Miriam Jacobs, IPE, CMT, BFA, helps people to change with a bodywork process called Polarity Therapy. This therapy brings about a profoundly deep healing - both physical and even emotional - that gets to the root of the pain for longer lasting results.

After a successful career as a visual artist she found herself drawn to the healing arts and began her formal studies in 1989. She trained at the Polarity Wellness Network in New York City and was certified by APTA. She received certification in Swedish Esalen massage from the McKinnon Institute in 1996.

Miriam has been also been reading Tarot for over 25 years. She is creating a deck of wellness cards; The Polarity Wisdom Deck that integrates classic tarot to esoteric body anatomy found in Polarity. Miriam is a faculty member at the Academy of Natural Healing (www.chihealer.com ) and has trained other practitioners in Polarity.

She now focuses on workshops and parties involving Tarot. Her bodywork practice is in the SF Bay area. She sometimes includes the Tarot in her sessions and also does readings over the phone.

Miriam has also studied: cranial sacral therapy, chi nei tsang, therapeutic touch, reflexology, ayurveda, and herbology, and integrates all these modalities into her practice.

PERSONAL STORY

"When I was three years old, I almost died. I developed a high fever and was vomiting blood. When my parents took me to the hospital, I slipped into a coma. Doctors came from all over to try and diagnose my illness. No one could come up with an answer. I was placed under an oxygen tent and given what was called shotgun therapy; every drug possible was pumped into my veins. Nothing seemed to work. Every day our neighbor and a nurse in the hospital would check on me. One day she came in to find my oxygen tent shut off. I had to be resuscitated, which resulted in my left side being paralyzed briefly. I was then given only a 5% chance of surviving.

Soon the whole town was praying for my recovery.

The medical staff were all about to give up. My family pediatrician, Dr. Selma Mitchell, a Russian immigrant and the only female doctor anybody knew at the time, decided to hold an all night prayer vigil with the Rabbi of the community. That night happened to be the night of the most holy day of the Jewish calendar: the day of atonement, Yom Kippur.

At about 3am, the Rabbi went home and Dr. Mitchell stayed, continuing her vigil. As the sun rose that morning my eyes opened and I began to recover.

I am aware that I went to a very far away place. I understand illness. I believe I was kept alive to do work on healing. Polarity has given me a framework to do so. It also allows me to use creative artistry."

Due to advanced medical technology, these types of experiences have become quite common and are know as near death experiences. Many people who have had near death experiences report similar paranormal revelations and are inspired to make changes in their lives and others. "