What A Relief - A Way of Life to Be Enjoyed

Dear Carole -

I will always be grateful for your kindness and compassion at my first
session of counseling and neural depolarization. What a relief after years of specialists that only treated me with steroids, painkillers,antidepressants and the continuous push for invasive surgeries. I felt so comfortable telling you about my physical and emotional pains that I have endured in my life and the worst pains of the past eight years.I am amazed at the list of ailments that I suffered with (please note past-tense): fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, ADHD,bulging discs in upper neck and lower back, barometric pressure migraines, seasonal allergies, aching teeth and jaw, chronic ear and sinus infections, and arthritis in my knees, hands and feet. The spiritual tutoring has been instrumental in my understanding that I have the power to heal myself. Thank you for helping me understand that I do not have to live in a world of pain and suffering but I can create a world full of joy and health, peace and love. I appreciate all the nutrition counseling and the resources that you have provided in strengthening my body after 40 years of toxic chemicals.Ten months is a short period of time to heal after years of pain, yet, I realize that this isn't a miracle and you aren't a healer but a compassionate practitioner that is offering a way for life to be enjoyed. Retha P. Deale, MD

Carole Hoffman

Knee Swelling, Talk Therapy, and My Amazing Human Body

In Fall 2004, I began to have some problems with my left knee. There was strain when I walked, weakness during my dance class, and increased swelling. When the discomfort was acute, I treated myself with Ibuprofen or Motrin, which was a blessing because at those times it made the difference between comfortably ambulating or painfully limping and feeling somewhat self-conscious.

Eventually the discomfort graduated to chronic pain, which is when I decided it was time to do something about it. With Kathy's guidance, I arranged a series of Neural Depolarization sessions to take place in late June 2005, to coincide with a week of rest, relaxation, and rejuvenation in Pittsboro.

The first two days of the week I worked with Kathy in talk therapy. It was a wonderful two hours each morning. My knee was only a minor point during those sessions. We focused on my life in general and on specific issues that were concerning me. It felt so good to gain some new perspectives on myself, to open up new ways of thinking about pursuing my greatest goals, and over all to renew a sense of hope about making changes in my life. As those two days unfolded, so did my comfort and sense of well-being. I was primed for Neural Depolarization.

On the third morning, we started the NDP. It had been quite awhile since I had been on Kathy's table - a year or two? I wasn't certain what to expect. I just hoped that my body chemistry would respond to her touch and energy, and that my whole body would be stimulated to heal. I especially wanted my knee to get better. I wondered how effective NDP could be with this injury.

Later that afternoon (maybe 3-4 hours after the NDP session), I noticed that the swelling in my knee had subsided. The discomfort that I had felt for months was definitely less. I excitedly shared this development with Kathy and Margaret. What would the next day bring?

On the fourth morning I eagerly jumped onto Kathy's table. Again we did a full two-hour NDP session. It was so relaxing. As the session came to an end and Kathy moved her hands over my back to balance my energy, I felt a strong, distinct electromagnetism extending off my back up toward her hands. It's hard to describe the feeling, but it was like my back was waking up and reaching outward and upward to say hello to life. It was a sensation of aliveness. I hadn't felt anything quite like that before.

That afternoon I could plainly see that the swelling had subsided even more. In tact, I could hardly see it at all, whereas for several months beforehand it had been quite obvious. I felt great, and I had the knowing that NDP was making a significant difference in the way my body was functioning. I was healing, which stirred me because even though I had studied NDP for five years as one of Kathy's students, I had not experienced in my own body such a dramatic change as a result of it. My concept of NDP's potential to bring about change expanded a lot.

On the fifth and last morning of my week, Kathy again worked on me for two hours, giving a good deal of attention to both knees. At the end of the session, she positioned the stepping stool to help me get down. But I remember swinging off the other side of the table like a gymnast! I was full of energy and ready to run.

That night some friends came over for a cook-out and a swim. It was the most enjoyable night I had had in a long time. The warm summer air enveloped me, and I felt happy. There was no swelling in my knee at all; I felt no discomfort or pain. I wanted to tell everyone about this wonderful NDP work and about my week of immersion in healing.

I hope summer vacations in the future will be like this one. Actually, I hope that every day I will live with this same excitement and joy, knowing that my body has all that it needs to heal itself - if my cells are given a chance to balance themselves and gradually detoxify, which is what I feel NDP does. By working directly with my nervous system, NDP helps all of me, all of my cells, function to their fullest capacity.
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As I write this, it's been two months since my week with Kathy. My knee has not been swollen even one time since then. I do not have chronic pain anymore, and I rarely have even slight pain.

