Healing Campaign

I am eternally grateful for all that has been risen via this GoFundMe since we started in July 2018.

I am guided to continue, and to give back.  Your energy towards It’s Yoga International, and towards my personal healing journey is essential to our continued success.  I trust that what I can offer, in return, will be of value to you. I am of the Mind that the conversation on Love & Fear is the most valuable conversation we have in this Life.  Our purpose here on this planet, is to remember our sacred and eternal connection to our Creator. We are a ray of light to the Sun, no matter if we believe it or not, and our remembrance & acceptance of that,  is what ultimately brings us optimal health in the body, happiness, peace and abundance.

This cancer opportunity has deepened my devotion to that Universal truth,  on a whole other level. It has awakened in me a radical honesty, responsibility, and discovery of my relationship to my Self, to others, and to my Creator.  

I want to have a conversation on this topic of Yoga (union) and Cancer (dis-ease), or otherwise viewed as Love & Fear.  I want to share my ideas around how this came to be for me, what past thoughts, feelings & behaviours contributed, and how I see mySelf growing forth from this diagnosis.  What protocols I am using, to attend to the Mind, Body & Spirit connection, and how the practice of Yoga and particularly Svadyaya (Self-Study) has faithfully led me down the path of forgiveness (absence of judgement) and atonement (at-One-ment).

My commitment to sharing the Love is stronger than ever.  I am tender and open and soft and fiercely dedicated to my own healing as an opportunity for others to be  healed with me. Just this conversation, is a step in that direction, of the actualization of the yoga mantra, "all beings everywhere, being happy and free."

I welcome you, and invite you join one or both Teacher Training Sessions in Mexico City, live on Sunday, October 14th,  when I share for the first time, this journey with our trainers and then lead an empowering Rocket® Happy Hour Class with the theme, Only Love is Real.

It would be an honor to share the Love with you.

With Respect and Namaste,

Marie Russel

October 2018


As you contemplate contributing to this project of healing, here is where the finances will go:


For our Marie's healing experiment:


Marie’s supplementation - 1200 USD/month
Rife machine - 2600 USD
Stem Cell Factor Vaccine - 3000 USD
Mag Ray machine - 300 USD
One more week of treatment at ITC in December - 5600 USD

Total upcoming: 12.7 K

Here is the original story I wrote in July 2018


Recently, I found out that I have breast cancer.   

It's been an enlightening journey so far, learning about the dis-ease, and the way the immune system works.  Initially, I wanted to just take out my tumor, and go on with my life, hoping and praying no one would find out.  However, the closer we got the surgery, and the more I learned about cancer (The Truth about Cancer Series ), the more apprehensive I got with conventional methods being the only way, and the more curious I became around how to really cure my cancer.   In the series, I learned about how doctors where attending to their cancer, and it had little to do with surgery, radiation and chemo - and everything to do with lifestyle changes (removing stress) dietary changes (removing coffee, sugar, and alcohol) and boosting the immune system (supplements & alternative treatments) -  so that the immune system can do what it was designed to do - heal.  

I believe in the intelligence of the human body, and when it came down to it, I wanted to give my body the tools it needs to detect the cancer, and to cure it.  

I am a firm believer in the power of the Spirit, mind &  body connection.  As a yoga practitioner and instructor, I have some ideas around how this came to be for me, physically, spiritually, emotionally and mentally, and I am welcoming the opportunity to heal myself on a deeper level.  It is empowering to know that there is a purpose in everything, and that I am never a victim of circumstances.  

For me, going the conventional route, at least as a first step in a treatment protocol, felt disempowering and damaging.  Too many unknowns and dependance on the medical team and medications and treatments to "take care of it."  Please hear me, my Obgyn saved my life, and my son's with an emergency c-section in 2016.  I am eternally grateful to Dr. Read, and that we have western medicine readily available, however, for me, this is not an emergency, but an opportunity to learn,  grow and heal from the inside out.  In the process, I know I am healing others too.  Fear is what we need to let go of, and replace it with faith.

Given I am a mother of two, in a loving partnership with my husband, and the owner of an international yoga company (It's Yoga International),  there are so many factors to consider as I decide on my treatment. After having 7 surgeries in my life so far, I do know that I want to avoid it if at all possible.  Breasts are sacred, they fed my children, and it seems we are so ready to go cutting away at them before giving them what they need to get back on track.   Before this experience, I thought a combination of surgery, radiation and chemo are the only ways to attend to cancer.  Gratefully, I learned that is not the case, in fact there are many other ways.  And as I was more and more willing to let go of my fear and anger and sadness around this situation,  I began to open up to alternative ways of approaching the growing epidemic of Cancer.

So a few days before my planned surgery, I noticed a series of syncronicities, and I love me some signs along the way!  

