Mary-Jo Fetterly has a remarkable story. When she was seven years only she slipped on a roof of a house under construction, falling through a chimney flue, and landing four stories down onto the floor of a concrete basement. She was in coma for three days. During this time she had vivid memory of experiencing herself as an energetic being, able to observe her body from a distance. She went on to have a complete recovery, however her experience laid down the groundwork of a lifetime of spiritual inquiry and discovery. She then had many great teachers and learnt about healthy eating, yoga, and life. She bought a farm and gave birth to two daughters and raised the girls on her own.
At the age of 46, in 2004, Mary-Jo had a skiing accident. The accident crushed her C4, C5, and C6 vertebrae and left her paralyzed from the neck down. Her prognosis was very bleak yet she defied all odds and regained the use of her hands and arms and regained feeling and remarkable movement in her legs. Today she is living mostly free of pharmaceutical medication, a remarkable feat in itself. She has done so by a largely self-designed rehabilitation program that used pranayama, yoga, physiotherapy, acupunture, Ayurveda medicine, hydro therapy, and medicinal cannabis use.
This is what Mary-Jo said in 2004 after her skiing injury:
“No matter what obstacles or challenges we face, there is the capacity within each of us to transform.”
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You can find out more about Mary-Jo here. Mary-Jo’s Facebook page and blog.
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