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I have a hot tip for you in this cold winter weather.
I don’t want to sound like your Mom, but you listen
to me right now. Essential Oils Work!! You can use
them safely for all kinds of ailments and disorders
and get awesome results (very good on colds and flu).
This is coming from a benign sceptic who could not un-
derstand how a tiny drop of oil applied to the foot could
possibly impact a headache at the way other end of the
body. Essential oils were the stuff of folk medicine and
were quite out of date, or so I thought.
I was wrong. EO’s work because they obey the laws of
nature to bring about balance in our bio-energetic sys-
tem, thus addressing the source – the TRUE source –of
our aches, pains and illnesses, which is - distortion,
blockage and lack in our energetic body. Once we are
in balance and in full energetic mode, the body goes
ahead and heals itself. The body is smart like that.
Does that sound too simple? Well then, let me compli-
cate it up a bit with some science so that it can be may-
be more believable.
How and Why Do Nature’s Medicine, Essential Oils,
Work?
Essential oils are like the life blood of the plant and carry
the critical mechanisms needed to fight off viruses, bac-
teria and enhance healing and immunity. When humans
ingest the oils, we are able to benefit in the same way.
Someone figured it out many thousands of years ago,
and it became the most effective way to support and
heal for a long, long time.
We now know that all living things, in fact, have a subtle
energy which is vibrational in nature – sometimes called
the life force or chi. “Quantum physics has confirmed
the reality of the basic vibratory essence of life. Life en-
ergy is not static; it is kinetic,” according to Dr. C. Nor-
man Shealy, MD, PHD, one of many doctors and scien-
tists making huge strides in the study of bio-energy.
Modern science has given us the ability to measure this
electromagnetic vibrational force, showing us that es-
sential oils have the highest frequencies of any of the
natural elements. Humans operate at a high frequency
and emit specific vibrational signals for various organs,
tissues, bones as well as an overall frequency repre-
senting the whole person. Inside, the cells are also mak-
ing use of vibrations and resonance to communicate
with the other cells. See how it can get complicated?
Even more difficult is the fact that all frequency is not
the same. Some, such as what comes from WiFi, com-
mon appliances, or our most precious phone devices are
dissonant, meaning the frequency causes chaos in the
body communications and scrambles the signals. This
dissonance causes problems for us – sneaky, invisible
problems that we cannot easily recognize until symp-
toms like pain, acid reflux, fatigue begin to appear.
For example, if a healthy human resonance is measured
at 62- 68 MHz, but drops to 58 MHz due to stress or ill-
ness, an application of lavender oil resonating at 118
MHz is going to raise that compromised 58 MHz to a
normal range, thus allowing the body to operate in an
efficient manner. It might be interesting to know that
pathogens like viruses, bacteria and parasites operate at
a low resonance making them quite vulnerable to the
higher frequencies of certain oils like melaleuca which
can then take them out. Notice, I mentioned viruses for
which modern pharmacology has nothing to offer us.
Funny how nature has it all handled.
Further, Nikola Tesla said that, if we could eliminate cer-
tain outside frequencies that interfered in our bodies,
we would have greater resistance toward dis-
What makes Essential Oils…. So Essential?
By Mary Robbins
What makes Essential Oils…. So Essential?
March / April 2015 pg 4
ease. Many pollutants, for example, lower frequency
and impact the body in a negative way. Again, essential
oils come to the rescue with their ability to raise the vi-
bration to acceptable levels and protect our delicate bio-
energy. Diffusing oils into the air can be an easy and
most pleasant way to bring balance into the environ-
ment. The study of frequencies raises an important
question concerning the active vibration of substances
we eat, breath and absorb.
Oils have a long track record of success. Only in recent
history did we brilliant humans decide that we could do
better by isolating particular constituents of the healing
properties of plants enabling us to synthesize them in a
lab, patent them and charge exorbitant prices for them.
Only two tiny problems exist with human meddling –
poor results and disturbing, harmful side effects. It is
necessary for all the constituents of the oils to be pre-
sent for them to be truly effective and to avoid possible
unwanted outcomes that are many times worse than the
original problem (think male erection that lasts 8 hours,
for example, although I read for some men that is a sell-
ing point.) Or how about trading high cholesterol for
pain, nausea, gas, Type 2 diabetes, confusion or memory
loss? This unhappy phenomena is due to the complexity
of our bodies and need for all the complementary pieces
of the natural plant to be present. It is like trying to
make a recipe without the seasoning – small aspect, but
rather important. Remember that old saying, “You can’t
fool Mother Nature.” Well it is still true today.
Essential Oils, or nature’s original and perfect medicine,
do work precisely with our bodies, however, sans side
effects. Advanced methods of growing and extracting
the oils with minimum processing have allowed us to
have access to nature’s most powerful remedies that
are:
Simple and safe to use
Pennies per dose
Lovely aroma
No side effects
Slowly, health care professionals are recognizing the
benefits of Essential Oils. Vanderbilt University’s Emer-
gency Room is diffusing oils to help the staff with stress
and fatigue with great results. Hopefully the hospital will
soon begin to offer patients the benefits that oils bring.
Now, with the increasing emer-
gence of mutant, drug resistant and deadly superbugs
such as MRSA and the latest CRE, it is a life or death
matter to use the most effective treatments available. It
is not even necessary to apply the oils directly to our
skin because, breathing them in is a very efficient way to
get them into the body. Some types of the purest oils
can be used internally for even faster, more powerful
results.
