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When the Children Cry
January 24th, 2008| WHEN THE CHILDREN CRY |
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Watch the video “When The Children Cry” by clicking on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjveFXLK8vA It is possibly the most important video of this age. Suicide, School Shootings, and Violent Crimes In October 2004, the FDA added a black box warning about an increased risk of suicide in children and adolescents after a review of data showed a doubling of the risk of suicide associated with the drugs. However, In December 2006, the FDA’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee held a public hearing to review the suicide data on adults and recommended that the black box warning to be extended to them as well. Unfortunately, it has been discovered that doctors encourage people to ignore these warnings and, as would be expected, the manufacturer of these drugs deny the dangers altogether. Recent, tragic events of the last few years have brought to light something that is as great a threat as suicide. It is homicide - in the form of school shootings and the killing of close family members and friends.
In September 2005, following confirmation that Red Lake Indian Reservation school shooter, Jeff Weise, was under the influence of the antidepressant Prozac, the National Foundation of Women Legislators, together with American Indian tribal leaders, called for a Congressional investigation into the correlation between psychiatric drug use and school massacres. Congress has yet to investigate the role of psychiatric drugs relating to school shootings despite international drug regulators warning these drugs can cause mania, psychosis, hallucinations, suicide and homicidal ideation. At least eight of the recent school shooters, like those at Columbine, were under the influence of such drugs. According to media reports, investigators working on the Virginia Tech school shootings found that Cho Seung-Hui was taking drugs for “depression.” Part of the problem may be the disconnect with reality that these drugs sometimes reportedly cause the acts of violence. In another study of the links between antidepressants and violence, a 12-year-old boy who killed his grandparents while he was on a course of antidepressants said that the whole incident seemed like a dream, and he was unsure whether or not it had really happened. The Physicians’ Desk Reference lists the following adverse reactions to antidepressants among a host of other physical and neuropsychiatric effects: manic reaction (mania), emotional liability (or instability), abnormal thinking, alcohol abuse, hallucinations, hostility, lack of emotion, paranoid reaction, amnesia, confusion, agitation, delirium, delusions, hysteria, psychosis, sleep disorders, abnormal dreams, and discontinuation (withdrawal) syndrome. Adverse reactions are especially likely when starting or discontinuing the drug, increasing or lowering the dose or when switching from one SSRI to another SSRI. Adverse reactions are often diagnosed as bipolar disorder when the symptoms could be entirely iatrogenic (treatment induced). Withdrawal from any of these medications can also cause severe neuropsychiatric and physical symptoms. In addition to the adverse reactions listed in the Physicians’ Desk Reference, the FDA published a Public Health Advisory on March 22, 2004 which states (in part): “Anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, insomnia, irritability, hostility, impulsivity, akathisia (severe restlessness), hypomania, and mania have been reported in adult and pediatric patients being treated with antidepressants for major depressive disorder as well as for other indications, both psychiatric and nonpsychiatric.” The most shocking part of the psychiatric medical model is that prominent psychiatrist, Robert Spitzer M.D., one of the doctors who wrote the Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), admits that psychiatric diagnoses (depression, hyperactivity, ADHD, etc.) are not based on science! Anxiety, panic, learning disorders, ADHD, and depression are very real, painful conditions to the unfortunate children and adults suffering from them. However, these conditions, in most cases, are symptoms of underlying health problems brought on by specific causes and circumstance. The answer is not dangerous and unscientific diagnosis and drugs. There are real, safe solutions that lie outside of these deadly medications. Solutions that get to the underlying, complex cause of the problem and do not simply attempt to chemically alter the mind to cover them up. The Maximized Living Model includes nutritional care, toxicity issues - typically related to drugs and standard American nutrition, exercise, stress management, spinal corrective care, and counseling. Treatments that are given with the Maximized Living Model have no side effects and have been shown to have equal or greater results than drugs. Maximized Living is a best first line of defense against health concerns, rather than the medical model, and absolutely necessary for anyone receiving dangerous medical treatments of any kind. If you or your children are already taking a mind-altering drug, always consult an M.D. when coming off of it and never quit cold turkey. To find a Maximized Living Mentor or to visit a http://maximizedliving.com/AllInOneSearch/ If you have not seen it already, view “When the Children Cry” now at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjveFXLK8vA |
