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14 Chelation Therapy: Whole-Body Detox by Lee Walker

15 Lead Poisoning? by Dr. James Lemire, M.D.

16 Natural Horse: Alternative Therapies for Horses by Michelle Schoffro Cook

18 Diet Detox by Ann Louise Gittleman A good spring cleaning fl ushes out fat and toxins

19 Exercise Detox by Annie Bond Six ways to burn calories and clean out your system

20 Five Steps to Better Health by Marco Visscher, Ursula Sautter, Carmel Wroth How integrative medicine can make health care simpler, more effective and more affordable

23 The Joy of Health by April Thompson A conversation with Dr. Dean Ornish on lifestyle changes that foster well-being

24 Consciousness Cleanse: 3 weeks to a better future by Michelle Schoffro Cook

25 Gardening in March by Jo Leyte-Vidal

26 Yin & Tonic: My Heaven by Melody Murphy

30 Qigong and Tumo Breathing: Internal Heat by Jeff Primack Accelerating metabolism and healing

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Colcannon by a Cook Named Clark from the Clan of County Cork

a.k.a. Clark DoughertyContrary to myth, corned beef and cabbage is not the quintessential St. Patrick’s Day meal. Nor does an Irish seven-course meal consist of a boiled potato and a six-pack of stout. Irish food is earthy, using root vegetables, sausages, pork, mutton, fi sh,soda breads, grains and potatoes. The recipe I’m sharing is for Colcannon, a potato dish that comes in as many forms as there are O’ names from my ancestral land. This particular recipe uses bacon and scallions, which are not in the original and ancient version. The original dish is intended to be a color contrast of white (clouds), green (grass), and gold (sun) represented by the potatoes, kale and butter. Make it your own. Go vegetarian and omit the bacon/ham. Or go more traditional and use sliced Irish sausages instead of bacon. Substitute green peas for the cabbage/kale. Replace the scallions with lightly sautéed sweet onions. Halve the cabbage/kale and add fennel for the other half. Add thinly-sliced carrots to the mixture, or thick-sliced, cooked carrots. Use your own imagination and creativity. But most of all, enjoy this tasty and versatile dish, compli-ments of a cook named Clark from the ancient O’Dougherty clan of County Cork.

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IngredientsD 2 pounds peeled and quartered russet potatoes OR 2 pounds red potatoes, unpeeled and quarteredD 4 cups coarse shredded green cabbage or curly kaleD 2/3 cup light cream or half & halfD 3 scallions (green onions), sliced D 3 pieces thick-sliced bacon OR 1/2 cup hamD 1/4 cup melted butterD Sea salt and cracked pepper to taste

DirectionsD Cook thin-sliced bacon; drain; pat dry; dice. OR, chop ham into 1/4” cubes. D Blanch cabbage/kale in boiling salted water 3-4 min.; drain; pat dry.D Boil potatoes in salted water until folk-tender. Drain.D Mash potatoes by hand in large bowl; beat in cream until smooth (not soupy).D Transfer to large cooking pan; low heat; stir in cabbage/kale, melted butter, scallions; add bacon/ham; blend until hot; salt/papper to taste.

Serving (6 servings)D Spoon a mounded portion onto plate; make a well on top, adding a pat of butter in the well. Serve at once.D Option 2: Plate atop soda bread and add chopped parsley or fresh dill garni. D Option 3: Go trendy upscale; mound into soup crocks, add a pat of butter to well/indention, crumble Irish cheese on top, drizzle with truffl e oil, put the crocks on a baking sheet for 4 minutes in a 325 oven.

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Chelation therapyoffers Whole-Body Detox by lee Walker

Dr. Jeffrey Morrison, founder of The Morrison Cen-ter in New York, serves on the board of directors of the American Academy for the Advancement

of Medicine, or ACAM (formerly American Academy of Medical Preventics). This leading authority and educator of physicians and health care providers on the proper use of chelation therapy first advises, “The accumulation of toxic metals in the body’s tissues can lead to elevated blood pressure, the risk of heart disease and neuro-degenerative conditions.” Then Morrison points to accumulating case studies that prove the relationship. A family history of heart disease led Gary Gallo, a medical doctor with the Chelation Center of Naples, to use chelation therapy to reduce his own high mercury levels. “Mercury attacks the nervous system, kidneys and heart,” notes Gallo. He explains that the presence of heavy metals in the body helps free radicals to form. This can lead to the buildup of plaque in the arteries, as well as irregularities in heart rhythm, arthritis-like joint pain, chronic fatigue, motor dysfunction and the decline of mental acuity. A recommended series of 30 treatments, which can only be administered by a physician, is accompanied by comprehensive testing before, during and after chelation. “Many people show improvement with 20 treatments,” comments Diana Smith, a registered nurse with the Chela-tion Center of Naples. “When they feel the difference, patients go on for another 10 or more treatments.” It’s uplifting for health care practitioners to see patients who formerly had to pop nitro pills to walk from the park-ing lot to the doctor’s office, undergo treatment and reduce their nitro intake to once a week. Smith has also witnessed the improvement of patients, who prior to chelation, could barely walk because of poor circulation. After treatments, some took up walking one to two miles daily. Chelation therapy’s long and varied history began in 1893, when French-Swiss chemist Alfred Werner developed the theory of coordination compounds, known today as chelates. Chelation (key-layshun) derives from the Greek chele, meaning to claw. Chelating agents are substances

