Pediatric Dentist Resolves Migraines and Unlocks Energy Through Gut Testing and Qigong

The fact that this is such a small group, you really make connection with him and other people who attend. It's very much mind-opening. Yeah, I would definitely recommend this. Definitely. I'm Mahnaz Gorgani. I'm a pediatric dentist, and I live in Bay Area, California, Palo Alto. Before the retreat, I joined Dr. Shirjayi's Urban Monk Academy, and before that, I learned that he does gut testing, so I did his gut testing, you know, the permeability and all of that, and I found out that I'm sensitive to turmeric. We're Persian. I add turmeric to all of our food. I add turmeric to my eggs that I eat in the morning, and when I found that out ... I mean, I really didn't think I was allergic to anything, but I was getting some migraine headaches. I had some other issues and everything, so I thought, "Wow, what a smart test." So this actually prompted me to wanna go to his tr- retreat to find out more, and I found out his retreat is about qigong and meditation and breathing, which I'm very much into all of that, and I really, really liked it. And I just wanted to meet him, and when I got to listen to more of his speeches, I just got more interested and interested, and I'm like, "I gotta go to his retreat." This is what made me, you know, to go to his retreat. A lot of famous functional doctors, they have these huge retreats, and I had never gone to a retreat, and I didn't think I wanted to go on because these retreats are so big. I'm like, how could you even meet the guy? How could you even ask questions? But when I found out his retreats are very limited to who can attend, I'm like, oh my God, I wanna go, and I'm so glad that I went. Well, when I first arrived in the retreat and I met him and I said, "Wow," because he welcomes everybody who comes in, and I said, "Wow, this is a hidden gem." It was very cozy. The food was amazing because I'm very much into healthy food. He's promoting healthy living and energy and qigong and all of that. I thought that was a very appropriate place. People were very nice. These are all like-minded people. I talked to a lot of people. You know, we had lunch together, and it was really nice because you can connect to people easily. Yeah, you know, qigong, I had heard of it, but when you're in this retreat, it's just a different energy. It's different how he shows every little single move, where your hand's supposed to be, how your movement's supposed to be. This was just amazing. So having a doctor who is so updated in all the new science and medical and technology and everything and presents you with 5,000-year-old qigong, it tells us a lot. It tells us that how we can connect to people that knew so much more than we know now 5,000 years ago. Qigong is not only spiritual, medical, and physical. It just ... He presented so well. I think I found out that I have some energy that I didn't know about. He was teaching us that you could have blocked energy. Let's say you have some medical issue and all of that. These all have root causes, but blocked energy is actually a big root cause of your issues, so it, it was really good to know that. You have to practice it, and that's the hardest part. So he has this gong thing that you do for 100 days, and I'm looking forward doing that, and I just yet started it yesterday. So the more you do this, the better you get at it, the better you find your energy. Your mental health improves, your physical. It makes you stronger and stronger because you're blocking out everything, you being present. Since the retreat, I feel more awakened, and I feel I can work for the energy that I already have more and improve it. He emphasizes you can't just listen or just do it once or twice. You have to keep doing it.