My name is Lin Yao and I am 75 years old. I have 5 children and 9 grandchildren, and I have a big, happy family. However, an accident completely changed everything and made me experience the most painful and dark days of my life.
Paralyzed in bed with severe pain
A few years ago, I fell to the ground while practicing martial arts and was unable to move my body and stand up. After a hospital examination, it was determined that I had suffered serious fractures in three of my lumbar vertebrae. The doctor recommended that I have surgery as soon as possible, but I was worried about my age and the risks, what if something went wrong with the surgery? I refused the surgery out of fear and chose to go home to rest in bed for conservative treatment, but I never imagined that this would be the beginning of my long, dark days. For more than two years, I suffered from severe pain in my lower back, the kind of pain that stabbed like a knife. I could hardly bear to live! I had to take six strong painkillers every day to relieve the pain, and I spent all my hours lying in bed, unable to move. I ate, drank, defecated and urinated all in my bed, dependent on my family’s help, completely unable to take care of myself. The mental anguish I felt at that time was no less than my physical pain.
One day, more than two years later, my husband took me outside in a wheelchair to get some fresh air, and I saw a group of people walking around a tree near my house. I found out that they were from Bodhi Meditation and were walking Energy Bagua.
Free from Illnesses and pain, walking strong and swift
From that day on, I asked my husband to push me to the meditation center 2-3 days a week. At first, I could only sit in my wheelchair and practice the “Meditation of Greater Illumination”, and I had to use a pillow to support my back, and I couldn’t raise my arms. Although my back hurt a lot, I gritted my teeth and kept practicing. After two months, I could lift my arms above my head and started to get out of the wheelchair and sit on the cushion. I was so excited to see how much I was improving day by day! So I started to go to the meditation center every day, and I would attend the classes whenever they were held. Before I knew it, my back pain gradually subsided, and after three months I no longer needed to take painkillers. Slowly I was able to get out of my wheelchair and walk with a single crutch, and my body became stronger and stronger. One day I found that I could stand up and practice the “Meditation of Greater Illumination” and was surprised to find that I could walk without crutches!
When my doctor saw that I could walk normally, he said to me in amazement, “I didn’t expect you to be able to stand up again so soon after being in bed for more than two years!” He said my recovery had been amazing! I could walk as fast as I can now. I can walk faster than my children when I go grocery shopping with them, and I often leave them behind. What’s even more surprising is that my diabetes and high blood pressure, which have been there for decades, have gone away and I don’t have to take any medication anymore!
Now I am busy helping my children to take care of their children and home, and I feel very happy and fulfilled every day! My greatest wish is for more people to get rid of their illness and find happiness like me!
I am grateful to Bodhi Meditation and to Grandmaster JinBodhi for giving me back my life and happiness!
The intent of the testimonial is to offer wellness information of a general nature. Individual results of practice may vary.