May/June John Clinton - Truly Alive Magazine
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May/June John Clinton - Truly Alive Magazine
MAy / JunE 2011 2 3 6 7 8 Awaken Children! is one of Amma’s most beautiful books, written with the intent of influencing as many people as possible to see life differently – from the viewpoint of service, with open hearts. When we assist others or the planet, we feel love – the love that we truly are…then our life experience deepens and becomes more meaningful. The Embracing the World DVD is updated each year, providing a broad spectrum look at the vast number of charitable projects that Amma’s organizations have completed or are in process. If you have never been embraced by the “Hugging Saint”, don’t miss your opportunity this year. It’s an experience you won’t soon forget. For those who have had the experience, each one provides an opportunity to open your heart a bit more. See news/events pages of this issue for dates and info. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22 23 24 27 27 Classes and Workshops News and Events From the Publisher An Integrative Approach to Treating Allergies by Hollye Kozlowski Hormone Troubles? Thyroid Troubles? by Dr. Emil Faithe, Medical Intuitive Are Mercury Fillings Finally Going Away? by Karen Lareé, Truly Alive Publisher The Energy Kinesiology Association Santa Fe Conference – Sept. 14-18 by The Energy Kinesiology Association How Much is Too Much Good? by Rev. Kylie Renner A Celebration of Youth! by Rev. Jac Blackman Frozen Shoulder by Victoria L. Magown Be Allergy Free With Allergy Drops Therapy™ by Sunil Pai, MD, Integrative Medicine CHANGE! by Kim McNulty How Can MRFH Solutions Benefit You? by Christopher Hall, CWK, IOA Healing and Angel Set-Ups by Max Highstein, MA Your Unique Path by Linda Miller of Celestial Tempo Tired of Being Sick and Tired? by Dr. Kirk E. Manson, Chiropractor Why Do I Feel So Bad? by Bill Haggard, LMT #2554 Mammogram Substitute? by Carla Garcia, DOM The Energy of Movement... by Jennifer Vaitkus of White Horse What is a Yeast Infection? by Linda Sullivan, DOM A Hot Body=Total Confidence... Want It? by Lourdes Avitia TRULY ALIVE FEATURE SECTION An Overview of the Book, Awaken Children! and Amma’s Amazing Charitable Works Around the Globe by Karen Lareé with Robin Gardner It’s An Anti-Aging Revolution! by Dr. Marcus Trujillo, DOM, LAc, Dipl. OM It Takes a ‘Great Heart’ to Love Enough to Let Go by Phaeryn Sheehan 28 You Are Perfection by Melinda Iverson Inn 29 Treating Metabolic Syndrome Without Serious Side Effects! by Janet L. Hall, ND, CMI, CKP, AHG, CBT 30 Opening to the Possibility – Nice Homes for All by Nancy Bowers 31 The “You Inventory,” Unearth Your Skills by Camille Scielzi, Life Coach 32 It is Time to Awaken the Prosperous Goddess Within! by Solané Verraine 33 2012: Fear and Stress? Or Excitement and Adventure? by Cassandra Noël 33 Passionate About Pets by Robin Gardner and Susan Lemme 34 Why is Chakra Healing So Effective? by Charlene Lewis, CH, CWK, CQT 35 Premium Body Care™ Quality Standards at Whole Foods Market 36 Radiant Skin – Inside & Out by Louise Swartswalter, ND, CBS, CNHP and Trisha Cole, Licensed Aesthetician 37 Bach Remedies – Miracles Await You by Valerie Gifford-Graber, Certified Bach Remedy Counselor, Drug & Alcohol Counselor, Wellness Consultant 38 The Sensual Kitchen – A Prelude to Summer by Kris Wrede, Kismet Potions 39 Life is Not a Mystery by Clint G. Bridges 39 No Fat and So Tasty Too by Joy Lynn of Joyous Creations 41 Sensational Skin & Body by Trisha Cole, LA 42 Lymphatic Massage, Why Do I Need It by Raquel Fontes, LMT #5620 42 Relax While You Detox! by Mickey Sutton, LMT #602 & Ina Stewart 43 The Perfect Match by Elizabeth Ferrell, CPDH 43 Connecting to Creator by Robin Gardner 44 Astrological Forecast for May/June by John Clinton 46 Resource Directory 48 Advertising Rates Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 1 E V E NTS A T : Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living 2801 Louisiana Blvd. NE, 87110 505-881-4311 • www.cslabq.org How Much is Too Much Good? May 7, 9am-1pm • $35 Expand the amount of good you let into your life with this powerful workshop led by Rev. Kylie Renner and Andrew Groves. Leap! Beyond Limits Oneness Seminar May 21,1pm-4pm • $30 A wonderful mini-introduction to the foundational weekend class required for membership. Learn about practical, powerful tools that can free you of old beliefs and behaviors, and discover how powerful your thoughts are in creating your life. E v e n t s S p o n s o r e d By: The Birkmayer Institute To Register, call 505-720 4115 • email: thebirkmayerinstitute@gmail.com http://thebirkmayerinstitute.com Exploring Sound, Healing & Empowerment with Robin Cunningham Myers CH, RRMT, TH, LMT May 28-29, 9am-5pm $185 • CEUs available This weekend will open your heart to the therapeutic and spiritual value of healing sound. What are singing bowls? Unravel the deep mystery that surrounds these ancient healing methods, attaining a state of tranquility and Peace. Brown Mountain Visions, 316 Roehl Rd, Los Ranchos An Introduction to Equine Assisted Learning & Therapy by Win Simon and Florian Birkmayer, MD June 4, 10am-12pm • $30 Learn about Equine-assisted learning and therapy in an interactive setting with horses. For therapists & lay-people interested in healing with horses for themselves & their clients. Win Simon is a Level 2 EAGALA-certified equine therapist. CEU’s may be available. Registration strongly recommended. Location: 840 Simon Lane (off 2nd St SW) Albuquerque, NM 87105 C la s s e s a t : High Desert Center for Spiritual Living 5621 Paradise Blvd NW, 87114 505-922-1200 • www.hdcsl.org Tapping into Self-Mastery May 14, 9am-5pm $99 in advance $89/2 or more prepaid $125 at door This dynamic seminar will train you in the techniques of EFT, a powerful method for rapidly releasing and resolving fears, blocks, anger, guilt and other trauma by simply tapping on acu-points of the body. Internationally acclaimed trainer John Freedom, CEHP, will conduct the seminar for treating chronic somatic stress and improving physical performance. 2 High Desert Center cont’d PSYCH-K Basic Workshop June 24 and 25, 9am-5pm $375 in advance, $400 at door This 2-day workshop will teach you a technique for resolving your phobias, neuroses, and life problems in as little as 5 minutes. This is a revolutionary process for assessing subconscious beliefs and changing them to overcome negative habits, phobias and behaviors. This self-empowering workshop teaches the individual to transform limiting subconscious beliefs into life supporting and success promoting ones. Limited space—make reservations in advance because it will sell out. Ted Dale: 505-263-5402 • teddale1@comcast.net Time to Get Wise with Karen “Tallkat” Conley May 15, 1-4pm • $30 A psychic medium, radio show host and author, Conley will provide an update on the critical times we are living in. Known for her detailed accurate readings, straightforward, often comedic teachings, and candid assessment of the very real challenges we are facing, Tallkat offers a dispassionate analysis of the individual’s role in a rapidly evolving world, the importance of self-reliance, why independent thinking and our connection to Source is the top priority. E V E NTS A T : Reiki Trainings • Usui Shiki Ryoho Method By David B. Fisher, Reiki Master 819 Vassar Dr. NE • 505-463-7392 www.DavidBFisherHypnotherapy.com Space is limited. Please call for info. or to register. Reiki I Training May 21 and May 28, 1-5pm Flexible times available Fee: $150 (includes both classes) Learn hand positions for self and others. Reiki II Training, June 18 and 25, 1-5pm Fee: $200 (includes both classes) Learn symbols and how to send. E V E NTS A T : Sacred Journeys • 505-255-3388 1919 San Mateo Blvd. NE, 87110 www.sacredjourneyswellness.com A New Path to Higher Consciousness with Barbara Evans June 11, 1-5pm • $44 The visually inspiring Image Keys interweave Sacred Geometry and Crystal Energies. We will build a sacred Image Key “temple” holding powerful vibrational energies to activate Higher Consciousness and support Personal and Planetary Healing. Chakras for the New Earth with Barbara Evans June 16, 6-8pm • $30 An interactive healing workshop with the New Earth Chakra Keys, unique images radiating vibrations which activate Chakras to new levels. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 The Light Conference May 14, 10am-4:30pm $65.00 + tax Feel ecstatic and free as we co-create a great presence of light within ourselves and the world. Spend the day opening your heart, filling yourself with light, and releasing what holds you back from peace and fulfillment. Crystal Bowls, Cellular Pattern Release, Whale Reiki, Channeling, guided movement and time for reflection in a lovely space with courtyard. Sponsored by the Maitreya Meditation Center. The Source 1111 Carlisle SE 505-239-2445 www.starlightspiritualhealing.com Peace of Mind 1-Day Retreat May 14 • 10am–5pm $25 (light vegetarian lunch included) Get away from the stresses and strains of a busy life and rest in the nurturing environment of KMC New Mexico. Discover the power of simple meditation practices to develop peace of mind and to transform your life. You’ll come away from your retreat feeling balanced, renewed and ready to begin life again with a fresh, positive outlook. Kadampa Meditation Center NM 8701 Comanche NE, ABQ 505-292-5293 www.meditationinnewmexico.org Quantum Touch Level One Workshop May 14 &15 or June 4 & 5 $295 early registration or $345 at door Learn the Medicine of the future! Quantum Touch is quick, easy and extremely powerful. Professionals and lay people can do this at any age. CEU’s available for nurses, LMT’s & PT’s. Quantum Energy Healing Center 505-238-3088 2012 Preparation/Empowerment Workshop Saturday, May 21, 9am-5pm $85 by May 7 w/Registration, then $95 Experiential Workshop, Master Dowser Gary Plapp and Experienced Practitioner Tina Gibson present a stimulating and energizing workshop, empowering and preparing you for the accelerating earth transition process. Ready yourself to be an active participant in this exciting evolutionary leap. See ad in this issue or visit: http://homepage.mac.com/ gplapp/2012.htm for more details. Lovely Los Lunas Location Call for details, Gary: 505-450-8374 Or Tina: 505-321-5051 Amma Retreat – Albuquerque June 18-20 Website pricing - see below (Meals included) The retreat starts on 6/18 with an evening orientation, program, satsang, bhajans, meditation, darshan. Retreat activities also include a video, guided meditations, bhajan practice class, Q & A with Amma prasad dinner (Amma hands EVERYONE a special cooked Indian dinner for all), arati, prayers and special performances. Many say that Amma’s retreat is the experience of a lifetime! Check webiste for date changes and exact times. Marriott Pyramid North 5151 San Francisco Rd NE www.amma.org www.embracingtheworld.org News & Events Events E V E NTS A T : 819 Vassar DR NE Albuquerque, NM 87106 Self-Hypnosis Class May 12 & June 9, 6-7pm • FREE David B Fisher, Clinical Hypnotherapist provides an overview of Hypnosis and a discussion/ demonstration of Self-Hypnosis Techniques. Class will include Q & A. Space is limited. www.davidbfisherhypnotherapy.com. Please RSVP: 505-463-7392 Sound Healing Meditation May 8 & June 12, 6-7:30pm $10 Donation Trudy Charlton, Sound Alchemist will lead a meditation using selected crystal bowls, matching color frequencies and other sound tools. Non-experienced meditators welcomed. Each meditation is different and no two people have the same experience. Trudy Charlton: 505-565-0620. Carol Joyce Channelings May 1 & June 16, 6:30-8pm $20 Donation Do you seek a message from a loved one or want to hear a message that will help you during these challenging times? Carol brings with her, her heart, spirit and 40 years experience. Carol’s messages offer advice for our highest good. Info: 505-884-4533. E V E NTS A T : ABQ Natural Health Center 5341 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Ste. B 505-797-0540 www.abqnaturalhealthcenter.com Radiant Skin- Inside and Out May 7, 10:30am (SF Vitamin Cottage) May 21, 10am (ABQ Vitamin Cottage) FREE Do you know your skin always tells the truth? Your skin is the largest organ in your body. Poor nutrition, ineffective cleansing products, plus lack of quality sleep show up on the face. Learn to care for your skin to exude radiance! Facilitators Louise Swartswalter, ND, CBS, CNHP & Trisha Cole, Licensed Skin Specialist Awakening Abundance Group May 11, June 15, 6:30-8pm Free informational meeting Learn proven techniques to manifest abundance (wealth, joy, happiness, whatever abundance means to you)! Explore the subconscious patterns you hold and shift them. Receive an integration that works on all energy bodies- mental, emotional, etheric, celestial, and astral. Raise your frequency and optimize DNA. FUN! Exciting! Pet Owners Health Group May 17, 6:30-8pm Free informational meeting We have been working on your pets and horses for the past 7 years with great success. People and pets are connected. Raise your pet’s frequency ABQ Natural Health Center cont’d Maitreya Meditation Center cont’d and health today! FOUR biofeedback programs we use with our groups. cleanse the earth’s waters. The Wish Game! May 25, 6-8pm • $20 Have you ever wished for something special…a soul mate, financial abundance, work you adore? Come play the universal energy game. Call now to reserve your spot, 505-797-0540. Only 20 spots available. For more information on how to play, visit www.thewish8.com. Festival of Humanity June 15, 7pm $10 and a piece of fruit During the Festival of Humanity, the Gemini full moon; people of goodwill unite and stress the importance of right human relations. We will help distribute the energies of light to all beings. Join us as we work together to help unfold the Divine Plan of humanity. E V E NTS A T : Acupuncture & Herbal Clinic 5341 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Suite C 505-822-1490 • drlindasullivan.com E V E NTS A T : Sacred Journeys • 505-255-3388 1919 San Mateo Blvd. NE, 87110 www.sacredjourneyswellness.com These classes are FREE but do fill up very quickly. Please call 822-1490 to reserve your spot. Crystal & Tibetan Singing Bowl Meditation Sat, May 7 & June 4, 6:30-7:30pm • $10 Join us for an enchanting evening of sound, color, scent, and energy. Heal, Balance & Harmonize with your highest self. Clear, Align and Strengthen ALL the Major Chakras. Led by Kelly Deschaine. Digestive System 101 May 5 & June 9, 6:30-8pm Come and learn how your organs and glands digest food, and how to use essential oils for disorders such as heartburn, diarrhea, constipation, gas and bloating and nausea. Family Physician Kit May 26 & June 23, 6:30-8pm Excellent class for learning how to use essential oils. Learn how to use the kit that includes 6 single essential oils Lavender, Lemon, Peppermint Melaleuca, Oregano, & Frankincense & 4 blends called Breathe, DigestZen, OnGuard & DeepBlue. Fabulous, All Natural Family First Aid Kit. E V E NTS A T : Maitreya Meditation Center Call for NE Heights location • 505-239-2445 www.starlightspiritualhealing.com EVENT RESERVATIONS REQUIRED Wesak Celebration May 17, 7:15pm $10 and fruit Wesak, the Taurus full moon, is said to be the most sacred day of the year. At the exact moment of the Taurus full moon, the Light of the Cosmos is transmitted through the eye of Taurus, the star Aldebaran, to humanity. In this moment, we experience our own Divinity! Cellular Pattern Release June 10, 7pm • $15 Are you living every day from a sense of trust, well being, and peace? Would you like to? In this group, Ascended Masters help us release old emotional and thought patterns that hold you back. We will clear karma & old emotional hurts and begin to live the life intended by your Soul! Summer Solstice Celebration June 21, 6pm $10 and a piece of fruit Celebrate the longest day of the year! Ritual and guided meditation for cleansing and renewing ourselves and the earth. We will bless crystals and throw them into the Rio Grande with intent to Full Moon Open Frame Drumming Circle: May 17 & June 21 (Solstice), 6-8pm • $10 We set individual & group healing intentions, use Rhythm drumming, have fun drumming and singing and finish with a Guided Reiki Drumming & Crystal Bowl Meditation. Bring your drum or we have some to provide. Led by Kelly Deschaine. Connecting with Your Angels May 14, Noon-2pm • $20 Learn techniques for partnering with your angels and guides. Learn how to use angel cards or just your own beautiful spirit to connect with those beings that are dispatched to help you. Bring any card deck or just bring an open heart! Taught by Susan Herrington. Clearing the Path June 11, Noon-2pm • $20 Learn techniques for working with your angels and using EFT to clear away issues keeping you from thriving! We will discuss ways to pinpoint and clear away any roadblocks! Come ready to do a little work and leave a little lighter! Taught by Susan Herrington. Guided Meditation June 23, 6:30-8:30pm • $8 Unique guided meditation features merging with higher aspects of one’s own being through a process of expansion. Learn to access higher dimensions and raise personal vibratory rate which quickens/assists the process of mental and spiritual ascension. Led by Norm E. Smith from Colorado Springs, CO. Healing Angels May 14 & June 11, 6-7:30pm • $8 Join us for a guided meditation to meet your healing angels. We will use the healing qualities of sound, light, vibration, and color to renew your spirit and rejuvenate your body. Led by Colleen O’Connor. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 3 News & Events E V E NTS A T : White Horse • Info: 505-255-5217 3420 Lomas Blvd. NE, 87106 www.AbqWhiteHorse.com White Horse hosts an amazing selection of Psychics, Channels, and Healers available for personal readings for yourself AND your pets! Our readers will be available throughout the week during store hours. Check our website for full information about our readers and their schedules. www.AbqWhiteHorse.com, $20/20 min. Full Chalice Friday May 13 & June 10, 7-10pm Entrance: FREE A fun night to celebrate your Body and Spirit with intuitive readings, massage, energy healings, henna, Angel portraits, food & entertainment! Special store discounts only available during this event. $5 fee per practitioner. Divine Group Healings May 14 & June 11, 11am May 25 & June 22, 6:15pm • $10 Epi Gallegos sends out golden light of Pure Divine Healing while opening the Third Eye. Divine Energy will be felt and healing will occur as the Divine light goes though body and charkas. The Energy of Movement May 24, 6-8pm • $20 Experience The Energy of Movement with Jennifer Vaitkus (See my article on page 22). Explore how movement can be used to access the Divine knowledge of your Soul. To register, call 505-255-5217. Space is limited! EFT Workshop June 8, 7-9pm • $10 EFT©, Emotional Freedom Technique can help individuals with a variety of emotional issues such as grief, anxiety, phobias, fears and sadness. This two hour training with Marie Laverriere, will enable you to learn and practice the basics of EFT and bring the skill with you for future use. Kenny Chavez’s Cinco de Mayo Folk Art Festival May 7, 9am-6pm • FREE Come join Kenny and over 30 of Albuquerque’s premier folk artists, recycle artists, and musicians for a day of fun, music and beautiful art. La Parada Mercantile: 8917 4th St. (So. of Alameda), Info: 505-977-5290 kennychavez.com or shoplaparada.com Wrinkles? Age Spots? Sagging? May 7 & 21, June 11 & 25, 11am FREE Anti-Aging Seminars Come see how our amazing new and ancient techniques will reverse what time has done to you. Without surgery or Botox, you can look years younger and enjoy optimal health. Seating is limited, reserve your spot today/ LIVE DEMO! Beauty In Wellness Cosmetic Acupuncture Clinic 8631 Golf Course Rd NW Suite D beautyinwellness.com • 505-792-1101 A Common Practice of Reiki May 10 & June 14, 6-8 pm • $5 Reiki practitioners of any level, any lineage, are invited to give and receive team treatments, following a “common practice” (practitioners use designated hand positions and follow 4 Reiki cont’d Overview of Holistic Treatment cont’d predetermined guidelines). RSVP required: call the day before—leave your name and phone number. NE Heights Residence Elizabeth Valsala: 505-323-1993 Florian Birkmayer, MD is a holistic person-centered addiction psychiatrist. Call for info/to register: 505-720-4115 Location: Santa Fe Recovery Center 4100 Lucia Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87507 Westside Cancer Support Group May 11 and 25, June 8 and 22, 10-11:30 AM FREE New support group for those impacted by cancer, their friends and families. A service provided by Cancer Survivors offering Support. www.cancersurvivorsofferingsupport.org Info/registration: Cancer SOS 505-255-0405 Mesa View United Methodist Church 4701 Montaño Road NW Meditation Class & Chakra Healing May 14 & 21, June 11 & 25, 11am • $10 Join us for a meditation and chakra healing. Learn a variety of effective techniques I’ve learned over my 30 years of meditating. While you are practicing the techniques, I will energetically clear and open your chakras to their healthiest level for you. You will learn which chakra(s) are most out of balance and techniques to help heal them yourself. Literature & water provided. Seating is limited – please RSVP: 505-933-2938. Time To Heal • 505-933-2938 2601 Wyoming NE, Suite 118 Heart-Centered Intuitive Support Group Introduction w/Max Highstein May 19, and June 9, 7-9pm $5 (RSVP Required) Explore Max Highstein’s deep work to receive inner healing, and clear your path to move forward. Drawing upon intuitive gifts and extensive training in counseling and spiritual work, participants release “blocks” and take positive steps forward. Seating is limited. Call to register today! ABQ Center for Spiritual Living 2801 Louisiana Blvd. NE 505-466-1055 • www.maxhighstein.com Carol Joyce Ascension Group May 22 and June 5, 6:30-8 PM $10 Donation Are you stuck in the transition process? Come learn and discuss your options on how best to move forwarding during these challenging times. 3901 Montgomery Blvd NE, #1513 Info: 505-884-4533. The Quest ABQ; mind-body-spirit Expo May 22, 11am-4pm Tickets $6 in advance/$10 at the door Demos, products, services, entertainment, shopping, networking, education and wellness, from the community’s best psychics, whole life practitioners and healers. 