But I have a lot of work to keep it this way and continue improving. I think it would be smart to do some strengthening exercises, and avoid old patterns like crossing my legs all the time at my desk job, and wearing heels. Moreover, I would like to keep up with the NDP. I can do it on myself, too. But going for regular visits would be good. After all, there's no such thing as too balanced or too healthy.

I also want to learn more about my amazing human body. The idea that I am designed as a self-healing organism feels like a powerful thought to me. It' sa lot of responsibility to stay healthy and strong. But it's a lot of fun, too. That's why I'm looking forward to next summer and (if I'm lucky) to another week of healing in Pittsboro.

Linda Bruce

My latest CT scan last Saturday showed absolutely no sign of cancer.

I have been struggling with angio-sarcoma (cancer of the blood vessels) for nearly four years, during which time I have spent over two years flat on my back in Duke Hospital, had 36 surgeries (six of them major) culminating in the removal of my left leg (a hemipelvectormy), received over 100 blood transfusions, had chemotherapy for six months (one of the chemo drugs causing heart problems necessitating minor heart surgery - a pericardial window), experienced weeks of temporary insanity caused by drug overdoses, and had more near-death experiences than I can recall.

Before starting NDP with Raewyn Cooper, I was also receiving weekly acupuncture, chi kung, Thai massage, and any number of other types of energy medicine. I was on a vegetarian diet, meditated daily, and took medicinal doses of several supplements. I had managed to stay alive six months longer than the maximum time given me by my oncologist, but as of last April, still had metastatic stage four cancer in my right lung. Since then, the only thing I've added to my regimen is NDP.

My latest CT scan last Saturday showed absolutely no sign of cancer. My doctor was totally puzzled. This wasn't supposed to happen. But to me it was perfectly obvious that NDP had played the pivotal role in getting rid of my cancer, at least for the time being. I personally think it's gone for the rest of my long and natural life, as long as I stay on a healthy diet, keep a positive mental attitude, and get regular treatments by Rae. I can't thank her (and Kathy and the entire NDP community) enough. I feel like I've been given a new lease on life, and I intend to make the most positive use of it that I possibly can.

With great love,

Bob Russell

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Raising My Challenging Ego Child

Kathy, Thank you so much for the education and experiences that you provided for us during our last IMS Retreat. Although I have not been following your structured learning path of writing and book reports, I have been journaling, listening to the tapes made during our counseling sessions, and faithfully studying your text book, "Journey Home," the newsletter, and the seminar/retreat handouts. Most of all, I have been making a conscientious effort to speak and behave according to my loving emotions, and not my ego.

I have said this before, and I will say it again, "bringing up my ego is the most challenging child to raise that I have ever encountered." I have heard you speak many times about our immature soul and our transformation into our loving mature soul, but I failed to connect the dots. I spent time learning how to distinguish my ego voice from that of my wise soul, and from the inspiration of my higher spirit. The rationale of my ego was very clever, deceitful, and knew how to trigger my fear beliefs. I now live each day with considerable calm, more courage, happiness, joy, and excitement. It is great having fun, and watching other people respond to my changed attitude in a positive and magnetic way. I have more clarity of the difference between living from the immature soul compared to living and thinking from the loving emotions. The result that it provides in everyday life is dramatic. Then again my whole life has been very dramatic. My spiritual sight has helped me to see myself. Some of my ego behavior has been stuck using emotions and tactics of a 7-year-old. Yuk.

I also observed the anger that I feel whenever my ego realizes that I have been functioning in a healthy, happy, harmonious, and mostly predictable manner. I still find myself being challenged by sickness, but it is a totally difference experience now. First of all, I no longer fear that I will die from some dread complication of the current disease. Second, within less than a day's time, I bravely seek the proper help to care for myself without fear of the diagnosis. Thirdly, I adhere to a total healing program without my ego making up rules of care while being in denial of my proper care. Fourthly, I am calmly able to sleep, assured that my rest will help me heal rather than produce ill complications through the night. Lastly, I recover in at least half the time as I used to, and I am experiencing that this attitude works. Yeah! As I reread what I have just written, it sounds so juvenile, but as I wrote earlier in this letter, I am still going through the steps of raising my challenging ego child.

Being able to reestablish a closer bond with my daughter, and to experience the joy of grandparenthood is one of the best things that has occurred to me in the past 25 years. Also, being able to observe and to effect changes in our family's evolution over three generations helps me understand the integral part in the evolution of the universe. My understanding and applications of the philosophy of your Institute filters into all parts of my life. Thank you, thank you, and thank you.

(2003)

Injured Vertebra and NDP

With Kathy Oddenino's permission I have been encouraging my massage clients to try Neural Depolarization. I have a very successful story to share with them, as I will now share with you.

