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When I look at the cover of this season’s issue of Interior Wellness I feelas if I’m looking at a lovingly made vision board. A vision board if youhaven’t heard of this before is a fun and creative way to explore what isimportant to you on any topic that you might be thinking about. Youcut out images and/or words from magazines and paste them onto a“board” or paper. The result is a beautiful display or “vision” of what youhave been thinking about. It helps to answer questions or remind you ofa goal. It becomes like an affirmation when you look at it.

This is what I see when I look at the cover. Words like Happiness, Love,

Balance, Trust, Faith, Soul and Power jump off the page and right intomy heart.

This is special because the words and inspirations I gather for each issuecome directly from many amazing local professionals. They believe thatthis publication is a positive resource for our community just like me. Iam touched to know how many people come together to make themagazine available for free to our readers. It is truly a community proj-ect. I’ve been thinking lately about how each and every person or busi-ness who pays to advertise makes it possible for this magazine to befree for you the reader. So go out and thank the people you see adver-tising here. Even if you don’t use their services right away, thank them!

This issue marks our four year anniversary and I am full of gratitude tothink how far we’ve come. The magazine started as just a small compi-lation of yoga schedules with a few supporting advertisers. And now ithas grown immensely. We have become a popular resource for every-thing health and healing in addition to yoga and fitness and just thispast spring we changed our name from “Yoga Tree” to Interior Wellnessto reflect our growth!

I know personally how important it is to have our own local resource forhealth, spirituality and wellness right here in Kamloops and BC Interior. Igrew up in Kamloops and only ever found information on such topics inpublications based in the Okanagan and Vancouver. That was one ofmy inspirations for creating a resource like this here. One that you canopen up and find a local class, workshop, event or practitioner, I havehad the opportunity over this past year to access some wonderful localteachers and healers. I hope you will too. Empowered with information,good luck on your journey.

We’d love to hear from you. Tell us your stories, how has the content ofthe magazine helped or inspired you or someone you know? We willpublish your responses. Please email us [email protected]

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COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Local Yoga Teacher Amber Hooton enjoys her yoga! Photo by Lisa DiGeso of Milk & Honey [email protected] www.milkandhoneyphotography.ca

Vision and InspirationWith Elizabeth Acupressure

“The Eight Strange/Wondrous Flows”,

“Windows to the Sky”,

“Five Elements Creation and Control cycles”, and

“Neck and Shoulder release”.

These are some of the terms becoming more familiar around townas the healing of Jin Shin Do® [gin shin doe] Acupressure Therapyreaches more people. Because practitioners use “wei-wu-wei”,the“relaxed way of doing”,I will be subtle in describing thislesser known effective healing modality. You may seek AcupressureTherapy when you feel physical pain, and this will be addressed,yet some may take the rebalancing to deeper levels, including emo-tional and spiritual. Once people experience acupressure therapy,most are amazed with the results! In the words of Wenda Noonanin November 2010, "I felt ABSOLUTELY fabulous after a [JSD]treatment!! I have tried massage, pilates, exercise, chiro and othermodalities but never before have I seen such instant results. Thankyou so much!!"

JSD works cooperatively with your body as thumb and finger pres-sure are applied to acu-points, dime-sized areas of high sensitivitythat act as a gateway to muscles, organs, and connective tissue. Youand a practitioner may work on one or several of twelve meridiansor pathways down which chi (energy) flows smoothly when all isin balance. A practitioner's hands become highly tuned to varyingpulsations that occur in the acu-points, allowing one to determinewhen armouring is present as well as when blocked chi begins to

disperse. People often express surprise when they feel something"moving or tingling" throughout the body as acu-points are released.This is a good thing! Within and around all of us are powerful forcesthat tirelessly strive to maintain homeostasis, a dynamic state ofequilibrium. Why fight against this? Learn more about returningyour being to a harmonious state at www.jinshindo.org

Michele Botel is a registered Jin Shin Do® Acupressure Therapist who works out of

Let's Move Studio Wellness Centre. You can reach her at 778.257.0343.

By Michele Botel

FALL 2011

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$65/ 45-75 minute session

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AAH Certified Hypnotherapist Karuna CoxEFT, Anxiety, Natural Birth, phobias, childhood trauma

Intuitive Reading with Michele Morrison

1/2 hour session: $40/ 1 hr: $80

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I had the pleasure of meeting Shalen just a few months ago at Let’s Move Yoga,

Dance, and Wellness Studio. I think the first thing that captured my interest about

Shalen and her Zumba practice was Shay’s exuberance and “joie de vivre”. Her

love of music, movement, and dance was immediately obvious when I met her. Shehas become one of the very popular Zumba instructors at Let’s Move in a very short

period of time.

What kind of practice do you have? What services do you offer?

Shift Enterprises specializes in creative project management. We are committed tohelping ourselves and others shift the way we view our businesses, ourselves, one

another and the world through providing creative opportunities to live the lives wehave always imagined. Shift Enterprises projects are generally focussed on businessor personal improvement. We strive to take a creative holistic approach in all that

we do as we believe that with focussed energy, centered by the recognition that weare dynamic beings, we will truly achieve the results we are after. Our projects areas varied and vibrant as our creative minds, and we believe that if an individual candream up something to create, improve, shape or change, there is a way to achieve

this.

We believe that synergy is the key to connecting the gap between dreams and real-

ities; we are synergy experts. What this means to us is that we believe that we donot have to be the expert in everything to achieve our goals, we simply need the

belief, will power, perseverance, and personality to find those individuals who have

the needed skills, abilities, and knowledge which we do not possess and are seeking.

see: www.shiftenterprises.ca for more information on services or descriptions.

How did you come to doing this type of work?

My whole life I have been wondering how to best use my skills, talents, passion

and ability in the world, to change the world, to improve the world and to help

enrich mine and others’ lives. Then at the beginning of this year I awoke from adream and I knew exactly how I was to bring it all together.

Our dream is to open a dynamic studio where we can assist others in making theircreative dreams come true. Just as we dream up our projects, we will eventually

provide a space and resources for others who dream big and want to put their cre-ative passions into action. Do you know of the perfect building for us? Do you

have a creative project that you need assistance in achieving? Have you dreamt upan idea but don’t know where to start? Ask us how we move from concept to cre-ation!

Did you take any training and if so, what type of training and where and when?

Bachelor of Business Administration-Thompson Rivers University-2008,

Zumba Level 1 & 2-2011

Who were your teachers? Do you have any mentors?

I have had countless teachers and mentors in my life who have helped me realize

my truest potential. I am eternally grateful for these people.

How long have you been doing this work?

Since 2009

How long have you been associated with Let’s Move Studio

I joined the Let’s Move team in May of 2011 and I am so happy to be there. It’s abeautiful studio with beautiful people, exactly who I love to surround myself with.

How do feel about the work that you do?

I love teaching, coaching and mentoring people. It makes me feel alive and healthy!

When I’m teaching I feel like I have purpose and it’s so amazing to find somethingthat you’re good at that people love you at!

How can people contact you for a session or for more information?

I can be contacted at [email protected]

Instructor Profile:ShayAn Interview By Kim Jensen

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Article and Interview by Kim Jensen of InnovativeChanges www.innovativechanges.com

I had the pleasure of meeting Michelle over a year

ago at Let’s Move Yoga, Dance, and Wellness studio.

I think the first thing that captured my interest

about Michelle’s work was that it was very similar

to my own. We are always attracted to like minds

and kindred spirits and the growing number of

Wellness Practitioners at Let’s Move can attest to

that. Besides Reiki and Shamanism though,

Michelle is also an intuitive reader. Her gentle,

compassionate and professional approach to her

work has grown her practice to be the successful

one that is today.

What kind of practice do you have? What services

do you offer?

My practice is all about intuition, meditation and ener-

getic healing and teaching.

I do intuitive readings for clients by connecting to their

aura, their energy, animal totems and spirit guides.This helps me to communicate to them exactly what I

see going on in their energy and what the divine and

the universe would like them to know. I always con-

nect with a client’s “highest self” to help bring forward

messages that are directly related to their path and their

highest potential. Questions are often about health, ca-reer, relationships, deceased loved ones, and also about

next steps.

I also do guided journey meditations that help people

to follow along through a guided journey while stillingthe mind and taking time for peace and serenity. It is

so important to make meditation a part of daily practice

and yet this can be really difficult for people, so by at-

tending a class, not only is the energy great in a groupsetting, there is opportunity to stay with the process and

to take a healing journey of the mind, body and spirit.The energetic healing that I do is based on a combina-tion of skills and practices. All of my life I have beenable to see energy, to see how it moves, how it doesn’t

move and how to help facilitate healthy energeticmovement. I am a Usui Reiki Master and a Shamanic

Practitioner in the Inca tradition. People always do

their own healing and as an energetic healing practi-tioner, my job is to help facilitate that healing. A part

of that healing is understanding the relationship be-

tween emotional connections that we make in our body

and pain, discomfort and illness. So, acknowledging

that relationship is always a part of a healing session,as well as guided meditation, to help keep your mind,

body and spirit with the healing process.

My favorite part of my practice is my workshops andsharing all of this information with people. We are all

intuitive beings; we are all amazing, we can all see,sense, and feel energy. We can all connect with spirit,

we can all connect to higher wisdom; receive messages

for ourselves and others. When I am working with and

teaching people and they see an aura for a first time or

they deliver an intuitive message and they are bang on,it is the most exhilarating moment to see their excite-

ment in their new skills and understandings. It is what

I love more than anything.

How did you come to doing this type of work?

I have been doing this type of work for the past 12years and decided to make it my full time job just this

past year. I am always seeking out inspiration, positive

messages, books, thoughts. The one thing that kept

coming to me was “do what you love” and this is ex-

actly what I love!

Did you take any training and if so, what type of

training and where and when?

I began taking workshops and training about 14 years

ago. I immediately gravitated towards Reiki and got

my first two levels consecutively and then my Masterlevel. I have studied and practiced Inca Shamanism

for the past 8 years. I have worked with energy and in-

tuition in some way or form all of my life. I knew that

I could see colors around people; I knew I knew things

about them without having to ask. This has developedinto the skills that I use in my practice, how I gather

information and understand the energy and how it is

affecting my clients.

Who were your teachers? Do you have any mentors?

I have so many teachers and mentors and I feel like I

am constantly thirsty for knowledge and new under-standings. I am so open to many ideas, ways to do

things, see things and experience things. Carol Bellhas been a huge inspiration, mentor and teacher to me

for many years, as well as Jose Louis Herrera. I haveworked with Therese Dorer, Michele Geiselman, Julie

Severn, and I love the work that they do and the way

that they channel information. More recently I have

worked with Malavika Suresh, who is such a sweet in-

spiration. I love collaborating, I love working togetherwith people. It is a way that we can all continue to

learn and grow and I know that clients get such a hugereward from that collaborative spirit and process.

How long have you been doing this work?

I have been a student of this work for the past 14 years

and I have always done readings and healing work forfamily and friends but this past year I have delved into

my practice full time and I am completely loving it.

How long have you been associated with Let’s Move

Yoga, Dance, and Wellness?

I was introduced to Let’s Move Yoga, Dance and Well-

ness in late 2010 and I have become a practitioner with

their Wellness Center. It is a beautiful place to work

and there are so many talented practitioners and ways

for people to experience wellness. I have met manygreat people and learned so much more about what isavailable and ways we can help each other. I have re-

ferred many of my clients to the other practitioners as

a way for them to experience a very holistic approach

to their healing process and I have found the same in

return. It has been a very positive and inspirational ex-perience.

How do you feel about the work that you do?

I feel very inspired by the work that I do. I feel excited

to start the day, to meet new people, to gain new un-

derstandings and insights. I love to bring forward mes-sages of hope and love. My favorite moments are

when people are open enough and let you see their

beautiful hearts, their own beautiful inner light. Maybe

I can bring them a message that helps them to shine

just a little bit brighter, maybe I can share somethingthat helps them to gain insight into their own intuition

and to begin to use it. That is my favorite part of what

I do.

For me, there is always connection to my every move-

ment through the day. I always feel a connection to theDivine, to energy, to nature. There are signs and mes-sages and confirmations everywhere if we just take thetime to look for them. So I always feel a sense of con-nection in everything that I do. For me, that is a great

thing.

How can people contact you for a session or for

more information?

To contact me for a session or for more information,you can reach me by email at: [email protected] or by phone (250)682-8176.

Practitioner Profile:Michelle Morrison



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In the spring of 2010 I retired from an exciting, long, and varied careeras a Registered Nurse. This ending truly represented the beginning ofthe rest of my life and I was eager to be about it.

For many years I have offered and received the spiritual energy healingof Attunement. In 2009 and 2010 I participated in training which al-lowed me to teach Attunement. It has been my dream to set up an At-tunement service from my home. After consideration and meditationaround specifics, I was ready by late spring to receive those interestedin sharing Attunement. It is a practice which evokes balance in the en-ergy flow of an individual. The endocrine glands of the body providean anatomical base for this work. Each gland represents an essence ofspirit. The consciousness of the giver and receiver are stepping stonesto increased clarity at all levels which can emerge through this experi-ence. This is a non touch modality which can be shared either sitting orlying down. My home in the country provides a beautiful setting for thiswork. I provide this service by donation.

Following the initiation of my Attunement practice I noted that the Let'sMove Studio was sponsoring its first health fair. I contacted ElizabethBeeds and she welcomed me to share my Attunement work in thatvenue. This was the perfect step as it introduced Attunement into thepublic arena and there were several people keen to participate in what Iwas offering. I had business cards and pamphlets available to give out.This year, I attended the Wellness Festival as a volunteer and healer,and was impressed by the depth and breadth of connections made. Thisis such a valuable event to meet and greet folks interested in healing en-ergy, and those eager to share their particular service.

I formally initiated my Attunement teaching career in 2010 and havehad a fine experience in doing so. I am able to share with my studentsthe power and delight of this practice, as well as introduce them to manyother people around the world who are experiencing the life currentthrough this particular means. One person completed her Level 1 At-tunement class and two others are in the midst of their Level 1 experi-ence. There are six levels in the Attunement teaching process which Ioffer at this time. There are various locations in North America andaround the world where Attunement is taught.