For the past 50 years, more than a million patients have undergone chelation therapy for a wide range of circulatory problems. Yet, at present, the U.S. Food and Drug administration only approves the therapy for treatment of heavy metal poisoning. What do these patients know that officials have yet to understand?

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that can chemically bond with toxic minerals, metals and chemicals within the body. They encircle and carry away the unwanted matter from the body via excretion. Werner received the Nobel Prize for his work in 1913 and went on to establish the science of chelation chemistry. Germany put Werner’s discovery to use in the manufac-ture of industrial paints, which required the elimination of heavy metals. Rather than be dependent upon imported citric acid for their manufacturing process, the German chemists invented a safe amino acid known as ethylenediamine tetra-acedic acid (EDTA), now also used in chelation therapy. Further experimentation and research into this science from the 1940s to the 1980s led to the application of EDTA and chelation therapy in the treatment of individuals who had an accumulation of toxic metals, such as mercury and lead, in their body. It employs an intravenous infusion that may, according to an individual’s needs, include vitamins, magnesium and a saline solution. Remarkably, the only side effects that these early patients experienced were positive: relief from arteriosclerosis, chest pains, arthritis, memory loss and the inability to concentrate. The news eventually made its way into medical jour-nals. By 1973, ACAM was formed to educate physicians in the uses of EDTA chelation therapy in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Today, the National Center for Complementary and Al-ternative Medicine and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, both components of the National Institutes of

Health, have launched the Chelation Therapy Study. It’s the first large-scale, multi-center study to determine the efficacy of EDTA chelation therapy and/or high-dose vitamin/mineral supplements in the treatment of individuals with coronary artery disease. Michael Loquasto, a doctor of naturopathy, practices chelation therapy at the Borton Medical Center in Allen-town, Pennsylvania. “I prefer to call the therapy a vitamin cocktail,” says Loquasto, “because we add vitamins C and B6, along with magnesium and calcium.” Loquasto, who invented oral chelation, believes that physicians should not limit chelation to detoxification. Rather, “It can help any health condition,” he says, “since it increases circulation, which naturally offers more healthful oxygen to all parts of the body.”

RESOURCES:n Gainesville Holistic Center, Hanoch Talmor, M.D. 4140 NW 27th Ln., Suite C, Gainesville, 352-377-0015, www.betterw.com. See ad, p 22 and 32.n Lemire Clinic, James Lemire, M.D. 11115 SW 93rd Court Rd, Suite 600, Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com. See ad, p 2.n Life Family Practice Center, Nelson Kraucak, M.D., 1501 U.S. Hwy. 441 North, The Villages, 352-750-4333, www.LifeFamilyPractice.com. See ad, p 12 and 32.n Ocala Integrated Medicine, Gene Serra, M.D. 3301 SW 34th Cir., Suite 203, Ocala, 352-854-0710. See ad, p 10.

Lead Poisoning May be Causing Your Health Problemsby James Lemire, M.D.

We are too heavy—and I don’t mean overweight. We’re heavy with metals, not fat. Nearly 40 percent of us have toxic levels of lead in our bodies, and don’t even know it. That doesn’t mean we don’t have symptoms.

You may have headaches, insomnia, irritability, a low sex drive, or tremors. You may have mood problems, nausea, depression, memory difficulties, trouble concentrating, poor coordination, or even constipation. Yet most of us attribute these symptoms to other problems. We don’t recognize that they may be caused by lead poisoning. In a study published in 2006 in the conservative medical journal Circulation, nearly 40 percent of all Americans are estimated to have blood levels of lead high enough to cause serious health problems. The researchers found that the risk of death from all causes in people with high levels of lead increased by 25%, deaths from heart disease increased by 55%, risk of heart attacks increased by 151%, and risk of stroke increased by 89%. High lead may also be responsible for kidney failure as well. A study in The New England Journal of Medicine found that using chelation therapy with EDTA to reduce lead levels in patients with kidney failure could prevent further loss of kidney function, save billions in healthcare costs, and eliminate the need for dialysis in millions of people.