It turns out that essential oils have honestly earned their
long standing reputation for healing and relief and are
quite effective and can withstand the most scientific
scrutiny. But, buyer beware. Select only high quality,
therapeutic grade essential oils. The large majority of
oils are quite inferior and have had all their delicate,
health enhancing qualities processed out, except for
taste and/or aroma. No healing will occur using lemon
citrus air fresheners bought at the grocery store. It is
important to be certain to get only Certified Pure Thera-
peutic Grade Essential Oils with all the critical constitu-
ents intact. The greatest majority of oils are of inferior
quality with no health benefits whatsoever.
You will find after examination that there is an oil for just
about any problem you may have, even the most devas-
tating diseases, but I am not advising you to avoid a doc-
tor’s consultation when you have health questions. Do
consult your medical professionals for medical issues.
Do consider using EO’s as a way to avoid getting any seri-
ous problems and empowering yourself and your family
to self-care. Mama says.
ENERGY
March / April 2015 pg 5
By Betsy B. Muller, MBA, Certified Advanced
Practitioner of EFT
You arrive at the airline boarding gate to leave on your
vacation. Looking around at other passengers, you notice
a woman vigorously tapping on her face and torso. This
behavior—although it may appear bizarre—is one of the
safest, drug-free methods for treating fears, nervousness,
discomfort and tension, including the fear of flying. Called
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), this simple, easy to
learn, self-administered treatment can be used by people
of all ages on a wide variety of issues. It also is especially
effective used in private counseling/coaching sessions.
How Does it Work?
Based on the ancient principles of acupuncture, EFT ad-
dresses the possibility that unpleasant experiences can be
blocking the body’s energy system. These blocks can in-
volve disturbing memories—fears, stressful situations,
grief, depression, guilt, shame or worry. EFT involves
lightly tapping on specific acupuncture points on the face,
torso and hands to gently realign the body’s meridian-
energy system. EFT users agree that tapping makes them
feel significantly better in a short period of time.
Medical technology now can quantify what the ancient
Chinese knew more than 5,000 years ago. Our bodies and
minds have complex energetic pathways. Electroenceph-
alography (EEG), or brain scan measuring electrical activi-
ty, indicates that tapping decreases mental activity in the
central and front portions of the brain, allowing the fight
or flight response to release and calm to return. Accord-
ing to Ronald A. Ruden, M.D., Ph.D. in his book Why Tap-
ping Works: Speculations from the Observable Brain,
brain chemistry also may be part of the process because
stimulation of acupressure points may enhance the pro-
duction of neurotransmitters and endorphins, chemicals
that contribute to a sense of wellbeing and stress relief.
Recent studies have indicated that brief periods of tap-
ping are significantly more effective for lowering the
stress hormone cortisol in saliva when compared with
control groups taking stress management classes or nap-
ping for an hour.
EFT combines three powerful forms of energy—
intentional focus, spoken words and kinesthetic energy.
Focusing on a specific issue activates intention or
“exposure to specific memory”. The voice is added in the
form of a simple “reminder phrase” spoken as the specific
treatment points are activated by tapping, which brings
energy into the meridian system, engaging the energy
pathways related to that specific problem. Beginners are
encouraged not to worry too much about the words cho-
sen for statements. Newcomers are cautioned that scripts
you find online may not be specific enough to address
your particular problem. While you are encouraged to
trust your intuition when developing reminder phrases,
you also must make them specific. You can find treat-
ment statement examples on the Gold Standard EFT web-
site www.emofree.com or you can work with a practition-
er to learn how to develop statements for your personal
needs.
Eastern medicine has suggested that distinct emotions
are involved with each energy meridian pathway. For ex-
March / April 2015 pg 6
Effective Self Care for Everyone
What is EFT? (Emotional Freedom Technique)
ample, the stomach meridian (acupoint under the eye) is
often associated with blocks connected to memories in-
volving of worry and trust/mistrust, while the lung meridi-
an may be connected to feelings of grief. There is no
need to get caught up in with these theories because
when EFT is administered using the basic recipe, relief
happens even without knowing which emotions or merid-
ians are involved. You simply tap all of the points, even
though all of them may not all be needed for successful
treatment. There is no harm in doing so; it’s fast to ac-
complish and the body balances the energy naturally, re-
leasing what is no longer needed.
Research
The body of research on EFT has grown substantially in
recent years. Over 50 studies, including 23 randomized
controlled trials and 17 within-subjects studies with EFT
have been published in peer-reviewed journals. EFT now
meets the American Psychological Association’s (APA)
Division 12 Criteria for “evidence-based” practice, which
means psychologists, social workers, nurses and a variety
of licensed professionals can now obtain continuing edu-
cation credits, as well as professional certification for
courses on EFT. Additional research studies are ongoing
through the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psy-
chology (ACEP). The most recent summaries can be found
online at www.energypsych.org.
Joseph Mercola, DO, a physician and the founder of the
world’s most popular natural-health newsletter (see
www.mercola.com), shares, “We implemented EFT…to
help our patients comply to the eating plan and it was
absolutely phenomenal. I was very impressed with EFT's
effectiveness and rapidly adopted it for a variety of other
issues…EFT seems to work well over 85 percent of the
time in our clinic…and it is quite clear to me that EFT-type
therapies are absolutely critical to nearly all health-
optimizing strategies.” Other people providing testimoni-
als include a woman who utilizes EFT to calm herself be-
fore giving a public presentation and a man who used it to
get over his aversion to making business calls.