In the autumn of last year I initiated Transformation group sessions frommy home. This was a series of seven sessions held every two weeks onTuesday evenings. These sessions move from the premise that throughconscious choice, the spirit of love can allow one’s day to day experi-ence to be changed, energized and made light. This was a very excitingseries!

This spring I sponsored an event at the Lets Move Studio entitled "Con-sciousness and the Human Energy Field". I invited speakers DavidKarchere from Colorado and Hugh Duff from the Abbotsford area tospeak. It was well attended and ended with folks asking for more. I hopeto provide a longer, possibly daylong, event on a similar theme, in thenear future. Many thanks to Elizabeth Beeds for providing the perfectsetting for the presentation. The speakers were delighted with the inter-change and response regarding this vital topic.

Throughout this year I have participated in a Spiritual LeadershipCourse which included people from around the world. It’s all about theart of enhancing one's unique ability to be of service in one’s world.This has been good work ......and very enjoyable.

Another thrill for me this year has been to participate in the MedicineWomen group, which has started up in Kamloops. It works with the con-cept of mentorship and is truly an innate aspect of each generation.Ladies named Wendy and Angela base some of this work out of the Let'sMove Studio. One can certainly feel the growth of this venue in provid-ing a hub for the expansion of the yoga and healing practices in the cityof Kamloops.

And this is just the beginning....I welcome enquiries about what I haveintroduced in this article and I would like to convey my excitement tobe part of a community which is so eager to enhance wellness.

Marilyn Manderson is a retired RN who has had keen interest in the process of Transfor-

mation and the practice of Attunement for over thirty years. She offers and teaches At-

tunement at her home office in a country setting conducive to enhancing connection withSource and appreciation for the natural world.

(250) 579-9444 [email protected].

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What makes us happy? I am pondering this ques-

tion as this past summer I went through some big

changes in my life. Change is not always easy and

we can dig in and hold on and try our best to delay

what can ultimately be inevitable. I call this stage denial, which thankfully

I am now well past! The reality of the changes has now set in and even

though it may have been hard to accept at first, at the heart of it all, I feel

content, happy and peaceful. How is it that we get to this place? How is itthat we find happiness in times of difficulty or challenge? Well, the answer

is really simple, yet profound. Happiness is a choice.

I didn’t really think about happiness this way all of my life, this is something

that I have learned, that I have come to understand. We are all energy, ourthoughts and emotions carry energy that is emitted from us to our environ-

ment all around us. Have you ever met anyone and just known that theyare a little down or that something is wrong? Well that is their energy inthat moment and as energetic beings, we pick up on that energy, we senseit. Have you ever met, or perhaps you are the type of person, who is alwayshappy, smiling and just seems content? That is the type of energy that theyfeed to themselves and that they emit to the world around them. These peo-ple have made a choice to be happy, whether they are aware of the fact thatthis is the energy that they send out to the world, it is a choice that theyhave made.

Many of us have ideas about what could make us happy. If you were to askpeople, “what would make you happy?”, they could easily answer aboutthings they wished they would have in their lives. Goals, that onceachieved, would bring happiness in abundance. Things like financialwealth, vacations, the perfect relationship, to lose weight, the list could goon and on. The fact of the matter is that we often over estimate what wouldultimately make us happy. We tend to think of what it is that we are missing,as the key to the happiness that eludes us, the “if only I had this” statements,or “when I get this” or “when I go there”, “when I meet the right guy orgirl”, “if only I had more money”. These are all thoughts we can have thatwe believe will truly make us happy. Certainly we need to have dreams

and goals, but when we are so focused on believing that we will be so muchhappier once we achieve those goals or dreams, we miss all the wonderfulopportunities for happiness that are right in our face in this moment!

Our North American culture is so focused on material goods, looks, wealth,

status, popularity and an unrealistic picture of success. We see all the timepeople in entertainment or media who we visualize as having it all, we imag-

ine them to be completely fulfilled and happy. Many times when you hearthe true stories of these people, there is sadness, loss, self criticism, insecu-

rities, financial trouble, addictions, relationship issues and loneliness. If

these same types of things bother people in all types of socioeconomic sit-

uations and environments, then what makes you think that you will be

happy once and only when you achieve them? The path to happiness is

right here and right now! It is the same for each and every person on the

planet. You don’t have to wait until that ship comes in, until the right person

comes along, until you lose weight, you can make a choice to put your at-

tention to positive and uplifting thoughts right now.

When we can take our thoughts away from unrealistic cultural expectations,

when we remove ourselves from what we perceive to be the problem, we

can then focus on the moment. We can make a choice to look at what is

right, what is working, little and simple things that we can appreciate. Forme these things include a sunset, a walk with my dog, sitting down by the

river, a conversation with a friend, a hug from a loved one, a kiss, medita-tion, holding hands, meeting new people and connecting with friends andfamily, cooking a beautiful meal, reading a great book, sipping lemonadeor a glass of wine. The list of things I love is long yet simple and when youtalk to people, many of us share the same likes. What I mean is that whenyou make your list and you look at all of the simple things that you loveyou can begin to understand that maybe it is not so complicated as we makeit, that maybe there is lots of opportunities to experience happiness allaround us, that we simply have to choose to see them.

Whether you are a millionaire or not, we see the same sun, the same moon,the same stars, the same rivers or oceans. Wherever we are in the world,we have an opportunity to enjoy what is around us and if you are unable todo that now, it is unlikely that a change in your financial, social status,weight, career or marital status would bring happiness about. We canchoose right now in this moment to find happiness, to find appreciation, tofind contentment. The payoff is that we begin to feel better, our health im-proves and most importantly, when we choose happiness, more happinesswill find us. Like attracts like, that is a universal law and that is a reallygreat reason to choose a path of simplistic happiness wherever you are inlife. From my heart to yours, Namaste.

Michelle is an intuitive, Usui Reiki Master and Shamanic Practitioner. You can book yourown private in-tuitive session, energetic healing session or guided meditation session.During an intuitive reading, Michelle connects with your aura and energy, animal totemsand spirit guides to give you a great deal of information that you will find positive and

productive. An energetic healing session is a gentle and holistic way to help heal the bodyand transform negative energy or to change the patterns that may be causing “dis-ease”.You can also join Michelle for a weekly guided meditation experience as a part of a med-

itation group. For more information, please contact Michelle 250-682-8176 or by email:

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by Michelle Morrison

to Happiness

Energy and Intuition with Michelle Morrison

Saturday September 17th9:30am to 4:00pm

An interactive and experiential workshop thatwill leave you brimming with information andopportunities to understand your energy, auraand intuition and use it in your everyday life.For the full workshop information, please emailor contact Michelle.

To register please contact [email protected]

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The Path


Path of DiamondsManifesting Your DreamsThe path that you are currently walking on is rich

with diamonds and other priceless treasures. Are

you pondering your hopes, dreams and your life

purpose and how to manifest everything you have

ever wanted? Then this workshop is just for you!

Join Michele Gieselman & Michelle Morrison

for an inspirational, interactive and experiential day

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Investment $125

Call to register 250.682.8176 or 250.851.0966

There is so much information out there on how to manifest yourdreams, how to manifest all of the things in your life that you desire.We all hear that we can do these things but how many of us areactually doing this successfully? Maybe you are completely onthe right track and manifesting everything you want perfectly, oth-ers of you may be watching the world and wondering, what am Idoing wrong? Why don’t good things come to me? What am Imissing? Maybe sometimes what you manifest works, maybesometimes it doesn’t. What it is that is keeping you from makingthis law of attraction thing work for you? What do you have to doto be in a place where manifesting your dreams and the laws ofattraction work for you all the time?

What does manifestation mean? It means that you becomeclearer about things that you want in your life and what you wantto attract and that you focus your attention on the positive feel-ings, emotion and energy that is associated with having what youwant in all areas of your life.

Wanting something and bringing it into fruition are two differentthings, yet completely related. The relationship between wantingand receiving is a vibration, it is a vibration that you hold, that youemit from your thoughts, feelings and energy. So how do you goabout creating the right energy that is a great place from whichyou can manifest anything that you desire?

The first place to start is with gratitude. Right now, in this very mo-ment you are walking on a beautiful path of diamonds. Begin tolook at the treasures that you have right now at this very moment.Are you feeding yourself and your family? Are you grateful thatyou have enough to sustain yourself? We live in one of the mostbeautiful places in the world and you may have enjoyed the na-ture around you or your own beautiful surroundings. Perhapssomeone smiled at you, held a door open for you or maybe youheard a beautiful song. Whatever it is for you, begin to see your

life as a series of blessings. Make sure that every part of your dayis focused on anything and everything that you can be gratefulfor. For us, many of these things are small, but if you keep puttinga penny in a bucket every time you receive, acknowledge or ex-perience one of these blessings, very quickly they add up and youwill see that your bucket begins to overflow.

From this place of gratitude, you begin to create an energyaround you that is about gratitude, giving and receiving. Thisbuilds a beautiful foundation from which you can focus upon andthen begin to manifest the well being, abundance, relationshipsand experiences and anything you would like to create in yourlife.

There is so much more we would like to share and we would loveto have you join us for our exciting and upcoming workshop calledThe Path of Diamonds, Manifesting Your Dreams on Saturday Oc-tober 22, 2011. This is an opportunity for you to look toward whatyou truly want to create and then build the base upon which youwill continue to successfully manifest everything you desire. Wewould love to have you join us for an amazing day and to supportyou as your very own dreams come true.

Michele Gieselman is an Intuitive Healer and Shamanic Practitioner.Michele is a well known healer in the Kamloops area, working in the heal-ing and intuitive arts for the past 15 years. Michele loves to teach, shareand spread knowledge and to help empower people on their own beau-tiful life paths.

Michelle Morrison is an Intuitive, Shamanic Practitioner and Reiki Master.Michelle does intuitive readings and healings by connecting with your en-ergy, aura, animal totems and spirit guides. Michelle is always most ex-cited to connect to your own highest potential and to support ways that

will enable you to share your beautiful light and power with your world.

Join their workshop! See information below:

by Michelle Morrison and Michele Gieselman

Your

is now Interior Wellness

Manifesting Dreams Issue #21

FALL 2011



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What’s going to happen tomorrow? What’s going to happen next week?Next month? Next year? What’s going to happen 5 minutes from now?Honestly, I cannot tell you with any degree of accuracy what’s actuallygoing to happen. I can tell you what I think might happen, or maybeeven what I want to happen, but the truth is, the future is changing bythe minute, filled with mystery, uncertainty, excitement, hope and pos-sibility. So, with all the unknowns, all these question marks ahead ofus, what can we do to bring ourselves back to the only thing truly cer-tain: Right Here, Right Now, Present Time? The answer, for me, residesin Trust and Faith. Trusting that I can handle whatever life presents tome, trusting that everything is moving forward according to plan (andnot necessarily MY plan, but A plan). And most importantly, havingFaith that Universal Spirit walks with me every step of this life. I wantto share with you how learning and practicing a sense of Trust and Faithhas assisted me in living a more present, peaceful, love-filled life…

Five and a half months ago, my beautiful wife Pam and I learned thatwe’re pregnant! (Well, I guess she’s really the pregnant one, but I def-initely helped!) Anyways, when we heard the news, or rather saw it ona little white stick, all of a sudden my mind jumped on the Ego ExpressTrain to the Future. Rather than feeling excited and happy, I found my-self feeling anxious and worried. Questions filled my head during thedays: What’ll it be like to be a father? How does the childbirth processwork? Where do I buy a stroller? How do I change a diaper? Will I bestrong enough? Will my wife be strong enough? Will I be a goodenough dad? I understand now that every father probably feels this wayto a certain degree, so I started to ask myself a different question: “Whatgood is it doing me worrying about all these things that haven’t actuallyhappened yet and that I haven’t actually learned? All this fretting waskeeping me in a state of uncertainty and fear; so I had to flip it. I hadto literally tell myself: “Wade, trust that everything will work out, youwill learn the things you need to learn. Have faith, that with the love &support of your friends, family and community, you will rise to thechallenge of fatherhood.”

By acknowledging my fears and uncertainties, and looking at themfrom a place of trust, it allows me to focus more on the tasks at hand:Loving and supporting my wife, who has the uncomfortable physicaland mental task of actually carrying our child; preparing the house forthe addition of a new human being; and most importantly, learning howI want to be as a father. See, the trick of fear and anxiety is that it par-alyzes us. Fear stops us from doing the very things that will eliminateit. Fear protects itself that way. Many of you have probably heard theterm “Feel the fear and do it anyways” right? That is a powerful state-ment, and sometimes easier said than done. So, what is it that assistsus through that fear? For me, it is a belief, or rather a feeling, evendeeper than the fear that you CAN get through, you CAN do it, youhave what it takes. And that’s what faith is to me. It’s that feeling, some-where inside of you, that no matter what happens, you will get through,and you will be provided for. Even when we’re faced with somethingwe’ve never experienced before in our lives, it’s that internal knowingthat things will work out. That’s God, taking us by the hand and gentlyleading us ahead. Dan Millman, author of “The Peaceful Warrior” saysthis on faith: “Faith means living with uncertainty, feeling your waythrough life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.”

Right now, today, choose trust. Allow yourself to acknowledge yourfaith within. I have a challenge for everyone: Over the next few weeks,pay attention to how often you buy into fear over trust. How often youseek intensity rather than peace. How often you allow anger and un-certainty over love. You have the ability to choose differently. You canchoose love. Even when things seem to be going sideways, trust thatyou’ll pull through, have faith you’ll get to the other side. I read in aHallmark card once: “Remember, God never gives us more shoes thanwe can handle!” and if it’s a Hallmark, it’s got to be true! Today, Ichoose excitement, I choose happiness, I’m going to be a dad, and it’sgoing to be awesome!

Wade Stewart has been a Breath Integration Practitioner in Kamloops for 2 years, he can

be contacted at: (250) 852-1331

Trust,

By Wade Stewart

and the Present MomentFaith



Issue #21

Very rarely does a day go by in my office where I am not discussingthe importance of ‘good’ fats to my patients. More and more often, Iam seeing the detrimental effects that a no or low fat diet has had on aperson’s body and health. In a society where sadly, size has certainlycome to matter, a lot of emphasis has been placed on reducing fat fromthe diet, but without much information on how important ‘good’ fatsare and why we still need them.