75 vendor and demo spaces (filling up fast!) A portion of the proceeds from this event benefit the families of Ronald McDonald House Charities of New Mexico. Mariott Pyramid Albuquerque Tickets/Vendor Reservations: www.theQuestABQ.com An Overview of Holistic Treatment of Addictions with Florian Birkmayer, MD May 24, 4pm • FREE Learn about new and holistic approaches to substance abuse treatment, combining the latest biomedical approaches & complementary wisdom. For substance abuse professionals and lay-people. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 Celebrating The Great Mother May 25, 4pm HST/6pm PDT/7pm MDT 8pm CDT/ 9pm EDT • $19.95 Melinda and her Guidance Council express loving, supportive energies to all on her group seminar call. Call discourses are channeled through Melinda and recorded for your future reference/refresher. Join us for a joyful, heartfelt, lively discourse. Call 415508-6847 for info. Register for Dial in Codes: http://melindaiversoninn.com/events/ Meeting Amma - Public Darshan June 17, 10am & 7:30pm • FREE The Sanskrit term darshan is used to describe the meeting with a holy person, especially a Self Realized master. As the embodiment of supreme motherhood, Amma welcomes and hugs every person who comes to her. Her presence and love brings reassurance to troubled hearts. (Check website for date changes.) Mariott Pyramid North 5151 San Francisco Rd Ne www.amma.org • www.embracingtheworld.org Devi Bhava Darshan June 20, 7pm • FREE Devi Bhava (translated as “mood of the divine mother”) begins with the Atma Puja, a ceremony to promote peace and well-being for the whole world. Amma then gives darshan in a festive, music filled atmosphere typically until the early morning hours. Token distribution for those wishing to receive Amma’s darshan embrace for this & all public programs, begins one hour before the stated program time. Marriott Pyramid North 5151 San Francisco Rd NE www.amma.org • www.embracingtheworld.org Becoming Your Own Intuitive Healer June 22, 4pm HST/6pm PDT/7pm MDT 8pm CDT/ 9pm EDT • $19.95 Melinda and her Guidance Council express loving, supportive energies to all on her group seminar call. Call discourses are channeled through Melinda and recorded for your future reference/refresher. Call 415-508-6847 for info. Register for Dial in Codes: http://melindaiversoninn.com/events/ Ongoing Events E V E NTS A T : Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living 2801 Louisiana Blvd. NE, 87110 505-881-4311 • www.cslabq.org Science of Mind Classes Practical Spirituality for Dynamic Living Change Your Mind! Change Your Life! An exploration of the Science of Mind and Spirit in an adventure into an expanded and empowered life. The discovery of your individual place in the universal scheme of things and your personal doors to fulfillment in your News & Events ABQ Center for Spiritual Living cont’d High Desert Center cont’d daily experience and direct your course of life in positive and enriching ways. Thrive in the supportive atmosphere of expansive creativity and total acceptance. Please visit our website for a listing of classes, updates and enrollment info: www.abqcsl.org or call 505-881-4311. Men’s Group Wed. every other week, 6:30-8:30pm FREE A meeting of men in a safe environment who confidentially share deeply with others of like mind from their life experiences. A place that enables the expression of feelings by providing mutual support among its members. Facilitator is Don Wismer, RScP, 505-897-0482. (See our calendar for meeting schedule: www.HDCSL.org) The Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living Workshops Hosting recognized authors, speakers, & musicians to stimulated learning and spiritual growth. Past workshops have included: Don Miguel and Don Jose Ruiz authors of, The Four Agreements and the Fifth Agreement, Yoga, Healing Workshops, Peace Building, Healthy Relationships, Communication, Dreams, Financial Planning, Grief & Loss, Powerful Parenting, Sacred Service, Cooking, Following Your Bliss, & Much More. Choir Wednesdays, 6:30–8:30pm • FREE Music is vital to the vibrancy of the Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living. The ACSL choir, under the direction of Christy Conduff is a growing, thriving, exciting group of people who delight in singing as a way to embody and express love, joy, and create a sense of family through music. A close knit group, we are always open to new members joining our musical family! Wednesdays, 6:30-7:15pm Wednesday Evening Services With Reverend Rebecca Allen in the Sanctuary. Get a mid-week pick me up with this inspirational service. Pot Luck Lunch Fridays, Noon FREE Bring your favorite hot dish, salad or desert and a big appetite! Come and join us! One Heart Academy Open House Fridays, 10-11am FREE Thinking about enrolling a little one in our very special day care program? Come in & tour our beautiful facilities & learn about all we have to offer; including $250 first month discount, baby signs curriculum & non-religion based focus. E V E NTS A T : High Desert Center for Spiritual Living 5621 Paradise Blvd NW, 87114 505-922-1200 • www.hdcsl.org Spiritual Mind Treatment/Healing Prayer Sundays, 11:30am-Noon FREE HDCSL practitioners are available after services for healing prayer sessions for any attendees to the services. Any practitioner wearing a stole is available for prayer work. Visioning Group 1st and 3rd Sun, 8:15-9:15am FREE All are welcome prior to Sunday service to join us in this sacred practice of visioning. We share this time together and follow where Spirit leads us. Facilitators are Greg Gardner, RScP, (505-2502855) and Isaac Modivah, RScP, 505-892-0322. Pilates Style Mat Classes Tuesdays and Thursdays 6-7pm $5/each This class combines challenging, pilates-type movement with a meditative atmosphere benefiting both body and spirit. The exercises are designed to improve strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination, & most are adaptable to a wide range of fitness levels. Open to all. Bring a yoga mat & wear comfortable clothing. Free trial class. Call Elizabeth: 505-710-2259 Community Discussion Group 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm FREE The HDCSL Community Discussion Group will examine challenges faced by group members. The intention is to create sacred time and interaction so that we can grow together as a spiritual family and as a community. It is open to children and adults of all ages – members and non-members. For questions or comments, contact Marie Roberts: 505-331-0308 or ibmarie13@yahoo.com. PSYCH-K Balances Sundays 11:15-11:30am FREE PSYCH-K facilitators provide free PSYCH-K balances after Sunday services at the church. Get rid of the limiting beliefs stuck in your subconscious & generate life-supporting behaviors. E V E NTS A T : Kadampa Meditation Center NM 8701 Comanche NE, ABQ • 505-292-5293 www.meditationinnewmexico.org Pure Mind, Pure World with Gen Kelsang Gomlam Thursdays, May 5 May 19, 7–8:30pm $10 per class Is it possible to change your world in increasingly difficult times? Daily experiences can either be obstacles to growth or vehicles for change depending on our mind. This class will encourage everyone about the future! Includes teachings on the five impurities from Modern Buddhism and Universal Compassion. Just Breathe Wednesdays, 12–1pm $5 per class Take a break from your busy day and enjoy a quick and easy guided meditation that can immediately provide a peaceful state of mind, which you can take with you the rest of your day! Feel free to join us for a light vegetarian lunch $4. E V E NTS A T : Sanjevani Integrative Health & Lifestyle Center 7920 Wyoming Blvd NE, Suite B, ABQ 505-821-6300 • www.sanjevani.net Hatha Yoga – Asana, Pranayama, Meditation Tuesdays/Thursdays, 6-7:30pm Saturdays, 10:30am-12pm $15 drop-in, discount class cards available Maureen Sutton, RYT leads you through classical Hatha Yoga techniques for greater flexibility and balance in your life. Establish your own yoga practice for greater health. Improve your fitness, sleep better, feel better. Private classes available. Need a little extra TLC? Ask about Chair Yoga, Yoga Nidra and Primordial Sound Meditation classes. Skin Clinic Fridays and Saturdays, 1-4pm • $15 Advanced Skin Care Consultant & Esthetician, Cecilia Montoya will be providing skin analysis & giving away free samples of Epicuren skin care products. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to sample this beautiful, all natural skin care line. NEW! Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics. By appt., please call to RSVP: 505-821-6300. E V E NTS A T : Unity Spiritual Center 9800 Candelaria Rd NE 505-292-1998 • www.uscabq.org All events held at Unity Spiritual Center are offered on a “Love Offering” basis. No fees are charged for any classes; more info on website. Conversations with God Facilitated by Kim McNulty May 2, 16 and 30; June 13, 27 Study of the Conversations with God book series by Neale Donald Walsch. Native American Flute Class Facilitated by Gordon Keyler May 10 and June 14, 6:30pm Learn to play the Native American Flute and explore its spiritual significance Sunday Morning Celebration Services 9am: Childcare available 10:30am: Full Youth & Family Program, Ages infant to 18 Metaphysical Bible Study Facilitated by Tish Hardwick & Jay Pullen Sunday mornings from 9-9:45am Join us to discover how the Bible applies to your everyday life. A Course in Miracles Facilitated by Chris Schmille Monday evenings, 7pm A deep study of ACIM & applications to our lives. Meditation & Healing Rituals, Facilitated by Rev. G. Ross or Rev. Jude Campbell Wednesday evenings, 6:30pm Share a time of meditation followed by the opportunity to experience four healing rituals. Monthly Women’s Group Second Saturday of each mo., 10am-noon Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 5 News & Events Group Channeling Mondays, 6-7:15pm • $10 Enjoy a group channeling and Q & A with Betsy Morgan, radio host, author & 22 year psychic/channel. Classes in Beginning, Intermediate and Professional channeling are offered every month. Private readings are available by appointment. askbetsymorgan@yahoo.com, www.AskBetsyMorgan.com. ABQ Center for Spiritual Living 2801 Louisiana NE • 505-275-4746 Meditation Classes Tuesdays, 5:45-6:45pm • FREE How to Live a Heart-Centered Life through Meditation will help you become more loving, centered, present, and help you grow spiritually. The first group is FREE and then you’ll be asked to make a donation to the charity of your choice. Space is limited! RSVP now! Gautama Katzman, MA, LMFT 10010 Indian School Rd, #207 505-250-1600 Heart-Centered Intuitive Support Groups with Max Highstein Tues, 6-8:30pm, Sat, 10am-12:30pm 1st Class $20 (rsvp required) Receive inner healing, and clear your path to move forward. Learn to let go of the past, break through inner limitations, and deepen your spiritual connection. If you’re ready to do some powerfully deep spiritual growth work, this group can be lifechanging for you! Locations in Albuquerque & Santa Fe Call for location info and to RSVP 505-466-1055 • www.maxhighstein.com Edgar Cayce ArE study Group Wednesdays, 7-9pm • FREE Wanda Barrows: 505-890-0878 www.edgarcayceabq.org A Gathering of Angels saturdays & sundays, 10am-noon $20/each Feel secure and nurtured as we connect to our angelic protectors and messengers! Hands-on workshop with feathers, wings, halos, harps and horns! Receive & give messages of love. Guaranteed to lift your frequency & melt away negativity. judyvavrek@yahoo.com. Dr. Judy Channels - Tools for Wellness 604 Isleta Blvd. SW 505-873-0606 • www.fairyreadings.com Energy psychology Group sundays, 6-7pm First Group FrEE, then $10 Come enjoy the experience and learn a new Energy Psychology Technique. Group limited to 6 people. Pre-registration required. Marie Laverriere: 505-301-9997 11000 Spain Blvd. • www.choosewellbeing.org T 6 PUBLISHER/OWNER Karen Larré 505.828.3430 info@trulyalive.net ART DIRECTOR/GRAPHIC DESIGNER diana Massengale 505.299.0274 diana@imagedesignllc.com PRINTING starline printing vanGuard printing Copyright © 2011 TRULY ALIVE, A Living Naturally Magazine. All rights reserved. from the publisher he feature for this issue is on Amma (also known as “The Hugging Saint”). The book and DVD on the cover and in the feature includes a book review on Awaken Children! It’s an amazing message of love. Also included in the feature is an overview of Amma’s incredible charitable works around the planet. Few, if any souls to ever walk the earth have participated in as many charitable/humanitarian projects as Amma’s charities have – not to mention the level of charitable giving that is connected to Amma. Please take some time to enjoy the feature. I promise it will open your heart. Visit: www.amma.org for more information. In addition to the feature, visit the news/events section and classes/workshops page of this issue to learn about Amma’s upcoming events in Albuquerque in June. If you have not experienced Amma pre- Healing Lifestyles since 1990 viously, don’t miss your opportunity this year. It’s an experience in pure love you won’t soon forget. FREE Email subscriptions of Truly Alive Magazine are now available. Sign up to receive Truly Alive by email (a lower resolution copy that looks great, opens quickly and is accepted through most email providers). If you would like to receive Truly Alive Magazine by email (or know anyone anywhere who would like to receive it), just send me an email to: info@ trulyalive.net and put “email mag” in the subject line. I’ll get it out to you before hard copies are stocked in all of the racks in central New Mexico. Let’s save some trees! Hope you are having a most wonderful 2011 so far! Karen Larré, Publisher Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 Truly Alive, formerly Living Naturally Magazine is New Mexico’s holistic magazine & resource guide—created for those interested in natural, healthy, eco-friendly and spiritual ways of living. Serving the progressive, alternative health, green and spiritual communities since 1990, Truly Alive endeavors to help readers discover a healthy, natural approach and creative solutions to their individual life needs. Each issue is filled with articles by leading holistic doctors and practitioners, earth-friendly companies and spiritual ambassadors, providing the most upto-date and comprehensive guide to achieving a healing lifestyle for body, mind, spirit and the planet. Truly Alive, formerly Living Naturally Magazine, has been published in New Mexico since 1990 and currently prints up to 22,000 copies every two months. Truly Alive’s m a t e r i a l i s i n t e n d e d fo r informational purposes only and should not be substituted for medical advice. Consult your physician or health care professional regarding your individual health concerns. PRINTED WITH SOY-BASED INKS ON 40% RECYCLED PAPER. An Integrative Approach to Treating Allergies By Hollye Kozlowski I t’s back! Allergy season is here; everyone is feeling it. Runny nose, itchy, watery eyes, stuffy head….Miserable. Many resort to over the counter drugs or pharmaceutical relief out of sheer desperation. (I know – I did too.) I had lived in New Mexico for over 10 years when, out of the blue, I began having severe allergies. For almost 18 months, I was either sick, getting over being sick, or starting to get sick again: all from allergies. My family medical doctor had me on a horse sized pill of Allegra® that I had to take at night because it would completely knock me out. My symptoms were similar to bronchitis. When left on a trip to Houston, I was fully sick. When I got off the plane in Houston, and all my symptoms had magically disappeared! Allergies! When I got home, I decided to try something “alternative”, because “traditional” methods weren’t helping. I went to my acupuncturist, who began a series of treatments that brought me a lot of relief. Now, I manage my allergies with lemongrass and lavender oil on the bottoms of my feet every morning and before bed. Easy, right? Yes! Getting to the place where such a simple method keeps my body in check was a process. At Creative Therapy Services we address the root of what is causing a patient’s symptoms. Our dietitian can help with simple, but effective, changes that will boost your immune system and heal your GI tract so it can function more productively. Our acupuncturist can offer insight into the use of herbs and an acupuncture protocol to support your body in healing and becoming strong. Our Wholistic Kinesiologist can help you find out just what is happening inside you, and what your body wants to fix it. And don’t forget essential oils! We carry the doTERRA® brand, the absolute best on the market with a CPTG rating (certified pure therapeutic grade). You don’t have to suffer, or stay indoors. Come let us help you find a healthy, holistic approach that considers your whole body…what we like to call The Wholistic Approach. Creative Therapy Services (CTS) offers a wide variety of practitioners who use a team approach for healing. Services offered include: occupational, physical and speech therapy, dietitian/ integrated nutrition, acupuncture, wholistic kinesiology, and massage therapy. CTS treats all ages, infants to adults. We provide specialized pediatric services, pediatric orthopedic, and adult orthopedic services, as well as “Wholistic” Health Solutions, or family practice care. We treat the “whole” problem, and focus on the treatments that resonate with our patients, to achieve health and wellness for each individual. Hollye Kozlowski is an occupational therapist and the primary owner of Creative Therapy Services. Although her formal training is in a western medicine field, Hollye has pursued eastern and alternative styles of healthcare in her personal life. As a professional, she has spent the past 8 years merging a variety of treatment methods and disciplines in order to create a more integrative practice style that is focused on going beyond the treatment of symptoms to heal the “root” causes of disability, injury, and disease. A Wholistic Approach to Wellness. n n n n n Occupational, Physical, Speech & Massage Therapies Doctor of Oriental Medicine/Acupuncture Brain Integration Therapy Wholistic Kinesiology Dietitian To Learn More, Call or Visit Us Today! 505.891.3777 Mention this & receive ad 15% off 2300 Southern Blvd. Ste. 133 Rio Rancho, NM CreativeTherapyServicesNM.com n Most insurances accepted n Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 7 LOOKING FOR REAL ANSWERS TO YOUR HEALTH AND LIFE ISSUES? Make an appointment with the Southwest’s most respected holistic healers. Hormone Troubles? Thyroid Troubles? By Dr. Emil Faithe, Medical Intuitive • • • • • Holistic Family Medicine Medical Intuitive Readings Hormone/Thyroid Balancing Food Allergy Testing Regression Therapy Intuitive Counseling Psychic Body Scanning Emotional & Spiritual Counseling Holistic Weight Loss Nutritional Counseling Dr. Emil Faithe Medical Intuitive • • • • • Susan Faithe Intuitive Energy Therapist Intuitive Holistic Healthcare — All services available long distance — Do you suffer from cystic breasts and ovaries, migraines, depression, fatigue, low libido, weight problems? World Wellness Center You Have Low Progesterone Levels www.truenw.com | 505.299.1771 Low progesterone levels are at the root cause of many women’s health symptoms, including thyroid dysfunction and weight gain, difficult or painful periods, fatigue, migraines, insomnia, anxiety, low mood, low libido, and much more. If you are woman of any age and you are having any of these issues, you have low progesterone levels. If you’ve had a hysterectomy, even a “partial” hysterectomy, you can count on it. You Have High Estrogen Levels Yes, low estrogen levels can cause hot flashes and night sweats. This is well known. What’s NOT well known is the fact that most women are running around with HIGH estrogen levels. High estrogen levels are a serious but commonly overlooked health problem that can lead to fibrocystic ovaries (PCOS), fibrocystic breasts, and endometriosis, and if left unchecked can lead to breast or ovarian cancer. (BTW, if you tend to over-nurture others and under-nurture yourself, estrogen levels will also rise over time. Is this you?) 20% off Crystals with this ad 5850 Eubank Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111 To make matters worse, blood tests for hormones and thyroid function are often inaccurate, leading many women to believe that “all is well” when in fact it is not. Don’t Compound the Problem Ironically, the women who use compounded prescription hormones are the women who often end up with the most unbalanced hormone profiles. Why? That’s because the formula often does not address high estrogen and testosterone levels, and is often based on inaccurate hormone blood levels. Using prescription hormones like Premarin, Estrace, Provera, Vivelle, or any oral birth control pill can absolutely wreak havoc on your natural, sensitive progesterone and estrogen balance, and ultimately make things worse rather than better. What’s a woman to do? Get checked and balanced naturally! It’s all part of a Hormone Evaluation Remember Your Power? Experience the multidimensional Healing Field Private Sessions with crystals, color, sound, geometry, aromatherapy Ancient Arts and Energy 505-227-5443 • ancientarts11@gmail.com Crystals, Classes, Circles, Ceremony & Tools www.ancientartsandenergy.com 8 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 and Consultation at World Wellness. We don’t just look at one of your symptoms. We look at everything. No one is more comprehensive. And no one does it like we do. No one. I’ve had ovarian cysts and miserable periods since puberty. No one could figure out what was wrong with me, until now… Thank you! – T.L. Ontario, Canada So, if nothing and nobody has been able to help you, make an appointment with the team that gets it done. All conditions, all ages. We’re World Wellness. What’s in your world? Emil and Susan Faithe have over 60 years of combined holistic health experience, with clients across the globe. Emil is a renowned Medical Intuitive and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs. Susan is a renowned Master Energy Healer and Intuitive and a Holistic Nutritionist. Are Mercury Fillings Finally Going Away? By Karen Larré, Truly Alive Publisher From a posting on the Consumers for Dental Choice website, 4/5/11, the following except was taken: U.S. government calls for the phase-out of amalgam! In an extraordinary development that will change the global debate about amalgam, the United States government has announced that it supports a “phase down, with the goal of eventual phase out by all parties, of mercury amalgam.” This statement – a radical reversal of its former position...is part of the U.S. government’s submission for the upcoming third round of negotiations for the world mercury treaty.