by Greg Jordan, Lennox Head, Australia
I am writing about my experience of being a patient of Kate Greenaway at Universal Medicine and the benefits I received through ongoing treatments.
I started seeing Kate Greenaway in 2007- 2008 at age 38 for treatments relating to stiffness, mobility and associated pain in my neck from two car accidents in my twenties, one near fatal, as well as 15-20 years of being hard on my body working in the construction/building industry, and also sporting injuries.
The first thing I noticed when I first started the treatments was the gentleness and non-invasive nature of them. There was also a strong depth of connection felt and a few times I even fell asleep in the session, which was rare for me as for twenty years previously I had been running on a lot of adrenaline and could only fall asleep at the end of a day – self medicated with dope and alcohol. I only had two speeds – flat out, or flat, passed out.
So profound was my experience that it made me more interested in myself health wise, and also the work of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine.
There have been at least two occasions where my lower back went out, to the point of not being able to walk properly or drive a car. I was astounded that, in this case, with one session of light connective tissue work, gentle Esoteric Massage and cranial sacral work from Kate Greenaway, my back was fixed. Prior to seeing her, in a state of panic I went somewhere else twice and was painfully stretched and cracked but it did not relieve the problem.
Astounded and happy to be pain free I continued to see Kate regularly through 2008 and 2009. My body was feeling better – no chronic neck pain, and my mobility was a lot better. I then started to take better care of myself and learn to know my limitations and the old patterns of overdoing it dissipated.
During this time and even more now, I realised that this Esoteric Healing can go very deep, deeper than anything else that I have experienced so far, and when we take responsibility for ourselves and our wellbeing, mixed with a healthy more balanced lifestyle and loving relationships it creates a life where joy can be a constant theme. Not just pushing to get things done, or the ‘no pain no gain’ slogan I’d heard all my life.
I now live my life without pain or stiffness in my back, neck and shoulders, I feel like my body is closer to my twenties/teens in suppleness – not the hard-ass version I had been creating previously.
Thank you Kate Greenaway and Serge Benhayon, and the other Universal Medicine practitioners I have seen, for the life changing effect of these healing modalities. Keep up the great work you guys do for people everywhere.
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The Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy I would say is a sure miracle. I feel absolutely wonderful after having a session.
Our pattern of movement is everything. It reduces us or helps us grow. We are not aware, and do not wish to become aware of what we are doing to ourselves as we move; what are we moving towards?
The results from the gentle ways of Esoteric Connective Tissue and all the other Esoteric Modalities that Universal Medicine have presented, are proof that being hard isn’t always required and in fact that being gentle and loving with ourselves is far more successful when it comes to healing than being rough or fighting any condition.
This is AMAZING! ‘I now live my life without pain or stiffness in my back, neck and shoulders, I feel like my body is closer to my twenties/teens in suppleness – not the hard-ass version I had been creating previously.’ I have had sessions with Kate and concur the level of care, quality and integrity which she works as well as gentleness is extremely high .. no cracking or pulling and better results.
When we find a healing modality that goes to the root cause of the illness and disease and a practitioner that apply it in full integrity, we are able to achieve this kind of results as you Greg and many many more have achieved. Thanks to Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine, all the practitioners subscribed to the Esoteric Practitioners Association (EPA) code of ethics and the honest surrender of any client attending to them, this is possible.
I too have also benefited greatly from being treated by Universal Medicine practitioners who have encouraged me to be more honest with myself to feel more deeply into the underlying causes of any injury or illness that my body has, and at the same time an understanding as to how my way of living has contributed to the cause, which has offered me an opportunity to make changes to the way that I live.
I have received and trained in various types of bodywork before encountering esoteric healing modalities and I agree that it is incredible how such gentle and simple techniques can do so much without doing much, way much more than anything that I have experienced before.
Are we really that surprised when we run our bodies ‘flat out, or flat, passed out’ that inevitably it affects our general health and wellbeing in the way of aches pains, accidents or illnesses.
I think the success of these modalities come from the knowing that they help you return to something that is innately living within us.
Connective Tissue Therapy and Esoteric Healing Modalities are a foundational support for my well-being and I’ve never looked back at the days when lower-back pain was a familiar occurrence.
A beautiful testimony Greg on the power and true healing the Esoteric Modalities offer everyone.
The gentleness and non-invasiveness way through which Connective Tissue is applied is extra-ordinary and quite something. I have had Connective Tissue recently and I was astounded by the level of depth and spaciousness I felt in my body as the reconfigurations occurred supporting my body to heal.