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For The First Time Ever, Today’s Kids May Not Live As Long As Their Parents As Children riddled with pain, illness, learning disorders, and even depression begin to show up everywhere, rather than looking at brain development, nutrition, and lack of movement as the culprits, concerned parents are turning to more and more medications. Think about that. Is that how we were designed? To make medication a way of life and to be drugged on a consistent basis? What does the future hold for our kids when they are overweight, out of shape, and taking medications for the effects? What kind of life are we creating for them? This is not a diet book - far, far from it. Dropping another diet book into the same culture will do nothing but take up more room on your shelf. Generation XL shows you how kids were created to eat, breathe, sleep, run, and live. At the same time, Drs. Mercola and Lerner help you change your family culture and recognize where the culture around you isn’t working so you can avoid it or help to change it. Since prevention is always easier (and wiser) than cure, incorporating the lifestyle changes suggested in Generation XL gives your child a realistic way to reach and maintain a healthy weight; dramatically reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other health risks; and build a strong body and positive mental attitude, maximizing his or her IQ and giving the best chance for success. Learn How You Can Keep Your Children Safe And Healthy. To order your copy of Generation XL, visit www.maximizedliving.com. |
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For the first time in the history of Chiropractic, leaders from more than 15 different principled organizations and four different Chiropractic colleges have put away their logos and egos to join together in one amazing, major publication from one of the world’s leading publishers. It’s the second book in the series from the first New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and CBA best-selling book ever written by a Chiropractor: Body by God, the Owner’s Manual for Maximized Living. One Minute Wellness: The Natural Health and Happiness System that Never Fails is available online at www.MaximizedLiving.com. Just Imagine: Dynamic, Step-By-Step Changes To: Now, Make It Happen - Starting In Just One Minute!Designed by Dr. Ben Lerner, One-Minute Wellness offers a revolutionary alternative to traditional health care. What is the difference? Maximize the natural, God-given strength of the human body and its ability to heal itself without using dangerous drugs or surgery-one minute at a time! Dr. Ben, chiropractor and physician to the U.S. Wrestling Team in two Olympiads and performance expert Dr. Greg Loman, along with many of the world’s leading researchers and natural-health professionals, present a comprehensive plan on Maximized Living that shows you how to: Achieve True Happiness and Outstanding Health with One Minute Wellness. In this book, Dr. Ben Lerner with the help of Dr. Greg Loman and leading natural-health experts will show you how to: No more dependence on cold medicines, prescription pills, and anti-depressants. With One-Minute Wellness you will revitalize every area of your well-being. And the bonus fiction story uniquely illustrates the authors’ strategies at work in ordinary lives-a terrific motivator as you optimize your own life.No matter what diets or exercise regimens you have tried, even if you have struggled with poor health for years, you can be happier and healthier with simple, one-minute changes. “It’s about Maximized Living,” says Dr. Ben, “and it never fails.” Your community is looking for healthy alternatives to the status quo. Your clinic can be a beacon of hope during this dark time of traditional medicine. Join Dr. Ben Lerner and Dr. Greg Loman in being an integral part of this revolution in wellness.
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Allowing Our Children to Be
August 13th, 2007It’s that time of year when many of us are sending our children off to college and we find that letting go of them is difficult. I find the article below particularly helpful in shifting my perspective enough that, even just for a moment, I can find relief in “letting go”. With enough practice, and maybe daily reading, I can find the serenity I long for. May it help you also.
Allowing Our Children To Be
Practicing Nonattachment
Parenting asks us to rise to some of the most difficult challenges this world has to offer, and one of its greatest paradoxes arises around the issue of attachment. On the one hand, successful parenting requires that we love our children, and most of us love in a very attached way. On the other hand, it also requires that we let go of our children at the appropriate times, which means we must practice some level of nonattachment. Many parents find this difficult because we love our children fiercely, more than we will ever love anyone, and this can cause us to overstep our bounds with them as their independence grows. Yet truly loving them requires that we set them free.
