a strong fear message
and I wondered why he didn't just say "let's try everything!". He said
I had an aggressive cancer and needed surgery, 3 months of chemotherapy
(Adriamyicin and Taxol, a bit higher than normal dose), stem cell rescue
and 6000 rads of radiation. I started praying and decided to begin acupuncture.
My acupuncturist (I called him my "real" doctor) knew how to treat cancer
patients. He suggested I lower my high stress levels by taking his Mind
Body Stress Reduction program which entailed a little yoga, meditation
and a body scan (1 hour a day) I brought my stress levels down 60%. I also
chose a macrobiotic diet for breast cancer (Michio Kushi, The Cancer Prevention
Diet) and cut out dairy, red meats and animal fats, sugar, stimulants and
foods that create mucus. Then I went into surgery.
Surgery
The surgeon did not believe in mastectomy. She said cancer cells are
left in the body anyway. Her specialty was large breast tumors and I am
grateful for a small scar only 1.5 inches long! She took out a tumor from
my right breast the size of an orange and found 21 out of 23 lymph nodes
positive. She had to sever the nerve in my right arm to get the lymph nodes.
I was diagnosed with a Grade 1 slow growing cancer, ductal carcinoma, Stage
3 Advanced breast cancer. I stopped chemotherapy after the first week to
research more alternatives. The doctor was alarmed saying no-one stops
chemo, but I insisted I needed 2 weeks to do more research on alternatives.
He did say I had a slow growing cancer so I figured I could take off two
weeks. But I could not find anything that would (note) convince my MIND
that something other would work, so I continued treatment.
Stem Cell Rescue Therapy
I sailed through 3 months of chemo with no nausea, a good appetite,
no diarrhea and my blood counts stayed normal! I attribute this to acupuncture
(balancing of CHI) and his MBSR program (also balancing CHI). The nurses
were amazed that my blood counts stayed normal. Then after a short break,
I started stem cell rescue. Meanwhile I made a cassette of "Don't Worry
Be Happy" by Bobbi McFerrin and played it continuously daily to keep my
spirits up. Stem cell rescue is a rigorous and dangerous procedure. I insisted
in going as an out patient to the clinic. I did not choose to be in the
hospital because I thought I might be more vulnerable to infection there.
This time they take out 5 bags of induced harvest of stem cells through
a port in my neck and freeze them. Then they give me 3 High Dose Chemo
drugs a day, 8 hours a day, for 2 days. After that supposedly a majority
of cancer cells( (IF they are there, they really can't measure) are killed
off (as well as all fast growing cells like the lining of my digestive
system and white blood cells!) and they give me back the stem cells, hopefully"
new blood". A good plan but unfortunately many die from the procedure.
I got nauseas, fainted twice, couldn't eat, got endless nosebleeds and
internal bleeding. But I laughed the whole way through it! It was so bizarre
and so outside my experience as an athlete and healthy person I just couldn't
relate to it. After the High Dose Chemo they give the stem cells back and
it takes 10 days for the new blood to function. On the ninth day I got
a slight fever. Because my white blood cell counts were below 50 (and maybe
one, since they cannot measure below 50!) I had no way to protect myself
from infection so I was put into the hospital. The nurses there said it
was unheard of to come in on the ninth day!
The Mind-Body Connection - the Source of Illness
Discovered and Released.
In the hospital, they told me I would be there a month and a half or
two before my blood counts would rise to a safe level. I was in an isolation
room with red flags on the door to indicate I was neutropoenic and vulnerable
to infection. So I could not have visitors and would be alone a lot. I
said to myself, I can do this, and proceeded to fix up my room. It was
10 o'clock at night. All was quiet and I went into the bathroom to wash
from the sink. I looked into the mirror and I saw Tweetie Bird. I was bald
for the second time, had lost 12 pounds, had dark hollows under my eyes
and pale skin. In that moment a miracle happened.
My mother was unable to give me unconditional love When I was 2 months
old she threw me around. Where does the fear go? Into the cells and
it stays locked there until someday I give myself that unconditional love.
I believe this is the underlying condition that was my dis-ease. I
needed to really love me. In that moment I felt this deep compassion for
my body. Tears came down my cheeks as I slowly and gently bathed my body
the way a mother would bathe an infant. I pressed the hot washcloth against
my skin with love and compassion. Each touch was full of CHI. (I
was doing Chi-Lel and did not know it yet.) Afterwards I felt lighter and
happy. I went to bed and I said to the Universe: "I know I will get through
this, and when I do I want to help with healing others. There are too many
people suffering through cancer treatment. I want to help. Show me how
and I will do it. My life will feel totally fulfilled. "Then I went to
sleep and I had a dream. The Dalai Lama came to me in a tall triangular
crystal. He had his hands in a praying position and looked up at me and
said "Now Ginny, remember, BE JOYFUL!"