Learning EFT
You will find many methods and forms of EFT on the In-
ternet. Check credentials, experience and certifications
to be sure you have landed on a reputable source. There
are also many terms that apply to treatments similar to
EFT, such as tapping, acupressure, meridian therapy and
more. Online tutorials from the founder of EFT, Gary
Craig’s Gold Standard EFT program at www.emofree.com
provide an impressive body of cases, articles and videos,
newsletter, as well as a professional certification program
affiliated with The Association for Comprehensive Energy
Psychology. Certifications are also available through
AMET and EFTUniverse, although these protocols depart
from founder Gary Craig’s procedure.
In addition to online resources, certified practitioners can
help you to learn and use EFT. Live sessions with an expe-
rienced EFT practitioner offer the opportunity for privacy,
to see the technique in action, have questions answered
and learn troubleshooting tips. An experienced EFT practi-
tioner also knows how to ask specific questions to uncov-
er the core emotional issues, as well as experience and
training to help you find the greatest success in the short-
est time. Certified EFT practitioners practice under ethical
guidelines and will provide outside referral for complicat-
ed or difficult cases.
You can experience many wonderful transformations by
using EFT in your own life. In fact, you do not even need
to have problems to benefit from tapping. Try a morning
routine tapping the EFT treatment points as you speak
March / April 2015 pg 7
EFT Point Diagram
March / April 2015 pg 8
positive affirmations of acceptance and self-love to get
every day off to a positive start.
The Basic EFT Procedure (Short Form)
EFT in short form uses only head and torso points. The full
EFT protocol also includes taps on finger points, as well as
eye movements, humming and counting.
Choose a specific event, issue or “problem” for work.
Rate the intensity, or subjective units of distress “SUDs”
on a scale of 0-10
The Setup and reminder phrase
Feel for a “sore spot” or neurolymphatic point on the up-
per breast, usually near the shoulder and along the side
the underarm. Soreness indicates lymphatic congestion,
but the point need not be sore to use it for treatment. As
treatment begins, the sore spot is massaged in a circular
motion while speaking the set-up statements. An optional
set-up method is to tap with two fingers on the “pinkie
side” of the opposite hand, the fleshy “karate chop area.”
Both methods work; select your favorite.
Say “Even though I have this ____________, I completely
love and accept myself” Say this affirmation out loud 3
times while rubbing the sore spot or tapping on the Kara-
te Chop point.
The EFT Tapping Sequence -- Tap about 7-10 times on
each of the following points while repeating a reminder
phrase at each point
Inside Edge of Eyebrow
Outside corners of eye
Under eye on ridge of bone
Center Above upper lip
Center Below lower lip
Collarbone
Under Arm
Stop and Evaluate on a 0-10 Scale (if >0, repeat sequence)
Repeat the sequence, if needed, while repeating the re-
minder phrase or adjust phrase to reflect the fact that you
are addressing the remaining problem.
As you tap, you may feel a pleasant tingling sensation ac-
companied by a state of calm alert. Often, tears will stop
flowing and the throat will loosen. An energy release in
the form of a deep sigh, a yawn or muscle release also
may occur as you tap. Physical discomfort often decreases
and stress melts away. Each person’s experience is unique
and depends upon the intentional focus of the EFT ses-
sion.
EFT is a gift that you easily can learn and share. A person
need not even believe EFT will work in order to get amaz-
ing results. Why not give EFT a try? It is a natural way to
live life in the flow of greater comfort, peace and connec-
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The art of dance is seen as many things.
At first blush it can identify your personal likes and dis-likes. It can tell us when you were a teenager. Your ethnic heritage, perhaps your religious training. But did you ever look deeper?
Lets talk story. That’s what the Hawaiian’s call it when they share information, because they are an oral and kin-esthetic people. They chant and dance. Every nuance tells a story, the breath of the wind across your face. The Sun as it falls upon the mountains. The waves in the ocean as opposed to the waves in the river. They talk story about love and living and dying and ancestors and history. They Hula.
Wikipedia tells us that a pow-wow is a gathering of North America's Native people. The word derives from the Nar-ragansett word powwaw, meaning "spiritual leader". A modern pow-wow is a specific type of event where both Native American/First Nations and non-Native American/First Nations people meet to dance, sing, socialize, and honor Native American/First Nations culture. But what part does the dance play. Nowadays there are competi-tions. The dance holds so much more if you would only look deeper. Inside the dance of all indigenous peoples, lie the stories of gods and history and prayers. A remem-bering of past and a calling into being of futures.
Dance can be a play as seen in Asian cultures and is an integral part of operas. It speaks of love and war and his-tory. Kabuki speaks of comedy and tragedy. The stuff of living.
Dance tells us it is time to plant and to harvest and to honor our ancestors.
In many middle eastern cultures women dance to ‘speak’ about life and death and birth. It is the dance of the Belly, and it is sacred.
Sufi’s Spin as they connect with the divine. Bringing the breath of the divine into themselves.
Back in the day (60’s) I danced to say I am here. This is who I am. See me.
Children dance for pure joy.
We dance when some one marries, births and dies. The south has a rich history of funeral processions that be-come joyous celebrations of special people, special lives.
Why do you dance?
And if you do not… Why do you not dance?
It is a rediscovering of self. It is your birthright.
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I have a persistent stuffy nose and think it might be
caused by the heat from my furnace. Nothing I have
tried has worked: neti pot, essential oils, etc. Any
suggestions?