Attachment to outcome is perhaps the greatest obstacle on the parenting path, and the one that teaches us the most about the importance of practicing nonattachment. We commonly perceive our children to be extensions of ourselves, imagining that we know what’s best for them, but our children are people in their own right with their own paths to follow in this world. They may be called to move in directions we fear, don’t respect, or don’t understand, yet we must let them go. This letting go happens gradually throughout our lives with our children until we finally honor them as fully grown adults who no longer require our guidance. At this point, it is important that we treat them as peers who may or may not seek our input into their lives. This allows them, and us, to fully realize the greatest gift parents can offer their offspring -independence.
Letting go in any area of life requires a deep trust in the universe, in the overall meaning and purpose of existence. Remembering that there is more to us and our children than meets the eye can help us practice nonattachment, even when we feel overwhelmed by concern and the desire to interfere. We are all souls making our way in the world and making our way, ultimately, back to the same source. This can be our mantra as we let our children go in peace and confidence.
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7 Secrets of High Energy People
August 13th, 2007This inspiring article is found on byregion.net………
SEVEN SECRETS OF HIGH ENERGY PEOPLE
Seven to do things to enjoy life to the full extent of possibilities..
July 25th 2007 - How many times have you woken up in the morning and think, I am already spent, or say I just can’t get started, how about “I feel drained”.
It is not so much physical energy that we lack - sure, must of us can use a little more sleep, or better diet, or a shorter commute. But in truth we are healthier today than at any time in recent history. I can pretty much guarantee that if you long for more energy, the problem is not so much with your body.
What we as a whole are seeking is not an adrenalin rush, but it is EMOTIONAL ENERGY. It is an aliveness of mind and spirit that connects us to vitality and the joy of life.
Yes, because of the demands and obligations of life we work hard, we are filled with stress, we encounter emergencies in our personal life, family dynamics children in school a relationship that is working just so so and we feel exhausted many times people get into
an emotional crisis.
No wonder why so many of us suffer from emotional fatigue, a kind of exhaustion of the spirit, a sense that we are just going through the motions…
Have you ever meet an individual that lives a simple life maybe in this country or while traveling abroad that is just exuberant and joyous despite what we perceive to be lack or grim external circumstances of their lives?
How do they get there? How do they do it?
1. PUT YOURSELF IN THE FUN ZONE
Most of us grown-ups are seriously fun-deprived, and it shows in our declining energy levels. High-energy people have the same day-to-day grinds as the rest of us, but they manage to find something enjoyable in every situation.
When was the last time that it was ok for you to do certain childish things even though you could look foolish in the eyes of others?
We have lost that FUN part of the self, the self that we had at 12 years old. Go back and remember what you did at 12 years old that brought you fun and pleasure. Think about it and then go and incorporate that into at least one day of your week. Regain your child like fun attitude. Somehow incorporate that fun part of the self into your work.
We all define fun differently, of course, but I can vouch for this: If you lighten up and inject just a bit of it into your day, your energy will zoom.
2. SAY GOODBYE TO GUILT AND REGRET
Everyone’s past is filled with regrets, mistakes and missed opportunities that still cause pain. These feelings are an index of our humanity, evidence that we have heart, conscience and emotions. But from an emotional point of view, they are like a ton of bricks we carry in our shoulders and that keep us from moving forward.
While they can’t just be willed away, I do recommend you give yourself a pat on the back, you have made it this far, honor where you are regardless of what happened in the past. Remind yourself that everyone has negative experiences. But whatever happened is in the past, is in the past and nothing can change that.
Give yourself the gift of therapy with some one that can help you with some cellular memory clearing and reconstruction. Holding on to the memory only allows the damage to continue to the present.
Remind yourself that everyone that had a childhood and has moved through life.
