Zainab Tambawala story - thyroid, asthama and beyond

My journey with Thac started 5 years ago, a year after mainstream doctors had found that my symptoms were connected to a thyroid, with asthma as an add on, and a pre diabetic condition as cherry on top. The thought of being on a medication forever, was something I could not accept.

I went from several doctors to nutritionists trying to find that person who would say that this would go away. On the contrary I met doctors who  said that in spite of the increasing medication, the symptoms would not go away, and nutritionists who deprived me of everything I loved to eat.

There was no way I could come to terms with the fact that at the age of 35, I would be in a constant state of fatigue, waking up at 8am and back in bed by 10am, depressed and not being able to achieve anything I wanted to do.

The 3 day workshop, my first interaction with THAC, was almost like the pieces of the jigsaw falling into place, and the picture was so crystal clear that it was surprising that with my overly analytical mind, I had not been able to see it all along. I wanted to jump with joy. My truest and most exciting time was, when I tasted the food at the 3 day and realised that I wouldn’t have be deprived of what I loved to eat.

 

The magic and the power of the body to heal and come back into balance was an eye opener which have made the past 5 years a liberating experience. 

As the body started coming back into into balance, the need for me to go hunting around the house for something sweet to eat one day, and then be guilty and tired the next day went away. As the body came back into balance the need for medication went away. As the symptoms reduced, my energy levels  started to get  better.   

With every consultation and conversation, I was more tuned in to what the body required. Most often I would tend to shut down cravings or the need to rest. I find now that this ability of the body to communicate with very small things that we tend to overlook and not pay attention to is the most amazing part of this journey.

One time when I was quite ill, I really felt like putting my feet in warm water. But I shut that thought off because I was too tired to get up and do that. After a day I received a call from THAC to do exactly that and I was instantly feeling better. 

With every interaction with Anju, my way of looking at things went through a shift and old habits got rewired. My relationship with food changed. The insecurity I faced with being deprived of what I loved to eat went through a shift.

5 years later, I feel now that I know no other way. My old habits and all the torture that I put myself through under the label of health are a faded memory. I am able to look at and appreciate the smaller things- one of the things I had lost along the way.  I do what I love most. I am more focused, and calmer. All I can say that its been a journey that has slowly unfolded in the most gentle, and magical way to create a transformation that has become part of every cell of the body.

Bilkish Tejani's journey - from Fear to FAITH

From Bilkish Tejani: 

I’d like to share with you my long journey, from fear to FAITH.

It was 1996, there was a cancer check up at our community centre, so my sister and I went for it. She was 38 & I was 29, we were being cautious and proactive. Two of our aunts (masis) were cancer survivors. I was confident that medicine had progressed enough that one needn’t worry about this disease any more. 

After a couple months my sister left for US, she was shortly diagnosed with breast cancer. We were concerned about her but not worried, we thought that she was in a country where she could get the best possible treatment & she would be fine soon. 

I realised how wrong I was when I saw the ugly disease up close. Her mastectomy and reconstruction took ten hours in the OT. The medication, radiation and chemotherapy left her drained and in constant pain & nausea, she of course lost all her hair, she would never be able to pass a single motion without a laxative. 

After a year of my sister’s treatment, my mother was diagnosed with cancer and she passed away within a few months of a severe cardiac arrest. Around the same time  my sister had a relapse, and this time it came with a vengeance, leaving no time for us to mourn my mother. It was a galloping one, reaching her lungs and finally her brain within months.

Those were the toughest two years of my life, practically every day was spent in anxiety and tears. We brought her back to India and tried everything from Ayurvedic to urine therapy, nothing worked, She passed away in 1999, a year after my mother’s passing. 

I was shattered, scared, and very angry; also fearful for me and more so for my daughter who was all of 5 years. I was so scared that I could not even bear to say, hear or read the c word. All doctors told me that with a history like that I was sitting on a time bomb which could explode anytime, the only option was regular check ups. 

