My experiences with the ornamental ginger plant Hedychium coccineum. Following problems with my knee, hip and lower back, Jan had earmarked an ornamental ginger plant for me. The moment I saw, no, I should say met, the plant, I was completely overwhelmed by a sense of reverence and respect for its greatest personality. That this one was for me!!!!!. After a while Jan handed me the plant, we placed it in the car and I get a terrible cramp in the solar plexus area, which resulted in a violent vomiting and this repeated itself after that. But after this last time, it was suddenly all over and clean and I realised that my ginger therapist had gone straight to work to send me into a purification process. I felt happy, light and clean after that.
A week later, exactly at the spot where I got the plant, I meet an acquaintance who is an energetic doctor. she saw me walking deficiently and offered to "look at" my hip. In her examination, she could not find any structural defect, but she recommended that I go to a Feldenkraist therapist she knew. I immediately felt that my ginger therapist played a role in this and sent me on this path. Indeed, this was the right form of therapy for me. I needed to release tensions and thus make a change in my lifestyle. It made perfect sense to me.
Meanwhile, in the pot of the ornamental ginger plant, a "forest" of new shoots began to emerge (seven in number), growing so fast and vigorously ( 2 to 3 cm a day, but now as much as 5 to 8 cm a day) that we now expect them to be at least 1.5 m tall in a few weeks! Jan indicated that this was a sign that I am doing well. Indeed, I feel that I am on the right track with a core problem, but it still needs to be further integrated into my body. The plant is next to the chair where I often rest on it for a while. Then I really feel in touch with this healer. To my surprise, I started to see that it started crying tears. Jan said of this that this has to do with my emotions. And indeed, I am releasing old emotions. What a process and what a ginger healer showing me the way in this! I love him and am very grateful to him, but also to Jan for bringing me this plant. H.S.
