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Merethe Swahn

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Who is Merethe Svahn

In 2008 I first discovered QIGONG. I was working way too much and too many hours as a managing assistant. Practicing QIGONG brought peace to my mind and relaxed my body. I realized that I would be able to do QIGONG regardless of age and physical condition. The effects of QIGONG that I have experienced personally motivate me to guide and support others to improve their health❤️.

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Merethe Svahn Hansen

QiGong with Merethe
Doing QIGONG with me is about balancing the different energies of your body, including the energy of organs, as a QIGONG instructor, I am not educated in healing illness/disease, but I can teach you to train your energies so that your body can heal itself

Qi Gong with Merethe

Doing QIGONG with me is about balancing the different energies of your body, including the energy of organs, as a QIGONG instructor, I am not educated in healing illness/disease, but I can teach you to train your energies so that your body can heal itself

My background

In 2008 I first discovered QIGONG. I was working too much as managing assistant. Practicing QIGONG brought peace to my mind and relaxed my body. I realized that I would be able to do QIGONG regardless of age and physical condition. The effects of QIGONG I have experienced personally motivates me to guide and support others to improve their health❤️.

My experience

Since 2017 I have guided weekly Qigong classes in Danish settings and guided specialized Qigong workshops and classes for athletes, and fragile and/or elderly people until I moved to France in 2023. During Covid, I continued my classes online.

Let’s Improve Health – and Health Care

My QIGONG CV

I started studying and training under SIFU Torben Rif, who has a long carrier in martial arts, military, and kickboxing. It was very Chinese, very disciplined, and structured. Mastering the techniques it was time for me to move on and learn to understand why and how QIGONG works both mentally and physically. I started to study and train under Master Vibeke Fraling’s wings. Her background as a nurse, teacher, and NLP therapist has opened my eyes to what happens when the mind and body interact doing QIGONG and to how we can build strength to change habits and thoughts and, in that way, improve our health over time. To me, QIGONG has become a way of living.

  • 2024 – xxxx Qigong designed for children and families at Qigong Academy headed by Master Vibeke Fraling
  • 2019 – 2020  Masterclass Qigong for facia level 1-3 from Qigong Academy headed by Master Vibeke Fraling
  • 2017 – 2019  Certified instructor from Qigong Academy headed by Master Vibeke Fraling, student second in line after Fabrice at Dr. Lin’s academy, professor Lin Housheng invented and introduced Tai Chi 18 Qigong at a Chinese Medicine conference in 1985 proving that operation without anesthesia was possible if practicing the full 36 exercises, set 1 and set 2.
  • 2015 – 2017  Certified instructor from P.T.T.C. Academy headed by SIFU Torben Rif from the Dan Docherty line

I send you fresh and clear QI☯️











Why not use QiGong to go to the calm state

Caroline Van Bemmel

The Choicist

Caroline Van Bemmel

We make an average of 70 decisions per day (source: Science).
Imagine if you only make decisions that bring you joy, health and peace? In the real world we do not always make decisions that are right for us. Often we do know what is right for us, but we act in line with what is wrong for us.

If you need help with making the right decisions and/or behaving in line with the right decisions, do not hesitate to ask for help by emailing me: contact@carolinevanbemmel.com

Getting to know each other and finding out if we can work together fruitfully is always a free option. All the best for you. Love, Caroline van Bemmel, Choicist.

Making choices and showing behavior that resonate with you means living a life that suits you. And I find that exciting! That’s precisely why I’m happy to assist you in making the right decisions.”

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Accept the diagnosis, not the prognosis

You do not have to go through it alone.

I got a master’s degree (2010) in Economics at Erasmus University of Rotterdam in the Netherlands (2010). Decisions making, staying healthy and becoming healthy (overcoming disease) have gotten my interest since 2010 and I guess that will not change anymore for the rest of my life. So, I already learned a lot about these topics and I am sure the best is still to come.

