Who’s in charge?

When people have transplants for blood disorders such as lymphoma, leukemia, and myeloma, there’s a series of events that are supposed to occur. The transplant is put into the body through transfusions and begins to take over. The patient/host’s body is supposed to allow the transplant cells to get settled but not comfortable. They have a bit of a fight until the host finally acquiesces and the new donor cells take over.

In Jin Shin Jyutsu we often think in metaphors so I had my own way of explaining it to one of my transplant patients, a CEO of a major company. I thought of him as the boss and the transplant as the young, super smart, up and coming whip he hired to take over the business so he could retire. They get along, both have the same general vision, but after some time, the new hire really want to change things. There’s be some battling, but finally the CEO steps down and names the new hire as his replacement.

Another patient reported that his transplant came from a young woman. His transplant I compared to a new girlfriend who he’d asked to move in. She’d look around, open all the closets and start rearranging the furniture and bringing her things in. He was fine with that as long as he still had his “man cave” that was all his. Finally, he gave in and she immediately turned into her yoga studio. He’s fine with this and joins her. Namaste.

With all my transplant patients I’d use Jin Shin Jyutsu flows that had to do with relationship. They supported the immune system and helped the battle over who was in charge move forward as it needed to but with less of the uncomfortable side effects.