What is the difference between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fats?To understand good and bad fats, you first need to know the differentcategories and some information about each of them.

Fats and your CholesterolWhen I ask people about their cholesterol levels, I’m often faced witha look of shock when I tell them there are actually two types of choles-terol. ‘Good’ or HDL cholesterol that carries cholesterol from arterywalls and delivers it to the liver for disposal and ‘bad’ or LDL choles-terol that accumulates in and potentially clogs artery walls. Achievingan optimal ratio between the two is ideal. Omega 3 Fatty acids (suchas fish or flaxseed oil), along with other sources of ‘good’ fats help toincrease the ‘good’ cholesterol, which not only improves the cholesterolratio in the body but also works as a protective agent against numerousdiseases and health concerns.

Cholesterol and HormonesHormones are made from cholesterol so when we concentrate on a no-fat diet, there is often not enough ‘good’ cholesterol to make hormones,which causes a disruption in hormone synthesis. Ensuring optimal lev-els of cholesterol can help to treat conditions caused by hormone im-balance in both men and women (PMS, infertility, menopause, lowtestosterone). In pre-menopausal women, cholesterol levels may actu-ally increase as the body’s natural response to declining hormone levelsand attempting to make more.

Omega-3 Fatty AcidsThis polyunsaturated fat, as we know, is highly beneficial for preven-tion and reduction of depression symptoms, protection against memoryloss, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, reducing inflammationand supporting a health pregnancy. This essential fatty acid is essentialfor good health, but your body can’t make it and therefore, needs to beobtained through food. The best sources are fatty fish such as salmon,herring, mackerel, anchovies, or sardines, or high-quality cold-waterfish oil supplements. A dietary intake of two servings per week or 1-2g per day of total omega 3’s is recommended.

Dietary TipsIncrease good, unsaturated fats in your diet. Fat gives food its flavorso most non-fat, low-fat foods are often replaced with sugar, refinedcarbohydrates and calories. Be heart smart and still maintain yourwaistline with these tips:

• Cook with olive oil. Use olive oil for stovetop cooking, rather thanbutter or margarine• Make better butter. Whisk together ½ lb of butter with 1/2 cup of oliveoil and place in an airtight container in the fridge. Will remain soft andperfectly spreadable.• Eat more avocados. Try them in sandwiches (instead of mayo), saladsor make guacamole. • Reach for the nuts. High in protein and good fats. Opt for the un-roasted kind as you’ll lose some oils in the roasting process. • Snack on olives. Olives are high in healthy monounsaturated fats andmake for a low-calorie snack when eaten on their own. • Dress your own salad. Commercial salad dressings are often high insaturated fat or made with damaging trans fat oils. Create your ownhealthy dressings with high-quality, cold-pressed olive oil, flaxseed oil,or sesame oil as the base.

Dr. Bradwell likes to experiment with her salad dressings and her current favourite ismade with olive oil, red wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, a little agave nectar and salt &

pepper to taste. Practicing in downtown Kamloops, she can be reached at 250-374-9700.

Saying ‘No’ to No-Fat

fats Type Effect on Body Some Sources

Monounsaturated fats Reduces LDL levels(bad cholesterol)

Increases HDL

(good cholesterol)

Decreases risk of heart

disease/diabetes

Olive oil, avocados,nuts, and nut butters

Polyunsaturated fats Flaxseed and fish

(salmon, mackerel,

sardines)

Saturated fats Increases risk of heart

disease

Increases LDL choles-terol

High fat meats, cheese,

lard, ice cream

Trans fats Fried foods, processed/packaged

foods

and the Present Momentand ‘Yes’ to Good Fat

By Dr. Melissa Bradwell

FALL 2011




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Kim also offers workshops on “Surviving and Thriving through Change and Transition”, Meditatingand Journaling, Reiki and Journaling, “Decluttering, Clearing and Calming Mind, Body, Spirit and Environment” as well as other life and living well topics. These workshops are offered as requestedand pre-registration is required. Please note: If you are interested in any of these workshops and canget a group of friends and colleagues together (at least 5 plus you) who are also interested, Kim willgladly offer you (but only you) the workshop free! Workshop fees vary depending on the length of theworkshop and the materials provided.

1:1 sessions available by appointment weekdays, evenings and weekends.

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healing as a form of complementary and alternative medicine and is sometimes classified as oriental medicine by some professional

bodies. Through the use of this technique, practitioners transfer healing energy in the form of ki through the palms.


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Destinistic Shamanism



Issue #21

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Destinistic Shamanism: The Archetypes in Your LifeJoin us as we explore the primordial energies of life, the organizing principles of the universe...

For more information: 403-627-3756 [email protected]

Informing the organization of everything physical in the universe, from thesmallest cells to the largest planets, is a matrix of energy. It is the same energy

that seems to come from nowhere one morning, to put you in a bad mood, andthe next, to make you feel on top of the world.

What is clearly visible to us always has this invisible energetic aspect. Shamanshave long been able to bridge between the visible and invisible worlds, to helpinform others and guide healing. But what if you could personally and directly

engage those energies that guide and shape our moods from day to day, and ourwhole lives for that matter? How would you change your life journeys? Couldyou shift the momentum of a destiny across many lifetimes?

What is an Archetype?

An Archetype is energy so repeatable and so quantifiable that we can actuallyname and classify it. An archetypal energy may express itself in many formsbut it is still the same energy, e.g. Mars (as a planet) and Mars (as the RomanGod of War). What’s more, the energy of this archetype has been observed andre-named countless times throughout human history but it’s still the same en-ergy. So whether it was the classical Roman name, Mars - The God of War; orthe ancient Greek title, Ares - The God of Violence; or even the label used bymodern day tarot readers, The Chariot, the inherent energy is one and the same.It just depends on who’s looking!

These Archetypes or Universal Energies influence us every day, driving ourlives and powering the journey. They are primordial organizing principles es-sential for our development. Being in a direct relationship with them is the onlyway anyone can really take control of life. As abstractions, they occur as inac-cessible, but they are actually very real external forces as Carl Jung, the founderof analytical psychology, expressed, “a second psychic system of a collective,universal, and impersonal nature which is identical in all individuals”. (The Ar-chetypes and the Collective Unconscious, 1934)

What does this have to do with you and your life?

The branch of shamanism that deals with divination and destiny is called: Des-tinistic Shamanism. Universal Archetypes are explored in this stream of shaman-ism, specifically designed to go beyond the stories and myths, to help you see

that the Archetypes are real and influence you every single moment of your life.By revealing your archetypal blueprint or Archetype Life Chart, we begin tounderstand the stellar cast of universal energies that comprise the matrix in

which both your soul’s journey and the drama of life unfold. The Archetypescome to life because they are alive.

Who’s been whispering in your ear all your life?

Each and every one of us has Archetypes whispering in our ears – influencing

us, challenging us, encouraging us. Getting to know what they’re doing (or notdoing) is profoundly empowering on its own. Coming to a place of workingwith them and negotiating the terms of your engagement with them can be life-

altering. The intent is to intimately access and work with these universal guidingprinciples and draw on shamanic tools to do that on a daily basis. You can createa two-way, dynamic and interactive exchange of energy in a new relationship

with the Archetypes that will change your life. "It can't help it."

The result is a new human awareness, a chance to "lift the veil" and see what'sreally running the show, to identify choices made before we were even born.The experience is deeply transformative and empowering; rather than being re-signed to a “fate” of how the Archetypes impact your life, you start to makechoices that redirect the momentum of your destiny.

How are the Archetypes relevant in our modern world?

What happens for people when they can see the unseeable? How are they em-powered when they take that glimpse behind the curtain, like the moment theWizard is truly revealed in Oz? What if you could lift the veil and peek into thepast and future all at the same time? Of what value is a chance to see what youchose before you were born… a chance to be truly responsible for everything?The world is ready to encounter itself; we are all reaching the point where weare ready to encounter our own inner truth… our becoming.

“My hope is to take these Universal Energies “The Archetypes” that we all feelevery moment of every day and show the world how accessible they really are.We each may have applied our own labels to them and they therefore may ap-pear differently to each of us, i.e. ‘It depends on who’s looking’, but regardlessof the individual labels, these energies represent the organizing principles of theuniverse and there they are – ready and willing for us to come into new rela-

tionships with them.”

Shanon Harwood, It Depends on Who’s Looking, 2010

Shanon Harwood is a practicing Shaman and teaches Energetic, Animistic and DestinisticShamanism at the Kimmapii School in Crowsnest Pass, Southern Alberta. As a MasterAstrologer and Tarot Reader, she has been bridging arcane knowledge with timelessshamanic tools to serve a modern world in transition. Forty years ago she began making

radical and brave new correlations that resulted in a manuscript, “The Archetype Project- It Depends on Who’s Looking”, the basis for a series of workshops and now beingadapted for the big screen. She can be reached at 403-627-3756 or by email at: thearche-

[email protected] Website: www.kimmapii.com

By Shanon Harwood, Sham anic Practitioner The Archetypes in Your Life

FALL 2011



There is a pathway to spirit, soul, intuition, and connections to the ‘more thanwhat we see’ that is so easily accessible for some that it is dismissed ‘unlikely’and few truly recognize its potential for miraculous discoveries.

And that pathway is simply this: If you are creatively inclined, or always yearn-ing to be creative, then show up. Show up to your creative process.. in any way,shape or form. Even if you aren’t sure what your ‘true calling’ is, show up tosomething.

‘Showing up’ is the yoga of the creative being. “Being in the zone” is their med-itation. The process (not the product) is where the creative person opens thedoor to the whisperings of their soul, the channellings of spirit, and the magicof… okay.. honestly? …the magic that can begin to happen is almost ridicu-lously and unbelievably amazing.

I know. I’ve experienced it. When characters, who initially introduced them-

selves as faeries, (and later fine-tuned this to ‘realm travellers’) showed up inmy clay.. well, I wasn’t exactly pleased. “That’s not art!” I cried out. “I’m tryingto connect to spirit here, what do you have to do with it?” I complained.

It’s a long story what happened from there; so long that it’s now a nearly com-plete novel. But for now, I will say, the doors to new thinking, intuition, easy

access to spirit, and ‘impossible things becoming possible’ flung wide open.Not just while I was creating, but life as a whole shifted to something new andmagical.

There’s little being modelled or taught in our logical left brain world, nor a lot

in our alternative wellness world, that has supported the creatively-inclined to

recognize the immense spiritual value of showing up regularlyto any or all things that might be called ‘creative.’ These ‘cre-ative things’ can range from the obvious visual, performing andwritten arts to the less obvious; inventing, mind mapping andstream of consciousness thinking, high risk individual sports (re-ally!), to living life ‘differently,’ and to one of the most powerfuland easiest accessible: imagination.

Unsupported in the left-brain world, the individual creative per-son finds many reason not to show up to their calling; not enoughtime, not feeling like you are ‘good enough’, perfectionism,

overwhelm, procrastination (we are the masters of that one!),fear of failure, fear of success, not giving it the same value asmore commonly recognized self-awareness paths … well, thelist can get pretty long.

If this is you, you’ll know the yearning to show up to your creativity doesn’tstop. You might feel guilty for not showing up, and guilty when you do becauseyou ‘ought to be doing other things.’ But there is a part of you that always wantsto get to your creative process.

For those whose gift to connect to spirit is through their creative process, theremay even be unconscious fears around this unknown feeling of ‘other worldli-ness’ that happens if you allow yourself to go there. Liken this statement tothose who have prophetic dreams and visions, but will do whatever they can toavoid exploring this more because it is scary to go into the unknown alone andunsupported.

You’ve all witnessed singing performances where you knew the singer was con-necting to angels. Possibly you’ve seen an artist in the zone of creating and re-alized there is much more going on than just paint on a canvas. Very likely

you’ve seen friends who excitedly come up with the most bizarre ideas that youare certain have come from some inspired ‘out there’ place.

If you are yearning to be more in touch with your creative side, you too havethe ability to hear the whisperings of your soul in a way that is truly and uniquelyyours. A great first step is to simply ponder the possibility. A good next step is

to give yourself permission to ‘show up’ to a creative calling for just five min-utes. Just five minutes.. that’s do-able, right?

Janet L. Whitehead is a Certified Life Coach and Creativity Coach.“Your inspired life begins here” Musings and Mud Coaching Studiowww.musingsandmud.com

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Issue #21

One of the first questions that Cara Beckett, of Carajaz Coaching, will ask

you is, "are you willing to take control of your life, your health, and yourenergy?". Cara has been involved in health and wellness for many, manyyears. She offers an "emotional cleanse" which helps people clear unwanted

emotions from their lives. She uses various kinds of energy psychology in-cluding EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Tapas, and acupressure. Caraalso does life coaching over the phone with some of her clients who may belocal or international. She assists her clients with stress management, some-

times using Energy exercises and sometimes utilizing the other tools she haslearned. In her Stress Management workshops, Cara includes, what she calls,"First Aid for stress". She is currently writing a new book about Energy ex-ercises for people with Chronic Fatigue type illnesses such as CFS (Chronic

Fatigue Syndrome), Fibromyalgia, and mild depression.

Cara's teachers and mentors include Tamara Messenger from Source Syn-

ergy and Val Theroux from Ringwood Health whom she learned EFT fromin 2000. Cara learned about NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) from Er-ickson College International and she uses a quote from Albert Einstein toguide her work with her clients as well, "is the world a friendly place ornot?". Cara developed an anxiety protocol (energy work for clients to do ontheir own every day). She incorporates NLP (how you feel about something;your unconscious thought patterns) into the work she does as well. Shestates that if you "change your way of thinking; it helps to open the possi-bilities". She helps her clients to "reassess, confirm, and move on". She alsosays that there is a "spiritual component to what I do".

Contact: Cara Beckett: Wellness & Life Coach 250-372-5883 [email protected]

Article and Interview by Kim Jensen of Innovative Changes

Cara Beckettof the Creative Spirit

artwork by Rita Loyd nurturingart.com

DO YOU LOVEYOURSELF?