The Lemire Clinic can test for lead toxicity. They can be reached at 352-291-9459.

References* Mark Hyman, M.D., Menke, A., Muntner, .P, Batumen, V., et al. (2006). Blood lead below 0.48 micromol/L (10 mi-crog/dL) and mortality among US adults. Circulation. 114(13):1388-94.* Lin, J.L., Lin-Tan, D.T.,Hsu, K.H., and C.C. Yu (2003) Environmental lead exposure and progression of chronic renal diseases in patients without diabetes. New England Journal of Medicine. 348(4):277-86.

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NaturalHorse

Horses are extremely sensitive creatures. Whether we listen or not, they are always talking

to us, occasionally with their voice, but primarily through body language and touch. The next time you groom your horse, watch and listen. If your horse flattens his ears to his head, bares his teeth, angrily stamps his feet, swishes his tail or tries to walk away,

your horse is telling you something is wrong. It may be you are simply applying too much pressure or using the wrong brush, or he may be telling you he has an injury or tight muscle. On the other hand, if your horse quietly lowers his head, dozes off, licks, chews, yawns, sighs, rests a leg, passes gas, or you hear rumbling in his stomach, these are signs that your horse is enjoying your grooming. We all want our horses to be pain-free and relaxed. A relaxed horse performs better and is less spooky. There are several integrative and preventive methods of alternative therapy that can be used on horses to achieve these goals. Many of the alternative therapy methods we use on humans also work well for our equine friends.

n ACUPRESSURE/SHIATSU is an ancient Asian method that works on the same principle as acupuncture, but without the use of needles. Instead, the pressure points are stimulated with your fingertips by gently touching specific points on the Equine Meridian System. Acupressure on horses promotes health and can be used as a preventive method to relieve muscle spasms and strengthen muscles, tendons, joints and bones. Acupressure can also help the horse to naturally release endorphins and innate cortisone which can increase energy, relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and increase blood flow to an injury to promote healing.

n CRYSTALS are a noninvasive method of therapy that produce excellent results with horses and have been used since time immemorial for healing. For centuries, crystal pendulum dowsing has been used to locate health problems and to find

correct remedies for horses. Even the Royal Veterinary College of Veterinary Medicine acknowledges the validity of the use of dowsing. Naturally occurring healing crystals, like all matter, have energy and are constantly vibrating. Each molecular mass creates its own constant vibrating frequency. For example, if you play an E on a piano, the E string on a guitar in the same room will vibrate in response. Not every crystal has the same effect, because each crystal has its own unique vibration. An experienced Equine Crystal Healer will know what crystals to use, and for how long, based on what the horse tells her through its body language. For example, rose quartz is good for healing injuries and reducing stress, but if the horse reacts with any of the negative responses I mentioned earlier, it may have had enough—and one should slow down or stop the process. If the horse reacts with a positive response, you will know the healing is working and you may continue.

n HOMEOPATHY is based on the use of specially prepared, refined

Alternative Therapies for Horses

by Alycin Hayes

Arguably a horse’s weakest link, the foot can reveal tremendously valuable clues about the entire horse. Here, Alycin is assessing certain aspects of her patient’s condition. Photo by Wendy Webb.

As Alycin massages her patient, notice the many signs of relaxation: lowered head, calm and nearly drowsy eyes, mildly interested ears, and chewing. Photo by Wendy Webb.

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high dilutions of natural substances that stimulate a healing response and enhance the horse’s own natural defenses. It is especially useful in treating bruises, skin reactions, colic, trauma and fright, as well as long-term equine health care problems. Homeopathic remedies are quite specific. For this reason, crystal dowsing is often combined with homeopathy to choose the correct remedy. Homeopathic treatment is sometimes more subtle or slower than other conventional medicines, but a horse’s response can also be rapid in many conditions.

n HORSE YOGA/STRETCHING is used all over the world to help horses release tension. The horse is gently manipulated into a number of different positions and an experienced practitioner can get an immediate release response and subsequently improved mobility and relaxation.

n MASSAGE can improve a horse’s performance and efficiency by increasing mobility and range of motion. Rhythmic massage causes the muscles to re-oxygenate and increases circulation to the area being massaged, which will speed up the elimination of toxic wastes from tired muscles and alleviate muscle tension. Gentle massage can be very effective on the poll and other parts of the horse that are inclined to hold tension. Again, your horse will tell you via body language if you are working on the right spot with the correct pressure.

n REIKI is a noninvasive technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. Certified Reiki healers have been trained and attuned to use the Reiki method of energy healing. Reiki can help horses who have behavioral issues such as nervousness by helping horses to relax and reduce their stress and anxiety. Reiki can also help a sick or injured horse heal more quickly and is often a great complement to traditional veterinary care.