You have an interesting configuration of dry mucous
membrane that isn’t limited to your nose. You notice the
dryness in your nose more because it has strong sensory
input to your day to day experience. The best correction
for this is to balance your hormones. You don’t give a
time frame for this disturbance, but I read it as concurring
with a decrease in progesterone and increase in testos-
terone. This is a common pattern as menopause advances
past early stages. Many women and sometimes men
(who have excessive testosterone for various reasons) will
find this membrane dryness will improve by correcting
the underlying imbalance. In your situation, there are
many over the counter progesterone supplements, but I
would suggest you see your primary care doctor for lab
work to confirm the levels and check out some of the re-
ally useful topical solutions that are available. If you are
more interested in functional medicine opportunities
(alternative, complementary care) you could also work
with a skilled polarity therapist to balance your fire and
water elements. This will help the balance the hormonal
systems to have less of a metabolic “drag” from the una-
voidable stressors of living on the planet earth!
I am obsessed with electronics and can’t seem to
stop looking at my phone, surfing Facebook, email
or especially; playing games. It has annoyed so
many of my family that I kind of hide out from them
now and play on my phone. I can’t help it. What
can I do?
Wow. You are so brave. You are identifying a relatively
new area of behavior that is so neurologically driven, it
requires a long course in the workings of the spinal cord
to the brain.
The part of the nervous system we are looking at involves
coping with stress, feeling loved and being in safe connec-
tion with our loved ones or the “tribe” we are born into.
These are three of the most powerful drives in the human
system. They are directly connected to survival of the
species and your personal survival, which is why you are
feeling so compelled to “stay connected”.
When there is disruption in your life, with relationships
particularly, it is seen by the body to be safer to be elec-
tronically connected than struggle to resolve seemingly
unresolvable emotional issues. There are very few specific
interventions developed for this yet, as not many people
are willing to admit or notice how it is growing to be a
part of their coping with daily stress and also how it re-
places their need for the face to face connection to sort
our relationships. Having said all that, the following is not
true for all people with this symptom, but it is accurate
for you at this time.
This is a painful circumstance for you and not easy to ig-
nore since you have people around you demanding your
attention. This is good as you could easily retreat into a
computer world where you have control and feel power-
ful. Your feelings of rejection are getting more obvious to
you as people overwhelm you with expectations to be-
have a certain way.
MedicalMedical IntuitiveIntuitive
Real questions from real people.
Real answers that may touch your life.
What Would Your Question Be?
What is the question that you would ask your body,
mind or spirit if you could?
What unanswered question do you have
about your life purpose or health?
Give permission to share the answers and
Ask Mary Maynard, Medical Intuitive.
March / April 2015 pg 13
The source of this is your in utero experience (before
birth). These times were very filled with stress hormones
and your body, particularly your brain, is working to learn
new ways of managing stress hormones. The electronics
are an easily available and socially accepted method and
you are using it to reform the pathways from “overly”
stressed to a calmer pattern.
The pitfall with this correction is that is it overly stimu-
lating and is creating a level of neuron firing that is agi-
tating. See a holistic health provider ( there are many
listed in this magazine ) to help discharge the overload of
stress on the in utero neurological system and get a base-
line of what issues there are in your life that are creating
such a sense of loneliness and rejection. Get outside
more often and feel the connection to every part of crea-
tion. You are a great light and the Universe has wonderful
plans for you as a healthy human who is able to be a part
of any group that celebrates you for your wholeness.
March / April 2015 pg 14
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Music creates feelings. The question is, “Can music
create love?”
These two energies are more connected than we imagine.
Both energies have waves, which combine in close prox-
imity. Recall how the sound track of a movie makes you
feel. Back to our opening theme, love (and all feelings)
can be enhanced with music.
The question that follows is…”What is the feeling of
Love?” The answer is not simple. Love, a many splendored
word, has many attributes. For example, love may be kind
and yet courageous. Other loving attributes are for-
giveness and acceptance. The word love is a cap stone for
many virtues. Yet, each attribute of love is a feeling.
Using music to enhance a feeling, like love, may seem like
a novel idea, but it was not in antiquity. Ancient man cre-
ated positive feelings through sound or music, and then
listened to them for an incredible number of times. With
each listen they ingested a tiny amount of this desired
energy via the music. For example, if they wished to make
a boy ferocious, he was constantly exposed to furious mu-
sic. Likewise, a gentle person was cultivated with constant
gentle music. Ancient sages prescribed listening to some-
thing special - thousands of times until it was a dominant
energy within one’s personality.
We gain a habit or personality trait by repeating feelings
over and over again until they surface from our subcon-
scious mind as an automated response. This is most easily
accomplished with the aid of music. We can automate
repeats of desired feelings by playing a special CD over
and over again.
Ancient Man designed music to replicate beautiful attrib-
utes of love. This is done today as well. It is even packaged
with cathartic release of negative emotions and the build-
ing of positive emotions, in music such as The Healing
Flower Symphonies. Music builds attributes that compose
love, we just have to listen to “loving” music.
If you wish to acknowledge your loved one’s beauty – be
it their personality or appearance, and then play beautiful
music to enhance your message. The author created the
Deep Wave Beauty CD, designed with beautiful music to
make someone feel beautiful. It also contains frequencies
associated with vitamins, collagen and muscle in the face
and neck. Think of this music as aural makeup or a spa
experience, delivering the feeling of beauty on many lev-
els.
In yet another way to use music to enhance your message
of love, recall that your intentions carry on sound waves.
You can say “hello,” communicating to someone that you
love him or are angry at him. Your feelings carry on your
words. Your intentions also are feelings and they mesh
with music. This idea has practical applications. Identify a
piece of music for your loved one and make it “your
song.” When this song is played, it links you. Your intent
becomes entwined with the feelings in the music, as both
the sounds and emotions combine into one energy.