* While couched in diplomatic hedging (remember it is still early in the negotiations), this new U.S. position makes three significant breakthroughs for the mercury-free dentistry movement: The U.S. calls for the phase-out of amalgam ultimately and recommends actions to “phase down” its use immediately. Incredibly, the government adopted three actions that the World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry and Consumers for Dental Choice proposed at the negotiating session in Chiba, Japan. Our key ally, The Mercury Policy Project, laid the groundwork for this success at a World Health Organization meeting in 2009! The U.S. speaks up for protecting children and the unborn from amalgam, recommending that the nations “educate patients and parents in order to protect children and fetuses.” The U.S. stands up for the human right of every patient and parent to make educated decisions about amalgam. What does this mean? Our position – advocating the phase-out of amalgam – is now the mainstream, because the U.S. government supports it. Who is the outlier now? It’s the pro-mercury faction, represented by the World Dental Federation and the American Dental Association. With the U.S. continuing its leadership role in this treaty, we will broadcast the U.S. position to other governments around the world, encouraging them to support amalgam “phase downs” leading to phase-outs not only globally, but within each of their countries. We applaud the U.S. government, but tough work lies ahead. For example, we must demonstrate to the world that the available alternatives – such as composites and the adhesive materials used in mercury-free restorations – can be economically effective and will increase access to dental care, particularly in developing countries. For now though, let’s mark this watershed in the mercuryfree dentistry movement. The debate has shifted from “whether to end amalgam” to “how to end amalgam.” Charles G. Brown, National Counsel, Consumers for Dental Choice President, World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry The full text of the U.S. submission is available at: http://www.unep.org/hazardoussubstances/Portals/9/Mercury/Documents/INC3/United%20States.pdf What is the only metal that is a liquid at room temperature and vaporizes very easily at body temperature? What metal is the second most bio-incompatible, naturally occurring element on earth? What metal comprises approximately 50% of the “silver” fillings in your mouth? The answer is..MERCURY. Mercury before it is placed into the mouth is a hazardous toxin in the environment. The scrap amalgam which is removed from the mouth cannot be thrown away in the trash, or the dentist is subject to a $10,000 fine by the Environmental Protection Agency! Instead, the scrap is considered a toxic waste and must be removed by a hazardous waste company. Publisher’s notation: Those of us who have been aware of the dangers of amalgam (mercury) fillings have understood the urgency of stopping the placement of them in anyone’s mouth, but most especially vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, children, the elderly and the immuno-suppressed, for a long time. We are heartened by the U.S. government’s shift in position from support of the amalgam-producing industry and the unenlightened dental associations, to one of protection of the dental consumer. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 9 “Expanding Horizons of Wellness” Energy Kinesiology Association’s 18th Annual Conference Sept. 14-18, 2011 • Santa Fe, NM 5 Days • Phenomenal International Speakers • 15 Workshops Conference & Accommodations at Fort Marcy Suites in downtown Santa Fe • www.energyk.org YOU are invited to Expand your Horizons by opening your mind to exciting new opportunities and ways to improve your health, gain new perspectives, and receive educational credits. You will enjoy an exciting interchange with presenters and other attendees who will help bring this information to a more personal level. Phenomenal international speakers will share their research, experience, and unique methods of bringing individuals into balance. These presenters will be coming from around the globe. They include: • Richard Duree (Keynote – Oregon) who will explore some of the brain structures and body feedback mechanisms that contribute to the creation of mind and mind maps. • Dr. Warren Jacobs (CA) will discuss communication modes and how to better communicate with individuals you have difficulty with. • Ken Campbell (NY) will compare the Illness model vs. the Wellness model, how kinesiology fits in, and how to blend the models into your practice. Additional Speakers featured in March/April issue of Truly Alive included: Dr Howard Fisher (Keynote – Canada), Rod Briggs (South Africa), Hugo Tobar (Australia), Brian Haraga (Canada), Lorraine Moller & Harlan Smith (CO), Kathie Guhl (CA), and Dr. Debra Green (Maui, Hawaii). Workshops both pre- and post-Conference will be offered by many of these speakers; most with NO prerequisites. In-depth conference info: Listen to Interviews with many of our Conference Presenters on TRM (radio) at 98.1 FM (third Sunday of each month from 8-11AM) and on-line at www. transradio.com. Also see the articles in the two previous issues of Truly Alive (www.trulyalive.net/Online-Magazines.html) and www.energyk.org for additional information. Community Wellness Evening – Free Service for the Santa Fe/Albuquerque Community. EnKA® will demonstrate the effectiveness of various EnK techniques by working with members of the local community for FREE from 7:30-10pm, Sept 15th, 2011. This “Community Wellness Evening” will be held at the EnKA® conference site of Fort Marcy Suites in downtown Santa Fe. Three EnK Professionals have volunteered to help those with various issues. Current and past EnKA® Board Members, Mary Lou Firth-Irving from Canada (Dawson Technique), Kathie Guhl of Sonoma, CA (Bridges Kinesiology), and Ron Wayman from Salt Lake City, UT (LEAP, Kinergetics) welcome all to attend, watch and ask questions. It’s amazing to see how quickly changes can be made for the good of the client! To RSVP or for questions about this FREE service to the community, email Natalie Nehman at info@energyk.org. Appointments are limited. What is the Energy Kinesiology Association? EnKA® is an international organization of students and holistic professionals using Energy Kinesiology (EnK) as their main modality for helping family members and clients improve their lives. Energy Kinesiology – where East meets West! Visit: www.energyk.org. EnKA® is a NCBTMB Continuing Education Approved Provider (#451395-10). Massage Therapy professionals can receive CEUs by attending our Conference and/or any of the workshops. More Conference Fun! An exciting opportunity and novel event will be personally interacting with many of the speakers in small groups at the “Speaker Speed Dating” event. Mingle and network at the Wine Tasting Reception, the Group Luncheon and the Awards Dinner. Browse through the Market Place. All are included in your Conference Registration Fee. Sign up early to ensure your place. Low rate of $395* through June 30, 2011 – *EnKA® Members receive a $50 discount. Not a member? You can join as a Student or Associate for only $50. Professional memberships start at $100. Come experience new ways of being, seeing things, and thinking of things. Enjoy and honor yourself by joining us. Register now at www.energyk.org! 10 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 How Much is Too Much Good? By Rev. Kylie Renner E ver catch yourself saying this is too good to be true, and wondering what the catch is? What if it isn’t too good to be true and there isn’t a catch? What if our divine birthright is to experience more good than we can even imagine, but we stand in our own way of receiving it? Our culture and collective experience has told us that there is only so much good out there in the universe, and we shouldn’t expect too much. In fact, because there is not enough good to go around we must not be too greedy in expecting or wanting too much of it for ourselves because we are then depriving someone else of their good. The funny thing is that mystical traditions throughout the ages have taught that there is no limit to the good in the universe, and our accepting our part of it doesn’t diminish it, or take it away from anyone else. There is enough love, peace, wisdom, and resources for everyone to experience their good. So why then do we stand in the flow of the river of good and have a limited experience? Part of the answer can be seen in all of the stories we repeat about how “so and so won the lottery and then things went really wrong,” which is known as the curse of the lottery, for example. I have heard people wax poetic about how they would never want to win the lottery because it would be too much for them to handle; they would surely sabotage themselves; all anyone would ever want them for is their money; because they didn’t “earn” it, they wouldn’t feel right with that much good. Ultimately these stories tell us what we think would happen to us if we truly stepped into the flow of the good, namely that things would be too good, we wouldn’t know how to deal with them and ultimately we would end up worse off. No wonder we distrust our good, because ultimately we distrust ourselves and get in our own way of receiving it. Fundamentally we don’t think we are worthy of the good that is trying to show up in our lives and therefore we block it - both consciously or unconsciously at every moment. Occasionally we dip our toes in the flow of the river of good, but pull back quickly as soon as we begin to feel the current of love, peace, joy, and harmony pulling us, because it feels like more good than we can handle. The truth is that we can handle as much good as we are willing to accept, embrace and become. The universe isn’t holding our good away from us; we are the ones creating the distance. Whatever good we are seeking is also seeking us, be it fabulous, harmonious relationships, fulfi lling work life, unlimited prosperity, or a deeper connection to our Spiritual Truth, and when we get out of our own way, we open to an inflowing of all the good that the universe has been waiting for us to reach out and accept. By hoping for the best, and preparing for it, we can unlearn the lessons we have been taught to always hope for the best but at the same time prepare for the worst. Join me for the How Much is Too Much Good Workshop, on Saturday, May 7th at 9am. You will learn about the hidden beliefs that are blocking the good we are seeking from coming into our lives, and how to step confidently into the flow of good in order to experience a life that is fi lled with more peace, beauty, joy, and bliss than you ever imagined possible. It could be the best $35 you spend all year! ACSL is located at 2801 Louisiana NE, between Menaul & Candelaria. Call us at 505-881-4311 or visit us online: www.abqcsl. org. Also, see our ad on the back cover and news/events pages for more details. Sunday services are at 9:15 and 11a.m. The Open Mind Book and Gift Store, open 10am to 3pm weekdays, carries a wide selection of metaphysical and inspirational books, music, jewelry and gifts. This is truly a great place to choose a unique gift for someone special. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 11 A Celebration of Youth! O 200-HOUR COURSE Certified by The Yoga Alliance! 200 OFF $ ReGISTRATION FOR RYS-200 CERTIFICATION eXPIReS 6/20/11 • BECOME A CERTIFIED YOGA INSTRUCTOR • LOSE WEIGHT & GET FIT • INCREASE YOUR SPIRITUALITY AND ASANA PRACTICE • BECOME A HEALER THROUGH HATHA-STYLE YOGA PRACTICE • ALL SPIRITUAL PRACTICES WELCOME! By Rev. Jac Blackman n Sunday, May 29th, we will present a special service by the youth who will provide song, dance, and sharing of their visions for our world. We have called it Youthtastic Sunday, and it is an annual event with our center to give our youth an opportunity to show their magnificence and remind us who we are. We teach our youth the universal spiritual principles of selfrespect, unconditional love, and reverence for self and others. We teach them of a Loving God, Spirit, and Presence that loves them unconditionally and wants only the best for them. They have the opportunity each Sunday to share what they have learned. They learn to be free of self-criticism since we believe that criticizing the self is criticizing God since Omnipresence means God is everywhere, everything, and everyone. They also learn about self-responsibility and the law of Cause and Effect, so they can understand at an early age that their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs tend to attract to them what they are holding in the privacy of their own minds. Too many of us have grown up as Victims, not recognizing the spiritual power we have to use for ourselves and others. It is important that we as adults/parents/spiritual leaders not only teach them the key spiritual examples, but that we are also demonstrating the principles by our thoughts, words, and actions. Our youth are the most precious asset we have on this planet for they are the leaders of tomorrow and even of today in many ways. They represent a great example to us as adults to remind us of the joy, excitement, lovingness, openness, friendships, directness of being and so many more wonderful traits we need to keep alive within ourselves. Let’s be committed spiritual examples to our Magnificent Youth – the world deserves the best! High Desert Center for Spiritual Living, 5621 Paradise Blvd. NW. Sunday 10:00 – 11:15 am 505.554.8963 4300 PASEO DEL NORTE • ABQ www.sacredhotyogamethod.com 12 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 (505)922-1200 www.hdcsl.org Paradise Hills Mercado 5621 Paradise Blvd N.W. Albuquerque, NM Frozen Shoulder By Victoria L Magown As we continue our discussion of different pathologies that have a Myofascial component, we investigate Frozen Shoulder. Frozen Shoulder can be mysterious, as when it happens without warning. You wake one morning with a Frozen Shoulder and have no idea how it happened. Other times, you know exactly how you developed a Frozen Shoulder. You fell on your shoulder and it was so painful that you did not move it for a couple of days or sleep on it. Then one morning when starting to blow-dry your hair, you could not lift your arm at all. Frozen Shoulder is defined as being unable to abduct (lift) your arm to 90° (shoulder level) or above. It is painfully restricted, painful to move in almost any direction and you cannot lie on it without pain. The mysterious Frozen Shoulder is usually due to postural distortions. Of course, you have no idea that you are doing it to yourself. Most people assume certain postures when they are sitting watching TV, reading or working at the computer. You start to get tired using the mouse with your right hand, so you lean to the left on your elbow pushing your left shoulder up to your ear. All the muscles and fascia around your left shoulder shorten and brace to hold that position. After a while, if you do this for years, these muscles just stay in a shorten position all the time. How about those of you who put objects under your armpit? You know what I mean. The baseball players put their mitt under their left armpit during a break. The nurses at the hospital put the patient’s charts under their armpit so they can write or make a phone call. The muscles that hold the object under the armpit are the ones illustrated. All three muscles become permanently shortened with Trigger Points and you can no longer lift your arm above shoulder level. Subscapularis, Latissimus Dorsi and Pectoralis Major, all internally rotate and adduct the humerus (pull the arm toward the body) which then makes it impossible to lift the arm above shoulder level. One of the primary muscles involved in Frozen Shoulder is the subscapularis (illustration A). This muscle is located on the front of the shoulder blade (scapula) between the shoulder blade and the ribs of the back. Its function is to internally rotate the shoulder (rounded shoulders) and pull the shoulder and arm toward the body (adduction). When trigger points cause muscle contraction in the subscapularis, one is unable to lift the shoulder and arm. The teres major (illustration B) most nearly matches the functions of the subscapularis. The latissimus dorsi and pectoralis major (illustration B and C, respectively) also mimic these muscles in that they internally rotate and adduct the shoulder and arm, as well. When the subscapularis causes restriction in the shoulder, these other muscles are most likely to be involved also. If you have trauma by falling on the shoulder, these same muscles, along with others, are the culprits in the painful restriction of your shoulder. A more common injury is when you fall and put your hand out to break the fall. Landing on your hand jams the elbow and shoulder leading to restriction, as well. At MyoRehab, we do a thorough History Intake and want to know all about how you fell or how you sit at the computer. Then we have a better understanding of what muscles need to be treated, as well as guide you with suggestions to improve your posture ergonomics while sleeping, sitting or working at the computer. All our Certified Manual Trigger Point Therapists have been trained not only in Integrated Manual Trigger Point Therapy – treating the fascia, muscles and joints – but they also have training in the use of Frequency Specific Microcurrent and the MicroLight 830 Cold Laser. These can be used separately or in conjunction with the manual therapy to decrease inflammation and swelling. For more information and a better understanding of Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, visit us on our website: www.myorehab.net. Give us a call at 505-872-3100 and set up an appointment. Find out how the MyoRehab “Team Approach” can work for you. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 13 Be Allergy Free With Allergy Drops Therapy™ By Sunil Pai, MD – Integrative Medicine Allergy Drops Therapy™ is a novel program method for the treatment of both inhalant (environmental) and food allergies. The Allergy Drops Therapy™ program includes an Integrative Medicine allergy consultation with Sunil Pai, MD to address a comprehensive holistic approach to the evaluation and natural treatment options for allergies. A customized program including allergy drops (sublingual immunotherapy) based on a simple blood test is prescribed as a safe, effective and simple way to treat those with seasonal, environmental and more complex allergies such as mold and food allergies. Do you suffer from the following? Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohns/Ulcerative colitis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, muscle aches, joint pain, mood disorders (depression/anxiety), memory difficulties, autism and spectrum disorders, ADHD as well as skin rashes, eczema or acne? If so, you may have FOOD ALLERGIES. In our practice, we see a high correlation (>90%) of food allergies in those conditions listed above. Many of you might be allergic to wheat, milk, eggs, soy, corn, peanuts and other foods. For relief of food allergy symptoms you may take pain medications, antidepressants or stimulants as well as antacids or digestive enzymes. Physician-Based, Holistic & Integrative Medicine ONGOING YOGA CLASSES BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY MEN & WOMEN’S METABOLIC HEALTH Sunil Pai, MD Maureen Sutton,LMT President & Medical Director Health & Lifestyle Director • • • • • • • • Epicuren Facials • Panchakarma • Therapeutic Massages & Treatments • Meditation Courses • Primordial Sound Meditation Holistic Family Medicine Allergy Solutions Vitamin Advisor Acupuncture Natural Esthetics Homeopathy Detox & Weight Loss I NTEGRATIVE M EDICINE H EALTH & L IFESTYLE C ENTER CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT: 821-6300 OR FOR A TOUR OF OUR CENTER AT: 7920 Wyoming Blvd NE, Ste. B www.sanjevani.net 14 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 Prescription medications or natural therapies for both inhalant and foods allergies only mask and treat the SYMPTOMS but not the CAUSE of the allergies. They can also have unpleasant side effects! What are ALLERGY DROPS? Allergy Drops (aka: Sublingual Immunotherapy) work to slowly desensitize you to the substances that cause your allergic reactions. By doing so, your immune system becomes stronger and builds up tolerance to what it doesn’t like. Instead of getting painful weekly shots or taking allergy medications for the rest of your life, you simply administer one metered dose drop under your tongue three times a day. Allergy Drops are easy to carry and don’t need refrigeration. Allergy Drops are tasteless, painless and convenient. They are a safe and effective permanent solution that treats the cause and not just the symptoms of your allergies. Within 6 weeks, you will start to notice improvements in your allergies and eventually you will not need to use medications, or even natural alternatives. Once therapy is finished you won’t even have to take the allergy drops! How do you know what I am allergic to? Individualized treatment is based on a simple blood test (RAST), which accurately identifies what you are specifically allergic to. This is more accurate than the standard skin prick testing and you don’t have to stop your medications or supplements prior to testing. It also calculates your sensitivity to each allergen that is tested and distinguishes between your inhalants and your immediate and delayed food allergies. We have a specialized panel of inhalants and test 34 environmental agents (that cross react with over 200 allergens) along with 15 of the most common immediate foods plus 184 delayed foods. Don’t settle for muscle testing, machines or the conventional skin prick testing. RAST testing is the gold standard in testing immune and allergic responses and we use the same lab that Harvard uses for allergy testing. With your specific results, the allergy drops (sublingual antigens) are custom made for you. Are other natural, safe and effective allergy treatments options available? Bosmeric-SR (www.bosmeric-sr.com) the strongest natural anti-inflammatory formulated by Dr. Pai provides excellent pain and inflammation support. Clinically tested Bosmeric-SR has been shown to help control inflammation caused by allergy symptoms without side effects or drowsiness. Bosmeric-SR can be used with or without the allergy drops. Care Credit Financing is Now Available! Sunil Pai, MD is Albuquerque’s most experienced and knowledgeable Integrative Medicine MD specializing in inhalant and food