Our Members: Ryan McNeely

Ryan McNeely // Minister of Information

Hi, I'm Ryan. I am so proud to be a Senior leader of SIM, and Minister of Information this year. My passion for healing has grown out of my participation with SIM, which began only a year and a half ago. Looking back, I cannot believe how much I have learned about healing practices from around the world -- and much of my knowledge stems from being with the healers in this heart-centered circle. I have also found a few gems for classes on this campus: Native American Medicine, Buddhist Psychology, Ethnobotany, and especially Medical Anthropology (Cohen and Schepper-Hughes are both deeply or even deathly passionate). I took the last Spring semester off of Call to study Chinese Medicine at the Acupressure Institute on Shattuck, and have grown a private practice. Doing Acupressure and massage with my clients is a meditation. Being acutely present with our bodies is extremely rewarding. Being a conduit for universal energy feels magical. Being silent and present with people is beautiful -- the constant urge to connect through voice melts away. I support friends in cleansing their toxic bodies with whole raw foods as I cleanse my own. Thanks to brother Mo for all the support! I enjoy talking about Buddhism and Native American life-ways, philosophies for enlightened action. Tabling and meditating on Sproul rocks! I am thankful to be with a circle of peers who support one another no matter what aspect of healing she/he is exploring, form healing with raw eggs, to energy medicine, to allopathy/biomedicine. I'm writing my Senior Thesis this semester and preparing for our perceived Real World. I am looking forward to graduating, expanding my practice, and promoting local healers. Let the good word flow!