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SEPT/OCT 2012<br />
©Sean Kapera<br />
Deep Truth, Igniting the<br />
Memory of Our Origin,<br />
History, Destiny and Fate<br />
reveals new discoveries that<br />
change the way we think<br />
about everything; from our<br />
personal relationships to<br />
civilization itself. When the<br />
facts become clear, our choices<br />
become obvious.<br />
If you have curiosity about<br />
what’s happening on our<br />
planet right now, along<br />
with what we’ve learned<br />
about ancient civilizations to<br />
date, read Deep Truth! (and<br />
attend the Wisdom of the<br />
Origins Conference featuring<br />
Gregg Braden, Barbara Marx<br />
Hubbard, Marianne Williamson<br />
and more: pg. 27 and also see<br />
Classes, pg 2.)<br />
Brilliant and insightful…I see<br />
Gregg Braden as one of our<br />
great visionaries.<br />
–Dr. Wayne Dyer,<br />
author of The Power<br />
of Intention<br />
Gregg Braden is a rare blend of<br />
scientist, visionary and scholar<br />
with the ability to speak to<br />
our minds, while touching the<br />
wisdom of our hearts.<br />
–Dr. Deepak Chopra,<br />
author of How To Know God<br />
2 Classes and Workshops<br />
3 News and Events<br />
6 From the Publisher<br />
8 Exercise for a Youthful You<br />
by Michelle Morath<br />
9 Lingering Pain?<br />
by Victoria L. Magown,<br />
10 The Bottom Line<br />
by Sandi Ganshaw, RDH, BS<br />
10 How to Create a Joyful Life<br />
by Lara LaVonne Jordan, RScP<br />
11 Understanding the Environmental<br />
Influences of Neurotoxins on Your<br />
Brain: Heavy Metals<br />
by Pamela Costello, MD, PhD<br />
12 A Weekend of Healing with Sherry<br />
(Shahpar) Mosavar Rahmani<br />
13 October...Think Green for Money NOT<br />
Just Pink for Breast Cancer<br />
by Dr. Carla Garcia, DOM<br />
14 Spin Doctor<br />
by Dr. Stephen P. Weiss, MD<br />
16 A Body You’ll Love<br />
by Dr. Mark L. Schwartz, Chiropractor<br />
17 #1 Solution for Pain & Inflammation<br />
by Sunil Pai, MD & Maureen Sutton, LMT<br />
#5221<br />
18 The Hormone & Anti-Aging Center<br />
Now Open!<br />
by Tom White, RPh, Phc & Frank Latino,<br />
RPh, MS, PhC<br />
20 The Wave of the Future – Brain Balancing<br />
by Louise Swartswalter, ND, CBS, CNHP, CALT<br />
21 From Self-Centered to Universal<br />
Consciousness<br />
by Wendy Foxworth<br />
22 European Commission Report<br />
Recommends Phasing Out Dental<br />
Amalgam<br />
by Dr. Mercola<br />
24 TRULY ALIVE FEATURE SECTION<br />
An interview with Gregg Braden & an<br />
overview of his newest book, Deep Truth<br />
by Karen Larré, Carla Garcia & Mary Anne<br />
Weaver<br />
27 Exploring the Essence of Time at the<br />
Wisdom from the Origins Conference<br />
by Glenn Aparicio Parry, PhD<br />
28 The Heart is a Radiator, Not a<br />
Discriminator<br />
by Ellen Tadd<br />
29 Your Last Diet<br />
by Dr. Jan Jay, DOM<br />
30 Energy Ways: Restoring the Light Body<br />
with Denise Furgason & Ellen Selover<br />
30 My Body Spoke...I Listened<br />
by Jennifer McKay Vaitkus<br />
31 Relief from Your Pain<br />
by Gwen Pullen, CWK, MBA & Dr. Gail Drane,<br />
DOM<br />
32 HCG Diet, Accidents and Natural Face<br />
Lifts<br />
by Dr. Carla Garcia, DOM<br />
33 S.T.A.R., Now State of Being<br />
by Nina Brown<br />
34 The Energy of Prayer<br />
by Rev. Kylie Renner<br />
35 It’s All About the Water!!!<br />
by Bill Haggard, All About Health<br />
36 Manifest What You Want...Now!<br />
by Janet L. Hall, ND, CKP, CMI, CHt, CBT<br />
37 Dear Melissa – Melissa Frei Answers Your<br />
Questions<br />
38 Socially Active, Peaceful at Heart<br />
by Rev. Martha Quintana<br />
38 A Sincere “Thank You!”<br />
by Rhonda Owen<br />
39 Fusion Salon is Enviro-Friendly<br />
by Deborah Remington<br />
39 Change Your Brain: Eliminate Stress &<br />
Anxiety<br />
by Regina Coffman<br />
40 Get Support for the Healing Process<br />
by Kerry Leigh<br />
40 Bowenwork® Changes Lives!<br />
offered by Hans Levy, PT, LMT #5870<br />
41 Celebrate December 21, 2012 in<br />
Ceremony at Chaco Canyon<br />
by Phaeryn Sheehan<br />
42 The More You Know About Our Meat the<br />
Better<br />
from Whole Foods Market resources<br />
43 Home Ownership Now – Easier Than You<br />
Think!<br />
by Nancy Bowers, Realtor®<br />
44 Astrological Forecast for Sept/Oct<br />
by John Clinton<br />
46 Resource Directory<br />
48 Advertising Rates<br />
Additional articles online: www.trulyalive.net<br />
<strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> | September/October 2012 1
EVENTS AT:<br />
Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living<br />
Events Center: 901 Rio Grande Blvd.<br />
Suite E-130 • Albuquerque<br />
505-224-9405 • www.rgcsl.org<br />
Foundations of the Science of Mind<br />
Thursdays for 10 weeks; starts Sept 20<br />
6-9pm • Early Bird: $225 + books<br />
$250 + after Sept 20 date<br />
Join Rev. Martha<br />
for this lifechanging<br />
course<br />
that utilizes<br />
Science of Mind’s<br />
ten core concepts. Explore the practical<br />
application of metaphysical principles and<br />
change your life! In addition to Dr. Ernest<br />
Holmes, this course features writings from<br />
ministers like Dr. Bill Hornaday, Terry Cole<br />
Whitaker, and Dr. Kathy Hearn. Textbooks<br />
required: Science of Mind, Ernest Holmes, It<br />
Is About You, Kathy Juline.<br />
Mind Body Connection<br />
Mondays for 8 weeks; starts Sept 17<br />
6-9pm • Early Bird: $200 + book<br />
$225 + after Sept 17 date<br />
Increase your understanding of the mind/<br />
body connection, and a gain deeper<br />
understanding of physical healing. Clear,<br />
step by step process that deals with<br />
the emotional issues surrounding the<br />
body, gives emphasis to effective prayer,<br />
unlearning old concepts of duality and<br />
disease, and even practical considerations<br />
such as locating health professionals who<br />
support your belief system. Instructor:<br />
Barbara Kraft, RScP. Textbook required:<br />
Science of Mind, Ernest Holmes.<br />
Ignite Your Life with Bible Wisdom<br />
Thursdays for 10 weeks; starts Sept 20<br />
6-9pm • Early Bird: $225 + books<br />
$250 + after Sept 20 date<br />
Students become familiar with the power<br />
of Jesus’ parable stories as inspiration for<br />
transforming the soul. Bring the ancient<br />
parables to life; relate them to the challenges<br />
of today’s world. Discussions, role-playing,<br />
problem-solving exercises, and creative<br />
arts expressions. Instructors: Lovater Jones,<br />
RScP & Bill McKibben, RScP Textbooks<br />
required: Learn to Live, Ervin Seale; Holy<br />
Bible, George Lamsa.<br />
Relief from Grief<br />
Tuesdays for 8 weeks; starting<br />
Sept 18, 7:30-9pm • $150<br />
Grief is a process; a journey of understanding,<br />
accepting and a healing of all the feelings<br />
experienced. Working with the right tools<br />
and spiritual practices, you can understand<br />
Rio Grande Center cont’d<br />
the process and find success. Learn about<br />
the seven stages of grief and the process of<br />
working through each stage. Gain the tools<br />
to navigate through your grief. Facilitator:<br />
Kathy Mathiason, RScP.<br />
Reiki I Classes • $150<br />
Usui System 14-hr class<br />
Sept 6-9, Oct 25-28, Nov 1-4<br />
Thurs & Fri: 6-8 pm<br />
Sat & Sun: 1-6 pm<br />
Taught by Reiki Master Elizabeth Valsala,<br />
Furumoto lineage, practicing Reiki for 24 years,<br />
teaching for 21 years.<br />
505-323-1993 • www.ReikiABQ.com<br />
Wisdom of the Origins Conference<br />
Mayan Calendar & Other Prophecies<br />
Future of Humanity – September 13-17<br />
Thurs. through Sun. • Fees/Options:<br />
www.seedgraduateinstitute.org<br />
Are you ready<br />
for the changes<br />
of 2012 and<br />
beyond? This<br />
conference<br />
brings together Indigenous elders, social<br />
visionaries, ecologists, philosophers,<br />
healers, and experts on the Mayan calendar<br />
including Barbara Marx Hubbard, Marianne<br />
Williamson, Gregg Braden, James O’Dea<br />
and more than 30 others. Join us in this<br />
unprecedented opportunity to learn from<br />
the elders and participate in group dialogue,<br />
storytelling, and ceremonies that promote<br />
balance, harmony, and healing…and prepare!<br />
Held at: Marriott Pyramid North<br />
5151 San Francisco Rd. NE, ABQ 87109<br />
Registration Info: www.seedinstituteabq.org<br />
Sept. 21-23, 2012<br />
Health Spirituality<br />
WORKSHOP WEEKEND<br />
All 3 days/events, BEST VALUE • $44<br />
With ticket purchase by 9/15/12<br />
Meet the Workshop Speakers & <strong>Truly</strong><br />
<strong>Alive</strong> Advertisers, 9/21, 7-9pm • $10*<br />
5 Workshops, 9/22, 8:45am-5:30pm • $26*<br />
5 Workshops, 9/23, 8:45am-5:30pm • $26*<br />
1 Workshop (any one Sat or Sun) • $8<br />
Meet, greet and get your questions answered<br />
from the workshop presenters and <strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong><br />
advertisers at the Friday Mixer. Appetizers and<br />
light refreshments included Friday evening.<br />
Attend all 3 days of events or choose the<br />
portion that speaks to your heart. Join us for<br />
this informative, life-changing event! Tickets:<br />
www.trulyalive.net (*+ tax – added at checkout)<br />
or call Karen: 505-828-3430<br />
PSYCH-K Basic Workshop<br />
September 28-29, 9am-5pm<br />
$375 advance fee<br />
The best technique<br />
available to “change<br />
your thinking – change<br />
your life,” PSYCH-K<br />
shows you how to overcome your limiting subconscious<br />
beliefs. The process teaches you how<br />
to access subconscious beliefs and change them<br />
effectively to resolve negative habits, phobias<br />
and behaviors. Learn to transform limiting unconscious<br />
programs into life supporting and<br />
success promoting ones in as little as 10 minutes.<br />
Limited space.<br />
High Desert Center for Spiritual Living<br />
5621 Paradise Blvd NW, 87114<br />
Ted Dale: 505-263-5402; tededale@gmail.com<br />
October 13-14 9:30-5:30pm both days<br />
Hanna Kroeger’s Methods & Practice –<br />
Level 1 • $285 + required book Help One<br />
Another – $55 value • Book is free if paid<br />
in full by Sept. 15<br />
Learn the seven physical<br />
causes of Ill health,<br />
Kinesiology/dowsing,<br />
simple trauma release techniques such as<br />
the tailbone set, whiplash set, brain stem set,<br />
herbs/homeopathic remedies that get results.<br />
Hurry, this class fills up quickly!<br />
505-797-0540 • www.abqnaturalhealthcenter.com<br />
Golden Dolphin S.T.A.R. Clinic<br />
Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa<br />
Santa Ana Pueblo (near ABQ, NM)<br />
Oct 19-21, 3pm Friday, 5pm Sunday*<br />
Early Registration by Sept 7, $278 + tx<br />
After Sept 7, $330 + tx<br />
(Room/Meals Add’l)<br />
Ascension 2012: “Ancient<br />
and New Codes Revealed”<br />
transformational retreat. Join<br />
the Golden Dolphin S.T.A.R.<br />
Clinic team to usher in the<br />
golden age of divine love<br />
and manifest the new earth.<br />
Work with the quantum field. Call in beings<br />
of light and higher consciousness. Raise your<br />
frequency. Know thyself as divine. *Participants<br />
are encouraged to stay overnight n the beautiful<br />
Hyatt Tamaya in order to hold space for the event<br />
throughout the weekend. Ask about discounted<br />
group room rates. Attendance is limited. $100<br />
deposit reserves your spot; balance of $230<br />
due on 9/19/12.<br />
Contact: Nina Brown, Anchor for the<br />
S.T.A.R Clinic<br />
Registration/info: www.goldendolphins.com<br />
Info@goldendolphins.com or 505-559-4441<br />
Additional events added in between issues! Check the website often: www.trulyalive.net<br />
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Holographic Sound Healing<br />
Certification Training<br />
Nov 9, 7-9:30pm, Nov 10, 10-6:30pm,<br />
Nov.11, 10-4:30pm<br />
$330 Early Bird, $385 after Oct. 30<br />
Learn applications and proven<br />
techniques in Holographic Sound<br />
Healing, harnessing the multidimensional<br />
power of sound.<br />
Heighten your ability to connect to<br />
Spirit in its multidimensional aspects through the<br />
Merkaba Light Body Activation, the chosen Light<br />
Body Vehicle of the Masters. Perfect for personal<br />
use or as a powerful addition to your healing practice.<br />
Listen to interview with Dr. Hubbert about<br />
the workshop at http://tinyurl.com/hsound.<br />
Details: www.HolographicSound.com<br />
Registration: Paul@HolographicSound.com<br />
Info: 512-891-7887 • Held at: Santa Fe Soul<br />
2905 Rodeo Park Dr. • East Bldg #3 • Santa Fe<br />
Energy Ways: Restoring the Light Body<br />
November 10, 9:30-4:30pm<br />
Call Wanda Barrows (# below) for pricing<br />
Get acquainted with your<br />
body’s energy systems;<br />
amazing latticework of<br />
patterns, vibrations, colors<br />
that shape the way you feel, think, live.<br />
Understand these energies; develop a conscious<br />
relationship with them and live your life<br />
fully. Workshop Presenters, former ARE staff<br />
members, 20+ years: Ellen Selover and Denise<br />
Furgason.<br />
Edgar Cayce Foundation<br />
Held at: Unity Spiritual Center<br />
9800 Candelaria NE, ABQ 87112<br />
To Register: 1-888-273-0020<br />
Local Info: Wanda Barrows: 505-890-0878<br />
Spiritual Warriorship Of Hear t Intensive<br />
All Day Saturdays, Once/Month<br />
through 2012 (Sats and Sundays during<br />
Equinox and Solstice)<br />
Enrollment now open for all who<br />
are willing to embrace Spiritual<br />
Invitations that break open and<br />
heal the heart. Attendance can be<br />
at our Headquarters or via Video<br />
Stream HQ: 223 14th St SW, ABQ,<br />
NM 87102<br />
Ira Cooper: 505-247-0495,<br />
iracooper01@gmail.com<br />
Sponsored by Ascended Masters Foundation<br />
www.ascendedmastersfoundation.org<br />
News & Events<br />
Events<br />
Lemurian Choir, Pineal Toning inspired<br />
by Dr. Todd Ovokaitys<br />
Activate DNA & pineal gland for<br />
anti-aging/awakening. Last toned<br />
26,000 years ago in Lemuria.<br />
Practice toning sessions prior to<br />
12-21-12. SanRa Alworth: 505-239-2445,<br />
Maitreya Meditation Center,<br />
www.starlightspiritualhealing.com<br />
EVENTS AT:<br />
819 Vassar Drive NE<br />
Albuquerque, NM 87106<br />
Self-Hypnosis Class<br />
Sept 13 & Oct 11, 6-7pm • FREE<br />
David B Fisher, Clinical Hypnotherapist<br />
provides an overview of Hypnosis and a<br />
discussion/demonstration of Self-Hypnosis<br />
Techniques. Class will include Q & A. Space<br />
is limited.<br />
www.davidbfisherhypnotherapy.com.<br />
Please RSVP: 505-463-7392.<br />
Sound Healing Meditation<br />
October 14, 6-7:30pm • $10 Donation<br />
Trudy Charlton, Sound Alchemist will lead<br />
meditation using selected crystal bowls,<br />
matching color frequencies and other<br />
sound tools. Non-experienced meditators<br />
welcomed. Each meditation is different and<br />
no two people have the same experience.<br />
Trudy Charlton: 505-565-0620<br />
Events at Vassar cont’d<br />
Carol Joyce Channelings<br />
Oct 7 & Nov 4, 6:30-8pm • $20 Donation<br />
Do you seek a message from a loved one<br />
or want to hear a message that will help<br />
you during these challenging times? Carol<br />
brings with her, her heart, spirit and 40 years<br />
experience. Carol’s messages offer advice for<br />
our highest good. Info: 505-884-4533<br />
EVENTS AT:<br />
ABQ Natural Health Center<br />
Louise Swartswalter, ND, CBS, CNHP, CALT<br />
5341 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Ste. B<br />
ABQ 87109 • 505-797-0540<br />
www.abqnaturalhealthcenter.com<br />
Brain Boosters Group<br />
Sept 19, Oct 17, Nov 14, Dec 12<br />
6:30-8pm • Free informational meeting<br />
Learn proven techniques to balance the brain<br />
and optimize memory. Understand brain<br />
waves and how they are related to learning,<br />
memory and performance. Additional<br />
topics include: ADD/ADHD, Autism and<br />
learning, nutrition, supplements, brain food,<br />
organizational tips, life style changes & more.<br />
Health and Spirituality Workshop<br />
Experience the Power of Brain-Soul<br />
Balancing • September 22, 10:30am<br />
Our brain stores pictures of positive and<br />
negative events. When the negative events are<br />
cleared your soul’s path can truly shine! Pow-<br />
ABQ Natural Health Center cont’d<br />
erful combination of biofeedback, emotional<br />
clearing & neurotransmitter balancing—<br />
UNIQUE! Join us & feel the difference.<br />
EVENTS OFFERED BY:<br />
The Ascended Masters Foundation<br />
1325 Park Ave. SW, Suite 110<br />
Albuquerque, NM 87102<br />
505-401-2527<br />
www.ascdendedmastersfoundation.org<br />
Medicine Wheel Ceremony<br />
Nambé Lake, outside of Santa Fe<br />
September 30, 9am-3pm • $20<br />
Join us restore our relationship to our Earth<br />
Mother.<br />
Info/RSVP, Marshall Estner: 505-850-2132<br />
Medicine Wheel Ceremony<br />
Petroglyph National Park, ABQ<br />
Ocober 27, 9am-3pm • $20<br />
Join us celebrate our new relationship with<br />
our Earth Mother.<br />
Info/RSVP, Marshall Estner: 505-850-2132<br />
St. Germain Channeling<br />
October 19, 7:30pm<br />
Love Offering Appreciated<br />
Join Phaeryn Sheehan channeling the<br />
presence of St. Germain—preparing us to<br />
embrace the New Times on Earth.<br />
At: Crystal Dove Bookstore<br />
525 Central NE, ABQ 87102<br />
Contact Phaeryn: 505-401-2527<br />
Additional events added in between issues! Check the website often: www.trulyalive.net<br />
<strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> | September/October 2012 3
News & Events<br />
EVENTS AT:<br />
High Desert Center for Spiritual Living<br />
5621 Paradise Blvd NW, 87114<br />
505-922-1200 • www.hdcsl.org<br />
Healing Service<br />
Sept 10 & Nov 12, 7-8pm • Free<br />
In the high vibration of unconditional<br />
Love, there will be meditation, chant, and<br />
experienced healers doing spiritual healing<br />
for you as an individual. Healing the energy<br />
field, hands on (optional) healing touch, and<br />
affirmative prayer will be offered. All are<br />
welcome. 505-922-1200<br />
Eating For Energy Workshop<br />
September 15, 9-11am • Love Offering<br />
Feeling sluggish, hungry, cranky? How would<br />
you like to increase your energy so you can<br />
do the things you love? Learn some simple<br />
things that can make the difference you’re<br />
seeking. 505-922-1200<br />
Deeper Meaning of the Lord’s Prayer<br />
October 4, 7-9pm • Love Offering<br />
Greg Toews, certified Pranic Healer &<br />
instructor, is a student of Grandmaster<br />
Chua Kook Sui’s teachings presents. He has<br />
facilitated more than 60,000 healing sessions<br />
& has achieved miraculous results in the<br />
healings of physical & emotional conditions.<br />
Info, Rita Herther: 505-298-4823<br />
Weigh Less, Live More Workshop<br />
October 6, 9-11am • Love Offering<br />
Do you believe you have to cut back on<br />
calories, deprive yourself of foods that taste<br />
delicious, or exercise into oblivion in order to<br />
get to a weight that works for you? Not so!<br />
Join us and find out why. 505-922-1200<br />
Events AT:<br />
Mama’s Minerals • 505-266-8443<br />
1100 San Mateo Blvd NE @ Lomas • ABQ<br />
www.MamasMinerals.com<br />
Metaphysical Crystal Basics 101<br />
Call for complete Schedule • $20<br />
Learn how crystals can help heal aspects of<br />
the body & empower your life. Great class for<br />
beginners, covering subjects such as subtle<br />
energy, charging stones, elixirs, & crystal<br />
meditations. Presented by Marcia Stevenson.<br />
Mama’s Alternative Health Fair<br />
October 6, 10am-3pm • FREE<br />
October soars with the coolest Alternative<br />
Health Fair in Albuquerque! Come to Mama’s<br />
Minerals to experience New Mexico’s Finest<br />
Healers in an outdoor event. Participate in a<br />
Mayan opening ceremony at 10am. – Booths<br />
cost $20. Please call Valerie Gallegos: 505-<br />
604-3258.<br />
EVENTS AT:<br />
White Horse • Info: 505-255-5217<br />
3420 Lomas Blvd. NE, 87106<br />
www.AbqWhiteHorse.com<br />
The Art of Palmistry<br />
September 6, 6:30-8pm • $15<br />
Learn how to look at the shape and<br />
configuration of your hands to see the unique<br />
characteristics of your personality. Learn<br />
about shapes, mounts, and the four major<br />
lines on the palm: head, heart, life, and fate.<br />
Sound Healing Concert with Paradiso<br />
and Rasamayi<br />
September 11, 7pm • $20 in advance<br />
A Channeled Sound Experience — a transformative<br />
spiritual event, with multidimensional<br />
journeys & extraordinary experiences.<br />
Experience “King,” the world’s largest quartz<br />
crystal didgeridoo, & other utterly unique<br />
sacred instruments. Purchase tickets:<br />
www.AbqWhiteHorse.com/SoundHealingConcert<br />
Divine Group Healing with Epi Gallegos<br />
Sept 26 & Oct 24, 6:15pm • $10<br />
We begin the 45 minute healing session with a<br />
guided meditation followed by Epi channeling<br />
wonderful healing energy meant to open the<br />
Heart and Third Eye Chakras as well as heal<br />
deep wounds from this lifetime and past.<br />
Labyrinths: A Drawing Meditation<br />
October 11, 6:30-8pm • $15<br />
Whether tracing the path with feet or finger,<br />
the labyrinth is a powerful meditation tool,<br />
helping quiet the mind and allowing for<br />
personal reflection. Connect with the inward<br />
and outward dance of creation; a rhythmic<br />
journey to you core Being…drawing classic<br />
labyrinth designs.<br />
Full Chalice Friday<br />
2nd Fridays of the month<br />
October 12, 6:30-9:30pm (no Sept FCF)<br />
A fun night to celebrate your Body and Spirit<br />
with intuitive readings, massage, energy healings,<br />
henna, & food! Special store discounts<br />
only available during this event. Entry into<br />
the event is free with a $10 fee for 15 minutes<br />
per practitioner.<br />
The Luminous Rainbow with<br />
Prissy Hamilton<br />
October 18, 6:30-8:30pm • $20<br />
Practical Keys to the Source of Wisdom,<br />
Creativity, & Balance. Gain a full spectrum of<br />
understanding on how to cope in turbulent<br />
times. Learn ancient tools & easy practical<br />
method. Acquire insights and knowledge for<br />
less stress and balanced reality. Please RSVP:<br />
505-429-9070 or 505-255-5217.<br />
Psychic Readings and Energy Healing<br />
Wed – Sat • $1.50 + tax/min.<br />
White Horse hosts an amazing selection of<br />
White Horse cont’d<br />
Psychics, Channels & Healers available for<br />
personal sessions. Check our website for full<br />
information about our practitioners and their<br />
schedules. www.AbqWhiteHorse.com<br />
Grand Opening of Albuquerque’s Premier<br />
Health and Metaphysical Boutique<br />
Emil and Susan Faithe offering holistic health<br />
services, psychic readings and medical intuitive<br />
readings daily + energy healing, high grade vitamins<br />
and supplements, unique metaphysical<br />
gifts and supplies. Your one-stop life shop. Walkin’s<br />
welcome! Tues – Fri 10-5, Sat 10-1.<br />
1111 Alameda Blvd NW Suite E 87114<br />
Sedona Health & Nutrition: 505-299-1771<br />
www.sedonahealthandnutrition.com<br />
A Common Practice of Reiki<br />
Sept 10, Oct 29, Nov 5, 6-8pm • $5<br />
Reiki practitioners of any level, any lineage, are<br />
invited to give & receive team treatments, following<br />
a “common practice” (practitioners use designated<br />
hand positions & follow predetermined<br />
guidelines). RSVP required: call the day before—<br />
leave your name & phone number.<br />
NE Heights Residence<br />
Elizabeth Valsala: 505-323-1993<br />
www.ReikiABQ.com<br />
Clarifying Meditative Work – A Fresh Look<br />
Sept 15 & Oct 13, 2-5 pm • $2 Donation<br />
A workshop for people from any meditation<br />
tradition or no tradition at all. Explore directly<br />
what meditative work is and how it sheds light<br />
on the concerns of our lives, from a simple<br />
meditative listening that includes others/self.<br />
Seven day retreat in December.<br />
http://www.cuttsreviews.com/meditation<br />
Contact: Jay Cutts, New Mexico Center for<br />
Meditative Inquiry & Retreat: 505-281-0684<br />
Held at: Wat Center, 145 Madison NE<br />
(Corner of Madison/Copper, ABQ)<br />
Pranic Healing Introduction<br />
September 21, 7–9pm<br />
Free (Church Love offerings accepted)<br />
An Energetic Approach to Overcoming Life’s<br />