By Jodi Wium

The Self- Love ProjectSelf- love. The idea probably inspires, confuses and scares us. Ihave decided that I will be looking deeply at the concept andhelping myself and others define self-love for themselves. The in-teresting part for me is that we are bombarded with ideas abouthow to love ourselves, and at every corner self- love or illusionsthere of are marketed to make us feel good or for a quick fix. Somany are ideas of how to love ourselves are distracting by im-posing material or unattainable goals. My goal in starting the Self-Love Project is for a short period of time- 6 weeks- to sit down andhave a conversation with people who are seeking the very sameanswers to that question. One of the powers of doing this work ina group is that we will be able to compare and contrast our ex-periences of self-love. It takes courage to answer that questionhonestly: If I loved myself more would I be in that relationship,doing that job, putting up with that behaviour. If I loved myselfmore would there be more flowers on the table, more soft musicplaying at night, more time with our partner. But more importantlyhow will you love yourself differently than the person next to you.What is it that makes you unique and the spirit in you honoured inways unknown to others. I can’t wait to go on this journey with afew others who have the courage to love themselves more andto begin to talk to others about the unique concept of becomingmore of who we are.

Jodi Wium is a wellness practitioner , R.C.C. in private practice , offeringcounselling and wellness work through the LET’S MOVE studioThe Self-Love project will run Mondays from 6:30- 8:00 p.m. starting Sep-tember 12th.Wellness for WOMEN runs Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00 p.m. starting Sep-tember 14th and includes goal setting, and self-discovery work.

Walk and Talk- is therapy inmovement; get out for abrisk walk while reflecting

with your therapist

Jodi Wium is a registered clini-cal counsellor , specializing inBhuddist Psychology, who hasbeen in practice for 5 yearsnow, and has recently joinedthe Wellness Centre at Let'sMove Studios. Jodi has twoamazing children who are hergreatest teachers, and whenshe is not working, she enjoyswriting and spending time atthe lake. Jodi does one to oneas well as couple and groupcounselling at Let's Move. Con-tact her on her cell phone 250-319-4791 or at home for moreinformation. Course costs are

150.00 for for 6 weeks.

Prepaid package of 6 sessions $559Or pay by the session - 6 sessions at $115 each

All sessions up to 90 minutes long.

An Emotional Cleanse Program

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Self Esteem/Body Image/Stress andAnxiety/Fear/Anger/Shame/Guilt and more.

Please contact by email: [email protected] sessions to discuss your issue and determine your suitability for programs are free. 250-372-5883 Cara Beckett

artwork by Rita Loyd nurturingart.com

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Good health requires a body in proper acid/alkaline balance. Relationship be-tween acid and alkaline is quantified on a scale of 1-14 known as pH; 7 isneutral – below 7 is acid – above 7 is alkaline. Acid and Alkaline are oppositesand when they meet in certain ratios they cancel each other out creating a neu-

tral pH. In the blood it takes about 20X as much base to neutralize any givenamount of acid, so it’s better and easier to maintain than to regain balance.

Of all the balances the human body strives to maintain – most crucial is theone between acid and alkaline. The body goes to great lengths to maintain theslightly BASIC nature of the blood and imbalances in pH sets the stage for

chaos, opening the door to inflammation, sickness and dis-ease.

Early symptoms may be: infection, fatigue, indigestion, food cravings, depres-sion, itching, joint pain, menstrual problems, irritability, lack of sex drive, skineruptions, headache, frequent colds and flu, allergies and sinusitis.

As time goes on, weakened organs and systems start to give way to such thingsas dysfunctional adrenals and thyroid – this is not including the general overallbad feeling so common these days.

All the body’s regulatory mechanisms including breathing, circulation, diges-tion, and hormone production work to balance the delicate internal acid/basebalance. Our bodies cannot tolerate extended acid imbalance and decliningpH just can’t be allowed. To prevent it, the blood begins to pull alkalizing min-erals out of our tissues to compensate. There is leaching of calcium out of the

bone, and magnesium from our muscles. If the acid load gets too great for theblood to balance, excess acid is dumped into the tissues for storage. Then thelymphatic system must neutralize what it can and try and get rid of the rest.‘Getting rid of’ means dumping back into the blood and the vicious cycle con-

tinues, putting stress on the liver and kidneys. This blood imbalance leads toirritation, inflammation and pain and sets the stage for sickness.

Balanced pH = energy, vitality, and full healing potential.

4 Steps to Regaining and Balancing pH

Step 1: 80% of diet from alkalizing foods- Increase vegetables (variety and colors of the rainbow) - Raw is best provid-

ing enzymes and full nutrient potential- Eat more leafy greens: kale, spinach, celery, chard, beet and carrot tops, dan-delion, parsley... Blend 1 part leafy green to 2 parts fruit and water (dependingon consistency you like)Greens are liquid ‘Sunshine’ providing chlorophyll (shifts internal pH veryquickly and is a natural body deodorizer), rich in minerals, vitamins, proteinand fibre. - Eat more sprouts and Super Foods such as Alfalfa, wheat grass, barley grass,Chlorella, E3-Live;– sprouting nuts, seeds, grains, beans and legumes is a simple process and pro-vides a complete protein with alkalizing, nutrient dense, bio-available nutrients.

Step 2: Hydrate with pure water- Alkalize water by adding fresh lemon or lime, oxygen drops (Aerobic Oxy-

gen), Alkaline Stick, minerals- Drink a minimum of 8 glasses of pure water daily: Formula is body weightdivided by 2 = oz/s

- Increase water during exercise and sweating, eating cooked or processed food

Step 3: Reduce or eliminate:- Processed, refined, boxed, packaged food, fast food and junk food

- Red meat: bacon, sausage, prepared and smoked meats- Artificial sweeteners

- Sugar: in all its forms – sugar is a toxin and upon ingestion itcompromises/suppresses the immune system by at least 50% for up to 8 hours.It is inflammatory stressing all organ systems, activates the sympathetic nerv-

ous system impairing digestion and robbing precious B vitamins as does all

processed, refined foods

Step 4: Oxygenate tissues

through mindful, deep breathing- microbes, pathogens, cancer cells cannot co-exist in an alkaline/oxygenatedenvironment, activates para-sympathetic nervous system – puts the body into

a relaxed, healing state. Increased oxygen releases unwanted carbon dioxide

and relaxes tense and tired muscles

Melanie takes a holistic approach in her work, with consideration of the whole person asbeing unique with their own specific needs for body, mind and spirit. She designs a program

that is client specific, analyzing a person’s unique array of symptoms to discover possiblenutritional causes. She provides valuable information and systematic steps to take with diet,

supplementation and lifestyle changes with ongoing client support, coaching, instructionand mentoring. Contact Melanie: Direct: 250-571-1932 [email protected] You can reach Melanie at the Welcome Back Pain Management

Center or her private practise located at the Sabino Medspa in the Tudor Village

the answer to reducing inflammation and pain

BalanceAcid/Alkaline

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Balance

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Have you ever wondered why your life doesn’t reflect your goals

and aspirations, why life at times is such a struggle; working hard

yet not getting ahead, taking 3 steps forward and then to find

yourself taking 5 steps back? More than likely it is your beliefaround whatever it is that you’re aiming for. Beliefs at a sub-

conscious level create our reality and these beliefs are often a re-sult of lifelong programming. Studies in neuroscience indicate

that as much as 95% of our consciousness is actually subcon-

scious. In western society we have a belief of ‘no pain, no gain’and that we must try harder and put in more time and effort to

achieve what we desire.

Our conscious mind loves adventure, change, creating new

things and experiences, yet at the subconscious level, where our

entire life programming is stored, is the opposite unless there is

a belief to support the change we desire. Subconscious beliefsaffect every area of one’s life and define you as worthy or worth-

less, powerful or powerless, fairly treated or victimized, compe-tent or incompetent, loved or hated. Beliefs affect your moods,

relationships, self esteem, and physical health. Unless changeis made at the subconscious level, the struggle will never end

and undesired reactions and behaviours will likely continue. Dr.

Bruce Lipton, world renowned cellular biologist, in his book

“The Biology of Belief” states: “ ...The secret to life is belief.

Rather than genes, it is our beliefs that control our lives”.

A successful key to life is knowing how to change your beliefs

at the subconscious level so they will match and support our con-scious desires. There are many processes that help with change,

but one in particular stands out as a profoundly effective process

that directly facilitates communication between the conscious

and subconscious mind called PSYCH-K® (Psychological Ki-

nesiology). Dr. Lipton goes on to say: “PSYCH-K® is a set ofsimple, self-empowering processes to change your beliefs and

perceptions that impact your life at a cellular level”. The results

are lasting change in any area of one’s life such as abundance,

reducing stress and anxiety, relationships, eliminating destructive

behaviours, improving athletic performance, health, vitality, ca-

reer and spirituality. PSYCH-K® is a safe and effective way to

“rewrite the software of the mind” by changing beliefs that limityou into beliefs that support you...simply and easily.

Melanie Pouliot, CNC Advanced PSYCH-K® facilitator, nutritionist and wellness coach250-571-1932 [email protected] www.nutritionmel.com

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Life Coaching is a relatively new field, but it is growing rapidly. TheInternational Coaching Federation (ICF) is the leading global organi-zation, and now has over 19,000 members. ICF defines coaching as“partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative processthat inspires them to maximize their personal and professional poten-tial.” ICF also states that, “Professional coaching is an interactiveprocess that helps individuals and organizations improve their perform-ances and achieve extraordinary results. Professional coaches workwith clients in all areas, including business, career, finances, health andrelationships. Clients receiving coaching set better goals, take moreaction, make better decisions, and more fully use their naturalstrengths.” (http://www.coachfederation.org/find-a-coach).

Coaching is a way to quickly move toward your most important goalswith the support of a trained professional. A life coach asks powerfulquestions to help you determine:(1) Where are you now?(2) Where would you like to be?(3) How do you get there?

Coaching often leads to new insight and awareness, inspiring changeand growth. Basically, a life coach helps you to identify and set goals,take action toward fulfilling your goals, and then provides the account-ability that helps to keep you on track.

Poet E.E. Cummings summed up the key value of coaching with hisstatement, “We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals thatdeep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of ourtrust, sacred to our touch. One we believe in ourselves, we can risk cu-riosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals thehuman spirit.”

Some of the reasons people seek out a life coach may be that they:• feel “stuck” and don’t know what that next step ought to be for them• have an important decision to make, and need more clarity• want to make work or life changes• want to lose weight and become healthier• are having challenges with employees, co-workers, a boss, and/or afamily member

• want to create more balance in their lives• want to shift attention from taking care of others to putting focus ontheir own needs and wants• would like a new perspective on how to move forward in a positiveway• want to work toward understanding, setting goals, and taking actionin any area of their lives

Life Coaching is a partnership between the coach and client. Coachesare trained in deep and empathetic listening, and support and empowerclients to focus on their most important priorities, giving them thecourage to take those initial steps toward ACTION.

Coaches are not counselors. They do not delve deeply into past familyproblems. They are not teachers. They do not “tell” or provide the an-swers. Coaches ask questions and believe that the clients have theirown solutions to their own problems within themselves. Coaches arenot advisors, mentors, or consultants. They guide clients toward find-ing their own solutions through a partnership with the client.

Coaching is results-focused and coaches help clients move beyond theirdaily issues and obstacles and find solutions and move forward in theirchosen goals either in-person, by phone, or via on-line coaching.

Coaching is still an unregulated field, but there is movement towardincreased certification for life coaches and recognition of the value ofcompleting accredited training with high professional standards. Socialscience research shows that setting goals and receiving even minimalsupport radically increases the chances for an individual’s successes inlife.

Kathy became an ICF Certified Life Coach in October, 2009 after two years coaching

people with diabetes for the Live Healthy...Work Well project in the Center on Disability

Studies at the University of Hawaii (see http://manoa.hawaii.edu/livehealthy). She hasa Bachelor's Degree in Education, and over twenty years of experience working in thefield of education, teaching and tutoring subjects such as Leadership and Team Dynamicsin universities in Australia and New Zealand. Kathy also has a strong background in

disability services, and most recently has been working with DPS Health providing on-line coaching in their Virtual Lifestyle Management program. She has recently startedher own coaching business, Find Strength in Action, and can be reached at

(778) 471-2634 or [email protected]. www.findstrengthinaction

What is Life Coaching?

Tuesdays & Thursdays6:30 - 7:30 PM

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Katrina @ Let’s Move Studio

10:30 am – 12:00 noonTherapeutic Yoga

Brian @ Hands On Health

9:00 - 10:20 am Anusara Yoga: All Levels

Katrina @ Let’s Move Studio

9:00 - 10:00 amPILATES: Beginner Mat Class

Cassie @ EVOLVE Pilates Studio

12:05 - 12:55 pm Lunch Hour Yoga

Christine S. @ Mind Body Connection

12:00 - 1:00 pm Yoga - all levels

Bonny Z. @ Let’s Move Studio

10:30 am - 11:45 amParent and Baby Yoga: All Levels

Tania @ Let’s Move Studio

4:15-5:10Pilates: Beginner Mat Class

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12:00 pm - 1:00 pmYoga: Beginners

Tania @ Let’s Move Studio

5:00 - 6:30 pmBelly Dance: Beginners

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1:30 pm - 2:30 pmAwareness Through Movement

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5:00 - 6:30 pm Yoga: All Levels


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5:15 - 6:45 pm Colleen’s Yoga

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Are you a career mom who is trying to find balance? DO you want to hold itall together but things are starting to fall apart? You may be noticing that your

kids are in trouble, your relationship is suffering, you haven’t had sex inmonths, your weight is creeping up or work is starting to become a chore andnothing is going right. How can you possibly balance everything without goinga little insane? In my humble opinion I believe that work/life balance is a myth.Want to know why?

As a career woman, you have not only invested a tremendous amount of timeand energy in your education, but also in garnering the experience you need toexcel and win in your career. You are contributing value to society and arepassionate about making a difference in the lives of the people/businesses youserve. With this passion you have a commitment to doing your job well.