Music is a source of energy that we can use to enhance
our body, mind soul and, yes, to intensify our sharing of
love on special days and always.
By Jill Matson
Music of the Heart
SOUND
March / April 2015 pg 15
2015!!!…Fifteen years have passed so quickly since the
ominous turn of the century. I remember people storing
food and water “just in case”. Computers backed up 7
different ways with the expectation some major malfunc-
tion would occur.
I was concerned myself until I watched on television as
the New Year of 2000 arrived in Australia and New Zea-
land. Then, all of a sudden, I knew for sure that nothing
was going to happen. Just a knowing so deep in my heart
that I simply let go of any concern. My whole body re-
laxed.
As I think about that occurrence, I
realize my body is always giving me
information. I just need to pay atten-
tion. I feel because I think. Is my
thinking clear? Is my belief true for
me now or is it old and useless?
When I become uptight about something, I must take the
time to ask myself “what about this situation tightens my
muscles”. If I take the time to unwind the feeling, actually
pay attention and experience it, I will be guided to know
what makes me feel better. The next time a similar situa-
tion occurs, I won’t feel the tightness so intensely and
then not at all. I can do breath-work, or EFT, or journaling
to help the identification. There are so many tools for us
to use.
If we don’t take the time to work on our feelings, the neg-
ative ones become more intense with every occurrence
and eventually cause some type of dis-ease in the body.
One of my new favorite books, by Annita Keane is “How
do I know”. Annita talks a lot about discovering answers
by paying attention to the body and learning to make de-
cisions from those discoveries.
It is so interesting how I start out with the intention to
write about one thing, like time passage, and the writing
takes on a life of its own.
I am always guided by the angels to write what is the best
for the readers and I guess for today, the best is to help
people think about their bodies, their feelings and helping
our lives be better and easier in 2015.
Practices like Yoga and t’ai chi help us to get into the body
and become more aware of the conversation the body is
capable of sharing.
For 2015, I have decided to do two things. The first is to
make more time to connect with Spirit. The second is to
talk with Spirit regularly about what is going
on inside of me. This year, my focus is about
me and how to help me move through life in
a much easier fashion. I hope you will focus
on you, too.
Namaste’ - Roseann
March / April 2015 pg 16
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Just Write
-- It’s Therapy!It’s Therapy! By Claudia Taller
The experience of putting words on paper adds layers of
meaning and permanence to our words as we work
through what’s going on inside us. Even when writing
fiction, we are working away at a problem. And though
those long talks over the dinner table, on a hike in the
woods, and in a car on long trips are soulful, most of the
things that were said get lost when the conversation
ends, and we are left with a feeling of mirth or sadness or
regret, the overall feeling we had from the talk, but noth-
ing tangible, nothing lasting. And we may not have
worked out what it is that’s really worrying us.
I insist that writing down what we’re grieving, loving,
hating, regretting, and connecting with, what we’re sad
about and glad about, what the past meant to us and
what the future holds in hopefulness, is really important.
It’s important for all of us, not just writers, poets, and
memoirists. Writing it down, thinking it through on pa-
per, changes us, adds layers of meaning, forces us to look
at what’s going on with the awareness of an outsider,
even as we’re free to write whatever it is that comes to us
as our fingers glide across the keyboard.
Let me back up a bit to tell my own story. As the daugh-
ter of a Methodist minister, I was uprooted every few
years. Books, and the thoughts and words inside them,
sustained me through transition times without friends. I
sat in the crabapple tree of the parsonage in Akron read-
ing Little Women the first summer we were there. The
following year, combating the inability to fit into the black
ghetto, I wrote my first novel. When we moved to Lorain
in my 8th grade year, I started writing poetry, putting my
feelings out there, playing with them, nudging them, and
trying to find Truth. In college, I chose to major in English
and to write my autobiography for my senior project;
when I graduated, I also received a Writing Certificate. I
was always writing, because my soul needed to write.
And yes, I kept a diary--I owned a private place kept under
March / April 2015 pg19
lock and key, the place that only God and me could touch
and know.
I think the God-connection is why we need to write.
What I mean by that is there’s a yearning inside us to tell
our stories, to work out the
reason we’re here and
what our mission is, and
when we start seeking,
we’re looking within,
through our God-
connection. When I write,
it’s not just me writing, it’s
me writing from God with-
in me—it’s much bigger
than me. I have to tell you,
the darkest times in my life
were the years when I didn’t write and I knew something
was missing. My world became brighter the day a friend
gave me The Artist’s Way, and all of a sudden it was okay
to write, even though I was busy with our family and
home and my career.
No, not everyone’s a writer, but each and every one of us
can tap into the Spirit within us, the God-connection that
causes our own unique reaction to life. To get started,
just write. The blank screen or piece of paper has no
power over you—it’s non-threatening. Just write. Begin
by writing non-stop, not picking the pen up from the
page, for a page. You may find that you have more to say
than that, so keep going. Don’t think about why you’re
doing it or what you’re trying to accomplish. Whatever
you do, don’t edit or be concerned about how good the
writing is.
Just write. Things will come to the surface. You will be as
surprised as you are by your dreams.
Writing any old thing down, not editing or judging, frees
us. We find our voice and get to know ourselves better.
We cannot help but feel better about who we are—we
become more human because we discover our frailties
and longings. We begin to know what we need, who in
our lives are helpful or not, what problems can be re-
solved now and which ones will haunt us for a while. But
it’s okay, because a narrated life is different than the life
you knew before. You are creating your life and choosing
your path and finding your way, by writing.