You are an influencer in your life, even if you are only watching the socials

Testemonials

“Valuable insights”

Thank you Caroline!
Our conversations helped me see valuable insights and expand my options. And also see where I was stuck / keeping myself small.
Olga Simakova

“ Caroline creates space in my head, making it easier for me to determine my next actionst”

Caroline has shown me in a short time how to make difficult choices smaller, which has given me more peace and energy. She is clear in her language and she gives clear and practical examples.
She also creates space in my head, making it easier for me to determine my next actions. I am very happy that I gave myself this gift and very grateful to her for my growth.
Martine Mallee

“Caroline taught me that the state you are in influences your choices>”

I never actually experienced making choices as a problem. Yet Caroline caught my attention with her choices that make you happy.
Can I still learn something about making choices? My answer is a resounding: YES!
Caroline taught me that the state you are in influences your choices. And that you can change that state with the snap of a finger.
Making choices from there is much easier, faster and more fun than how I originally approached it.
So even if you have no problem making choices: Caroline adds something!
Andrea Morales

“Caroline taught me that the state you are in influences your choices>”

I never actually experienced making choices as a problem. Yet Caroline caught my attention with her choices that make you happy.
Can I still learn something about making choices? My answer is a resounding: YES!
Caroline taught me that the state you are in influences your choices. And that you can change that state with the snap of a finger.
Making choices from there is much easier, faster and more fun than how I originally approached it.
So even if you have no problem making choices: Caroline adds something!
Andrea Morales







Why not take a shortcut to better choises

Irene Treacy

International Holistic Parkinson’s Coach

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I provide personalized support to clients worldwide through one-on-one private coaching, group coaching, and online programs.

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Helping you rethink your relationship with Parkinson´s

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These retreats aren’t just about managing Parkinson’s – they’re about reclaiming your independence and joy, and shaping a future filled with possibilities. 

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Invented by a man with Parkinson’s to improve mobility, flexiblity and more.

Smovey is generating the vibration. This vibration occurs within a frequency range that is in consonance with the human organism. It is immediately palpable in the palms of the hands.

  1. Activates surfaces and deep muscles
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“ I can't explain how it works - I just know it does!”

I have Multiple Sclerosis for 22 years now. Its affecting me more in recently, I find it very debilitating & restricting. I was introduced to Smovey 4 weeks ago by my friend in MS Ireland and was then given classes on by Irene. I do most of the exercises sitting down and have increased strength in my arms. I can honestly say that I feel so much better since I have started using Smovey I am bringing them on holiday with me as I'd hate to miss my exercises with them. I would highly recommend Smovey to everybody.
Eileen Nolan - Waterford, Ireland

“ What a fantastic course”

I joined, unsure whether I would learn anything, as a retired doctor I thought I was fairly well versed on the various treatment options available... Topics ranged from gratitude, breathing and why we shouldn't watch the news, to the stages of grief, visualisation, meditation and many more. I learned something new almost every day, I have put into practice many of the things we learned as they make me feel better.It was great to meet wonderful, funny & inspirational people on the course & whom I still meet on a weekly in the Graduate course.
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Why not take a shortcut to better health via Irenes openminded presence and yearlong experience

Client after 3. sessions

How overthinking is not going to help a person who has a disease

Becoming Aware of my Overthinking Mind
and Making Friends with my Inner Four-Year-Old

HOPE shortcut

The method where people with chronic diseases such as Parkinson’s can reduce their stress-related symptoms and, with persistent work, break free of their diagnosis

Nicole St. Arnaud
author with Parkinson's disease and owner of the blog
www.aslowerkindoflife.com

One week after third session with Lilian and the Hope Shortcut

My Overthinking Mind
During my third session, Lilian and I talk about the inner dialogue, thoughts, the voice or voices in my head.

My mind has several voices running constantly. It is like having a TV on in the background that is constantly narrating, planning, ruminating, rehearsing, arguing, suggesting, doubting. It changes the channel frequently. It practices future conversations, or rehashes past ones. It plans for things that never happen. An overthinking mind can be dangerous – triggering the fight flight or freeze response continually.

