Merina Bjordin

Biography

Merina is a teacher and holistic practitioner in Edmonton, Alberta. She has been teaching for fifteen years. She became interested in sound and holistic practises as she wound her way along the path of her spiritual journey. She has practised Brain Gym and Educational Kinesiology for the past seven years. She has been playing Crystal Bowls for the past four years, and has presented at many venues, including the Vancouver Nurse Healers Conference, Women's Healing Retreat in Lumsden Saskatchewan, and at Kryon, in Spruce Grove Alberta.

Testimonial

Brain gym

My first experience with brain gym in my life occurred in 1992. I had a strong desire to make a change in the policies and procedures in my professional association, but I had one big problem. In order to do this, I had to speak at our annual assembly, and this was a challenge for me. When I tried to speak in front of a group of my peers, it was as if an invisible attacker had its hands around my throat. My face would turn red, my knees would shake, and I could barely choke out my words. When I took brain gym, I had my instructor do a mini balance on me for speaking. My goal was to speak eloquently and convincingly in front of a large group of people (around 1000). She helped me define my goal, act it out, do the exercises which would help in speaking, and then tested me to see if my brain and body had integrated the goal.

The results were amazing. Three months later, I stood in front of a thousand people and presented my arguments without fear. Six months after my balance, I ran in a federal election.In six weeks I probably gave 18 to 20 speeches, many of them in front of large crowds, some of them on television, and some on radio. I have never looked back, and the "attacker" has gone for good.

Crystal Bowls

My first experience with crystal bowls, was around 1994 when Gregory Possman came to Edmonton. I went to a presentation he gave, where a crystal bowl meditation for the following Sunday was announced. They mentioned that CBC TV would be there taping, but I conveniently forgot that information until two weeks after the meditation. Somehow I was meant to be there. When I arrived, I was surprised to find the TV camera crew there, but decided to stick around. Gregory instructed us to look into our partner's left eye, third eye, or right eye, and not to move while he played the bowls. He had three bowls with him, and he played for 15 minutes in total. One of the bowls had a strong effect on me. Although I felt no emotion, tears ran down the side of my face. Then he would switch to a different bowl, and the tears would stop. When he went back to the same bowl, the tears would start up again. Gradually, I seemed to run out of tears, and then my sinuses began to drain.(Remember we were not to move during this, and since I've always one to get my money's worth, I followed instructions.)As mucous ran down from my nose, the TV camera came in for a close-up of me. "So much for my political career," I thought, but just continued in the moment. I knew I had to have those bowls, but didn't think I had enough money at the time. I thought about it off and on for the next year or so, then got my own set of seven.

my e-mail address

if you are wishing to contact me regarding

spiritual response therapy.
brain gym work.
aromatherapy sessions.
crystal bowl recordings.

i can be reached at merina@canada.com.