I've been a student of A Course in Miracles since 2005, and my understanding of a miracle, is that it is -  a shift in perception.   Seeing myself as a sad, needy cancer patient was more than disturbing to my Spirit, it was, and is untrue.  I am who I decide I am.  Deciding to shift my perception about the given protocol, (which by many voices was "the best kind of breast cancer to get, easy to treat etc.")  I still felt that there were too many unknowns and complications that could arise.  I am only 38 and have a long life in front of me.   I wanted to take ownership of this experience, and find a doctor/protocol that felt it would heal my cancer.  

I read my lesson for the day, Lesson 327, "I need but call and You will answer me."

A few minutes later a friend texted, I said,  "I just want to find a doctor who I can trust and work with and who will look at all the moving parts and how they play together."    She assured me I would attract that very soon.
 
I looked up "alternative cancer treatments" on google, and I came across this video  on the internet, and it blew me away with tears!  God bless that Lady and her family!  I filled out the form, kind of absentmindedly, I was feeling the pressure of making a decision, as the surgery was scheduled for July 24, four days to go.  They were eager to put a magnet in my tumor the following day, yikes!

Later that day, an advocate from "Peggy-Sue's"  family called and asked if I wanted to set up a call with one of the doctor's at the Immunity Therapy Center in Tijuana, Mexico .   Sure, I said, was this some kind of scam?  No, he assured me, it's just a complimentary consultation to see if your case is a good fit.  

When the doctor called, I knew immediately he was my guy.  He spent over an hour with me on the phone, looked over some of my test results, and said that he believed that the therapies they offer, would be appropriate and have very good results.  The relief was palpable.  I was ready to shift my perception, and trust that my body, given what it needs, will shift the unhealthy cells, to healthy ones.  I was ready to let go of the fear of cancer, of being a victim, and move into the love and trust,  that it was a blessing.

I am a private person and to put this story out there is a big stretch for me.  That being said, I know that one of the aspects of my healing has to do with transparency and honesty and asking for support when I need it - without all the guilt that is usually present for me.   Whether it be with money or anything else, my old mindset has been, "you can do this, you don't need support " or, "You should have planned better, done better" etc.    Instead, I want to be more open and innocent, as is my nature, and trust that all things are lessons instead of mistakes, and Life is a school rather than a performance.  We are all in it together, and sometimes you are the receiver, and sometimes you are the giver.  

I have had times in my life where there were lots of golden coins in the bank, and times when there were very little golden coins in the bank.  The spiritual lesson is to allow and to trust, to be centered either way, as money does not define us.  Even though I know that - it is fair to say that I have had lots of stress, particularly after becoming a mother, about money. Running a company is hard!  Being a CEO of the home is full on!  Wanting the best schools, food, and life is natural!  I know that I am learning about money (energy)  as I go, and that some lessons take more time than others - this is one of them.  Coming clean, and asking for support, is a part of my journey to wholeness.

It has inspired a lot of courage to "go against the grain," and "down the road less travelled."  It's not the first time in my life, and I doubt it will be the last.  Faith, miracles, trust and Love take a lot, but they give you everything that is valuable.  It takes bravery to choose Love instead of Fear.  Fear would have taken me to surgery last week.  Paid for by insurance and the way those around me and who I love dearly feel most comfortable with.  And every day since postponing it, I have been grateful to hold my babies, and to know that there is another way.  The conventional ways are there, if need be, but I am 100% committed to giving this my all, first, and I hold the vision I will honored to be among those who can say, I am cured, naturally, from breast cancer.

 A friend recently said, " Marie, you are doing the cha cha and the others are dancing the flamenco - we are all dancing." And I believe that.  We need to celebrate our diversity and our human right of Choice.   Dance to the beat of your own drum, trust yourself, in the long run, you will be so much happier and healthier, knowing you are fully responsible for all your choices, and listened to your inner compass even when it didn't make sense to others.

People who are diagnosed with cancer need to decide for themselves what treatment they resonate with - it is a really complicated situation.  For me, I feel divinely guided to go this route, to the Immunity Therapy Center, and to spend some time boosting myself up, healing my immune system, so that I can continue my journey of Life and "sharing the love of the practice."

If all goes as we trust it will with the treatments,  I will have the opportunity to begin teaching straight after in September in Mexico City for two months. We plan to offer some live streaming classes, events and workshops in the upcoming year, and to extend our reach in a bigger way.

 I have great faith that All is in Divine Right Order.  

So, all that being said, your contribution allows me to  receive the healing treatments, the space to concentrate on curing my cancer (and potentially others??)  and to ensure our business and personal life stays up to date & healthy.  Going into debt is a drain and is a heavy feeling, and we are holding the vision we will be bathed in light-ness and love during these upcoming months.

Treatments start August 6th! Let the healing begin.

I thank you for reading this story, and for considering to offer your energy, prayers, and support to me and my family on this journey through breast cancer and beyond.  

We intend to live long and abundant lives, rich in Joy, Love and Peace -  for us and all who we have the privilege of knowing.
May all beings everywhere be happy and free.

With Respect and Namaste,

Marie Russel
July 29,  2018