Obstacles facilitated by Greg Toews, certified<br />
Pranic Healer and Instructor.<br />
First Unitarian Church<br />
3701 Carlisle Blvd NE, 87110<br />
Contact Rita Herther: 505-298-4823<br />
Ideal Protein Q & A<br />
September 22, 10am • $3<br />
Learn about the Ideal Protein Weight<br />
Management Program; ask questions and find<br />
out if it’s right for you. Limited space. Please<br />
RSVP. (NE Heights Directions provided when<br />
you call to RSVP.)<br />
Desert Mountain Wellness Ctr. • 505-323-8100<br />
Increase/Develop Psychic & Intuitive<br />
Abilities Class<br />
September 29, 11am-12:30pm • $15<br />
Additional events added in between issues! Check the website often: www.trulyalive.net<br />
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Intuitive Abilities Class cont’d<br />
Learn techniques to do at home to develop or<br />
increase your psychic abilities and how to open<br />
your chakras energetically, especially the 3rd<br />
eye. Crystals, essential oils and natural healing<br />
energy will also be used to open this chakra. Literature,<br />
light snacks and water included.<br />
RSVP, Charlene Lewis: 505-933-2938<br />
Time To Heal, 2601 Wyoming NE, #119<br />
(bet. Menaul & Candelaria, Sandia Prof. Bldg.)<br />
Weight Release with Hypnosis &<br />
ThetaHealing®<br />
Monday, Oct 29, 10:30am-12:30pm • $15<br />
Tired of the lose-gain-lose gain routine?<br />
Learn to find and replace subconscious beliefs<br />
that hold weight. Demonstration and guided<br />
imagery provided by Janet Wahl, PhD, CHt.<br />
www.mindbalance.us<br />
North Domingo Baca Multigenerational<br />
Center • 7521 Carmel NE<br />
To Register: 505-764 6475<br />
www.cabq.gov/seniors/centers/north-domin-<br />
go-baca-multigenerational-<br />
New Dimensions Psychic Faire<br />
Nov 10 & 11, Sat, 10am–5pm; Sun,<br />
11am–5pm • Weekend Admission: $10<br />
“Transformation for Our Times.” A weekend<br />
of healing & transformation with the region’s<br />
finest psychics & healers. Free workshops, music,<br />
vendor specials. Visit www.AbqPsychicFaire.com<br />
for $2 off admission & to plan your weekend at<br />
the Faire.<br />
Held at: Harwood Art Center<br />
1114 7th St. NW, ABQ 87102<br />
505-349-5796; www.AbqPsychicFaire.com<br />
Ongoing Events<br />
EVENTS AT:<br />
Dr. Judy Channels • 505-873-0606<br />
Dr. Judy Channels the Golden Ascension<br />
Mondays, 6-7pm<br />
$10 (Includes Free Channeled Responses)<br />
The more light we channel, the better we heal<br />
our energy body. This heals our physical,<br />
mental & spiritual bodies. How do we carry<br />
more light? By receiving the high frequencies<br />
channeled thru the Golden Ascension. Reduce<br />
stress, carry love. 616 Isleta SW, ABQ<br />
Pranic Healings – Non-touch energy<br />
system • 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm<br />
Donations to church appreciated<br />
Dr. Judy & other practitioners apply healing<br />
techniques on the bio-electromagnetic field<br />
as it contains the blueprint of the physical<br />
body. See Master Stephen Co heal live on<br />
NBC news: www.pranichealing.com. Helps<br />
ADHD kids, trauma, pain through proper<br />
cleansing of dirty energy.<br />
Dr. Judy Channels cont’d<br />
Unitarian Church • 3701 Carlisle NE, ABQ<br />
EVENTS AT:<br />
High Desert Center for Spiritual Living<br />
5621 Paradise Blvd NW, 87114<br />
505-922-1200 • www.hdcsl.org<br />
Spiritual Mind Treatment –<br />
Healing Prayer<br />
Sundays 11:30am-Noon • Free<br />
HDCSL practitioners are available after<br />
services for healing prayer sessions for any<br />
attendees to the services. Any practitioner<br />
wearing a stole is available for prayer work.<br />
Call 922-1200.<br />
PSYCH-K Balances<br />
Sundays 11:15-11:30am • Free<br />
PSYCH-K facilitators provide free PSYCH-K<br />
balances after Sunday services at the church.<br />
Get rid of the limiting beliefs stuck in your<br />
subconscious and generate life-supporting<br />
behaviors. Call 922-1200.<br />
PiYo Dynamic Yoga (YOGA)<br />
Mondays 6:30pm, Wednesdays, 6pm<br />
$5 per class/$30 month<br />
Yoga mat, comfortable clothes, water + a<br />
Positive Attitude. Sweat your way to sculpted<br />
abdominals, increased core strength and<br />
greater stability with strength building,<br />
rhythmic movement. Founded in Pilates &<br />
yoga. Modifications so all can participate,<br />
plus progressions challenge more advanced.<br />
Instructor: DeAnna Dimmitt: 505-730-8576.<br />
Pilates Style Mat Classes<br />
Tues & Thurs evenings, 6-7pm (ongoing)<br />
$5/each (Ask about monthly rate)<br />
Combines challenging, Pilates-type movement<br />
and resistance training with a meditative<br />
atmosphere for body and spirit. Designed<br />
to improve strength, flexibility, balance, and<br />
coordination. Most are adaptable to a wide<br />
range of fitness levels. Bring yoga mat/wear<br />
comfortable clothing. Free trial class. Call<br />
Elizabeth 505-710-2259.<br />
Chakra Ceremony<br />
October 14 • 1-3pm<br />
Love Offering<br />
This workshop will teach you more about<br />
the body’s chakra system. Astrologer Johnny<br />
Barnett will conduct the ceremony on each<br />
of the seven chakras, aimed at painting a<br />
dynamic, simple and profound picture of<br />
the human experience. Call 505-922-1200.<br />
Learn more about the classes at:<br />
http://chakraology.org/chakra/classes.htm.<br />
Spiritual Integration Discussion Group<br />
3rd Weds of the month, 7-8:30pm<br />
Love offering<br />
High Desert Center cont’d<br />
Learn how to integrate spirituality into<br />
everyday life. Book used by the group, Wayne<br />
Dyer’s There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every<br />
Problem, is available in the church bookstore.<br />
Instructor: Lara LaVonne Jordan, M.Ed.,<br />
RsCP: 505-898-3100.<br />
EVENTS AT:<br />
Kadampa Meditation Center NM<br />
8701 Comanche NE, ABQ • 505-292-5293<br />
www.meditationinnewmexico.org<br />
Prayers for World Peace<br />
Sundays, 10am-11:30am (ongoing)<br />
Donation<br />
Each week, we receive practical advice from<br />
Buddha’s teachings to nourish our compassion<br />
and wisdom in order to improve ourselves, our<br />
relationships and our world. The teachings are<br />
accessible for everyone and the environment<br />
is very conducive for beginners.<br />
Just Breathe<br />
Wednesdays, 12-1pm • $5/class<br />
Take a break from your busy day & enjoy a<br />
quick & easy guided meditation that can immediately<br />
provide a peaceful state of mind, which<br />
you can take with you the rest of your day!<br />
Meditation and Modern Buddhism<br />
Thur (through Oct 4) 7-8:30pm • $10/class<br />
Modern Buddhism is a special presentation of<br />
Buddha’s teachings on compassion & wisdom<br />
that communicates their essence in a way that<br />
is easy to understand & put into practice.<br />
EVENTS AT:<br />
Sanjevani Integrative<br />
Health & Lifestyle Center<br />
7920 Wyoming Blvd NE, Suite B, ABQ<br />
505-821-6300 • www.sanjevani.net<br />
Hatha Yoga – Asana, Pranayama, Meditation<br />
Tues/Thurs, 6-7:30pm<br />
Sat, 10:30am-12pm • $15 drop-in<br />
(discount class cards available)<br />
Maureen Sutton, RYT leads you through<br />
classical Hatha Yoga techniques for greater<br />
flexibility & balance in your life. Establish<br />
your own yoga practice for greater health.<br />
Improve your fitness, sleep better, feel better.<br />
Private classes available. Need a little extra<br />
TLC? Ask about Chair Yoga, Yoga Nidra and<br />
Primordial Sound Meditation classes.<br />
Skin Clinic<br />
Fridays & Saturdays, 1-4pm • $15<br />
Advanced Skin Care Consultant &<br />
Esthetician, Cecilia Montoya will be<br />
providing skin analysis & giving away free<br />
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Sanjevani cont’d<br />
samples of Epicuren skin care products.<br />
Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity<br />
to sample this beautiful, all natural skin care<br />
line. NEW! Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics.<br />
By appt., please call to RSVP: 505-821-6300.<br />
Connecting with Your Angels<br />
Group Channeling<br />
1st Monday of each month • $10<br />
Join Betsy Morgan as she connects with<br />
loving spiritual energies and brings through<br />
an amazing channeled message. All questions<br />
welcomed! Classes in Beginning, Intermediate<br />
and Professional channeling are offered every<br />
month. Private readings are available by appt.<br />
Convenient NE Heights Location<br />
RSVP for directions: 505-275-4746<br />
Pranic Healing Clinic<br />
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm • Free<br />
Experience no-touch clearing of congested<br />
energies, and energizing and balancing of the<br />
energy body.<br />
First Unitarian Church<br />
3701 Carlisle Blvd NE, 87110<br />
Contact Rita Herther: 505-298-4823<br />
Edgar Cayce ARE Study Groups<br />
Wednesdays 7-9pm, ABQ • FREE<br />
Contact Wanda Barrows: 505-890-0878<br />
Tuesdays, 3-5pm, East Mountains • FREE<br />
Contact Dayle Goldsmith at 505-281-3999<br />
www.edgarcayceabq.org<br />
from the publisher<br />
Film Series At Rio Grande Event Center<br />
From Jesus to Christ & Everyday Mystics<br />
6 Wed starting Sept 19, 6:30-8:30pm<br />
$10 per film<br />
In From Jesus to Christ, bible stories come<br />
to life. Everyday Mystics explores healings of<br />
Jesus being applied with John of God (spiritual<br />
medium, trance surgeon, healer in Brazil)<br />
and Eric Pearl, (patients report instantaneous<br />
recoveries from cancers, AIDS, cerebral palsy).<br />
Facilitators: Anne/Louie Martinez.<br />
Twin Hearts Meditations<br />
2nd & 4th Thurs, 5:30-6:30pm • Free<br />
Twin Hearts Meditation is a meditation guided<br />
by Master Choa Kok Sui. We will bless the earth<br />
from our heart and crown, bringing down<br />
divine energy, then Master Choa will use this<br />
divine energy to cleanse our chakras.<br />
At: North Domingo Baca Multi-gen. Ctr<br />
7521 Carmel NE, ABQ 87109<br />
Info, Gwen Pullen: 505-507-0467<br />
www.albuquerquekinesiology.com<br />
Electro-Light Acupuncture Pain Therapy<br />
2nd Sat of each month, 10am-5pm • Free<br />
Dr. Gail Drane, DOM will be offering free pain<br />
treatments using microcurrent therapy. This<br />
non-invasive, treatment without needles can<br />
reduce your pain quickly, whether chronic or<br />
caused by trauma. No appointment necessary<br />
just the desire to feel better.<br />
Held at: Moses Kountry Health Foods<br />
7115 4th Street NW, 87107<br />
Info, Dr. Drane: 505-331-0168<br />
Healing Lifestyles since 1990<br />
www.trulyalive.net<br />
PUBLISHER/OWNER<br />
Karen Larré<br />
505.828.3430<br />
info@trulyalive.net<br />
ART DIRECTOR/GRAPHIC DESIGNER<br />
Diana Massengale<br />
505.299.0274<br />
diana@imagedesignllc.com<br />
PRINTING<br />
Starline Printing<br />
VanGuard Printing<br />
As 2012 continues to unfold, more and more information is<br />
coming to light (from many different sources), talking about our<br />
current point in history and what we can do to shift humanity into<br />
a more sustainable, compassionate way of life (hopefully while we<br />
still can). In the feature this issue, Gregg Braden (p. 24) offers an<br />
enormous amount of information (with solid, scientific basis) for<br />
us to disseminate and help us choose “who we want to be” as a<br />
human culture going forward.<br />
If you have been thinking about attending<br />
the <strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> Workshop Weekend, 9/21-9/23,<br />
2012, now’s the time to purchase your tickets:<br />
www.trulyalive.net. Click on “Events” then “TA<br />
Sponsored Events.” Space is limited and ticket<br />
purchased by 9/15 include the 9/21 Mixer free.<br />
How often can you enjoy so many events (mixer + 10 workshops) for just $44? ($54<br />
after 9/15). Check out the workshop topics on page 7. At the mixer, the workshop<br />
presenters will be in attendance as well as <strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> advertisers. Appetizers and light<br />
refreshments will be served. You may attend the mixer by itself ($10) or one of the<br />
workshop days (Saturday or Sunday for $26), or choose your favorite workshop for just<br />
$8. The whole event is sure to be fun as well highly educational.<br />
Tell your friends!<br />
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Limited space. tickets on sale now: www.trulyalive.net, (click on Events, then TA Sponsored Events)<br />
WORKSHOP LOCATION:<br />
Event Center • 901 Rio Grande, Suite E-130<br />
(behind St. Clair Winery)<br />
Health Spirituality<br />
Sept. 21-23, 2012<br />
WORKSHOP WEEKEND<br />
Both Days / 10 Workshops only $44!<br />
BEST<br />
VALUE!<br />
Attend the Mixer FREE with pre-purchase<br />
of tickets for the weekend<br />
($44 by Sept. 15 • $54 after 9/15 or at the door)<br />
Meet the Workshop Speakers &<br />
<strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> Advertisers: $10<br />
Friday Mixer: Sept. 21, 7-9pm<br />
(Appetizers & Light Refreshments Included)<br />
Enhance your life!<br />
Saturday / 5 Workshops: $26<br />
Sunday / 5 Workshops: $26<br />
Any 1 Workshop: $8<br />
Friday Mixer: $10<br />
(alone or add to any workshop choice)<br />
To attend weekend visit: www.trulyalive.net<br />
Workshop Presenters Saturday 9/22/12:<br />
9-10:15am: Being Prosperous in this Economy<br />
Wendy Foxworth, MML, Director of the Center for Conscious Living<br />
10:30-11:45am: Experience the Power of Brain-Soul<br />
Balancing<br />
Louise Swartswalter, ND, CBS, CNHP, CALT<br />
1-2:15pm: Powerful Healing & Pain Relief Using Natural<br />
Inflammatories<br />
Dr. Sunil Pai, MD, Integrative Medicine Physician<br />
2:30-4pm: Take Years Off Your Face! Feel Better,<br />
Look Younger!<br />
Carla Garcia, D.O.M, Thermographer<br />
4:15-5:30pm: Healthy Chakras, Healthy You!<br />
Charlene Lewis, CHt, CWK, CQTP<br />
SPONSORED BY:<br />
Workshop Presenters Sunday 9/23/12:<br />
9-10:15am: Balance Your Brain, Love Your Life!<br />
Regina Coffman, Brainwave Optimization Affiliate<br />
10:30-11:45am: Breathing, Meditation, Life Principles<br />
and Healing<br />
Sumeet Dhillon, Dahn Yoga Manager/Trainer<br />
1-2:15pm: Manifest Everything You Want...Now!<br />
Janet Hall, ND, CMI, CHt, CKP<br />
2:30-4pm: Cleanse/Detox for Your Health<br />
Kukana Yarnevich, Holistic Health Educator<br />
4:15-5:30pm – What’s in Your Blood?<br />
Gwen Pullen, Blood Analysis Technician, Divine Transformations<br />
Lunch Breaks: 11:45-12:45 each day<br />
Speakers are subject to change without prior notice.<br />
MAGAZINE<br />
www.trulyalive.net or call Karen 505-828-3430
Exercise for a<br />
Youthful You<br />
By Michelle Morath, NM Fit<br />
A Holistic Foundation for<br />
a Fuller Life!<br />
• Personal Training<br />
• Group Fitness<br />
• Nutrition<br />
• Massage<br />
Talk to Michelle!<br />
505.550.8322<br />
www.NewMexicoFIT.com<br />
6001 San Mateo Blvd NE<br />
Albuquerque, NM 87109<br />
Everyone understands that we all age.<br />
However, the individual effects of aging<br />
vary widely. One person may become<br />
non-ambulatory and hard of hearing while<br />
another may be on several prescription medications and<br />
develop memory problems. Exercise and proper nutrition<br />
can have a positive impact and delay or powerfully offset<br />
many effects of aging.<br />
If you are a typical inactive adult, it’s likely that your aerobic<br />
capacity ‘ain’t what it used to be!’ You may be challenged to do<br />
some of the things you did when you were younger. If you<br />
have lost the ability to move and do things with your body<br />
the way you used to, you can regain a good portion – perhaps<br />
all of it (even if you think it’s not possible due to your age).<br />
The key is engaging in physical activities that increase your<br />
heart rate. You could start by walking 10 minutes, 2-3x per<br />
week, and build from there. In no time, you’ll be walking two<br />
miles every day (within thirty to forty minutes which is ideal<br />
for improving your aerobic capacity)! TIP: To reap the same<br />
benefits of walking thirty minutes continuously, you can split<br />
it up and walk at least 10 minutes, 3 times during the day.<br />
Another effect of aging is lack of flexibility. The more<br />
flexible populations tend to be younger, more physically active,<br />
and female. Have you lost flexibility over time? Get more<br />
physically active and incorporate flexibility exercises into<br />
your exercise routines and you’ll go far in retaining youthful<br />
flexibility (not to mention your body will look younger and be<br />
healthier, too).<br />
Muscle strength and muscle mass loss begins to decline (in<br />
most Americans) as early as age forty. Resistance training can<br />
reverse these losses. With a regular physical exercise regimen<br />
of strength training (just 2x/week), you’ll see increased<br />
muscle strength and mass plus improved immune function<br />
and increased self-confidence before you know it!<br />
With age, people also tend to gain weight and experience<br />
an increase in body fat. Women tend to gain more body fat and<br />
lose more muscle and bone mass during and post menopause.<br />
Weight gain and body composition can be improved with<br />
proper nutrition and regular physical activity (creating a more<br />
youthful you!).<br />
Some of the most important exercise goals for older adults<br />
and the elderly are those to increase range of motion, increase<br />
strength and improve balance. Obtaining these goals can help<br />
to reduce the effects of aging, prevent falls, improve quality of<br />
life and increase self-efficacy.<br />
To find out how you can reverse the effects of aging, look and<br />
feel your youngest self, contact New Mexico Fit at 505-550-8322<br />
or mmorath@newmexicofit.com. www.newmexicofit.com<br />
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Lingering<br />
Pain?<br />
By Victoria L Magown<br />
GOT PAIN? LINGERING PAIN?<br />
Call MyoRehab at 505-872-3100 and schedule an appointment. You can find us at www.myorehab.net<br />
and we are conveniently located at 4263 Montgomery NE, #200, ABQ, NM 87109.<br />
During the last two articles, we have been discussing<br />
the importance of addressing your pain after falling<br />
off a ladder or from a bicycle; or a car accident—<br />
even if it is only a little fender bender. We have treated people<br />
who experienced digestive problems, as well as jaw and teeth<br />
pain long after the collision and did not realize the cause was<br />
the car accident.<br />
George was referred to MyoRehab one and a half years<br />
after his truck was hit in an intersection and rolled one and a<br />
half times, leaving him hanging upside down by his seatbelt.<br />
His previous treatment had included physical therapy,<br />
chiropractic, massage therapy, acupuncture, Trigger Point<br />
Injections, pain medication and antidepressants.<br />
After going to his doctor and telling her he was still in<br />
severe pain all the time and felt suicidal, she referred him to<br />
MyoRehab as a last resort. At the time, he had severe back,<br />
hip, shoulder and neck pain. It took about six treatments<br />
before he realized the pain had decreased to a more tolerable<br />
level.<br />
During a treatment, George refused to let me touch his<br />
abdominal muscles. “Nobody touches my stomach.” “Why?”<br />
I asked. “It is too painful and I can no longer eat chili or<br />
any hot spices.” “Well, no wonder, after the severe impact<br />
of hanging upside from the seatbelt.” He asked, “You mean<br />
muscles can cause stomach pain and indigestion?” “Oh yes,<br />
and, contribute to your ongoing low back pain as well.”<br />
The Rectus Abdominis muscle can refer pain through<br />
to the mid and low back, as well as cause stomach pain and<br />
indigestion. It is important to treat this muscle whenever a<br />
person has had a car accident since the seatbelt impact can<br />
cause acid reflex, indigestion and hiatal hernia pain. After<br />
one treatment of the abdominal muscles and fascia, George<br />
was able to eat his beloved hot, spicy foods again.<br />
But he still had head and neck pain. As I began treating<br />
the jaw and face muscles, the pain referred to his teeth. He<br />
explained to me that he had fractured two teeth in the last<br />
ten months and had to have them extracted. Even though<br />
George had no jaw pain, mechanically, the mandible (jaw)<br />
was in a dysfunctional position, misaligned, and his “bite<br />
was off ”. This can contribute to head and neck pain and as in<br />
his case, fractured teeth, also.<br />
During a whiplash, the mandible (jaw) is free to whip<br />
independently of the head and neck. It is not uncommon<br />
for people to experience teeth and jaw issues long after a car<br />
accident.<br />
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD) is more<br />
prevalent in woman than men. Want to know why? Here’s<br />
a little unknown secret about jaw pain and TMJD. The day<br />
after a car accident, the man gets up, showers and SHAVES,<br />
thus doing face and jaw stretches every day. The only two<br />
men I have treated for TMJD had full beards and did not<br />
shave.<br />
Since George was experiencing depression with his<br />
ongoing pain, he did not shave every day after the first<br />
couple of months and therefore developed a mandible (jaw)<br />
misalignment.<br />
While treating George, we gave him gentle stretches<br />
to do at home to maintain the release we gained during<br />
treatment. We had a few set-backs since George initially<br />
did not understand how important his role was in doing the<br />
stretches on a regular basis. After the muscles have been in<br />
a shortened state for so long, they need to be retrained, to<br />
return to their full normal length.<br />
We also addressed posture while driving, sitting, sleeping<br />
and working. It is important to keep one’s body in a neutral<br />
position as much as possible. When we sit leaning to one<br />
side on an elbow, it shortens the low back muscles and<br />
fascia. Then we experience ongoing low back pain. This was<br />
an important lesson for George to learn, as it made all the<br />
difference in relieving his low back pain completely.<br />
One of the natural consequences of muscles and fascia<br />
shortening is that we tend to “give in” to accommodate the<br />
shortening by standing, sitting, working and sleeping in the<br />
“comfortable shortened position”. It feels good for a while,<br />
and then the pain starts up again.<br />
You will be glad to know that George became completely<br />
pain-free and did not need to take pain medication anymore.<br />
Whenever he caught himself sitting in a dysfunctional<br />
position, he would straighten up immediately. And he<br />
continued his Home Exercise Program on a regular basis,<br />
which is the way to remain pain-free.<br />
Read more articles by Victoria L. Magown online: www.trulyalive.net<br />
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The Bottom Line<br />
By Sandi Ganshaw, RDH, BS<br />
This issue is dedicated to writing about a<br />
topic that’s proven to be primary in most<br />
prospective new clients’ minds…the<br />
bottom line. When someone calls for the first time,<br />
I hear a wide variety of questions; and the one question that is<br />
asked by all is “How much will it cost?”<br />
Let’s look at the marketplace: one billboard states “$59<br />
cleaning, exam and x-rays”, another: “$34 exam and cleaning”<br />
and still another: “$19 new patient exam”. While these<br />
are (without a doubt) great prices, the prudent, educated<br />
consumer wants more details in order to make an informed<br />
decision. When called these providers, I was told “these prices<br />
only apply to new patients. Any subsequent visits require the<br />
full price payment for services.” If dentistry was a “single visit”<br />
experience, then of course, what a value these offers would be!<br />
However, how often does this happen? Considering we are<br />
encouraged to have our teeth cleaned twice a year (and have a<br />
full dental exam annually), the math just doesn’t add up. It’s the<br />
old marketing ploy of “get them in the door and keep the cash<br />