3. KEEP YOUR SOLAR CELLS CHARGED UP
People always talk about finding a passion, but something that exalted can end up being more draining than energizing. That’s why I talk about solar cells, mechanical devices that store energy, then give it back to you as needed. High-energy people always have a storage tank, an interest or passionate hobby they connect with, no matter how eccentric. For Gino, that solar cell is kayaking. He loves to go out in the ocean and connect with the marine life the clouds, water and sky. He feels like a explorer who finds the beauty of the ocean and that brings him back life.
If you don’t have a solar cell passions find one. Anything fun and absorbing will do, from bike riding to gardening. Anticipating the activity can get you up in the morning and get you through an otherwise boring day.
4. MAKEUP YOUR MIND
Say you’ve been thinking about starting your own healing practice. Will it be successful, or will it not? Do I have enough training or experience and you mull it over and over again. You talk about it with friends.
Having the decision hanging over your head is a huge energy drain. High energy people make a choice and don’t look back.
The emotionally exhausted stay stuck, forever vacillating. The I wonder if scenario hangs over your head for months even years. Every time you can’t decide, you burden yourself with alternatives. How to break the impasse? Quit thinking that you have to make the right decision; instead, make a good enough decision. Any decision.
Take small steps decide what you are having for dinner without going over and over the menu. That will get you in the ballpark of deciding about your future. In emotional energy land, what matters is ending your ambivalence.
5. GIVE TO GET
Emotional energy has a kind of magical quality: The more you give, the more you get back. This underscores the fundamental difference between emotional energy and physical energy. With the latter, you have to get it to be able to give it. With emotional energy however, you get it giving it.
But you have to take specific action. Start by asking everyone you meet, how are you? As if you really want to know, then listen to the reply. Be the one who hears, be a good listener.
Most of us also need to smile more often. If you don’t smile at people at the person you love when you see them, you’re sucking energy out of your relationship.
Finally, help another person and make the help real, concrete. Give a massage to someone you love, run an errand for him, or cook her dinner then, expand the circle to work. Try going through an entire day asking yourself what you’d do if your goal were to he helpful rather than efficient.
After all, if it’s true that what goes around comes around, why not make sure that what’s circulating around you is the good stuff?
6. DO SOMETHING GENUINELY NEW
Very little that is truly new occurs in our lives. The impact of this sameness on our emotional energy is gradual, but huge, It’s like a tire with a slow leak. You don’t notice it at first, but eventually you’ll get a flat. It’s up to you to plug the leak even though there are always a dozen reasons to stay stuck in your rut.
Once you recognize that is where you are step out and find someone or a group of people with the same or similar interests.
Take up yoga, join a gym. Change your hair style, length or color.
Start wearing black jeans or bright outrageous colors. Eventually you may gather the courage to quit your job, get out of the rut, and start that healing business.
Here’s a challenge: If it’s something you wouldn’t ordinarily do, do it. Try a cuisine you’ve never eaten. Drive home via a different, scenic route. Listen to music you’d ordinarily tune out. You’ll discover that small gestures pack a powerful emotional energy punch.
7. RECLAIM LIFE’S MEANING
So many of the clients in my therapy practice tell me that their lives used to have meaning, but that somewhere along the line things went stale, the joy is gone. The foundation is there, but the urgency is missing.
The first step in solving this meaning shortage is to figure out what you really care about, then do something about it. That’s what meaning is: a heartfelt concern that is woven into your everyday life.
If you have been working just to accumulate money, to have and buy more toys, you will get to the point of feeling that something is missing. Ask yourself, what is my contribution, what am I giving back to the world, to the people?
Embrace and find a meaningful spiritual practice, whatever that may be. From contemplative prayer, the Kabala, Buddhism, or the practice of true meditation. Allow the fullness of spirit to descend and support you. In the inner silence you will find the energy that is required for you to take these steps, and infuse more meaning into your life.