allergies for both adults and children. Allergy Drops are available only at Sanjevani Integrative Medicine Health & Lifestyle Center. Call for an allergy appt: 505-821-6300. www.allergydropstherapy.com Reverends G. Ross and Jude Campbell M CHANGE! By Kim McNulty Do You Believe All Change Happens for the Better? Do you Believe You can Change Your Experience of Change? ore than likely, you have experienced a significant change in your life within the last year – the loss of a loved one, loss of employment, financial loss, loss of a relationship, or health issues. Perhaps you’ve begun a new job, new relationship, had a child, or purchased a new home. How did these changes affect you? Did they lead to crisis, stress, hopelessness, uneasiness, or uncertainty? Would you like to change your experience of “Change” so that you no longer feel change is “happening” to you, but rather, you are creating the changes in your life? Change does not have to lead to feelings of despair or uncertainty. Unity Spiritual Center is excited to announce the first in an annual series… Positive Path Speaker Series Unity Spiritual Center is part of a movement to help people live healthy, prosperous, and meaningful lives. Our annual series will include spiritual lectures, workshops, music, and other activities focused on empowering you with practical spiritual teachings to help you lead an abundant and meaningful life. We are pleased to announce Neale Donald Walsch is featured in our inaugural event: Changing the Change Changes You! Neale is a modern day spiritual messenger whose words touch the world in profound ways. Neale’s Conversations with God three-book series and his subsequent books have sold millions and inspired incredibly positive changes in people’s lives. This two-day event is based on his recent book When Everything Changes Change Everything. This event will allow you to not only understand why it is impossible to have a change for the worse, but you will be given the tools to change your experience of change. You will have the opportunity to experience Neale personally, and learn how to change your life by knowing how to change your experience of change and how this change in you can bring about change in the world. Join Unity Spiritual Center and Neale Donald Walsch on September 16 and 17, 2011, for an exploration of change and “changing change in you.” Additional information and tickets for these events can be obtained at the Unity Spiritual Center website: www.uscabq. org, 9800 Candelaria Rd NE, ABQ, 505-292-1998. If you consider yourself spiritual but not religious, Unity may feel like a homecoming. Unity provides practical teachings that help people live healthy, prosperous and meaningful lives. We are a spiritual movement that honors all paths to God; sees God as good and everywhere present; and affirms the divinity in all of us. Our theme for 2011 is The Year of Abundant Living. Many of us are facing a shift in our economic lives. However, we know that abundance isn’t about how much we have but rather how deeply we connect to our Source, partnering with Spirit in every way. Practicing spiritual principles provides new ways to look at the good that is all around and teaches us how to live from our connection to this deeper Source. Reverends G. Ross and Jude Campbell and our Unity Community warmly invite you to join us for a Sunday Celebration Service, 9am and 10:30am. Childcare is available at the 9am service. Children’s Spiritual Education for Infants through Teens is available at the 10:30am service. www.uscabq.org ~ 505-292-1998. Sponsored by: Greetings from: A Positive Path for Spiritual Living Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 15 How Can MRFH Solutions Benefit You? By Christopher Hall, CWK, IOA We have had an amazing response from my last article on our new Macronutrient Resonance Frequency Harmonic – MRFH solutions, yet there are still many questions clients and practitioners have that need to be answered. Let’s start with some basics... Are the MRFH Solutions effective and can they help you? MRFH Solutions have completely changed how we practice. Results can be seen very quickly and are measurable on lab tests within the first 30 days. For example, we have a client’s lab test showing LDL Cholesterol at 183 decreasing to 130 in just 1 month. MRFH Solutions could be exactly what you are looking for! The MRFH Solution contains between 1-4 ounces of fluid. How does that compare to an (500-1,000ml) IV solution? The answer is simple…we have concentrated the vitamins and minerals in the MRFH Solution to a very high degree. Vitamins and minerals are highly diluted before they are given through an IV, so we just leave out the excess water. We are also amplifying the vibrational rate of the molecules using high frequency vibrations/sound and Rife frequencies, which can’t be done through an IV. So it’s like three therapies in one. Live Cell Analysis Oxygen/Ozone Therapy Homeopathy Emotional Therapies Anti-Candida Therapy This is the detox foot bath body purification process. Tuesdays are $20 ozone days (colon/vaginal) Saunas are $40 instead of $60 www.AHCTherapies.com (505) 821-9609 16 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 How much of the solution does a person take? Each person will need to take a different amount, however a full bottle is equal to one IV in potency, so your Doctor or Practitioner will direct you on how much to drink each day. Do the MRFH Solutions help with major illnesses? The MRFH Solutions are not a treatment, cure or preventative agent for any disease; however neither are Vitamin/Mineral IV therapies. MRFH Solutions are intended to get highly energized nutrients into your cells, which in turn causes them to function in a much greater capacity. MRFH Solutions help to restore lost nutrients that the immune system needs to function normally. Do I have to go to your office to get the MRFH Solutions? You can, but we can also mail the solutions to you or any of your family members out of state. We currently have clients in eight states taking these solutions. We also have several healthcare clinics in Albuquerque carrying the MRFH Solutions and also a few clinics out of state. Ask your Doctor or Practitioner if they carry our MRFH Solutions. Why would I want to take the MRFH Solutions instead of doing other types of therapies? The MRFH Solutions can actually be taken in conjunction with other therapies or supplements. Most of our clients do Oxygen/Ozone treatments, Massage, Colonics, Reflexology, Bio-Feedback, Chiropractic during the course of the MRFH Solutions. How long do the MRFH Solutions need to be taken? Each person will be different. The protocols we have are between 8-12 weeks long and the solutions are taken between 2-5 days per week. Cost varies depending on the number of solutions taken each week. These solutions are taking over and we are proud to be able to provide them to you or to your Doctor/Practitioner. We have a video presentation which is available for you to view. It covers each of the MRFH Solutions in great detail. Call our office to set up a time to visit our clinic to watch the video. Call us today for a personalized protocol for your health needs. We were the first to use Dr. Simoncini’s Bicarbonate Therapy in the state of New Mexico and we have used it successfully for over 3 years now. No one in the state has more experience with this therapy than we do. Christopher has been awarded the 2003 National Leadership Award. He is a member of the IOA (International Ozone Association) and a student member of ACAM (American College for the Advancement in Medicine). Christopher is a Certified Wholistic Kinesiologist, Herbalist, Oxygen/Ozone Technician, Live Cell Morphologist, Phlebotomist, IV Technician & Homotoxicologist. To schedule an appointment with Christopher call 505-821-9609, www.AHCTherapies.com. Healing and Angel Set-Ups By Max Highstein, MA Question: How do you stop being run by your anger, fear, to be. And after living with your stuff for a long time, it sadness, etc.? becomes so familiar you think it’s you. That makes it rather difficult to identify with any sort of objectivity. Answer: Take advantage of every “negative” situation. That’s why outside support is so crucial. When you’re tired A friend, whom I’ll call “Silvia”*, was recently doing some of being run by your stuff, and want get back in touch with shopping in Target. She was looking for the shortest checkout line, when she saw an opening at a counter with no one the real you, FIND HELP recognizing your stuff and letting waiting. She hurried on over and put down her two items, go. Preferably from someone who has done their own work, when she heard a nearby woman bellow, “Excuse me! My and can patiently and honestly hold up a mirror for you. You mother is coming and we’re about to check out here. You’re don’t need to analyze what caused your stuff, but you do have to take responsibility for it. It’s not glamorous, flashy work, taking our spot!” and there are no shortcuts. But if you decide to do it, and Silvia looked around and saw her accuser standing nearby... stick with it, your life will change forever, for the better. And and a wizened old woman slowly but steadily approaching then perhaps you won’t be targeted for a setup, angel-stye! with a walker. Ca-chunk, ca-chunk, ca-chunk, she came, like *Shared with permission. some kind of land shark. Silvia was in quite a twist. Here she was, minding her own business, and suddenly finding herself being falsely accused of Max Highstein is an intuitive guide, author and teacher. He helps intentionally cutting in front of an invalid! She was about to people get unstuck and find their way home through Heart Centered spill out a few harsh words, when the elderly mother said – in Intuitive Support sessions and groups. More at 505-466-1055 and the sweetest way possible – “Oh that’s alright dear, you go www.maxhighstein.com. right ahead with your things.” Oh, man. Now she was not only angry, but embarrassed about being angry toward this innocent little old lady. Red faced and fuming, she said, “No, no, I’ll leave” and stalked off in search of a less challenging checkout experience. So, what happened here? This, my friends, is what the angels call “A Setup,” and Sylvia fell right into it. She wasn’t just shopping in Target, she was the target. But let me explain. Sylvia happens to be one of the kindest people I know, and in fact, works serving the needs of the elderly and infirm. She’s the last person who would ever cut in front of an old lady. She’s also someone who works diligently to improve herself from the inside out. But deep within her there’s still a fair amount of anger, and Sylvia’s Higher Self wants the anger gone. And that’s why the angels just love to pull strings, and set her up. Again and again, she’s placed in situations that bring the anger inside of her up to the surface, so she can clear it. Anger, sadness, fear... let’s just call it our “stuff”. We don’t get rid of our stuff by sitting alone in a room meditating. We get rid of our stuff by living life, having experiences, and letting go. When your stuff comes up, recognize it for what it is and drop it. The more stuff you release, the less stuff you have inside, controlling you. It’s simple, but not easy. When stuff comes up, it tends to take us over, and “anger” becomes “I’M SO ANGRY”. Same with sadness, or fear, or whatever your favorite stuff happens Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 17 Your Unique Path By Linda Miller of Celestial Tempo W ho are you really? What have you always dreamed of doing? What is holding you back? If not now, when? Hearing questions like this always gets my juices running, my heart pumping and then I visualize the possibilities and see them coming true by knowing the best timing for my new adventures and goals! Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Linda Miller and I am living my dream of being a Light Worker doing Astrology, Numerology and Psychic Readings. Starting out in life, I worked as an X-Ray and Nuclear Medicine Tech, married and raised a family. An intervening decade of creating and selling art also strode along side my study of metaphysics for 30 years. This period of study gave me the opportunity to learn about the deeper aspects of my unique path. Sometimes, our personal pasts can define who we ‘think’ we are according to the expectations of society, family and loved ones. But when the layers are peeled back, there are often signs of a vital, energetic and alive person inside – waiting to become whole. My delight in discovering this for myself lead to my desire to help others do the same. I offer Astrology, Numerology and Psychic Readings as well as give classes and presentations on these subjects. Through these studies, you can learn about your significant personality traits, the timing and importance of your present state of affairs, your future, and your relationships. With psychic channeled readings, you can receive messages from the angels, ascended masters and your deceased loved ones. I strive to bring integrity through my readings so you can also learn about unknown traits and talents that you possess! My website offers information pertaining to Classes, Free Monthly Horoscopes, Current Astrological Transit Articles, Numerology Teachings, and types and prices of readings offered. Please contact me at 505-264-0224, or via www.celestialtempo.com. 18 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 Tired of Being Sick and Tired? By Dr. Kirk E. Manson, Chiropractor “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired,” is a common compliant I hear often from patients. Here in lies the dilemma. Are patients tired because they are sick? Or are they sick because they are tired? We all have heard “you need a good night’s rest.” Achieving REM sleep is perhaps the best medicine you can get. Most people never quite get the sleep their individual bodies are craving. This causes lethargy and an inability to focus during the day. However, some people suffer from extreme exhaustion commonly referred to as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. According to the Mayo clinic, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a complicated disorder characterized by extreme fatigue that may worsen with physical or mental activity, but does not improve with rest. From a patient perspective is an agonizing sense of being tired all the time and enduring inexplicable pain. There are over one million people estimated who suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the US. Unfortunately, many people are suffering, undiagnosed. There are eight classic symptoms; fatigue, profound exhaustion, poor memory or concentration, headaches, sore throat, enlarged lymph nodes, unexplained muscle and joint pain. Over time, other symptoms manifest such as irritable bowel, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, bloating and weight loss or gain. Often, patients with CFS have an increased sensitivity to foods, alcohol, odors, chemicals, medications or noise. Some patients suffer from chills and night sweats, brain fog, chest pain, shortness of breath, chronic cough. They experience light sensitivity, blurry vision, eye pain or dry eyes. CFS sufferers may have irregular heartbeats, dizziness, and balance problems. They also suffer from depression, irritability, mood swings, anxiety and panic attacks. It is understandable why Chronic Fatigue sufferers find it extremely difficult to perform routine tasks, like getting out of bed, dressing, and eating. Their fatigue does not get better with sleep. CFS severely affects school, work, and leisure activities. The physical and emotional symptoms can last for months or even years. What causes Chronic Fatigue? Researchers have not pinpointed the actual cause of CFS; however, they are suggesting that it may be caused by a dysfunction of the immune and central nervous system. Metabolic abnormalities and other risk factors such as stress, genetic predisposition, age, gender and environmental causes have also been linked to chronic fatigue. A 2009 study in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine links chronic fatigue to a dysfunction in cellular mitochondrial energy synthesis and biogenesis. Mitochondrial Biogenesis is the process by which new mitochondria are produced inside your body’s cells. Energy synthesis is your body’s ability to produce energy for your proper function. In light of the metabolic role played by mitochondria, it is no surprise that the conclusion of this study was “a remarkable correlation between the degree of mitochondrial dysfunction and the severity of CFS.” There also seems to be a correlation between CFS and gluten intolerance or Celiac Disease. (Gluten is found in any wheat, rye, barley and many food ingredients which include modified food starch.) Celiac Disease is an immune system disorder. Basically, the immune system sees gluten as the enemy. It attacks the gluten which damages the walls of the small intestine. Additionally, there are several other diseases and conditions that mimic or contribute to chronic fatigue syndrome. These include Leaky Gut Syndrome, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, hormonal imbalances, mononucleosis virus and autoimmune disorders to name a few. There seems to be a direct link between diet, toxic exposure, genetics and cellular health. In our facility, we use metabolic and nutritional testing to determine what might be the root cause of the syndrome. There is a consensus that getting the nutrition that is right for your body will offset these CFS symptoms. Additionally, finding out what allergies you have can be very beneficial. By simply identifying foods, food additives or chemicals which cause increased immune sensitivity and eliminating them from your diet will often provide relief from chronic fatigue. After utilizing functional medicine testing for one of my patients who had chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, we found she was allergic to red dye and chamomile tea. She drank tea every night at bedtime. Her lipstick contained red dye. She immediately eliminated these products from her diet and environment. Within one month, her health improved dramatically and she no longer experienced chronic fatigue. Unfortunately, there isn’t a “magic pill” to combat chronic fatigue. However, there are several treatment alternatives. Patients with the best chance for improvement are those who remain as active as possible. Chiropractic adjustments stimulate the central nervous system by re-charging the neurological pathways to the brain. Myofascial Release helps relieve deep tissue muscle pain. Physical Therapy builds and strengthens coordinated movement which helps alleviate the symptoms. Yoga and home-based daily stretching is often helpful in reducing the symptoms of chronic fatigue. Nutritional supplements and detoxification can help to boost immune system and increase energy production. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a complex disease with many contributing factors, and treatment requires the careful evaluation of several metabolic factors to determine the best approach for your unique circumstance. aaahh ChiroSpa accepts most insurance plans including: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Presbyterian, United Healthcare, Medicare and Auto Injury Insurance. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 19 Why do I feel so bad? By Bill Haggard, LMT #2554 (This is a paid advertisement.) “I feel tired all the time, I can’t think clearly, I feel exhausted, I have aches and pains, and I’m irritable. I lose my temper quickly and then feel bad because my outburst wasn’t really justified.” Do any of these sound familiar? They are all symptoms of a congested body due to poor diet, lack of exercise, poor environment, toxic thoughts and emotions, lack of proper fluids; not to mention poor bowel habits or infrequent elimination. Remember when spring blew in and the pollen counts were high? The AAH-CHOO, sneezing, itchy eyes, runny nose are not the fault of pollen. It’s the body’s response to congestion. Pollen is the high vibratory reproductive life force of a plant. When we breathe it in, it creates a stirring up of the toxic overload. All the clutter inside from overeating and under pooping contributes to allergic reactions like sneezing, coughing, itchy eyes, runny nose, etc. Pollen is Mother Nature’s way of telling humans we need to hydrate, clean up our insides, and eat lighter (fruits & vegetables). Then we are more fluid and can process the highly cleansing life force that the pollen brings in. If you are tired, irritable, and can’t sleep, be assured that congestion and toxicity are at the Bottom of it, pun intended. Colonics can help immensely and immediately. They will hydrate and escort out the accumulated build up of previously mentioned dietary insults. They can help reset and restore the body to a healthier state. All About Health is a great place to relax and let go. – C.N., ABQ All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was the boss. “I should be in charge,” said the brain “because I run all the body’s systems, so without me nothing would happen.” “I should be in charge,” said the blood “because I circulate oxygen all over, so without me you’d all waste away.” “I should be in charge,” said the stomach “because I process food and give all of you energy.” “I should be in charge,” said the legs “because I carry the body wherever it needs to go.” “I should be in charge,” said the eyes “because I allow the body to see where it is going.” “I should be in charge,” said the bowel “because I’m responsible for waste removal.” All the other body parts laughed at the bowel and insulted him, so in a huff, he shut down tight. Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, the legs got wobbly, the eyes got watery, and the blood became toxic. All the organs decided the bowel should be the boss. And that’s the way it is! [This is a paid advertisement.] Please note: This article is for informational purposes only and should not be substituted for medical advice. Consult your physician for your individual health concerns. Bill Haggard owns All About Health where colon hydrotherapy is a specialty. A colonic is a gentle, internal wash with water, flushing out built-up toxins, which can relieve overloads and stresses. Bill has been providing colonics for 19+ years and is considered a master in this natural health field. www.allabouthealthinc.com, 505-888-5858. 