register ringing!”<br />
When I took over Betsy Ferrell’s Smiles for Miles practice,<br />
I retained the fee schedule that Betsy had for years. An adult<br />
cleaning is still $85 (in the absence of periodontal disease),<br />
child cleanings are $45 (and this includes x rays and exam with<br />
a collaborating dentist, in my office). Granted, we are a small<br />
neighborhood clinic and don’t have all the bells and whistles<br />
of the providers with the screaming deals, but one has to<br />
wonder who is paying for all that. We are a patient-centered,<br />
quality driven practice. We take our time and give you the<br />
individual attention you deserve—providing you with a gentle<br />
and thorough cleaning every time.<br />
Call us for an appointment in our new office at the Rio Grande<br />
Plaza. And remember…a beautiful smile is always in style!!!<br />
Sandi’s Smiles 505-480-7200.<br />
How to Create a<br />
Joyful Life<br />
By Lara LaVonne Jordan, RScP<br />
For most people, the joy of living seems to<br />
wane as we get older. Joy seems confined<br />
to the very young, to people falling in love,<br />
and possibly to retirees. But why can’t we have<br />
joy regardless of age, the burdens of responsibility or the “bad<br />
things” that have happened to us? Why not joy at least 50% of<br />
the time? Why not 90 or 95%?<br />
A great part of joy is freedom. Yes, we would like to<br />
have freedom from the things we don’t want, like ill health,<br />
problematic relationships and money difficulties. But real<br />
freedom comes from getting rid of the anchors in our lives.<br />
Anchors hold us down to one place in the ocean of life. For<br />
our boat, there’s no forward or purposeful movement.<br />
What are the anchors that hold us back and make us<br />
susceptible to all the things we don’t want in our lives?<br />
Resentments, anger, and criticism. If we long for a joyous life,<br />
then we must let go of the negative energies that have taken<br />
up residence in our consciousness and in our bodies. They<br />
re-configure the way we see life and the world. They sabotage<br />
our health, relationships and fiscal well-being.<br />
We must forgive everyone. That’s not to say that any<br />
particular person “deserves” forgiveness or that we are making<br />
bad behavior okay. We forgive to release the anchors in our<br />
lives. We forgive to heal ourselves. Louise Hay, the author<br />
of You Can Heal Your Life, provides the best affirmation I’ve<br />
ever heard: “I forgive you for not being the way I wanted you<br />
to be. I forgive you and I set you free.” Try picturing a person<br />
you resent and say this over and over until you no longer<br />
feel a “charge” around that person. This is the beginning of<br />
freedom. This is the beginning of joy.<br />
Lara LaVonne Jordan is a Practitioner at the High Desert Center<br />
for Spiritual Living<br />
Sunday 10:00 – 11:15 am<br />
(505)922-1200<br />
www.hdcsl.org<br />
Paradise Hills Mercado<br />
5621 Paradise Blvd N.W.<br />
Albuquerque, NM<br />
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Read more articles by Sandi Ganshaw online: www.trulyalive.net
Understanding the Environmental<br />
Influences of Neurotoxins on Your<br />
Brain: Heavy Metals<br />
By Pamela Costello, MD, PhD, Holistic Neurological Physician<br />
You will observe with Concern how long a useful Truth may be<br />
known, and exist, before it is generally receiv’d and practis’d on.<br />
Benjamin Franklin, 1786<br />
While there is a general awareness by the public of our<br />
increasingly toxic environment adversely influencing our health,<br />
the specific relationship of these toxins to our nervous systems<br />
warrants further discussion and investigation. The above quote<br />
is an excerpt from a letter by one of our forefathers, Benjamin<br />
Franklin, written to his apprentice, in which he alludes to his<br />
early discovery as a printer’s apprentice of the toxic influences of<br />
directly handling lead on his and his coworkers’ nervous systems.<br />
He describes developing great pain in his hands when handling the<br />
warmed lead printing agents, as well as cautioning as to the older<br />
guild workers developing ‘feeble hands’ from their more chronic<br />
lead exposure.<br />
After the recent loss of a beloved patient of mine from ALS<br />
(who had toxic levels of uranium, aluminum, and other industrial<br />
toxins), I found myself both heartbroken and angry as to the unconscionable<br />
lack of focus by both those in the industry that allowed<br />
this to happen, as well as by the medical profession, on the role of<br />
environmental toxins damaging the adult and developing nervous<br />
systems. I have consequently made it a practice focus to provide my<br />
patients with a better awareness of the relevant casual relationships<br />
of environmental toxic influences on our nervous systems, including<br />
routes of exposure, mechanisms of interaction, tools of assessing<br />
one’s neurotoxin burden, and mechanisms of remediation.<br />
Environmental neurotoxins include heavy metals (mercury,<br />
lead, aluminum, arsenic, manganese, copper, cadmium, etc.) as<br />
well as industrial solvents, hydrocarbons, insecticides, herbicides,<br />
fertilizers, fluorides, PCB’s, ionizing radiations, and dietary factors,<br />
including ethyl alcohol.<br />
It is well recognized that most disease states are multi-causal<br />
in their origins, including genetics, nutrition, perinatal trauma,<br />
environmental factors, etc. Not as well accepted is the fact that<br />
heavy metal neurotoxic exposures have been directly and indirectly<br />
linked to such developmental neurological diseases as the Autism<br />
Spectrum, behavioral and mood disorders, learning disabilities,<br />
mental retardation and Cerebral Palsy, seizure disorders, Spina<br />
Bifida, and other mal-developmental neurologic conditions.<br />
In the adult nervous system, we see heavy metal neurotoxic<br />
influences manifesting as brain fog, or the inability to focus,<br />
attentional, and memory dysfunction, ALS, MS, balance<br />
dysfunction, pain syndromes, mood disorders, visual and hearing<br />
loss, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Dementias.<br />
A. Mechanisms of Neurotoxicity: most environmental toxins<br />
such as heavy metals have a positively charged lipophilic (fat<br />
loving) component that is attracted to the negatively charged<br />
linings and insulating myelin of the brain, spine, and nerves.<br />
The result of this interaction is abnormal brain development in<br />
the fetal and juvenile brain, and increased cell death in the adult<br />
nervous system. This affinity of heavy metal toxins also applies<br />
to other fat bearing organs and tissues of the body, including<br />
the thyroid, kidneys, liver, pituitary, and bone marrow, creating<br />
similar imbalances and dysregulation.<br />
B. Routes of exposure: inhalation of airborne heavy metals,<br />
transdermal absorption, ingestion (mercury leakage from<br />
dental amalgams, food or water-bearing toxins), nasal neural<br />
uptake, transmission from mother to fetus (across the placenta)<br />
and to child (breast milk).<br />
C. Tools for assessing toxic burden: assessing environmental<br />
exposures is done through history taking, provoked heavy<br />
metal laboratory testing, serologic testing, anatomical and<br />
functional imaging, and physical examination.<br />
D. Mechanisms of neurotoxin remediation: clearing toxins<br />
(chelation), avoidance behaviors (filtering water, air), utilizing<br />
organic food sources, and transdermal detoxification.<br />
Although disease and wellness reflect a multi-causal nature,<br />
the environment represents an increasing source of potentially<br />
reversible factors. In 2008, Neurology journal reported the<br />
incidence of ALS in New Zealand to have steadily increased by<br />
3% per year from 1985-2006. The increasing incidence of autism<br />
is even more dramatic. It is incumbent upon us to deeply explore<br />
these issues further for possible intervention for patients suffering<br />
from these illnesses.<br />
Read more articles by Pamela Costello online: www.trulyalive.net<br />
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A Weekend of Healing with<br />
Sherry (Shahpar) Mosavar Rahmani<br />
R<br />
ecognized<br />
numerous times<br />
by John of God, and the<br />
Dahli Lama as an exceptional<br />
healer, Sherry Mosavar Rahmani has<br />
chosen to live in the US and travel the<br />
world sharing her healing gifts. On<br />
November 9, 10 & 11, 2012 we will<br />
be truly blessed, as Ms. Mosavar is<br />
Sherry with the Dahli Lama<br />
offering three different ways to experience her healing energies<br />
here in Albuquerque.<br />
On Friday evening, Nov. 9th, she will conduct a group<br />
healing session from 7-8:30pm (suggested minimum donation<br />
$20). On Saturday, she is accepting appointments for individual<br />
healing sessions* from 9am-noon and from 1:30pm-5:30pm.<br />
On Sunday Ms. Mosavar is offering a “Parlour Healing”<br />
experience during the hours of 9am-noon and 1:30-5:30pm.<br />
Sherry will create and hold healing energy for all Parlour<br />
Healing participants as she moves from person to person,<br />
working personally with each (in the order she is drawn to<br />
work with). Parlour Healing participants may drop in anytime<br />
during these hours and experience the healing energy as long<br />
as desired (space available).<br />
Recognized by<br />
John of God &<br />
the Dahli Lama<br />
Sherry Mosavar<br />
Rahmani<br />
...will be in ABQ for a<br />
weekend of Healing<br />
Fri., Nov, 9: $20 *<br />
Group Healing, 7-8:30pm<br />
Sat., Nov. 10<br />
Individual Healings<br />
By Appt<br />
Sun., Nov. 11<br />
Parlour Healing<br />
9-noon, 1:30-5:30<br />
Info & Appts: 505-850-0257<br />
*Suggested Donation. “Give what you can from your heart.”<br />
No one will be turned away because of an inability to pay.<br />
Donations from the heart will be gratefully accepted and no<br />
one will be turned away due to an inability to donate. Space is<br />
limited. All three healing opportunities require an RSVP.<br />
Sheri knew right away where my pain was. She also knew the<br />
condition of my internal organs, and how they were functioning.<br />
Her hands are very warm and I could feel a strong energy emanating<br />
from them. I’ve been a massage therapist, yoga instructor, Reiki<br />
practitioner and student of herbal medicine for almost 20 years.<br />
During this time, I have had treatments from many amazing healers.<br />
Sheri is definitely the best energy healer I’ve ever experienced. Her<br />
intuition and ability to channel healing energy come from a deep<br />
stillness within.<br />
April, 2012 – J.M., ABQ<br />
In August of 2006, I had an<br />
ultrasound test which showed 5<br />
uterine fibroids were the cause<br />
of the excessive bleeding I was<br />
having 15-17 days of each<br />
month. This had been going<br />
on for over a year and a half. I<br />
received a birthday gift to attend<br />
one of Sherry’s workshops while<br />
in Frankfurt Germany. Full of<br />
skepticism, I decided to attend.<br />
By the 2nd day of the workshop,<br />
Sherry with John of God<br />
Sherry recognized that I had been struggling to be quiet within<br />
myself and be present to what was being offered. She approached<br />
me and I felt the heat of her hand, sending sensations throughout<br />
my body starting with my head. That night, I slept well and the<br />
next day, there was no bleeding. Soon I returned to the US and<br />
visited my OBGYN. The follow up ultrasound showed that all 5<br />
fibroids had dissolved. There has been no re-occurrence to this<br />
date.<br />
F.J.B, ABQ<br />
In November of 2011, I had an individual session with Sherry,<br />
just before I got on a plane to visit my mother who was in the<br />
hospital. In the short 20 minutes I was in the session, Sherry<br />
provided information on how to handle the time with my mother<br />
(with whom I have been estranged in this life for 16 years at one<br />
point) that was amazingly accurate and proved extraordinarily<br />
helpful. She had no information about me or the relationship I<br />
have had with my mother; but the advice she offered was spot on.<br />
It was exactly what I needed to hear and made all the difference<br />
in my trip!<br />
L.A.K, ABQ<br />
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to have a profound<br />
personal healing experience in Albuquerque. Call 505-850-0257<br />
to reserve your spot today! www.shahpar-meditation.com<br />
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October...Think Green for Money<br />
NOT Just Pink for Breast Cancer<br />
By Dr. Carla Garcia, DOM<br />
At this time of year we are inundated with information about breast cancer and purchasing products with pink ribbons on<br />
them. Thermography is essentially a “green” type of service. There is no damage to the environment and no risk to the person<br />
having thermography. It does not use “ionizing radiation”. There is no painful compression of breast tissue and it is safe for<br />
women of all ages; including younger women with dense breast tissue, small breasts or women with breast implants. So...<br />
instead of offering something pink, the Thermography Center is offering to give you some green. Every time you refer someone<br />
for thermography, you and the person you refer will receive a $15 credit. This is our way of thanking you for helping spread the<br />
word about thermography. There is no limit to the amount of credit you can accumulate. And you may use your referral credits<br />
for any service(s) offered by Dr. Garcia.<br />
I<br />
recently received a call from a mammogram company<br />
offering to pay me to get a mammogram. They offered a<br />
$25.00 gift card to WalMart to schedule an appointment to<br />
have my breasts compressed and radiated. It was tempting for a<br />
moment because my insurance would pay for the mammogram<br />
plus I’d have $25 extra dollars to spend. Why shouldn’t I earn<br />
$25.00 by having a mammogram? A quick internet search<br />
for the negative effects of mammograms brought up several<br />
articles about mammograms including some written by Dr.<br />
Joseph Mercola.<br />
Dr. Mercola has<br />
written numerous<br />
articles about the<br />
negative effects of<br />
mammograms and a<br />
safe breast screening<br />
technology — thermography.<br />
Mercola<br />
has been called “the<br />
most successful<br />
alternative medical<br />
practitioner in the world”. Health<br />
website rankings list www.mercola.com as the<br />
world’s most visited natural health site. Articles on his<br />
website, such as “Why Mammography is NOT an Effective<br />
Breast Cancer Screen” and “I Will Not be Pinkwashed” have<br />
captured the attention of several agencies. (“Pinkwashing”<br />
is the promotion of a pink ribbon product while selling or<br />
promoting products that are linked to breast cancer.) The FDA<br />
warned Dr. Mercola to stop making claims for thermographic<br />
breast imaging and threatened him with seizure, injunction<br />
and money penalties.<br />
The FDA warning included cautions against using<br />
thermography as a method for diagnosing cancer. Mercola<br />
has not claimed that thermograms detect cancer; he has said it<br />
detects inflammation which can precede cancer. Thermograms<br />
and mammograms can NOT diagnose cancer. They are<br />
screening methods that alert the practitioner to areas that<br />
require further evaluation and diagnosis; including a physical<br />
exam and biopsy. Cancer cannot be diagnosed without<br />
a biopsy. Mercola offers thermographic screenings at Dr.<br />
Mercola’s Natural Health Center in Illinois. Mercola’s center<br />
uses the same equipment and thermography interpretation<br />
services that are offered at the Thermography Center in<br />
Albuquerque. There are several thermographic cameras<br />
out there but the camera used in our centers is the only one<br />
that has been classified by the FDA as a “Class 1 Medical<br />
Device”. Our thermography images are interpreted by M.D.s<br />
while some other thermography practices will do their own<br />
interpretations or rely on other types of practitioners to<br />
interpret the thermal images.<br />
Thermography measures the heat radiated from the body<br />
and creates colored images that can reveal areas of extra heat<br />
that may be indicative of inflammation, lymph congestion,<br />
and/ or estrogen dominance. All of these symptoms can<br />
evolve into more serious health issues if they are not<br />
addressed. Some keys to maintaining healthy breasts are:<br />
annual screening, adequate vitamin D levels, lymph drainage,<br />
exercise, breast massage, and a healthy diet. Monthly selfbreast<br />
exams are essential to finding changes in breast tissue<br />
that may require further evaluation. Click on the link to view<br />
a video by Dr. Mercola about vitamin D and thermography.<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jK62-48PB0<br />
Experience the best in early<br />
detection with an amazing,<br />
pain-free Thermography Screening<br />
Breast & Whole Body Screening<br />
DR. CARLA GARCIA<br />
4550 Eubank NE, #105 • 505.271.6608 • www.ThermographyNM.com<br />
Read more articles by Dr. Carla Garcia online: www.trulyalive.net<br />
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Spin Doctor<br />
By Dr. Stephen P. Weiss, MD, Integrative Medicine and Classical Homeopathy<br />
gentleman<br />
staggered into my<br />
Anelderly<br />
office one day looking<br />
drunk and disheveled. “Doc, I have<br />
the woozy,” he blurted out. At first<br />
I was perplexed, racking my brain<br />
to try to recall what disease he was<br />
referring to. Then it dawned on me<br />
that he meant that he was feeling<br />
“woozy.” This realization, however,<br />
didn’t get me much closer to<br />
understanding the symptom he was<br />
complaining of. One man’s “woozy” is another’s “faint,” is<br />
another’s “vertigo.”<br />
The practice of medicine is very much like detective work.<br />
The patient gives you several leads, but instead of magnifying<br />
glasses and fingerprint detection kits, we use the full array<br />
of Western medicine blood tests, scans, our 5 senses, the allimportant<br />
6th sense as well as numerous studies unique to<br />
Complementary and Alternative Medicine to come up with<br />
a diagnosis. Great care must be taken to understand exactly<br />
what a patient means, or you can quickly be headed towards<br />
Timbuktu. Not even the great Sherlock Holmes could spend<br />
a mere 5 or 10 minutes, the amount of time the average<br />
conventional doctor spends with you, to solve his difficult<br />
cases, which is why I spend at least one hour with a new<br />
patient and half an hour during follow-ups. Most people<br />
don’t realize that 90% of the diagnosis comes from the<br />
patient’s history. I am constantly amazed, particularly when<br />
I am stumped by a patient’s story, how often the patient will<br />
say something which sets off a light bulb in my mind that<br />
helps me solve the riddle of their complaints.<br />
“Dizziness” is the chief presenting symptom in roughly<br />
3% of all primary care visits in patients 25 and older. The<br />
first task of the physician is to understand clearly what the<br />
patient’s subjective sensation is. Vertigo is defined as a false<br />
sense of movement. Presyncope (faintness), disequilibrium<br />
(impairment in balance) and lightheadedness must be<br />
clearly differentiated.<br />
Vertigo is an extremely distressing symptom. It lands<br />
people in bed and shatters their sense of groundedness<br />
and security. Most, if not all of us, have experienced brief<br />
moments of it in childhood after spinning around and<br />
around on the playground and then stopping. Vertigo<br />
can be due to minor conditions such as benign positional<br />
vertigo, or life-threatening ones<br />
such as strokes in the vertebral and<br />
basilar arteries feeding blood to the<br />
back of the brain. Meniere’s Disease<br />
is a debilitating condition and<br />
one of the most common types of<br />
chronic, recurrent vertigo, affecting<br />
2 out of 1000 people (0.2%). It is<br />
characterized by a triad of symptoms:<br />
vertigo, tinnitus (ringing in the ears)<br />
and hearing loss. The exact cause is<br />
unknown, but it has been associated<br />
with “endolymphatic hydrops,” fancy medical speak for<br />
increased pressure of the fluid within the inner ear.<br />
Daniel, a 62 year old Albuquerque attorney, is the first<br />
patient I ever treated with this condition. His story could<br />
probably feature in Ripley’s Believe It or Not. In the early<br />
1990s he developed vertigo and nausea which landed him<br />
flat on his back for days at a time. By the year 2000 Daniel’s<br />
Meniere’s progressed and was accompanied by bouts of<br />
uncontrollable vomiting. He paid me a visit in 2007 after<br />
hernia surgery triggered an entire month of severe symptoms.<br />
I treated him with Cocculus, one of homeopathy’s premier<br />
vertigo remedies, because it matched some of the more<br />
unique aspects of his case, including symptom aggravation<br />
from coffee, motion and loss of sleep, as well as the presence<br />
of ear pain during his attacks. Daniel’s symptoms got worse<br />
for 36 hours after holding the bottle of medicine in his hand,<br />
without ever ingesting it (“homeopathic aggravation”),<br />
and then vanished. He has now been virtually free of the<br />
wretched disease in the last five years. Minor symptoms<br />
occur very infrequently, and completely resolve within 1<br />
minute of handling Cocculus!<br />
In December, 2010, Michelle, a very pleasant 49 year<br />
old professional woman, consulted me at the urging of<br />
her husband, also a patient of mine, whose life has been<br />
positively impacted by homeopathy. She had been suffering<br />
from Meniere’s for a total of 13 years, and it was gradually<br />
worsening during the prior 2 years, with the onset of<br />
perimenopause. The first attack blindsided her in an airplane<br />
while she was flying to California to get her PhD. Now they<br />
were occurring on average once to twice a month and lasting<br />
up to 4- 5 days. Michelle also experienced nausea and visual<br />
disturbances, sensitivity to light and sound, brain fog and<br />
difficulty concentrating during an attack, and would spend<br />
days lying on the couch “completely incapacitated.” It took<br />
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several years for her to get a proper diagnosis, before which<br />
she was told she probably had MS. Michelle consulted the<br />
only ENT in a several hundred mile radius who specialized<br />
in her condition, and he recommended inner ear surgery,<br />
since the medication she had<br />
been prescribed only gave her<br />
partial relief. She came to me for<br />
a second opinion and to see if her<br />
condition could be cured with<br />
homeopathy.<br />
One of the most difficult<br />
aspects about Michelle’s condition, and what ultimately<br />
led me to her homeopathic remedy, was the utter<br />
unpredictability of the attacks. “I feel sucked up into a<br />
whirlwind of energy, completely out of control. I can’t plan<br />
for it, prepare for it, anticipate it,” Michelle reported. “My<br />
husband wants to travel, but I’m terrified because flying will<br />
provoke an attack.” After spending a couple of hours with<br />
her, I discovered Michelle was a deeply spiritual person and<br />
an old soul. Her light shines brightly, never more than when<br />
she shared these words of wisdom with me: “Hardly anyone<br />
knows that I have Meniere’s because I’m not identified with<br />
being sick.” I prescribed homeopathic Asafoetida 30C.<br />
Five weeks later, Michelle was grinning broadly when I<br />
entered the room. “I feel SO much better,” she exclaimed.<br />
“Seven days after I took the remedy, all of my symptoms<br />
started to come on, but they were different, like my system<br />
was in a dance with them. A week later they came back, but<br />
milder than usual. I feel stronger in myself. I asked myself<br />
