International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 55 | Page 8

Melanie selected the door
marked “it’s happening FOR
me”
“With the diagnosis, my life
changed! It began. I started to
look inside. I turned to nature.
I moved to the jungle. I fasted
on water. I feasted on fruits and
vegetables only. I visualized. I
prayed. I meditated. I started a
heart dialogue therapy.I joined
shamanic ceremonies. I got in
contact with my essence. I’ve
came to an understanding of
how many ways it all is really
happening FOR me not to
me! Everything! I continued
to travel and have pursued
activities related to food, art
and health ever since, seeing
most of Europe, Iran, Uruguay,
Paraguay, Bolivia, Costa Rica,
the United States and Mexico.”
Melanie has now been working
with raw food, nutrition and
spirituality for the past three
years and is an Institute for
integrative
Nutrition-certified
Health
Coach.
Having
discovered her own inner
strength and understanding she
shares this with others through
her work as a Coach.
To give you a clearer, purer,
picture of Melanie I want to
share this with you, written by
Melanie:“I am creating a life that enables
me to push the human race
forward and to acknowledge
and respect the body, mind
and spirit connection. My
health is my wealth, and I am
finding out more and more
what I want to use this wealth
for, making the world a better
place by being me and serving
the ones, who know about their
incredible inner life force but
have forgotten how to connect
to it.”
Melanie and I share the
understanding that much of
who we are, and how we feel,
is dictated by the foods we
consume, or rather digest, and
Melanie works with raw foods
although is not 100% raw herself,

She understands the process of
learning to cleanse our body, to
have the space to listen to our
body and nourish as needed.
With a clear, lighter system we
can then begin to operate with
more energy, energy previously
used by trying to process a
poor diet, which in turn gives
us confidence and therefore,
increases our self esteem. For
me, this is the beginning of your
journey of discovery.
Melanie used food for her own
healing journey:- “Being in
nature, taking time to be with
myself, fasting and cleansing
were the first steps I took after
endless research on how to deal
with inflammation naturally. I
believe, and it is scientifically
proven, that most disease is
caused by inflammation. I was
very, very acidic and had a
toxic mind. Eating more and
more fruits and vegetables
helped my body to get alkaline.
My awareness changed, and
I became lighter and more
connected to all living things
on our planet. I was literally
floating on a cloud of bliss at
times.”
Learning to meditate, to
visualise, can be a huge turning
point for many people. It is not
about spending hours in a dark
space, meditation can be
achieved simply by walking
through nature. It is impossible
to feel negative when you are
surrounded by natural beauty,
but more importantly, I find that
being within nature, tuning into
the sounds around you, giving
yourself the headspace to
think, to just be, has to be one
of the best forms of meditation.
To understand visualisation, to
appreciate how it can help
you manifest dreams into
reality is a skill that we all have,
it is just hidden under layers of
other peoples thoughts and
directions.
Testament to this whole thought
process is that Melanie is not in
a wheelchair, far from it, she
is running around and loving
life as was intended. She is
beautiful. She is Melanie.

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