Contributed by Jena Griffiths
The magic of Phyllis Krystal
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Cutting ties with old age.
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er lift doesn’t go to the top floor, unless she wants your company. As I stepped into the elevator I chuckled to myself at the appropriateness of this symbolism. For many people, Phyllis Krystal’s lift really doesn’t go to the top floor. But they’re mistaken. She’s all there.
When we met, she was just back from a few days in Greece where her teachings are much needed and appreciated right now. Even though there are hundreds of practitioners of her system worldwide, Phyllis still consults privately and also by phone and even takes on speaking engagements when the weather isn’t too hot. But what is her system? It’s a powerful and very practical method for helping people let go of attachments to other people, substances or situations. You can use it to end past relationships or free yourself of people wishing to control you. Or use it simply to connect with inner guidance. Phyllis’s method is used by hundreds of psychologists, and other healers around the world including three generations of practitioners in Phyllis’s own family. Her daughter (a psychotherapist in California) and her granddaughter both teach her system to their clients. What is her secret to longevity? I asked Phyllis what her secret was. How does she manage to stay active and independent at her age? Phyllis puts it down mainly to her connection with a higher consciousness. She said
Phyllis Krystal with author Jena Griffiths
one can learn to connect to the “Higher C” through her maypole exercise. She also said she had practiced Tai Chi until an advanced age, although no more, and she adheres to the blood group diet, maintaining that O blood types need to be eating some animal protein, otherwise after age 50 the body starts cannibalizing itself! If you think you’re too old to start a new career, think again. And retirement? Banish the idea. Phyllis was already well into her 50s when she started developing her system. Her first book Cutting the Ties that Bind was published in 1982 when she was 68, and has been republished several times in a number of languages. She’s also written several other books, as recently as 2009, and is currently busy with a new workbook so that more people can benefit from her teachings. Phyllis Krystal was born in London in 1914. After graduating from Bishop Otter College in Chichester, she moved to the USA where she met and married Sidney Krystal, a prominent Los Angeles attorney. They had 2 daughters and have 2 grandchildren. After her husband died in 2004 at the age of 91, Phyllis moved to Munich in Germany to be closer to her students. At the age of 95 she moved again, to Zurich.
Significant events in her life? When asked about milestones, Phyllis told me about a hijacking incident in the 70s, when the plane she and her husband were on was set alight by two hijackers above the North Sea. Miraculously the aircraft was landed (thanks to Amsterdam Airport) and all passengers and crew escaped before the plane and all their luggage was blown to smithereens. This was the turning point in Phyllis’s life, because for first time she fully connected to a higher consciousness and was guided on how to use loving thoughts to avert the catastrophe. Her work may sound esoteric to some, but it isn’t at all. Her exercises work on the subconscious mind through guided imagery. Phyllis’s lift goes to the top floor and also right down into the basement, enabling you to clear out all the clutter in your life for a fresh new start. Jena Griffiths is a hand analyst based in Zurich. She’s British/South African and has sailed around the world, one third with a baby, before the family settled in land-locked Switzerland 10 years ago. http://handanalysisonline.com Listen to the full hijacking story or download a recording of Phyllis’s maypole exercise on this site: http://ear-thschool.com
ZURICH
Phyllis greeted me at the doorway to her apartment, wearing a deep green floral dress and a radiant smile. She’ll be 99 this year but you’d never guess it. Quick-witted and engaging, she’s full of youthful plans for her next publication and her two-year program of seminars, which she is currently teaching in Germany, Croatia and Spain.