As a career woman, you may also have a loving, intimate relationship (or arelooking for one) and are now married or in a committed relationship. Balancingcareer and a relationship can be fun and exciting. Parallel lives and careerswith time for sex and intimacy, hanging out with friends and taking care ofyourself. Not bad, life is feeling pretty good.

The next progression after career and relationship is kids. Balance up to thispoint involved juggling two maybe three things in the air. With kids there istremendous joy in getting to know them and nurturing them. Coupled with

this, are your beliefs, expectations, dreams and fears about how to confidentlyshape their lives. You want to be an expert on child development, health, nu-

trition, parenting, and your child’s unique needs. You are their advocate, advi-sor, parent and disciplinarian. Trying to effectively manage all of the demands

of parenthood can be overwhelming. For you busy career moms, trying to bal-ance parenthood and its many challenges along with your career, your relation-ship and taking care of yourself is an enormous task.

In my experience and in the lives of many of the moms I serve, busy careermoms can feel intensely overwhelmed from all of these demands and their

armor starts to crack. The constant push to perfection while pretending thateverything is FINE can be too much for some moms. They begin to crumble

under all of their obligations and things start to fall apart around them.

Balance implies that there is equal attention given to all things so that one thingdoes not outweigh the other. As noble as this concept sounds, this is impossible.When you spend 8-12 hours at your job, there is not enough time in the day tospend equal time with your relationship, your family or yourself. In my con-versations with moms they share that it is not the amount of time that mattersto them, it is about being fully present for the things that matter the most evenwhen other things are taking the majority of their time and attention.

To effectively do this, it is time to learn how to “shift gears”. Imagine beingtotally engaged and present with the person and situation in front of you. Youare focused and your energy and attention is on what needs you NOW. Youare not multi-tasking and doing things half baked. You are here NOW, present,loving the moment, being here for what you need to do. Then once you aredone, you shift gears to the next priority. When you are overwhelmed and tryingto do too many things at once, your energy is scattered and you are not as ef-fective in getting things done. You spin your wheels, are foggy and distracted.When you learn how to effectively manage your here and now experience, youcan shift from this feeling of being overwhelmed and create focused action thatgets results. The same is true for when you are with your kids.

Kids do not need a lot of time but they need quality, focused time where they

feel loved, heard and understood. If they do not get this, they will do things(attention seeking behaviors) until they get the attention they crave. Bizarre

as it sounds, kids will take BAD attention over NO attention any time. Imagine

if you could shift gears in the moment and be totally present with your kids;listening, problem solving, letting them know that “in that moment” they are

the most important thing in your world and you will not allow other things to

distract you.

In my experience, kids instantly respond to this shift in attention. Once youhave given them the quality time they want and need and you feel complete,

THEN you can shift gears to your business demands and take control of whatyou need to do there. Knowing how to shift gears “in the moment” is a learnedbehavior. It does not come naturally. Yet, done well, it can be the single most

powerful tool you can have in your tool belt to be the best career loving MOMout there.

You can have the life you crave. With awareness, the right action steps andpractice plan, you can create a habit of “shifting gears” consistently to createthe results you want in your life. For more information on the Family Guidance

System and how to confidently shift gears when you want,visit www.familyguidancesystem.com/ or contact Gerrianne at [email protected] or call her directly at 250-434-5132.

Gerrianne Clare BSc, MN

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In a conversation about yogawith a friend, I was sharing someof the words of my teacher hadspoken at the training I'd recentlycome back from: “Yoga is themastery of attention,” he’d said.My friend eventually asked,“Well, what is the point of master-ing your attention anyway –what good does that do?” Atthe time, I wasn't able to respondvery well to this perfectly reason-able question, and I have beencoming back to ponder it ever since. When I'd heard the words from my teacher,it seemed self-evident that this was something desirable, to have mastery over myattention, since so much of life feels like distraction. I think many people, includingmy friend, probably have a similar response to the statement – that being in com-mand of where our attention is directed, when, and for how long, sounds like a usefulskill. But why?

In the eight-limbed path of yoga laid out in one of the seminal texts of yoga, theYoga Sutra of Patanjali, all of the limbs and tools of yoga in some way nourish andsupport the honing of our ability to focus attention. The first two limbs, yama (thefive external observances) and niyama (the five internal observances), include pre-cepts such as honesty, non-violence, cleanliness, self-awareness/self-study and con-tentment, and they are designed to bring attention to our relationships with ourselvesand with other beings and things outside ourselves. These first two limbs, when con-templated and worked toward, create the foundation of clarity that keeps us frombecoming distracted by the strife that unclear, unclean or unkind actions, thoughtsand words can create.

The third limb of the eight-limbed path described in the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali iswhat we in the west know best, and often confuse as being tantamount to whatyoga is: asana. These are the postures and movements, the physical practices ofyoga. It has been said that the western world's preoccupation with the body hasmade asana our main interest, and, for whatever reasons, we have embraced itenthusiastically. But in addition to helping us stay supple, strong and healthy, prac-ticing asana is another means of honing our ability to focus attention. In asana, weare often seeking to remove tension and stiffness from the body, and as a result, ourmind is also stretched, opened, and made more pliant as well. In order to practiceasana safely and fruitfully, we need to be mindful, in other words, attentive andaware of sensations while in postures, and as a result of our movements and posi-tions; thus, we develop the mind's ability to focus attention. Furthermore, we canpractice asana as a moving meditation, or as devotion, and we can practice withattitudes, intentions and thoughts that empower and liberate us. The result of all thestretching and strengthening of the body cannot but impact the mind as we learnthe extent to which the two are inseparable. Furthermore, asana practice createsthe ease and the strength of body to take us to the next limb of yoga.

The fourth limb of the eight-limbed path of yoga is pranayama, the breathing prac-tices Once again the practitioner is invited to focus attention; this time the objectof focus is the breath. The body is relatively still, and so steadiness and ease in pos-ture is needed to practice effectively since pranayama is classically done in aseated position. The mind has a more subtle focus here as well: the breath, the mus-cles involved in breathing, the effect of the changes imposed on the breath. Varioustechniques, from simply observing the flow of breath, too more involved ratios of in-hale / retention / exhale / suspension comprise this limb of practice. Its purpose isthat the practitioner becomes more attuned to and able to regulate the movementof life force, or prana, in his or her own body, and to actualize a clear, strong, bal-anced and steady flow of this prana. And, if the practitioner chooses, this pranacan be utilized for further transformational practices of yoga.

The next limb of the eight-fold path is known as pratyhara, often translated as with-drawal of the senses. While the first four limbs relate to the more physical aspects ofourselves and our lives, at this stage the focus moves more toward the inner worldand the mind. The five senses are the channels, through which we receive the worldaround us, and this engagement requires large amounts of energy since, via thesenses, the objects of the outer world pull our attention in multiple directions. Andin our post-modern (it must be post post-modern by now) computer and media-oriented world of 2011, the directions in which our minds can be pulled are endless.The practice of pratyhara, of consciously removing our senses from the outside tothe inside, feeds the inner senses so that we can begin to focus attention towardthe workings of the mind. The sense organs get a rejuvenating rest from externalorientation, and the energy freed up can be used to study the mind, its activitiesand their effects. Here is where we can, if we choose, begin to focus our attentionand energy to transform ourselves at the subtler, more powerful level of the person-ality: our thoughts, moods and actions.

The next three limbs of the eight-fold path are dharana,dhyanam and samadhi. These limbs are the meditation prac-tices of yoga and the directions they can take us. In a nutshell,and somewhat simplistically, the process goes something likethis: in yogic meditation, we first focus the mind on an object,which could be a variety of things such as the breath, an inter-nal or external image, a feeling, a concept. As the mind's abilityto concentrate and sustain focus on the object for longer peri-ods of time without wavering increases, eventually the mind iscompletely absorbed and there is no distinction between theseer and that which is seen, and the meditator “knows” the ob-ject and its true nature. The meditator's prior conditioning in theform of thoughts, memories, fears, and judgments for example,do not cloud his or her ability to clearly see and completely un-derstand the object of focus. The meditator, while seeing the

true nature of the object, experiences his or her own true nature as that of pureawareness. Although many of us may not aspire towards the kind of enlightenmentthat comes with the final three limbs of yoga, I think most of us would agree that de-veloping our ability to be mindful, to concentrate and focus our attention wherewe want it to go without our “baggage” interfering, could be helpful in our lives andrelationships. It is often our conditioning – our habits and patterns – that create thelion's share of our suffering.

One of the main goals we come with to yoga is that of changing something aboutourselves. Maybe we want to improve ourselves physically and functionally, per-haps we want to feel more balanced and centered. Some people want to changeand let go of patterns of thoughts, moods and behaviors in order to bring forth thatwhich is more positive and life-affirming. Whatever our reason(s) may be, yoga offersa wide array of tools through which we can begin to transform at whatever levelwe choose. All of these tools involve using the power of our attention, along withour intention, to work toward those changes we desire. Most of us are directly fa-miliar with how difficult change can be, and, without the power of our attention tokeep us focused in a direction and on a practice that supports our goals; we areoften caught up in the distractions of the world. But, when we have have begun tomaster our attention, we have begun to clear the way to fully developing ourhuman consciousness and our humanity. That is what yoga has to offer.

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FALL 2011



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AROMATHERAPY

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CHIROPRACTORS

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Holistic Counselling & Tutoring Services

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LIFE COACHING

Karuna Cox AAH Certified Hypnotherapist

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The Pilates Tree

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PARENTING

Holistic Physical Therapy

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PHYSIOTHERAPY

Hands On Health Clinic:Spirited,manuallyoriented,professionalcareforyourhealthconcerns.Physiotherapy,Homeopathy,TherapeuticYoga.TudorVillage250-377-7675www.sacredbody.net

Highridge Health Connectors

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Dr. Melissa Bradwell, ND

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NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS

Lynne Kraushar, Certified Rolfer

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STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION

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REAL ESTATE

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WOMEN’S WELLNESS

FALL 2011



Grounded and Sound -YogaforEverybody!

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Meditation in Daily Life WithHeadAbbotAjhanSona from the Birken Forest Monastery

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WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

Thriller dance Workshop Learnthechore-ography!allwelcome! 7-8pmOct21or8-9pmOct22 @Let’sMoveStudioLillyDanger250-320-8768[email protected]

Tesla Metamorphosis Seminars with Anya PetrovicatLet’sMoveStudioRememberThatYouAreLight:September9FREETeslaMetamorphosisI:10-11September;Fee$520-beforeAug.09$460TeslaMetamorphosisII:13-15September;Fee$520-beforeAug.09$460TeslaMetamorphosisIII:16-18September;Fee$720

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YOGA

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Transitioning Through 2012 Exploring Evolutionary

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Destinistic Shamanism:

The Archetypes in Your Life

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Yoga Thon! Saturday, October 1, 11am-6pm

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Bikram Yoga

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Full and New Moon Crystal Bowl Meditations with Therese Laforge Friday Sept 23. Oct 14,Oct 28, Nov 11 and Nov 25 from 8 to 10 pm, no preregistration required,$10 Let’s Move Studio

GLOBAL DANCE! Saturday, October 1, 7-9pm

Dance to the Beat of World Music

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Energy and Intuition with Michelle Morrison

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The Path of Diamonds – Manifesting Your Dreams

withMichelleMorrisonandMicheleGieselman$125Saturday,October22,10am-4pm535TranquilleRd

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JoinRegisteredDietitian,AlexisBlueschke,foraCravingChangeworkshopWednesdayOctober12,19and26.Cometothisworkshoptolearnaboutpersonaleatingbehaviours,thetoolstochangethemandstrategiestokeepthechange.ContactAlexisBlueschkeat250.319.7521[email protected]toregisterorformoreinformation.

RADIO SHOW: Wellness Coaches

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Kamloops Hot Yoga

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Sacred Body Yoga Therapy for Body &

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YOGA THERAPY

South Okanagan Yoga Academy - YogaTeacherTrainingRegisteredYogaSchoolforRYT200andRYT500FlexibleTraining!Immersions

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YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

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“ Of all the methods…discussed to alter your awareness, sound is one ofthe most ancient and primeval. Sound touches us with an eloquent anduniversal language that speaks to our very cells. “ Tom Kenyon

“ Throughout history, human beings have used toning, chanting andsinging to heal their bodies and spirits.” Joy Gardner - Gordon

What is toning? Toning is the intentional sustained use of the humanvoice for transformation and healing of bodymindspirit. Intentionality isan essential part of the creation of sound during toning. When we useour voice on ourselves or with others we immediately come into thepresent moment, the ‘ now’. The now connects to the breath, buildinga bridge with the sound that opens the heart laying a foundation forwhole body healing. Building on this ‘sound ’ foundation, we tune intoour essential being and aliveness…our wholeness.

How does toning work physiologically in the body? Human beings arecomposed of 70% water and vibrating electromagnetic particles withextensive space between the particles. Sound is a vibrational energythat takes the form of standing waves. When we produce our ownsound using our voice, this energy generates a progressive resonancethroughout the body to the brain, bones, organs, tissues and cells. Thisresonance produces a sense of expansion and deepening into thecore of the body restoring balance.

The benefits of toning / sounding are: decreased stress, anxiety, depres-sion, balanced chakras, reduced pain, increased lung capacity, bloodoxygenation and self healing using your unique sounds which activatespecific states of consciousness.

The following exercise will give you an opportunity to experience theuse of your voice in your body i.e. toning. It is easy, interesting and fun. Take 3-5 slow, deep centering breathes into your body feeling the gen-tle rise and fall of the breath. Now with the next 3 breaths, imagine ablue - green river running through your body from the top of your headto the very tips of your toes.Really allow yourself to be gently carried by the breath and the river.Then on the next inhale / exhale sound ** the mantra ‘ OM ‘ for as longas your breath comfortably carries you. If this feels comfortable to you,repeat this for up to 3 minutes to sense the integration of breath, colourand sound flowing through the body. Enjoy!

It is important not to worry about the sound you produce having per-fect pitch/ tone. Whatever sound you make is perfect. The point is touse your sound to vibrate the body creating resonance so you experi-ence how that feels.