One of its most interesting habits of my over-thinking mind is that it intricately plans escape routes. How would I get my infant son and the dog out of the window if the house caught on fire? Where would I hide if a gunman came to the house? It goes over the sequence of events in detail. I don’t sit down and plan these things. My mind just does it on its own.

client 3 session tv

Lilian tells me that not everyone’s mind is like that. Upon Lilian’s suggestion, I ask my friend what her mind is like. I assume, her mind is like mine constantly ruminating, worrying and planning. She has kids. I am sure she has a lot on her mind. She laughs and says her mind is usually pretty blank; it might have a dancing clown in it like Homer Simpsons’. That sounds peaceful.

not-thinking

“My mind has several voices running constantly.

It is like having a TV on in the background that is constantly narrating, planning, ruminating, rehearsing, arguing, suggesting, doubting”

We think we have a similar way of thinking - but we have not

We ask each other, “what do you think?” and get a story.


Next time ask in detail about HOW your friends are thinking.


Are they thinking in pictures, written text, a speaking voice, or with feelings?
How many voices do they use to think? 0, 1, 2, or more? Everything is ok, but having only 0 or 1 voice makes life easier and healthier.


Around 1/3 of the population are hardly thinking and doing well. The rest are thinking about yesterday’s regrets and the worries for tomorrow, or thoughts that drag your attention away from your body and the constant feedback you get from here.

Learn More in the online course

My inner Four-Year Old
I notice that my freeze ups are often precipitated by internal pressure. There is the internal pressure I put on myself to do the things that I “should” do. I know I don’t want to do it, but I push myself anyways. Or I put pressure on myself to do something at 1000% effort. Somewhere inside, there is an inner protest or maybe an inner wisdom.

Lilian coaches me to have compassion for myself if I freeze up. To say to my body:
Its ok. This is what is right now, you are safe.

I have a profound experience when I have the opportunity to practice this. I sit through a freeze up and just let it be ok the way it is. This experience is profoundly different for me and I feel a shift.

mad child 3-session

There is the internal pressure I put on myself to do the things that I “should” do.

 

I know I don’t want to do it, but I push myself anyways..

Somewhere inside, there is an inner protest or maybe an inner wisdom.

I realize that I have been practicing relaxation and calming techniques for years. But I didn’t listen. I was just trying to get my body and mind to shut up and do what I wanted it to do.

This is one of the great things that my four-year old son has taught me. He is what people describe as “spirited”. I cannot just shush him. He demands to be heard and understood. Even if his concerns seem inconsequential to me, I have to listen, I have to acknowledge and empathize and then he will calm down. I can’t just tell him: “That’s silly. Don’t be upset about that.”

But I have not been listening to my body, to myself. My inner spirited four-year-old has concerns and is refusing to budge I have just been telling her: “That’s silly, don’t be upset about that” calm down, and do as you are told.

The good thing about spirited children, is that they bust up old patterns. They refuse to just comply with expectations and the “shoulds” that we try to force upon them. Therefore, they force us to evolve, to grow, to learn, to examine the shoulds that we have applied to ourselves and to rethink them.

Lilian is a bit like a spirited four-year-old. She is here to bust up old patterns and assumptions and evolve our way of thinking about stress and chronic illness.

Nicole St. Arnaud
23. march 2021, Alberta Canada

This is the third of a series of blog posts on the progress in Lilian Sjoeberg’s Hope Shortcut program for chronic illness.

You can learn more about her program here

The inner child

The inner child is a metaphor for you having a practical side.
You are maybe still hurt if someone is making comments as the bullies made in your school.


When you get an extraordinary feeling that is somewhat out of proportion with what happened, the “inner child” can still remember the past episode.


It is never too late to get a happy ending to this episode. Never too late to get a “happy” childhood. We cannot change what happened, but we can release the feelings connected to the devastating events

Learn More in the online course

Biological Stress test

I have now read and worked through all of the Stress Test content, which I think is extraordinary and quite unique
– I haven’t come across anything like it before. It clearly is the cumulation of your years of deep study and joining the dots.

I wish I had had this information earlier after my diagnosis – Gary Sharpe

Connect the dots

The Gordian Knot of Parkinsons
and the clues that help us solve it
Parkinson’s disease is very stress-related – that we can all agree.

But are we missing something obvious that might help?