In my Equine Bodywork practice, I use an integrated mix of alternative

therapies depending on what you tell me about your horse and what your horse tells me that it needs and enjoys through its own distinct body language. Always listen to what your horse tells you, and consult with your veterinarian before using any alternative therapy.

Alycin Hayes is a certified practitioner of equine body work. She travels extensively doing body work on horses in Canada, Kentucky, Texas and Florida. She has worked on horses on the Canadian and U.S. Endurance equestrian teams. Visit www.AlycinHayes.com.

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Spring—when the natural world reawakens and

bursts with renewed energy—is an ideal season to clean up our act. A cleansing diet to eliminate toxins from our body is as much a rite of spring as sweeping debris from our home. In my nutri-tion practice, I have often seen how after a sedentary winter of consuming heavier foods, our bodies may be carrying around as much as fi ve to 10 pounds of toxic wastes. While a properly functioning human body has its own built-in detoxifi cation system, it can be easily overwhelmed by today’s proliferation of environmental toxins. The newest environmental assault on the body’s detox system is electro-pollution, ac-cording to research highlighted in the 2007 BioIniative Report, a metastudy of 2,000 peer-reviewed studies com-piled by an international group of researchers, scientists and health policy offi cials. Compounding the problem, Paula Baillie-Hamilton, a British medical doctor specializing in human metabo-lism, reported in The Journal of Alter-native and Complementary Medicine that environmental toxins also play havoc with our body’s built-in weight regulation system. In short, the more toxic our body becomes, the harder it is to lose weight.

Detox Equals Weight Loss Clinical research from the Uni-versity of Quebec as far back as 2002 suggests that toxins slow metabolism. It is widely held that because many

Diet DetoxA Good Spring Cleaning Flushes Out Fats and Toxins

by Ann Louise Gittleman

toxins are fat-sol-uble and stored in body fat, as the fat melts away, the tox-ins are released into the bloodstream; this inhibits the production of thyroid hormone, with a resulting metabolic meltdown. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, spring is the season to support the prime

organs of detoxifi cation—the liver and gallbladder. The liver alone impacts some 400 bodily functions, so it de-serves support. The following symp-toms recommend giving these organs some special care:■ Chronic tension in neck and shoulders■ Sensitivity beneath the rib cage (particularly the right side)■ Feeling tired and sleepy after eating■ Nausea, especially after eating fatty foods■ Hormonal imbalances with hot fl ashes due to perimenopause or menopause■ Premenstrual irritability and bloating■ Light-colored stools■ Waking between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m.

Detox Diet Basics Start off each morning for two weeks (or up to a maximum of two months), with hot lemon water, perhaps spiced with cinnamon and ginger, for an added metabolic boost. The anti-oxidant D-limonine in lemon thins bile and is helpful in breaking down fat-trapping toxins. Use the juice of one small lemon to eight ounces of warm water. Then, sip a total of 64 ounces of

cran-water between meals throughout the day. Mix one ounce of unsweetened cranberry juice per seven ounces of pure water. Cranberry helps to bal-ance pH, suppress hunger and combat cellulite and water retention, while drawing out fatty wastes by targeting lymph (a secondary circulatory system beneath the skin that works to rid the body of toxic wastes, bacteria, heavy metals, dead cells, trapped proteins and fat). Sipped daily, this antioxidant- and phenol-rich elixir works to help reduce bloating and melt fat from hips, waist and thighs. Nutrient-rich spring greens like arugula, collard or dandelion greens, lettuce, parsley, spinach, Swiss chard and watercress are classic foods used in a spring detox. Other good choices are antioxidant foods that supply the body with glutathione, the liver’s premier antioxidant, also known as, “the toxic waste neutralizer,” which is vital to organ detoxifi cation. Broccoli sprouts are one of the best sources of glutathione; so is asparagus. Eating lightly steamed kale, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage can also support the liver’s ability to detoxify the body. Finally, eating adequate protein is essential to ensure that the liver can produce the enzymes it needs to break down toxins into water-soluble substances for excretion. Protein plays a crucial role in tissue growth and healing, strengthening the immune system and burning fat. Eat at least 4 to 6 ounces of wild salmon, free-range organic poultry or hemp protein each day during detox. Choosing a daily dose of high-quality glutathione-boosting whey protein powder or a brown rice/yellow pea protein powder is another way to pump up the detox process. Such spring cleaning can help purge our body of toxins and give our whole system the cleansing boost it needs, simultaneously preparing it for even more healthy weight loss in com-ing months.

Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D. and certi-fi ed nutrition specialist, is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author and media expert. Fat Flush for Life is the latest in her book series on body detoxifi cation and weight loss.

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EXERCISE DETOX

Six Ways to Burn Calories and Clean Out Your System

by Annie B. Bond

There are as many different types of exercise as there are ways to move. Although all types of ex-

ercise will help to detoxify your body, some are more benefi cial than others. Try one of these; feel better right away.

Walk This Way Generally speaking, aerobic exercises such as walking, jogging, cycling and swimming are the most detoxifying. Walking is hands-down the most popular. It is something almost everyone can do to get a daily dose of healthy detoxifi cation.

Jump for Joy Bouncing on a trampoline, such as a mini-tramp or rebounder, is one of the best exercises for cleansing and strengthening every cell of the body. Experts point out that it is also one of the best workouts for activating the lymphatic system.

Let Your Body Flow For centuries, yoga has been pre-scribed as moving medicine for the immune system. Yoga has been re-ported to lower stress hormones that compromise immunity, while stimu-lating the lymphatic system to purge toxins and bring fresh, nutrient-oxy-genated blood to each organ to help ensure optimum functioning.

Pick Up the Pace There’s a longstanding myth

among participants that exercising at a lower intensity for a longer dura-tion maximizes the burning of fat and releases toxins. Not entirely true. To really rev up metabolism, burn more calories, and keep the fat-burning switch turned on longer after an exer-cise session, try picking up the pace for one or more short bursts.

Make Some Muscle Strength training is known to boost natural muscle-making chemicals such as human growth hormone and pre-serve the muscle we have, while also replacing the muscle tissue we’ve lost. Lifting weights also helps us shed fat by simply burning calories. As a bonus, a calorie-burning metabolism can stay elevated for up to 48 hours after we’ve fi nished lifting.

Take It Outside When possible, infuse an exer-cise routine with fresh air by doing it outdoors. When exercising outside, it’s important that we not add to our toxic burden by walking or jogging along busy roads or highways, because breathing in chemical-laced exhaust nullifi es the benefi ts.

Annie B. Bond is an internationally re-nowned expert on personal detoxifi ca-tion and past executive editor of Care2.com/greenliving, which sourced all health claims in The Purifi cation Plan, by the editors of Rodale Health Books.

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In the words of Dr. Dean Ornish, founder and chairman of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, in Sau-salito, California, “It is time to change not only who is

covered, but also what is covered.” There is an overempha-sis, he says, on treating symptoms and on the idea that car-ing for our health is primarily the responsibility of medical experts, rather than of individuals themselves. Zhaoming Chen, a neurologist and chairman of the American Association of Integrative Medicine, describes the way things currently work. “We only treat the disease after it occurs.” With figures showing that 95 cents out of every dollar spent on health care goes toward treating illness, he notes that “The best way to reduce the costs is prevention.” Integrative medicine puts the patient, not the doctor or the insurance company, at the center of attention, and it puts the focus on the sources of illness and not the symptoms.

Health care costs are continually rising, but people are not getting any healthier. Here is a five-point prescription for the future of health care that applies the tenets of inte-grative medicine to make today’s health care simpler, more effective and more affordable.

1. Emphasize Illness Prevention About half of all American adults have a chronic ill-ness, according to the Partnership for Solutions, a John Hopkins University-led initiative to improve care for Ameri-cans with chronic health conditions. Ornish claims that three-quarters of the more than $2 trillion recently spent on health care in a single year went to treat these kinds of conditions, including obesity. “All of these can be not only prevented, but even reversed through diet and lifestyle in-tervention,” he says. “It just seems so obvious to me that this is where we should be putting our focus.” There is a long way to go before prevention is on the national agenda. While prevention is indeed better than cure, we tend to reward those who find solutions for exist-ing problems rather than those who ensure that those prob-lems don’t occur. “Prevention is boring,” Ornish complains. Rather, “We need to focus on living better.”

2. Promote Healthy Foods Roberta Lee, a pioneer of integrative health care and

Suffering from headaches and depression? Don’t let a doctor put you on drugs; instead, look for the underlying causes. High cholesterol? Try the Mediterranean diet, with a glass of organic red wine a day. The best way to win the war on cancer? Eat healthy, exercise and develop an active social life. An increasing number of physicians are realizing that this type of approach, geared to prevention and a conservative use of medications and technol-ogy, not only increases patients’ vitality, but saves lots of money.

How integrative medicine can make health care simpler, more effective and more affordable.

by Marco Visscher, Ursula Sautter and Carmel Wroth

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primary care physician at the Beth Israel Medical Center Department of Integrative Medicine, in New York City, believes the first prescription any doctor should write should be about diet and lifestyle. “You can never lose by maxi-mizing lifestyle management,” says Lee, pointing out that many conditions not easily diagnosed or cured in a conven-tional framework can be improved by dietary and lifestyle changes. “There are specific diets that promote wellness,” she says. “They reduce inflammation, [and] increase fiber, vitamins and miner-als that come in the form of a lot of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.”

3. Focus on Lifestyle Changes The majority of health problems and risk factors for illnesses stem from the choices we make: how much time we invest working, exercising and relax-ing; time spent with friends and out-doors; and whether we consistently take the stairs or the elevator. The Sanoviv Medical Institute, in Rosarito, Mexico, is located on a beauti-ful stretch of the Pacific coast, an hour south of San Diego. The recommended stay for most patients is two weeks. While there, they learn about and ex-perience a lifestyle based around stress reduction, emotional well-being, healthy eating and exercise. Many patients come in with cancer or multiple sclerosis; others come just to detoxify and clear out the accumulated effects of stress. The program includes dietary changes, supplements, daily exercise and a stress management plan supported by psychological counseling and daily meditation. A 2004 study in The Lancet showed that lifestyle changes—quitting smoking, healthier eating habits, moder-ate alcohol consumption and regular exercise—can prevent 90 percent of today’s cases of heart disease, which currently accounts for more premature deaths and higher health care costs than any other illness, according to Ornish. “When lifestyle is offered as a treatment, it’s as effec-tive and often more effective than what we’re now doing, at a fraction of the cost,” says Ornish. “We pay for all these interventions that are dangerous, invasive, expensive and largely ineffective, and yet interventions that have been scientifically proven to reverse disease, are a simple change of lifestyle.”

4. Use Alternative Therapies Another way to reduce costs is to use alternative and complementary therapies such as homeopathy, naturopa-thy, yoga and herbal medicine that can supplement and

even replace conventional methods. Such complementary treatments work to nourish, nurture and augment the body’s own defenses. One alternative healing method that’s now begin-ning to find its way into hospitals is acupuncture, which has been shown, among other benefits, to help relieve pain, stress and nausea during pre- and post-operative care. Beth Israel’s Department of Integra-tive Medicine is bringing acupuncture into the hospital free of charge as part of a fellowship program for Chinese medicine practitioners. “The future of acupuncture is to be a part of best practices in the conventional setting,” says Arya Nielsen, a nationally board-certified acupuncture specialist who leads the program. “The research is just too good.” The goal is to train both acupunc-turists and conventional doctors in the benefits of this technique so that it can be incorporated into Beth Israel’s best practices. “Even if physicians have time to read the acupuncture stud-ies, what really makes it gel is when they see the results on the patient they treat,” says Nielsen. “The proof is in practitioners working side-by-side and people being able to experience what this therapy can do.” Chen points out that chemothera-py, surgery and radiation dramatically change a patient’s life, and people

need strong support from family and friends to adapt to these changes. Chen believes that treating cancer should in-volve both conventional and alternative medicine. “Patients also need some lifestyle changes: smoking cessation, mini-mizing alcohol intake, adopting a low-fat, high-fiber diet. Besides that, because [conventional] treatment may cause nausea and pain, patients may benefit from acupuncture, meditation, yoga and Tai chi. This will help them cope with pain better.”

5. Treat People, Not Diseases As Nurse Béatrice Fleury pours a steaming infusion of yarrow over a piece of cotton and then wrings it out, the aroma of the medicinal herb wafts over to the hospital bed where Eliane Perrot is waiting for her body wrap. When the compress and a hot water bottle have been gingerly applied to her lower back and secured by a soft cloth sash, she leans back with a contented sigh. The compress will help her liver better metabolize the toxins that have accumu-lated in it after months of breast cancer therapy. The wrap’s warmth will also create a sense of temporary well-being, a precious feeling for the frail, exhausted, 65-year-old.

Another way to reduce costs is to use alterna-

tive and complementary therapies such as home-

opathy, naturopathy, yoga and herbal medicine that can supplement and even

replace conventional meth-ods. Such complementary treatments work to nour-ish, nurture and augment the body’s own defenses.

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Alternative treatments like the yarrow wrap are the order of the day at the Paracelsus Spital, in Richterswil, outside of Zurich. Founded in 1994, the clinic is one of a handful of hospi-tals in Europe devoted to complemen-tary healing. In addition to orthodox treatments and drugs, the convention-ally schooled doctors here also use therapies and medications based on the holistic approach to medicine. “If you want to understand a person’s disease and support his self-healing powers, it’s of central impor-tance to look at the human being as a whole—body, spirit and soul,” says Paracelsus Medical Director Erich Skala. “This may require more time and effort, but it’s how you treat the causes, and not just the symptoms.” Dr. Daniel Dunphy, of the San Francisco Preventive Medical Group, believes the Paracelsus approach is what the United States needs. “You have to take time to get to know the patients and listen to their stories,” he counsels. “I want to know their per-sonal history, their traumas, how they do at work, what they eat and at what times of the day—and then I know what to do about their problem.”

