Do you want to feel better? Go outside. Mother Earth is a natural tranquilizer. Just inhaling the breeze and watching the sun dance on the leaves is relaxing, refreshing and energizing.
The Japanese have a name for it: shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing. Scientific studies have proved that forest bathing has measurable health benefits for relieving stress and increasing happiness.
But Mother Narure’s medicine cabinet is much more extensive. For hundreds of years, native shamans in West Texas and northern Mexico have known about the healing powers of the hot springs near the Rio Grande in Hudspeth County. There are 22 springs, each with its own unique benefits. At one, drinking the water and bathing removes toxins. At another, the mud is used to relieve arthritis. At another, sitting on a particular stone eases menstrual cramps.1
This idea is hardly new. Hippocrates in Airs, Waters, Places wrote that some places helped heal certain illnesses, while other places made people feel worse.
The most amazing place of healing I’ve ever heard about was only discovered recently (although some believe it was used thousands of years ago by a now-unknown civilization).
I’m talking about the labyrinthine tunnel called “Ravne” that lies beneath the Pyramid of the Sun in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Donna Tierney visited the Bosnian Pyramids as a volunteer. For 4-5 years, the Australian woman had been suffering from a chronic sinus infection that antibiotics couldn’t cure. But after working in the Bosnian pyramid tunnel for several hours, she was amazed that her sinus issues cleared up.
Donna said, “I had an abscess in a tooth, and the infection spread to my sinuses. And I’ve seen multiple doctors and been on numerous courses of antibiotics – and in fact, two weeks prior to coming on this trip, I had another course of antibiotics, because I didn’t want to get into a plane with this sinus condition – and it’s never been effective. I found, after that stint in the tunnels, I was breathing easier. The infection has gone. I’m a nurse, I know what an infection looks like, feels like. And so, yeah, I’m infection free and have been now for, what is it? Tuesday. So, four days. ”
Donna’s anecdote is only one of many. A diabetic noticed a drop in blood sugar levels after being in the tunnels. A visitor from Slovenia reported their Parkinson’s tremors and leg pains disappeared. Marie-sophie Gristi said her asthma was healed. Evelina was recovering from ankle surgery. Her stitches had been removed just one week before the trip, and her leg was swollen before entering the tunnels. She was using a cane to help her walk. After her visit to Ravne, she she could walk normally, without the cane.
Bosnian Pyramids Healing Energy Tour June 16 – 24, 2024
Body Mind Spirit Journeys has just opened up registrations for our 2024 Bosnian Pyramids tour that includes much more than the Ravne tunnel complex. Here are a few more highlights of the guided tour…
- See the mysterious giant stone balls at Zavidovici archaeological park
- Tour Sarajevo including the Old Town
- Visit the archaeological dig at the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun
- Meditation session at the Vratnica tumulus
- Tour hosted by Dr. Semir (Sam) Osmanagich, the archaeologist who discovered the Bosnian Pyramids.
This is the only Bosnian Pyramids tour Dr. Sam will lead in 2024, so don’t miss out!
Get Complete Bosnian Pyramids Tour Details Here
Footnote:
1. Pat Ellis Taylor, Border Healing Woman: The Story of Jewell Babb (University of Texas Press, 1981)
Photo credit: Rio Grande hot springs bathing: Jessica Reeder, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons