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Reiki Circle In Castle Rock, WA

Raven — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:18:02 GMT

Feeling Stressed? Tired? Low Energy? Then come join us for some "me" time in this experiential healing circle where we use Universal Life Force Energy (Reiki) that anyone can do! We learn or practice how to channel energy by taking turns receiving as well as giving. You'll come away feeling relaxed, re-freshed, re-focused!
Everyone is welcome!

Our Reiki share circle is
July 31, 2008 from 7p-9p

at The Grange Hall (bright blue bldg)
214 W Cowlitz Ave
in Downtown Castle Rock, WA

Just 1 hour North on I-5 from Portland....a little past the Longview/Kelso area
A Free Will Donation is appreciated to help with building rental for this circle
Please call me for more information or directions

Maureen
360-621-7585 or ravenhousehealing@yahoo.com
Raven House Healing
I also offer private Reiki sessions, attunements, other healing modalities such as soul essence retrievals, divinations, drum healings, ancient Tibetan & Himalayan bowl treatments and house clearing to name a few.

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Seattle Reiki

Tommy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:58:18 GMT

Hello Everyone,

If I may please introduce myself to everyone. My name is Tommy Johnsen, recently I received my first Reiki empowerment. If anyone out there would like a treatment, I am available in the North Seattle area. I do not charge, but accept free-will offerings. I am a certified Reiki healer in the Usui Shiki Ryoho, the Usui System of Natural Healing.

A short history of my experience. I was allowed the opportunity to live and train at a Shinto Shrine and Aikido dojo for 1 year. Each day we would preform purification in the mountain river and other esoteric practices. I still perform Misogi (purification in water) at least 1 time a week and train in Aikido multiple times a week. My Reiki training comes from Snowtop, a medicine man trained in many traditions.

Please feel free to e-mail or phone with any questions. I am available by phone Monday-Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.

Thank You
Tommy
425/322-6340
budo.mind@gmail.com
www.budo-mind.com

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birth petition

Grandma — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:11:57 GMT

The AMA has gone off the deep end, folks. They are asking for legislation that mandates how and where we give birth!

To add your voice to the resounding NO;

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/birthathome/index.html

Thank you!!!

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CHOOSING LOVE INSTEAD OF FEAR (the only reason we're here!)

Wed, 21 May 2008 22:33:41 GMT

The only reason we incarnate is to learn how to choose love instead of fear. It does not matter what you do for a living, where you live, or who you marry, etc. The only purose you have is to extend love to everyone you come into contact with, including yourself. This is how you BECOME what you already ARE: LOVE. The only way to restore perfect inner peace that is stable and unwavering is to choose to be willing to extend love to everyone you come into contact with, including yourself.

By "love" I mean unconditional acceptance. And by "unconditional acceptance" I mean God. By "you" I mean me. And by "me" I mean you. We are all ONE and we are all LOVE. And by "we" I mean GOD. And by "God" I mean LOVE...You get the picture!

The most amazing miracle has transpired in my life over the last 24 hours as a result of my own sincere willingness to be a vessell for love, to be a vessell for that which I AM, which is God. I wanted to share...

I put a profile on My Space about a month ago. I saw a woman on there named Joni Ellen Jenkins. This is my name. I almost asked her to join my friend list but hesitated and then did nothing. I had a very stressful custody hearing scheduled with my son's father yesterday. When I got home from the courthouse yesterday there was an e-mail from Joni Ellen Jenkins who lives in Pennsylvania. Her e-mail address is jonijenks@gmail.com and mine is jonijenkins@gmail.com. She had suspected that her insurance company had sent e-mails meant for her to me. Sure enough I had the e-mails in my box that day. We started to breifly chat and make small talk through e-mails. She invited me to join her friend list on My Space. One thing led to another and she told me she had cancer and is only a 40 year old mom. I am a 39 year old mom. I started writing to her from a spiritual perspective, and then suddenly I realized what was going on!

Here is the last e-mail I sent to her; this is incredilbe!!

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Dear Joni Ellen Jenkins,

Oh my God, I think that meeting you has been the greatest gift God has ever given me!

I have been trying to release all my own walls to self love, with perfect inner peace being the goal. I have made much progress but there was still a little bit of work left.

I went through a traumatizing custody trial with my son's father yesterday, but won. However the experience made me more aware of my own walls to love. When I came home from the courthouse I got your e-mails.

I know why I hesitated when I first saw the My Space profile. There was a timing issue. I was meant to make contact with you right after court when my own fears were so triggered and my walls to love were easy to see.

When you told me about the cancer my heart was flooded with so much love and compassion for you. It is always easier to see someone else's perfection and divinity than your own. It is always easier to see someone else's wall to self love than it is to see your own. As I was loving you and contemplating that we have the exact same name, Joni Ellen Jenkins, the reality that we (all of humanity) really are ONE permeated my consciousness. I had the profound realization that by deeply loving and forgiving you (Joni Ellen Jenkins) I was deeply loving and forgiving myself (Joni Ellen Jenkins).

The truth is that you are love, you are God, and you are soooooooooo powerful and perfect. All you need do is forgive yourself for forgetting the truth. That is always easier said than done. And all I need do is forgive myself for forgetting the truth. By loving you so deeply I have let down yet another wall to self-love and that is the greatest gift I have ever received. When I love you I love myself becasue we are, in truth, ONE. The fact that we have the same name is just a coincidence, but has aided me in dramatically shifting and healing my perception.

You truly are God--you knew exactly when the right time was to contact me so that the highest form of healing would take place for both of us.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU MY DEAR SISTER OF LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Joni Ellen Jenkins

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I hope that Joni Ellen Jenkins inspired you as much as she has inspired Joni Ellen Jenkins. I hope that LOVE inspired you to remember that you are LOVE. I hope that God is willing to allow God to remind God that God cannot be anything but God.

I LOVE YOU.

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Looking in L.A. for a good colon hydrotherapist who does wheatgrass implants...

0risha — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:12:56 GMT

I just finished a nice lil' fast and want to start cleaning myself out, atw back to childhood. (hope I don't find a barbie shoe ^_^), does anyone know of a good specialist who also does wheatgrass implants in the Los Angeles area?

Also, does the wheatgrass book Ann Wigmore wrote include how to administer implants on your own, or is that something one leaves to the professionals?

Thanks! =)

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Santa Cruz

Sentient — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:42:00 GMT

Is anybody else local in the Santa Cruz area?

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Mind Body Spa in April

Jeanette — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:23:51 GMT

Mind Body Spa
Intentional Eating Retreat
in Gearhart on the Oregon Coast
April 18-19-20, 2008
6:00 p.m. Friday to 4:30 p.m. Sunday

From food all creatures are produced
And all creatures that dwell on earth
By food they live
And into food they finally pass
Food is the chief among beings... Verily he obtains all food
Who worships the Divine as food
from the Taittiriya Upanishad

Intentional Eating Retreat provides space enhance our spiritual connections with food and with what nourishes us.

Presenters:
Satya Ambrose, L.Ac, N.D. graduated from New England School of Acupuncture in 1977. She co-founded The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 1982, and finished her ND degree in 1989. She has taught oncology, immunology, oriental medicine, women’s health, endocrinology and environmental toxicology, and nutrition, among other topics. She currently is working on her 24-acre organic farm in Damascus , OR , and is working with the Chitari Foundation to open an integrative healing center. Satya will present “Food for Thought,” inspiring information to help us build healthy eating habits for greater vitality and health.

Jeanette Chardon, M.S.W., a counselor who has worked over 14 years with clients challenged with life-threatening illnesses, currently works with clients, both individually and in groups focusing on achieving mind/body health through counseling and alternative healing arts and practices. Jeanette will be leading the group in guided meditations for deep healing and profound relaxation. She also leads us in morning yoga exercises to increase energy and clarity of mind.

Kathy Schaeffer, LMT, M.Ed., is a Licensed Massage Therapist with a Master’s in Education. Her training includes Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Reflexology, and Hot Stone Therapy. She strives to help people connect with their body, to listen to their inner wisdom, and to find healing and wellness from within.

The cost of the massage is included in your registration fee. ******************************************************************************************************************************
Retreat begins Friday evening, at 6:00 p.m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. The cost for weekend is $280. Cost includes accommodations, 30-minute massage, and gourmet vegetarian meals (some fish may be served; special dietary needs will be accommodated). Discounts are available. Please call for available discounts. Please send $100.00, due April 4, 2008

Jeanette Chardon, 5827 SE Tikki Ct., Milwaukie , OR 97267

Additional information and directions will be sent upon receipt of your deposit. Please call Jeanette - 503-866-3192 with questions.

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Said The Spider To The Spy

Jim — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:15:26 GMT

Sandy Actors Theatre, now playing, Said The Spider To The Spy, a hilarious comedy-farce with more twists than a licorice stick.

Friday and Saturday, 8PM, Sundays, 6PM through October 20.

$12 general admission, $10 students and seniors

For reservations, call 503-668-6834, we have been experiencing some sold out evenings.

Directions to the theatre:

Take Hwy. 26 to Sandy. About 4/5 of the way through town, be in the left lane and watch for the large
ACE Hardware sign. We are directly behind Ace Hardware.
SEE YOU THERE!

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Natural Bug Repellent

aleasah — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:40:20 GMT

So, here is an intro to my newest product line that is flying out of my booth every time. And since I don't have my website up just yet... I'm pluggin it here. Spread the word. Thanks for all of your support folks!

____________________________________________________________

Zee Off Bug Repellent is an all natural bug repellent that really does work! I was tired of using other sprays that did nothing for me and just made me smell like a walking bug spray, so I did my research and made my own!

With the essential oils of Lavender, Lemongrass and Tea Tree, you will be smelling good AND keeping away those pesky critters. I have a pond in my yard that is SWARMING with mosquitoes. I sprayed myself and sat out there from 8-9 pm to test it and got not a single bite. They landed... but would not bite.

A 2 oz bottle is $8.00 and a 4 oz bottle is $12.00 plus shipping and handling.
Please respond to this posting with your mailing address, email and order and I will contact you and have your order out to you within a week.

Blessings,
Lisa
Bloodfire Blends
aleasah3@yahoo.com

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Traditional West African Healing Workshop in Seattle on Sunday, June 10, 2007

rootwomin — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:18:18 GMT

greetings,

the workshop will be held from 10am until 12:30pm with two esteemed priests of the Ifa tradition. for more information please visit www.fonspiritualcenter.org and click on 2007 events.

live peacefully,
iya meri

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5/12 What does your soul long for?

bartchurch — Sun, 06 May 2007 09:06:31 GMT

MEN’S SOULFORCE:
Through tarot imagery, storytelling, ritual, & labyrinth
Explore your passions/joys, wounds/fears, & the allies/keys that unlock them
5/12/07, Sat, 4:00-10:30 pm

Do you sense a deeper force operating in your life - a force that knows what you long for and what you're really capable of? Through exploring tarot imagery, story-telling, journaling, ritual, & walking a labyrinth, you can discover aspects of your Soul Force - the stories that propel you to be authentically powerful.

You can playfully and simply tell stories and create your own rituals to look more deeply at your passions/joys, wounds/fears, and the allies & keys that help you invoke parts of your soul’s story. In this workshop we’ll create a quiet, sacred space, and from within that place we’ll ask “Why am I here?” And then we will listen, and keep on listening. We don’t need burning bushes or perfect answers, just what’s true for now.

CO-FACILITATORS:: Paul H. Richard, a life-coach specializing in archetypal psychology, soul mentoring, and the use of evolutionary astrology, tarot, labyrinth, & other shamanic techniques to discover your soul's purpose; James Fabish is a licensed massage therapist & perpetual student and practitioner of the healing arts.

DIVERSITY: We welcome & are strengthened by adult men of all ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, spritualities (and none), and backgrounds (including trans guys). Thanks for helping us increase the diversity of men who get invited to this event by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who might be interested.

COSPONSORS: MenSpirit is a joint project of three non-profit organizations, Q-LAND, LoveTribe, & Spirit Hawk, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bart at 503-223-8822 or events@qland.org or website: qland.org

RSVP website: lovetribe.org/menspirit

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My Corner of the World these days

Grandma — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:50:58 GMT

Hello all,

Just wanted to post a brief update on the life of your mostly-absent moderator. I haven't updated my profile in years, so here is the real scoop.

I am now officially a graduate student in my last year (yah!!!), and doing my internship at a busy community health clinic in eastern Washington, and birthing in 3 hospitals. My preceptor is an FACOG, which freaked out my former midwifery school (they were intimidated) but is greatly appreciated by my new graduate school (bless 'em!), and he has been wonderful. What a blessing to find a doc who supports midwifery.

Two new baby horses this year, breathtaking little exotic beauties. One colt (already tentatively sold) and one filly (a keeper).

Still no electricity at our place, so we run off generator, but with satellite we have great internet! Our well water is fabulous, very soft and sweet, pale crystal blue, from a glacier-water underground lake. Still lots of work to do to get settled in, but so far every tree and berry shrub we planted is thriving.

We are planning to take some of our jewelry to Earth Day this Saturday in Goldendale, so if anyone is cruising the gorgeous Gorge this weekend and stops in, make sure you come by and say hello!

Love to all,
Grandma Midwife

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4/22 Earth Day Men’s Eco-Walk

bartchurch — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:46:58 GMT

Most men have been taught to be cut off from the earth, their bodies, and their feelings. On Earth Day we have the opportunity to reconnect in a very direct, physical way with endangered plants, animals, and the nature we co-create with them. And you can do this in a tiny nature preserve right in the city:

CAMASSIA ECO-WALK
4/22, Sunday, 1:30 pm Carpool, 2:15pm Eco-Walk

Who knew that one of the smallest, most diverse, and most endangered ecosystems in North America was nestled on 26 acres in West Linn? David Barts (Watermelon), who has been studying and interpreting Northwest plants & ecosystems for more than 20 years will lead us in an exploration of Camassia Natural Area , which has beautiful spring wild flowers, unique endangered plants, and is one of the most unique little nature preserves in the U.S. We’ll enjoy a delicious dinner afterwards.

DIVERSITY: Thanks for helping us increase the diversity of men who get invited to this event by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who might be interested.

COSPONSORS: MenSpirit, a joint project of three non-profit organizations, Q-LAND, LoveTribe, & Spirit Hawk, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: David at 503-223-8822 or registrar@qland.org or website: qland.org

RSVP website: lovetribe.org/menspirit

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OregonHealers.org is live

Sheri — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:00:40 GMT

Check out my new web site http://oregonhealers.org let me know if you are interested in joining it email me at sheri@oregon healers.org.

Namaste`

Sheri

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Calm Birth Updates and teacher training

ionamiller — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:32:02 GMT

Visit the Calm Birth blog for updates and events, including APPPAH, Ashland teacher training and monthly Calm Healing classes.
http://calmbirth.blogspot.com/

CALM HEALING Medical Uses of Meditation

Robert Newman, director of Medigrace, worked with Tibetan meditation teachers and doctors for more than 20 years. Since 1997 he has been teaching programs in the medical uses of meditation in West Coast hospitals. His book CALM HEALING Methods for a New Era of Medicine was recently published by North Atlantic Books.

In the 3 hour monthly class at Jackson Wellsprings in Ashland, three healing methods are learned and practiced.

q Practice of Deep Release

A reclining practice of progressive neuromuscular release, this is the most proven method of mind/body medicine. It enables people to heal various conditions in their nervous systems corresponding to a range of biological and psychophysical disorders. The practice also engages life force at a cellular level

q Vase Breathing

This practice is transformative with respect to both body and breathing.

People learn their natural ability to breathe vital energy into the energy body. At the same time they learn to calm the mind and expose and dispel

anxieties and fears, coming to a new sense of body and inner freedom.

q Reversal of Suffering
This is the most famous healing practice handed down from ancient wisdom. It’s used widely in the healing arts today. It enables people to reverse various disabling conditions by practicing the healing of others In the process, people learn the light nature of their body and the power of compassion.

HEALING CALM

Medical Uses of Meditation
A 3 hour introduction to three healing methods

Sundays, March 18th, April 22nd, May 20th, 1-4pm
In the Community Room at Jackson Wellsprings

2253 N Highway 99 (near Valley View Road) 541-482-3776
Ashland, Oregon

Instructor: Robert Newman

Mr Newman has presented more than 90 training seminars in West Coast hospitals since 1997.

In this three hour program, three healing methods are practiced:

Reclining progressive relaxation (neuromuscular release),

sitting meditation with energy breathing,

and the healing practice of compassionate breathing.

These practices are indicated for most health conditions, and for human development.

Mr. Newman’s book Calm Healing / Medicine for a New Era has just been published by North Atlantic Books:

“The true calculus of healing makes conventional approaches look like five-fingered arithmetic. Calm Healing is a marvelous description of the healing powers that are freely available—here, now, everywhere.”

—Larry Dossey, MD, author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things, Reinventing Medicine, and Healing Words

“Calm Healing offers extraordinary and essential insight into wholeness and healing. To read Calm Healing is to experience the essential light and healing that are available to all of us right now, at this very moment. So helpful. Such a relief.”

—Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Mother-Daughter Wisdom and Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

Tuition: $60 each class; audioguide of methods and literature included.

Preregistration required.

Bring a blanket for the reclining meditation. Sitting meditation can be in a chair, or else bring a cushion.

www.Medigrace.org info@medigrace.org (541) 488-2563

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Legislation wants to wipe out registered counselors.

candleroot — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:24:25 GMT

Hey this is really, really important to us!! They want to erradicate "registered counselors". Pass it on and SPEAK UP!!

- jen
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Hello Everyone,

I just sent the following letter out to about 180 people today. Please feel
free to use any or all of it in contacting your own support system, friends,
family, etc. The sooner we get the word out, the more letters we'll get
coming in to the legislators.

Blessings to all,
Miriam

Hello Dear Friends,

I am writing to ask for your support for myself and for other registered
counselors in Washington State. Last week legislation was introduced into
both the House (HB 1494) and the Senate (SB 5579) to completely eliminate
registered counselors by July 2009 and force about 7,000 registered
counselors in private practice to either go out of business or go back to
school to become mental health care professionals trained to work with
abnormal psychology and mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. As
most registered counselors work with a wellness model of personal growth and
the development of human potential, switching over to a medical model of
illness and treatment for illness is unacceptable on many levels. It
conflicts with many of the basic theories behind the modalities in which we
are skilled and it forces us into an area of practice that runs counter to
our gifts, talents, and professional goals. I know many of you very much
value the service that I and other human potential and personal growth
counselors in private practice contribute to the community. Your support at
this time, writing to your legislators and/or coming to Olympia to testify
before Health Committees, could be most important key to creating a real win
for all concerned.

Your personal expression of support and how you see my and other
non-licensed counselor's work as valuable is the most important thing you
can tell your legislators. They need to hear from real people about why this
matters to you and about what you would lose if we were no longer able to
practice and the kind of personal growth work we offer were no longer
available. And, if you are outside Washington state but have credentials
that might impress our legislators with your expertise on this matter,
please pull out all the stops and let them know your opinion. We can so use
every bit of support we can get. I'll outline some of the major talking
points below. Use what feels comfortable to you - there's no need to try and
mention everything in one letter.

I will also include the link to finding your legislators' contact
information. It would help me a great deal to get copies of any letters you
send, and please do let me know if you might be available to testify in the
next couple of weeks. We need to pack the Committee hearings with as many
supporters as we can and we have very little time to get the word out. If
you can pass this along to others in your community, that would be
enormously helpful as well. Thank you so much for your support!

In gratitude,
Miriam

Miriam Dyak, President, Washington Professional Counselors Association
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How to contact your legislators:
Directions for contacting your legislators can be found at
<http://leg.wa.gov/legislature/> - click on "Find your district," enter you
address, and then click on the individual legislators for their contact
information. E-mailing legislators is just fine, but please write something
(even something very short) so that there is a record of your opinion. If
you are an "out of state expert," write to the chairwomen of the Health
Committees - Senator Karen Keiser and Representative Eileen Cody. Also, so
that we can have a sense of how we are doing in this effort, please send
e-mail copies of the letters you write to <miriam@waproca.org>. Thank you
so much!

Talking points:

Ask your representatives to oppose HB 1494 and your senator to oppose SB
5579
Tell them why you care about this issue. If you have worked with a
registered counselor, why was that important to you? If you think it's
important to be able to choose to work on personal growth, develop creative
responses to normal life stress, enhance wellbeing, develop resilience,
learn new life skills, and embark on a journey of self-reflection,
self-knowledge, and self-discovery, please let your legislator know. You
might want to emphasize that these are all goals that are pursued by normal,
healthy, high functioning people - for example, you don't need to be sick or
depressed or in need of medication in order to want to learn new ways of
communication, improve your decision making abilities, or be interested in
your dreams.
If you are a counselor or health care professional (registered or licensed),
inform them of your credentials and the work you do, and let them know your
professional support of your colleagues. (Also, many registered counselors
don't even know about this legislation - if you know people who may be
affected, please let them know what is happening.)

Point out that you are concerned about the reports of abuse of clients by
registered counselors, but the proposed legislation is targeting the wrong
people. This proposed legislation completely ignores what has been the most
serious problem with the registered counselor status, that of untrained,
unskilled people who register as counselors and get jobs in agencies. Last
April 24 The Seattle Times published an exposé on abuse of clients by
registered counselors. All but one of the cases cited in the article were
registered counselors without training who worked in agencies. Unfortunately
the proposed legislation does nothing to remedy this situation. In fact, it
allows this abuse to continue. And there has been no demonstration or
documentation that the 7,000 private practice counselors who would be put
out of business by this proposed legislation are in any way abusing clients
or that they are likely to do so in the future.

Registered counselors in private practice were not included in the process
of creating this proposed legislation. No RC's in private practice were
included on the Department of Health Task Force that met last summer. The
Task force was comprised of licensed mental health professionals, agency
employees, 2 legislators, and Department of Health representatives. RC's
were actively discouraged from attending the meetings and those of us who
did were allowed only 1 minute each to speak during a 15 minute period at
the end of each 3 hour session. We care deeply about our profession and
want to work with the Legislature, the Department of Health, and the
Governor in creating real solutions to real problems. We feel we could be
the best allies in creating a positive outcome to these problems, but so far
we have been excluded from the process.

Suggest that the best solution is to table the bill for this session in
order to allow time for the Washington Professional Counselors Association
(WAPROCA), a new organization of human potential and personal growth
counselors in private practice, to work with the legislature and the
Department of Health in crafting legislation that will actually create
solutions both to protect Washington citizens and allow us to choose the
kind of counseling we want and need. WAPROCA is working to create a new
category of non licensed counselors, "human potential and personal growth
counselors," that will meet a much higher standard of ethics training and
continuing education.

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New research - diabetes cure

Grandma — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 07:14:28 GMT

Thought this was interesting:

Astonished researchers report capsaicin injections cure Type 1 diabetes in mice
Friday, December 22, 2006 by: Jessica Fraser

(NewsTarget) A new Canadian animal study published in Friday's issue of the journal Cell found that mice injected with capsaicin -- the chemical that makes chili peppers hot -- were rapidly cured of Type 1 diabetes.

Researchers from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto believe that Type 1 diabetes -- the most serious form of the disease that usually appears in childhood -- is caused by malfunctioning pain nerves that surround cells in the pancreas.

In patients suffering from Type 1 diabetes, the pancreas fails to produce sufficient levels of insulin, causing inflammation and death of insulin-producing islet cells in the pancreas. Experts have long believed that the condition was caused by the body's immune system turning against itself, but the Toronto researchers -- immunologist Dr. Hans Michael Dosch and pain expert Dr. Michael Salter -- theorized faulty pancreatic pain neurons could be to blame.

Dosch had observed in previous research that islet cells in diabetics were surrounded by an "enormous" number of pain nerves that signaled the brain that the pancreatic tissue was damaged.

To test their theory, Dosch and Salter injected capsaicin into mice that had Type 1 diabetes, to kill the animals' pancreatic pain nerves. The researchers said they were stunned to discover that the injected mice's islet cells began producing insulin normally almost immediately.
”I couldn't believe it," Salter said. "Mice with diabetes suddenly didn't have diabetes anymore."

Dosch and Salter discovered on further research that the pancreatic nerve cells were a vital part of the functioning of islet cells, by secreting neuropeptides that tell the islets to release insulin. The nerves weren't secreting enough neuropeptides, causing a "vicious cycle" of stress on the islets.

The researchers then injected the neuropeptide -- dubbed "substance P" -- into the pancreases of the diabetic mice. The mice's islet inflammation rapidly cleared up, and the animals' diabetes disappeared. According to Dosch and Salter, some mice have remained "cured" for up to four months with a single injection.

The researchers also found that their capsaicin/"substance P" treatments helped curb the insulin resistance that causes Type 2 diabetes.
According to consumer health advocate Mike Adams, author of "How to Halt Diabetes in 25 Days," Dosch and Salter's study proves that Type 1 diabetes -- like Type 2 diabetes -- is "a disease of cellular miscommunication.

"It also shows that diabetes can, indeed, be cured, and that's a fact that the conventional medical community simply does not want to acknowledge," Adams said. "Treating diabetes is far too lucrative. Embracing a cure would devastate the drug companies and health care businesses that depend on a diabetes epidemic."

Dosch and Salter expect to complete human trials of the treatment in the next year.

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http://www.newstarget.com/021345.html

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Ultrasound could be bad

ionamiller — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:00:27 GMT

Bad Vibrations? Ultrasound disturbs mouse brains

Christen Brownlee

Prolonged and frequent use of fetal ultrasound might lead to abnormal brain development, a study in mice suggests. The finding sounds a cautionary note for pregnant women getting the commonplace procedure.

In that technique, an ultrasound probe sends high-frequency sound waves into the abdomen of a pregnant woman. The waves bounce back to detectors, creating images of the fetus. Doctors use the pictures to check for birth defects and to assess a fetus' size and movements. Many women also undergo ultrasounds to create collections of early baby pictures.

Ultrasound has generally been regarded as safe. However, a few studies have suggested that it might cause neurological changes, such as delayed speech or an increase in left-handedness. Researchers hadn't studied how the number or duration of ultrasound procedures affects neurons growing in the fetal brain, says neuroscientist Pasko Rakic of Yale University.

Neurons are created in discrete places within the brain as it develops, and they then travel to the brain's outer layers. Rakic and his colleagues study this process, which is known as neural migration.

To determine whether ultrasound affects neural migration, the team worked with mice at a late point in pregnancy, when new fetal neurons have to migrate a long distance to reach the brain's outer layers.

The researchers injected the animals with a chemical that marks newborn neurons and then applied ultrasound to the bellies of some of the animals over the next 3 days. The ultrasound was administered to each pregnant mouse in multiple sessions that totaled 5 to 420 minutes. With the machine turned off, the scientists touched other mice with the ultrasound probe for the same amounts of time. A third group of animals received no procedure at all.

After the mouse pups were born, the team examined brain slices. In animals whose mothers had had ultrasound sessions that added up to 30 minutes or more, the scientists found that a significant number of neurons destined for the brain's outer layers of gray matter had become improperly embedded in inner layers of white matter.

The number of misplaced neurons increased with the total time that a newborn mouse's mother had spent receiving ultrasound. In contrast, the brains of newborns whose mothers had had the sham procedure typically resembled those whose mothers had had no procedure, Rakic's team reports in an upcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"When cells are in the wrong place, they might affect function of the cerebral cortex," which in people controls such higher brain functions as language and movement, says Rakic. "We just don't know yet what this could do."

He and his team plan to conduct studies that will determine whether the results hold up in nonhuman primates.

Rakic cautions that some women might be getting excessive sonography. He's especially concerned about so-called keepsake ultrasounds, which are often performed by untrained technicians in nonclinical settings, such as shopping malls.

The mouse results reinforce guidelines set by the Food and Drug Administration, says pediatric neurologist Verne Caviness of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. "The basic guidelines in this country suggest using ultrasound as little as possible," he says. "Baby pictures aren't a justifiable use for this technology."

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References:

Ang Jr., E.S.B., . . . and P. Rakic. In press. Prenatal exposure to ultrasound waves impacts neuronal migration in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Available at http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0605294103.

Further Readings:

Devi, P.U., R. Suresh, and M.P. Hande. 1995. Effect of fetal exposure to ultrasound on the behavior of the adult mouse. Radiation Research 141(March):314-317. Abstract.

Kieler, H., et al. 2005. Does prenatal sonography affect intellectual performance? Epidemiology 16(May):304-310. Abstract.

______. 2002. First trimester ultrasound scans and left-handedness. Epidemiology 13(May):370.

Newnham, J.P., et al. 1993. Effects of frequent ultrasound during pregnancy: A randomised controlled trial. Lancet 342(Oct. 9):887-891. Abstract available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-6736(93)91944-H.

Stark, C.R., et al. 1984. Short- and long-term risks after exposure to diagnostic ultrasound in utero. Obstetrics & Gynecology 63(February):194-200. Abstract available at http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/63/2/194.

Tarantal, A.F., and A.G. Hendrickx. 1989. Evaluation of the bioeffects of prenatal ultrasound exposure in the cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis): I. Neonatal/infant observations. Teratology 39(February):137-147. Abstract available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tera.1420390206.

Sources:

Verne S. Caviness
Massachusetts General Hospital
Kennedy 901
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114

P. Ellen Grant
Massachusetts General Hospital
Neuroradiology Division
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114

Pasko Rakic
Department of Neurobiology
Yale University
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06510

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12/19 Love Your Low-Back

bartchurch — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:17:16 GMT

The lower back is the source of so much power, and when that power doesn't flow, so much pain.

Your lower back deserves simple, practical, & loving support in this stressful time of year . . .

MEN TOUCHING WITH HEART:
Effective, Simple Strategies for Preventing/Coping with Low Back Pain
Tues, 12/19, 7:00-10:00 pm

A Licensed Physical Therapist, Ted Ellquist, who has extensive training in the McKenzie Method of pain management & prevention, will be teaching men how to use better posture, body mechanics, stretches, and healing touch techniques to cope with or prevent low-back pain.

These techniques will be presented in an interactive way, so you'll have the chance to both give & receive healing touch & stretches throughout the workshop. After experimenting with various techniques, you'll receive significant time on the techniques that seem to work best for you. You can learn more about the McKenzie Method and Ted's training & experience at www.backinactionpt.com

DIVERSITY: Event open to adult men of all ages, sizes, shapes, colors, orientations, experience levels, and backgrounds (including trans guys). Thanks for helping us increase the diversity of men who get invited to this event by forwarding this invitation to friends & colleagues who might be interested.

CO-SPONSORS: MenSpirit, a joint project of three non-profit organizations, Q-LAND, LoveTribe, & Spirit Hawk, empowers diverse men in the Portland, OR area to discover and manifest their individual & collective potential for wellness, community, friendship/intimacy, spirituality, & play.

INFO: Bart at 503-223-8822 or healingtouch@qland.org or www.qland.org

RSVP: www.lovetribe.org/menspirit

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Forming Spiritual Support Group in Beaverton...

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:51:10 GMT

ON-GOING SPIRITUAL SUPPORT GROUP FACILITATED BY JONI & MOTHER MARY

I am organizing a spiritual support group that will be facilited by me and Mother Mary (I am a professional channel for Mother Mary). We propose to do a group twice a month for approximately 2 hours. We will do some guided meditations and interatcive discussion with Mother Mary. The purpose of this group is to provide participants with on-going high vibrational light, love, healing energy, wisdom, and guidance to help you make rapid progress with regard to your own spiritual growth and healing. Often we go to a workshop or read a good book that makes an impression on us, and then the motivation and enthusiasm fizzles out after a few days or few weeks and mundane life sets in. Let's keep the momentum going by offering you external support every other week. Suggested donations of approximately $10 will be accepted.

If you are interested in participating in this support group, please send me an e-mail and tell me which days/nights of the week will NOT work for you. Let me know if you prefer days, nights, weekends, etc. The more feedback you can give me the better. I also need to find an appropriate space for the group to meet. We may start out at my apartment in Beaverton or the clubhouse here, and move somewhere else later on as the group grows in size. If you are centrally located and have a large space in your home for us to use, and don't mind holding the group at your house, let me know.

I look forward to hearing back from you! Thank you so much!

Rev. Joni E. Jenkins
www.SpiritRetrieval.com
jonijenkins@gmail.com

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Cathie Seeks Permenant Live-in Care Provider Position . . .

sagefemme — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:38:16 GMT

along Mendocino northcoast area from Little River to Fort Bragg. Experienced. Dependable. If you know of
anything, please message me! I'm coming home and I'm so excited!
Big Hugs to all of my loved ones!
Thank you,
Cathie Morales

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Mexican Medicinal Plants: Pregnancy & Childbirth

Obafemi — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:22:48 GMT

Blessings to you all...

My name's Femi. I am a Yoruba priest in the SF Bay Area. Part of my practice is herbal medicine. I am on my way back to Veracruz, Mexico to collect medicinal plants and products from midwives and shamen.

If you, or someone you know is interested in traditional Mexican herbs/herbal products associated with pregnancy or childbirth, please contact me ASAP and I will happily acquire them for you. I also have access to traditional West African herbal medicines. In any case, may it be well with you.

Femi
510-485-2336
YorubaSchool@yahoo.com
www.geocities.com/yorubaschool

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Need advise/counceling referrals/ on healing from sister's suicide

eyefleye — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:13:18 GMT

Tomorrow it will be 2 months since my beloved sister took her life. This was her second attempt in 6 months.
I've had to be so strong for so many people during this time, and now i'm finding that I'm not so strong any more. I've lost my grounding.

I am definately considering some sort of grief counceling, although traditional counceling therapy hasn't done too much for me in the past, I think mostly because I haven't found that "right" person that I connect with in order to really open up. At this point, I really need a good spiritual cleansing to heal and get back to my happy, whole life. My family needs me to, and so do I.

It would really help to find someone who accepts insurance (Aetna), or who would be willing to trade healing services for art glass work.

Any suggestions you can offer are greatly appreciated.

Peace & Love,

Lisa

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perinatal psychology workshop on cortes island, B.C., Canada

mandai — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:04:05 GMT

Hello All -

This is a revolutionary new way of viewing life in the womb. Please read the following. Judyth is still looking for more participants, contact her for more details.

PERINATAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THERAPY for HEALTH & HEALING

workshops offered by

Judyth O. Weaver, Ph.D.
July 17-21, 2006 on Cortes Island, B.C. Canada

And Sept 1-5, 2006 through Hollyhock Retreat Centre

As an early searcher I studied and benefited from many forms of art and psychology but there were still deep parts, unexplained feelings, connections I could not understand. I worked in many bodymind integrative modes but the deepest questions were not addressed until I came to the field of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology.

This fastest growing branch of psycholgy has grown from research that shows how prenates and neonates feel, have consciousness, have memories and respond specifically to their experiences; and how adults unconsciously remember and base their actions and reactions throughout their lives on these early experiences.

The pioneering work of Dr. Frank Lake, followed by Drs. Eva Reich, William Emerson, Ray Castellino (and even earlier research and psychotherapy by Dr. Wilhelm Reich in the 1940â€™s and by Sir John Bowlby on attachment in the 1950â€™s) demonstrate the importance of this. It also follows the focus of Drs Frederick Leboyar and Michel Odent in Europe and of Igor Charkovsky in Russia who have worked towards more natural, non-violent births. Current research in the neurosciences and other related fields are supporting and helping clarify these findings.

The amount of connection and consciousness during pregnancy as well as bonding and attachment in the early days after birth makes a great difference in how the infant will thrive or not. It affects how love and intimacy are engendered between infant and parent, and even how parents and siblings will relate to each other. These experiences are proven to affect the quality of life not just for the child itself but for the entire family, nuclear and extended, as well.

Information coming from many disciplines now proves the importance in a personâ€™s life of the quality of conception, the nine months of gestation, and the process of the birth itself as well as the early times in infancy. All have great affect on how the child is welcomed and related to at the beginning, which, in turn, affects greatly not only early childhood and development, but continues all the way through our lives into adulthood. Evidence confirms that many health issues â€“ physical, mental, emotional and spiritual â€“ are linked to prenatal and birth experiences and parent-infant bonding.

Patterns for ones ability to deal with stress and trauma are also laid down in these early times. They inform us and follow us throughout our lives. These early patterns that go so deep develop while we are pre-verbal. If these patterns are traumatic much of the work to resolve such trauma needs to engage on the pre-verbal level.

Participants in this workshop will explore In an experiential format embryological and infant development, the effects of various life occurrences, ways to promote healthy births, and protocols for therapeutic interventions and repairing trauma. This workshop will teach listening, acknowledging, attuning, somatically tracking movement patterns and the fluctuation of the nervous system; thereby offering the support that may not have been there in the past.

This may have deep, profound affects and may offer resolution to issues that have seemed to resist other therapeutic attempts.

This workshop will include discussion, individual process and practicing practical tools for integrating one's insights and discoveries. The work can be important to therapists, teachers, social workers, parents, parents-to-be, those trying to conceive, and anyone who works with people or who wants to learn more about themselves.

I have found it to be invaluable to deeply understand myself and to be able to assist others in their personal journeys.

I would be honored if you would join me in this incredible exploration of birth, being, body, soul and spirit.

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Judyth O. Weaver, Ph.D. has trained extensively in the field of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Therapy. She has studied with Eva Reich, M.D., William Emerson, Ph.D., has completed Dr. Ray Castellinoâ€™s Prenatal and Birth Therapy training, has assisted him, is co-facilitating a training in Nelson, B.C. and is certified to lead Castellino Process Workshops.

Tuition: US$390/Can$445 Meals and Accommodation extra

July workshop: register with Judyth: 415-388-3151 orjudyth@judythweaver.com after July 4: 250-935-8500.

September workshop: register with Hollyhock: 800-933-6339 or registration@hollyhock.ca

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Reiki I Class - NE Portland, OR

Jill — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:10:34 GMT

Reiki I:
Reiki is an ancient hands-on healing art that promotes self-healing, relieves disease and stress, and encourages an overall state of well-being. Experience the shift possible when you unblock stuck energy in your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual field.

In the Reiki I certification course, we will examine the history of this fascinating healing art, as well as the practical teachings to allow students to begin practicing with the energy right away. The main distinction between Reiki and other hands-on-healing modalities is an attunement process. This process allows the student/recipient to access universal energy. I liken the process to arteries being cleared. The attunement will open up energy channels in the recipient, allowing healing energy to pass through their hands. This is a very simple, yet powerful, process. Once attuned, we will practice on each other, exchanging healing hands. This class allows the Reiki I student to facilitate self-healings, and healings of friends.

Reiki I, July 9th, 2-4pm. $75. NE Portland. Reiki I Certificate upon completion. Questions/reservations call Jill at 971-998-7222 or email jahlstra@hotmail.com.

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learn to heal from Dolphins!!! {8/3} [PDX]

Elliot — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:00:59 GMT

WHAT: "The Dolphin Embassy," a multimedia presentation about the relationship between humans and Dolphins.
WHEN: Wednesday, August 3rd
WHY: To recognize the riches offered to us by Dolphins and Whales and raise awareness of our responsibility to them.
WHERE: the CenterRing 5339 SE Foster Road, Portland, OR 97206
WHO: Sponsored by the CenterRing.
COST: $12

The Dolphin Embassy is coming to Portland!

Scott Taylor and Amanda Hain have been travelling around the world, coming from the headquarters of the Dolphin Embassy in Australia, to bring the Story of the timeless relationship between humans and dolphins up to date. Using computer graphics, high-quality sound recordings, and an entertaining narrative style, the Dolphin Embassy offers a rare glimpse inside an esoteric influence on human destiny.

Based on over twenty years of research, and on the extraordinary revelations in the Legend of the Golden Dolphin, the Dolphin Story will come alive for you as never before. Ancient history, indigenous tales, and mythologies of many cultures are compared to current science and direct experience to reveal deep secrets, hitherto unavailable.

The mysteries of Dolphin-Assisted Therapy– how thousands of families around the world are finding relief and healing for their children through this unprecedented activity–are explored in depth.

Scott Taylor is an author, researcher, workshop leader and storyteller of international renown. His book, “Souls in the Sea: Dolphins, Whales and Human Destiny” (Frog Ltd, 2003) is finding a favored place on many bookshelves around the world. Amanda Hain is a trained counsellor, a massage therapist, and a Director of the Dolphin Embassy Wellness Program.

The Dolphin Embassy will be presenting an evening at The CenterRing (5339 SE Foster). Scott will be signing books at 6:30, presentation begins promptly at 7:00PM. $12 donation requested at the door.

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Other CenterRing events:

Sunday, August 14th, 9PM
@ The CenterRing (5339 SE Foster)
$12 advance, $14 at the Door
www.thecenterring.org

Join Shimshai on a musical journey of spirit. From the depths of meditative praise, to the heights of joyous rhythmic affirmation.

Shimshai and the Natural Mystique Ensemble:
Fusing an eclectic blend of reggae soul and jazz with a worldbeat influence, the Natural MystiquEnsemble delivers solid grooves layered with lush harmony and spirited lyrics.

Advance tickets available online at www.thecenterring.org or
Mirador Community Store (2106 SE Division)

"His beautiful voice and exquisite guitar playing evokes the spirit of Bob Marley, the subtlety of Jerry Garcia and a powerful musical prayer to unite all humanity and spark the fire of change. It is a gift to the world and a blessing for us all."
-Robyn Shanti,
Dharma Wheel
KBOO Portland
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Explore the body as a vessel for spiritual transformation
through DANCE AND CHANT

Saturday, August 20th, 9PM
@ CenterRing (5339 SE Foster)
$15 with Kirtan,
$7 after midnight

Kirtan with Arjun: high energy, deep space bhajan/kirtan.

Arjun was named one of the top 5 bhajan/kirtan singers in the west with Krishna Das, Bhagavan Das and Jai Uttal, by world reknowned Yoga resource, Jivamukti Yoga

Breaks and World Fuzion 'till late:

DJ Arjun Baba (Guardians Collective)
DJ Sharptooth (Oregon Country Fair)
Sean Conlon (Soular Powered Productions)

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WHEATGRASS is absolutely amazing!

in-PHI-net — Thu, 11 May 2006 06:25:21 GMT

Ann Wigmore revived the interest in wheat grass in the 60’s by treating herself when her doctors told her she would not live. After an automobile accident that shattered both her legs, Ann was advised to amputate her legs in order to cut out the disease. She refused and gangrene set in. She did not give up and set out on a “peasant’s diet”, which consisted of wheat grass, vegetables, and grains that ultimately restored her health. Ann dedicated her life to administering wheat grass to the sick and created the Hippocrates Health Institute which to this day carries out her work.

Dr. Ann Wigmore learned as child the art of natural healing from her grandmother. Following the war her family left Europe and emigrated to the United States. After years of struggles with colitis, headaches, arthritis, a host of other health challenges, and namely the accident, the young Ann Wigmore returned to her native teachings and began a regimen of live foods using primarily sprouts and wheatgrass juice to rejuvenate initially her pets and then herself. She experienced an incredible rejuvenation on a diet of living foods. Her hair returned from an almost full graying condition to its natural color. Her vitality soared. So began a live-food crusade which led to the founding of the Hippocrates Institute in Boston in 1963 which successfully treated tens of thousands of patients over a period of several decades.

Dr. Ann Wigmore might be more aptly titled a healer, instead of a doctor, because she healed people and will be remembered forever for the legacy she left humankind. Though Ann died tragically and suddenly in a fire in a fire while writing her book at the age of 83, in 1993, her live-food crusade continues on, unabated.

In Ann’s own words:

"Reconnect with nature and your body will take care of the rest. This is the beauty of self-healing."

"Through the American eating habits I developed cancer of the colon, arthritis, hernia, migraine headaches, blood poisoning, depression and gray hair by the time I was fifty…. I knew the only thing to do was turn back to nature…. So gradually I developed the Living Foods Lifestyle and returned to nature. It took me about three years to regain my health. Today I have improved the Living Food Lifestyle which means being able to regain health in only several months rather than several years... “

”Because of wheatgrass implants, my brain has improved and stress has been eliminated. I have tremendous brain force now. My writing is improving each year. When the body is healthy, the brain is healthy too because the brain is the same as any other part of the body.”

Ann healed her own body from various illnesses including colon cancer while in her fifties, using Raw Living Foods.

For thirteen years Dr. Ann visited Creative Health every summer blessing us with her natural healing truths. Dr. Ann died at the age of 83 in a fire. A video taken of her three months before her death shows a woman in her eighties moving about like a young woman--limber, energetic, and intellectually sharp. Her doctors were amazed. At the age of 83, she was as fit as a 30 year old. It’s sad that she died for she would have been “living” proof of the power in Nature (wheatgrass and sprouts), of the simple diet of raw foods in its natural state.

Through years of research Dr. Ann Wigmore discovered that all the enzymes, vitamins and minerals that the body needs are found within the foods we eat -- IF these foods are prepared in such a way as to maintain or unlock their life-giving nutrients.

Wheatgrass contains all vitamins necessary for the normal function of the human body such as riboflavin, vitamin C, B complex, and all of the 100 elements which the balanced earth contains; turning the body from an acidic state into an alkaline state.

By cooking and killing your foods, you cook and kill your bodies.

Living foods for our Living temple: (our sacred bodies)

Understand the full meaning of the Tree of Life*

Wheat grass is considered to be a complete food, meaning it has life sustaining properties. It is a source of beta-carotene and the B vitamins, plus vitamins C, E, H and K. It also contains close to ninety different minerals and nineteen amino acids. Wheat grass caters to blood purification, liver detoxification, and colon cleansing. It is also an excellent source of superoxide dismutase (SOD), which is a powerful antioxidant and anti-aging enzyme.

A 1978 study by Yoshihide Hagiwara, M.D., suggests that wheat grass has the ability to inactivate mutagenic substances found in agricultural chemicals, fertilizers, and food additives. In other words, wheat grass may combat the damaging effects of chemicals, fertilizers, and food additives that are ever increasing their visibility in our food and drinking water. As it is now, most foods contain one type or another form of food additives. Fertilizers have been showing up around the world in drinking water. One recent study in California, USA even showed evidence of rocket fuel in cows’ milk.

It must also be said that wheat grass is high in chlorophyll, which is the closest to the molecular structure of human blood on the planet as you can get. The body converts chlorophyll into fresh blood, thus leaving the body more rejuvenated. Due to its concentrated form of chlorophyll, wheat grass has also been known to have favorable effects on treating chronic pancreatitis.

In addition, chlorophyll combats bacteria inside the body and supports healing, rebuilds the bloodstream, removes drug deposits from the body, neutralizes toxins in the body, purifies the liver, improves blood sugar problems, and can cure chronic sinusitis with long term use.

Wheat grass has been known to help prevent tooth decay, skin problems such as eczema and psoriasis. It is also claimed to reduce hair from graying, improves digestion, reduces high blood pressure as it enhances the capillaries, and can remove heavy metals from the body.

Living food is provided by nature, organically grown in its original, uncooked state. Live foods provide the body with the life-giving, easy-to-digest nourishment needed to strengthen the immune system. Seeds, grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables in their natural, uncooked state are the living food used to rebuild health - physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Wheat grass juice is an excellent source of chlorophyll. Wheat grass juice is also high in iron, oxygen, and enzymes and is one of the richest sources of vitamins A, B, and C.

Studies of wheatgrass by Dr. Chiu Nan Lai of the University of Texas System Cancer Center showed it to be a potent inhibitor of several carcinogens. Applying low levels of the extract to mutagens diminished activity in them by up to 99%. Recent medical research has found that cancer goes into remission when the body is alkaline. The raw living foods diet helps to make the body alkaline (easily tested with litmus paper).

More research has examined the healing properties of chlorophyll in general and seems to be related to the fact that the chlorophyll molecule is nearly identical to that of hemoglobin, whose single atom of iron replaces one atom of magnesium.

Distinguished medical specialists have reported hundreds of cases in which chlorophyll has cured deep infections, stimulated healing, removed necrotic debris from open wounds, and accelerated connective tissue and epidermal proliferation.

Other works by Ann Wigmore include:

Be Your Own Doctor

The Wheatgrass Book

The Sprouting Book

The Blending Book

Hippocrates Diet

You Don't Have to Grow Old.

Rebuild Your Health

Recipes for Longer Life.

Recipes for Total Health and Nutrition.

Our Precious Pets.

Aids; Healing the Atttuntive Way

"Let me share my vision with you: I see the world without sickness, sorrow or mental disturbances in which we are living in perfect balance and abundant health and harmony." — Dr Ann Wigmore

__________________________________________________________________________________

Here are some beautiful scriptures that were founded in the archives of the Vatican by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely (whose father worked for the Vatican). But unfortunately the Chruch Fathers LEFT OUT most of the needed messages for mankind, out of the bible. Jesus, a powerful healer (as I had always known because I dreamt of him this way when I was a child) was a deep believer in the power of Mother Earth.

“…And then many sick and maimed came to Jesus, asking him. "if you know all things, tell us, why do we suffer with these grievous plagues? Why are we not whole like other men? Master, heal us, that we too may be made strong, and need abide no longer in our misery. We know that you have it in your power to heal all manner of disease. Free us from Satan and from all his great afflictions. Master, have compassion on us."

“And Jesus answered- "Happy are you that you hunger for the truth, for I will satisfy you with the bread of wisdom. Happy are you, that you knock, for I will open to you the door of life. Happy are you, that you would cast off the power of Satan, for I will lead you into the kingdom of our Mother's angels, where the power of Satan cannot enter."

“And they asked him in amazement: "Who is our Mother and which her angels? And where is her kingdom?"

"Your Mother is in you, and you in her. She bore you she gives you life. it was she who gave to you your body, and to her shall you one day give it back again. Happy are you when you come to know her and her kingdom; if you receive your Mother's angels and if you do her laws. I tell you truly, he who does these things shall never see disease. For the power of our Mother is above all. And it destroys Satan and his kingdom, and has rule over all your bodies and all living things.

"The blood which runs in us is born of the blood of our Earthly Mother. Her blood falls from the clouds; leaps from the womb of the earth; babbles in the brooks of the mountains; flows wide in the rivers of the plains; sleeps in the lakes; rages mightily in tempestuous seas.

"The air which we breathe is born of the breath of our Earthly Mother. Her breath is azure in the heights of t heavens; soughs in the tops of the mountains; whispers the leaves of the forest; billows over the cornfields; slumbers in the deep valleys, burns hot in the desert.

"The hardness of our bones is born of the bones of our Earthly Mother, of the rocks and of the stones. They stand naked to the heavens on the tops of mountains; are as giants that lie sleeping on the sides of the mountains, as idols set in the desert, and are hidden in the deepness of the earth.

"The tenderness of our flesh is born of the flesh of our Earthly Mother; whose flesh waxes yellow and red in the fruits of the trees, and nurtures us in the furrows of the fields.

"Our bowels are born of the bowels of our Earthly Mother, and are hid from our eyes, like the invisible depths of the earth.

"The light of our eyes, the hearing of our ears, both are born of the colors and the sounds of our Earthly Mother; which enclose us about, as the waves of the sea a fish, as the eddying air a bird.

"I tell you in very truth, Man is the Son of the Earthly Mother, and from her did the Son of Man receive his whole body, even as the body of the newborn babe is born of the womb of his mother. I tell you truly, you are one with the Earthly Mother; she is in you, and you in her. Of her were you born, in her do you live, and to her shall you return again. Keep, therefore, her laws, for none can live long, neither be happy, but he who honors his Earthly Mother and does her laws. For your breath is her breath; your blood her blood; your bone her bone; your flesh her flesh; your bowels her bowels; your eyes and your ears are her eyes and her ears.

"I tell you truly, should you fail to keep but one only of all these laws, should you harm but one only of all your body's members, you shall be utterly lost in your grievous sickness, and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. I tell you, unless you follow the laws of your Mother, you can in no wise escape death. And he who clings to the laws of his Mother, to him shall his Mother cling also. She shall heal all his plagues, and he shall never become sick. She gives him long life, and protects him from all afflictions; from fire, from water, from the bite of venomous serpents. For your Mother bore you, keeps life within you. She has given you her body, and none but she heals you. Happy is he who loves his Mother and lies quietly in her bosom. For your Mother loves you, even when you turn away from her. And how much more shall she love you, if you turn to her again? I tell you truly, very great is her love, greater than the greatest of mountains, deeper than the deepest seas. And those who love their Mother, she never deserts them. As the hen protects her chickens, as the lioness her cubs, as the mother her newborn babe, so does the Earthly Mother protect the Son of Man from all danger and from all evils.

"...many unclean and sick followed Jesus' words, and sought the banks of the murmuring streams. They put off their shoes and their clothing, they fasted, and they gave up their bodies to the angels of air, water, and sunshine. And the Earthly Mother's angels embraced them, possessing their bodies both inwards and outwards. And all of them saw all evils, sins and uncleanesses depart in haste from them. ... And the breath of some became as stinking as that which is loosed from the bowels, and some had an issue of spittle, and evil smelling and unclean vomit rose from their inward parts. All these uncleanesses flowed by their mouths. In some, by the nose; in others, by the eyes and ears. And many did have a noisome and abominable sweat come from all their body, over all their skin. And on many limbs great hot boils broke forth, from which came out uncleannesses with an evil smell, and urine flowed abundantly from their body; and in many their urine was all but dried up and became thick as the honey of bees; that of others was almost red or black, and almost as hard as the sand of rivers. And many belched stinking gases from their bowels, like the breath of devils. And their stench became so great that none could bear it." (Quote from the Essene Gospel of Peace).

www.essene.com/GospelOfPeace/peace1.html

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Midwives now legal in WI

Grandma — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 19:57:53 GMT

Doyle signs bills on midwives

Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. - Midwives who aren't nurses must obtain a state license under a bill
Gov. Jim Doyle signed into law Monday.

Under the law, Applicants must hold a valid professional midwife credential from the
North American Registry of Midwives or the American College of Nurse Midwives. The
state Department of Regulation and Licensing must develop rules spelling out
medications midwives can administer, such as oxygen, postpartum anti-bleeding agents
and intravenous fluids.

A licensed midwife also must disclose to clients his or her training and experience,
whether the midwife has malpractice insurance and procedures for handling medical
emergencies.

Nobody will be allowed to act as a midwife without a license or a temporary permit from
the state.

The legislation gained momentum after criminal charges were filed in the death of a child
during delivery.

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NOTE from Grandma Midwife:

No fault was ever implied on the part of the midwife, but the prosecutor personally went after the midwife for no license, even though she was fully nationally certified and Wisconsin had no license available. We deluged Wisconsin with letters demanding that they start licensing midwives immediately to prevent bureaucratic abuses like this from happening again, and apparently they saw reason. Once in a while you win one.

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Surrender into Union with God.....

Wed, 10 May 2006 17:50:35 GMT

I just love this quote by Mother Mary and wanted to share.....

"Stop planning, be still, and let God's plan unfold. The same force that makes the planets orbit around the sun everyday is the same force that is in charge of all the events of your life. You do not get up everyday and worry about how you are going to make the planets orbit around the sun, nor should you worry about the details of your own life. God has a wonderful plan for you and all you need to do is get out of the way! Wait for God to move you, not the other way around."

--Mother Mary (channeled through Joni)

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CALLING ALL SOUND HEALERS, MASSAGE THERAPISTS AND BODYWORKERS!

Laur-eye — Sat, 13 May 2006 19:00:23 GMT

CALLING ALL SOUND HEALERS, MASSAGE THERAPISTS AND BODYWORKERS!

Your Light and Hands are needed from May19-28th for City Repair's Sixth Village Building Convergence.

Find out how you can bring your healing energies to the building sites, encourage the holistic health of our growing village and volunteer your services in exchange for free evening passes.

Opportunities for a placemaking work party where we will build a healing space within the central venue will be coming up next week. Get in touch for details!
Contact

Just
younjust@peacemail.com
206.948.0180

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RAW FOR 30 DAYS!

in-PHI-net — Thu, 11 May 2006 06:24:41 GMT

http://rawfor30days.com/ <<<<< THIS will absolutely inspire you to tears!! A MUST SEE.... it is an 8 minute movie trailer....

Peace to your beautiful bodies!

In love and light*

xox

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Immigration, slavery (including wage slavery), brutality, saving the world... and you

etherealepona — Wed, 03 May 2006 08:02:48 GMT

Please read this: http://www.myownrevolution.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39

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Reiki I Class - NE Portland, OR

Jill — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:59:23 GMT

Reiki I:
Reiki is an ancient hands-on healing art that promotes self-healing, relieves disease and stress, and encourages an overall state of well-being. Experience the shift possible when you unblock stuck energy in your mental, emotional, physical and spiritual field.

In the Reiki I certification course, we will examine the history of this fascinating healing art, as well as the practical teachings to allow students to begin practicing with the energy right away. The main distinction between Reiki and other hands-on-healing modalities is an attunement process. This process allows the student/recipient to access universal energy. I liken the process to arteries being cleared. The attunement will open up energy channels in the recipient, allowing healing energy to pass through their hands. This is a very simple, yet powerful, process. Once attuned, we will practice on each other, exchanging healing hands. This class allows the Reiki I student to facilitate self-healings, and healings of friends.

Reiki I, May 7th, 2-4pm. $75. NE Portland. Reiki I Certificate upon completion. Questions/reservations call Jill at 971-998-7222 or email jahlstrand@gmail.com.

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Relationships Gone Wild

Jim — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:30:50 GMT

It seems so many relationships are falling apart right now. In my counseling business, i am working with seven different couples that are a breath away from saying goodbye to each other.

I also have friends and aquaintances who are in crisis in their relationships. My Astrologer friend claims it is because Mercury is in retrograde. Lots of opinions. For what it is worth, I would like to throw my opinions in the pot for your feedback and thoughts.

1. We seem to be a society of instant gratification. High speed internet, 150 channels immediately available on our remote and microwaves are faster than ever. We want it all NOW. It is hard for us to delay our gratification. We tend to leave five minutes before the miracle. In fact we are a society of leaving....leaving spiritual paths to try a new one, leaving jobs, leaving lovers, leaving families, leaving where we live for what we think will be something better. And after we do our geographical, we find the same problems and challenges follow us.

2. This one just might really stir the pot. In so many cases, the couples I counsel finally after much denial admit that alcohol and drugs are a serious issue in the relationship.

I have numerous phone clients. Recently, a couple I am working with back east both entered an inpatient treatment center. We are not talking about penniless slackers.
He is an attorney and she teaches English in a private high school.

Now, to keep it fair and honest, I am a recovered alcoholic. I will have been clean and sober 33 years this April 30. So I have experienced both sides of the coin. Am I prejudiced against alcohol and drugs? Maybe. But I can tell you this. In 26 years of the work I do, I have yet to see alcohol or drugs add value to a relationship.

We use chemicals to alter our state of consciousness so we don't have to face the reality of the here and now.

3. Most couples in crisis lack a strong spiritual program. I am NOT talking about religion, doctrine or dogma. I am talking about universal spiritual practices such as meditation,
non-sectarian prayer etc. that keep us in contact with Source. Personally, I am very Metaphysical in my spiritual path.

4. Couples in crisis seem to have their PH:D in the other person's behavior and they are at kindergarten level regarding their own behavior.

What I find sad, is the fact many of these relationships can be saved and healed, but people leave and give up way too soon. And then two years later they are back in my office with a new partner dragging the same old problems around in their lives. They re-invent the wheel time and time again.

PLEASE, if you are thinking of leaving, take a 30 day time out. Get some help, get some counseling. Make a list of the values and beauty that brought you together in the first place.
Spend 100% of your time for a week looking at YOUR behavior and zero percent of your time looking at your partners behavior. You may be surp[rised at what you discovered.

If this helps one couple, it has been worth me posting my opinions, be they right or wrong.
Would love to hear your feedback.
Love peace and blessings,
Jim Wilhite

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