what I was going to do—keep hiding or go out in the world?<br />
The hiding, the veiling is breaking up. Normally things put<br />
me out of commission—I have a lot more resilience. Energy<br />
has improved. I’m doing a lot more and getting it done. Not<br />
a single full blown vertigo attack since the remedy!”<br />
I haven’t seen Michelle in over a year. She recently sent<br />
me the following letter:<br />
Dear Dr. Weiss,<br />
20 months ago when I first came to you I was incapacitated<br />
for days at a time unable to walk, drive or engage in<br />
simple daily activities. I could barely function even at a<br />
minimal level. I was shuttled from specialist to specialist<br />
and in and out of emergency rooms on a continual basis.<br />
The remedy you gave me was immediately effective. For<br />
nearly two years I have been free of chronic episodes of<br />
Meniere’s Disease. Any minor symptoms that still crop<br />
up rarely are immediately controlled by the remedy you<br />
prescribed. My husband and I flew to India last winter and<br />
had a dream vacation. I am eternally grateful to you for<br />
your exceptional and unique ability to integrate Western<br />
medical skills with homeopathy. I rejoice in my return to a<br />
happy and healthy life!<br />
Chronic disease can be likened to a broken record,<br />
I am eternally grateful to you for your<br />
exceptional and unique ability to integrate<br />
Western medical skills with homeopathy.<br />
I rejoice in my return to a happy and<br />
healthful life!<br />
playing a discordant song over and over again. The<br />
bodymindspirit has lost its innate intelligence and capacity<br />
to self-heal. Homeopathic remedies are packets or quanta of<br />
energetically encoded information which reboot the system<br />
and help to get it unstuck. Patients<br />
who experience profound healing<br />
will often tell me during follow<br />
up visits that the homeopathic<br />
remedy I gave them changed<br />
the chronic symptom(s) they<br />
had been experiencing for years.<br />
Either they felt the symptom about to come on but it never<br />
did, or it was milder and in some way modified compared to<br />
before the remedy.<br />
You don’t have to wait until your health is spinning out<br />
of control to get help with your medical problems, but it is a<br />
true blessing to know that if it does there is a safe, gentle and<br />
extremely powerful form of medicine which can alleviate<br />
the deepest of sufferings.<br />
Dr. Stephen Weiss has been successfully treating patients of<br />
all ages in his Holistic Integrative Medical Practice since 1993.<br />
Patients deeply appreciate his genuine, heartfelt compassion<br />
and ability to seamlessly combine cutting-edge high tech<br />
medicine with numerous effective and safe alternative healing<br />
modalities. Please visit his new and improved website to learn<br />
a lot more: www.holisticmedicineheals.com.<br />
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A Body You’ll Love<br />
By Dr. Mark L. Schwartz, Chiropractor<br />
the time for you to shed those unwanted pounds?<br />
Are you unhappy enough with your appearance to try<br />
Isthis<br />
something different? Perhaps you are someone whose<br />
tried every fad diet but still hasn’t lost the weight you wanted.<br />
Or worse—perhaps you did lose weight only to have it come<br />
back with a vengeance.<br />
The truth is; you might have a specific health issue that is<br />
standing between you and your ideal body. Traditional diet<br />
plans take a one-size-fits-all approach and never uncover<br />
why your weight got to where it is in the first place. In most<br />
cases, overeating, cravings, lack of energy and weight gain are<br />
caused by imbalances in your system. For some, the problem is<br />
hormonal (did you know that there are 6 different fat burning<br />
hormones that are either working for or against you?); for<br />
others it’s a sluggish metabolism and for still others, it may be<br />
condition like candida.<br />
Our goal is to find out just what’s keeping your body from<br />
burning fat and then balance your body naturally. As your body<br />
returns to the shape and size you desire, you also get healthy<br />
and regain your energy so you can keep the weight off.<br />
If you would like to not only reduce your weight, but also<br />
rid yourself of food allergies, increase energy and vitality, lower<br />
cholesterol, improve digestion, improve physical appearance,<br />
have clearer thinking, eliminate headaches and have clearer<br />
skin, this program may be exactly what you need to make it<br />
happen!<br />
The Club Reduce Program Features Self Mastery<br />
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Health Assessment: We start with an assessment to<br />
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works by uncovering any underlying imbalances you may have.<br />
The program analyzes the data and gives instant feedback on<br />
what you need to add or change to get your body to burn fat.<br />
Treatment Plan: The doctor will use the data to recommend<br />
a treatment plan that’s customized just for you.<br />
Dr. Mark Schwartz is a licensed doctor of chiropractic and an<br />
authorized Club Reduce Program doctor. Call 505-332-1006 for<br />
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Albuquerque, NM 87111<br />
505.332.1006<br />
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<strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> | September/October 2012 17
The Hormone & Anti-<br />
Aging Center Now Open!<br />
By Tom White, RPh, PhC and Frank Latino, RPh, MS, PhC<br />
Former Highland Pharmary employees Pharmacists Tom White and Frank Latino strike out on their own with<br />
“The Hormone & Anti-Aging Center of New Mexico”, a compounding Pharmacy and Clinic!<br />
After 31 years at Highland Pharmacy, you can now find<br />
Tom White RPh, PhC, and Frank Latino, RPh, MS.,<br />
PhC (at Highland for more than 20 years) in their<br />
new home at The Hormone and Anti-Aging Center of New<br />
Mexico (HAAC). This unique business is a new paradigm in<br />
the practice of Pharmacy (in New Mexico) and is stunning<br />
inside with a lovely spa-like atmosphere!<br />
During his early years at<br />
Highland Pharmacy, Tom<br />
started and developed Highland’s<br />
complete hormone and<br />
compounding program, including<br />
protocols, formulations<br />
and educational materials<br />
that were unique to the<br />
industry at that time (now<br />
standard in the industry)!<br />
Tom is a pioneer in the field<br />
of Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement<br />
Therapy (BHRT),<br />
and Frank is one of the most<br />
knowledgeable pharmacists in<br />
the field of alternative health<br />
care and Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy<br />
(BHRT). HAAC represents the future of anti-aging pharmaceutical<br />
compounding.<br />
Facts of Aging: By current estimates, we are all<br />
living longer. The percentage of the elderly population to<br />
total population continues to rise,<br />
promising an impending challenge<br />
and significant effect on the health care<br />
system. The symptoms of aging whether<br />
it be “menopause” for women or<br />
“andropause” for men has revived and<br />
stimulated the old notion of practicing<br />
preventive medicine. The ever growing<br />
field of anti-aging medicine is suggesting<br />
that supporting the endocrine system as<br />
we age might be very beneficial. Maintaining some form of<br />
hormone balance through the replenishment of hormones<br />
levels which our bodies no longer enjoy seems to be<br />
fundamental to the practice of comprehensive preventative<br />
medicine. As we approach 50, almost all hormone levels start<br />
to change or drop—usually never to be restored unless we<br />
supplement.<br />
Exactly what is Compounding? Compounding<br />
is the practice of ancient traditional pharmacy. It is the heritage<br />
of pharmacy. A compounded prescription is defined as<br />
the combination of 2 or more ingredients when combined is<br />
intended to elicit a medicinal or therapeutic effect. The preparation<br />
must be safe (do no harm), prepared to the specification<br />
of the prescribing practitioner using only USP, FDA approved<br />
ingredients. The compound<br />
must be free of contamination,<br />
have a specified stability,<br />
maintain a high level of pharmaceutical<br />
elegance (would<br />
you use the product yourself),<br />
packaged and stored correctly,<br />
address the issue of efficacy<br />
and be prepared in a pharmacy<br />
laboratory compliant with USP<br />
795 and 797 guidelines. These<br />
are a few of the issues and concerns<br />
that we as compounding<br />
pharmacists face with each<br />
formulation. HAAC continues<br />
to improve and strive for perfection<br />
in the formulations they dispense. It is very important<br />
to your health to understand and know the capability of your<br />
compounding pharmacist.<br />
Why Compound? Without compounding the modern<br />
world of medicine in the United States as we know it today<br />
would not exist. Millions of compounded prescriptions are<br />
prepared each day by pharmacists in the US. Are you allergic<br />
to preservatives, dyes, or possibly require a special dosage or<br />
delivery system not available in commercial pharmaceuticals?<br />
Is the preparation your practitioner wants to prescribe not<br />
commercially available? Is the commercial product you<br />
were using no longer available? These are just a few of the<br />
reasons why an exceptional compounding pharmacist can be<br />
extremely helpful.<br />
Multiple Disciplines at HAAC: In addition to cutting<br />
edge compounding services, this innovative and distinctive<br />
pharmacy incorporates several disciplines of medicine under<br />
one roof, including an esthetician, a nurse practitioner, and a<br />
Doctor of Oriental Medicine, offering Live Blood Analysis.<br />
*Pharmacist Clinicians: Tom and Frank are both<br />
pharmacist clinicians (granted by both the Board of Pharmacy<br />
and the Medical Board). As such, they have prescriptive au-<br />
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thority and can access patient’s needs and write appropriate<br />
prescriptions within an approved scope of practice, including:<br />
Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy, topical antiaging<br />
preparations, (such as Retin A), Hydroquinone (Bleach<br />
Creams), anti-wrinkle, anti-aging preparations<br />
and other skin preserving preparations,<br />
topical pain gels and creams and<br />
more. The team at HAAC is here to help<br />
practitioners fulfill the unique needs of<br />
their patients, and patients are referred<br />
frequently to practitioners in the community<br />
for a wide variety of services.<br />
*A Pharmacist Clinician by definition and<br />
legislated in the state of New Mexico, Montana, and<br />
North Carolina is considered a mid-level primary<br />
care practitioner.<br />
Beauty, Warmth & Function: The Hormone and<br />
Anti-Aging Center of New Mexico is located at 5510 Lomas<br />
Blvd NE along with (but separate from) Phil’s Pills Pharmacy.<br />
A door between the two businesses allows access to the full<br />
line pharmacy and the friendly staff of Phil’s Pills. HAAC is<br />
very unique to Albuquerque. It’s warm, nostalgic feeling invites<br />
everyone to-come-on-in.<br />
HAAC also boasts a state of the art compounding<br />
pharmacy laboratory with the capability of preparing almost<br />
any formulation for the patient from the simplest to the more<br />
complex high risk sterile preparations. The laboratory was<br />
specially designed and built for efficiency and productivity and<br />
is 100 percent compliant with both USP 795 non-sterile and<br />
797 sterile preparation guidelines.<br />
Once inside, you will enjoy a relaxed, confident and<br />
professional atmosphere and HAAC is completely service<br />
oriented. For Tom and Frank, providing superior customer<br />
service is essential. “Our intent is for every person who enters<br />
to walk out with a plan; a sense of direction, a referral, an<br />
idea…something that will give them hope in their challenge<br />
for better health.”<br />
Highest Quality Products: Our dermatological skin<br />
care products provide anti-aging properties at their best. HAAC<br />
networks with many professional organizations, individuals<br />
and pharmaceutical companies<br />
15%<br />
Discount<br />
on All Transferred<br />
Compounded<br />
Prescriptions<br />
(Initial prescription only.)<br />
throughout the United States<br />
in order to provide the highest<br />
quality active ingredients in all of<br />
our compounded preparations.<br />
We typically purchase ingredients<br />
which have been double and triple<br />
tested for content, contamination<br />
and purity. We offer only the<br />
VERY BEST. “And, we strive to deliver compounded products<br />
which meet or exceed the highest of standards to ensure: quality,<br />
efficacy, stability, purity, pharmaceutical elegance and batch<br />
to batch consistency.” With the use of the Visia computerized<br />
complexion assessment system, weight loss programs, detox<br />
programs, body contouring using the latest non-invasive Sheer<br />
Wave Technology, plus the introduction of an exclusive line of<br />
cosmeceuticals recognized worldwide, there is no better place<br />
in Albuquerque for a comprehensive approach to look and<br />
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feel your very best! HAAC provides compound prescriptions<br />
for pets, kids, and seniors too!<br />
Experience Counts: With over 70 years of pharmacy<br />
compounding experience, they provide comprehensive health<br />
solutions using state of the art techniques<br />
with the highest quality formulations.<br />
HAAC is licensed in several states<br />
to provide compounded pharmaceutical<br />
preparations outside the boundaries of<br />
New Mexico.<br />
Get to know us; ask about our capabilities.<br />
Your compounding pharmacist<br />
should be able to answer all your<br />
questions about any preparation<br />
that you received without any<br />
reservations. At HAAC, proper<br />
patient education for the proper<br />
use and administration of their<br />
compounded preparations is a<br />
priority that is not overlooked.<br />
The goal at HAAC is to hear, “I don’t know what I would do<br />
without this unique formula. It’s perfect for me.” HAAC is all<br />
about positive outcomes. “We welcome you to stop by and<br />
visit The Hormone and Anti-Aging Center of New Mexico.”<br />
We think you will be pleased and impressed. We’re located at<br />
5510 Lomas Blvd NE next to Phil’s Pills. 505-232-HAAC (4222)<br />
www.haacnm.com<br />
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As seen on KOB-TV<br />
The Wave of the Future –<br />
BRAIN BALANCING<br />
By Louise Swartswalter, ND, CBS, CNHP, CALT<br />
Our Brain Boosters Program continues to grow and achieve amazing results. Please join us September19,<br />
at 6:30pm in the Albuquerque Natural Health Center Office to learn how you and your family can optimize<br />
brain power, enhance your memory, increase your focus and achieve better grades in school. Read more at<br />
www.abqnaturalhealthcenter.com. See events.<br />
The wave of the future in healing is brain balancing.<br />
It is the Central Nervous System (CNS) comprised of<br />
the brain and spinal cord that send signals<br />
to every part of your body to control vital functions<br />
such as breathing, heart rate, motor functions<br />
and hormones. It also controls your thoughts,<br />
emotions, learning, memory and speech.<br />
As Dr. Amen said, “Change your brain and<br />
change your life.” All of our five biofeedback<br />
programs work on balancing the brain and this is<br />
why we are able to affect change for many different<br />
imbalances: anxiety, depression, allergies, ADD/<br />
ADHD, Autism, Parkinson’s, fibromyalgia, acid reflux, etc. I<br />
like to work on the whole simultaneously — physical, mental,<br />
emotional and spiritual to optimize results. Working on one<br />
area at a time is like building a house and forgetting to put in<br />
the electrical system.<br />
Our Brain Boosters program works long<br />
distance, sending frequencies to harmonize<br />
and balance the brain waves, increase memory<br />
and balance the neurotransmitters (serotonin,<br />
dopamine and others). New brain information (my<br />
work) has been added this to the program so this<br />
group will be “super charged.” Join us September<br />
19 at 6:30 PM in the office and change your brain<br />
for life! See more at www.abqnaturalhealthcenter.<br />
com and www.lousieswartswalter.com.<br />
Recently I have added soul level work. By addressing the<br />
soul level, plus the mental-emotional and physical work in<br />
combination, clients are able to reduce the number of sessions<br />
needed; saving money, time and energy. I am teaching this<br />
work in the Geotran Class in Denver Sept. 7, 8 and 9.<br />
Please join me for an introduction to this breakthrough<br />
soul-brain work at the <strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> Health and Spirituality<br />
Workshop, September 22, 10:30 am.<br />
I am very happy to say that I am experiencing a real and<br />
noticeable benefit from your work. Thank you SO much.<br />
Being a practitioner myself, it is SO nice to have someone<br />
else work on me as I usually don’t work on myself as often as<br />
I could for sure, so thank you. I want to sign up for your next<br />
group along with 2 sons and father you already have us in<br />
your system for Brain Boosting.<br />
A.B., Vermont<br />
Dr. Louise is a Naturopathic Doctor, Biofeedback Specialist,<br />
Certified Natural Health Professional and health educator.<br />
If you have tried many modalities with minimal results, you<br />
can experience whole health with the use of the Quantum<br />
Biofeedback, integrations, naturopathy, and trauma release<br />
work, homeopathy, herbs, kinesiology and ionic cleanse<br />
footbaths. We work with YOU to accomplish your health goals<br />
and correct imbalances in the least number of sessions possible.<br />
Call today for your appointment: 505-797-0540 or visit us at<br />
www.abqnaturalhealthcenter.com.<br />
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From Self-Centered to<br />
Universal Consciousness<br />
By Wendy Foxworth, Center for Conscious Living<br />
The Center for Conscious Living is an evolving spiritual<br />
community whose purpose is to embody unconditional<br />
love. To fulfill this purpose, we provide tools and<br />
methodologies that help people shift from self-centered<br />
to universal consciousness. We honor universal Truths<br />
expressed in many different religious, spiritual, philosophical<br />
and psychological schools of thought and are blessed by all<br />
individualized expressions of Spirit.<br />
Dare to Go Beyond the Field of “Right and Wrong”<br />
As a non-membership, non-profit organization, we<br />
study spirituality in the context of developmental levels<br />
of consciousness. Our contribution to humanity is to be a<br />
welcoming place where people can learn to increase their level<br />
of consciousness to become practical channels of unconditional<br />
love in all forms of relationship. Our integral education program<br />
challenges people to go beyond the “field of right and wrong”<br />
to live in the “field of oneness” with all creation.<br />
Consciousness is the invisible unified field of energy/Spirit<br />
out of which arises everything in the universe. We awaken to<br />
the reality of consciousness over time and developmentally. Just<br />
as a second grader and tenth grader have different capabilities<br />
and skills in a K-12 educational system, so too do we gain<br />
new skills, abilities and capabilities at each successive level of<br />
consciousness. When one becomes aware that there are levels<br />
of consciousness, it is possible to embody one new level of<br />
consciousness every five years.<br />
Make the Shift to Universal Consciousness<br />
Making the collective shift from self-centered to universal<br />
consciousness in the next 10 years is a critical factor in our being<br />
able to co-create positive and life-giving possibilities for the<br />
future of the human race. The Center for Conscious Living<br />
provides a safe and open place to explore making this shift.<br />
Help Birth the Era of Conscious Evolution in 2012<br />
The methodology we are using now to embody and model<br />
universal consciousness is the work of Barbara Marx Hubbard,<br />
Birth 2012 and Beyond: Humanity’s Great Shift to the Age of<br />
Conscious Evolution. By invitation only Barbara will be meeting<br />
with those who are a part of our Evolutionary Circle and Birth<br />
2012 Consciousness Study on September 15th. We encourage<br />
those who aren’t able to be a part of our regular programming<br />
events to attend The Seed Institute Conference in Albuquerque<br />
on September 13-17 where Barbara will be speaking about<br />
Birth 2012.<br />
Schedule of Events for September and October<br />
Sundays 11am-1pm, ”Consciousness Study” Currently we are<br />
studying the Birth 2012 Movement as a path to making the<br />
shift from self-centered to universal consciousness. We will be<br />
studying “Being Prosperous in this Economy” on October 7th<br />
(and is the title/subject of our talk at the <strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> Workshop on<br />
9/22/12, 9am. See pg. 7 for more details).<br />
Tuesdays 5:30-7pm, “Beginner’s Tai Chi Chih” begins on<br />
September 11th.<br />
Wednesdays, 6:30-9pm, beginning October 10th, we will<br />
sponsor a “Conscious Evolution/Evolutionary Circle”<br />
experience that helps one learn what it is like to relate in<br />
community with others from Essence instead of Ego.<br />
Thursdays 5:30-8pm, we are a part of “Circles® New Mexico”<br />
co-creating community to support families with low income to<br />
leave poverty behind in their life experience. Join us as we make<br />
unconditional love a reality in the lives of others.<br />
Fridays, 6:30-9pm, the “Community Choir for Peace”<br />
rehearses. This choir practices allowing Spirit/Source Energy to<br />
sing peace in and through each individual and the group as a<br />
whole. Be peace and sing peace into our community.<br />
Please visit: www.consciouslivingnm.com to explore/register<br />
for classes, circles and events. We deeply appreciate and honor<br />
who you really are and hope to meet you soon. Namaste.<br />
Please join us Sundays<br />
11am to 1pm<br />
Community<br />
Consciousness<br />
Study<br />
“Growing in consciousness<br />
to end poverty and<br />
relational violence!”<br />
Wendy Foxworth<br />
Center Director<br />
2825 Broadbent Pkwy NE, Suite E • ABQ<br />
505.343.8001 • consciouslivingnm.com<br />
Read more articles by Wendy Foxworth online: www.trulyalive.net<br />
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European Commission Report Recommends<br />
Phasing Out Dental Amalgam<br />
By Dr. Mercola (Excerpted from an article published on August 8, 2012 )<br />
A<br />
European Commission report by the BIO<br />
Intelligence Service (BIOS) recommended the<br />
phase-out of dental amalgam and mercury in button<br />
cell batteries has many wondering if the whole of Europe will<br />
eliminate the use of dental mercury by 2018.<br />
It’s about time, and hopefully it would push the United<br />
States to quickly follow suit. Currently about half of U.S.<br />
dentists are mercury-free, and 77 percent of consumers<br />
who are informed that amalgam fillings are mostly mercury<br />
would choose a mercury-free alternative and are willing<br />
to pay more for it. The European Commission has been<br />
working to reduce mercury exposure to humans for the<br />
past seven years.<br />
While the official stand has been that dental amalgam is<br />
safe, recent studies suggest otherwise. Sweden has already<br />
phased out dental mercury, and several other European<br />
countries have either significantly reduced its use or have<br />
imposed restrictions on it. The United States has been<br />