Ernesto Ortiz LMT, CST is the primary facilitator for Journey to the Heart, he has been in the healing field for more than 20 years, has facilitated workshops and seminars in the US, Canada, Australia, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Ernesto has been licensed as a massage therapist in Florida for 13 years, and has certifications in Neuromuscular therapy, Cranio Sacral therapy, Integrative Breathwork, GIM (Guided Imagery and Music), Hypnotherapy, Hot Stone Therapy and Trance Dance.
Ernesto has spent many years studying and facilitating Indigenous Shamanic practices, and has studied with many teachers. From his early childhood he was exposed to shamanism and shamanic practices in Mexico, he continued his studies with indigenous teacher throughout South America. He has had the good fortune to study with some gifted teachers such as Michael Harner, Frank Natale, Robert Ghost Wolf, Starr Fuentes, Berret Eagle Bear, Mary Parker, Hellen Bony, Jackie Small, Linda Wolf, Marcel Vogel and more.
For more information, professional training and speaking engagements call Ernesto Ortiz at (305) 632-5603 or email your inquiries to Kiva101@aol.com. Visit his website at www.Journey2theheart.com©2002 Ernesto Ortiz, & Journey to the Heart.
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What does it take to become wealthy?
August 13th, 2007This article is a must read for those of us who wish to take control of the creation of our lives! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME WEALTHY?
by Loral Langemeier
Imagine never worrying about money ever again. Allow yourself to get lost in this fantasy for a moment: your bills are always paid with ease, you own several beautiful homes, your kids are attending the top colleges, and the money just keeps rolling in quicker than you can spend it…
Did you get a clear image? Or did you starting thinking things like, “It’s silly to get lost in a fantasy,” or “That’s nice for someone else, but it won’t happen to me,” or even, “Who am I to think I could have that?” Some of us can more easily visualize our dreams than others, and when it comes to being wealthy, your ability to do this is a key factor in your success.
Absolutely anyone can become a millionaire
Anyone can become a millionaire. Yes, I mean anyone, including you. I don’t care how much debt you’re in, or your line of work. And, not just wealthy, but a millionaire. I know because I’m a wealth coach who specializes in doing just that: making people millionaires.
If you think you can’t become a millionaire, you won’t. But if you want to become wealthy, you’ll have to change your attitude and behavior when it comes to wealthy.
I cover the many aspects of this process in my book, The Millionaire Maker, but for now let’s just focus on the mental aspect. As essential first step in becoming a millionaire is the ability to open up your mind to the very real possibility that you can have whatever it is you dream of.
What would you do differently if you knew that you couldn’t fail?
Every circumstance you have in your life is the result of your thoughts, from which you base your behavior. When you believe you can succeed, you end up doing things differently.
Right now you probably have a lot of beliefs around why you can’t be wealthy. A large part of my work with my clients involves reconditioning their minds so that they can clearly see the abundance and wealth possibilities that constantly surround them.
The next step on the road to millions is creating a vision of wealth. This is where you write out specific financial goals you want in your life. I usually have my clients write out what they want by the end of a year’s time, so that their goals are measurable.
Your vision of wealth may include quitting your full-time job to start a new business, lowering your debt by half, or making $500 extra a month in passive income. It’s really up to you.
When you create this vision, you need to use what I call “unlimited thinking.” However, you also need to set goals that are realistic and do-able. This is where the help of a mentor or wealth coach is key. Such professionals will have a realistic sense of how far you can stretch your mind and still be able to achieve your yearly goals.
Lastly, you need to be patient. Becoming a millionaire does not happen overnight, it takes time. It also requires work and commitment. Millionaires are active creators of their futures, and they always have a plan. And although they ultimately expect to succeed, they don’t let failure (an inevitable challenge on the path to success) hold them back.
Your wealth is your choice. And the question is, would you rather dwell on what you don’t have and why you can’t have it, or spend your time creating what you do want?
Loral Langemeier, author, speaker and founder of Live Out Loud is a pioneer in financial coaching who empowers people to build wealth and achieve financial success. To find out more about Loral’s best-selling programs, click here or call 800-929-0434.
What if There is No One to Blame?