The Bottom Line Of course, the bottom line in the debate about health care is cost. Proponents of integrative health argue that the promotion of preventive steps such as eating healthy food and mak-ing positive lifestyle changes, as well as using complementary methods to treat the whole person and not just the disease, will result in “… the biggest return on investment this nation could ever have,” in the words of William Novelli, a professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and the former CEO of AARP. Kenneth R. Pelletier, clinical professor of medicine at the University of Arizona School of Medicine and the University of California School of Medicine, has been putting numbers behind the arguments for integrative health. Pelletier has studied the cost-effectiveness of corporate programs to promote health and manage disease among employees. The programs encompassed everything from subsi-

dized gym memberships and smoking cessation classes, to biometric screen-ings. Pelletier found that companies with such programs in place realized healthier, more productive workforces, fewer sick days and less staff turnover. He estimates that it takes, on average, three years before firms see a financial return on this kind of invest-ment. “These reviews clearly indicate that comprehensive interventions do evidence both clinical- and cost-effec-tiveness,” says Pelletier. “There’s a very good payback. It makes us think about health as an investment.” More money, more pills and more technology don’t necessarily lead to better health. Advocates of integra-tive medicine generally take a “less is more” approach—less needless medi-cations and medical procedures and more prevention and healthy personal lifestyle changes can add up to big fi-nancial savings and big improvements in an individual’s quality of life.

Marco Visscher is the managing editor of Ode, Ursula Sautter and Carmel Wroth are contributors. Adapted from an article that first appeared in Ode, the magazine about positive change.

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cut them open again and bypass the bypass, sometimes multiple times. That became a metaphor for an incomplete approach for me. Sometimes you need to use drugs and surgery in a crisis, but ultimately, you must address the under-lying cause.

What is the concept behind The Spectrum and how does it differ from other lifestyle programs?The problem with most lifestyle-ori-ented health programs is that they are restrictive, all-or-nothing, fear-based approaches. If you go on a diet or ex-ercise program, sooner or later you’re going to go off of it. Then people feel like they’ve failed; it makes it hard to maintain. Sustainable changes, on the other hand, are based on joy, pleasure and freedom. In our research, we found that the more you change your life-style, the more you improve and the better you feel. The better you feel, the more likely you are to continue. The Spectrum is not a diet; it’s an overall way of living. If you overindulge one day, then you eat healthier the next. Let’s say, for example, that you want to lower your cholesterol or get your diabetes under control. You begin by making moderate changes that you choose. There’s no pushback because you set the pace. We’ll help track your progress, and if the changes

For more than 30 years, renowned medical doctor Dean Ornish has led pioneering clinical research

proving that making simple changes in the way we eat and live can radically transform our health. He directed the first randomized, controlled trials dem-onstrating that lifestyle changes may halt or reverse the progression of even severe coronary heart disease, as well as early-stage prostate cancer. In col-laboration with Nobel Laureate Eliza-beth Blackburn, Ph.D., Ornish showed that healthy lifestyle changes can increase telomerase, and thus lengthen telomeres, the ends of chromosomes that control how long we live. Ornish is the founder and presi-dent of the nonprofit Preventive Medi-cine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of six bestselling books, including Eat More, Weigh Less and The Spectrum.

What sparked your interest in preventive medicine?I got interested in this work when I was learning how to do bypass surgery as a medical student. We’d cut people open, bypass their blocked arteries and tell them they were cured; then they‘d go home and continue to do the same things that caused the problem in the first place—smoke, overeat, drink too much, work too hard and so on. More often than not, their bypasses would get clogged up again, and we’d

are enough to accomplish your goals, great; and if not, you can do more.

Who seems to benefit most from this approach, and to what degree?One of our most interesting research findings was that the primary determi-nant of improvement wasn’t how old or sick people were, it was how much they’d changed their diet and lifestyle. The body has a remarkable capacity to heal itself if we simply stop doing what’s causing the problem. We’ve seen hundreds of thousands of patients slow or reverse the progress of life-threat-ening diseases when they make good changes. Such lifestyle changes can work not only as well as drugs and surgery, but oftentimes better, and at a fraction of the cost. Plus, the side effects are all good ones.

You stress the importance of individual lifestyle changes, but what about changing our sick health care system?We do need to look at the politics of health care and hold our leaders responsible for some of decisions that have created the mess we’re in. For example, after 16 years of lobbying, working with Medicare and members of Congress, we learned a few months ago that Medicare is finally covering our program for reversing heart disease. It’s game changing. If Medicare covers it, all the other insur-ance companies will follow their lead, and we can make these sorts of pro-grams available to people who most need them, rather than just those who can afford it. If we change reimbursement, we change medical practice, and also medical education. Otherwise, I could do a thousand studies with a million patients and it would always remain on the fringes of medical practice.