shockingly slow to respond to mounting evidence of<br />
significant harm from dental amalgam.<br />
It’s important to understand that the term “silver filling”<br />
is profoundly deceptive, as the material contains anywhere<br />
from 49 to 54 percent mercury, not silver. The American<br />
Dental Association (ADA) has historically covered up this<br />
fact, and at one time even declared that removing mercury<br />
fillings is unethical—despite the known fact that dental<br />
amalgam emits mercury vapor after it is implanted in your<br />
mouth, and this mercury is bioaccumulative and endangers<br />
your health in many ways.<br />
The BIOS recommendations have yet to be adopted,<br />
but the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the<br />
Mercury Policy Project say they welcome the study. Project<br />
coordinator for the EEB’s Zero Mercury Campaign, Elena<br />
Lymberidi-Settimo, said the work shows that “mercury<br />
use must be phased out,” especially since alternatives to<br />
mercury use in dentistry are available. “It’s high time that<br />
mercury becomes the exception rather than the rule,” she<br />
said to PR Newswire.<br />
The Environmental Effects of Dental Amalgams:<br />
The BIOS report primarily focuses on the environmental<br />
impacts of dental amalgam as opposed to the health effects<br />
of having mercury, a potent neurotoxin, in your mouth.<br />
According to the authors of the report, dental amalgam<br />
is “a significant contributor to overall EU environmental<br />
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emissions of mercury from human activities.” The situation<br />
is identical in the US. Still, the report offers plenty of<br />
evidence suggestive of the potential health ramifications<br />
of the archaic and downright barbaric practice of placing<br />
mercury in your teeth.<br />
According to the report:<br />
“The current levels of mercury pollution in the EU are such<br />
that all the EU population is exposed to mercury above the<br />
natural background level and certain population groups such<br />
as high-level fish consumers, women of childbearing age and<br />
children are subject to high risk levels, principally due to their<br />
high exposure and/or high vulnerability to mercury in the<br />
form of methyl mercury, which is ingested through the diet.<br />
This presents a risk of negative impacts on health, in<br />
particular affecting the nervous system and diminishing<br />
intellectual capacity.<br />
There are also environmental risks, for example the<br />
disturbance of microbiological activity in soils and harm to<br />
wildlife populations. The effects of mercury releases on the<br />
integrity of the ecosystem are substantial. Various species,<br />
especially eagles, loons, kingfishers, ospreys, ibises, river<br />
otters, mink and others that rely on fish for a large part of<br />
their diet, have been observed to suffer adverse health and/<br />
or behavioral effects. Observed disorders such as effects on<br />
the muscles and nervous system, reduced or altered mating<br />
habits, ability to reproduce, raise offspring, catch food and<br />
avoid predators have been demonstrated to affect individual<br />
animal viability and overall population stability.<br />
According to calculations based on the critical load concept,<br />
more than 70 percent of the European ecosystem area is<br />
estimated to be at risk today due to mercury, with critical<br />
loads of mercury exceeded in large parts of western, central<br />
and southern Europe.”<br />
World Health Organization Report Also Urges Cessation of<br />
Dental Amalgam:<br />
WHO also urges “a switch in use of dental materials” away<br />
from amalgam. WHO noted the following three reasons for<br />
the new position:<br />
• Amalgam releases a “significant amount of mercury”<br />
into the environment, including the atmosphere,<br />
surface water, groundwater, and soil.<br />
• Dental amalgam raises “general health concerns.” The
eport observes: “According to the Norwegian Dental<br />
Biomaterials Adverse Reaction Unit, the majority of cases<br />
of side-effects of dental filling materials are linked with<br />
dental amalgam.”<br />
• Alternative dental restoration<br />
materials are available. The<br />
report cites studies indicating that<br />
many alternatives are superior<br />
to amalgam, and states that<br />
“alternative restorative materials<br />
of sufficient quality are available<br />
for use in the deciduous [baby]<br />
dentition of children”—the<br />
population whose developing<br />
neurological systems are most<br />
susceptible to the neurotoxic effects of dental mercury.<br />
Perhaps more important than the survival of the filling,<br />
WHO asserts that: “Adhesive resin materials allow for less<br />
tooth destruction and, as a result, a longer survival of the<br />
tooth itself.”<br />
The WHO report also included mention of the known<br />
toxic effects of mercury exposure, stating: “Mercury is<br />
highly toxic and harmful to health. Approximately 80 percent<br />
of inhaled mercury vapor is absorbed in the blood through<br />
the lungs, causing damages to lungs, kidneys and the nervous,<br />
digestive, respiratory and immune systems. Health effects<br />
from excessive mercury exposure include tremors, impaired<br />
vision and hearing, paralysis, insomnia, emotional instability,<br />
developmental deficits during fetal development, and<br />
attention deficit and developmental delays during childhood.”<br />
popular alternatives to amalgam is resin composite, made of<br />
a type of plastic reinforced with powdered glass. It is already<br />
common throughout the U.S. and the rest of the developed<br />
world, offering notable improvements over amalgam, as it:<br />
• Is environmentally safe:<br />
Composite, which contains no<br />
mercury, does not pollute the<br />
environment. This saves taxpayers<br />
from paying the costs of cleaning<br />
up dental mercury pollution in our<br />
water, air, and land – and the costs<br />
of health problems associated with<br />
mercury pollution.<br />
• Preserves healthy tooth structure,<br />
because, unlike amalgam, it does not require the removal<br />
of significant amounts of healthy tooth matter. Over the<br />
long term, composite preserves healthy tooth structure<br />
and can actually strengthen teeth, leading to better oral<br />
health and less extensive dental work over the longterm.<br />
• Is long-lasting: While some claim that amalgam fillings<br />
last longer than composite fillings, the science reveals<br />
this claim to be baseless. The latest studies show that<br />
composite not only lasts as long as amalgam, but actually<br />
has a higher overall survival rate.<br />
Alternatives are Readily Available… and Desired by Most<br />
Americans:<br />
Far from being an essential dental product with no viable<br />
alternatives, amalgam is interchangeable with many other<br />
filling materials—including resin composites and glass<br />
ionomers—which have rendered amalgam completely<br />
unnecessary for any clinical situation. One of the most<br />
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TRULY ALIVE FEATURE SECTION<br />
An Interview with Gregg Braden<br />
and an Overview of his newest book,<br />
Deep Truth, Igniting the Memory of Our<br />
Origin, History, Destiny and Fate<br />
by Karen Larré, Carla Garcia & Mary Anne Weaver<br />
New York Times best selling<br />
author Gregg Braden is<br />
internationally renowned as<br />
a pioneer in bridging science<br />
and spirituality. Following a successful<br />
career as a Computer Geologist for<br />
Phillips Petroleum during the 1970’s<br />
energy crisis, he worked as a Senior<br />
Computer Systems Designer with<br />
Martin Marietta Defense Systems during<br />
the last years of the Cold War. In 1991, he<br />
became The First Technical Operations<br />
Manager for Cisco Systems where he led<br />
the development of the global support<br />
team that insures the reliability of today’s<br />
internet.<br />
For more than 25 years, Gregg has<br />
searched high mountain villages, remote<br />
monasteries, and forgotten texts to<br />
uncover their timeless secrets. His work<br />
is now featured on the History Channel,<br />
the Discovery Channel, The Sci Fi<br />
Channel, ABC and NBC.<br />
To date, Gregg’s discoveries have<br />
led to such paradigm-shattering books<br />
as: The Isaiah Effect, The God Code, The<br />
Divine Matrix, and Fractal Time which<br />
debuted in 2009 at #5 on the New York<br />
Times bestseller list just 2 weeks after<br />
its release! His newest, Deep Truth:<br />
Igniting the Origin of Our Origin,<br />
History, Destiny<br />
and Fate provides<br />
insight into many<br />
scientific false<br />
assumptions,<br />
discusses their<br />
implications and<br />
talks about how<br />
humanity may be<br />
at a critical tipping<br />
point. Gregg’s<br />
work is published<br />
in 38 languages and 33 countries and<br />
shows us beyond any reasonable doubt<br />
that the key to our future lies in the<br />
wisdom of our past.<br />
<strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong>: Can we start with your<br />
telling us what you mean by “deep truth?”<br />
Gregg Braden: The newest book, Deep<br />
Truth was released in the fall of 2011. This<br />
book was almost complete before it even<br />
had a title, which is very unusual for me.<br />
Albert Einstein had a conversation with<br />
Neils Bohr, the Nobel Prize winning<br />
physicist, regarding the discoveries (of<br />
that time) that were overturning what<br />
had been held—up to that point—as<br />
scientific truth. Neils Bohr said, “It is<br />
the hallmark of any deep truth that its<br />
negation is also a deep truth.” I realized<br />
that what Neils Bohr said about these<br />
discoveries of the mid-20th century is<br />
precisely what is happening in our world<br />
right now. New discoveries are now<br />
overturning the deepest truths held by<br />
science over the last 150 years. These are<br />
peer-reviewed science-based discoveries<br />
—not speculation. They are peerreviewed<br />
facts and these new discoveries<br />
are showing us where our thinking is<br />
either incomplete, or flat-out wrong. It’s<br />
critical to understand this right now<br />
because our young people (as well as the<br />
experts) are simply not aware of some<br />
of these discoveries. We are now being<br />
asked to solve the greatest crises in the<br />
world with the same thinking that led to<br />
the crises. The consequences are that the<br />
solutions aren’t working.<br />
TA: What does humanity need to<br />
understand right now, that will allow us<br />
all to effectively address today’s crises?<br />
GB: In Deep Truth, I’ve identified five<br />
key, false assumptions that science has<br />
made over the last 150 years.<br />
The first key assumption is, no<br />
surprise, from Charles Darwin,<br />
regarding evolution. We’ve been taught<br />
that evolution explains life itself, and the<br />
human mind specifically. The problem<br />
with that neither the physical data nor<br />
DNA data supports it.<br />
Gregg Braden in Caral, Peru<br />
The second key assumption regards<br />
civilization itself. When I was in school,<br />
I was taught that civilization is about<br />
5,000, maybe 5,500 years old…that it<br />
is linear, beginning in the primitive<br />
state, and has advanced to the pinnacle<br />
of technology that we see today. The<br />
problem with that is, peer-reviewed<br />
archaeological discoveries are now<br />
pushing the accepted date of advanced<br />
civilization to over twice as old as we’ve<br />
been led to believe, back to the end of the<br />
last ice age, around 11,500 years ago.<br />
False assumption number 3<br />
regards physics. It simply states that<br />
consciousness is somehow separate from<br />
our physical world. Once again the data<br />
doesn’t support this. Professor John<br />
Wheeler from Princeton University, a<br />
colleague of Einstein—was very bold<br />
in saying that we cannot separate<br />
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consciousness from the rest of the world.<br />
Professor Wheeler stated that the failure<br />
to find the unified field theory in physics<br />
is due to having written consciousness<br />
out of the equation.<br />
False assumption number 4 is also<br />
with regard to physics, and it says that<br />
the space between physical things is<br />
empty. We now know that there is no<br />
empty space. There are forms of energy<br />
that occupy all space. We’ve been led to<br />
believe that everything is separate from<br />
everything else, and what we do in one<br />
place has little or no impact on what<br />
happens somewhere else. Now we know<br />
that is not the case.<br />
The last false assumption is perhaps<br />
the most critical when it comes to the<br />
changes we are being asked to make in<br />
our world today. With regard to nature,<br />
Darwin stated in his book On the<br />
Origins of Species, that nature is based<br />
upon what is called “survival of the<br />
strongest.” Darwin was the first scientist<br />
to attempt to answer the big questions<br />
of the origins of life, beyond the realm<br />
of the religious community and the<br />
church. Because Darwin attempted to<br />
answer these questions through the<br />
emerging language of science, his ideas<br />
were quickly embraced with very little<br />
question, in the world at that time.<br />
People say to me, “OK, Gregg, maybe<br />
Darwin wasn’t quite right. And that<br />
was over 150 years ago. What difference<br />
could it possibly make in our modern<br />
sophisticated technological world<br />
today?” We live in the modern world of<br />
the 21st century; that is true. We have<br />
refined ideas, but the ideas were actually<br />
developed in the late 1800’s and early<br />
1900’s when Darwin’s ideas were very<br />
popular. Possibly the best example of<br />
the “Survival of the strongest” idea is<br />
our global economy. Corporations are<br />
based upon the idea of “Survival of the<br />
strongest.” Our young people in school<br />
more often than not are taught that it’s<br />
all about getting the right answer on the<br />
test, or about scoring the right point on<br />
the field. The underlying belief is, we live<br />
in the world that’s “dog eat dog”— a world<br />
of scarcity, a world of lack, where there is<br />
one pie and everyone must fight for their<br />
slice. The problem is, the best science of<br />
our time is telling us that nature is NOT<br />
based upon “Survival of the strongest.”<br />
While we may see expressions of that<br />
in nature, they are response-specific<br />
situations. The over-arching rule in<br />
nature is that it is based upon a model of<br />
cooperation and mutual aid.<br />
There are two primary kinds<br />
of competition: There is a form of<br />
competition where one person or one<br />
group benefits at the expense of another;<br />
where a group or an individual exploit<br />
the weaknesses of another. In nature,<br />
that’s called violent competition. There’s<br />
another form of competition, where a<br />
group or an individual excels simply<br />
because they have developed their<br />
abilities to their highest expression. Over<br />
four hundred studies were done in the<br />
last 15 years that asked the same question:<br />
what is the optimum amount of violent<br />
competition in the environment? What<br />
the studies found was, the optimum<br />
amount of violent competition in ANY<br />
situation is ZERO, in any environment<br />
—in the workplace, in the classroom, on<br />
the playing field. Competition always,<br />
always, always is detrimental to the<br />
individual and to the group. In 2008, the<br />
prestigious journal New Scientist did an<br />
essay encapsulating this work and the<br />
new discoveries, emphasizing that what<br />
we see in the wild is not every animal out<br />
for itself, and if cooperation were to break<br />
down, the results would be disastrous.<br />
These new discoveries tell us the<br />
bottom line is: we know that nature, the<br />
real nature, is based on cooperation and<br />
mutual aid, and that’s a very different<br />
way of going about solving our problem<br />
than competition and conflict. We are<br />
witnessing the expression…the extremes<br />
of these false assumptions, along with an<br />
opportunity to embrace the best science<br />
of our time. Can we marry that science<br />
with our most cherished spiritual and<br />
indigenous traditions to weave a new<br />
wisdom that is greater than anything<br />
that we have had in the past? This is the<br />
essence of the book Deep Truth.<br />
TA: You have journeyed to many<br />
archeological sites, because you believe<br />
the ancient past hold the keys to the<br />
future. In what way?<br />
GB: When I was in school, I was shown<br />
charts of the history of the world. They all<br />
said that our history began about 5,000<br />
years ago in ancient Sumeria. Now, what<br />
we are finding is this: there is a common<br />
theme that runs through the advanced<br />
civilizations of the world, prior to 5,000<br />
years ago. In every instance with the<br />
excavations, no evidence of war has been<br />
found; no evidence of the need to defend<br />
Gregg Braden playing an Andean flute<br />
homes and cities against intruders—no<br />
evidence of weapons, of walls, of moats.<br />
No evidence of mass graves (that you<br />
would expect at the end of large scale<br />
wars) were ever found; none of the<br />
mutilated bodies and severed limbs with<br />
axes in skulls (that you would expect<br />
to find after wars). As a scientist, I have<br />
to say one of two things is happening<br />
here: either 1) weapons exist, and they<br />
haven’t been found, or 2) they don’t<br />
exist because war is not human nature.<br />
A growing number of historians and<br />
anthropologists are beginning to write in<br />
their papers that war is an aberration of<br />
human experience. It’s a habit that began<br />
5,000 years ago with the first evidence of<br />
large scale war in the nation of Sumeria.<br />
If war is a habit that was learned 5,000<br />
years ago, the question is—can we<br />
unlearn that habit? Archaeology itself—<br />
the peer-reviewed science of civilization<br />
—is now confirming human nature is<br />
also based on a model of cooperation<br />
and mutual aid.<br />
TA: Why is it important for us to<br />
understand that the global economic<br />
collapse did not happen quickly or without<br />
notice?<br />
GB: I think <strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> readers are<br />
well-informed and know that this is no<br />
ordinary time in the history of the world.<br />
But for many people in the mainstream,<br />
it took people by surprise. In all honesty,<br />
so many people’s lives are so full with<br />
just trying to get through the day, trying<br />
to get their kids to school, keep dinner<br />
on the table, hold down their jobs, stay<br />
healthy and have some semblance of a<br />
social life; they just don’t spend a lot of<br />
time delving into the intricacies of what<br />
keeps our civilization on track. They<br />
trust the people in control. They trust the<br />
continued on p26<br />
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Gregg Braden Interview cont’d from p25<br />
Gregg Braden showing<br />
a Yucatan glyph<br />
people in government and politics—to<br />
a large degree.<br />
Experts knew (and they told in<br />
2005) that the world economic system<br />
was unsustainable and was going to<br />
collapse. But it’s hard to think about<br />
those things when everything looks<br />
like it’s chugging along pretty well.<br />
Some of the economists that tried to<br />
alert people were laughed out of the<br />
rooms; some of them lost their jobs,<br />
and their essays weren’t printed. People<br />
and publications refused to hear them<br />
or print them. And, those same people are now telling us that<br />
what happened in 2008 and 2009 is the first leg; and that we’re<br />
in for the second leg if we don’t change our way of thinking. I<br />
don’t know what’s going to happen in the world. I don’t think<br />
anyone knows for certain. But I do know, whatever happens,<br />
it’s going to take an unprecedented level of cooperation on an<br />
individual and on a global basis to address the crises.<br />
TA: Is there anything else that you would like people to know<br />
about you and your work?<br />
GB: Over the last five years, I’ve been on every continent of<br />
the Earth except Antarctica. People know that something is<br />
happening. The question is, what does it mean? People ask,<br />
“What can we do?” When we recognize how steeped we are<br />
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question. The question in<br />
Gregg Braden in Reed Islands the past has been, “What<br />
can I get from the world<br />
that exists?” In light of the new discoveries, we need to make<br />
the shift to the new question, “What can I give to the world<br />
that’s emerging?” The way we answer that question changes<br />
everything about the way that we approach every problem,<br />
from those of our personal lives, to those of our families, our<br />
communities, and our nations.<br />
What we’ll find is that when we give our heart’s passion,<br />
our greatest gift, the things that we are so passionate about—<br />
not necessarily what we’ve been trained to do or what pays the<br />
best—but when we give in that way, we become better people<br />
and we will create a better world.<br />
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Exploring the Essence of Time at the<br />
Wisdom from the Origins Conference<br />
By Glenn Aparicio Parry, PhD, President of Seed Institute<br />
The ancients understood that time unfolded in the<br />
energy of a circle, emergent from a particular origin<br />
and radiating outward, much like the rings of a tree or<br />
ripples of water. This energy was understood to permeate all of<br />
nature. The role of human beings, therefore, was not to control,<br />
but to synchronize with what was unfolding. We were attuned<br />
to cycles of time, which we learned directly from nature. We<br />
understood that nature was the original teacher.<br />
The ancient calendars of Indigenous civilizations such as<br />
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invited to discover this ancient wisdom for yourself, and how<br />
it is relevant today, at THE Conference of 2012. Coming this<br />
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more than 35 in all — to one place. The entire conference will<br />
be conducted in circles within circles, both in the large plenary<br />
sessions and in the smaller breakout rooms.<br />
Gregg Braden, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Marianne<br />
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Robert Sitler, and Kenneth Johnson are joined by the Head of<br />
the Mayan Council of Elders, Don Alejandro; Grandmother<br />
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The Heart is a Radiator, Not<br />
a Discriminator<br />
4th in a Series of Articles About Chakras<br />
Excerpt from “The Wisdom of the Chakras” By Ellen Tadd<br />
The heart chakra is located in the obvious place, the<br />
heart area in the chest. It is the center of love, joy,<br />
generosity, courage, and forgiveness. Love with its<br />
pervasive positivity, is concentrated in the heart chakra<br />
and is a warm, accepting, unifying feeling that makes us<br />
feel good to be alive. When unrestricted, the feeling<br />
of love stimulates appreciation for life, while<br />
simultaneously supporting and celebrating the<br />
evolutionary process of fully realizing our<br />
spiritual identity. The heart chakra radiates<br />
love whether it is expressed in words,<br />
deeds, or simply in a presence. When<br />
unblocked, love is a natural force that<br />
flows out of the spiritual essence.<br />
In my observation, the heart chakra<br />
has an inner and an out chamber; the inner<br />
chamber contains the intension and<br />
underlying desire to love, the outer chamber<br />
emanates and expresses love. Both chambers<br />