I woke up at sunrise that morning feeling energetic and happy. I danced
around the room singing "Don't Worry Be Happy". The nurse came in and took
my blood as usual. The Italian doctor came in to check the report. He threw
his hands up into the air in surprise exclaiming "WHAT!?" and the nurses
came running. He said "Yesterday her white blood cell counts were 600,
now they are 13,000! How can that be?" The nurses said they had seen stem
cell rescue patients for 5 years and had never seen this! The next day
my counts were 22,000 and I was sent home. I was in the hospital a total
of 4 days! How do I explain this? I believe it was CHI. After this
two people in my cancer support group went through the same procedure.
They both died.
Chi-Lel
Healing Stories
Chi-Lel
Recovering from this I still believed that my body could heal itself.
I was looking for a common denominator that could heal my immune system.
When you ask you get an answer. A friend said to try Spinal Qigong. She
had had a uterine tumor (malignant) 15 years ago. She was taught by the
top master in the USA and she practiced 5 hours a day. In two months she
went through a lot of pain but her tumor disappeared completely. She continued
to practice for 2 years. She never did any other treatment. To this day
she is cancer free. I thought that this was for me. We did 20 minutes doing
4 exercises using breathing and arm circular movements but there was no
engagement of the mind. I was weak from chemo toxins. My knees and joints
hurt, I got dizzy and was very weak and found this difficult to do. Then
my acupuncturist gave me the video and book on Chi-Lel Qigong. I watched
the video. When I saw that bladder tumor disappear in less than 40 seconds
and when I saw the students who were healed giving back to others , I knew
I had found what I was looking for. I started practicing immediately. When
you find what you ask for everything begins to flow.
Luke Chan.
Luke Chan
A remote friend of a friend called from L.A. to tell me Luke Chan was
doing a workshop there. She lived 10 minutes from the workshop, I could
stay at her house and use her extra car. All I needed was a plane ticket.
That week a sculpture sold and I went to my first Chi-Lel Qigong Workshop.
I beamed at Luke the whole time. I felt energized, happy and knowing in
my heart of hearts that CHI was the common denominator I was looking
for. Luke took me aside and gave me some advice. He said "Ginny, because
you believe in CHI and because I know you will do the work, if you
do THREE Wall Squats a day for 100 days in succession, your cancer WILL
go into remission." He had seen it happen before.
The Power of the Mind
He also said because the video account of the bladder tumor disappearing
got my spirits up that I could visualize those doctors' hands, Dr. Pang
Ming's hands and lots of hands delivering chi to me while I am waiting
on the bed for the radiation beam. Then when the beam went on to see cobalt
blue sky coming into my breast area. I did this faithfully each treatment.
They told me I was getting 6'000 rads (1000 rads will kill you if given
all at once!) over a period of 6 weeks, 5 days a week.
They said I would get severely burned and to prepare. So I bought some
Chinese burn ointment. At the same time I re-discovered my spoons I had
"bent" 15 years ago. I realized this was gross evidence of CHI at
work and this increased my belief. If a thought could bring CHI
into that spoon and bend it, what would it be doing in my body to cancer
cells? So each day they zapped me 4 times with radiation I visualized.
I also had started my 100 day gong of :30 LCUPCD daily and attempting Wall
Squats. At the end of 6 weeks, the last day of treatment, the tech looked
hesitantly under my gown and looked puzzled. She asked Ginny, you are hardly
even pink! Are you visualizing?" I said "Yes! Like Mad!" and she said they
had one other patient who was a red-head with fair skin who didn't get
burned either. She went to a hypnotist. This is another account
of the Mind-Body connection and its healing validity.
Book and DVD.
In June 1998 my treatment was over and I began to repair myself, taking
supplements, doing the Blood Type diet, resting and practicing Chi-Lel
faithfully every day. I was doing :30L CUPCD in the morning and evening,
10-25 Wall Squats daily with some trouble with joint pain from chemo toxins,
and La Chi :30 daily (1.5 hrs) and slowly working up to the recommended
3 hrs. a day for cancer. I was also reading the stories of the 101 Miracles
daily. This sustained my belief and gave me the spirit to get through
the hard days.
No Fear!
Within 2 weeks after treatment I was swimming a mile a day. A month
later I made a steep 3 hour climb up a mountain and was not even sore the
next day! (As an athlete I know that I get sore after a long period of
time with no exercise.) How could this be? It had to be CHI unblocking
in my body. Then after 5 months practice I experienced pain in my right
breast where the lumpectomy was, pain in my sternum bone, slight swelling
under my right arm and I couldn't extend my right forearm completely and
felt the fascia like tight runner bands, and there was large swelling between
my thumb and forefinger (an important acupuncture point). What was this?
Cancer coming back? I felt the fear programming try to come back in. Should
I go to myoncologist? I decided not to. I knew he would program my mind
back into that fearful place.
Wall Squat - move up and down.
It is very difficult initially.
Instead I decided to have faith in the first story in the book about
Teacher Ren and how he held his arms up for 8 hours and healed his heart.