August 13th, 2007I received this email and found the concept to be freeing and enlightening. Please read below:
*** Article: The Freedom and Power of Accountability - By Jay Fiset ***
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Why an article on accountability? While hardly a new topic, the concept is widely maligned, misunderstood, or missed completely. Until we are willing to live our lives from an accountable perspective, there are always excuses as to why we can’t, why our lives don’t work, and why we should not even try.
Let’s start at the beginning. The 3 basic levels of accountability are, briefly:
1) Accountability for our feelings: I do not have choice regarding all the events in my life, but I always have choice in how I respond to those events.
2) Accountability for our feelings, choices, and lessons: I co-create the experiences in my life. I choose not to waste precious energy blaming myself or anyone else. I honestly examine all of MY choices that co-create the experiences in my life, and I choose to learn valuable lessons from everything I experience.
3) Spiritual accountability for everything: This level of accountability is best framed by the statement, “I chose my parents, and I will choose the time, place, and method of my death.” The implications are many, but simply put, we are spiritual beings having a human experience. The experiences we co-create here on earth have some purpose or lesson for us, both at a human and spiritual level. It is our job while we are here to discover that purpose, learn, and evolve.
Accountability is a massive concept; however there are some foundational ideas that assist in its integration:
1) Accountability is not “right”; it is simply a way of viewing our lives and experiences that helps us to let go of the past and move forward in life.
2) Accountability is an internal experience; no one can make you accountable
3) Accountability is the foundation of freedom and personal power
In defining accountability, it is sometimes easier to start with what accountability is NOT, as our society is very invested in the model of blame. If something is “wrong,” then there must be someone to blame; someone or something is responsible. Accountability is NOT SELF-BLAME. Too many people believe that being accountable is being responsible, and most have the experience of blame attached to being responsible.
The first and most important step in understanding and applying accountability is accepting the concept there is NO BLAME. This idea, while it sounds simple, is really quite radical, and doesn’t fit within belief systems held by most.
If the concept of no blame is difficult for you, simply ask yourself this question, “What if there is no one to blame?” How would that impact your life? How could it assist you and free up your energy? Would this idea support you to forgive yourself and others? Simply releasing the energy of blame can transform your life.
Become conscious of where in your life you blame others and you blame yourself. If possible, let go of the blame and see how it feels.
A concept that allowed me to stop blaming is: We all have made the best possible choices we knew how to make when those choices were made, with the information we had at the time. (Information means our entire development as human beings, mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually).
The truth is, for most people, this is exceptionally difficult to accept. We have been hard wired to blame, and there must be someone or something at fault. If we begin to release this idea, we can let go of the emotional energy and weight of blame in our lives. What we are aiming for is the experience of truly accepting what is.
Regardless of how much we feel blame may be justified in a given circumstance, a more important question is, “Is it your wisest choice to consume your precious life energy blaming yourself or others?”
If we choose to blame, we project our life experiences outside of ourselves where we have no power, or internally where we diminish and demean ourselves. From either of these positions, we cannot learn or move forward in life. We can only stay stuck.
Next, ask the question, “What is my life lesson in this experience?” Only after answering this question can we really move forward to the power of accountability. The key to ongoing empowerment and personal evolution is interpreting and applying the lessons in our lives.
Practice answering the question “What choices did I make to co-create this experience in my life?” Answer the question in areas of your life where things are going great and areas where things are not terrific. There are significant lessons in both circumstances.
Now the most important aspect of truly being accountable is the application of the lesson(s). Accountability has become a much more commonly used term over the past 15 years. Many people now profess to be accountable and, even more entertaining, to taking accountability. I always wonder, taking it from where? The grounding of taking accountability is usually still related to the weight of responsibility and blame, yet the results in their lives never seem to shift.
Here is the measure of true accountability. Our results in life change because we apply the lessons of our life. It is a simple and powerful measure. If our results do not change, we have not learned the lessons and keep recreating similar experiences over and over again.
If we choose to accept (and apply) the concept of accountability, then no matter the circumstance, we can choose to accept, learn, and grow, regardless of how challenging it may be.