After a few years two of my younger cousins were diagnosed with breast cancer, one of them passed in 2008 (inspite of the mastectomy & chemo) leaving a 4year old child and a devastated family behind. I had dodged the bullet, but did not know for how long. It probably was matter of time till this nasty thing caught up with me. To say I was scared is an understatement. 

On being coaxed, I reluctantly went for a Pap smear test but never went to collect the report; I did a mammography and felt embarrassed, humiliated and completely violated. I never wanted to enter that clinic again. 

I took to praying, sincerely with all my heart. I think my prayers were answered when I came in contact with THAC in 2010. It was to help us with my husband’s weight issue, but his sinusitis (deviated septum, polyps) and eczema got cured in the bargain. (That is a story of miracles for another time, which reinforced our belief in the tremendous healing power of the body) 

That day, sitting with Anju for our counseling, was serendipitous - we had found unexpected Joy and much needed Hope. We took to her recommendations like fish to water, and saw magical results in my husband’s health. I soon sighed up for the 9 week course and got answers that were simple, profound and made complete sense. 

Faith, Awe and Gratitude had replaced my fear & anxiety. I was cured forever, of this most dreadful villain and achieved a level of Nirvana.  It was a fairy tale end to my fearful 14 years - happily every after, grateful ever after. 

We haven’t taken any medication or undergone any tests in the last 8 years. I say this with utmost humility🙏

No words can ever express the extent of gratitude I feel towards Dr. Venkat, Anju and the entire THAC community.  I have learnt to live in Awareness, Harmony & Gratitude - in the spirit of Dr. Venkat’s words ‘All is well, All is One.’🙏

Which is most dangerous C word in Wellness?

This is a GROSS note. You have been warned!

I attended 3 day THAC workshop last week of July 2018. The biggest revelation was:

Constipation is more/ equally dangerous as cancer. It is the first stage of body signal that something is fundamentally not okay and it is struggling to do its optimum. Cancer is 7th stage

I can talk about my experience. I have suffered from constipation since childhood. No one explained what I should do. I resorted to things like drinking 1-2 litres of warm /cold water every morning to push things down. My understanding was it is a blocked pipe. I used to budget one hour extra every morning to get ready. I tried soaked flax seeds, and many other things. I knew of friends who need to smoke few cigarettes for same purpose. Increased heat may increase pressure.

In 2005 I got hooked on to water jet. In medical terms it is called enema. Applying my chemical engineering and trying to wash down a vessel by rushing water up. I thought I found a solution. No more 1 hours buffer. I was in control of my digestion now. But imagine my plight when I traveled to places where Jet is not a norm, most 5 star hotels in india and every where in European countries!!

I also tried a diet full of fiber, digestive biscuits, nutri-choice, mini meals every 2 hours, 10 glasses of water every day, whey protein with milk, egg whites etc. Calculated intake of proteins as per my dietician.  Nothing worked. Only jet. I looked very fit from outside. Perfect weight, BMR, I was gyming, doing Pilates 4-5 hours a week for 3 years in a row. But body started giving more Symptoms: rashes, hair fall, cough and cold was very regular, finally Urtcaria - a dreaded skin allergy.

Than THAC appeared in my life. They explained that digestion is lot more complex process. When liver gets sufficient time and energy, it cleans up blood and also all the garbage and  dead cells are picked up in the form of lymph and goes back to the intestine. So constipation means body is signalling that this process is hampered and it needs input in the form of energy, space and time, it is doing insufficient repair, regeneration and cleaning. Thus it is storing toxicity. Body can store 7 kg of toxicity. Constipation means toxicity has reached say 0.5 kg and it is accumulating. Cancer would be 7 kg toxicity level in my broad understanding. On the way body sends many other signals as symptoms.

I shifted some things in my life style, especially 3 things;

1. included 8 hours sleep in darkness under all circumstances

2. Eating raw with every cooked meal

3. Eating lots of fresh fruits - now it is more than 1 kg/ day

 And last 3 years digestion is a breeze as easy as breathing. And if some of you remember Satish Shah in ‘ये जो है ज़िंदगी ‘ tv serial ‘ what a relief!!!’