I have gathered knowledge that is already out there and “connect the dots”.
The solution is out there and already proved by science. So join the dots here

The Gordian Knot of Parkinsons
and the clues that help us solve it

Parkinson’s disease is very stress-related – that we can all agree.

But are we missing something obvious that might help?

We need to gather knowledge that is already out there and then “connect the dots”.
It took me 3 years to do so working 3 hours a day. I will do my best to show you the findings and add some of my own insights.

Here is  a man with Parkinson’s. He has problems walking, which is a typical Parkinson’s symptom. According to the current belief, this is a sign that he has a problem with dopamine in his brain, and this is easy to see in the first half of the video

In the second half of the video, you can see him biking without any problem, which is a sign that he has no problem with his dopamine production.

What’s going on? The answer to this strange phenomenon is that something gives him a limitation in the dopamine while walking, but not while he is biking. Other people can have problems driving or they might have no problems driving but difficulty with something else. Every person has their unique combination of symptoms and unique scenarios as to when they are having particular symptoms or not having them.

Here is an exciting shoe design that lets Parkinson’s people with freeze symptoms walk with “ease” due to a beam of light on the floor. So here you see that a visual sign that can catch your attention and help you. The person that has problems with freeze episodes will, with these shoes, be able to walk.

BUT how can a chronic disease be helped by light.
Because it helps the person to walk mindfully.
(They could make you clumsy… so learn to be mindful without them)

Here you see a man with Parkinson’s who needs a walker to make his way across a room but who can easily walk down stairs. This is because he is focussed on the task, rather than his regular distracted thinking routine, because he knows that the stairs need attention if he does not want to fall. It is not the time for distracted thinking when your next step can cause you pain if you do it wrong. It is time for focus and attention. So our standard flat floor and pavement are not stimulating our brain in a good way. The brain gets “lazy” and gives you time to think about challenges that are NOT in front of you.

If you combine the above strange observations with the videos below, you are close to solving the mystery about Parkinson’s disease. Like I did.
It is a shame science is not looking in this direction. But they are coming closer.
Popping pills is not the solution to this natural biological phenomenon.
Find more information about this via the links to the right.

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Listen to this video, dancing helps people with Parkinson’s disease. So after dancing for an hour, these people feel better. On YouTube, you can find numerous videos talking about the benefits of dancing.

Boxing is also good way to reduce Parkinson’s symptoms.

You can find a lot of videos about other ways you can improve Parkinson’s symptoms (and these activities will help with a lot of other diseases as well.)

What is happening? The answer is that we are actually going in and out of our survival instincts all the time and this is causing symptoms. We can not help it. It is our body trying to keep us alive.

Here is the theory explained. Your body goes into fight flight and freeze and this give you all sort of symptoms. 90% of diagnoses and symptoms is due to a body in long-term stress

We all know how animals behave: run when they are in flight instinct (=exercise), fight when in the fight instinct (=boxing, as an example), and have an intense tremor when coming out of the freeze instinct. The last half of this video shows the freeze instinct which animals use when they cannot run or fight and are close to death.

I help people with Parkinson’s to find their way OUT of instincts because that is the culprit in Parkinson’s disease and many other diseases. I am a biologist, coach, and therapist, so I have a good perspective to see these similarities between humans and animals, and I have worked for several years with Parkinson’s clients. (One client has been rescanned and is now free of his Parkinson’s diagnosis. Usually this is a process that takes a long time)

Freeze is a Parkinson’s symptom. But if you consider it a natural symptom caused by stressors, your life will become easier.

 

Here you see the most dramatic stress response. Close to dead. See also how the body react to get out of that startle and how tremor and deep breathing is natural when getting in and out of instincts.

 

Below there are different videos that hopefully can convince you about the nature of instincts.

 

The day the world accept that most diseases are due to instincts is the day we can do something about it.

I help people with Parkinson’s to find their way OUT of instincts because that is the culprit in Parkinson’s disease and many other diseases. I am a biologist, coach, and therapist, so I have a good perspective in seeing these similarities between humans and animals.

I have worked for several years with Parkinson’s clients. (One client has been rescanned and is now free of his Parkinson’s diagnosis.)