Somehow, we are under the impression that hard bodywork is what a body that is out of order needs to bring it back up. There are countless modalities that build upon such image. This is not at all the case with Universal Medicine therapies and practitioners. They re-imprint a body with movements that bring it back to its true movement. This is why the impact is so clear and so amazing.
Thank you Greg for an inspirational blog about the amazing changes that have happened in your body due to your own self loving ways and the amazing modalities of Universal Medicine, I love Connective Tissue sessions, so very powerful to heal in a very gentle and tender way.
Beautiful testimony Greg – both to sessions with Kate, Universal Medicine and your own choices.
I remember some years ago starting treatment with Kate Greenaway and having Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy. I had had many treatments before for chronic pain and injuries and nothing came close to this. I couldn’t believe how something so gentle could have such an enormous impact and an ongoing impact. Like this article is saying I believed the harder the better when in fact this has never worked and now that I can see how being truly gentle is far far more powerful. This has been showed to me over and over again, it’s also something I have experienced first hand many times, it’s has been life changing and what is more it continues to be so.
I have really benefited from Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy. It is so very gentle, but very powerful.
Discovering the these modality was life changing for me too, what a great way to express your appreciation Greg, you have a great down to earth style of writing too, no fuss but plenty of love.
What an amazing transformation Greg. I love what you have shared about how the theme in your life has changed to being more consistently one of joy, through all areas in your life, including loving relationships. Isn’t that how our normal way of living should be? For it seems crazy that we have been accepting less than this.
Connective Tissue Therapy is a miracle, I’ve experienced it a number of times, and it’s amazing at creating a feeling of spaciousness and steadiness in your body that leaves you feeling supple and steadfast and ready for anything that life throws at you. It’s without doubt an amazing modality.
We have a tendency to think that unless we are being pulled apart trying to put the bones back into place nothing is being done and we expect results straight away. From what I have observed too the stretching and cracking bones does not get to the root of the problem and therefore only temporarily if that, relieves the problem. It is testimonials like Greg’s that can change the way we view healing the body in that it is through the gentle approach of the Esoteric Modalities that truly makes a difference and no longer are we in pain. Truly miraculous. Thank you for sharing Greg.
A beautiful testimony of how the gentle touch and gentle movements of esoteric healing sessions allows the body to restore the flow of harmony within itself.
In a way similar to Greg, many many years of martial arts training and combat leaves one with a deeply battered body… Kate has been also instrumental in my healing journey and letting go of so much old pain locked in my body
An astounding transformation Greg – not only in the pain you experienced, and mobility in your body, but that the care for yourself has changed so tremendously. This to me, is the essential blessing that the Esoteric Modalities, as taught by Universal Medicine, offer us – the opportunity to return home to a deeper connection with oneself, from which so much of our choices and behaviours in life, do seemingly start to transform. I’ve experienced this myself and seen it too many (countless) times, to discount the importance of restoring our connection with this inner-most part of us that we are offered here, i.e. to our true ‘esoteric’ nature, from which our lives naturally want to become more loving and founded in integrity.
Wow that is healing for me – thank you Greg for not holding back and sharing your lived experience with the world. It is very much needed to be remembered that there is a possible way back to a more healthier life style.
It just takes a moment for us to stop and let ourselves feel the way we have been living for the healing to begin. In that moment we get to feel that we are responsible for the way we are and live – that no-one is to blame and all it takes is to make different choices in order for us to change.
What is beautiful is such a gentle no invasive technique Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy is, how powerfully it supported the healing of your body to get rid of the chronic pain you suffered for many years, at the same time it allowed you to connect to the gentleness and tenderness within you.
Just goes to prove how profoundly delicate we are in our essence and that the treatments helped you reconnect to that once again.
I love the way you see this Matts and how we all bring a unique view of life – each one equally needed for the whole picture to be clearly seen.
Such an inspiring story to read Greg, I love reading testimony’s such as yours and being reminded of the power of the Esoteric Modalities and how they support the body with true and lasting change.
Love your honesty Greg and the fact that you finally came to realise that we have been severely mislead by the hugely accepted belief “no pain no gain”. It appears that the only outcome of pushing the body so hard it’s in pain is more pain. Now that doesn’t make sense.
Thanks Greg for this very honest appreciation of the Universal Medicine modalities!
Thank you Greg. I agree that these Esoteric Modalities have a depth of healing that supports true and lasting change. Remarkable in my experience.
Greg,
What you share here is the beauty of the Esoteric Modalities, not only do they support the body, but they naturally engender lifestyle change to continue to support the beauty we again feel in our bodies.
Universal Medicine provide the highest standard of complementary medicine I have ever experienced. Not just complementary to western medicine, the modalities help support and compliment the changes in lifestyle that they inspire.