can absorb the feeling of love when unobstructed<br />
by hurts and fears.<br />
The radiating force of love can be interrupted by hurts, fears,<br />
and misconceptions. Like clouds that block the sun, anxieties,<br />
emotional wounds, and distorted beliefs can obstruct the<br />
warmth and radiance of the heart chakra. Yet even when the<br />
sun is covered over by clouds, it is still warm; similarly, even<br />
when love is not acknowledged or experienced, it is stored in<br />
the heart chakra.<br />
People with a healthy inner heart chamber feel the<br />
intention and wish to express and receive love. Yet many may<br />
be unable to actualize their desire consistently or sometimes<br />
even partially because their outer heart chambers have<br />
become blocked or damaged. This affliction is caused by an<br />
accumulation of negative emotional reactions to unwanted<br />
experiences such as feeling hurt when a spouse is unkind. The<br />
repeated occurrence of feeling emotionally hurt blocks the<br />
flow of love from the outer heart chamber. These blockages can<br />
protect the heart from experiencing further injury, but they<br />
also obstruct the heart’s ability to receive and express love. If<br />
hurts and disappointments accumulate, not only can the outer<br />
heart chamber become damaged but the inner heart chamber<br />
can be impaired. Then a feeling of deep unhappiness settles in.<br />
Our desire to express love fades, while feelings of selfishness,<br />
indifference, or hatred grow.<br />
Blocking, however is only one of two ways to protect your<br />
heart chakra from injury. The healthy way is through clarity.<br />
Clarity, which comes from the third eye, protects the heart<br />
from hurt because the third eye sees that an unkind person is<br />
a learning person. My guides say it this way, “If everyone were<br />
enlightened, everyone would be loving.” We protect the heart<br />
chakra from pain by viewing life from a spiritual perspective,<br />
focusing from the third eye, and maintaining spiritual attitudes.<br />
Then it becomes possible to consistently see<br />
our circumstances and other people’s behavior<br />
as part of a positive evolutionary growth process.<br />
When we emphasize learning and the<br />
development of consciousness, each situation<br />
offers constructive knowledge and<br />
lessons. By cultivating and affirming this<br />
understanding of the human condition,<br />
we are less likely to take the behaviors<br />
of others and life’s difficulties personally.<br />
This allows love to flow and protects the<br />
heart from harm.<br />
The hurt of the heart is a by-product of<br />
being attached to outcomes. Such attachment is<br />
commonly created by a focus (conscious or unconscious)<br />
on the solar plexus chakra. By shifting focus to the third eye<br />
we perceive the world in a spiritual context. This attunement<br />
promotes objectivity and serves as an antidote to attachment,<br />
and thus helps to sustain an open heart chakra. Uniting the<br />
third eye with the heart chakra creates a sense of wholeness<br />
and balance, whether others reciprocate love or not.<br />
I cannot emphasize too much that the heart chakra is a center<br />
of love not the center of discernment.<br />
Individuals having difficulty making life<br />
decisions are often advised to “follow<br />
their heart.” Doing so is a problem if a<br />
person is focused and operating from<br />
the solar plexus chakra rather than the<br />
third eye, for then the heart chakra will<br />
function as an emotional, reactionary, or<br />
needy center, which prevents the heart<br />
from giving a clear message. Like the sun<br />
that shines on my lawn and yours, the<br />
heart radiates without discrimination.<br />
Thus, it is critically important that the heart chakra be united<br />
with the third eye and its wisdom rather that than with the<br />
solar plexus and its focus on feelings and emotions. People<br />
with good intentions may feel loving, but their choices may be<br />
inappropriate, unwise, and ultimately, unloving if the third-eye<br />
chakra is not activated and united with the heart chakra.<br />
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Your Last Diet<br />
By Dr. Jan Jay, DOM<br />
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Ever heard of a diet that not only promotes<br />
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Energy Ways: Restoring<br />
the Light Body<br />
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My Body Spoke...<br />
I Listened<br />
By Jennifer McKay Vaitkus<br />
Recently, I had an amazing experience while<br />
dancing. Throughout that day I heard the<br />
message, “Focus on the small parts.” So, I<br />
made this intention for my dance. I brought my<br />
awareness to the smallest areas in my body; the tip of my nose,<br />
the skin between my toes, the area at the base of my throat, my<br />
belly button. Each time I brought my awareness to a part of my<br />
body it seemed to burst with energy. My body felt so happy I was<br />
noticing it! Soon, rather than “deciding” where I would focus<br />
next, various body parts began to speak up themselves. This is<br />
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My tailbone wanted attention and as soon as I brought my<br />
awareness to it, I felt like I wanted to cry. As I danced I listened<br />
to and FELT my tailbone. My attention went to the space just<br />
inside my ears and I felt an intense sense of compassion for my<br />
loved ones. I heard my cheeks calling, and at the same time the<br />
skin behind my knees and felt so much joy I wanted to burst out<br />
laughing. I then became aware of the center of my palms. They<br />
started to burn and I felt a huge surge of energy pour through<br />
them. I felt my ankles and toes and heard the message “We all<br />
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part is in pain or needs help we all help. It is only your ego/<br />
mind that chooses not to be a part of this community.” What a<br />
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This experience taught me that EVERY part of my body<br />
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Jennifer McKay Vaitkus, a belly dancer and psychic, owns<br />
White Horse, a metaphysical and dancewear shop. She also<br />
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energy ways: restoring the light body<br />
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Relief from<br />
Your Pain<br />
By Gwen Pullen, CWK, MBA & Dr. Gail Drane , DOM<br />
There are many types and causes of pain. Your<br />
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Pain is most often an indication that inflammation is present<br />
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HCG Diet, Accidents and<br />
Natural Face Lifts<br />
By Dr. Carla Garcia, DOM<br />
What do these things have in common? They are<br />
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Specialists. Many people know Dr. Garcia for her<br />
expertise in thermography, but other services and treatments<br />
are also available in her office.<br />
Dieting is always on people’s minds. If we are not on a diet,<br />
we feel like we should be. Most weight loss programs are very<br />
hard because it can take weeks to lose those first 10 pounds.<br />
Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) is a hormone that can<br />
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Medical coverage on car insurance policies usually covers<br />
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Dr. Garcia uses painless micro-current, acupuncture and tuina<br />
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In addition to acupuncture and diet counseling, Dr. Garcia<br />
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How<br />
S.T.A.R., Now State of Being<br />
By Nina Brown<br />
On October 19 - 21, 2012, the S.T.A.R. Clinic will welcome starseeds at the Santa Ana Pueblo Hyatt Tamaya for a clinic focused<br />
on “Ascension 2012: Ancient and New Codes Revealed.” After a healing from Divine Mother (Matthew Reifslager), presenters<br />
will explain what codes are and why they assist in the process of inner alchemy. On Sunday within a stargate portal, codes<br />
will be transmitted. This quantum tool, the S.T.A.R. Clinic, has been gifted to you. Come join us for this unprecedented event.<br />
Your participation has the potential to change the trajectory of your life in this most auspicious time in recorded human<br />
history! www.goldendolphins.com • info@goldendolphins.com<br />
are we to “Be” in the New Earth? S.T.A.R. is the<br />
answer. A new age brings with it a new paradigm;<br />
a new way of living our life. The old ways of force, fear, sorrow<br />
are to go. The new is to enter: surrender, trust, allow and receive<br />
(S.T.A.R.)<br />
Two key components will guide us into the New Earth:<br />
knowing who we are and living in the Now Moment. Most of<br />
humanity believes they are the physical vessel from which their<br />
soul expresses, but they overlook the soul’s expression. Their<br />
daily choices are governed by their ego self, which is thinking<br />
hard about what job to get, where to live, how to survive and<br />
all of the other mind-centered activities of getting through life.<br />
The ego self has been in charge for eons, but that is coming<br />
to an end with the advent of the New Earth. It will loose control<br />
in the elevated frequencies and radiance of the crystalline grid,<br />
which will be fully online December 12, 2012 and ignited on<br />
December 21, 2012. On winter solstice 2012, Gaia will connect<br />
to the crystalline grid and duality will loose its power. We are<br />
and will witness expanded awareness of our human divinity<br />
and the softening of our ego selves as each day passes.<br />
As we learn to live our lives in wholeness with the full<br />
acceptance that we are divine humans — an individual aspect<br />
of All That Is, we will choose our life experiences from the Now<br />
Moment of being. Suffering from the past and fear of the future<br />
will not control life circumstances. And we will begin to attract<br />
different experiences. In the words of Eckhart Tolle, author of<br />
The New Earth, “Your entire life journey ultimately consists of<br />
the step you are taking at this moment.”<br />
How do we support the Now State of Being as divine<br />
humans in the New Earth? S.T.A.R. is again the answer.<br />
Surrender to the knowing that you are the One Consciousness<br />
experiencing. Trust that wholeness will catch you as you jump<br />
off the cliff in the new way of experiencing. Allow what the One<br />
Consciousness chooses for your life’s expression as being perfect<br />
in every way imaginable. Receive as already manifested what<br />
your human divinity has imagined and chosen, with gratitude<br />
and appreciation even if it is not yet visible.<br />
In this year of 2012, multi-dimensional/inter-galactic<br />
beings of light have gifted humanity with the S.T.A.R.<br />
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facilitate healing and promote well-being. The S.T.A.R. clinic<br />
is directed outside the realm of individuated consciousness by<br />
the divine Creator.<br />
Nina Brown is founder of Gathering of the Golden Dolphins,<br />
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to Planet Earth: Memoir of a Reluctant Visionary (Cauda Pavonis,<br />
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The Energy of Prayer<br />
By Rev. Kylie Renner<br />
T<br />
hroughout time, humans have created an incredible<br />
variety of ways that we can commune and<br />
communicate with God. There are morning and<br />
evening prayers, graces said over meals and reverent physical<br />
gestures. Christians bow their heads and fold their hands.<br />
Native Americans dance. Sufis whirl. Buddhists sit quietly.<br />
Hindus offer sacrifices. Orthodox Jews bob their heads<br />
back and forth. Quakers keep silent. All of these methods of<br />
connection point to a greater human need to connect with<br />
the energy of the divine, and to feel its presence in our lives.<br />
But we also tend to mistake the form of the prayer with the<br />
actual communion that the prayer is attempting to get us to.<br />
When we speak of the energy behind thought, or the<br />
power of faith and prayer, we are not thinking of willpower,<br />
but of Original Power. The thought, or the prayer, merely<br />
uses an energy which already is. The electrician does not put<br />
energy into electricity; he takes it out. And so with prayer,<br />
as we recognize that there is an energy behind our every<br />
thought, act, and deed, we can begin to allow all of our<br />
energy to align with the power and energy of the universe…<br />
which is constantly seeking to express itself more fully and<br />
more powerfully in our lives.<br />
The energy was always there. It becomes our task to find<br />
our own unique way to connect with it more fully. This is<br />
why it is so important for us to let go of the outward forms of<br />
prayer, and explore that which makes us feel connected; that<br />
which makes us come alive — because the forms alone can’t<br />
do it. And since the form alone can’t take us to this place<br />
of connection, many of us have rejected traditional forms of<br />
prayer, as empty dogma. But within the bowed heads and<br />
folded hands, the dance, the quietness, the sacrifices, and the<br />
head bobbing there is a greater truth of our desire to connect<br />
with Original Power that is being pointed to. And, if we look<br />
deeper into the form of prayer, we may find ways of access to<br />
our inner wisdom that we had cut ourselves off from.<br />
We should also expect that when we seek this deeper<br />
relationship with the energy behind our prayers, the Original<br />
Power will rejoice at our awakening, and will find new and<br />
more powerful ways to express itself through us. This for me<br />
is answered prayer; not that I took my problem or desire to<br />
the divine and got what I wanted, but instead, I sought to<br />
convene with the energy that created all of life. And because<br />
this communion is my natural state, I opened myself through<br />
this connection to be available to a greater expression of who<br />
I have come here to be.<br />
When focusing on the energy of connection and<br />
communion (without the need for an outside form or<br />
instruction), we access a deep knowing within — a<br />
knowing that provides us with a wisdom and clarity that<br />
are beyond anything we have experienced before. And we<br />
become skillful at being not only an inlet, but also an outlet<br />
for this Original Power. We become skillful at allowing the<br />
blessing of our connection to not only heal ourselves but<br />
this entire planet.<br />
Maybe the next step in recognizing the energy of prayer<br />
is not only affirming (in our prayers) that we create this sense<br />
of connection for ourselves, but that all beings awaken to<br />
their spiritual magnificence…and to their birthright to live<br />
creative, purposeful, abundant, and prosperous lives.<br />
Rev. Kylie Renner serves the Albuquerque community as senior<br />
minister at Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living (ACSL),<br />
located at 2801 Louisiana NE, between Menaul & Candelaria.<br />
Call us at 505-881-4311 or visit us online: www.abqcsl.org. The<br />
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Water, I think you will agree, is important—especially<br />
here in the desert. Our physical bodies are made<br />
up of 90-95% water. Water is a solvent. It hydrates<br />
our cells and delivers nutrients to them while washing toxins<br />
and waste products away (including cellular die off). It escorts<br />
these contaminants to the elimination systems: kidney, bladder,<br />
liver, colon, lungs, skin and lymph. So it is very important to<br />
stay hydrated. If you don’t like drinking water alone, squeeze<br />
a fresh lemon or lime into your water, eat watermelon and<br />
other high water content fruits and vegetables, and/or buy a<br />
juicer and make your own fresh fruit or vegetable juice. These<br />
are nutrient-rich; feed and nourish your cells. You can also<br />
effectively hydrate your body doing a water enema using 1-1/2<br />
quarts of clean, purified filtered water, OR receiving a colonic.<br />
Not only will you be hydrated, you will detoxify yourself,<br />
which will increase your energy level immediately!<br />
When I first came to Albuquerque, I checked out a number<br />
of colon therapists and received treatments from them in order<br />
to find out who was the best in town. There are a number of<br />
things I look for in a quality colon therapy office:<br />
1<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
Type of equipment, i.e., open system, closed system,<br />
direct pressure, gravity fed, etc.<br />
Do they use filtered water? Is it ozonated, or oxygenated?<br />
Do they use additives?<br />
Does the equipment use ultra violet light for last-stage<br />
purification?<br />
How long have the provider(s) been doing colonics? Do<br />
they receive colonics themselves? How many have they<br />
had and how often do they receive colonics?<br />
Here at ALL ABOUT HEALTH, INC., the city water goes<br />
through 6 filtration stages before going into the holding tank,<br />
where it receives ozonation as the final stage of purification. The<br />
first stage passes through heavy gauge magnets; the second<br />
pass is through a restructuring device; third, a sediment filter<br />
to remove the large particulates; fourth, a 4 foot high carbon<br />
filtration tank from Pure Water Technologies. Then the water<br />
goes to my colonic room, kitchen and laundry room. So the<br />
waters in any of those places are drinkable. Even the towels<br />
you lay on and cover yourself with are washed in this pristine<br />
water with plant-based detergent. And then, there are 2 more<br />
filters in the colonic room (the water goes through) before<br />
being sent to the holding tank (and into your body).<br />
In addition (included in every treatment), is a specialized<br />
water (most often multiple potencies of this water) is used as<br />
additives. They give the cells more support when releasing the<br />
stronger toxins; therefore, there is less cramping during the<br />
releases.<br />
All this to say: we care about the quality of water going<br />
into your body. The better the water, the better and easier the<br />
cells can receive it and cleanse themselves. After 1 hour of<br />
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Manifest What You Want<br />
...Now! By Janet L. Hall, ND, CKP, CMI, CHt, CBT<br />
I had my first integration with Janet Hall in 2011. While the<br />
integration was happening, I could feel my energy becoming lighter<br />
and grounded more in the present moment. I was more empowered,<br />
peaceful and revitalized. Since the integration, synchronicities and<br />
financial abundance have really increased, and miracles of all<br />
sorts are occurring on an everyday basis. I am so grateful, bless<br />
you Janet. In joy and laughter,<br />
S. Wood, ABQ<br />
I went to the Dynamic Integration Class in October in Albuquerque.<br />
I received a dynamic integration and got an immediate shift!<br />
My motivation levels went up at least five times, and I felt freed<br />
up from many of the blocks that were between me and moving<br />
forward in my goals. I feel 100 pounds lighter. Great class!<br />
J. Powers, Santa Fe<br />
Join us for a wonderful interactive workshop showing you<br />
just how you can manifest what you want now! We will be<br />
demonstrating Geotran Integrative work. You could be one<br />
of the people selected for demonstration purposes on the<br />
group’s behalf, wherein you and all will benefit. This event<br />
will be held at the <strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> Health & Spirituality Workshop<br />
Weekend, Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living, 901 Rio<br />
Grande, Suite E-130, September 23, 2012 from 1-2:15pm.<br />
Signup @www.trulyalive.net or call Karen Larré at 505-828-<br />
3430.<br />
We will show you amazingly fast, easy techniques that a<br />
facilitator can do for you, or you can learn to do them for yourself!<br />
Our goal: Empowering people to lead strong, happy, successful<br />
lives. This system of work uses quantum physics as its basis. This<br />
work is incredibly fast, effective and can be permanent!<br />
If you have experienced accidents, shock, trauma, grief, loss,<br />
abuse, frustration, etc., your memory fields act as a magnet to<br />
attract more of the same until cleared. Blocks like these are easily<br />
removed and replaced with positive attraction.<br />
Find out how to learn the Geotran “language of all<br />
possibilities”—the codes that you can quickly use to transform<br />
any part of yourself, your day, your life and your success. These<br />
codes are to your brain what an IP address is to your computer.<br />
Put the right IP address into your computer and access the correct<br />
items you want. It is the same with your life! Geotran codes can<br />
help you access what you want quickly!<br />
We will show you how you affect others and how others affect<br />
you, along with how to keep yourself clear of negative energy.<br />
Fast de-stressing techniques will be demonstrated for more peace<br />
and harmony in your life!<br />
Most humans use 10-12% of their brain capacity. With<br />
Geotran, just imagine what you could do using 100% of your<br />
brain! And, learn to clear your brain of negative patterns,<br />
addictions and habits as well as depression, learning disorders,<br />
dyslexia, ADHD, etc. Run a viral scan on your body every<br />
morning, just as you do on your computer to prevent illness,<br />
glitches in your day, blocks to your success and so on.<br />
Geotran integrations help with physical, mental, emotional,<br />
spiritual, financial and social problems—every area of your life!<br />
Some integrations help restore self-trust, self-love, self-worth;<br />
your freedom, choice and correct boundaries. Others help rid<br />
your body of old beliefs and hurtful past experiences, allowing<br />
you to move forward in your life and enhancing your ability<br />
to receive and be blessed. Powerful perception and paradigm<br />
changes allow for spontaneous healing and life miracles!<br />
To truly achieve what you want now, align your life and be<br />
on path with all your goals and dreams using this amazing life<br />
altering work. Join the workshop to find out how!<br />
Janet L. Hall has a Master’s degree in Holistic Health and<br />
a Doctorate in Naturopathy. Janet is a Certified: Medical<br />
Intuitive, Hypnotherapist, Kinesiologist, Herbalist, Biofeedback<br />
Technician and is a Nutritional Consultant, as well as Owner<br />
of Alternative Wellness Center. Janet’s Wellness Center is<br />
dedicated to healing, preventative health, life change and<br />
empowerment…helping people to “rise above!”<br />
www.alternativewellnesscenter.org, 505-294-WELL (9355)<br />
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Dear Melissa–<br />
Melissa Frei Answers Your Questions<br />
Dear Melissa,<br />
Because of fear and trying to fit in, I tried to blind myself to<br />
my abilities many years ago. It worked well, though my efforts<br />
did not block everything out. In doing this, there was always<br />
something missing; lacking. I just wasn’t happy. About a year<br />
ago, I decided to accept and embrace my abilities. Once I did, I<br />
felt an enormous happiness, a knowing that this is what’s been<br />
missing from my life. However, I still have a block and I can’t<br />
figure out what it is. I’m feeling an ache, as though something<br />
is within reach, but I’m not able to touch it. Any advice or sense<br />
of the direction I need to take or what the block is?<br />
Thank you so much.<br />
Looking for My Spirit<br />
Dear Looking for Spirit,<br />
Thank you for sharing your story! I can relate to it so much,<br />
as it hits a familiar cord in my soul. I remember being a<br />
little girl, seeing spirits, knowing things and having other<br />
