Healing Good News for Chronic Fatigue
A mighty ocean is made up of drops of water. A great healing chi-field is made up of individual healing stories. Every healing story is a story of love --the love of oneself and others through ups and downs. Every healing story is a story of  triumph -- the triumph of one's spirit over one's temporarily setback. Life is no guarantee. We love life as it comes.  

Chi-Lel" Has Changed My Life

Gina Reder, New York City

I know now that the wrong medical diagnosis and subsequent treatments were responsible for neurological damages and a general decline in my overall health, but over the years I struggled with extreme fatigue. I had trouble concentrating and small tasks became insurmountable. My functioning ability diminished so much that it was even hard being with friends. But I kept trying: I watched my diet and tried this and that but always ended up in the same place-- exhausted.

Then one day I read an article by Luke Chan, "The Medicineless Hospital," and soon after attended a lecture given by him in NYC. I was very inspired and motivated to try Chi-Lel" for myself. I purchased the videotape and started practicing at home. It was hard at first; I was so weak I could not hold my arms up to complete the form. But I really believed in Chi and kept trying. What I noticed immediately was a change in my mood. I was uplifted. I felt that I had tapped into a well of cosmic energy, a universal force, and I had hope for the first time in years. My breathing was no longer laborious, and slowly, little by little, I was able to complete "Lift Chi Up and Pour Chi Down" method. Last August I felt strong enough to attend a two-day workshop after which my energy level doubled. Every day now I practice and notice improvements. Everything resonates with a newfound clarity and I am convinced that my health is finally being restored. Chi-Lel" Qigong has changed my life.

 

ChiLel Eases Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

John Nadzam, Pittsburgh, PA

In 1992 I was diagnosed with Epstein Barr Virus, a form of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Chronic Fatigue has various symptoms including depression, sleeplessness, digestive problems, poor memory, sore and aching joints, and a never-ending battle with colds, flu and sinus infections. Granted this is not a life–threatening disease, but it does take a disabling toll on your will to live and your belief that you will ever have the energy, or desire, to do anything more than just exist. The closest analogy that I have for this feeling is that you place your life on "automatic pilot" and just let it go by, because you do not have the will, energy, feeling, or desire to live it.

When I first started practicing ChiLel over a year ago, I thought that it would be easy to learn the simple movements. I had been teaching a Japanese method