A practical and honest testimonial of pure appreciation for what was offered to you from Kate Greenaway and Universal Medicine. The fact that you are so down to earth proves that what is on offer is very tangible and acceptable to all. Thanks for sharing Greg.
I had a year when my lower back went out several times. One time my back seized up even more on the practitioners table during a treatment for the problem – and he was very cross with me because I simply could not move! I can say now that I have not had a serious back pain again since I’ve been receiving esoteric healing and cleaning up my act – for me I feel a lot of the pain came from emotional issues, and these have long since healed.
‘I only had two speeds – flat out, or flat, passed out’ courtesy of the dope you were using to medicate your pain. All this is a complete contrast to the quality that you express and live your everyday today. You are a walking example Greg on how we can all turn the trajectory on the direction our lives are going, heal and transform our everyday into something that brings the amazingly ordinary alive.
This blog needs to be reinvigorated and not hidden in the depths of the internet. Whilst I know that the point of esoteric healing is not to expect or demand such physical miracles, the fact is that they do happen and esoteric healing can have a major impact on our lives. I saw Kate Greenway in 2008 for chronic heal spurs. Within 6 months of treatment they were gone, and have never returned. This was not however just due to the treatment but equally to changing my lifestyle. Now you can say, which one was it? And I will say that without the esoteric healing, I would not have firstly been inspired to make the necessary changes, such as giving up high impact sport, but secondly, what I felt in those sessions was so profound it leaves me in no doubt that they supported my body to regenerate.
Thankyou Greg, it’s great to read about your experiences. Connective Tissue Therapy is one of the many modalities Serge Benhayon has developed that totally deliver incredible results. After years of studying other modalities I have been astounded to finally find something that works both in the short term and long term. The changes in myself on many levels are very tangible, from a body that feels more healthy, to a complete clearing of long standing emotional issues and trauma. Universal Medicine therapies work very well and they see all very gentle.
I love hearing people’s remarkable stories of healing and transformation from attending Universal Medicine sessions or courses. They are each in their own way incredible and a testament to how extraordinary the healing modalities coupled with self responsibility are. Truly amazing.
It is amazing that such gentle treatments can have such a profound effect. Kate’s dedication to studying the healing effects of healthy connective tissue on the body is awesome and has improved so many lives.
It is remarkable that such a non invasive therapy such as the esoteric healing or connective tissue therapy can have so much depth to it. It is remarkable to feel this and know it has arisen from such a light touch. I can no longer accept being treated with any hardness or roughness as I know now the quality and effectiveness of these modalities and how less is so often more. If I accept being treated with hardness I am effectively letting my body be abused and setting it up to need more treatment to alleviate the pain.
When we meet a practitioner who is dedicated to a true way of living, we know that energetically when we have a treatment we are not being imposed on.
Thank you Greg, I agree the Esoteric healing modalities are life changing and truly support the body to heal.
That slogan ‘No pain no gain’ is so wrong. When we feel pain it is our body shouting at us that we are not treating ourselves as we should. Over the years I have pushed my body where it didn’t want to go, and suffered various long term aches and pains. Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy as practiced by Universal Medicine practitioners has shown me a way to treat myself with a gentleness and tenderness that my body has always been asking for.
So great is the healing power of the Esoteric Modalities. It is a real art, and the bodies that are shaped are most glowing, shining, truly living masterpieces.
This is a great testimony Greg to the healing benefits of such a gentle modality that is Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy and from what you’ve shared it shows how ready the body is to come back to it’s naturally harmonious state if we allow it to.
There are many modalities out there that can alleviate the pains and make us feel better temporarily, but it is only when we start taking self-responsibility to lovingly look at the way we had been living up to this point and make different choices that a real change occurs. And you are a one such amazing example. Thank you for sharing, Greg.
Greg when we are open enough to allow our body a true opportunity for healing, we are able to surrender and allow our body to deeply heal. The Connective Tissue technique is a great technique to realign our physical structure which, as you have already experienced, has amazing results.
Wow, our bodies are incredible in healing when it is treated with love and gentleness.
Thank you Greg. What you’ve shared is awesome. For people who are suffering chronic pain and they come across your blog, it will inspire them to seek support if they haven’t already done so. I have seen people who have tried so many other modalities and healing methods that didn’t work for them and they simply give up and just felt they had no choice but to live with the pain. Your blog is great and it confirms how incredibility gentle, non-invasive, supportive and healing the Universal Medicine modalities are.