God is there in the words you write down. You feel Him,
you know what He wants of you, as you write down those
words that can’t be anything but the Truth because no
one will see them but you.
Sometimes, you can guide
your writing by asking ques-
tions: How do I feel today?
What went wrong yester-
day? How do I make pen-
ance to this person I
wronged yesterday? Is
there a way I can love my
spouse more? Am I spend-
ing my time on something
meaningful?
Writing is therapeutic. We find answers, we work things
out. Writing is a tool to become a better person. It calms
us and creates balance. When we’re writing, we’re pre-
sent, we’re God-connected.
Write. Be surprised. Grow. Become. Change. Find God.
Find yourself. Just write.
Claudia J. Taller
has written over
300 lifestyle and
travel articles, is
the author of
four books
(including 30
Perfect Days,
Finding Abun-
dance in Ordi-
nary Life), and owner of Igniting Possibilities, which
presents Word Lovers Weekends and the Word
Lovers Salon. Find her at claudiajtaller.com.
Do you feel old? Do you feel old BEFORE your time?
When you look in the mirror do you see age and wrinkles
or beauty and wisdom? Does it have to be this way?
Hell NO! Discover the astonishing ways you can reverse
the signs of aging WITHOUT using expensive creams.
I’m going to tell how you can look and even FEEL younger.
Beauty is more than skin deep but your skin is where
those tell-tale signs appear first. Most people have no
idea of the extra years they are adding to their skin, and
body, on a DAILY basis. Yep, daily!
The culprit is…..SUGAR! Did you know that
SUGAR ages you?
Worse still, sugar is HIDDEN in many so-
called healthy foods and beverages you con-
sume every day! Could it be that the food
and drink industry is GAMBLING with YOUR
health?
Sugar does WHAT you say??? Sugar has ingrained itself
into every part of our society. It is added to virtually all
processed or packaged food and is having a devastating
impact on our lives. The average American eats over 160
pounds of sugar per year. Why? Because it is addictive
and profitable.
When sugar is added to our food we eat more…. and
more…. and MORE. When we consume more, profits go
up. But at what cost? Our health, sanity and even the
rate at which we age are all suffering.
So, let’s look at how this sweet substance affects your
body, in particular how sugar makes you age. I’m also go-
ing to share with you some strategies for undoing the
damage sugar does to help you look and feel even more
beautiful than you already are.
Sugar is more than just the white stuff!
For many people sugar is just the
white substance added to coffee or
sprinkled over breakfast cereal, but it
is so much more!
Sugar is a very general term which we use to describe car-
bohydrates which taste sweet.
The white stuff is sucrose, made naturally by many plants.
Some plants make more, like sugar-cane or sugar-beet
which both taste very sweet. Food manufacturers have
developed complex industrial processes which extract
natural sugars from plants, such as corn (which doesn’t
even taste sweet!) and make a super-concentrated sub-
stance.
This super-sugar, like high fructose corn syrup, is very
cheap to produce and VERY addictive. Sadly all the pro-
cessing removes any trace of nature from the sugar and
these Frankenstein-super-sugars are completely confus-
ing our bodies, specifically stressing out our immune sys-
tem.
Does sugar affect my mind?
The brain reacts to sugar in the same way it would to ille-
gal narcotics. It really is a drug, eight times more addic-
tive than cocaine; it stimulates ALL of the brains ‘pleasure
pathways’. Worse than that sugar messes with your mind
man! Sugar changes how you feel emotionally, makes
your moods go up and down and reduces your brains abil-
ity to produce happy chemicals
naturally, leading to depres-
sion.
Before new food products are
released into the market, con-
By Roseann Zaft
March / April 2015 pg 20
March / April 2015 pg 21
sumer panels are used to test the product. One of the
many tests is to see how much sugar they can add before
people complain it is too sweet. They experiment with
different amounts of sugar to see how much they can ‘get
away with’ to make the food as addictive as possible! No
wonder we all have such sweet tooth’s.
Dextrose (another type of sugar) is often sprayed onto
French Fries before cooking to make us want them even
more. Arghhh, that makes me mad!
Many people have no idea they are addicted to sugar. If
you suffer from mood swings; strong urges to eat sweet
foods, bread or baked foods; or you find it difficult to stop
eating when full…. then you probably have a sugar habit!
How does sugar affect my body?
A cutting edge study published in the Journal of Clinical
Investigation found that sugar not only FEEDS cancer
cells, it actually causes changes in normal cells to MAKE
them cancerous! Yikes! All of a sudden that sweet treat
doesn’t seem so sweet anymore does it? Fortunately the
study also demonstrated that cutting out sugar from the
diet REVERSED these cellular changes and returned the
body to a state of good health. Phew!
Addiction has a toll on the whole body. Heroin and crack
are known for their damaging effects on hair, teeth and
skin. Sugar is no different. Consuming sugar, especially
refined super-sugars make your body, and specifically
skin, age quicker.
After eating, sugar quickly gets into the blood and starts
causing havoc all over the place!
It confuses the immune system and ‘glycates’ (sugar-
coats) LOADS of essential proteins, including hemoglobin
(vital for moving life giving oxygen round your body!).
When sugar attaches itself to tissues and proteins inside
the body it creates Advanced Glycation End products or
AGEs for short.
When you cook meat, it goes brown,
due to a chemical reaction which pro-
duces the identical AGEs, but using
heat. When you sugar-coat proteins in your body, exactly
the same reaction occurs and AGEs are produced.
