Today we’d like to introduce you to Dr. Darcy White.
Hi Dr. White, so excited to have you on the platform. So, before we get into questions about your work life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today.
Becoming a chiropractor was a series of serendipitous events. I knew I always wanted to help people and felt drawn to the healthcare profession. At first, I thought I would be more interested in laboratory studies and become a researcher. However, after hours of bench labs in college, I soon discovered that I preferred to work with people directly. I then considered medical school.
As the end of undergrad was approaching, I felt an incredible amount of stress. My neck was so stiff and tight that I had trouble sleeping. I couldn’t find relief with massages and was slowly losing my hearing. I recalled going to the chiropractor in high school, which helped me with some mild scoliosis. I wondered if it would help my neck and hearing.
I found a chiropractor walking distance from me. After the exam and adjustment, I felt so much better, so I followed my care plan and went consistently. One day the doctor asked, “What do you want to do when you’re done with college?” I shyly said, “I want to go to medical school.” She then asked me, “Why medical school?” I joyfully replied, “I want to help people.” Her response was, “How will you help people with a medical degree?” I answered, “Drugs and surgery, I guess.” She then inquired, “What if you can help people without drugs or surgery?” Intrigued, I looked at her and asked, “What would that be?” She then asked me, “Have you ever considered being a chiropractor?” I paused for a moment and then said, “Maybe, I’m not sure.” Shortly after, she sent me an invitation to my alma mater’s annual event called “The Wave”.
Once I attended “The Wave,” I soon realized just how important the nervous system was for overall health and well-being. Basically, chiropractic was actually everything I was looking for but wasn’t aware of the deeper philosophical principles. I learned about how interconnected the optimized functionality of an individual can have ripple effects on a communal and global scale. I found the microcosmic and macrocosmic perspectives fascinating. I always wanted to make a positive impact on humanity and help make the world a better place. Chiropractic seemed promising, so I applied to chiropractic college the next day!
My first year in school, I was exposed to a wide range of techniques, approaches, analysis, and foundational basic science classes. What stood out to me the most was a seminar regarding Networkspinal Chiropractic. The doctor on stage beamed with heartfelt passion. I felt drawn to learn more about her, her practice, and experience the synchronicity in life events and healing that she had shared. I saw on her website that her journey through NetworkSpinal helped her discontinue anti-anxiety medication and regain her photographic memory. This was the first synchronous event; I desired to discontinue my anti-anxiety medications. I booked an intake with her and was curious to see what gifts would reveal themselves to me in our collaboration.
At this point in time, I was challenged by symptoms of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I was easily overwhelmed by stress and constantly felt unsafe. This made me extremely uncomfortable in palpation classes when unfamiliar people would touch my body to study anatomy. While I felt some relief with my medications, I also felt numb and disconnected. I often wondered if this was as good as it was going to get. I knew something needed to change because my symptoms were making my studies extremely difficult.
Within the first nine months of care, my life had completely transformed. Not only did I begin to have a deeper sense of connection with my body, I also no longer felt the need to take one of my medications for night terrors (which was caused by my other medication). Soon enough, and I felt like my ability to self-regulate was sufficient for me to wean myself off all my medications. Neither my psychiatric provider nor my chiropractor encourage me to do this. I just had the impetus within me to try it out, to see if I could fully embrace life without the medicinal inhibitors.
When the world came to a pause in 2020, I felt like if I were ever to take the leap, now would be the time. It was not an easy journey however, with the combination of extraordinarily exceptional results I got from nearly a year in Network spinal care, lifestyle, and dietary changes, I was successful. I discontinued a medication I was told I would be on for the rest of my life. At first, I felt very tender and sensitive; everything felt overstimulating. Sometimes this was because I felt unsafe but most of the time I felt as though my sense of aliveness was returning after years of dormancy.
However, there were times when I struggled to accept myself fully. I wanted to harness my sensitivity in an empowered way and energetically protect my spaces. I saw that my classmate had sent me a Facebook invitation for a sacred geometry class with the Modern Mystery School. I read about it and felt that it would be a worthwhile extracurricular activity. Little did I know that attending that class would initiate a whole new level of healing and transformation.
The class had amazing tools that I continue to use every day. The teachings were about using the 3 keys of heaven to create an energetic container in any space. After the class, the teacher gave me a flier for a 2-day workshop called “Empower Thyself” and a 10-month program titled “The Universal Hermetic Ray Kabbalah.” She said something along the lines of, “You’d absolutely love Kabbalah! You just have to get Life Activated and Initiated first.” Days later, I received my Life Activation from the same classmate. I felt as though the lingering veil of anxiety was lifted, and the world felt and seemed so much more vibrant and hopeful. This allowed me to stay more present in my body even when I felt moments of overwhelm.
My teacher and Guide, Erin Wallace, initiated me into the Lineage of King Solomon in November 2020. That holy process reignited my original spark for life, and it felt like a spiritual homecoming. I did 2 Kabbalah trees which helped me further heal and clear my subconscious mind of negative patterns. During my time on the Kabbalah tree in 2021, I went to Healers Academy and received a shamanic tool for performing Life Activations. I have Life Activated many of my family members, which has positively improved each of our relationship dynamics.
In 2022 I did the Advance Kabbalah Tree hosted by international Modern Mystery School instructors Dr. Theresa Bullard and Martina Coogan. During that time I also learned 12 other healing modalities at Healers II and stepped into the Ritual Master path. The combination of these processes has allowed me to deepen my level of self-love, and I was able to connect with my life partner, who happened to be on both trees. This has gifted me the romantic partnership of my dreams; every day we continue to learn and grow from each other.
As a Kabbalist, I practice living a fully embodied multidimensional life. I use the teachings of the lineage to clear illusions of limitations and falsehoods so that I can be in alignment for greater service to humanity. I provide what I’ve experienced to be the most transformative healing modalities- Network Spinal Chiropractic and tools from the Lineage of King Solomon. I never heard of any of these things before but I just answered the calling in my heart to go forward with the exploration process.
I feel like my soul was searching for Hermetic teachings, knowledge, and wisdom. The tools and deep healings that I have gained in choosing to study with the Modern Mystery School have helped me to continually get to know myself on deeper levels. This has allowed me to embrace my sensitive nature as a perceptive gift that helps me be a better chiropractor for other sensitive souls seeking healing. I continue to study with this school as I truly believe that I can only meet people as far as I’m willing to meet myself, and I want to connect at the soul depth.
We all face challenges, but looking back, would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Overcoming my mental health challenges, embracing individuality on a higher level, and trusting myself were undoubtedly the biggest challenges I faced. I recall sharing in 2021 during my first Kabbalah tree, “I feel like I’m living a life that is not mine.” I learned that my consciousness was plagued with the scars of early childhood wounding; I struggled with anxiety and bouts of depression. For me, this looked like often feeling like an outcast, constantly seeking permission or looking for the “right” way to do things and at time contemplating if I truly wanted to continue to live.
I was the youngest of six siblings and the only girl for a while (my step-sister appeared later in my life). We were often left home alone as my parents were doing their best to provide for all of us. My father was active duty in the military and was internationally deployed anywhere between over 1 year to 8 months at a time for years. My mother worked full-time night shifts as a nurse, would sleep during the day, and was very harsh if we woke her up with noise from playing. My older siblings made it clear, verbally or physically, that they didn’t want me around when they were all together. Some of my brothers would violate my boundaries by inappropriately exploring my body while we were home alone. For many years, I felt scared, confused, unsafe, isolated, and often cried alone wishing that I had friends or that my dad would miraculously come home sooner.
For the first three years of my education, I was homeschooled which was very difficult for my learning style. It was during these times I experienced various forms of abuse and neglect. I learned to be fearful and distrustful of other people as I felt people would always hurt me and or leave me. My family often expressed anger towards my requests for assistance with homework or small projects; I felt like I was a pest to all these bigger people who knew things that I did not. For perspective of how much this impeded my educational advancement, when I started public school in 4th grade, I was at a 2nd-grade reading level and could not do my multiplication tables past 4. I buried my emotional void by compartmentalization and devoted myself to academics. At 9 years old, I dedicated time to read and practice my multiplication tables every day before school. As I entered junior high and high school, I was crumbling on the inside; I coped by intense exercising for athletics and self-harming by cutting parts of my body.
Years later, I excelled at school and was accepted into University of California at Berkeley. However, those foundational challenges in my inner world continued to grow. I started to experience higher levels of stress and anxiety as a science student at such a rigorous institution. I recall feeling overwhelmed during a chemistry lab, and I had my first panic attack. I was confused about what was going on. I spoke with a trusted academic counselor and she suggested I seek mental health support through talk therapy. This was the start of myself care and self-exploration journey as I started to unravel the truth about the abuse I endured, which I blacked out of my memory. Seeing reality more clearly and grieving my early loss of innocence gave me a better sense of self-compassion, honesty with myself, and responsibility for my own healing. I started to learn about what I was wanting and needing in my relation with myself and started to re-parent myself. I had no concept and no models growing up to show me what healthy relationships dynamics looked like. My time in this process helped me to start expanding myself care tools by journaling, yoga, and meditations as a weekly practice.