A response I often get from clients after receiving a healing session with one of the Universal Medicine Therapies is that they are astonished that ‘so little’ can help so much, just some gentle hands on techniques and very subtle tender circling movements allow the body to deeply release and let go of tension and often pain. It seems we have got used be being rough and tough and hence we expect a treatment needs to be intense, or some people don´t really feel their body when it’s not touched with firmness, they don´t sense the effect on their body. But we all are sensitive and tender and the body very much loves to be treated as such and knows how to make use of and respond to such offer to re-adjust and harmonize itself.
Great point Melissa – any force placed on the body only creates further disharmony.
The ‘no pain no gain’ mentality is sold as the be all and end all with nothing else in between or otherwise. But what you’ve shared here Greg is that the gentle, non-invasive approach is far grander and deeper with much more lasting results and inspiration to continue. I have been to a few people in the past that would twist me into a pretzel and with the pain comes with a sense of ‘surely this isn’t necessary?’ and my enthusiasm to return dwindled very fast. With the esoteric modalities I continue to return as there is a sense of ‘That was amazing, how much deeper can we go with this?’ and I only have one session about once a month most of the time but their impact on my month and life in general is massive when I choose to build from that experience rather than just leaving it on the table.
A great sharing Greg, you can feel that through making not only the choice to support your body with these modalities but actually choosing to go deeper and take responsibility for the choices you were making you have made a massive shift in the quality of your life. There is no greater testament than that, and it shows that true healing has occurred as it has come from you.
Thanks Greg for this lovely sharing, there is no doubt in my mind and body that the modalities Universal Medicine offer if we are willing to go there– true healing.
A gorgeous testimony to the power and beauty of connective tissue and the profound healing that is on offer when we choose to take responsibility for our health and well-being.
Greg thanks for sharing the simple but incredible truth of the power and impact of Esoteric connective tissue and healing on the human body.
Awesome Greg, I love the way you relate that your transformation has been so profound and yet so gentle and natural.
What a miracle… You have found something that actually works and there has been no imposition on you, but practitioners that honour and respect your body and work with you with such responsibility and integrity.
Wow Greg, that’s actually really astounding to hear..
I agree Greg Jordan that the esoteric modalities work on a very deep and broad level, such that they address far more than just the superficial physical ailment.
One of the most beautiful things about the esoteric healing modalities is how gentle they are and how they just allow you to feel what is there for you to feel in that moment. The other is the practitioner and how absolutely non-imposing they are. They are in full acceptance of who we are and provide care that is so tender and deeply caring, because that is how they are with themselves. This then leaves it all up to us to make our own changes in our own life when we are ready. But when we experience the changes like you have Greg, why would we want to be any other way.
Great choices made Greg, inspiring indeed! The support offered by Universal Medicine through Esoteric Healing is life changing, or more to the point – lives changing.
Nice one Greg! Kate Greenaway truly is an amazing practitioner. So wonderful to read about a man who chooses to look after himself and who also happens to be in the construction industry. I bet you are an inspiration to the many men you come into contact with daily, not to mention women too! What a refreshing approach, that should very much be the norm.
Thanks for sharing Greg. This says once again how amazing and divinely intelligent the body is. For you to have pushed your body as you had, the common response would be ‘just manage it, the damage has been done, this is what happens as you get older etc’. Self Love and Self Care begins with awareness and then living that everyday and that is the choice you are now making. Great Blog.
I find it amazing that so many (including myself) have come from a place of body pain, illness, discomfort and constant symptoms from the way we have been living, to a place of overall wellbeing once we introduce and put into practice the excellent support and guidance we receive from esoteric practitioners. I was multi-symptomatic and now take such great care of myself that most, if not all, of my symptoms have disappeared. Your story speaks volumes Greg.
This is great Greg, thank you. I love “when we take responsibility for ourselves and our wellbeing, mixed with a healthy more balanced lifestyle and loving relationships it creates a life where joy can be a constant theme”. Very beautifully expressed.
Greg I too have been amazed at the power of the gentle touch in all esoteric modalities. I have also attended classes with Kate Greenaway where she has taught basic connective tissue exercises that I do every day now. What has astounded me has been how one can feel the effects so profoundly in the body and yet it almost feels like very little is being done! The overall nurturing care that comes with every treatment from all esoteric practitioners (warmed blankets, warmed eye pillows, tender touch) has inspired me to pay that level of attention to how I care for myself and others.
This is inspiring Greg!
Thank you Greg for sharing your response to gentleness. I was under the impression that in order to relieve the aches and pains I needed to have a deep massage to release the pain, until I was in a session with Sara Williams and was amazed how the lightest of touches could begin to clear the hardness in my neck muscles. It feels as though I felt a drive to live life the hard way until I began to realise how self defeating that can be. I am now building a foundation of respect and a gentle approach to life – and it feels amazingly beautiful.