Val MacKay- Greer has practiced as a registered nurse in clinical practice andteaching for 35 years. She has been involved in holistic healing work for 16 years.She began her vocal toning / sound practice 1 year ago. She has lived andworked in Kamloops for 28 years.

E-Mail: [email protected] Telephone: 250-374-6907

REFERENCESClow- Hand B., Clow, G., Alchemy of Nine Dimensions. Charlottesville: Hampton Roads, 2010 Gordon - Gardner, J. The Healing Voice. Freedom: The Crossing Press, 1993Goldman, J. Healing Sounds. Rockport: Element, 1995Kenyon, T., Essene, V. The Hathor Material. Orcas Island: ORB Communications, 1996Kenyon, T. Brain States. Lithia Springs: New Leaf, 2001

By Val MacKay- Greer

VOCAL TONING FOR WHOLE BODY HEALTH

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Living yoga and meditation means living everyday in the purest delightand with deep and clear appreciation of yourself and of every livingcreature. It is to experience every day as wonderful and new, positiveand full of love. Often it is believed that yoga and meditation are twodistinct entities: yoga consists of physical exercising while meditationis equal to Buddhism. Let me clarify that these two topics are like twocolors in a rainbow; they are varieties of one light. All of these esotericarts together aim towards enlightenment and a life filled with love andpeace. In the rustic Himalayan mountains of northern India I spent nineglorious years immersed in study and the practice of meditation andyoga. Living full-time as a yogi, in meditation, yoga and in the studyof ancient scriptures, was a blessing and I grew to appreciate the valueof taking quiet, un-appointed time to myself, and being happy everyday no matter what was going on or not going on!

Now back in Canada, I have been working to integrate the wisdom, in-sight and beauty of that retreat into my life in urban North America. Ihave continued to meditate daily and do yoga, do breath work andstudy. I have run a yoga studio, produced a yoga television series, and

taught yoga and meditation tomany, manyfriends across thecountry. I have developed ameditation method, PadmaMeditation that is solidlybased on the classicalwisdom scriptures yetis updated to suit lifehere and now inCanada.

Living yoga and medita-tion really means morethan merely doing yoga tech-niquesor spending time insilent meditation. Livingyoga meditation means you feel friendly towards people, meeting themwith the assumption that you already like them, and you are happy forthem when they are happy. Living yoga meditation is to have compas-sion when friends are sad, confused or suffering, and to be patient withthem when they are angry. If you can simply be kind, compassionate,and loving to everyone, every day, including to yourself, then you areliving yoga meditation!

Your warmth and love extends out to others and also inwards to your-self. You allow yourself to enjoy when you are happy, and you are com-passionate towards yourself when you are suffering. Just as withsomeone else, when you get angry, you do not condemn yourself butyou let the anger pass. Yoga, and especially meditation, might still beconsidered by some to be odd, eastern practices that have nothing todo with our everyday life here in Canada. More and more, however,people are discovering that these practices are enjoyable and with onlya little effort they add a tremendously high quality to our daily life. Notonly is it simple to add these practices to our lives, it is also a pleasure.You'll find that waking up to stretch and then to sit in quiet peace fortwenty minutes before running off to your day, is really an exquisitetreat. Your mind and spirit will feel wonderful and joyful.

Padma is one of Canada's most respected and popular teachers of meditation and yoga.Since 2003, she has hosted four nationally-aired yoga television series, totaling 143episodes. Padma has over 30 years experience in yoga and meditation, including a nine-

year advanced meditation retreat in the Himalayas of India. She is certified to teach Ad-vanced Yogic Studies, Meditation and Hatha Yoga by the International MeditationInstitute of India. She holds a B.Sc. in Biology from McGill University, Canada. Padma’s

teachings expertly integrate western science and eastern knowledge, presenting timelesswisdom for lasting health and calm strength in our modern, dynamic world. For more

information visit www.padmayoga.ca

Padma Yoga Weekend Workshop www.padmayoga.caEFFICIENCY: Meditation & Yoga for Focus & Efficiency. Oct 1 & 2 at Eagle Bay HallThis workshop emphasizes understanding the power we have, both energetic and mental.

A yogic saying is “Maximum results with minimum effort” and this workshop revealshow we can access this inner dynamism and learn to manifest perfectly in the world.Contact Wendy, [email protected] or 604.850.4799 to register.

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This summer I had the delight of hearing a maxim that was attributedto a Feldenkrais practitioner in Victoria BC named Helen Workman.I’ve never met Helen Workman, but my friend Brigitte who knows her,tells me that Helen is brilliant at making up creative expressions thatcapture the essence of Feldenkrais and convey the beauty of howbody/mind exploration and self-aware movement enquiry can promotemore flexible minds and more flexible bodies. According to Brigitte,Helen has described Feldenkrais as a practice for “space making, habitbreaking, and pleasure taking.” ...Isn’t that beautiful?

As a teacher of Nia, the body/mind/spirit movement fitness practicefounded on the Joy of Movement, I instantly lit up when I heard thatexpression. Space making, habit breaking, and pleasure taking;to me,that succinctly, richly and purely, expresses what many of us involvedin wellness and holistic fitness innately knows to be the reason we keeppracticing and embracing ways of finding balance, health and vitality.Space making can be the essential fundamental action we choose to ac-tivate each time we enter into a practice such as yoga or dance, or ahealing session of bodywork or counseling. How can we make spacein our minds, in our bodies, in our emotions, in our spirits? What istaking up space in those realms and getting in the way of joy or peace?How can we allow something that feels annoying or unpleasant or frus-trating to be still in us, and give it all the space it needs to dissipate inits own time? How can we unhook our mind and nervous system fromthe narrow focus of attention on pain or anxiety, and turn them insteadto an internal landscape that feels like a wide-open prairie sky? Howcan we ground more, breathe more, stretch more, mobilize our jointsmore, bend, yawn, be round instead of flat in our movements, fold andunfold?

Poet Mary Oliver asks, “Are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”

Ahhh, habit breaking; this is one of my favorite topics, and also thebane of many of our existences! Who among us hasn’t at some time inour lives resolved to become a different shape or size, quit smoking,adopt a more healthy eating program, stop swearing, be more patientwith the kids, or limit how much time we spend on Facebook! Througha complex system of brain/nervous system function, habitual thoughtsand behaviours somehow get “hard-wired” into our reflexes and reac-tions and daily patterns. We do and say things without even realizingit. We come to believe that there is no other way of doing or thinkingsomething or that changing it is too difficult. We can start with makinglittle changes in the way we use and move our bodies,but howow canwe challenge ourselves to do things with our non-dominant hand? Howcan we sit, walk, stand, turn or lie in a slightly different way that feelsmore free and balanced? How can we bring our selves lower to theground? Try taking one word out of your vocabulary, like “awesome”,

and challenge your brain to come up with synonyms. If you alwayssleep on your side or your tummy, see if you can retrain yourself tosleep on your back. Moving our bodies in new ways with awarenesswill set in motion changes in our minds and emotions. I’ve seen thishappen over and over again in my own self in my six years practicingNia.

Pleasure taking: even more ahhhh;this is the place that movement en-quiry can begin and end and can ultimately transform us! It gives usthe impetus to keep exploring. This is the treat and the reward for ourdetermination and resolve, and for our surrender. I call pleasure thenectar of Nia. Pleasure is cultivated by awakening our relationship withcomfort and ease. Even if we feel lousy or upset or we are dealing witha difficult life situation, we can choose to be aware of the physical sen-sation of subtle joy in our joints, bones, muscles and skin as we move.Taking the time to savour sensory experiences enlivens and deepensour appreciation of comfort and pleasure.

Natasha Lyndon teaches Nia classes in Kamloops BC. Website: www,joymoves.ca

DelightBy Natasha Lyndon

Expansive

FALL 2011


It is impossible to laugh and be sad at the same time. It is impossi-ble to laugh and be worried at the same time. It is impossible tolaugh and be depressed at the same time. But when you aredown, does your doctor tell you to go home and laugh?

Laughter has been called internal jogging; it exercises the abdom-inal and back muscles, the face muscles (including those that holdthe worry lines and wrinkles at bay) and it massages all the internalorgans of digestion, assimilation and elimination. But when youare experiencing a gastrointestinal problem, does your doctor tellyou to go home and laugh?

Laughter actually alters the body chemistry, increasing endorphinsand disease-fighting T-cells and B-cells and strengthening our im-mune system. But does your doctor advise you to supplement yourcancer treatment with raucous bouts of laughter?

Laughter clears phlegm from our throats and reduces the chanceof infection from airborne bacteria and viruses. But does your doc-tor suggest adding laughter to your prevention regime?

Laughter lowers our blood pressure and releases stress, loweringthe likelihood of stroke and heart disease by as much as 40%. Doesyour doctor even know this?

Laughter increases our pain threshold as well. In his books,“Anatomy of An Illness” and “Head First,” Norman Cousins recountshis journey of healing himself of a “terminal” autoimmune diseasewith laughter. His friends were ordered not to bring flowers to thehospital, but to bring Charlie Chaplin movies. He found that 10minutes of sustained laughter offered him 2 hours of pain-freesleep.

What makes you laugh? Tickling? A joke with its elements of sur-prise and incongruity? A baby’s giggle? Hearing others laugh? Allof these are legitimate but not necessary. You can learn to laughjust because you choose to laugh.

All over the world, Laughter Yoga Clubs and Laughtercise classesare springing up. In these classes, we learn to laugh just for the joyof laughing. Just 5 minutes of sustained laughter will leave youfeeling calm, relaxed – and lighter!! It’s one of the easiest, most funand most effective ways to exercise, more effective than a sta-tionery bike and second (they say) only to sex! What have yougot to lose?

Laughter is a spiritual discipline as well. When we laugh with some-one, we connect. And spirituality is connection. It is finding that“something” which is common to us all, that which unites us all. Icall that something “Spirit.” We like to say that joy is the surest signof the presence of God. Come laugh with us.

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in ahigher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the rightend. ~Max Eastman

Rev. Patricia Zogar is Spiritual Director of the Centre for Spiritual Living, Kam-loops, www.cslkamloops.org. Call the centre at 250-314-2028 for the next

Laughtercise class.

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Taking what you need from each teacher and/or lesson is important. At differ-ent times in our lives we are open to different lessons, we hear the words dif-

ferently and it twigs something within us to make change. Incorporating mylearning from senior teachers into my personal practice and the classes I teachis fundamental to having a fun and authentic flow. I have recently been training

with Sadie Nardini, founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga. Sadie's teachings

can be applied to many styles of yoga as well as your everyday life. The 3keys developed by Sadie are Foundation, Core and then Expression, once youapply then you refine by circling back and completing them again. Check outthe table below to find some simple ways to apply these concepts to your prac-

tice and life:

Key Your Yoga Practice Your Life

Foundation

/ Ground

Rooting through your feet (orbody parts in contact with theearth). Connect all four cornersof each foot with the earth.From here you draw the energyup. This is the starting founda-tion of any pose, similar to theroots of a tree.

Ground yourself by being pres-ent in the moment. Withdrawyourself from distractions. Feelsolid and connected to theissue / person / decision youare facing. Ground yourbreathing with slow and steadybreath.

Core / Engage

Engage through your coredrawing muscles, limbs and en-ergy from the foundation tocore. This is more than abdom-inals/back and hips, it includesenergy meridians that Let themconnect the feet to all otherplaces in the body. Building thestrength and connection neces-sary by lifting the pelvic floorand pit of the belly (engage thebhandas, energy locks). Yourcore is like the trunk of a tree.

Engage in listening to your en-ergy and intuition, to your bodyand your response to the situa-tion. Have you: an uneasy feel-ing? Stomach knots? Tightnessin your throat or chest? Quick-ening or relaxing in your breath-ing? Clenching of facialmuscles? Connect with yourinner source to build thestrength and integrity enablingyou to honour what is right.

Express /Manifest

Glow from your core energycentre as you move into pose.Stay grounded with the feet asyou let the energy connect andengage through the core mus-cles. Let the energy flowthrough to your fingers, toesand top of head. Try to let go ofrigidity. You express yourselflike a tree lifts the branches tothe sky, defying gravity withoutfighting it. Finding a perfectbalance between push and pull,light and dark, female andmale, lunar and solar qualities.Between being relaxed in thepose and lifting to the sky!

Express yourself, act ratherthan react. Stay present andobserve your impact without at-tachment to the outcome. Staygrounded and connected toyour inner source of who youare. Perhaps your expressionis no action at all, or finding away to clearly communicateyour needs. Regardless, findthe fluidity of the moment. Bepresent. Remember, even atree can bend in the wind whenrequired.

AND YOUR BEST LIFE3 KEYS TO YOUR BEST YOGA PRACTICE

By Amber Hooton

Back to School With Bach

School, such a little word, but it certainly conjures up a mixof emotions for many of us. Whether it is elementary, high

school, or university, there can be any number of feel-ings, both good and less so. When those feelings be-come challenging, why not take a few minutes to thinkabout how to ease the transitions and make the changemore enjoyable for everyone? Using the Bach Flower

Essences, we can do just that. This safe, natural, and effective system can beused by the whole family to quickly restore emotional balance to the day-to-

day.

Fear can be a big factor as we move into a new situation. For some, there can

be very specific fears, such as “Will I know anyone?”; “Will I be able to dothe work?”; “Will the teacher like me?” Mimulus can be very helpful here,giving the courage and understanding to face the challenges. When there are

unknown fears and a general sense of apprehension or anxiety, Aspen wouldbe a good choice. This remedy has the potential to allow us to embrace theexperiences and adventures and face the difficulties, unafraid. For the parent

who possibly feels fearful about the well-being of their child heading off toschool, Red chestnut can help to allay that sense of anxiety. Instead of dwellingon fear for the well-being of loved ones, this remedy helps to focus on thoughtsof safety and courage for others.

If focus is the challenge, Clematis might be a good choice. The day-dreameror the person who tends to live in their thoughts can benefit from this remedy.Often, these are the artists, the creative individuals. Using this remedy canhelp to harness that potential and restore interest in what is occurring in thepresent moment.