While I did make significant strides towards improvement in my mental health, I did hit a deep valley my third year. The combination of those early struggles created subconscious patterns that I unconsciously relived as in my early adulthood. For instance, in interpersonal connections, I chose friends or romantic partners who were emotionally unavailable, which often left me feeling anxiously preoccupied about why they would not be more available. I often wondered if there was something “wrong” with me.
Following a break up with a boyfriend of nearly 3 years, I had a severe mental health spiral; I felt as though every old abandonment and neglect wound was reopened. I tried to self-medicate with alcohol and other recreational substances both of which severely dis-regulated me; I felt as though each emotional wound compounded and started to become infected. My therapist at the time noticed a drastic shift in my demeanor. Inquiring what was going on, I expressed to her an ideation of taking my own life. Concerned for my safety, she called in a 5150. I was hospitalized for 3 days and started anti-anxiety medications. At this time, I felt pitiful and harshly criticized myself. I am so grateful for my sister, who visited me and held an open heart for me to get through those 3 days. While I did not feel 100% all the time, the medications really did help me get back into a baseline of mental stability.
The stabilization I had from the medications allowed me to go on to do more fun college activities later that year. I was able to study and volunteer abroad. However, towards the last few semesters, I started to hit another wall of anxiety and stress. While I didn’t feel as though I was spiraling as I had before, my body did let me know I needed help. My neck was so tense I could not sleep and started to lose my hearing. That was when I found the chiropractor who helped me get relief and also reintroduced me to the profession.
As I continue to heal more deeply rooted unconscious patterns in my internal world, I gain more clarity about the emotional & mental aspects of relating to myself. In started my career as a chiropractor, I made several futile attempts to conform to various traditional molds. For instance, associating for a few years or “buying into” a practice, however, they only left me feeling unfulfilled and lost. After confiding in close friends about my dilemma. Then, using my Kabbalistic tools, I committed to changing my circumstances, and everything within me shifted. I realized that carving out a path that was uniquely mine was the only way I could truly flourish and know myself. All these other options were me reenacting subconscious patterns from my childhood to confirm a sense of familiarity in the sea of the unknown. In fully accepting my individuality and heart’s desires, I seized the opportunity to open my own office and light center. In this space, I can a fully embrace my unique specializations and dive headfirst into my passions as a Network Spinal chiropractor and Life Activation practitioner.
I cannot express how incredibly grateful I am for the gifts and challenges that continue to shape me into the woman I am today. I am proud to say that it was been over 3 years since I’ve needed medication for my mental health and over 2 years since committing to live a substance-free lifestyle. II am extremely grateful for my healings, studies, and tools with the Modern Mystery School. While facing this inner truths about myself through this lineage can be difficult at times, it continues to be a cornerstone in my progression through self-healing and self-mastery. Each day, through my services as a Lightworker and a chiropractor, I learn more about myself, life, and the infinite complexities of the human condition. And for that, I am forever thankful.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
As of today, I am the only chiropractor who specializes in Network Spinal in central San Diego.
I want readers to know that my services can help reduce chronic bodily pains and tensions, improve energy levels, create sustained transformative life changes, and enhance your overall sense of well-being. For more information, please visit the Epienergetics foundation for research about this remarkable form of chiropractic care.
By collaborating with me, I will help you manage stress better, connect more deeply to yourself and increase your capability for fulfilling your life’s purpose. After all, you are the center of your universe; it’s a matter of gaining the right keys to release your inner potential, and the Life Activation can start that process.
How do you define success?
I define success as progress and healing.
Perfection kills more dreams than trying ever will. Progressing to approximate a perfect ideal is a journey of a lifetime, and I resonate with the Japanese word “kaizen.” “Kaizen” roughly describes a state of constant improvement. One of my teachers, Sovereign Ipsissimus Dave Lanyon, says, “the only perfection one can achieve is the perfection of working towards perfection.” For if we were perfect, our developmental journey would be complete, and we would stagnate.
Healing brings more wholeness. For myself, if more healing is achieved through what would be deemed as a “failed attempt” (either from an internal or external source), then I would say that the attempt was actually successful; because I am now more whole than I was if I had not tried or taken a risk. Essentially, I define success by the fruits- what is the overall outcome? Did I make progress? Did I learn something about myself? Did I apply wisdom from a past experience to refine and improve? If any or all of these criteria are met, I consider myself successful…
Pricing:
- Life Activation $250
- Chiropractic Initial Exam at promotional rate $95
- 6-Month Package at Promotional Rate $2880 (payment plans available)
- 9-Month Package at Promotional Rate $4320 (payment plans available)
- Monthly Packages (up to 3xs/week) $500
Contact Info:
- Website: sourceconnectionchirolight.com
- Instagram: @DrDarcywhite
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David Rohlfs
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