I agree Greg that physical therapy for the body does not have to be rough or invasive or painful. How can trauma heal trauma? In my experience as a physical therapist great healing can result from very gentle techniques that totally respect the body and do not impose on it.
Thank you Greg. After experiencing Esoteric Healing Modalities, and being shown the way to surrender my body deeper to the stillness within, it’s what I aim for either on the healing table or just generally in living life. This is now my new way that supports me in life to stay vulnerable when things around me do not feel so good. Feel and accept; and stay with my body.
I too lived with the “no pain no gain” philosophy, and by my mid 30’s my body was saying enough was enough. Our bodies are meant to be supple, not hard, more like water than rock – which makes sense when you consider that nearly 2/3 of our body is made up of water.
I’m 100% onboard with this. I spent over 15 years going to different therapists trying to manage hip, knee and shoulder problems and pains that I thought were associated with sport. However now 10 years down the track, in my 30’s my body feels more vital and pain free like a child, nothing compared to the stiffness and pain of my teens and early 20’s. This is not because esoteric healing fixed me, it’s because I was shown a more gentle and honouring way to be in my body, and I embraced this and have changed my life to be much more healthy and self-caring, and in turn my body feels like it’s de-aged!
Thank you Greg and Danielle, I agree we all have to take responsibility for our own health and along with connective tissue therapy as presented by Serge Benhayon our body returns naturally to it’s own rhythm.
That’s a great point Greg. I would also like to add that it would be more accurate for me to say that the esoteric healing modalities and teachings of Serge Benhayon have been deeply healing for me to feel how my natural way of being and movement is, so I could learn how to embrace this.
Absolutely Danielle, the presentations by Serge Benhayon have inspired me to make a massive shift in the way I move through out my daily routine. The truly divine nature of all things esoteric provide a platform and rhythm to be in my Livingness!
To be around men who have broken up with the ‘tough-guy’-consciousness, is like heaven for me. Thank you Greg for opening up to become a true gentleman.
Thank you Greg for sharing your experiences and the benefits you received. It is a great example of a modality that really does work and loving caring practitioners that are dedicated to your healing.
Those modalities are indeed very deep and really connecting to our bodies. I really enjoy the support it gives to my everyday life and how I go deeper into my body again and again.
Thank you Greg, I love your expression that you ‘had two speeds – flat out, or flat, passed out’. You definitely are not the only person to have ever felt that way. What is wonderful is that with the loving support of Kate Greenaway and Esoteric Connective Tissue Therapy you are now able to live each day with true joy and without the pain and stiffness your body struggled with in the past. How awesome is that!
Wonderful Greg. Connective tissue and Kate are two blessings.
Thank you Greg I really enjoyed reading your blog. I spent many years seeing a Chiropractor for weekly sessions as I had issues with my back, it felt harsh to have my joints manipulated in this way and unnatural as you always needed to return the next week to have another ‘fix’. Since attending Universal Medicine presentations and being introduced to a modality called Connective Tissue Therapy, I now live my life free of back pain. Having received many sessions of the Connective Tissue Therapy, I can feel how amazing and supportive it was for my body – simple yet deeply healing.
I have also experienced connective tissue therapy to be amazingly powerful yet so unbelievably gentle. It’s very hard to accept that such a non invasive therapy can actually be so succesful, when you’re so used to being pummelled by a physio or remedial massage treatment. It’s awesome!
Thank you Greg for expressing your experience of Connective Tissue treatments, they are so gentle yet so powerful in healing, they are my favourite form of therapy, given by Kate.
Top blog Greg Jordan and I laughed at the bit about you having two speeds “flat out, or flat, passed out.”
I totally agree with you that the Esoteric Healing can go very deep and deeper than anything else you have experienced.
Like you Greg, I live a life today that is pain free and my moods are very steady and stable. Thanks to the teachings of Universal Medicine, I feel like I am in my 20’s not 50’s as my body is at the best vitality levels it has ever been.
No nonsense, just simple practical and easy is what Universal Medicine and its practitioners offer us. I finally know now what it is to live in joy and have that as a thread in my daily life – everyday. There are no more ugly days or bad days.
What a great and inspiring story Greg. Thank you for sharing your lived wisdom here – ‘I realised that this Esoteric Healing can go very deep, deeper than anything else that I have experienced so far, and when we take responsibility for ourselves and our wellbeing, mixed with a healthy more balanced lifestyle and loving relationships it creates a life where joy can be a constant theme.’ This is just gorgeous.