When people are struggling with their self-esteem, Larch is a great addition.For the person who tends to compare themselves to others or who expects tofail, they can benefit from this remedy as it restores confidence and a willing-ness to take chances. Anytime there is change that seems difficult, Walnut is agreat essence to use. It helps to ease the transitions, gives protection from out-side influences, and reinforces that inner strength that allows a person to followtheir own path.

Everyone’s experiences and reactions are unique, so it is important to considerthe individual’s specific emotions. Whether a person chooses a single remedy

or a blend of several, the focus needs to be on the feelings you are experiencingright now. By making a selection based on the feelings that are causing themost unhappiness or distress, you should be able to select the correct remedy(s).

With the changes that accompany a return to fall and school, why not take afew minutes to consider the Bach essences to help ease those transitions? Many

people are pleasantly surprised by the speed with which the remedies work toreduce the stress and tension that life’s experiences can bring. (Individual reme-dies are available at local health food stores, where there is often a guide bookto help you make your selection. You can also find instructions there on howto make and take a blend.)

By Justine Richmond

It is impossible to laugh and be sad at the same time. It is impossi-ble to laugh and be worried at the same time. It is impossible tolaugh and be depressed at the same time. But when you aredown, does your doctor tell you to go home and laugh?

Laughter has been called internal jogging; it exercises the abdom-inal and back muscles, the face muscles (including those that holdthe worry lines and wrinkles at bay) and it massages all the internalorgans of digestion, assimilation and elimination. But when youare experiencing a gastrointestinal problem, does your doctor tellyou to go home and laugh?

Laughter actually alters the body chemistry, increasing endorphinsand disease-fighting T-cells and B-cells and strengthening our im-mune system. But does your doctor advise you to supplement yourcancer treatment with raucous bouts of laughter?

Laughter clears phlegm from our throats and reduces the chanceof infection from airborne bacteria and viruses. But does your doc-tor suggest adding laughter to your prevention regime?

Laughter lowers our blood pressure and releases stress, loweringthe likelihood of stroke and heart disease by as much as 40%. Doesyour doctor even know this?

Laughter increases our pain threshold as well. In his books,“Anatomy of An Illness” and “Head First,” Norman Cousins recountshis journey of healing himself of a “terminal” autoimmune diseasewith laughter. His friends were ordered not to bring flowers to thehospital, but to bring Charlie Chaplin movies. He found that 10minutes of sustained laughter offered him 2 hours of pain-freesleep.

What makes you laugh? Tickling? A joke with its elements of sur-prise and incongruity? A baby’s giggle? Hearing others laugh? Allof these are legitimate but not necessary. You can learn to laughjust because you choose to laugh.

All over the world, Laughter Yoga Clubs and Laughtercise classesare springing up. In these classes, we learn to laugh just for the joyof laughing. Just 5 minutes of sustained laughter will leave youfeeling calm, relaxed – and lighter!! It’s one of the easiest, most funand most effective ways to exercise, more effective than a sta-tionery bike and second (they say) only to sex! What have yougot to lose?

Laughter is a spiritual discipline as well. When we laugh with some-one, we connect. And spirituality is connection. It is finding that“something” which is common to us all, that which unites us all. Icall that something “Spirit.” We like to say that joy is the surest signof the presence of God. Come laugh with us.

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in ahigher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the rightend. ~Max Eastman

Rev. Patricia Zogar is Spiritual Director of the Centre for Spiritual Living, Kam-loops, www.cslkamloops.org. Call the centre at 250-314-2028 for the next

Laughtercise class.

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FINDING THE BALANCE WITHIN JustineRichmond,BSc.

FALL 2011



Seeking a Child, as the quest for fertility was referred to in ancient China, hasan honoured place in classical Chinese medical literature. Many volumes ofancient texts elaborate on the functional differences between men and woman,the ‘Arts of the Bed Chamber’, the close study of the menstrual cycle, and thepractice of nurturing life. Fertility, like longevity, was extremely important to

the ancient Chinese.

As a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) who has seen many fer-

tility success stories, I am convinced that the Chinese medical treatment of in-fertility continues to be as effective and relevant as it was thousands of yearsago. TCM-based fertility treatment is especially significant, not only foryounger couples with difficulty conceiving, but also for the many women whodelay their attempts to have children until their late thirties or early forties. In-deed, many clinical studies in North America and Europe have shown TCMpractice to increase significantly the chances of conception and healthy preg-nancies.

Because TCM operates from a non-western conceptual and practical frame-work, interested couples often do not initially know what to expect from a con-sultation with a TCM doctor. During a typical consultation, a TCM practitionerwill go through a detailed system of diagnostic procedures to assess where inthe network of the organs and meridians there is imbalance and how the bodycan be helped to return to its optimal state of equilibrium. Diagnosis at thisstage is usually based on comprehensive inquiry, inspection of complexion,skin, and tongue, palpation of the abdomen and pulse taking. Comprehensiveinquiry includes elaborate questioning regarding bodily functions, sleep pat-terns, emotional tendencies, appetite and dietary history, as well as many otherdetails that allow the practitioner to make an informed diagnosis grounded inTCM theory.

One of TCM’s most unique elements is its process of differentiation—the wayit interprets patterns leading to a mode of treatment. TCM practice lets go ofspecifically naming diseases and instead focuses on assessing patterns in thebody, which vary from person to person even those with the same ‘disease’.As a result, treatment is rarely the same for two people with the same western

pathology. Five women with endometriosis, for example, will have five com-pletely different TCM treatments plans. This would also be the case for fivewomen with unexplained infertility or five men with poor sperm morphology.

Every treatment plan is unique and individualized. This mode of differentiationmay seem mysterious to those used to the western medical approach, but TCM

has its own complex internal logic that has proven itself over time

Of course, the outcomes of TCM fertility treatment can be expressed using

western anatomical terminology. They are to improve the quality of the en-dometrial lining, to increase blood flow to the reproductive organs, to regulatethe hormones, to support menstrual irregularities and discomforts, and to im-prove organ function. TCM has the additional goal of regulating qi (energy)

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Kamloops BC V2C-5T1

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 250-682-7289

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Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Clinic

and balancing yin and yang in the body thereby improving digestion and sleep,easing stress, and improving overall health.

Fertility treatment also includes any other correlated concerns a person maybe dealing with. In fact, in TCM everything is correlated and treatment is sys-temic. A strong healthy child is the most obvious and desired outcome in these

treatments, but improved overall health along the way is the beautiful bonus:healthier pregnancies, faster recoveries, and a stronger foundation for futurepregnancies—and on a whole, a healthier and happier body.

Women and men seek TCM fertility treatment for many different reasons. Con-ditions commonly seen in TCM clinical treatment of infertility are advancedmaternal age, polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis, high levels of fol-licle stimulating hormone hypothyroidism or other hormonal irregularities,luteal phase defects, recurrent pregnancy loss, structural abnormalities, spermabnormalities, varicoceles, and diagnosed unexplained infertility. General on-going preconception and post-conception care is also an important aspect ofTCM fertility support.

Treatments consist of acupuncture, along with cupping and or moxibustion,Chinese herbal medicine and diet therapy. As in ancient times, fertility treat-ment is supplemented by lifestyle and behavioural recommendations. Excessivebehaviours are warned against, such as extreme and improper emotions, im-proper eating and drinking, physical exhaustion and prolonged staring, sitting,standing, walking or lying. ‘Life cultivation’ and proper dietary practices areof the utmost importance. Any troubles that persist outside of these guidelinesare treated with herbal and acupuncture prescriptions.

Despite their profoundly different conceptual paradigms, there is no adversarialrelationship between TCM and western medicine, and it is not uncommon forwestern and TCM treatments to have a complimentary effect. In fact, in China’sgeneral practice of medicine dual treatments are the norm and many TCM doc-tors are also concurrently qualified western physicians.

Here in British Columbia, your TCM doctor can work along side your GP oryour medical reproductive endocrinologist to reduce the unwanted side effects

of Clomid, for example, thinning of the endometrial lining, emotional insta-bility and abdominal swelling. TCM is also effective in preparation for IVF(In vitro fertilisation) or ICSI (Intracytoplasmic sperm injection) cycles, sig-

nificantly improving outcomes. It is also used in conjunction with certain med-ications to increase their effect, as in the case of progesterone therapy used inthe treatment of recurrent pregnancy loss. Together TCM and western medicine

can move reproductive medicine forward.

Seeking a child is an exciting, rewarding quest. Grounded in ancient theory

and practice, Traditional Chinese Medicine is proving to be current and relevantto women and men on their journey towards parenthood. Your doctor of Tra-ditional Chinese Medicine is there to help you along the way.

A licensed Registered Acupuncturist, Registered TCM Herbalist, and Registered Doctorof Traditional Chinese Medicine, Andrea Hansen began her work with Traditional Chi-

nese Medicine at the Kamloops Acupuncture Clinic over thirteen years ago. Andrea prac-ticed at Vancouver’s Acubalance Wellness Centre, one of Canada’s busiest and most

prestigious TCM and acupuncture clinics in the field of reproductive health. There sheworked with a team of TCM doctors alongside gynecologists, obstetricians, and repro-ductive endocrinologists treating reproductive and gynecological health. In 2008, Andreaopened her private practice, Wild Roots TCM and Acupuncture Clinic, in Kamloops,

BC. Andrea welcomes newcomers to experience the balance and wholeness that Tradi-tional Chinese Medicine offers. 250-682-7283 [email protected]

Dr. Andrea Hansen Wild Roots TCM and Acupuncture Clinic

Traditional Chinese Reproductive medicine

Seeking a Child...Infertility Treatments with Chinese Medicine

Every parent wants their child to succeed in life,right? But did you know that your child’s dietary habits

may be crushing their ability to succeed not onlyin school, but life as well?

Some startling facts:

• More drugs are being prescribed in NorthAmerica than any other place in the world yet people are getting sickerand sicker each year. • ADHD, asthma, ear infections, and annual cases of whatever flu ison the menu are growing every year. • 80% of people in North America have dangerously low levels of es-sential Omega 3 Fatty Acids (20% of people are actually considereddepleted!) In fact, studies show the westernized diet (which is the ac-cepted diet) to be almost devoid of Omega-3 FAs.

In the face of these horrifying truths, the question now becomes: Whatcan parents do to help ensure their children have the best chance to suc-ceed not just in school, but rather, in life?

Read on to discover the three keys to laying a dietary foundation thatwill give your child the best chance for future success.

MORE FAT PLEASE!Not just any fat... We’re talking about Omega 3 Fatty Acids. They’reabsolutely vital for healthy overall body function and they’re found inthese foods:

Excellent Sources: Salmon, flax seeds and walnuts. Very Good Sources: scallops, cauliflower, cabbage, cloves and mustard seeds. Good Sources: halibut, shrimp, cod, tuna, soybeans, tofu, kale, collard greens,

and Brussels sprouts.

The many benefits of Omega 3 FAs include:

• Improved mental function and concentration• Improved breathing in asthmatic Patients• Improve symptoms of ADHD

RESTORING BALANCE WITH PROBIOTICSDid you know that 80% of your immune system actually lives in yourgut? That means a healthy gut is essential for optimum immune system

function. The 'good' bacteria in your gas-trointestinal system can only provide youwith optimum health if the proper balance

of different types of bacteria is maintainedin your gut. This is where probiotics canhave a profound effect... not just on your GIhealth, but on your overall health as well.

Major benefits of high-quality probiotics:

• Aids in digesting food • Enhances calcium absorption• Supports overall immune function

It should be noted that after any course of antibiotics - which kill almostall of the bacteria in the gut - you can immediately start restoring a bal-ance of the healthy bacteria with a high quality probiotic. (This mayhelp reduce the risk of reoccurring bouts of illness.)

ALL THE NUTRIENTS YOU NEED IN 30 SECONDSA daily vitamin is a great way to make sure your child gets all the nu-trients they’ll need in order to be working at his/her best. You may al-ready be giving your child a multivitamin. If so, that’s great!

Benefits of a whole food multivitamin:

• Boost your energy and stamina• Promote your immune system health• Improve memory and brain function.

So, if your child will benefit from a better mood, increased energy andbetter health - then in addition, getting outside and playing…gettingplenty of sleep…and reducing sugar intake – simply give them thesethree things daily. They’ll be smarter, and healthier for it. And by the way… this applies to parents as well!

If you are serious about learning how you can improve your health, then you are just thepeople we are here to help. As part of our commitment to serving the City of Kamloops,we are launching a FREE workshop series that will give you all of the tools that you will

need to become healthy and stay that way!

Call to register today! Space is limited so call now!! Phone: 250-372-9642 HELPING THE PEROPLE OF KAMLOOPS GET BACK ON TRACK:Dr. Lisa has learned by experience and training what it takes for people to create andsustain the highest levels of energy, vitality and passion in their daily lives. Now she

teaches people from Kamloops and its surrounding areas how to take themselves to the

next level by transforming and awakening to a more meaningful and purposeful life.



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FALL 2011



Today Everything Changes!

Have you noticed that time has sped up and the Earth seems to be changing more rapidly than ever?

It is time to step into your power! To live the life you have dreamed and shine bright as the star being you are!

This is it! The moment you’ve been waiting for.

You have planted seeds of intention. You have nourished them with your practice of being human, and perhaps with meditation and yoga. You have worked with the key ingredients of Gratitude and Trust in the wisdom of the universe. You have cultivated your awareness.

Now is the time of change. Now is the experience of fullness. Now is the time of manifestation.

The work with intention, gratitude, and belief continues. The practice does not end. Instead, it deepens, becoming ever more integrated un-til aligning with Grace is habitual, second nature. Yet, it is not all about planting thoughts in the fertile soil of possibility. You have planted so many seeds with love, devotion, and intention. Look! You have cre-ated a garden of beauty!

Abundance is the nature of the universe. Grace delights in granting your wishes. Today, the bar is raised, the evolution continued, your

-ning to take you up, up, up!

You are ready. Take a deep breath and open to what you have manifested. Recognize even the smallest blessings that have come from your own intentions and bless the fruits of your actions with acknowledgement and awareness.

Own your reality. You co-create it. With the support of universal energy, you are the master of your own experience.

Keep creating. Keep dreaming your highest visions into being. Take a moment right now, and each day, to set your intention.