20 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 Mammogram Substitute? By Dr. Carla Garcia, DOM I t’s so confusing! We expected to have a mammogram every year because that was what had been recommended. Then the U.S. Preventative Task Force said that wasn’t a good idea and we should wait until we are 50 years old and have a mammogram every two years. So, what are we supposed to do before age 50? Aren’t mammograms safe? Why shouldn’t we have mammograms every year? Mammograms use ionizing radiation and exposure to radiation increases our risk for cancer – so if we radiate our breasts to see if we have cancer – will we increase our risk of developing cancer? And why age 50? Is it that at age 50 – we’re so old it doesn’t matter if we increase our risk for cancer? Or is it by the time they diagnose breast cancer in an older woman (those of us over age 50); we’ll most likely die of something else... like STRESS? See how easy it is to think ourselves into a frenzy of confusion. There is no doubt that exposure to radiation increases the risk for cancer. This is the reason the dentist covers us with a lead apron when he X-rays our teeth. Dr. Oz recently reminded us that there is a “thyroid guard” (sometimes only used when requested) for mammograms to protect us from excess radiation. So, isn’t there a way to do breast screening without radiation? Thermography is a screening method that takes pictures of the heat emitted from the body. No radiation. No lead aprons or walls. No compression. No stress. Mammograms image changes in the anatomy of the breast, when a tumor has started to grow. They are necessary in the later stages of disease to pinpoint the location of a tumor. Thermograms image changes in blood vessels and inflammation that precede tumor growth. They are safe for women of any age and available at the Thermography Center, right here in Albuquerque. Natural Women’s Health 4550 Eubank NE, Suite 105 (just North of Montgomery) Call 505-271-6608 HCGorally@aol.com Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 21 What is a Yeast Infection? The Energy of Movement... By Linda Sullivan, DOM By Jennifer Vaitkus of White Horse ...How to access the infinite knowledge of your Soul I have been working with the idea that our bodies are physical manifestations of our souls. To understand my Spirit, I can look to my body for explanation. If my soul knows everything and my body is a manifestation of my soul then my body knows everything. Accessing your Soul’s knowledge can be done powerfully through movement. Move your body using breath and intention; naturally and gently move in an atmosphere where you can quietly listen to its answer. It is amazing how much your body will tell you by just asking. Try this: ask yourself a question, such as, “Which direction should I go in my career?” Or, “How is the best way to approach my spouse regarding a difficult situation?” Begin moving, bringing the energy of the question into your whole body. Knowing your body holds the answer, continue to move while listening. What answers to you feel? What thoughts come to your mind? The answers may come immediately or take a few minutes. If you move with intention to discover an answer, it will come. Another way to use the energy of movement is through its creativity and ability to manifest. For a more open heart, open your arms and chest, taking a deep breath, breathing light into the heart area. For a more balanced life, work on balancing your body. For more confidence, lift your chin and stand tall. Movement is an instant mood lifter, and it doesn’t take much. The energy of movement can digest and process all experiences – keeping them from getting stuck in your body. If you are experiencing difficult emotions, move or dance them through your body. The energy of movement is expansive, uplifting, creative and healing. Experience The Energy of Movement, Tuesday, May 24th, 6-8pm at White Horse. Explore these ideas and move with the Divine knowledge of your Soul. See news/events section, page 4 for more details. To register, call 505-255-5217. 22 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 A healthy immune system fights infection with “friendly bacteria” that are normally present in the GI tract. Candida Albicans is a naturally occurring fungus that is also present on the skin and throughout the body. The problem is when Candida Albicans overgrows…it takes over and pushes out the “friendly bacteria.” When the natural balance of the immune system is upset in this way, we have a “yeast infection.” Symptoms such as allergies, rashes, pain, digestive issues, inflammation, reactions to smells, headaches, etc. occur. Candida infections include oral, vaginal, blood and intestinal forms. Taking antibiotics, steroids or birth control pills, heavy or prolonged stress, eating poorly and changes in hormones due to pregnancy and menopause are some of the most common reasons for this imbalance. It is estimated that over 90% of us have an overgrowth of Candida Albicans. Antifungal drugs and antifungal herbs have proven to have very limited results. Recently, science learned that the cell wall of Candida is comprised mostly of cellulose. Candida often develops a resistance to the drugs and herbs rendering them useless. Another reason antifungals fail is because they poison the yeast which then causes the release of toxins into the body triggering a healing crisis. Yeast Away and Yeast Control Plus provide Cellulase Enzymes and Probiotics to cleanse the overgrowth of Candida, help create and maintain the normal balance of friendly bacteria and candida. The particular Cellulase enzymes in this product survive stomach acid and continue into the intestines. They are absorbed into the blood stream where they search for Candida in every organ of the body. These Cellulase Enzymes rupture the Candida cell wall allowing the body to digest the yeast. There is no die-off with this product and consequently no “healing crisis” as is the case with antifungal drugs and herbs. If you think you may have issues related to Candida, schedule a visit today. We have Yeast Away and Yeast Control Plus in stock. A Hot Body = Total Confidence…Want it? By Lourdes Avitia A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion. – J.H. Pilates When our body is sleek, trim and toned, we naturally exude more confidence. We feel radiant, attractive and sexy! Pilates is an innovative system of mind-body exercise that dramatically transforms the way your body looks, feels and performs. It builds strength without excess bulk, creating a sleek, toned body with slender thighs and a flat abdomen. It teaches body awareness, good posture and easy, graceful movement. No other exercise system is so gentle on your body while working deep abdominal muscles to provide a “powerhouse” of strength to support the spine. (Not to mention abs that will amaze you!). This is the program to help you develop the most ideal shape for your body type. It develops long lean muscles that are flexible and strong which creates balance throughout the body. Hot and sexy doesn’t even begin to describe it! This is a fitness regime that is applicable to everyday life or one that can be modified to help an athlete attain any sports specific goal. Benefits of Pilates: • Tightens,tonesandbuildslong,leanmuscleswithoutbulk • Addsdefinitionyouneverimaginedpossible • Helpsyouloseincheseverywhereonyourbody • Reducesstress,relievestension,boostsenergy • Createsastronger,moreflexiblespine • Increasesjointrangeofmotion,improvescirculation • Offersrelieffrombackpainandjointstress • Enhancesmobility,agilityandstamina • Complimentsandexerciseprogramorsportstraining relieve pain, strain and discomfort in the body. Long hours at a desk often causes the muscles surrounding the neck, shoulders, and lower back to often get sore, tight, unbalanced, and painful. Stretching helps pump vital nutrients to your muscles and tendons, which help keep them healthy and minimize your risk of injury. It also stimulates the production of joint lubricants and prevents adhesions. As circulation increases, your legs, back, neck, and shoulders loosen up, relieving aches and stiffness. If you suffer from osteoarthritis pain, you’ll find that lengthening your body through Pilates will help soothe the soreness. Appropriate exercise is vital to managing arthritis because it increases flexibility through stretches and reduces pain and fatigue. Pilates also leads to subtle posture improvements, which will also eliminate tension, driving away headaches, backaches, neck aches, and other aches and pains. My clients extol the virtues of Pilates for providing them with incredible pain relief (as well as the luscious body they have always wanted!). PILATES EVERYONE CLASSES FOR WOMEN, MEN & KIDS! 4 week programs start the first Monday or Tuesday of each month. Park Classes & Studio Classes 6 days/week A class for every schedule! B Y L O U R D E S Lourdes Avitia, CPI-CPT Certified NESTA Boot Camp Instructor Gyrotonic® GYROKINESIS® Instructor REIKI Master • Yoga Instructor American Heart Association CPR Administrator 505.550.5759 pilatesbylourdes.com Follow me on facebook! Facebook/pilatesbylourdes In addition to beautiful body shaping, Pilates workouts can Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 23 t r u Ly A L I v E F E At u r E s E C t I o n An Overview of the book, Awaken Children! and Amma’s Amazing Charitable Works Around the Globe By Karen Larré, with Robin Gardner Known as the hugging Saint, A mma, (Swami Amritaswarupananda) manifests pure, radiant, divine love in a human body. Her mission is to spread love, compassion, peace and service to all of mankind. Amma’s humanitarian efforts are well known throughout the world, as her personal example of relentless sacrifice and selfless service to humanity has inspired/directed charity projects in more than 30 countries. Amma’s worldwide humanitarian movement is expanding day by day, as more and more people feel inspired by Amma’s example to share their time, energy and resources with their less fortunate brothers and sisters – both across the globe and in their own communities. Amma’s not-for-profit worldwide charities are collectively known as Embracing the World, and an updated video of the same name is made available annually to highlight charitable developments (DVD picture on this issue’s cover). Embracing the World directly evokes Amma’s unique vocation. Amma has travelled the world; consoling individuals with her unique motherly embrace, known as Darshan. Amma has tirelessly offered this simplest of gestures to over 29 million people so far. Amma’s Darshan has served as both catalyst and selfless example for the international collective of charitable projects that makes up Embracing the World. Also featured on this issue’s cover is Amma’s book, Awaken Children! written by one of Amma’s senior disciples (name?). It is the first in a series of books which chronicle Amma’s life and teachings. In this first installment, Amma calls her children (and Amma considers all of 24 humanity her children), to respond from deep within – where the absolute truth and expression of Supreme Love resides. Amma seeks to awaken the innocent child within each of us. Amma says, “Only love can make us open up into God-consciousness. The whole of life is a lesson on acceptance.” The presence, love and touch of a divine soul such as Amma has been known to have a great effect on people and can cause them to become so receptive that they ‘open up’ spiritually. In today’s world, filled with much change and many challenges, Amma’s words have practical application. “Whenever you are confronted with a difficult situation, your first instinct is to escape, to somehow avoid it and run away. You may be able to escape for a while, but sooner or later the same difficulties will reappear with even greater force than before. Children, your problems do not lie in your outer circumstances. Your difficulties are to be found within your own mind. Once you become aware of this, you can begin the process of removing your inner weaknesses. Meditation is the method that is used to achieve this. Only inner silence, stillness and relaxation (which you gain through meditation) will help.” “In your spiritual practices, faith is of far more help to you than the intellect. Intellectual knowledge has its place; when used in the right way, it gives you a certain amount of mental strength and determination. But to become grounded in spirit, you need to do rigorous practices. When it comes to actual practice, unconditional faith is what you need. So it’s a question of creating a harmonious balance of faith and knowledge. To remember God, you have to forget. To be really focused on God is to be fully and absolutely present in the moment, Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 forgetting the past and the future. This sort of forgetfulness will help you slow down the mind and will enable you to experience the bliss of meditation. Genuine meditation is the end of all misery. All suffering is caused by the mind. Only by letting go of the past, which can be achieved through meditation, is it possible to become established in the Self or God.” The stories in Awaken Children! can have a profound impact on our hearts if we are open to compassion. The divine grace we receive when being compassionate can elevate our spiritual growth when we also learn to become willing to surrender. There are many interpretations of living in the moment, and Amma’s view of being “Here and Now” serves as a refreshing and powerful teaching to enhance our day-to-day lives and spiritual progress. “Those who desire nothing but God-realization do not bother about the past or the future. Their wish is to be in the present moment, for that is where God is; that is where perfect peace and bliss is to be found. It is by being in this moment that you attain perfect stillness and quietude within. The past and the future are movements of the mind; moving back and forth like a pendulum. The real center of existence is experienced when it rests in the present moment. That stillness, or center, is what a true seeker yearns for. His focus is on the here and now. That is known as the remembrance of God. There are doubts that can arise as life’s challenges are upon us. Many become disillusioned and discouraged, but Amma tells us that once we have acquired spiritual power, it cannot be lost. “In worldly life, things may go wrong in two ways; there may be complete destruction, or things may turn out the opposite of what you expected. If you remember God or if you do your spiritual practice for just one second, it can never be wasted. The merit you gain will stay within you, and will inevitably come forth, like an un-germinated seed that is still fresh and alive. If you have called God with genuine faith and surrender even for a second, it must be rewarded. Those moments when you remembered God will remain with you and will manifest at the right time.” A Glimpse of Amma’s Charitable/ Humanitarian Projects: Amma’s charities and humanitarian efforts currently include projects in the areas of: Spiritual, Social, Medical, Feeding the Poor, Housing, Financial Assistance, Education and Nature Preservation Programs. Amma says, “We can never close our eyes to the world in the name of spirituality.” DISASTER RELIEF Amma’s efforts have brought relief to those who suffered in Tsunamis, including the recent one in Japan, but also in India, and Sri Lanka. Amma’s disaster projects have benefited those affected by hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti, as well as the earthquake in Peru and her disaster relief efforts grow in size and service each year. THE RELIEF EFFORT IN JAPAN In response to the devastation caused by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Embracing the World representatives have already traveled to hard-hit Sendai to provide food and water for refugees and to assess conditions on the ground. They will soon be initiating a broader relief effort. Donations to fund these efforts are welcome and appreciated. Amma’s Medical Projects include two hospitals, a medical outreach program and a hospice program. Amma says, “It is the nature of the body to become sick. Therefore, it’s important to undergo required medical treatment. In order to know God, it is necessary to preserve the physical instrument-the body. Therefore, hospitals and treatment are not incompatible with spirituality. They are crucial in maintaining the body, which is a means to know the soul (Self).” There are many medical programs and institutions inspired by Amma that provide professional treatment and relief to the sick and the destitute. These medical institutions and programs range from charitable hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, medical outreach programs, disaster relief programs, tribal welfare programs and so on. FEEDING THE HUNGRY, HELPING THE NEEDY Embracing the World exists to help alleviate the burden of the world’s poor through helping to meet each of their five basic needs – food, shelter, education, healthcare and livelihood – wherever and whenever possible. The Embracing the World Initiative believes that having these needs met is the fundamental right of any human being, and that it is the responsibility of each of us to strive hard to ensure that one day, every human being can live in dignity, safety, security and peace. Further, the Embracing the World Initiative also believes that everyone – rich or poor – has the power to make a difference in the life of another, and that no selfless gesture is insignificant. Rather, it is the selfless actions we perform for one another that hold the keys to true peace– peace in the individual, peace in the community, and peace among diverse cultures, nations and faiths. M.A Math was first established in the early eighties, the primary charitable activity was feeding the poor at Amritapuri Center. M.A Math continues until today, feeding over 2 million poor people through various centers each year, and has also expanded into other areas of need. Hundreds of children, women and other deserving persons receive free clothes, educational aids, scholarships and uniforms every year as well as food. Other fields in which M.A Math regularly participates include blood donation campaigns, natural healing classes, visiting patients at hospitals, asylums, and jails, anti-drug, tobacco and intoxicants campaigns, providing tuition and moral education for children, free legal consultation etc. Mother’s Kitchen is the first project in the US to feed the hungry. As of January, 2007 (most updated statistics) Mother’s Kitchen serves 72,000 free meals every year. Educational Projects include Amrita University, a Medical College, a Computer Institute, Computer Software Training, a Management School, an Engineering Institute, Industrial Training, Pharmaceutical Sciences, a Primary School and a Nursing School. A number of things make the Amrita Institutes unique. In addition to learning the most up-to-date technologies, the students are given information on yoga, meditation etc. As a part of the curriculum, students take a course called “Self-Awareness and Personality Growth”, taught by a yoga teacher. The course aims to help the students understand themselves. They learn about the human character and the nature of the mind. Apart from the graduate schools, meditation forms a part of the routine right from the start at elementary schools founded by Amma. She says, “Meditation is a priceless gift. It opens up a person’s creativity and joyfulness, so that life can become a celebration.” Spiritual Projects include the Amritapuri ashram in India (the first spiritual center established by Amma), where Amma resides today along with 2000 residents who come from all over the world. Today Amma has spiritual centers established all over the world. These centers provide an ideal environment to meditate, perform selfless-service supporting Amma’s innumerable humanitarian activities and gives solace and peace to all who come in search of some comfort. ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS Green Friends This program inspires love for nature and reinforces the truth that mankind is not different from nature. When we care for Mother Nature, She will also protect us in return. GreenFriends regularly engages continued on page 22 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 25 An Overview of the book, Awaken Children! cont’d in tree planting and the maintenance of plants. Its members also practice eco-meditation, a method of re-establishing the vitally important harmony between nature and humanity. Amma’s humanitarian projects have built more than 140,000 homes, provided 2 million patients treatment at no charge, 320,000 scholarships have been awarded (a total of 100,000 will be given) and volunteers have planted one million trees. TOURS Whether Amma is touring or is in her Spiritual Center in India, she is doing one thing most of the time - that is, receiving one and all who have assembled in her presence with a gentle, warm embrace that has been described as “Divine” by many around the globe. When someone asked Amma to describe the experience of God, Amma said that it is not possible to adequately put into words the taste of sugar to one who does not know the meaning of the word “sweet”. One has to taste sugar to understand sweetness. Similarly, God is pure experience, beyond the mind and words. Amma’s devotees speak in the same way about her embrace – One of Amma’s followers said, “Amma’s hug is like a gentle river caressing our parched souls. In fact, it is hard to describe her embrace. It is an experience where my mind stops and feels completely relaxed and loved.” It is hard to comprehend the source of Amma’s inexhaustible energy that flows from moment to moment, day after day, in the form of a loving, motherly hug. Often she sits for more than 1820 hours straight without even a moment’s break. When asked if she ever feels tired of listening to the same problems of people, and hugging over and over again, Amma answered with a smile, “ Where there is love, there is no eff ort.” Whether one believes in Amma or not, it remains an indisputable fact that she is one of the most hard-working people that this world has ever seen. Amma says, “My sole mission is to love and serve one and all.” Her only wish is that her hands should always be on someone’s shoulder – consoling, caressing and wiping away their tears. Don’t Miss Amma in Albuquerque! She is scheduled to be here again this June, with FREE Public Programs and her special Retreat, between June 17 & 20, 2011. Please check the Amma website (www.Amma.org) for exact dates/times for each event. Schedules are subject to change. Visit www. EmbracingTheWorld.org for more information about Amma’s worldwide charities. 