psychic experiences. I shut them off because I did not have<br />
anyone to help me understand what was happening to me.<br />
My experiences were so different from everyone else around<br />
me. With situations like this, it’s common to find ourselves<br />
feeling separate and apart (different from others) and trying<br />
to fit in any way we can. In many ways, we conform to what<br />
others want us to be.<br />
You are well on your way, so please do not be discouraged.<br />
I feel that you are breaking down these barriers. Here is an<br />
exercise that will help: reflect back to different situations in<br />
your life in which you felt less than, or when you felt that<br />
you could not be in your power (it wasn’t safe or you weren’t<br />
supported in being empowered). Start from your earliest<br />
memory until now. As you look at the different situations<br />
that come up, consider what you could have done to be<br />
empowered or to have had a different experience. Doing this<br />
allows for subtle energy shifts that actually heal the situation<br />
in your own personal vibration. This will take time, but as<br />
you do this work, you will break the blocks and be complete<br />
in your gifts! Stay strong!<br />
Love, Melissa<br />
Melissa is available in person, phone or Skype for psychic,<br />
mediumship, pet readings and more: 505-610-7917.<br />
www.melissafrei.com<br />
I feel compassion for you; it sounds like you worked hard to<br />
shut down and fit in. The times when you turned off your<br />
gifts, you were doing things that were not in true alignment<br />
with who you really are. It put you in situations that were<br />
painful for you. As you slowly started to see the light and<br />
realize that expressing your gifts was who you truly were,<br />
your spirit slowly started to awaken.<br />
You have done a great job in accepting and turning your gifts<br />
back on. It is such a blessing when we feel confident that we<br />
are finally walking our paths. Tuning into Spirit Energy is<br />
such a gift. It’s an amazing transformation in your life, even<br />
to this point!<br />
Regarding what the block might be, I feel that you have<br />
some areas in your life in which you have not fully forgiven<br />
yourself and others. There is some healing that needs to be<br />
done —such as with your parents where you would benefit<br />
from some additional forgiveness work. My sense is that the<br />
other part of the block is there because you are not allowing<br />
yourself or giving yourself full permission to be in your<br />
power and be true to you!<br />
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Socially Active,<br />
Peaceful at Heart<br />
By Rev. Martha Quintana<br />
Recently, I was asked how we find balance<br />
between involvement in political activities<br />
and living in a peaceful personal world.<br />
Essentially, how do we stay active in the world and<br />
peaceful in our hearts?<br />
Those of us who have been doing our own inner work and who<br />
have healed have a personal responsibility to our fellow humans<br />
to be active in the world. We act from who we are. Sometimes<br />
this activity looks like traditional political campaigning and<br />
sometimes it looks like visiting a neighbor or helping to clean up<br />
the neighborhood. Any time we go out in the world and make it a<br />
better place, we are engaged in “political activity.” Political activity<br />
is any activity that impacts the community. We don’t have to let<br />
anyone else’s description of political activity drive our actions.<br />
The point is that to change our environment in a positive way,<br />
we act from a sense of love rather than from fear or anger. We<br />
know in our hearts what we would like our world to look like<br />
and we let our actions define how we live in the world. Living,<br />
moving, and having our dreams are essential to a productive<br />
life. We can’t hole ourselves up in a room and feel like we’ve<br />
truly lived. True spiritual practice includes our physical world,<br />
and it’s up to each of us to decide what fits best for our activity.<br />
Sometimes this means we knock on doors to convince people<br />
how to vote and other times it means holding someone’s hand in<br />
their time of need. If we are healthy, we are engaged in our lives<br />
in a positive way. If we are engaged in our lives positively, we are<br />
touching other lives. If we are touching other lives positively, we<br />
have shifted our community in a good way. This shift is bound<br />
to have a positive impact on the world. We then feel good about<br />
ourselves and peaceful in our hearts.<br />
Join Senior Minister Rev. Martha Quintana for inspiring<br />
Sunday celebrations! Pre-service music begins at 9:45 and<br />
the service starts at 10am. Celebrations are held at the Hotel<br />
Albuquerque chapel, 800 Rio Grande Blvd., NW. Classes &<br />
events are held at the RGCSL Event & Learning Center, 901<br />
Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Ste. E-130, ABQ, NM 87104. For info,<br />
call: 505-224-9405, office@rgcsl.org or visit www.rgcsl.org<br />
A Sincere<br />
“Thank You!”<br />
By Rhonda Owen, Perpetual Landscape<br />
Over the past few months of advertising<br />
in <strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong>, I have met and had the<br />
opportunity to work with (and enjoy) many<br />
different yards and create several beautiful spaces. I<br />
am deeply grateful. There is nothing more fulfilling than having<br />
a vision come true. The visual gratification and satisfaction from<br />
appreciative customers really keeps me motivated!<br />
Do you have a shady spot on your<br />
property that always looks bare…a<br />
spot where nothing you plant there<br />
seems to like all that shade? There<br />
are actually a lot of plants that thrive<br />
in the shade. Shop around for shade<br />
plants you like (marked “shade”). Then plant them after the<br />
worst of the August heat has subsided. Late August and early<br />
September is the best time for aerating and seeding. Plant fall<br />
colors such as those found in mums, asters, daisies and pansies.<br />
Fall is the best time for new plants to be added. More roots<br />
are developed during the fall season than any other time of the<br />
year. By planting in the fall, you are giving your newly planted<br />
trees and shrubs a head start on next year. Also, October is the<br />
best time for planting spring bulbs.<br />
New Service: Do you find it a hassle to hang all those<br />
holiday lights and decorations? Consider Perpetual Landscape<br />
to do it for you. We’ll save you the time, stress, and bother of<br />
doing it yourself.<br />
As a woman landscaper, you may find that I am more meticulous<br />
and gentle with your project. My team and I will take the time<br />
to do your project right; communicating with you every step<br />
of the way. We are hard working, polite and experienced. My<br />
rates are very reasonable and reflect more my love of this<br />
work than my desire to get rich doing it. In business for seven<br />
years, I have many satisfied customers and references. Call me<br />
to schedule your free estimate today! Landscaping That Lasts<br />
a Lifetime! Rhonda Owen, owner: 505-720-6950.<br />
Perpetual Landscape<br />
Creating Beautiful Outdoor Environments<br />
While Caring for Mother Earth<br />
Rhonda Owen Owner<br />
Serving the Community for 7 Years | Excellent References<br />
505.720.6950 | Call for your free estimate today!<br />
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Fusion Salon is<br />
Enviro-Friendly<br />
By Deborah Remington, Owner, Fusion Hair & Skin<br />
My goal in opening Fusion Hair & Skin 10<br />
years ago was to provide a comfortable,<br />
relaxing environment for my clients. My<br />
new salon was designed to (1) be spacious: (every<br />
work station has its own section or room) and (2) provide<br />
products and services that offer as little toxicity as possible. Hair<br />
coloring is a popular service; we do quite a lot of it actually…<br />
but Fusion does not offer nail services (which are most often<br />
highly toxic). That’s just not an acceptable thing for clients of<br />
Fusion to be exposed to.<br />
In addition<br />
to the lowertoxicity<br />
services we<br />
provide, I spend<br />
more to purchase<br />
and sell lowertoxicity<br />
products<br />
as well. Fusion offers a wide variety<br />
of very high quality, easy on the body<br />
(and the earth) products.<br />
With all of the environmental decisions considered,<br />
combined the spaciousness (and ventilation) of the salon, many<br />
chemically sensitive clients have found a home at Fusion. They<br />
are comfortable and feel safe with us. For those who are especially<br />
sensitive, we schedule appointments at the beginning of the day<br />
(before any hair coloring or the very rare perm is scheduled)<br />
or at the end of the day (when everyone with any services that<br />
could affect the sensitive client have gone and the salon has aired<br />
out). In this way, we are able to serve a great many clients who<br />
want stylish, high quality services and environmentally-friendly<br />
products in a comfortable and safe environment.<br />
Persistent worry?<br />
Excessive thinking?<br />
Irrational fears?<br />
Memory dulled?<br />
Change Your Brain:<br />
Eliminate Stress & Anxiety<br />
By Regina Coffman<br />
Energy drained?<br />
Problems making decisions?<br />
Inability to concentrate?<br />
Poor Sleep?<br />
These are the signs of anxiety — the most common mental<br />
disorder in the world — one that is often ignored and left<br />
untreated. Without help, those who wrestle with anxiety or<br />
stress may find themselves moving into depression, chronic<br />
pain, fatigue and inability to sleep. Some turn to meds or illicit<br />
drugs — or addictions like over-eating or alcohol in order to<br />
achieve temporary peace.<br />
Stress/Anxiety is an “equal opportunity” affliction: it can<br />
attack anyone, of any age, at any time. It can show up as panic,<br />
social phobia, compulsive activities and post-traumatic stress.<br />
The common denominator is that anxiety is a result of an<br />
imbalanced brain, and imbalances are due to trauma. It is not<br />
possible for any of us to go through life without experiencing<br />
trauma; whether due to the loss of a loved one, physical injury…<br />
even childbirth or surgery. When trauma occurs, the brain goes<br />
into survival mode (adjusting frequencies for self-protection).<br />
Oftentimes, it gets stuck in an unhealthy pattern. All pathologies<br />
are simply behavior to self-correct a brain imbalance. Brainwave<br />
Optimization can help!<br />
I suffered for more than 4 years with a form of anxiety that left<br />
me feeling as though I was “stuck” in my environment and in life. I<br />
knew what I was experiencing was irrational and that I should just<br />
“work through it” or “do it anyway”, as self-help research would<br />
suggest but I felt blocked. After just two sessions, I experienced<br />
relief from the debilitating feeling of being “stuck”. Now, after 10<br />
sessions I feel “released”. I am officially moving forward with my<br />
life and I couldn’t be happier about it!<br />
C.C., ABQ<br />
BRAINWAVE OPTIMIZATION is an advanced neuro-technology<br />
that helps people overcome brain-related barriers preventing<br />
them from performing at their highest physical, mental and<br />
emotional levels. Regina Coffman: 505-610-1190.<br />
www.BrainWaveBalancing.com<br />
Deborah Remington has been creating beautiful hair for<br />
nearly 20 years. Her commitment to client comfort & safety is<br />
immediately felt when you walk in the door. For a fabulous,<br />
environmentally-friendly hair and skin experience at an<br />
affordable price, call Fusion Hair & Skin, 215 Central Ave.<br />
NW (downtown), Albuquerque, NM, 87102: 505-242-5111,<br />
www.fusionhairandskin.com<br />
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<strong>Truly</strong> <strong>Alive</strong> | September/October 2012 39
Get Support for the<br />
Healing Process<br />
By Kerry Leigh, Actualize Your Health!<br />
Healing (literally meaning to make whole<br />
{Oxford English Dictionary}) is the process<br />
of restoring health to an unbalanced/<br />
diseased/damaged organism. Healing may be<br />
psychological or physiological or both. (Wikipedia)<br />
Recently I’ve been undergoing an intensive healing process. I<br />
initiated frequent treatments with a variety of practitioners that<br />
brought me straightaway into “old stuff ”. You know – remnants<br />
of experiences and feelings that have been both hidden and not so<br />
hidden in my being – in my experience of living life. I entered this<br />
process with the usual intention of furthering my connection to<br />
self and Source. However, these sessions immediately led me into<br />
the murky depths of “ick”: feelings and memories that have been<br />
held in my physical, emotional, mental and energetic bodies and<br />
which ultimately brought on a “healing opportunity”, commonly<br />
referred to as “being sick”.<br />
The important part of the story is that I allowed myself the time<br />
and space to just “be”. As the days progressed, I watched, listened,<br />
felt, and acknowledged the thoughts, feelings and sensations that<br />
vented through my being. Not fun or easy; uncomfortable and<br />
emotional, yet necessary. I held space for 5 days of releasing<br />
the substance that we’d excavated from the nooks and crannies<br />
of ME. What originated as energetic, manifested physically as<br />
various kinds of matter exiting my body. Yuck! Glad and Grateful<br />
to see it go.<br />
People with physical ailments are often surprised to discover<br />
that their pain/disease/dysfunction is intricately linked to emotional<br />
memories. Even if current life experiences seem “manageable”,<br />
our bodies are vast storehouses of memories/patterns/<br />
unconscious behaviors that are affecting and influencing us.<br />
Excavating this material is essential to healing…to becoming<br />
WHOLE. With Core Synchronism, I hold space for your being to<br />
rediscover/realign/reaffirm with your deepest self.<br />
Kerry Leigh loves assisting and witnessing the transformation<br />
process within her clients’ beings and lives. Connecting to our<br />
Deep Divine Selves, to Spirit and to Nature so that we embody<br />
the Sacred is what motivates her.<br />
www.actualizeyourhealth.com<br />
Bowenwork®<br />
Changes Lives!<br />
Offered by Hans Levy, PT, LMT #5870<br />
After 18 years of not being able to eat very<br />
many foods, I decided to try Bowenwork®. In<br />
reading about it online, I learned that many people<br />
with longstanding, chronic issues experience them<br />
being about 85% relieved after a series of Bowenwork®.<br />
The morning following my first treatment, I was unable to<br />
get out of bed, except with great effort to go to the bathroom.<br />
Friends came over to feed the dog and provide me water and<br />
food. It was the same inability to move with an enormous pain<br />
level I had experienced 18 years before. During that time, I<br />
changed my diet to the highly restrictive one I had been on<br />
since. Back then, with diet and a few other changes, I was able<br />
to go back to work after two years of disability.<br />
The “healing crisis” lifted enough after about 7 hours so I<br />
was able to care for myself again, but with significant effort.<br />
Over the next few days, the intense healing crisis symptoms<br />
returned at various times. My inner guidance said that I could<br />
significantly reduce my supplements (I had been taking a<br />
drawer full for 18 years) and that I could now eat a few more<br />
foods safely. That week, I tried a salad and yogurt. The old<br />
response (weight gain, bloating, pain and discomfort) was not<br />
present. My body has a lifelong history of an inability to digest<br />
carbohydrates and fermented food; even low-carb veggies.<br />
Since that initial healing crisis week and the introduction of<br />
these new foods, I have been able to eat salads every day and<br />
yoghurt about 3-4x week without any issues! This may seem a<br />
small victory, but to me, it’s huge and I am so grateful!<br />
If you are suffering from a longstanding chronic issue<br />
that hasn’t been resolved any other way, I highly recommend<br />
Bowenwork®. What do you have to lose?<br />
L.A.K., ABQ<br />
Hans Levy, PT, LMT #5870 is a licensed German physical<br />
therapist, massage therapist and Bowenwork Therapy<br />
Practitioner. 505-934-2510, Visit www.PainFreeLiving.biz<br />
Gentle<br />
support for<br />
Healing<br />
Feel Better<br />
With Core<br />
Synchronism<br />
Actualize Your Health!<br />
Kerry Leigh, Certified Core Synchronism Practitioner<br />
505.453.5853 • 9809 Candelaria NE, #2-A • ABQ 87112<br />
www.actualizeyourhealth.com<br />
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Celebrate December 21, 2012<br />
in Ceremony at Chaco Canyon<br />
By Phaeryn Sheehan, Ascended Masters Foundation<br />
Don’t miss our momentous, once in lifetime celebration of this year’s Winter Solstice on December<br />
21st. Ceremony to be held at Chaco Canyon. Contact Marshall Estner at: 505-243-6579.<br />
on December 21st, a rare and magnificent<br />
astrological alignment will occur on our earth; an<br />
At11:11am<br />
alignment that hasn’t happened for 26,000 years.<br />
Ever so many Teachers and Shamans of the Hopi and especially<br />
the Maya Traditions have given us profound insights into<br />
the meaning and significance of this day.<br />
Regardless of how we are<br />
digesting these prophesies, what<br />
is ultimately true (I suggest), is<br />
the enormous Shift that these<br />
prophesies point to. It is a far greater<br />
Happening than we humans can<br />
possibly imagine unfolding in our<br />
time. And because we humans<br />
tend to respond fearfully to what<br />
we don’t understand and can’t<br />
control, there is a very strong<br />
negative mindset in our present<br />
day collective consciousness about<br />
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Sunrise at Chaco Canyon<br />
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When we humans lived a far more indigenous life,<br />
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radiated through every tree, stream, cloud, stone and human<br />
being was what we turned to in sacred ceremony in order to<br />
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Today we have lost that wisdom and are desperately<br />
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We of the Ascended Masters Foundation were founded<br />
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The More You Know About Our Meat the<br />
Better: The 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating<br />
From Whole Foods Market resources<br />
Animal Welfare: We’re dedicated to helping you make informed<br />
choices about the food you eat. It’s often easy to forget that the<br />
burger, steak or drumstick on your plate was once an animal.<br />
How was that animal raised? How was it treated? Where did<br />
it come from? What did it eat? What about added hormones<br />
and antibiotics? Was its growth artificially accelerated to get to<br />
market sooner and reduce feed cost?<br />
We can answer these questions because we’ve chosen to<br />
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producers’ animal welfare practices. We’re rolling out their<br />
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store in the United States.<br />
The 5-Step Animal Welfare Rating: We are partnering<br />
with the Global Animal Partnership to encourage better animal<br />
welfare practices. In fact, Whole Foods Market is leading the<br />
industry in animal welfare!<br />
The Global Animal Partnership is a non-profit organization<br />
dedicated to continually improving the lives of farm animals<br />
raised for meat. They have developed the 5-Step Animal Welfare<br />
Rating that rates how pigs, chickens and cattle are raised.<br />
Ratings for other species (turkeys, lamb, and others) are in<br />
development, so stay tuned.<br />
Throughout our meat department you’ll find chicken, beef<br />
and pork labeled with the Global Animal Partnership 5-Step<br />
Animal Welfare Rating.** It’s your way of knowing exactly how<br />
the animals were raised for the meat you are buying. We have<br />
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coding. You will not find any chicken, beef or pork with a red<br />
label in Whole Foods Market meat cases.<br />
Look for this rating system when you choose our beef, pork or<br />
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Step 1: No crates, no cages, no crowding<br />
Like people, animals need a little “personal space” to be<br />
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Step 2: Enriched environment<br />
It’s the simple things that keep animals active and engaged —<br />
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Step 3: Enhanced outdoor access<br />
Pigs and chickens still live in buildings but they all — yes, each<br />
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Chickens need to forage, pigs need to wallow and cattle need<br />
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Step 5: Animal centered; all physical alterations prohibited<br />
Animals get to live their lives with all the parts they were born<br />
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Step 5+: Animal centered; entire life on same farm<br />
Animals are born and live their entire lives on one farm. Pigs and<br />
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See our Frequently Asked Questions about the 5-Step Animal<br />
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What do you think? Are you going to give Step-rated meat<br />
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Home Ownership Now – Easier Than<br />
You Think!<br />
By Nancy Bowers, Realtor®, Solution Specialist<br />
a lie we have all told ourselves at one time or<br />
another: things will be good when… (fill in the<br />
Itis<br />
blank). But now is the only time there is. It’s folly<br />
to delay our lives for some future moment when we get<br />
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security (because maybe the bottom hasn’t finished falling<br />
out of the market) before they finally start working on the<br />
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Part of my job is to help people look at the possibilities;<br />
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Sometimes, it’s simply that potential homebuyers think they<br />
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Astrological Forecast: Sept/Oct<br />
John Clinton | Psychic Astrologer | 505-489-1122<br />
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Aries (3/21-4/19) SEPTEMBER, not only has the<br />
best light for photography, it also casts light in a more<br />
serious mode. It’s harvest time as all life knows. You<br />
are blessed with perfect stellar alignments this month.<br />
There is a call for playfulness and a search for passion and meaning<br />
to life. Blend all that together and you have your personal movie<br />
of a romp through the park on a beautiful day until you collapse<br />
into a pile of very wise ashes. Watch for minor upsets. OCTOBER<br />
has you finishing up things. Mars wants to do something more<br />
mind-broadening by the end of the first week. It becomes a time<br />
to travel or study. You become drawn to churches. It shows you<br />
have a need for a deeper meaning to life. If the warrior must die,<br />
he wants to know why, and even a lie is there to deny the truth and<br />
defy the logic. In other words, make sure you’re not brainwashed<br />
into doing something you know is wrong this month.<br />
Taurus (4/20-5/20) SEPTEMBER could be a<br />
month to remember. Your earthy nature is lulled into<br />
a very sensuous mood as nature sets the perfect world<br />
for you. Love starts at home as you learn after the 6th.<br />
Home is also our core self which consists of spiritual matter. The<br />
troubles of the first 10 days of this month will be worked out on<br />