Eating sugar doesn’t just add a sticky coating inside your
body, it kind of ‘cooks’ it from the inside!
Sugar gets under your skin!
Your skin is easily damaged by those troublesome AGEs –
it is a fitting name, AGEs make you age! The proteins
which keep your skin looking and feeling young, collagen
and elastin, are very vulnerable to AGEs. When these
proteins are damaged they become brittle, leading to
wrinkles and saggy skin. The British journal of Dermatolo-
gy concluded that AGE damage to the skin starts from just
35 years old. But it’s never too late to cut out the sugar
and stop the damage to your skin!
High sugar diets even change the type of collagen your
skin is made from. There are three types of collagen in
your skin, types 1 to 3. Type 1
is the weakest and type 3 is the
strongest. Sugar causes the
lovely strong type 3 collagen to
be transformed into the weak-
er type 1, making the skin look and feel less supple.
Yet another way sugar messes with your skin is by turning
off your body’s antioxidant enzymes. This makes your skin
more vulnerable to sun damage. This makes it, yes you
have guessed it, look older quicker!
Sugar is by far the most prolific source of AGEs in the
body and specifically fructose - remember that HIGH fruc-
tose corn syrup I mentioned? Fructose is a sugar found
naturally in fruit but in LOW healthy doses. When refined
and processed into high fructose syrup it becomes super
BODY
Most of the
time we have
no idea we
are even
eating sugar.
It is disguised
by clever
food label-
ling using
deceptive
names.
concentrated and causes many more AGEs to be formed.
Can I undo the damage sugar is doing?
YES! (Thanks goodness!!!) Sugar messes with hormones
vital to metabolism and they have a HUGE impact on lon-
gevity! Getting the levels of these hormones under con-
trol, by cutting out sugar; will add MANY more healthy
years to your life.
Step #1: Stop eating more sugar!
Cutting out, or dramatically reducing, sugar in
your diet is one of the most profound things you
can do to improve your health. It might sound
simple, but it isn’t. Sugar is an addictive toxin. When we
eat it we crave it.
A high sugar diet, combined with a lack of fresh fruit and
vegetables, has been linked to 4 out of 5 of the leading
causes of death in Westernized society. That is a pretty
scary statistic isn’t it? We are literally killing ourselves,
and our children, with the food choices we make every
day.
For those of you who know me this won’t be the first time
you have heard me talk about sugar. I am a passionate
anti-sugar advocate. Sugar is linked to so many health
problems that I simply cannot sit back and watch when I
know the solution is simple. Stop eating sugar!
Step #2: Eat more fruit and vegetables
Fruits and vegetables naturally contain antioxi-
dants which repair the damage done by the
AGEs. They also contain phytonutrients
(biologically active compounds) which have amazing anti-
cancer properties and massively promote physical and
mental wellbeing. Eating a variety of colors helps ensure
you get a selection of nature’s medicines.
Some foods you might like to include in your diet, for their
naturally high amount of anti-oxidants, include: blueber-
ries, cranberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries,
cherries, beans, and artichokes. Grapes, raspberries and
mulberries also contain naturally occurring resveratrol.
This compound has been shown to trigger mechanisms
which REVERSE some of the body’s natural aging process-
es.
Step # 3: Love what you see
Sadly society puts a higher value on the virility of
youth than the wisdom of age. The media
hurtfully names and shames any celebrity who
dares to get old. With age comes experience and wisdom,
let’s celebrate that too!
If you don’t feel beautiful when you look in the mirror it is
because you are under the influence of a spell. The spell
of unrealistic standards of beauty and age. Airbrushed
images encourage us to feel bad in order to sell more
products.
When you look in the mirror what you see is your own
rejection of how you look. That rejection stops you being
able to see the adorable freckles, the beautiful smile and
deep soulful eyes. We stop seeing ourselves and instead
see rejection.
Many people struggle with body image, but the key is not
to change your body, but to change how you see yourself.
The more you love your body the more it loves you back
and you WILL see the beauty we both know is hiding be-
hind the rejection.
Mirror, mirror on the wall… YOU are the
fairest of them all! Next time you look in
the mirror take a moment to REALLY
look at yourself and admire what you
see. The lines of wisdom and the beauty
that is present in ALL of us. Discover
what you really look like: not what you
don’t look like.
You are beautiful. Tell yourself, often, that you are beauti-
ful. Look in the mirror and say it to yourself. At first it
might be tricky, it might feel like a lie, that’s ok, you are
undoing a spell. Persevere and you will be amazed at the
results. We are all beautiful.
My solution, a Natural Sugar Detox, can be
yours too!
Because sugar is so addictive cutting it from your diet can
be challenging, but don’t worry. If you are serious about
taking this vital step to improve your health I know just
the book you need………
March / April 2015 pg 22
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If you want to learn more about sugar, including
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and the relationship between sugar and virtually
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So sweetie, tick .. tock.. turn back the
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It’s never too late! If you care about improving your
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March / April 2015 pg 23
One of the participants in an Earthing study some years ago was a woman named Cindy with multiple sclerosis. She, like others in the study, was grounded for about for-ty minutes. Afterward, she visited the restroom, and then rushed back, a surprised look on her face, to the office where participants were being grounded.
“I just took one look at myself in the mirror and couldn’t believe what I saw,” she said. “It was as if I had slept for three days or been on a healing retreat. I looked so much better and younger. I’d been very tired, sad, and stressed out. I was amazed.”