If he could hold his arms up so long, maybe I could attempt :30 of Push
Pulls! So I started with that form and the La Chi with Chi Massage on the
breast area using:30 continuing to do100 wall squats a day (see
image above), and :30 LCUPCD twice daily. Then when I was doing
the Chi Massage I experienced the "chi worm" effect. First my palm got
so hot it felt like it like as hot as an iron! I sent the Chi in with compassion
for the area, telling it it was ok, well, cured, cancer gone. Then I felt
this worm-like movement burrowing through my breast tissue. Wherever it
went the pain disappeared. The Push-Pulls were very difficult to do because
I felt pain in my shoulders. I would do as many as I could, then put may
hands on my navel and rest, then attempt more until I completed :30 minutes.
Again, Teacher Ren's story sustained me. After 3 weeks everything returned
to normal. I had healed myself! This was totally self-empowering.
First Retreat
Meanwhile people were coming to my house to join me in the practice.
Others began feeling results. We practiced together using the video. I
went to my first retreat in October 1998 at Sedona. I broke the barrier
and did 45 Wall Squats. It was an exhilarating workshop and I decided to
become an instructor. I increased my hours to three daily and focused on
Push-Pulls to prepare for my next retreat. Meanwhile my medical reports
showed no evidence of cancer. I was in remission!
My femur neck bones however showed considerable weakness while my spine
was stronger than normal for my age. The doctor was puzzled. I figured
it was Chi effects. At one point I was determined to bring my blood counts
back to normal (after stem cell they stay at a lower range) and I got "obsessed".
Then my blood counts actually went down! So Luke advised not to be obsessed
because it blocks the Chi. He said just keep doing it and enjoying the
practice and do not expect anything. I took his advice.
Slowly I detoxed, hot flashes went away, I slept soundly, my energy
came back rather quickly, my weight regulated. I experienced Chi effects
like pain in the ankles, joint pain, lots of sweats, meridians sparking
and popping and buzzing, tingling in palms and surges of heat in several
areas during the day or night. Food tasted really good and my appetite
was normal. Two planters warts disappeared which was an indication my immune
system was well. My heart opened , I still feel joy daily and like everyone
is my family.
Certified Instructor - Visit to China
I went to the Glen Ivy Retreat in March 1999 and became a certified
instructor. I taught over 800 people in Santa Fe, New Mexico with many
positive results. Then I went to China with Sal Debari that June for 2
weeks. We received healing Chi from 7 different Chi-lel masters. We met
Jin Lao-Shi and he looked at me and said I had healed myself of cancer!
( He had just healed 51 people in 50 days of cancer!) I saw Sals swelling
lymph node on his neck disappear in ten minutes when Jin Lao-Shi sent Chi
to him. The masters said they would continue to send Chi to me at 4:30
daily for one month when I returned to NM. Each day I sat down and received
Chi from them and felt Chi tingles up through my palms and all over my
body all the way from China!
Hawaii
Then I got the calling to move to Hawaii to continue my healing and
to teach Chi-Lel. I am also that much closer to China. (I will never forget
the joyful loving spirit of the seven masters and the wonder of that experience!).
It is two years and eight months since my diagnosis and I am still cancer
free!
Now in Hawaii I have gone to another level of healing: the emotional
plane. I am also still detoxing from radiation. But my body is stronger
than before I had cancer and my energy is steady and full. My emotions
have been clearing away old patterns. At first I cried a lot, during Wall
Squats especially. Now after 9 months in Hawaii I feel refreshed and renewed
and balanced on the emotional plane. I went through some difficult times
here and the Chi-Lel practice sustained my energy and emotional balance.
I am instructing here and many are responding. There is a strong request
and energy going toward creating a retreat center here for Chi-Lel. The
Aloha here is like being among Chi-Lel people; no judgments, just a lot
of love and joy and support. I practice daily 3-4 hours a day and I am
curious to see where Chi-Lel is going to take me! My whole life has changed
dramatically for the better. My physical health is now just a small part
of this change. I feel like I have something to give back, just like the
teachers that moved me on the video. Now I am one of those teachers and
I know why we want to give back. My life feels totally fulfilled as I make
real the promise I made in the hospital.
Luke Chan conducts workshops across
the USA, China and Europe.
I find what makes Chi-Lel so effective is the sustained interest for
the mind through the use of the audio tales. This must be the key. I learned
a fact recently that it is now proven that the
cells of the brain and the cells of the immune system are THE SAME CELLS!
This means the immune system has a brain. When we talk to our
bodies, our bodies listen. This is the wisdom and power of Chi-Lel. I am
using this in group healing as a focus as well as in my own practice, using
affirmations that focus on the result, and how does the mind see this visually?
I can use on all levels: physically, emotionally and spiritually. The mind
is serving Chi. I am full of gratitude daily for Chi-Lel and see this practice
as on the crest of the wave for mind-body healing.
Thank you, Mahalo Nui Loa, Dr.Pang Ming for this gift and for my life.
- http://www.chilel.com
Chi-Lel only takes 15 minutes and is very easy for anyone to
do - It is a series of slow movements, like Tai-Chi but not as complex.
Wall
squatting IS difficult and takes time and patience. Fa-Chi can
be done anywhere anytime - simply cup your hands, palm and fingertips facing,
then slowly move your hands in and out - feel the Chi!
CHI
What is Chi and how does it work.,
including a section on Luke Chan and Chi-Lel.
CANCER
Strategies that work.
