Chat It’s Fate — August 2017

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Mystic Osho

As told to Danielle Wrate Chat it’s fate 7

True life: Saving the day

A

fter intensive therapy a

few years ago I booked

a trip to India.

The Osho International

Meditation Resort is in Pune, and

I felt a deep connection with

Osho, the late mystic, guru and

spiritual teacher whose ashram had evolved into the resort.

But the festering frustration I’d been feeling back in Denmark

soon came back. In my room was a large picture of Osho, and

one night I lay down in front of it and declared, ‘I give up. Please

take me, take everything. There is nothing I wish to hold onto’.

After a period of silence, I sensed a male presence and felt a

hand brush along my spine, which left me feeling deeply relaxed.

‘You are not your emotions,’ a voice inside my head said.

It was as if a switch had been flipped inside me, as I began to

shed the attachments I’d formed to my feelings.

Back home, I took up regular meditation and now make time

to sit in silence and let in the calm that Osho helped me find.

A

fter a couple

of very nasty

experiences on

the Underground,

including one where

a man tried to grab me,

I dropped out of my business

management course in

London and

went back to my hometown in Wales.

I began experiencing panic attacks

whenever I had to leave the house, found it

easier to lock myself away amid familiar

surroundings. I was 19 and felt

completely alone, suffocated and

trapped. I’d ask Why me?, and

throw myself a massive pity party.

Then I started seeing the

same ad for a yoga class. I saw

it on Facebook, on a doctor’s

noticeboard, even overheard

other people talking about it.

Could this be a sign?

It took four more months for

me to pluck up the courage to

take a taster class, and a friend

came with me for moral support. It

was hard to step onto the mat in a

room full of strangers, but that

one act was a catalyst for change.

I started practising yoga

regularly, and attracted

spiritual healers who were

able to open my mind to

new possibilities. Before

long, I returned to

university to complete my

studies. Seven years on, I’m

a trained yoga teacher and

also work as Reiki and

Theta healer.

I’m helping others to beat the

negative thought patterns that

once threatened to destroy me.

l For more information about

Vickie’s yoga teaching, visit

http://www.vickiewilliamsyoga.com

F

ear gripped me as

I boarded the plane in

Malaga, Spain, with my

daughter Grace, mum

Sue and stepdad Maurice.

The holiday had been glorious, but I couldn’t forget

how my spiritual advisor had hinted for me not to go on

the trip. I’d had a terrible dream, too, just knew that

something bad would happen.

As we took off, I prayed for our safety. Just then,

the plane slammed back down to earth and

dramatically swerved on the runway. Passengers

around me screamed in terror, and when we’d come

to a stop, the pilot made an announcement.

‘Another plane was coming into land directly in

our path,’ he explained.

His quick thinking had saved the day, but

I also knew that the plane had swerved at

the exact moment I was saying my prayer.

I was glad that the warning had led to

me taking precautions, but I learnt my

lesson that day and vowed never to

ignore one again.

Emma

Radin, 42,

London

Say a little prayer

Vickie

Williams, 27,

from London

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