26 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 AMMA At the Marriott Pyramid Albuquerque Free Programs - June 17 & 20 Retreat June - 18-20 Who is Amma? Sri Mata Amritanandamayi, lovingly known as Amma, is revered throughout the world as one of the most outstanding humanitarian and spiritual leaders of our time. Her humanitarian programs include disaster relief (including the 2004 tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and Haiti); educational and vocational programs, food programs for the poor and homeless in the US and abroad, health services, nature care and reforestration projects. visit www.Amma.org for updates on the schedule, and for more information It’s an Anti-Aging Revolution! IT TAKES ‘Great Heart’ to Love Enough to Let Go By Phaeryn Sheehan By Dr. Marcus Trujillo, DOM, LAc, Dipl. OM C osmetic Acupuncture can help you look and feel years younger without surgery or Botox! It works on age spots, sagging and wrinkles, providing a more youthful appearance. It’s an ancient method of acupuncture, with a modern twist, that has been practiced for thousands of years. It’s highly effective and produces amazing results. In fact, the results of a CA treatment should be seen after a single treatment. The benefits of CA are multiplied when you consider that a patient’s health and well being are addressed as well as their appearance. Patients’ health issues are addressed at the same time as their appearance concerns, and everything improves. It is our health that determines our youthful radiance, so poor health equals undesirable appearances. If you have digestive problems, sleep disorders, pain, long standing chronic condition(s), etc., these issues are treated along with your skin. How does Cosmetic Acupuncture work? CA creates micro-traumas to increase the production of blood, collagen and elastin in the skin, which fills out the wrinkles using the body’s natural abilities. You’ll leave feeling relaxed, renewed and refreshed, but with the added benefit of a tighter, more toned look around the face and neck, an overall feeling of well-being, and none of the risky side effects of surgery or Botox. Beauty In Wellness emphasizes great care with their diagnostic intakes – as proper diagnoses are the key to successful acupuncture treatments; and with CA, the right plan contributes to the longest lasting, most impressive results. When we are in great health, we are rewarded with youthful good looks. Who says we should have to choose between looking great and feeling great? At Beauty In Wellness, you can have it all! Attend one of Beauty In Wellness’s FREE seminars on this revolutionary technique & see if cosmetic acupuncture is right for you! Sat. @ 11am-12noon: May 7, May 21, June 11 & 25. Space is limited. Reserve your seat today: 505-792-1101, www.beautyinwellness.com. W hen I was a teenager and did something to make my parents proud, I used to wonder why my parents would sometimes look at me so wistfully. Instead of giving me a ‘high five’ or making normal hoots and holler sounds that proud parents normally make, they would get ‘weepy’ on me. I would always wonder why they had such weird reactions sometimes. What I didn’t realize then, was that my parent’s hearts were breaking because I was growing up and they were soon going to have to let me go. One summer day, shortly after I had graduated from college, I told my mother that I had been thinking about living at home and going to graduate school. When she didn’t respond but walked out of the room instead, I followed her and repeated myself (thinking she just hadn’t heard me the first time). She had heard me though. She just couldn’t respond because she was crying. Quickly I hugged her and said, ‘Mom, what’s the matter?’ She turned and took my face in her hands and said, “Yes, you staying here would help your father and I so much, given we both aren’t feeling well, but you MUST go...you must take that teaching job in California and not come back because if you don’t go now, you never will.” With all of her might of heart, in those miraculous moments, she severed any dependency we had created between each other and demanded that I fully take my life on with no looking back...ever. This precious time with her comes back as I prepare to channel the Ascended Masters Warriorship of The Heart Program. I have to credit her, my beloved mother Teresa Sheehan, for always showing me what matters most and what our world has needed most – always living the ways of Great Heart. For more information, call our Headquarters at 505-247-0495. www.ascendedmastersfoundation.org. Divine Mother Sunday Channelings Sacred Journeys Channelings with The Ascended Masters World Service and The Path of The Mother The Ascended Masters Foundation of the New Times Spiritual Director– Phaeryn Sheehan 505-247-0495 for private channeled readings and coaching. www.ascendedmastersfoundation.org Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 27 You Are Perfection By Melinda Iverson Inn Serving you since 1993 “Me? Perfect?” You might ask, “How can you say that? I don’t feel perfect at all! Nobody’s perfect!” It may come as a surprise, but each of us contains perfection; it is our innate Divinity – that deep and positive energy pattern with which we were born, and which links us to all Beings. As we do our inner work, we may just be starting to sense Its Presence. With diligence, we can consciously create and reinforce behaviors and responses based on loving-kindness, patience, forgiveness and generosity. In channeling our acts and intentions in this way, we can connect with the Divinity within us, and learn to see It in others. By example, we may even inspire others to do the same. An important part of this process is to observe when we are judging others or ourselves. It is our judgments of non-perfection that create blockages in our clarity and in our connection to our own inner perfection. Judging also prevents us from seeing the Divine Presence reflected back to us by others. This cultivation/reflection of perfection requires constancy and diligence. We need to be aware, in each moment, of how we are viewing the world, others, and ourselves. Are our past hurts and experiences driving our behaviors? Are we slaves to habitual negative thinking and therefore reacting blindly instead of acting consciously? The more conscious awareness we bring to the present moment, the less suffering we experience and the less suffering we inflict upon others. In time, one can begin to see the Divine in all beings. Even so-called inanimate objects exist as energy patterns that are keyed into the Divine Consciousness. Everything is as it is. To see that everything is perfectly in its place of being-ness, and to allow that vision, is to recognize that which is called Divine order. Many Blessings ~ Melinda www.melindainn.com, melinda@melindainn.com 28 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 Treating Metabolic Syndrome (Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, etc.) Without Serious Side Effects! By Janet L. Hall, ND, CMI, CKP, AHG, CBT Prevention and early treatment are the key! Find out what your needs are today! Call 505-294-WELL (9355) for a free consultation & a complimentary infra-red sauna with your first appointment until June 1, 2011! H ave you been diagnosed with a form of metabolic syn- 8. Take home tools that help to clear up the issues – such drome? It is a very common diagnosis in the U.S. as Egyptian healing rods that lower blood pressure and One in three people have it! Before beginning blood balance your body. Work on yourself with a user friendly sugar and blood pressure medications, drugs for cholesterol, bio-electric machine or lie in the comfort of your home on triglycerides and more, please consider the following… a bio-mat while you improve your health. If you are dealing with these issues you can: 1.Get educated about them! Did you know: That a Mediterranean diet leads to greater glycemic control and decreases your risks? That a raw diet can virtually regulate blood sugar for some in as little as 3 days? Do You Know the approximate glycemic index of the following items? (Lower is better) 1) High fructose corn syrup – 92 – 105+ 2) Maltodextrin/Maltose – 105 3) Glucose/Dextrose – 100 4) Sucralose – 89/ Sucrose – 65 5) Table sugar – 64 6) Evaporated cane juice (almost equivalent to table sugar) – 55 7) Honey – 55 8) Lactose – 46 9) Fructose – 19-22 10) Stevia – 0 2. Start on a healthy eating plan – Be tested for the appropriate food program for your weight management, body composition, glycemic issues and prevention of ill health. 3. Begin regular physical activity – We are happy to test for the most beneficial exercise for you as well as how often and how long your exercise sessions should be. 4. Add appropriate nutritional supplementation – Improve your health and prevent disease with natural supplements tested specifically for your body. Supplementation is made for the unique problem of metabolic syndrome and related illnesses. 5. Take advantage of equipment and modalities made specifically for these issues – such as our infra-red sauna, laser, and foot detox. Metabolic syndrome produces toxicity induced diabetes, so detoxing is essential. 6. Manage your stress – Learn clearing techniques to manage stress and help regulate insulin and hormone levels. 7. Get professional coaching – You can be integrated to elevate your thinking patterns and emotions and incorporate beneficial lifestyle adjustments so that you can reach your goals. Metabolic syndrome is a serious problem that encompasses, or leads to the following and more: Insulin resistance Kidney damage Type 2 diabetes Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) Pre-diabetes Dementia Obesity Sleep apnea Cognitive decline Fat accumulation in the liver Erectile Dysfunction One of the most frequent problems women experience is polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Because of metabolic syndrome, women and men experience severe hormonal imbalances, mood swings, food cravings, acne, excessive body hair growth and many more unwanted symptoms. If you have three or more of the following issues, you could be evaluated as having metabolic syndrome: • High blood pressure – over 130 mm hg systolic BP or over 85mm hg diastolic • Elevated triglycerides – over 150 mg/dl • Larger waist (visceral stomach fat) – 40 inches in men, 35 in women causes 9 to 30 times increased risk of type 2 diabetes and 2 to 4 times increased risk of heart disease • Reduced HDL–C - below 40 in men, below 50 in women • Elevated fasting glucose – over 100 mg/dl • Elevated LDL cholesterol – over 129 Here are the facts: • High blood pressure takes 7.5 million lives per year. • Physical inactivity claims 3.2 million lives per year. • High blood glucose causes 3.4 million to die each year. • Being overweight/obese leads to the loss of 2.8 million lives per year. It is the biggest health problem in our country. Janet L. Hall has a Bachelor’s degree in Natural Health and a Doctorate in Naturopathy. Janet is a Certified Kinesiologist, Certified Medical Intuitive, Herbalist, Biofeedback Technician, and Nutritional Consultant, as well as Owner of Alternative Wellness Center. Janet’s Wellness Center is dedicated to healing, preventative health, life change and empowerment…helping people to “rise above!” www. alternativewellnesscenter.org. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 29 Opening to the Possibility – Nice Homes for All By Nancy Bowers T o achieve anything, we must first be open to the possibility. Henry Ford said, “Whether You Think You Can or Can’t, You’re Right.” What do you think is possible for you? It’s an important question because answering it tells you the limits you’ve set on yourself. We live in a benevolent universe – whatever we believe is true for us is true because the universe always says, “yes!” It is the fear that this is not true that gets in the way of experiencing the bounty that is our birthright. The problem for most of us is not that good things aren’t there for the taking. The problem is that we don’t have a big enough mental equivalent. There is a spiritual principle at work that states that in order to make something a reality for us, we must believe it is possible – we must have a mental equivalent. Think of it like a container into which we pour our desires: the bigger the container, the more it holds, but it can’t possibly hold more. A container the size of a cup cannot hold a gallon of water. It is popular these days to belabor the state of the economy, but the economy is a reflection of consumer confidence or fear. Opening our minds to possibility is about recognizing that no matter what is happening, we are always at choice. We get to choose how to respond and the magnificent thing about perceived bad times is that stimulates creative juices; it creates new possibilities. I started this business because I witnessed fear creating situations that were making people miserable around this very basic need – the need for shelter. Everyone needs a place to live. The general consensus seems to be that this is a bad time to buy a house and if you believe that, then it will be true for you because it is done unto us as we believe. But I believe that there has never been a better time. I believe that it’s time for us to take back the housing industry from the banks and show them that they cannot destroy peoples’ lives with unscrupulous practices. The problem, as I see it, rests in lack of education. People don’t know what their options are, and the sad part is that help is available but many don’t trust it because it sounds too good to be true. If you’re a first time home-buyer, there are programs available to help you realize that dream. The days of people buying luxury homes they can’t really afford are over but those days left some great bargains in their wake. And for those who are upside-down in their mortgage, there is help available. For those whose credit has been ruined, there is help available. For those who have no credit, there is help available. But all of it begins with one essential component; before you can be helped, you must be open to the possibility that it really can happen. I am not a realtor or a banker. I am a real estate investor and a transactional engineer trained to help people with their real estate problems. Beyond all that, I am a soon-to-be licensed Practitioner of Religious Science, which means I am trained to know the Spiritual Truth. I am trained to see the God in everyone. I am trained in helping people open to the possibility that good things are theirs for the claiming and helping them create the mental equivalent that creates a space for that good to come in. The first step is not easy but essential: before we can claim our good, we must first open to the possibility that it can happen. Namaste. Nancy Bowers is an active member of Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living. Her primary focus has always been one of service. Nancy has a BA in Liberal Arts from Vermont College and has studied web design, acupressure, and herbal medicine, as well as various spiritual paths. Nancy is excited to blend the spiritual principles she loves so deeply with her new business – helping to create Nice Homes for All! 30 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 The “You Inventory,” Unearth Your Skills By Camille Scielzi, Life Coach S omewhere along the way we have probably heard that it was boastful, proud, or arrogant to refer to our abilities. Oh, we celebrate our successful accomplishments, like graduations, or jobs, but the celebration is brief. What did this milestone really represent? It “just happened,” or “I was in the right place at the right time” is frequently said. The hidden mind-trap here is that by saying these comments, we reinforce a belief that what we want can’t happen unless the universe is aligned, and it is Meant to Be. Consequently, we live life like a log floating on the river swept along by the current. We need to be reminded we can choose our paths. Wouldn’t you rather be in a boat heading toward a specific direction? Here is a quick exercise to find your rudder again and move toward a greater destination than the Unknown. Begin by taking a moment to write down your most successful achievements. Be specific in listing what you achieved, and really begin to feel what why this is a “This Is Your Life Moment.” Now, take this simple quiz all about You: The Quick “You Inventory” of Skills: • Whenpeopleneedaproblemsolved,whatadvicedothey ask you for? • Whenyouneedadvice,whattopicsdoyouaskothersfor help on? • What activities do you work on where time flies by unnoticed? • Whenpeoplesay,“IwishIhadyourabilitytodoX,”what is X? • Ifyoucouldbedoinganythingrightnowtofeelenlivened, what would it be? Now you have your unique skills defined. Are you using them? Are they rusty from disuse? Share your quiz with me, & you may be featured in my next ezine. camille@takeactionguru.com HOLISTIC PSYCHIATRY Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 31 It is time to Awaken the Prosperous Goddess Within!! By Solané Verraine Dear Sister, Do you know that you are meant to SHINE like the Goddess you truly are in all areas of your life including being in alignment with your soul’s purpose and prospering in the financial arena? Are you on a spiritual path and have tried to apply the Law of Attraction but still feel that true prosperity eludes you? If that is not bad enough…do you feel a clinch in your gut when it is time to pay bills or do you put off living your dream due to money fears? Don’t worry you are not alone! Nearly 40% of people who took an online survey recently reported experiencing significant money worries. And if that weren’t problem enough, money worries seem to be a lynch pin affecting other important areas of life such as relationships, job performance, and overall life satisfaction. It is as if when your money issues come into balance, a whole host of other problems would just disappear. Well, no more. It is time to shift this. If you resonate with what I’ve written so far, I can totally relate. For 10 years, I struggled to just barely get by financially in my spiritual coaching business. I was helping people have deep transformations in their lives, but was stuck in this area of my own life. Through a series of wake–up calls, I got the deep message that enough is enough. I sat my heart down and we had a talk. My heart said “Get help. You can’t solve this alone.” So I began to invest what little I had in programs and teachings. I learned something from each one of them and I am grateful. But eventually, I was dissatisfied and put in a request to the Universe that it not only be easier – but more fun. Very shortly after that, I came across a process that was the answer I had been praying for. My life began to shift very quickly in amazing ways. And I am thrilled, passionate and excited to offer you this process in a 6-week phone seminar entitled: Awakening the Prosperous Goddess Within. Although these are very challenging times on the planet, with Earth herself is going through a transformation. Institutions and governments are in upheaval and deep transition. Yet never before has there been so much support coming from all directions; inner and outer – for our transformation. It as if we are dying to an old way of being on this planet and are birthing a new more conscious, loving way of being that is in harmony and alignment with the laws of the universe and the earth instead of being in opposition to them. No longer do we need to live lives of quiet desperation; not living our souls’ deepest purpose – without the joy, peace fulfillment and prosperity that we are meant to embody as sparks of the Divine Creator. Please come join me on this 6-week journey of transformation. You will step into your soul’s reality of being a prosperous goddess and shining in all areas of your life. (Did you know that our mind is 95% unconscious and that is what is running the show?) During the 6-week seminar, you will learn a process that will easily, effortlessly, safely (and with joy and fun) unlock the limiting beliefs held in your sub-conscious mind around prosperity and your true purpose. Wouldn’t you like to put your money worries and fears to rest once and for all; begin to attract more wealth and prosperity as well as become more self loving, radiant, confident and at ease…living your soul’s purpose? This journey will be amazing. Meet me on a free introductory teleconference call Tuesday, June 7th at 7pm. Call: 605-562-3000, enter pin: 328549#. You’ll learn more about it and see if this path is for you. Then mark your calendar! This Life-Changing Program starts on Tuesday June, 21st at 7pm and continues for 5 consecutive weeks. Seminar details will be provided on the free introductory call. To contact me for advance information or about private sessions by phone or in person to Awaken the Prosperous Goddess Within You, call 505-988-3678 in Santa Fe, soultruth@q.com May Your Love and Prosperity Shine!! – Solané Verraine 32 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 2012: Fear and Stress or Passionate About Pets Excitement and Adventure? By Robin Gardner and Susan Lemme By Cassandra Noël F ear and excitement can have similar body sensations, but the thoughts are different. Change is in our midst, yet even positive change can elicit stress. As the vibratory upgrades continue to be received and integrated by the earth plane, there will be a log of change – both internally and externally. The observer affects the observed. Where you put your attention and presence makes a difference. What thoughts will you be thinking? More than ever before we are called to live from our hearts in the NOW. Releasing emotional blocks and having centering practices will support our transition to more divine ways of living. Tapping/EFT, TAT, qigong, meditation, etc., are easy, economical ways to un-stress and center. And it helps to have a bigger picture. So far, working with Dan Mathews and Holy Divine Healing offers me the broadest perspective. Years ago Spirit provided Dan with the information, capacity and dates for implementing new planetary paradigms (states of consciousness). Each paradigm increases our collective consciousness and upgrades our sacred geometry. From an initial longstanding 3 paradigms, 10 paradigms providing quantum change have come in the past seven years, with the 13th being Heaven on Earth. This year, two totally new, never-on-the-planet-before paradigms come in. The 14th Bridge entered on April 14th and the final paradigm, Cosmic Consciousness, arrives on December 25th, 2011. All 15 paradigms will coexist until they “collapse” into the 15th paradigm in December 2012. This opens up our human reality to a far more divine experience. As many man-made constructs reorganize for a more divine reality, how will you participate? With presence and creativity? With a larger, more wonderful vision? What thoughts will you be thinking; of fear and stress? or trust and blessing? Intend now for your highest good and the highest good of all. See www.holydivinehealing.com for offerings in NM, TX, IN or by teleconference. Cassandra Noël can be contacted at 505-818-1078. H appy Pets is all about giving your animals the best care and deepest affection possible when you can’t do it yourself. It’s truly a joy for us, as we are crazy in love with animals! With our special love and deep respect for all animals, we are very blessed to be able to care for your pets. House calls to feed and walk your pets are available and we can stay overnight when you are away (overnights book up fast – please call as far ahead as possible). We also housesit for folks without any pets – we do indoor and outdoor plant care too! When Robin walks up to the house, my dog knows and she gets so excited! She is 12 years old and jumps around excitedly like a puppy! I’ve never seen anything like it. She loves her and looks forward to every visit. I can’t recommend Happy Pets highly enough. – L.A.K., ABQ Every situation is unique and we customize our services to fit your specific needs. We care for farm animals such as horses, lamas, goats and chickens – you name it. Pets can be our best friends and each new pet we care for becomes a new friend who enriches our lives. This is not just a service; it is work that feeds our souls…it gives us so many rewards in return. And our number one goal is to have happy pets and happy people. If you need one of our services, call us for a home visit. One of us will come out to meet you (and your pets if you have them) and talk about your needs. When you make an agreement with us, you will do so having a sense of who we are and that your home and pets will be safe and well cared for. Robin Gardner and Susan Lemme are passionate about animals and have numerous local references: 505-830-2789. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 33 Why is Chakra Healing So Effective? By Charlene Lewis, CH, CWK, CQT C hakras are energy centers and the openings for life energy to flow into and out of our auras. There are seven major chakras. Invisible to the human eye, chakras can be perceived intuitively by trained energy workers. Healthy and balanced chakras can heal the physical and emotional bodies. My clients have had amazing physical, as well as profound emotional and spiritual shifts from the energy healing that I do. I also use various other emotional healing techniques to balance their emotional and physical bodies as well as show them techniques to do at home. The heart chakra (which is considered to be the love center) is the energy center where love, gratitude, joy, happiness and also heartbreak, grief, pain, and fear, etc., are felt. Learning to love yourself unconditionally is a powerful healing step to take. While it may seem challenging, it’s possible (especially with skilled assistance). I have found that healing this chakra allows you to let go of old hurts and trauma from your past and also to heal from deep grief. When the heart chakra is out of balance, you may feel indecisive, afraid of letting go, afraid of getting hurt, or unworthy of love. Physical illnesses connected to the heart chakra include heart attack, high blood pressure, insomnia, and difficulty in breathing. Body parts connected to the heart chakra include heart, lungs, circulatory system, shoulders, and upper back. Its color is green. The crown chakra is the opening to our higher powers and higher spiritual knowledge. If this chakra is closed you may feel alone and in a shell. Balancing this chakra transforms negative thoughts into positive thoughts. This chakra governs the brain, skin and nervous system and is violet in color. The third eye chakra allows us to evaluate our past experiences and life patterns and put them into perspective through the wisdom of this chakra’s actions. A healthy and balanced third eye chakra also awakens our intuitive and psychic abilities. It governs the eyes, ears, nose, sinuses, upper neck and lower brain. Its color is indigo. The throat chakra is our voice center. It is through our spoken word that we express ourselves to others. The throat chakra is associated with the vocal cords and the thyroid gland. It is the chakra of communication and creative expression. Unexpressed emotions tend to constrict this energy center. The throat chakra is blue. The solar plexus chakra defines our self-esteem. This chakra supports your ability to manifest what you want in the physical world. The solar plexus chakra is related to the digestive organs. It is also the area where chi or life force is stored. Malfunctions in this chakra may leave you feeling tired, powerless, and withdrawn. Its color is yellow. The sacral chakra is considered the sexual energy center. A well-functioning sacral chakra helps maintain a healthy yin-yang balance. It is also where individual creativity resides. The sacral chakra affects the sexual organs. The functions associated with this center are emotion, vitality, fertility, reproduction, and sexual energy in general. Any problems in these functions can be identified and resolved through this chakra. Its color is orange. The root chakra represents security, survival, trust, your relationship with money, home, and job. A balanced root chakra supports your ability to be and to feel grounded, to be present in the here and now. This chakra also reflects a person’s connection with their mother, and with Mother Earth, how the person feels about being on the earth and their connection with the physical body. The parts of the body affected by this chakra are the lymph system, skeleton system, the prostate gland in men, the bladder and elimination system, legs and feet. Its color is red. Balancing/healing your chakras is incredibly effective both physically and emotionally! Visit www.timetohealnm.com to read some powerful testimonials. 34 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 Premium Body Care™ Quality Standards at Whole Foods Market S ummer is just around the corner and people are looking for safer, more natural body care products, but there is a lot of confusion about what “natural” actually means. With more than 25 years of experience and 3 years of tough scientific research review, we have stepped up to help give concerned consumers something to count on. Look for products with the Premium Body Care™ symbol and you will find the most exceptional personal care products available. They meet the strictest standards for quality sourcing, environmental impact, results and safety. Premium Body Care™ truly allows you to be good to your whole body. Building a New Standard – A Strong Foundation: Our original trusted standards have made the Whole Body™ department at Whole Foods Market the go-to place for the highest-quality, natural personal care products. Customers rely on us because we carefully evaluate each and every product to ensure it meets those basic standards. If it doesn’t, you won’t find it on our shelves! Raising the Bar: While our basic standards already set us apart, the additional tier of Premium standards allow us to constantly remain at the forefront of positive change for your healthy lifestyle. We’re always moving forward, raising the bar, and shooting for the stars! And it doesn’t stop there. As we discover new information, we’ll raise the bar again. And again. More than two years of meticulous examination, and using the most current safety and efficacy data, research and resources available our experts evaluated each product ingredient in four key areas. 1. Results: Does it work? Yes! All items that meet our Premium Body Care™ standard are made to function well and look appealing while providing real results. We also look for higher concentrations of botanically derived ingredients that actually nourish your skin and body. 2. Source: When it comes to personal care, the word “natural” is on labels everywhere, yet there is no regulated definition. Premium Body Care™ is made to meet strict criteria with ingredients as close to nature and as minimally processed as possible. 3. Environmental Impact: All products that meet our Premium Body Care™ standard must have little environmental impact during manufacturing and also when released into the environment. 4. Safety: What goes on the body goes in the body. So, because personal care products are not regulated like food in this country, we have done the research and made the tough calls ourselves. All Premium Body Care™ product ingredients are labeled accurately with little risk of contaminants, have established safety data or are less likely to cause skin irritation or allergies. ingredients in several categories of public interest. Preservatives are necessary in body care products, especially water-based products. Our Premium Body Care™ standard allows only milder preservatives. They must be shown to function properly, yet have a lower likelihood of causing cosmetic-related allergies and sensitivities. Surfactants are used for cleaning, degreasing, emulsifying, conditioning and creating foam. They also remove essential fatty acids and may be irritating to the skin. Our Premium standard allows only the safest, most gentle types available. Fragrance is a component that most people expect in premium products and, if naturally derived, may have aromatherapy benefits, as well. For philosophical and safety reasons, only natural essential oils and components of natural essential oils are allowed as fragrances in our Premium standard. 2500+ Products Meet our Premium Body Care™ Standards With More Sourced Every Day! Just look for the logo. Check out the Premium Body Care™ booklet available in stores now! For more information, locations, recipes, store events and specials, visit wholefoodsmarket.com. We’re also on Facebook and Twitter! Become a fan or follow our tweets to see all of our news, updates, and special events and to leave us feedback! Let’s Look at Some Specifics We identified more than 400 ingredients unacceptable for Premium Body Care. These include parabens, polypropylene and polyethylene glycols, sodium lauryl and laureth sulfates. Our research also yielded crucial information about the effects of Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 35 Radiant Skin – Inside & Out By Louise Swartswalter, ND, CBS, CNHP and Trisha Cole, Licensed Aesthetician As heard on KKOB radio It is time for Spring Cleaning – both internal and external. Why not have radiant skin and feel your best? enjoy our Mom/daughter/Friends Special – 2 Biofeedback sessions and two Ionic Cleanse footbaths – a $240 value and you each pay only $85! Call now to schedule your appointment: 505-797-0540. Call Trisha, our Skin Specialist, for a menu of facial specials: 505-710-0191. Radiant Skin Workshop at Vitamin Cottage – see news/events. R emember to watch Louise on Good Day New Mexico, Trisha has a line of products that provide both visible and Channel 4 at 11:00AM beginning Tuesday, May 10 lasting results! and continuing every other Tuesday. Tune in and learn valuable health tips! Clips will be on our website: www. Skin, Digestion and Hormones Everything is related to digestion, including beautiful skin. abqnaturalhealthcenter.com. Leaky gut is caused by a lack of probiotics in the GI track and is The Skin is the Largest Organ in Your Body a culprit in many skin issues. Most skin problems can be traced Did you know that your skin always tells the truth? Beautiful to a pathogen such as Candida or an auto-immune reaction to skin is a reflection of healthy insides. It is said that the skin is an allergen. Our programs work directly on the stressors causthe second kidney. Poor nutrition, ineffective cleansing habits ing auto-immune reactions. People can even be allergic to their and lack of quality sleep show up on the face. Inflammation own hormones or neurotransmitters. I recently treated three contributes to lines and wrinkles, ruddy or uneven looking clients with thyroid goiters for sensitivity to iodine and their skin, dark circles and blemishes along with a host of other goiters are shrinking! conditions. Americans spend more on miracle creams and lotions than on healthy foods. The quest for that special one Healthy Skin Tips: • Drinkhalfyourweightinouncesofpurifiedwater/day product/quick fi x continues. • Liquid Minerals (especially important if you drink reverse osmosis water. Organo Minerals with fulvic acid is the best!) • Avoidsugarandwhiteflourproducts,replacewithstevia • Highqualityfishoilsupplement • Probioticsdaily,consumeyogurt,kefir,andsauerkraut. • Digestiveenzymes • Exercisetothepointofsweatingandshowerafterwards,sauna either infra red or dry heat. • NaturalSPFsunscreen30 • Naturalchemicalfreemake-up Awakening Abundance Group starting NOW! See events. NEW! Pet Health Group. Very affordable! See events. I honestly feel better than I’ve felt in YEARS! Two things that I’ve noticed are that my eyes are brighter and wider looking. Sometimes I’m taking OFF my glasses to see better – now that’s HUGE. Thank you! – KM, Raton, NM Check out the website for more testimonials: www. abqnaturalhealthcenter.com Dr. Louise is a Naturopathic Doctor specializing in four Biofeedback modalities, Certified Natural Health Professional and health educator. If you have tried many modalities with minimal results, you can experience whole health - physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually with the use of the Quantum Biofeedback, Geotran integrations, naturopathy, and trauma release work, homeopathy, herbs, kinesiology and ionic cleanse footbaths We work with YOU to accomplish your health goals and correct imbalances in the least number of sessions possible. Call today for your appointment! 505-797-0540. 36 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 Bach Remedies – Miracles Await You By Valerie Gifford-Graber, Certified Bach Remedy Counselor, Drug & Alcohol Counselor, Wellness Consultant John Smith (name changed for privacy) said, Hello. I was a Navy Seal and (I) had trouble with PTSD for many years. I had gone through military debriefing and counseling. They helped to some degree, only to have the PTSD return. Though some scars can’t be seen, they are just as painful…if not more so! Eight months ago, I was looking for more counseling for the PTSD, as I was hurting again. I went to The Bach Door and met Valerie Graber. She asked me to use some Bach Remedies. I was skeptical at first, but I tried them anyway. To my amazement, after only 2-3 days, I did not have any more bad dreams (and haven’t had them since). This is truly a miracle! For twenty years I had been plagued by PTSD. This is really how I feel now: I am a free man who loves life. Please try these Bach Remedies…you are worth it. Be well and do good things. – God Bless, John J. Herbert Fill, M.D., psychiatrist and former NY City Commissioner of Mental Health states, I use the remedies almost exclusively, instead of tranquilizers and, in many cases they alleviate the problem when all else has failed. The Bach Remedies are extremely sophisticated in the alleviation of specific moods; are gentle and yet potent in balancing the body’s subtle energy fields. Thought subtle in their action, they are not placebos.” For persons who have trouble sleeping, the Remedies offer welcome relief. Discovered and developed by Dr. Edward Bach over 70 years ago, Dr. Bach’s passion was to find a system of healing that followed his belief of treating the patient and not the dis-ease. He wanted it to be totally safe and simple enough for the lay person to use. Bach Remedies have been widely and successfully established in their use for restoring emotional balance and positive mental attitude. The Remedies are unique in that they seek to balance the person mentally, physically and emotionally. They are completely safe with no counter indications, so they can be used other medications and supplements. Bach Remedies are safe for any age and are economical. Today, many physicians know that emotional and psychological stress can predispose a person to physical disorders, at the same time complicating that disorder and making it more difficult to treat. Studies in the field of Psychoneuroimmunology (PMI) conducted at major university research facilities and medical centers throughout the country reveal that negative emotions can disrupt nervous system responses, thereby reducing the body’s resistance to dis-ease. In Dr. Bach’s words, “Treat people for the emotional unhappiness, allow them to be happy, and they will become well.” Bach Remedies help bring balance when an emotional system is out of balance. Current reports by the American Medical Association stated that 50-75% of all visits to the doctor are stress-related. What is stress? It is the body’s adaptation to change - whether it is the loss of a loved one or a change in the weather. Rescue Remedy is the world’s best selling natural remedy for stress. The effects of Rescue Remedy are dramatic; whether for acute or ongoing stress. And Bach Remedies are often used to treat the side effects of prescribed medications. While my passion is helping people heal with Bach Remedies, I am also a licensed Drug and Alcohol counselor. Over the years I have found the Remedies particularly helpful for relapse and addressing the underlying issues of addiction. For persons sensitive to alcohol and children, I use the alcohol-free Remedies. Illnesses that do not respond to other treatments often do well with the Bach Remedies. I have found that profound healing can take place when the person is treated holistically. In health and hope, Give yourself the gift of a life well-lived with joy. Try Bach Remedies to live a more fulfilling life with less conflict. Having served as a wellness consultant since 1974, I have been trained in many healing modalities. Together, we will develop a personalized plan for you to reach your goals. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 37 The Sensual Kitchen ~ A Prelude to Summer By Kris Wrede, Kismet Potions Make Your Taste Buds Blossom with these Gourmet Essential Oil Treats In the mid 1990’s…a few years after I started making aromatherapy products, I lived in a great apartment in Chicago with a rooftop garden. I always made teas from all the fresh herbs I grew like peppermint, lavender, rose geranium, lemon verbena and lemon balm. Including honey and fruit made up some unique combinations. Then I came up with the idea of using the essential oils…I thought why not intensify the flavors even more? I decided to start using the oils in baking and cooking and dips and made various types of food for my legendary parties. People loved the way the oils intensified the flavors and heightened the sensuality of the food. The biggest secret was to use very little of each oil and some sort of fat for the oils to adhere to. Butter, ghee, olive oil, sesame oil, honey, agave nectar or any type of gourmet cooking oil (and also alcohol and liqueurs) work beautifully to help the oils emulsify. Here are a few of my favorite summer recipes… Grapefruit Salad with Chili Sweet Pistachios, Goat Milk Gouda, and Poppy Seed Dressing with South African Grapefruit and Bergamot Essential Oils Arrange spring lettuce mix and sprouts on each plate adding 4 peeled pink grapefruit sections around the middle of the plate. This is the kind you can buy already peeled in juice in jars. Add a sprinkle of Chili Sweet Pistachios to the center of each plate. Sprinkle a handful of the grated goat milk Gouda (Arina brand available at Whole Foods preferred) in each corner. Have guests serve their own dressing. This is a wonderful spring~ summer dish even as a lunch entree with the buttermilk cornbread, I love it so much I will eat it all year long! Chili Sweet Pistachios 3/4 cup pistachios 1 TB butter 2 TB and 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp mild red chili powder (Chimayo type preferred) Add butter, sugar, chili powder to a frying pan on medium heat. Wait until the sugar crystallizes a little and then add the pistachios. Toast for a few minutes, stirring constantly being very careful since they burn easily. Make sure and blend it well so the sugar is dissolved. Set aside to cool. Poppy Seed Dressing (mix all in blender or food processor} 1/2 cup salad oil 2 tsp salt 2/3 cup lemon juice 2 tsp honey mustard Scant 1/2 cup sugar 2 tsp poppy seeds (the blue ones are fun!) 40 drops South African grapefruit essential and 25 drops bergamot essential oil Passion Sun Tea 1 gallon pitcher, glass preferred 10 to 12 bags Tazo Passion Tea 2 lemons sliced, Meyer lemons are really good in this 2 limes sliced 10 to 15 leaves pineapple sage, fresh if possible (can substitute with mint) 20 leaves of lemon verbena, fresh if possible 8 packages stevia natural sweetener 1 cup bergamot honey (email me for the recipe: info@ kismetpotions.com) Kris Wrede is an Aromatic Alchemist (a specialist in working with essential oils). She works with individuals groups and couples to create custom scents, love potions, perfumes/colognes, skin and body care products and meals your guests will be talking about far into the future! Call Kris at 505-275-6508 for more information or to schedule. www.kismetpotions.com. 38 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 No Fat and So Tasty Too Life is Not a Mystery By Clint G. Bridges By Joy Lynn of Joyous Creations L ife is not a mystery…It is about the expansion of consciousness. On an individual level, it’s about the expansion of consciousness, and the mastery of personal awareness. The nature of existence is Being. Most people believe that life happens to them from the outside in. Those who understand know that Worlds are created from the inside out. I believe in the eternal authenticity of Human Soul. Do you? You do not have A soul; you are not A soul. You ARE SOUL! Different societies and cultures have their own definitions of Sin as determined by their ideas of right and wrong, good and evil. (i.e.: that which is ok in one culture may be taboo in another.) So, what is the real definition of Sin? I believe it to be thusly: Sin is simply ignorance of God. The meaning of the term, “Original Sin” means (to me) that we are all born into this world without knowledge of God. There is no greater purpose in life than to seek God. And, if a person will seek God with all their heart and all their mind, they will eventually evolve into a loving Human Being. Isn’t that what it’s all about? We are God’s thoughts. We are the Spirit expressions of Soul