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TINA SOHN
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| Our Mataji |
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| A unique and gifted woman crossed my path and I'm quite sure she saved my life, along with her husband, Robert. When I found them both and their students in what they called The Wholistic Center, in Manhasset, New York, it was around 1978 and Tina was referred to by everyone as "Mataji," which means Mother, and even more than that...a Spiritual, highly regarded Mother. Indeed she was! Besides raising her two daughters, she taught Yoga and Ammatherapy to a tight-knit group of students. I never had the privilege to learn Yoga from her...but when she put her hands on me and manipulated the points of my Energy Body, there was no question that she had a talent and knew exactly what she was doing. Mataji would go right for a point and you felt it and the result! She could see the Energy Body. She could read you and there was no keeping secrets from her. | |
| Her Training |
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| Born in Korea, she
was a Princess. At that time the Aristocracy was responsible for
the citizenry. They were Healers and Providers. Tina Sohn
was trained in Martial and Healing Arts from an early age by her
Grandmother, Father and Brother. She became a marathon swimmer,
and was once thrown against the rocks...I've never heard of what
injuries she sustained...and I'm not sure if that ended her
competitions.
When her Father died and then soon after her beloved Brother, she went into a coma. When she came out of that coma she had enhanced sight. In school she walked into class and saw her teacher as a skeleton; and was deeply traumatized. She thought she had done some sort of harm to the Teacher, and the trauma remained even though it was later learned that the Teacher had cancer and Tina had seen the future. Later, her husband Robert was able to convince her and help her to see that it was a gift she'd been given; although, as many attest...such a gift is a huge responsibility and provides constant worry and pain for one who walks into a room and sees the sad fate of others. |
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| Her Healing Gift |
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| As a Healer, however...I and so many others were "touched by an Angel!" Without x-rays or medical tests she FELT the problem. She cured me of a spastic colon by use of her hands, herbs, vitamins and dietary changes. I was assigned two exercise programs: Hatha Yoga and T'ai Chi Chuan. "These Americans are so lazy!!" she exclaimed the first time she met and treated me. "You are right," I had to admit. I had instant respect for her because of her honesty...she only had to see me, and could perceive the lack of attention I gave to my body and overall health at that time. I, like so many others, was still under the supposition that life happens to me. In this wonderful time, plenty of teachers are in the public eye to say and show evidence that we humans have huge choice and capability for shaping our lives. | |
The Dynamic Duo |
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At a time when Allopathy was already powerful and blocking real healers from the public eye and creating laws to say only Medical Doctors had the right to take responsibility for "curing" people, the Sohns forged ahead and created a new Paradigm for Healing the WHOLE person. There was teaching for the Mind, Body and Spirit...a patient was prompted to take responsibility for their own health. What a silly idea we have that we should be powerless to affect our own well-being! Although at that time I couldn't fathom healing myself either...all I knew was that my children and I were constantly "sick" with the same diagnosis and taking the same medication month after month! I had at least had the realization that "It wasn't working!" Like so many others, I had believed that the medicine a doctor gave me was a "magic bullet" that would kill a pathogen once and for all. What a shocking idea when I heard that the "colds" and "flus" we were plagued with were/are actually the body's defense mechanism. If there are germs and congestion there...the body does its best to push them out! Diarrhea, vomiting, running noses...the body's way of expelling harmful germs and congestion. Tina had taught a core group the art of Yoga and Ammatherapy and set them to teaching them as well. Robert, her husband, taught Chi Kung, Karate and Esoteric Studies and taught others to teach them. In those days we called him "Guru Dev," which means "Father/Teacher." That went on for a long time until one evening at Satsang he said, "Don't call me that anymore! I'm not your Father and I can't do your learning for you! Take responsibility for your life and don't believe anything I tell you...you go test it for yourself and decide if it's right for you!"...or somesuch words. At that time, we also began calling Mataji Mrs. Sohn. She and Robert and their Core Students were in the forefront of the movement to Integrate Allopathy and Wholistic Health. They used the "W" on Wholistic. It's about Wholeness...not about a HOLE! Our beautiful Mataji has now passed to the Next Level; but her Blessings continue in people like me and Kent Bergstrom, whose Center in Wisconsin was Dedicated by Mrs. Sohn herself; and even in the New York College where all new management teaches Ammatherapy. I only hope they have an iota of the Integrity and Overview that the Sohns had, and that the true Essence of Ammatherapy is still taught...it is not simply a mechanical skill.
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My first tribute to Mrs. Sohn was "lost" by AOL...I am grateful that Mrs. Sohn saw it before that. I hope she knew how much she was appreciated. this re-creation April 2, 2008! Today is Robert Sohn's Birthday! Spirit does move in interesting ways! My first page ever, Avalokitesvara, was made April 2, 1992 on Guru Dev's birthday to honor him.
Grateful again to Moyra for her Art. |
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