Cindy’s revelation was not unique. Many other women have made similar comments, even after just a half hour or hour of grounding, or after sleeping grounded. They have noticed a difference. They quickly feel better and look better. They talk in terms of more radiant skin, brighter eyes, and more vitality.
Study: Grounding the Body Improves Facial Blood Flow
Now, a 2014 study published in the online Journal of Cos-metics, Dermatological Sciences and Applications, has demonstrated, for the first time, an improvement in facial blood flow, one of the likely ways that Earthing can po-tentially − and quickly − improve how you look.
How quickly?
Better facial blood flow was documented within one hour, according to the study. Such improvement implies en-hanced nourishment of facial tissues and functions, and, based on Earthing observations over the years, one can expect that continued grounding would generate continu-ing benefits to skin, complexion, and vitality – in essence, an “Earthing facelift.”
In the study, electro physiologist Gaétan Chevalier, Ph.D.,
of the Developmental and Cell Biology Department at the University of California at Irvine, and the director of the Earthing Institute, used a double-blind model with forty subjects to determine if Earthing can improve facial circu-lation within one hour. He used both sophisticated Laser Speckle Contrast imaging and thermal imaging to docu-ment changes in circulation.
Both techniques showed a clear improvement in facial blood flow regulation from grounding. No such result was found among the non-grounded participants. The laser camera study was published first. The thermal imaging study will be published at a later date.
Participants were individually tested over the period of an hour while sitting in a comfortable recliner chair. The chair was fitted with a grounding mat and pillow. Ground-ing patches were also placed on both palms and soles of the feet. The Earthing wires used to connect the partici-pants were randomly assigned to either allow or disallow conduction of the Earth’s energy. So individuals were ei-ther actually grounded (27) or sham grounded (13).
Dynamics of Better Facial Blood Flow
The results from the laser camera showed a fascinating and clear rhythmicity in the facial blood flow of grounded subjects. Such rhythmicity relates to a more efficient reg-ulatory effect on blood flow by the autonomic nervous system (ANS), and another example of how Earthing con-
BODYBODY
By Martin Zucker
The “Earthing The “Earthing Facelift”Facelift”
March / April 2015 pg 24
tributes to homeostasis and more natural functioning in the body.
As Dr. Chevalier notes in his paper, the ANS regulation of facial blood flow dynamics “brings to mind an analogy of an efficient thermostat that activates or deactivates the heating or cooling system according to temperature fluc-tuations within the controlled environment. For the body, grounding may contribute to the restoration of regulation by the ANS of the distribution of blood, and therefore needed oxygen and nutrients, to the various organs and systems according to their needs.”
Dr. Chevalier suggests other mechanisms are likely in play as well:
1) Improved zeta potential and blood fluidity. Earthing increases the negative electric charge on the surface of red blood cells, promoting reduced clumping, a more de-sirable viscosity (blood thinning effect) and better flow. For more information see our zeta potential study and video clip of blood flow change.
2) Improved overall physiology.
3) A calming effect on the body and normalization of the stress hormone cortisol. Stress has been linked to many skin conditions. In the study, Dr. Chevalier also asked the participants to fill out a standard mood questionnaire be-fore and after each session during which they were either grounded or sham grounded. When he analyzed the an-swers he found that the grounded group had a more pleasant experience, felt more positive, and was more relaxed. The results correlate with previous Earthing stud-ies demonstrating reduced stress and greater calmness.
4) Reduced inflammation. Observations over the years clearly indicate that wounds and injuries heal faster when
the body is grounded, and that the common signs of in-flammation are reduced or eliminated.
The new study helps explain also the results of an infor-mal survey conducted at a 2012 women’s wellness con-ference. The 100 women in attendance had filled out a questionnaire before and after one hour of grounding while seated during a lecture in the conference hall. When their answers were totaled up, about 75 percent or more reported that after grounding they had a better mood, more energy, and an improved complexion radi-ating more vitality and color. Here are the results of that survey.
There’s an old saying that beauty comes from within. No doubt about that. Now it may be equally correct to say that beauty comes from the ground as well.
The age of the “Earthing facelift” is here!
For details on the discovery and multiple health
benefits of Earthing, refer to the
Earthing book.
Improved facial circulation (right image) after 20 minutes of ground-ing, as documented by a Speckle Contrast Laser Imager (dark blue =
lowest circulation; dark red = highest circulation).
Earthing influences the physiology in many significant ways. If you take prescription medication, please refer to our article on Earthing and medication. If you are under the care of a physician, consult with your doctor before starting Earthing.
For additional information, please refer to the Earthing book, frequently asked questions (FAQs), and our Earthing Reports. To receive periodic Earthing updates, click here and type in your email address.
Martin Zucker has written extensively on natural healing, fitness, and alternative medicine for more than thirty-five years, including more than a dozen books. Among his latest books are Earthing (Basic Health Publications), Move Your-
self and Reverse Heart Disease Now (John Wiley & Sons), Natural Hormone Balance for Women (Pocket Books), The Miracle of MSM and Preventing Arthritis (Putnam/Berkley), and The Veterinarians’ Guide to Natural Reme-dies for Dogs/Cats (Three Rivers Press). Zucker has written hundreds of magazine articles on a wide variety of health topics and contributed to Smithsonian, Readers Digest, Los Angeles Times, Cook’s Magazine, Vegetarian Times, Muscle & Fitness, Men’s Fitness, and The National Enquirer. He is a former Associated Press newsman in Europe and the Middle East.
March / April 2015 pg 25
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