But don’t just dream it, LIVE IT. Be your highest vision of your-self. Play in the garden of abundance. Dance with the beauty of

very seeds you planted. Take action to be your highest self!

The stars have aligned. The universe is conspiring to help you.Today, and from this day forward, everything changes. What do you choose to experience right now, in this very moment?

More inspiration & meditations: www.DailyDosesOfDelight.com

by Katrina Ariel

Radha: Diary of a Woman’s SearchBy Swami Sivananda Radha

This engaging book is the diary kept by a Canadian

woman, for the six months she spent in theSivananda Ashram in Rishakesh, India. Radha re-

sponded to a deep intuitive call within herself toseek out Swami Vivenanda at his ashram. It be-

came apparent upon their first meeting that their

connection was familiar, spanning previous life-

times.

It was in August of 1955 that this adventurous

woman set out in search of her own inner purpose.Leaving behind a comfortable Canadian lifestyle, Radha faced the

challenges of heat, physical shelter, insects, change in diet and cultural expectation.Her biggest challenge, though, was to her own consciousness.

My thoughts in beginning this book mirrored Radha’s as she wondered how she,an independent woman, would take to working under the direction of a guru. How-

ever, Swami Vivenenda’s patient and compassionate tutelage with his Canadian stu-

dent also worked its magic on me as I became aware of the great gift of a lovingspiritual teacher. Radha’s own gifts of exacting questioning, willingness to partici-

pate and offering of her fine dance instruction made her a most welcome student

in Rishakesh. Her stories of the physical challenges and of the intriguing people

she encountered kept me interested to the end of the book.

Swami Vivenenda’s request to Radha to return to Canada and continue his work

carried her to the Kootenays of BC where she faithfully developed the beautiful Ya-

sodara Ashram. The remainder of her life was dedicated to helping Westerners un-

derstand Eastern teachings.Radha’s diary was a comfortable read for me and quite

enlightening, as I have often seen pictures of the Yasodara Ashram, and felt a quiet

urge to visit. Our Western culture has been gifted by those like Radha who havebrought the consciousness of Yoga and sacred retreat to our land and to our con-

sciousness.

The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal

Practice By T.K.V. Desikachar

In response to a personal request from a good friendto review this book, I must also thank her for thenudge to do so. My personal yoga experience hasbeen enhanced through the reading of “The Heart of

Yoga” and I have also gained an enormous respect

for the principles behind the practice.

The author, T.K.V. Desikachar expresses Gandhi likequalities as he relates his own mentoring in Yoga from his father, TirumalaiKrishnamacharya, who was an internationally known yoga master. The book openswith an interview with the author about his father and about yoga in general. De-

sikachar bases his understanding of yoga according to Patanjali’s Sutras, that ‘yoga

is the ability to direct the mind without distraction or interruption’. He goes on toexplain that our minds mostly are veiled in illusive distraction and that as we feel

that deep quietness within, experienced through yoga and meditation, our mindsare able to perceive life with accuracy and understanding.

Although this book is not one that most would consider reading from cover to cover,its chapter headings and spacious layout make this a useful resource for exploringthe many aspects of yoga. The chapter on breathing, entitled ‘Pranayama’ is one of

the best I have read. ‘The Careful Construction of a Yoga Practice’ details eachasana and includes the principle behind the posture, which is also illustrated. The

volume concludes in Part III, with “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali” with translationand commentary by Desikachar. I recommend ‘The Heart of Yoga’ to those who

include yoga as an important part of their life and who are interested in deepeningtheir experience of this fine practice.

Respectfully submitted by Arlene Soloman

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People often ask me how we can apply meditation in

dealing with forces bent on aggression. Without using

aggression ourselves, how do we stop somebody deter-mined to harm others?

As practitioners, we try to use whatever we encounter

to open up our minds. When the whole world comes to

a point of intense aggression, can we go beyond our

own anger into openness? Aggression only invites moreaggression, and produces further pain. We have no

choice but to cultivate peace, which means developing

tolerance and understanding.

Cultivating peace is a long and difficult process. Thechallenge begins with practicing peace on the medita-

tion cushion even while we’re having aggressivethoughts. Meditation is the best preparation for workingin a world where we are increasingly pressed into each

other’s faces. By engaging our mind on the cushion,

we learn to work with our own reactivity.

In shamatha meditation, we use the breath as the object

of meditation. Instead of reacting to thoughts, we rec-

ognize, acknowledge and release them, and bring our

mind back to the breath. Stabilizing, strengthening and

clarifying our mind this way is called peaceful abiding.Once we’ve achieved a sense of stability and strength,

we can shift the technique by using thoughts them-

selves as the object of meditation. This is a form of con-

templative practice. In particular, I encouragecontemplation on the principles of compassion and

love. But anger is another useful subject. How can wedeal with aggression in the world if we don’t first work

with our own?

Contemplating anger helps us see it clearly, and it alsoadds an element that is usually missing when we’re in

the throes of intense feeling: reason. One of the most

painful things about any negative emotion is that it

feels so solid. Yet there are always at least three sepa-rate components: a subject, an object, and an action.For example, when you’re angry about being stuck intraffic, the subject is “me,” the object is the car just infront of you, and the action is being stuck behind it.

Your pain is also the object. You’re angry with yourselffor being stuck, you’re angry at the car in front of you

for being slow, and you’re angry at being angry. These

are the elements that have come together to create the

emotion.

In contemplating anger we can begin to dismantle it.

We start by looking into the feeling itself: “Why am I

angry? What has made me feel this way?” When our

mind strays, instead of bringing it back to the breath,we use these thoughts as the anchor of our meditation.Soon we see the components of our emotion: whatsomeone did or said, some disappointed expectation,

the simple fact that we’re tired. In contemplating how

our negative emotions have come together—and how

they create pain, suffering, and anxiety—we see thatthey are not as solid as we thought. By dismantling the

emotion and looking at the components, we dilute the

strength of our attachment.

Practicing like this is not about being judgmental. It’snot about whether someone is right or wrong. We’re

trying to take the anger a few stages back and workwith it in the privacy of our own mind so that we’re notas susceptible to the grip of high emotion. We start to

see that the situation or person we would like to blame

is not the reason for our anger. The reason is that we’verolled subject, object, and action into a reaction and a

response, and solidified that thought into a feeling as

big as a house.

With determination and motivation, we may eventually

be able to let go of our anger and return to abiding inpeace. But even in the context of meditation, we can

usually do it only bit by bit. Off the cushion, it’s very

difficult to jump into that peaceful mind when we’re

already mad at someone. By the time we’re reallyangry, we’re already caught in a reaction. In that case

the solution may be to derail the intensity of the emo-tion by going for a walk or taking a bath. We can con-

template it later.

Contemplating anger offers the space to become awarethat we have a choice: we can try to keep the emotion

together by continuing to fester and blame, or we can

let it fall apart in the inherent openness of our being.

We can allow that angry individual or that difficult sit-uation to plant seeds of aggression and then water theseeds with angry thoughts—or not. One of the benefitsof training our mind in meditation is that it gives usmore control in how we use it. At some point we might

be able to use it to extend love and compassion towardthat angry person.

That’s why contemplating love and compassion is so

useful in working with aggression. In this practice, we

wish that others might have happiness, that they notsuffer. We start by extending this wish for happiness in

a small way—that the cut on our friend’s finger might

heal. We build in increments until we can hope for it in

a big way—that all beings may become Buddha, thatall may achieve enlightenment. Contemplating the wel-fare of others is the quick path to peace, because inwishing for the happiness of others, we rise above our

own attachment and aggression.

Extending love and compassion toward others in con-

templative practice is a rehearsal for stepping beyondstinginess and self-centeredness in daily life. Eventu-

ally our training will give us the power to flip the mind

instantly by letting go of the “me plan” and consideringthe happiness of somebody else, whatever we’re expe-

riencing, wherever we are.

In that moment, we are cultivating peace. When we livelike this, we feel happier. The reason is simple: becauselove and compassion are the basis of our conscious-

ness, we thrive when we let them come to the forefront.

Is sitting by ourselves, doing these funny contempla-tions, going to counter aggression in the world? Not all

at once, but it’s a step in that direction. In meditation

practice our mind is no longer pinned against the glass

of our life. By contemplating anger, we become famil-

iar with the rigid mind of attachment and aggression.

By contemplating compassion and love, we become fa-miliar with the pliable mind of peace. The practice of

meditation creates the psychological space in which to

choose our responses off the cushion.

Through practice we grow as individuals, as opposedto just surviving our life. We learn that by working with

our mind—the consciousness we’re walking around

with every day—we can discover our love and com-

passion and use it, instead of being used by negativeelements that bring us down. At the end of the day,

we’re different from the day before. That’s why we callmeditation a “path.” It may look as if we’re doing noth-

ing on the cushion, but in fact we’re engaging our mindin a proactive way. We’re cultivating peace. From that

point of view, the practice of meditation is a very coura-geous activity.

This talk was given by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, the spiritualleader of Shambhala, an international network of Buddhist medi-tation and retreat centers.

copyright 2011 Mipham J.Mukpo used with permission

for more teachings see:www.mipham.com/home.php

For practice and free meditation instruction: Shambhala

Meditation Group of Kamloops: 433b Lansdowne St.(above Frankly Coffee) Thursdays 7.00pm

www.kamloops.shambhala.org call Liz 376-4224

to Conquer AggressionBy Sakyong Mipham RinpocheCultivating Peace

FALL 2011



An experience with Scalar Wave Technology

By Teresa Brownrigg

The Power of Sound

A friend of mine once said to me; “God is sound.” It is only now that I can in-ternalise the relevance of that statement, and its impact on my relationship with

that ever permeating Divine Source energy. It was almost five years ago whenI first stumbled upon the concept of Scalar Waves and the power held withintheir secrets, and finally today I am blessed with the chance to experience that

celestial gift.

As a spiritual seeker and researcher, I was more than curious when I heard that

there was a man visiting Kamloops by the name of Bill Little from Just 4 MeEnergetics and the Smart Technology Association offering a group sessionusing these technologies. It was the first time I had ever been given the oppor-tunity to witness and experience these methods of transition first hand

My beautiful and well respected friend, Wendy Grono, was taking her turn tohost this session and the gathering of any inquisitive souls. Upon entering herhome, I was excited to find that a large group had assembled to learn and ex-perience this new and exciting transformative modality, each one of us heedingthe call of our higher knowledge. As we sat in a circle waiting to begin thesession, I immediately began to heat up and sweat – profusely. I have learnedto listen to my physical responses, as they are a tell tale of what my mind andheart may be trying to hide. I decided to keep my analytical insides as quiet aspossible so that I may stay open and available to the information.

As Bill began to speak he carefully and thoroughly explained his intensions,his knowledge and understanding of the technology as well as the path thatlead him to where he is today. Upon the small table in front of him sat a com-puter, some speakers and a handful of new and exciting devices that at the sametime to me felt very familiar and unadorned. As he explained the purpose ofthese sacred scalar tools, he very softly played some of the tones to examplethe force of said energies.

Bill explained that every human voice has a unique frequency that is measur-able and will reveal the stresses and strains that block harmonious living. It isupon the examination of the voice, these tonal variations can be measured in

accordance to what tones are discordant within the human structure from which

they emanate. Thereby, transmutative Scalarwave tones are created that willwork with you personally to shift those troublesome areas, whether they bephysical, emotional, mental or spiritual.

“Sacred Scalarwave Energy removes or lowers vibrational energy, a powerfulvacuum cleaner on the physical and etheric realms. It is the nature of Scalar-

wave Technology was used by the ancients to transmute energetic patterns.”(Just4Me.com)

We were asked, as a group, to speak a specific set of vowel oriented sounds

into a microphone for evaluation. We would then be able to experience thetones that were generated to balance and transmute the inharmonious waves

within our structure based on the information gathered from our original or-ganic tones. Excitedly, we sat and awaited the outcome of our efforts.

My personal experience was more than I expected. As the tones began, I wasinstantly awakened to a new state of mind. Not only did I encounter physicalsensations; such as pulsing, pains, vibrations, swelling and heat within the body,but I also observed flashes of memory and images untold from within my mind.It was a rollercoaster ride of the senses. I felt a transition occur within myhearing and my sight, validating my experience and emotional resonance. Bythe end of the tonal session I felt very different. I was firmly anchored withinthe earth as I was also clear in the mind and heart. I couldn’t stop smiling. Iwas so content to just sit and be without my usual expeditious thought patternstaking control. I was very surprised and happy that there was an unmistakabledistinction between my before and after disposition. It had worked, and I knewit in my heart.

After my group session with Bill, I also had the opportunity to have a one onone experience with the Technology by booking an individual appointment sothat I may be able to continue the work by creating my own personal tones.Honestly, the experience of hearing my own tones was so profound and so re-vealing that I feel a stronger connection has been made between my higherconsciousness that I had not yet encountered.

As with any other type of transformation, however, one can always expect acertain amount of growing pains that let you know that something is changing.For the next week, as I listened to my new tones and drank my imprinted watermixture, I encountered physical, emotional, and mental challenges that raised

the bar of my patience and strength. My soul knows this path, however, and Iwould feel the coaxing of a familiar presence encouraging me to wait it outand stay grounded, as it too will pass. I am reminded to be patient and resilient

and to find my center in times of transitory growth spurts by a voice that hasbeen with me from the beginning, anticipating my awakening with great loveand serenity. A voice that I am now beginning to realize is actually my own.

It is with great humility and reverence that I accept this human experience ofspiritual evolution, a reminder of our deeper knowledge and connectednesswith the greater divine energy of which we are all a part. There is a part of me

that is already familiar with Scalarwave Technologies, as you too may discoverif you should decide to embark on this journey. And although I may be the ex-ception and not the rule in the details of my transition, I am coming closer

everyday to internalizing Bill Little’s greatest lesson: “You as a human being

are not all there is of you. Your human expression is only but the baby toe at-tached to the incredible body that is your higher consciousness. Does the toelead the body, or does the body lead the toe? It is time to surrender to the loveand the knowledge of your higher consciousness, for they know what is bestfor you.”

Teresa Brownrigg [email protected]

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