The final component of accountability is the capacity to attach meaning and significance to the events in our lives in a manner that supports us to move forward, evolve, and more consciously engage in our lives.
About the Author:
Jay Fiset is a powerful speaker, a risk-taker, and a leader who reaches his goals by assisting others to achieve theirs. He has over 20,000 hours experience conducting personal development seminars. His company, Personal Best Seminars, is a leading seminar company that provides workshops promoting self-awareness and stimulating personal growth. Jay enjoys living life to the fullest. He continually challenges himself and expands his comfort zone by participating in such activities as bungee jumping, sky diving, and fire walking.
His interests include television and video production, restoring vintage sports cars, running, Macintosh computers, real estate investing, and learning new technology.
He is committed to personal development, conscious parenting, lifelong learning, the end of extreme poverty, community contribution, and discovery.
Check out the Experts page for Jay Fiset, the Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to Personal Accountability: http://www.selfgrowth.com/experts/jay_fiset.html
Healing Drumming Event 8.19.2007
August 12th, 2007I would like to pass along an important and fun event planned for this Sunday, August 19 @ Glen Helen Healing Springs Waterfall, Yellow Springs, OH. Please read below the information that Bob and Kevin have provided and I hope you will be able to attend. Please call Kevin Driggers at 513.509.9385 or go to Bob’s website: www.drumforhealing.com or call the Park directly at 937.769.1902 with any questions.
Bob Laake and Kevin Driggers, in cooperation with Desiree Stark and Glen Helen Ecology Institute, are honored to be hosting a Drum Celebration for Planetary Healing on August 19th in Glen Helen Park at Yellow Springs, Ohio. They will be joined by the local Grandmother Drum Healing Circle led by Peggy Koebernick aka Grandmother Wolfheart. For those of you unfamiliar with this area, Yellow Springs is an eclectic town full of interesting shops and a unique energy that is worth a visit anytime. The natural areas around Yellow Springs have some great hiking trails and the springs have been recognized for years as having healing properties. Bob Laake will be doing individual healing drumming sessions at the waterfall and love offerings for his services are greatly appreciated. For those who choose not to make the hike down to the waterfall, Bob will be doing group & individual healing drumming with those at the top of the trail beginning at noon near the museum. This location is handicap accessible. We invite people to continue to drum there. This will help us to expand the healing grid over a much larger area of the park. Bring whatever instrument makes your heart sing and join us for this community celebration. DRUM FOR PEACE AND PERSONAL AND PLANETARY HEALING We would like to do this as greenly as possible, so feel free to circulate this e-mail widely to friends and family. However, if you have a function or a place where you can post a flyer, the attached document is available for print purposes and any help in disseminating word of this event would be greatly appreciated. Glen Helen has asked for a small donation of $2.00/person to aid in their preservation efforts, which we wholeheartedly support. Finally, Please respect the Glen, as it is our host. Namaste,
Kevin Driggers and Bob Laake
Between Massage Sessions
June 10th, 2007To get the most out of your massage, practice these self-care tips regularly.
1. Stretch. If you are getting massage for pain and discomfort, stretching is essential for you. Frequency is more important than length of a stretching session.
- Try setting up a reminder sound like a chime on your computer to remind you to stretch for 2 minutes every hour, or 5 minutes every two hours.
- Follow this simple routine. Exhale as you stretch whatever feels tight or uncomfortable to a feel-good position, and inhale as you return to a starting position. Ask about stretches for specific areas.
2. Exercise regularly. Even very moderate exercise can help relieve pent-up muscle tension and improve your circulation, two benefits you may have also noticed after massage. Walking, gardening, golfing and tai chi are all ways to get your heart pumping and your muscles moving, and can also help shift your attention from your worries to relaxation and the enjoyment of life.
3. Take time to relax. Change your schedule to include more down time, even if it’s only 15 minutes for deep breathing or walk after work or at lunch. Get away from chores on the weekend for a morning or afternoon to enjoy some time in nature or a pot of tea with friends.