Digestive system

Since I was little, I have had constipation issues, sometimes going a whole week without a bowel movement. Starting from last year (2022) autumn, my constipation problem worsened, and every time I went to the restroom, it was particularly painful. My abdomen would hurt so much that I felt like crying. However, in the Bodhi Meditation Health and Happiness Retreat, on the fourth day, I passed stools, and by the seventh morning, my bowel movements had completely returned to normal!

Bodhi Meditation has helped me stitch the pieces of my life back together by opening my heart and mind to new experiences, giving me hope, and easing my physical and emotional pain.

Since 2001, my knees caused me constant pain, especially my right knee. I could hardly bend my knees when walking. To find some relief I often took painkillers, but this was no permanent solution. The pain would subside a little, only to resurge moments later. In 2012, a doctor diagnosed the chronic pain in my knees as arthritis. The extent of cartilage damage was at least 60 percent. Medication was ineffective and it caused water retention all over my body. In a year, I gained about 12 kilograms.

In June 2010 I was knocked down by a forklift at work. The accident broke my left shinbone (tibia) and calf bone (fibula). A doctor performed a lower-limb wound debridement to clear blood clots and bone fragments. Eleven days later I underwent a six-hour surgery during which two titanium plates fastened with 12 screws were installed in my leg.

My marriage broke down in 2006. I harbored a lot of hatred toward my former husband. I would get angry whenever I thought about him. My deteriorating health seemed a direct reflection of the pain in my heart and the emotional knot in my gut. My abdomen felt hard to the touch.