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Our 10th Anniversary Women of Distinction

Miraglo Foundation has accomplished Brazil at a large healthcare conference, That is why we wanted Pacific Pearl La
many remarkable feats in the short time it and in November of 2017, we will be Jolla, our Integrative health and wellness
has been in existence. Their work is global. going to the Vatican for a World Health center, to be a place where our patients
A major project has been the support of Organization event where Dr. Guarneri would feel comfortable. It is designed to
the Academy of Integrative Health and will be presenting. That event is spon- be more like home and less like a medical
Medicine (AIHM), which Dr. Guarneri sored by the World Health Organization, center. That is why we don't have a wait-
founded and where Rauni serves as a UCSD and Miraglo Foundation." ing room. We have a living room. Some
member of the Board of Directors. A focus Rauni loves what she does, even of our patients will just drop by to sit in
of Miraglo Foundation is serving the un- when asked if her time as a critical nurse our living room to relax, and we love that.
der-served, and they support several San was a difficult period for her. She re- Things have changed with traditional
Diego initiatives, among others. Interna- sponds, "All of my experiences have led healthcare. We have over 70 medical
tionally, their support of the Sri Narayani me to where I am today. Because of my schools in this country that now teach
Hospital and Research Center in the Tamil background, I have a lot of credibility Integrative Medicine. When I left Scripps,
Nadu region in rural-Southern India has in several areas of healthcare. My range it was only 35, so Integrative Medicine is
helped it grow from a one-room clinic to has allowed me to enjoy many different the way of the future.”
a 250-bed multi-specialty hospital serving experiences." I asked Rauni what her tidbits of
thousands of patients monthly. Rauni says, Her VA teaching opportunity came advice would be for our readers and she
“Currently, on average, five people each about due to a study of Post-Traumatic shared the following:
day who come into the hospital will lose Stress Disorder (PTSD) that Dr. Guar- • I ask patients, “Where would you
their lives because the center does not have neri and Rauni did while they were be if there were no obstacles? What
the ability to perform angioplasty, stent- at Scripps. Active duty Marines with would you do if nothing stood in your
ing and open-heart surgery. Now, we are PTSD at Camp Pendleton in California way?”
raising funds for a much needed cardiac were returning from Iraq and Afghani- • Go deep within and see what you
catheterization laboratory and open heart stan. Rauni explains, “We used Healing really want to do with your life. Often,
surgical suite.” Touch® to help with the PTSD symp- we live our lives according to other
It is difficult for Rauni and the other toms. In September of 2012, our find- peoples’ desires. We don't listen to our
foundation members to bear this distress ings were published in the publication, intuition; we don't listen to our own
when they travel to the hospital because ‘Military Medicine.’ The study had to be heart; we listen to other people who
the staff members are doing all they can. short, since the Marines were moving tell us what we should do. Intuition is
Even with great doctors and nurses, they from place to place. We provided six the heart. Logical thinking is the head,
can't save lives without the necessary treatments in a 3-week period, but even and although there are only 18 inches
equipment. "Unfortunately," Rauni adds, in that time, depression dropped, there between the two, this is often the lon-
“All the equipment comes from the same was an overall reduction of symptoms, gest distance we have to go. When you
manufacturers used around the globe, and hostility levels significantly de- follow your heart, you don't determine
so the cost in developing countries is the creased.” your outcome, but you have a vision
same as in wealthy metropolitan parts After seeing their positive results, she of where you want to go. Often people
of the world. It is simply unaffordable. was invited to teach Healing Touch® to will think of every obstacle between
The people in this region of India have healthcare providers at the Greater Los where they are and where they want
a hard time feeding their families…and Angeles VA. The VA is the biggest health to be. So, I ask, ‘What is your passion?
losing one of their family members to a care system in the country with 153 hos- Follow it.’
curable ailment is impossible to accept.” pitals, 773 outpatient centers and 260 Vet • There was a study done on patients
The list of organizations and projects Counseling Centers. with cancer, and the aim was to find
Miraglo Foundation works with is grow- Thanks to the teachings of Rauni and out what happened to cancer patients
ing every day. Check the article on page others in the medical profession, Integra- given the news that they had a limited
12 to see some of the other wonderful tive Medicine has moved to the forefront time remaining in their life. The pur-
causes taken on by the Foundation. of a previously conventional medical pose was to see why the outcome was
Constantly traveling around the model. I asked Rauni if the climate has different for two patients who were
world, Rauni is spreading the important changed with traditional physicians and both told they had five weeks to live.
messages of Integrative Medicine, educa- if there existed an increased acceptance of Some died exactly in five weeks, yet
tion, compassion and service to improve Integrative Medicine? others lived 20 years. This shows that
global health. She says, “I went to Geneva She says, "Yes, the tide has turned, when we get passed the restrictions
last year to the World Health Organiza- and we are seeing more traditional doc- we place on ourselves, we can achieve
tion’s World Health Assembly represent- tors willing to add Integrative Medicine great things.
ing Miraglo Foundation, as part of the to their practices. We are in the process Learn more at http://pacificpearlla-
delegation of the Global Health Council. of creating the healthcare that we would jolla.com and http://miraglofoundation.
This coming October, I will present in want for ourselves and our loved ones. org.

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