and after, the 13th. Things build to the 20th where you will be<br />
in a festive mood. Some of you nature lovers will make a levelchange<br />
in your relationship. Your partner is all “manic” this whole<br />
month. You have the energy to keep up. Just pace yourself. OC-<br />
TOBER promises a softer more relaxing kind of romance. Venus<br />
(the planet of love) stays in your house of love almost all month<br />
long. There’s a minor crisis at home to start the month and a few<br />
adjustments are needed during the month, but mostly love floats<br />
you over, under, around, and through the small stuff. There is good<br />
news for the world on the 10th and that ties into your future plans.<br />
Your partner will play a vital role in this success. There is even a<br />
chance to dramatically improve your health from what you learn<br />
around the 8th.<br />
Gemini (5/21-6/21) SEPTEMBER is a good<br />
month for homework especially for students and<br />
homeowners. The 4th and 5th have enough excitement<br />
to rock your day and night. A lot can get done in a 22<br />
hour period starting at noon on the 4th. You can wind up the<br />
hard work on the 16th as the 2nd half of the month is for fun,<br />
creativity, relaxation, romance, children, and all the pleasures of<br />
life. Speaking of pleasure, OMG, Pluto goes direct in your 8th<br />
house. Love can be a little spooky and spooky things could be<br />
what you love. This event on the 18th could bring a closure for<br />
you. OCTOBER is usually pleasant and romantic for the Twins.<br />
This year, the month involves a focus on work and health. At least<br />
Mercury isn’t retrograde so you are able to get a lot done. The<br />
month ends with the promise of festive gatherings. You get to be<br />
a kid again for Halloween and a few weeks into November. Many<br />
of your Sign are moving away from a loss in your life. There are<br />
bright vistas ahead. Keep moving toward the light, away from the<br />
shadows. You will be well-stimulated by the changes around you<br />
this month.<br />
Cancer (6/22-7/22) SEPTEMBER is always a time<br />
to remember as summer begins to wind down and<br />
the Crabs join others in making some cold weather<br />
preparations. You begin the month by shaking off the<br />
confusion from last month. Was it love, or was it another illusion?<br />
You can do some thinking and analyzing this month. Answers will<br />
come by the 15th. A good “balance” is required the last two weeks.<br />
You will do your best thinking at home. A lost partner could<br />
return after the 18th. Upsets on the 29th call for new beginnings.<br />
OCTOBER fills you with gusto. It’s not just leaves changing colors<br />
or Halloween; it’s a feeling to your core. Ah, nothing is better to<br />
a Cancer than to feel deep emotions. Your love life and creative<br />
energy has been cooking on high. Try to keep that high energy<br />
level going after the first weekend. Things, like mundane chores,<br />
will need that energy the rest of the month. Some Crabs will be<br />
taking on leadership roles at work. Others may begin new health<br />
regimens. After the 15th, is a time to focus on the home and<br />
hearth.<br />
Leo (7/23-8/22) SEPTEMBER gives the Lions a<br />
softly dramatic appearance. Any Leo who hasn’t<br />
slipped into the tyrant stage is always someone to<br />
love. You watch, in your countenance all that happens<br />
around you. The planets move round your Sun ruler and they<br />
bring movies to your senses and that makes them real. This<br />
time it’s a movie about love which opens on the 6th. There are<br />
shocking episodes for you to see during the 18th-29th. The 29th<br />
is definitely adventurous if you allow that energy into your life.<br />
Way to roar, Lion Clan! OCTOBER is usually a time of socializing<br />
and partnership focus for Leos. There is a strong energy for<br />
romantic entanglements, or if married, a good time to be creative.<br />
The Leo mind is interesting. They can stalk their prey with such<br />
stealth and apparent lack of interest until their victim sees only a<br />
gleam in their eye as they pounce. It’s fun. We all like it. The 9th<br />
brings good fortune. Constructive changes involve your home.<br />
These should be completed by the 25th. Don’t overdo eating the<br />
Halloween candy and any changes will be good ones<br />
Virgo (8/23-9/22) SEPTEMBER brings a feeling of<br />
wholeness as your mind is working sharply. You win<br />
at any game of intellect for the first two weeks. Your<br />
birthday is always a time of feeling strong, physically,<br />
for the majority of Virgoans. Those of you born during the last 10<br />
days of Virgo are about to make new beginnings in self-esteem<br />
and finances after the 15th. Throughout the fall season, you<br />
will, in general, have a pretty amazing time with great successes.<br />
This applies to all the Virgins. It’s just easier for some. During<br />
OCTOBER, your mind is on travel, but your energy needs to<br />
work on the house. Maybe the house can wait, but your Sign is so<br />
responsibly conscientious. Try to take a little trip, at least. There<br />
is a higher frequency of undiscovered planetary energy which is<br />
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calling you from a secret place in your life (even you may not know<br />
what that means until it unfolds). And then, we cannot forget the<br />
physical passion in the life of a Virgo. You find the human touch<br />
to be very transformative. Watch for deception on the full Moon<br />
of the 29th<br />
Libra (9/23-10/22) SEPTEMBER is the keeper of<br />
the fall equinox which is the beginning of your Sign.<br />
This year it falls on the 22nd at 9:00 am MDT. On a<br />
Saturday at that. These are obviously good signs for<br />
a good fall. Oh sure, there could be acts of violence after midmonth,<br />
but don’t worry. The proper authorities will do the job just<br />
fine for you. The full Moon on the 29th brings out both, the beauty<br />
and the beasts. Sometimes, it’s up to the Librans to restore beauty<br />
where there is grayness. OCTOBER brings Libran birthdays and<br />
cooler nights. You seem to spend half the month waiting for<br />
something new to arrive. Finally, near mid-month, it arrives.<br />
Is it what you expected? Yes! Now for the other news: A more<br />
conservative spending approach, approaches. Saturn is reflecting<br />
the lessons about money in your life. Over, the next 2 years, you<br />
will notice it don’t come easy. However, a logical and persevering<br />
attitude will yield even more success during that time. The only<br />
question is, can you do the discipline required? The month has a<br />
happy ending.<br />
Scorpio (10/23-11/21) SEPTEMBER is a time<br />
to buckle up even if you’re not in a car. The 19th is<br />
the peak of astronomical tension. It’s a power struggle<br />
within and outside of us. As the people rise up to<br />
challenge their power obsessed leaders, so too, it feels like there’s<br />
an inner revolution of mind-changing proportions. You are alive<br />
with new inspirations which bring new actions all month. Labor<br />
Day is your best day of the month for constructive projects.<br />
Your mind is so strong that you might be able to levitate things.<br />
OCTOBER continues that mental reconstruction. Let’s hope the<br />
labor on your brain is union paid. Union could be a big word this<br />
month as Mars transits your Sign. Your libido is activated as you<br />
shred your wall paper. Half of the Scorps. will turn that energy<br />
into productive procurement of security needs. Other Scorps<br />
will continue unabated. Sure these are serious times as elections<br />
approach, but you will not be divided by politics. You can only<br />
be divided by two or united as one. Someone will support the<br />
changes you seek by month’s end.<br />
Sagittarius (11/22-12/21) SEPTEMBER can<br />
sometimes mean hard times at work, but that’s what<br />
you feel like doing anyway. The truly independent<br />
Archers can use the first three weeks to further their<br />
careers. The 7th is time to stand for inspection or anything that<br />
requires complete readiness and perfection. Finally, the 18th<br />
signals the end of Pluto retrograde. Drive your staff into the<br />
ground that day to mark the beginning of seven straight months<br />
of financial progress. Your partner is happy. All is well. OCTOBER<br />
creates relationship concerns. You will be successful in any legal<br />
matters because you will have wise counsel and sneaky tactics.<br />
Venus promises moderate income increases this month. Be<br />
grateful, of course. Friends hold the flashlight and they have lots<br />
to show you until you retreat to your own thoughts after the 22nd<br />
for 30 days. You won’t be drawn out to play, because you need<br />
your own space, now. Your only difficulty is being too honest, and<br />
getting that partner to talk more. Go within as well. Maybe, you<br />
will bump into each other in your subconscious minds.<br />
Capricorn (12/22-1/19) SEPTEMBER opens<br />
with the Seagoats preparing for great success. While<br />
everyone else is distracted by rumors of the world<br />
ending, you can begin sliding your money-making<br />
project down the launching ramp. The sea you are headed<br />
toward is choppy and filled with unseen life forms. Still, it will<br />
be the launching of your career efforts into the black (sea). Do<br />
your publicity this month before you shock the world with<br />
the magnificence of your manifestation next month. Play the<br />
drama card. In OCTOBER your world will change. Some of the<br />
conservative-minded goats may actually transform their ideals.<br />
Some of your Sign will move. Some will start making money<br />
from their careers. Anything that changes your life is possible<br />
this month. Mid-October shows a new beginning with your<br />
career. This fits in with a deep yearning for a new connection with<br />
something beautiful. The 10th is a day to dream and the 25th is a<br />
day to make it real. You can dance merrily into the full Moon on<br />
the 29th, and Halloween has this same exuberance.<br />
Aquarius (1/20-2/18) SEPTEMBER is a lively<br />
month…one that varies in every way. Your energy<br />
often seems unavailable. But just when everyone<br />
seemingly abandons you, they miss the resurgence<br />
of your awesome recuperative powers. You will need to find a<br />
balance in your life over the next 6 years. You can’t do so much<br />
as your mind would like without taking into account your body’s<br />
actual abilities. Study some metaphysical matters this month.<br />
These can surprisingly, become a part of your life philosophy<br />
by month’s end. Don’t be part of the problem around the 19th.<br />
A push against power pushes back. OCTOBER is a time of<br />
reflection as you look within to be in touch with your core self.<br />
It’s hard enough for an Aquarian to acknowledge “self ”, but now<br />
you come face to face with your self. So, are you going to spend<br />
the month contemplating your navel, NO! There are happenings<br />
all around you. There are mostly great aspects for your Sign all<br />
month long. On, and after the 15th, you will need a physical<br />
outlet for your super charged condition. This state-of-being will<br />
last for 30 days. Try not to skip healthy meals. There are natural<br />
“chill pills” available.<br />
Pisces (2/19-3/20) September continues like<br />
a vortex down the rabbit’s hole. It’s not exactly<br />
wonderland this month, but you might wonder what<br />
land this is. You see the suffering, you hear the cries<br />
of the needy, and you hurt for all that is wrong in this world.<br />
Neptune and Jupiter are helping you to think and know on a<br />
psychic level what is right. You see the violence this month and<br />
you know it isn’t right. You cannot sway from your convictions<br />
about humanity without a stiff, karmic reminder. OCTOBER is<br />
another month to show the world how humans should be: very<br />
aware and kind. You are being more withdrawn than normal. It’s<br />
hard to keep the mind on business when there is such value in<br />
those inner journeys. It’s not the same as spacing out. Here you<br />
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there have been slow downs at work and some cut backs, you are<br />
very strong-minded and there is love this month. At mid-month<br />
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505-275-4746. www.AskBetsyMorgan.com<br />
Chiropractic<br />
Lee F. Purcaro, D.C.<br />
9004 Menaul Blvd. NE<br />
Reasonable Rates<br />
505-275-1090<br />
Providing gentle, yet powerful<br />
chiropractic care and shiatsu. Shiatsu<br />
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applied to acupuncture channel points.<br />
Powerful chiropractic adjustments align<br />
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natural energy flow and significantly<br />
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Colon Hydrotherapy<br />
Cleansing/Colonics<br />
All About Health - Colonics<br />
www.allabouthealthinc.com<br />
Gentle • Effective • Professional<br />
Bill Haggard, Colon Therapist<br />
18+ yrs. Colon cleansing helps you<br />
detoxify, ease stress and can improve how<br />
well you feel in wonderful ways! Call for your<br />
appt: 505-888-5858.<br />
Rio Cleansing Therapy, Jeanette Joyce, CT<br />
Conveniently located in Rio Rancho<br />
505-228-6625 • www.riocleansing.com<br />
FDA Approved Equipment, I-Act Certified<br />
Therapist. 16 years experience. Disposable<br />
Accessories.<br />
Experience Kukana’s Angel of Water:<br />
Albuquerque’s only private colonic<br />
system. Self-administer or with attendant.<br />
Pencil-sized nozzle provides<br />
spontaneous, free-flowing re-leases,<br />
easing gas & large matter flow. Push & assist<br />
the process. FDA approved hospital equipment.<br />
I-Act certified since 1985. Convenient NE<br />
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www.kukanacolonics.com, 505-298-1983.<br />
Edgar Cayce Studies<br />
Learn about Edgar Cayce<br />
and how his prophecies can<br />
enhance your life experience<br />
right now and in the coming<br />
times. Free Study Group: 7-9pm Weds. Call<br />
Wanda Barrows www.edgarcayceabq.org,<br />
505-890-0878.<br />
Electro-Light Therapy<br />
Electro-Light Microcurrent and<br />
Color Light Therapy has become<br />
the leading edge treatment for<br />
pain relief, holistic healing and noninvasive<br />
facial rejuvenation. This is a<br />
non-needle, non-invasive type of acupuncture,<br />
and is very effective immediately. Licensed<br />
DOM in NM. Call Dr. Gail Drane: 505-331-<br />
0168. www.AcupunctureClinicABQ.com<br />
Emotion Code<br />
Do you have a Heart-Wall? Do<br />
you have issues you can’t get past?<br />
Are you unable to break unwanted<br />
cycles? Emotion Code Therapy<br />
releases trapped emotions that<br />
causes problems, allowing you to live your<br />
authentic life. Discounted rates on multiple<br />
sessions. Allen Braithwaite: 505-296-2887,<br />
www.cpmassage.com<br />
Empathic Healing<br />
Clear, relax, balance and revitalize your<br />
mind, body and soul…enabling your<br />
energy system to naturally heal your total<br />
Empathic Healing cont’d<br />
being. With high level empathic<br />
abilities, channeling & light touch,<br />
Jeanine’s abilities can truly help you<br />
transform. House clearing, distance<br />
healing also avail. Convenient NW<br />
ABQ location. Jeanine Gabbei, High Level<br />
Empathic Healer, jeanine@gab-being.com,<br />
505-908-9266, www.holisticnm.net<br />
Handyman<br />
Looking for a great handyman?<br />
If trustworthiness, dependability<br />
& wonderful skills are important<br />
to you, look no further. Over 25<br />
years experience working in all<br />
phases of construction/repair. Unlimited, Great<br />
References—unlicensed. Can do just about<br />
anything a house needs inside & out (including<br />
some remodeling) Bill Nelson: 505-892-0210.<br />
Holistic Counseling/Healing<br />
Delasaria Lihon is a licensed<br />
counselor, energetic healer, and<br />
professional intuitive utilizing<br />
holistic approaches to therapy and<br />
healing, including: Angel Readings,<br />
Ascended Energetic Balancing, Egyptian Healing<br />
Rods. Affordable sliding scale, free consultation.<br />
Enchanted Healing of NM, in Nob Hill. 505-362-<br />
5847, www.enchantedhealingnm.com<br />
Holistic Medicine<br />
STEPHEN P. WEISS, M.D.<br />
Blending the Best of Western &<br />
Alternative Medicine<br />
VOTED ONE OF ABQ’S TOP DOCS<br />
2006 505-872-2611<br />
www.holisticmedicineheals.com<br />
Board Certified in Family Practice/Clinical<br />
Assistant Professor, UNM School of Medicine,<br />
Dr. Weiss effectively treats children & adults<br />
with a wide range of medical conditions using<br />
classical homeopathy, herbs, supplements,<br />
spiritual counseling, lab tests & when necessary,<br />
conventional medications. He has appeared on<br />
national television & radio discussing various<br />
topics in Alternative Medicine.<br />
Hot Body Wraps<br />
Detox, lose inches and<br />
feel great with a Hot Body<br />
Wrap. Great for relief of mold,<br />
heavy metals, hives, asthma,<br />
allergies (food, chemical or<br />
pollens), chemical sensitivities, Agent Orange,<br />
more. Pamper yourself with an Ion Detox<br />
Footbath, Chair Massage, Chi Machine treatment<br />
too. 505-898-0198, www.hotbodywraps.com<br />
Hypnotherapy/Reiki<br />
Are you emotionally abused? Find your<br />
Authentic Self, reprogram toxic thoughts,<br />
improve your body image and experience<br />
spiritual transformation through: Reiki,<br />
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Hypnotherapy/Reiki cont’d<br />
Alchemical Hypnotherapy, Past<br />
Life Regression, and Affirmations.<br />
Rieka Long: Master Hypnotist,<br />
Reiki Master: Rancho de Avalon,<br />
505-263-8403.<br />
Find your true self. Clear limiting<br />
ideas, behaviors, thoughts and<br />
patterns that no longer work for<br />
you. Live a happier & healthier<br />
life. I work on PTSD, Traumas,<br />
Anxiety, ADD, Sleep Disorders, Self-Esteem,<br />
Accelerated Learning & Healing, Performance/<br />
Goals, Weight Mgmt, Smoking Cessation &<br />
more. Free Consultation. David B Fisher,<br />
CMS-CHt, MBA, Clinical Hypnotherapist/<br />
Reiki Master, 505.463.7392, CHT #709-287,<br />
www.DavidBFisherHypnotherapy.com<br />
Integrative Medicine<br />
Sanjevani Integrative<br />
Medicine Health & Lifestyle<br />
Center • NEW LOCATION: 9001<br />
Holly Avenue, ABQ, NM 87122<br />
505-821-6300<br />
www.sanjevani.net • www.bosmeric-sr.com<br />
www.allergydropstherapy.com<br />
www.sanjevanistore.com<br />
Sanjevani is Albuquerque’s premier specialty<br />
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Holistic health care and the home of Bosmeric-<br />
SR TM . Dr. Sunil Pai, MD and the Sanjevani<br />
team specialize in authentic Integrative<br />
Medicine using the best of Western and<br />
Eastern Medicine. Visit our store for Vitamin<br />
& Herbal Supplements, Natural Skin Care and<br />
Make-up, Specialty Medical Foods and more!<br />
Intuitive Consulting<br />
GALAYA – INTUITIVE RESOURCES<br />
Readings • Coaching • Counseling<br />
Animal Communication<br />
Relationship • Career<br />
Health & Business<br />
505-466-3764 (Santa Fe)<br />
888-326-0403 (toll free)<br />
www.consultgalaya.com<br />
Mama’s Minerals<br />
Alternative Health Fair<br />
New Mexico’s Finest Healers<br />
ABQ San Mateo @ Lomas<br />
Oct. 6 • 10-3 • 505-266-8443<br />
www.MamasMinerals.com<br />
Nutritional Blood Analysis<br />
With a drop of blood under<br />
a microscope, we can identify<br />
digestive issues, vitamin defi-ciencies,<br />
hormone imbalances, viral/bacterial<br />
infections, enzyme deficiencies &<br />
much more. Get healthy in 2012! Call Gwen<br />
Pullen: 507-0467 to schedule today!<br />
Nutrition by Intuition<br />
Sick and tired of feeling sick<br />
and tired? A balanced you awaits.<br />
Improve eating habits & self-care,<br />
increase overall happiness & explore<br />
the connection nutrition has to your body, mind<br />
& spirit. Gluten-free survival training a specialty.<br />
Dianna White-Holistic Health & Nutrition<br />
Coach: www.nutritionbyintuition.com<br />
Pranic Healing<br />
No touch energy system removes<br />
congested energies, then energizes.<br />
Boost vitality, respiratory, gastrointestinal,<br />
musculoskeletal, genitourinary,<br />
headaches/migraines, stress, phobias, grief, addictions<br />
& more. Rita Herther: 505-298-4823.<br />
Private Yoga Lessons/Massage<br />
Private Yoga Lessons—great<br />
for beginners & those looking<br />
to deepen or develop a home<br />
practice. Find balance & joy in<br />
your body again! Massage &<br />
Trigger Point Therapies for chronic tension<br />
also available. 10 years exp. Outcalls available.<br />
Angelle St. Pierre, LMT #4377, 505-440-<br />
9655, www.massagebyangelle.vp.web.com<br />
Psychic Readings<br />
PSYCHIC COUNSELOR since 1987.<br />
Studied meditation & hypnosis<br />
under her mentor, Sylvia Browne.<br />
Full life readings will answer all your<br />
questions, including spirit guides,<br />
angels & loved ones. Trish Ann 505-896-0958.<br />
Reflexology = Relief<br />
You may be walking on the<br />
solution to many of your ills!<br />
Reflexology (using intermittent<br />
pressure on reflex points on feet and<br />
hands) has been shown clinically<br />
to bring deep relaxation, ease pain & relieve<br />
symptoms of many health concerns. 50%<br />
discount for first visit, Reg. $60, only $30!<br />
Erma Sylvester, CR, 505-856-2275<br />
www.reflexologyabq.com<br />
Reiki<br />
REIKI MASTER<br />
ELIZABETH VALSALA<br />
Usui Shiki Ryoho<br />
Furumoto lineage<br />
Treatments/Classes/Groups<br />
www.ReikiABQ.com • 505-323-1993<br />
REIKI MASTER Charlotte Motter<br />
505-892-0291<br />
Reiki, Polarity, Reflexology<br />
Raindrop Therapy<br />
REIKI? A HEALING ART? YES! 800-<br />
788-7654 REIKI Giver of Healing (video/<br />
audiotape) 1-800-505-4659. Great parasite<br />
cleanse: Awareness Corp: 800-692-9273.<br />
Reiki cont’d<br />
REIKI MASTER<br />
JAN SCHROEDER<br />
Usui Shiki Ryoho<br />
Leap of Faith Healing Center<br />
A retreat-like setting in RIO<br />
RANCHO. Reiki Sessions, Classes, Path<br />
Guidance. A powerful, intense, yet blissful Reiki<br />
experience! K.H., Rio Rancho., 505-261-1703,<br />
jan@lofhealing.com, www.lofhealing.com<br />
Reiki/Reflexology<br />
Are You Ready To Feel Better?<br />
Lynnie Naslund, Reiki Master/<br />
Reflexologist, Usui Method of<br />
Natural Healing, 505-331-2506,<br />
Lynnie@ReikiInABQ.com<br />
www.ReikiInABQ.com<br />
Retrieve Your Soul<br />
Where did you come from???<br />
Where have you been??? What are<br />
you carrying with you, NOW? As a<br />
Shaman, I lead you into the underworld,<br />
The chamber of woundss –<br />
what is holding you down? The chamber of contracts<br />
– can this be changed? The chamber of<br />
Grace – & be lifted up! The chamber of rewards –<br />
new possibilities. You may have your own power<br />
animal. Experience dynamic mind-body-spirit<br />
transformation as you recreate your life map,<br />
your life story. Bob Hicks: 505-830-2274.<br />
Sound Healing<br />
Holographic Sound Healing<br />
Certification Course, Nov. 9-11,<br />
& Sacred Sounds Concert Nov.<br />
8, with channel for Holographic<br />
Sound Healing, Dr. Paul Hubbert.<br />
Learn about this healing art of the Angelic<br />
Realms with Hathor energy of sound/love at<br />
http://tinyurl.com/hsound. See Classes/<br />
Workshops for more info. Complete details:<br />
www.HolographicSound.com<br />
Starfire Healing, Santa Fe<br />
Walk in Beauty-Receive<br />
Abundance • 413-259-5271<br />
Radiate Light-Be Who You Are<br />
www.starfirehealing.webs.com<br />
Warm Selenite Crystal Massage<br />
Body In Balance Therapeutic<br />
Massage and Doula Services,<br />
by Kay • 1005 21st St, Suite 20,<br />
Rio Rancho • 505-459-9907<br />
www.kayherringtonlmt.com<br />
You Can Channel Too<br />
Dr. Judy Vavrek channels<br />
Golden Ascension<br />
Mon. 6-7pm • $10 • 616 Isleta SW<br />
Pranic Healing: trauma, pain<br />
ADHD in kids. 505-873-0606<br />
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