Healing MS
Kate Milliken is a video producer in NYC who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in December 2006, at 34. Although there can be ups and downs as this disease progresses, conventional medicine sees MS as incurable.
So it was a bit surprising when a year after her diagnosis, Milliken’s next MRI came back clean.
Not only were there no new lesions, meaning the disease had not progressed, but also, the lesion seen on her first MRI had faded significantly. Her March 2009 MRI was the same.
Like most people facing a devastating diagnosis, Milliken’s first response was to receive conventional medical treatment. Several months later that she reached for yoga to help her cope, inadvertently embarking on a healing journey that took her far beyond coping.
Milliken started looking at her life, and herself, differently. She slowed down, exercised less, went to sleep earlier, became more present. She continued yoga, followed a complicated regime under the guidance of an osteopath, and received Reiki.
This is not a case of Reiki curing anything. Reiki is one of many healing practices and treatments in this story.
This is an encouraging picture of how one woman took an integrative approach to a debilitating illness with stunningly positive results. Milliken’s story is an example that can inspire people addressing MS, or any serious disease, to courageously engage in maintaining their wellness and their well-being in ways that are meaningful to them and that don’t stop at what conventional medicine has to offer.
Milliken details her treatment choices in an article published in Marie-Claire magazine.
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This is awesome! Love hearing these wonderful testimonies with Reiki as a healing practice.
I agree with Kate! I, too, have MS. I was diagnosed more than thirty years ago. I’ve been through almost all of the conventional treatments, have had times of remission and times of very sudden disease progression. I’ve gone through paralysis from the waist down, near-complete blindness, loss of bladder and bowel control, you name it.
I started my Yoga practice about nine years ago. I knew I was on the right track when, about a year into my practice, my legs were paralyzed. I couldn’t get into any of the asanas I’d been using. Sam Dworkis (a yoga teacher who also has MS) was my mentor at the time. He advised me to just sit and envision my legs moving into the poses. I did that. After a few weeks, my legs started to move of their own accord during my visualization. I recovered almost completely from that bout with MS, and am now able to carry on with a fulfilling Yoga practice that helps me beat any lingering effects of MS.
Then Reiki came into the picture. I’ve been a practitioner for two years. During my daily self-healing session, I could actually feel the layers of dis-ease being stripped away. When I went for my annual neurological exam a few weeks ago, all of my tests were improved over the past year except for the function of my left hand. No surprise there — my left hand was not very useful even before MS.
I wanted my neurologist to order an MRI; I was eager to see if the lesions had disappeared. He didn’t want to order it, though. He suggested that the results would likely be disappointing, that the MRI would show my condition as worse than my symptoms warrant. Now, though, I wish I hadn’t given in to his suggestion. I know in my heart that Yoga and Reiki have teamed up to overcome the effects of MS in my life.
May I mention the findings of your MRI when I next approach him about ordering one for me? Your story is inspiring, and a great source of hope for fellow MS patients. Most importantly, it might be just the nudge that conventional doctors, beginning with my neurologist, need to investigate Reiki’s effect on diseases such as MS.
Thank you for your story!
There’s some significant information to add to my post about MS. I forgot to mention that I’d previously used three of the injectible medications for MS, with very few positive results. I had been on Imuran (to suppress my immune system) for the past seven years. Last year I stopped taking it, and didn’t substitute another drug for it. So there’s no chance that conventional medicine was responsible for the improvement in my condition. It had to be Yoga and Reiki!
I am amazed at these stories. I was diagnosed three years ago with MS, at the age of 45. I had been a runner prior to an accident that caused me not to be able to run (had no idea this was an MS exacerbation.) For the first year after diagnosis, I kept running into things that mentioned yoga, and I had ignored them. I began doing yoga about six months ago, and have noticed a huge improvement in my overall health. I had a very bad exacerbation in February, which landed me in a neuro ICU for ten days, but about a month ago, I began meditating and yoga practice again. I have noticed a huge difference in my symptoms; my gait has improved significantly. I’m almost a little nervous to start on Tysabri this Monday; I have been doing well since beginning yoga again. I guess I was being divinely guided to begin a formal yoga practice; I notice that the following day, I have an easier time getting out of bed. Yoga has helped me get back some of what I have lost with MS. I highly recommend it!