I have made a six-week online course about this theory and how you can get better systematically. See more here

Over several years I have studied Parkinson’s people who got better or healed and also have a handful of my own clients that are slowly improving by the systematic concept that I call the HOPE Shortcut.

You can use the ideas you see here to help reduce symptoms, but the most effective way to improve is to STOP yourself from going INTO these survival instincts, and that is how I can help you.

Join my course and get the knowledge you need to find a more systematic road to better health.

Information about the HOPE course

A client talking about his new view on Parkinsons

I help clients from all countries.

Here Jeppe who now understand his symptoms and has reduced them to 50% during 10 sessions, due to reduction of some severe traumas from eg. accidents – a sort of PTSD.

A client talking about herimprovements and new life

Here is a woman that integrates everything I tell her, and works dedicated.
Here she tells us about her improvements. She is not using her cane anymore, she is not freezing anymore, and she is getting her life back.
She is even integrating my techniques into her business.

Below extra videos about activities that can help you out of instincts states. But most people must remove the triggers via trauma theapy

Big and loud? This behavior also drags you out of instincts. No one wants to be big and loud when a tiger is close but it also works the other way around which can be used to your advantage. You become relaxed when you make noise and move with self-confidence when no predators are around you.

Here is a search with articles about Tai chi ... it also works on Parkinson’s. You can find similar articles with yoga, Qi Gong, meditation… But the story is the same: EVERYTHING that makes you relax improves Parkinson’s.

 

And here’s a link to the The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) which sums this up without giving the full explanation about why you get diseases and how you regenerate back to own health: The relationship between stress, anxiety and Parkinson’s disease

Information about the HOPE course

This page suggests some of the many things you can do to reduce symptoms. Just choose an activity, believe in it and be persistent. The hardest part is to step out of medication as dopamine stimulates your mood but can often give you side effects similar to your Parkinson’s symptoms. And dopamine is degraded to adrenaline, a stress hormone that kickstarts the fight, flight and freeze reaction in the body…

 

Complicated?

Yes, that is why you need help from the HOPE Shortcut course.

Subscribe to my email list here and be the first to know when the course is on sale so you can benefit from this information. It will not be expensive, and the course is for everyone.

 

Calm States For Health and Restoration

A few terms and definitions which I thought may help folks feel into the states of being, required for health and restoration, detoxification and anti-inflammation.

A few terms and definitions which I thought may help folks feel into the states of being, required for health and restoration, detoxification and anti-inflammation.

  • Placid – not easily upset
  • Tranquil – free from disturbance
  • Serene – untroubled
  • Restful – having a quiet and soothing quality
  • Pacific – peaceful in character or intent
  • At ease – free from worries or awkwardness
  • Content – in a state of peaceful happiness
  • Comfortable – physically relaxed and free from constraint
  • Resilient – able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
  • Equanimity – calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation
  • Respiring – recovering hope, courage, or strength after a time of difficulty.
  • Contemplative – looking thoughtfully at something for a long time

Since many of the symptoms of many chronic illnesses have one-to-one correspondences with ingrained stress symptoms, all my studies point to the key for reducing these symptoms is in the ability and willingness to put the brain and body in such states of calm for prolonged periods.

Indeed, these states of calm are known to be the conditions under which the body can self-repair, detoxify and address inflammation. Being under chronic stress, psychological stress, or chronic fear effectively exiles us from these states, and hence necessarily results in increasing toxification and inflammation of the brain and body.

Here are a just of few of the very many conditions we have found there is good scientific literature for which supports the case that chronic stress is causal, triggering, and/or exacerbating, and hence for which stress reduction will be vital for recovery:

[If anyone finds other examples, let us know and we can add to the list – maybe google the name of your own diagnosis together with the word ‘stress’].

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By Gary Sharpe

Robert Rodgers

Road to Recovery is a book like no other book on Parkinson’s. Other books on Parkinson’s share a common theme. They tell us in the introduction that Parkinson’s is a degenerative disease. My research reveals this assertion is blatantly false. More and More people are reversing their symptoms these days. I believe that anyone can.