manifesting in physical reality. We are each one, a psychological gestalt of energy. In the world, I am a mortgage broker currently specializing in Reverse Mortgages. As a man very centered in spirit, it is essential to me to live from a very high place of integrity. Honesty and truthfulness apply to everything I do in business as well as in my personal life. If you, or anyone you know is seeking a Mortgage, or especially to learn about or apply for a Reverse Mortgage, I’m here to help. It would be my privilege to serve you! – Clint G. Bridges REVERSE MORTGAGES CAN: Save Your House From Foreclosure, Eliminate Monthly Payments for Life! As we swing through spring into summer the colors of the blooming tulips, lilies and iris’ are like eye candy. Just as nature bursts into color, our bodies love it when we eat colorful foods. Dark greens, vibrant sweet peppers (yellow, green, orange, red)… Ahhhh and the smell of roasting red and green chile at this time of year is just divine. My clients love the variety of ways I introduce veggies into their diets. One incredible way to do that is with vegetable soup. Homemade broth makes a great base. You can use celery, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, garlic, sun dried tomatoes, sweet onion, carrots, peppers hot or mild (your choice), spinach, turnips, parsnip, okay – you get the message. Add dried and fresh herbs, sea salt, cayenne, cracked pepper, and dried seasoning works well too. Simmer for 20-25 minutes until the veggies are cooked through. As your beautiful creation is cooling the flavors are marrying. To add a bit of protein and still be vegetarian-friendly, add your favorite bean to the mix or drop in bits of firm tofu. Adding cooked and drained ground turkey, chicken, bison, elk, very lean beef will add a burst of flavor as well. You can add potato, barley, quinoa, pasta or brown rice for a well balanced meal in a pot. On a fresh and tasty note, chop and have at the ready - sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, carrots, radishes, sweet and hot peppers, broccoli, cauliflower; boil and refrigerate eggs for an on the go snack. Add whole grain cracker and voila! You have created a nutritious, healthy, tasty lunch. And don’t forget the fresh fruit! Joyous Creations is dedicated to health consciousness through great tasting nutritious food. Please call us if you or someone you know needs help with meals. We specialize in delicious meals for those with special food needs. We also prepare, package and deliver. Catering your next luncheon, family gathering, graduation party, wedding, summer solstice, celebration of life party would be our pleasure! Your Personal Chef Extraordinaire! Fresh, tasty, beautiful food created with love Event Planner~No size too small or large Caterer~Special Dietary Needs~No Problem Personal Chef~Very Reasonable Prices Must be 62 yrs or older and have appropriate equity. Free Info No Obligation Clint G. Bridges Mortgage 505-889-3545 NMLS 174012 / MLO 1966017 Joy Lynn~505.715.7992 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 39 Sensational Skin & Body By Trisha Cole, LA Is it possible to have glowing, sensational skin and an improved body, the sooner... the better? The answer is YES! Would you enjoy smoother, firmer, sexy, sensational skin? With plunging necklines, sleeveless tops, bare legs and bathing suits we know our skin is telling our story without saying one word. Adding some secret mission (well not totally) services and selective, state of the art, professional treatments will deliver ‘Very Visible Results’. Our professional products are researched and chosen for their effectiveness and naturalness, without parabens, dyes, or artificial fragrances. Additionally, our products are chirally correct, which means the ingredients comprising the formulation actually will be delivered to the cells and the cells will be able to recognize them and open to receive them. It’s like a lock and key mechanism. The lock and key have to have that perfect fit for an opening to enter and begin their mission…Rejuvenation at the cellular level, where turning back the hands of time occurs! We carry organic feminine personal products, (natural like you) and importantly have a woman’s normal internal pH for non-irritation. For men, a soothing, hydrating and nourishing line for his skin, just in time for graduation or Father’s Day, plus natural sun blocks and sunless tanning lotions for ‘safe sun’. Using our products consistently will make visible differences and have lasting results rather than superficial ones. Your money is truly working for you! Trisha Cole is a Licensed Skin Specialist with many advanced studies in Skin and Health & Wellness. She has over 20 years of professional experience in the Art of Skin Care. Her MariEl Reiki training and attunement was 20 years ago with creator, Ethel Lombardi. Reflexology and its integral relationship in health and wellbeing is her interest for many years and studying and experimenting with formulating Cellulite products & treatments. Using our products consistently will create visible differences! Call today to schedule your appointment and enjoy ‘Very Visible Results’. 505-710-0191. Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 41 Lymphatic Massage, Why Do I Need It T By Raquel Fontes, LMT #5620 he Lymphatic System is the first line of defense for our immune system! Lymphatic massage is so effective in helping your body detox that I teach my clients how to do it on themselves! Like brushing your teeth everyday keep your gums and teeth healthier, it is very beneficial to do a lymphatic massage often to keep your system working well. One of the main functions of the lymphatic system is to eliminate foreign antigens and toxic chemicals. In today’s lifestyle, is very hard to keep your body clean, even when you eat organic vegetables, grains and meat! The food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe exposes our systems to hundreds of chemicals every day of our lives! Deep Lymphatic Massage works directly on the lymphatic system with slow, smooth and gently deep hand movements to improve lymphatic fluid flow and empowers the system to remove toxic chemicals out of the body. We have 5 liters of the blood in our bodies and 40 liters of lymphatic fluid! That is 8 times more lymph fluid! You can see why it is so important to keep the lymph system flowing well. As with Lymphatic Massage, Far Infra Red Sauna and Essential Oil Treatments are powerful for detoxification. (I use doTerra® essential oils with each treatment!) 30 minutes in the Far Infra Red Sauna can help with: Pain Allergies Detox Asthma Bronchitis Obesity Fibromyalgia Eczema Acne/Scars Skin Tone Elasticity Wrinkles Reduction Chronic Infections Low Blood Pressure Essential Oils can help with emotional, physical, mental and spiritual healing. I also use them for weight loss, mental clarity, grounding, depression, sadness, muscle pain, stress, allergies, headaches, etc. Please visit my website and check out all of the treatments I offer: www.restorativemassageforhealing.com. Bring this article and receive 10% off on your first visit! 42 Relax While You Detox! Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 By Mickey Sutton, LMT #603 & Ina Stewart H ow does almost two hours of total relaxation sound to you? What a wonderful way to relieve stress! Have a back massage, rest with your ankles on the chi machine (that rocks your legs side to side), and listen to some smooth music. Then enjoy a Hot Body Wrap and finish off with a Footbath. Many of our clients relax so deeply, they fall asleep during the massage and the Wrap. Others enjoy a lovely meditation. Lose Inches, Improve Circulation, Decrease Pain: Each body wrap is individually designed for your body’s needs for detoxifying and inch loss, from full figure to petite, men or women. Many people utilize it for losing inches, but the Hot Body Wrap also helps improve circulation and can help to alleviate pain in the joints and muscles. Because the body wrap is snug (but not uncomfortable) and used in conjunction with heat, the muscles and joints often feel better. Improve Skin Texture with Detoxification: Impurities in our bodies cause our skin to age faster and can also lead to fatigue, and an increased amount of visible wrinkles! Our Hot Body Wraps help get rid of impurities while helping to restore the look of more youthful skin. Some of our clients report that the texture of their skin is noticeably more radiant after a Wrap. The wrap solution has been clinically demonstrated (with ultrasonic photography) to nutritionally release fat out of the cells. The fat is then naturally carried out of the body through the normal elimination process. May Madness Special: With each full Hot Body Wrap or Two Half Wraps purchased, receive one Footbath FREE! Check out our website www.hotbodywraps.com or call 505-8980198 for questions or an appointment. Mickey, LMT #603, has been a licensed and insured massage therapist for over 19 years. She also does chair massages on site at your business, or event. The Perfect Match By Elizabeth Ferrell, CPDH A Connecting to Creator By Robin Gardner s most of you know, my plans are to move to Costa Rica by the end of this year. My real dilemma was in finding the ideal person to take over my holistic dental hygiene practice. It was very important to me that the new owner give the same gentle, thorough cleanings that I have become known for. After many months of looking for a Dental Hygienist with the same type of practice philosophy, gentle touch and holistic attitude and way of life, my prayers have been answered. I have found the “Perfect Match” for my clients and business. Not one, but a team of two Dental Hygienists will be taking over my practice. I am so excited to introduce Doris Turcotte and Sandy Ganshaw to Truly Alive readers and the Albuquerque community. They will be taking Smiles for Miles to the next level of professional, gentle holistic dental hygiene. This team is awesome, and I am absolutely sure that they will be able to connect with all of my current clients and be of great service to the new future clients of Smiles for Miles as well. The last nine years as owner of Smiles for Miles have been a rich experience. I am truly thankful for each and every one of my clients and all the knowledge and experience I’ve gained through them. I will miss experiencing the hands-on clinical portion of my career, but I am incredibly excited about the coming adventures in promoting Dental Tourism to Costa Rica. In addition to my work as a Dental Tourism Concierge, my plan (with a dear friend) is to open a Medical Tourism Bed & Breakfast. I hope to see some of you in Costa Rica in the future; taking advantage of the amazing savings on the high quality dentistry or just to visit. Spirituality of the Third Millennium by Roger G. Lanphear is a new work written for all seeking to expand their horizons. It is a Holy Text of instructive guidance that provides a fresh approach to connecting with our Creator. The knowledge is available now because humanity has risen to a higher level of consciousness. Our minds are more able to receive revelations that were inconceivable before. The transformative tools in the book are specific for this present moment in time. 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Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 43 Astrological Forecast: May/June John Clinton | Psychic Astrologer | 505-489-1122 30+ Years Experience Interpreting Stellar Events Aries (3/21-4/19): In MAY, you could become a driving force for others. They need some direction from you. People are searching for clues, feeling abused, and acting confused. Meanwhile, you jet to the front of the pack. So, the Rams are chosen to lead others into unexplored realms of the mind. Action is your creed this month. Others can’t keep up as you disappear over the horizon. May becomes a time of self-focus as you picture the rewards to come from your successes. JUNE sees a change in your activity. You spend more time in one place, working to improve your financial picture. You always challenge yourself, and your self-esteem rises from a sense of accomplishment this month. Your impulsive nature is guided by a deep awareness of career issues. Your vigilance could expose company waste or theft. Your plans find receptive ears. Your future looks so bright you might need shades. Taurus (4/20-5/20): MAY includes Cinco de Mayo and for you, that should be celebrated as hedonistically as you legally can. Do be careful with your reputation by remembering that small actions draw huge misconceptions this month. To avoid the microscope that you are under, you may tend to isolate to find peace. May 16th could be a serious moment which disrupts your fun. There seems to be a fear about permanence that follows a karmic encounter. Let it be! After the first week of JUNE, you emerge from some sleepy kind of place. A wholeness comes from your recent reflections on deep issues. 6/8 has you in a state of “knowing”. There are high sources guiding you with deep promptings. The New Moon of 6/22 is good for launching new projects. A new person in your life has hidden conflicts. Logic combines with intuition for you this month. Gemini (5/21-6/21): Limiting your travel time is highly advised for the month of MAY. I know that’s like asking you to not breathe this month, but home is actually your best place until June. While others stay out, you tend to stay in. Your time is filled with distracting details anyway. Soul searching is part of a spiritual quest during your alone times. Your thirst for mental stimulus could actually be quenched by this need to know your own soul. This subconscious world has a reward. JUNE is far more productive in the physical world than May will be. Your theme for June is shown by the fascinating connections in your social world. A secret from May is revealed before mid-June. Your words will travel beyond private conversations this month. After 6/13, there can be treasures of a sort for your earthly obligations. These treasures are partly from your own inherent brilliance and partly from a need to know which augments to your brilliance: and that is your treasure! 44 Truly Alive | A Living Naturally Magazine | May/June 2011 Cancer (6/22-7/22): This MAY month is generally about friendships, high ideals, money from business, and nurturing as a two-way street. In the actual ocean, crabs are nurturing their newborns and planning a delightful summer near the beach. New starts are set in motion. The Full Moon of 5/8 raises the tides and your passions. You may feel transposed by what is to follow. Stay sane. Acting on your feelings will be more accurate than responding to a misinformation infestation in May. JUNE has the Sun’s rays lighting the hidden factors from the past year. Just as the Moon reflects and softens sunlight so too will you reflect on these uncovered matters. It’s always good to tie any loose ends during the 30 days before your birthday. This clears out the cobwebs and prepares your “house” for a year of new experiences. By clearing away old mind stressors, you become a lean, clean, and serene machine as a new yearly cycle begins, during and after June. Leo (7/23-8/22): In MAY, you may not be in town to read this, but be careful in your travels. If you are, you will be safe even if you are drawn beyond your usual territory. In pursuit of your desires, you have crossed boundaries to a more expansive world. You succeed in completing career responsibilities while saving time for leisure freedom this month. Your date book is filled, if single, and if married, you are very happy. Cutting back on dairy products will keep you healthier in May. JUNE sees the Sun tripping merrily along through Gemini, until it hits a brick wall on 6/5. This event could prove difficult, but easily resolved before the Full Moon of 6/8. From the Sun’s viewpoint the Moon is always full. Let there be merriment and dancing with friends for your light fills all with love and vitality. 6/17 sees you awaking from a dream, drifting aimlessly through the morning, and celebrating that night. 6/21 finds you alone, but happily rooting out hidden truths. The month ends on that note. Virgo (8/23-9/22): Darn it! Mercury is in retrograde most of the month of MAY. This means a lack of progress in the outer world which can work very nicely for you. School day memories come flooding back for some, while others climb spiritual trails to explore their freedom needs. The career focus returns after 5/20. Incompetence around you makes you long for a more perfect world, like Planet Premium. Just continue guarding your health, working an honest day, and doing well by others. As JUNE pulls back its curtains, you see through a window that your good fortune has arrived. Love and life feel just perfect around 6/6. 6/9 says to take a deep breath before plunging into things. That works in diving and will work for your new situations. You could become a worker hero as you save the company from a major expense. Your mind is sharp as you problem solve all month. The New Moon of 6/22 promises love and passion, yet Luna also advises some personal upgrades. Enjoy! Libra (9/23-10/22): MAY is harmonized by schmoozing socially during your free time. You become deeply absorbed by another. This blob-like occurrence may require a willing surrender. What your eye beholdeth is not the blob part, only the beauty and it’s depth. May is a love story written in the stars. Your Scales become dysfunctional as you melt into a dreamy state of happiness. No scales are needed since love, after all, is weightless. True love is obvious, as you know. Your sails are full. As JUNE opens, we find the Libran focused on one person, one love, and the richness of life. The Full Moon of 6/7 only peaks your continuing desire nature. It seems that you got this way from recent mind expanding experiences. Others didn’t want to tip their personal scales with such nonsense. Your career could take a hit during this time, but the New Moon of 6/22 brings a refocused seriousness. Stay balanced during this last tough week of June and all will be well. Scorpio (10/23-11/21): Your water is rising as a flood of activity and health concerns tends to inundate the shores of your deep, calm waters. The Full Moon of 5/9 could bring out your hidden werewolf tendencies. Let your partner do the talking lest someone notices your fangs. In all truth, MAY is all about attaining an ideal stage in your lifelong pursuits. Each Scorpion has his own pursuit. Pleasing platitudes are plentiful and your plausible plans will plate your playful places in platinum. JUNE has its earthly temptations this first week. Love is all around you and passions build to the Full Moon weekend of 6/6 and 6/7. Actually falling in love could be the consequence. Money arrives around this same timeframe. Despite all this, you have a depth of consciousness which can make you feel alone in the midst of light heartedness. As summer begins, you finally relax and float on the river of emotions. Be not detracted from that mood by guilt trippers. Sagittarius (11/22-12/21): Jupiter in Aquarius has you all wound up. How liberating for you. Being free to bring people together is your joy this month and next. In MAY you are also drawn to charitable causes. By freely helping another, your dreams become energized into actuality around 5/27. An influx of psychic energy will connect your mind to the ocean’s depths and the far reaches of outer space. MAY will be your most romantic month of the year. Relationships is your key word. During JUNE, you may want to wind things up by mid-month. That’s when Jupiter wants to turn your attention inward. You have improved your outer world and friendships; now, you reconnect to your high ideals and philosophy. That doesn’t mean you become a nun. It’s just a mental upgrade. This change is connected to your relationship. You tend to pull away. 6/17 is ripe for good times. Maybe, just one last frivolous night would be fine before your journey within begins. Capricorn (12/22-1/19): Winter finally ends for the mountain-climbing Seagoats. The trails feel warmer despite their coolness. For you, this means an awakening of your desire nature and a return to progress in all your efforts. Life always seems to be an effort to your karma-laden Sign. Your rewards are few, but richly enjoyed after patient plodding along. A new home might tickle your neurons. May isn’t good for travel, but after that it’s fine until September. Keep your dry humor. JUNE 5th could have a small setback, but you will be able to continue your climb gingerly after that. Slow and steady wins the race unless it’s the 100 meter. Life is a marathon. June is very romantic and quite creative. Despite the expenses, your finances are strong. To prevent rapid aging, try to see the whole picture. You could become absorbed by work and health concerns. 6/22 could begin a workout routine which opens the lungs, opens the mind, and opens the door to inner peace. Aquarius (1/20-2/18): The perfect activity for MAY is traveling with friends. Your world is expanding because you are seeking an understanding of life’s higher meaning. Don’t forget that you live in a physical world with a physical body. Protect all your financial dealings ‘til summer’s end. Use logic. There are details at home which need your attention after 5/13. You could be sensitive to certain medicines after 5/29. Taking care of your body will allow you to enjoy travel and romance in May. JUNE opens with a series of hot conversations which fill your heart with glee. 6/2 brings love and mail to gladden your day. 6/4 is perfect for romantic settings. Friends fill the Full Moon weekend of 6/6. 6/8 may seem too tiring, physically. 6/9 is tricky. 6/17 is fun, but challenging. 6/21 is about kids and family. Love abounds on this Father’s Day. 6/22 creates health awareness. A check up and supplements can keep you healthy. June favors using your down time to start writing that book. Pisces (2/19-3/20): MAY is one of your favorite months. This year it is even better as you create an abundance of self-esteem and cold, hard cash. The Fish always have one fin in another world. That world of dreams, fantasy and the subconscious is so attuned to your natural desire for peace, love, and happiness. May builds to a sense of wholeness and utter sublimity. This is a golden month with a golden staircase to a new level of being. You are about to scale the falls to a golden pond. JUNE has confusion which leads to more confusion. You will need to research what you hear and see to find the facts. This will break you out of a whirlpool effect. 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