On Saturday, April 5, 2003, my Mom, Mrs. Kathy O'Dea, fell during a walk with my Dad. She fell on her back and the pain throbbed all through her body. As she was assisted back onto her feet, she was asked if anyone could do anything for her, so she asked for a ride home.

She promptly called me to come over and help her, so I dropped everything and was there in 2 minutes.

I had Mom lie on the sofa with cold pressing on the injured area, and we called the doctor, who advised exactly what we were doing, and if the pain began shooting down the leg, get Mom into the Emergency Room. My Mom did not want to go to the ER, but after several hours, she caved in and I called an ambulance since she could not walk. The pain was not traveling down the leg, but was too intense for her to endure any longer. You see, my Mom can be stubborn sometimes, but now she realized that no matter what she did with her body to make it comfortable, her back was hurting worse than anything she has ever experienced.

At the ER, an X-Ray was taken, which showed a compression fracture of the 2nd lumbar vertebra. They gave her pain medicine and sent her home. The pain meds were not working and my Mom was getting more and more frustrated, so she actually asked me to work on her. "Do anything, Honey, I don't care. Just take this pain away," my Mom pleaded with me.

I could not touch the injured area, so using the knowledge that I have learned from Kathy Oddenino, I began at the base of Mom's skull. Ever so gently, I touched this area. I felt the nerves and the upset that was going on in Mom's lumbar area, and I proceeded to work from her head.

My Mom, being a skeptic before this situation occurred, was quite shocked when she felt the energy of the calming nerves go down her spine. When it reached the injured area, Mom was amazed that her pain left. My Mom is a believer now.

I continued to work with Mom every day for almost three weeks. At the suggestion of her primary care physician, she consulted with a specialist who might be able to perform a new procedure called "vertebra plasty" (watching through an X-Ray machine, the doctor inserts needles into the area he intends to work on, then injects a kind of "cement" that glues the bone together, but also increases its height so that it will not impinge on any nerves). The doctor insisted on an MRI to check the status of the injured vertebra before he performed the procedure to make sure that everything was okay. He was very happy about the amount of healing that had occurred in the area when he saw the results. Now he could perform the procedure. On Thursday, April 24th the doctor performed the vertebra plasty. It was successful, and Mom has had fewer and fewer problems since then. Of course, I still work with her once a week, and she's even able to raise her right arm higher than she has for 31 years (from a radical mastectomy)!

As I have worked on my Mom, I have been able to tell her what I feel that is going on in the area, and she has shared with me that is exactly what she felt. She's flabbergasted, happy, and grateful. She had tried, on one occasion, to have my sister "do what Peggie had done" because she had felt bad about me coming over at 5AM. But everything that my sister did produced no results. So Mom caved in and had her call me. My Mom says that she has no idea of what I am doing, but she feels it, and it feels wonderful. She now gives my business cards out to all of her doctors and her physical therapists.

I am grateful to Kathy Oddenino for the training we are receiving in this amazing and beautiful procedure. I am passionate about it, and I have had successes with many other clients. But my Mom stands out. She was a non-believer before, and that has totally changed.

I love this work, I am passionate about it, and I encourage clients who have a difficult time relaxing to engage in it. It has proven to be more successful than massage therapy, because since the nerves are the "brains of the muscles," once the nerves calm down, the muscles follow suit. You don't need a massage after that, although sometimes I may give a gentle massage to the feet at the end of a session. The clients who have tried Neural Depolarization have found this to be true.

Thank you, Kathy, for all that you are teaching us! I want to learn as much as I possibly can and help people to learn to help themselves through Neural Depolarization.

Peggie O'Dea - Annapolis, Maryland

Low Back Pain and Depression

Bill has two bulging discs in his lower back from an accident at work. He went through INTENSIVE Physical Therapy and then was referred to a Chiropractor for a more AGGRESSIVE treatment. While these were helpful, the treatments left him physically and emotionally drained! Through the "Gentle Healing" of NDP with Linda Frock, NDP leaves Bill reporting, "I feel like jello!" I NEVER thought I would see him be so comfortable. A couple years ago I thought he would need a cane to help him walk!!! He always reports to Linda that he is relaxed, less stressed, very comfortable, PAIN FREE and has an overall feeling of "well being."

I receive my NDP to aid in my process of healing my depression along with reading Kathy Oddenino's book, Depression. Along with Linda's counseling and NDP I am more at peace, less stressed and less agitated.

Another component in honoring NDP and Linda is Bill and I are switching to organic foods and pure water. We are so grateful for this "gentle healing." Thank you, Kathy and Linda!!!!