For more information visit pmri.org or OrnishSpectrum.com. April Thompson is a freelance writer based in Washington, D.C. See AprilWrites.com

THE JOY OF HEALTHA conversation with Dr. Dean Ornish on lifestyle changes that foster well-being

by April Thompson

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This month is a power-ful time to assess where we’ve been, acknowl-

edge where we are right now and dream our most beautiful life into being. Start-ing now, we can move from the outdated modes of our limited thinking mind to tune into our eternal divine mind. Acting on these three recommended cleansing phases—one a week for the next three weeks—will work to lift us out of resignation and mediocrity into hope and excitement, and connect us with a future filled with surprises, possibility and deep purpose.

Week One: The Past.

The first seven days of what I call The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse are dedicated to creating a powerful magnet of desire and cleaning out the turbulent emotions, outdated beliefs, unresolved incidents and restricting thoughts that have taken root in our minds and hearts.

n Write a list of the grudg-es and resentments you have been carrying around that you are ready to let go. Release them by tearing

up the paper into tiny little pieces.

n Under-standing that

your outer world is a reflection of your inner world, release 100 pieces of clutter from your past that now occupy your home, of-fice and surroundings.

Liberated from the confusion, fear, guilt and self-doubt of the past, you will naturally open up to new realms of awareness, emotional free-dom and spiritual liberation.

Week Two: The Present.

Having released everything that has depleted your vitality and held you back, stand firmly in the present moment. Take an honest look at where and who you are today, observing what is and is not working in your life.

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n Begin an ongoing present-moment awareness practice today. Set an hour-ly alarm; then, each time it reminds you, become present for five minutes to nature, to your body and breath or to the present moment itself.

n Surprise yourself by challenging preconceptions of yourself; take mea-sured risks and do something differently today.

In this enhanced sense of the present, you can listen more deeply to the calling of your soul.

Week Three: The Future.

In this final phase, you have the opportunity to look into the future and see who you want to be from this day forward.

n Choose a sacred value that can serve as the foundation for your future, such as abundance, compassion, grace or integrity, and surround yourself with images, prayers, songs and scents that invoke it for you. Identify and act on choices that allow you to express that value.

n Spend time each morning, after-noon and evening checking in with your natural divine GPS. See if you made wrong turns and find out where that still, small voice wants you to go next.

Reconnecting with your highest self, you will experience more love, contentment and compassion as you step into the brilliance of your soul’s purpose. Why not seize this extraordi-nary opportunity to till the soil of your consciousness and plant the seeds of a whole new future?

Debbie Ford is a New York Times best-selling author of eight books, including The Shadow Effect, co-authored with Deepak Chopra and Marianne William-son, and The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse. Visit DebbieFord.com.

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Our gardens are waking up from a cold winter sleep. The hydrangeas are pushing out leaves, Loropetalums

have bloomed, and Daffodils are fi nishing bloom. And, now that it is warmer, we gardeners are ready to go out to do the work of spring. Now that daffodils are just about fi nished, we need to fertilize them. The bulbs need food for their dormant period and next year’s fl owers. Fertilize with a 5-10-15 mix with trace elements. In addition, it is benefi cial to cover the bulb area with ½ inch of ashes from your fi replace. Don’t forget to leave the foliage to dry and hibernate naturally. Then, continue with your spring gardening chores: n Fertilize lawns with 15-0-15 using a well-calibrated spreader. The fi rst fertilization of the season works best as an application of half slow-release, which will feed the turf for three to six months, and half water-soluble, which will give the turf a jump start in growth. The addition of a pre-emergent will prevent most weed seeds in the ground from germinating. Read the bag’s label for proper application and the correct pre-emergent that is compatible with your type of grass. n Treat gladiolus and knock out roses for thrips and other diseases.n All lily bulbs do well if planted now. n Consider planting a ground cover in the shady areas of your yard that will not support a lawn. Good choices for our area are Algerian ivy, liriope, mondo grass, dwarf Confeder-ate jasmine, and ajuga. Peacock ginger is lovely but will die down in winter. n Plant new citrus trees now. They do best when planted as they are coming out of dormancy. This is visible when branches show new growth. Fertilize your other citrus with 6-6-6. Wait until next season to fertilize your new tree. It needs this time to establish a good root system before put-ting on lush top growth. For gardener’s recreation, go out and cruise the fl ats of colorful annuals and perennials at the Marion County Mas-ter Gardener’s Spring Festival, Saturday and Sunday March 12-13. Attend some classes and see what is new in garden-ing. Stop by the Mobile Plant Clinic and say “Hi.” Studies have shown that some house plants act as air cleaners for your home. The peace lily, gerbera daisy, and English ivy have been known to absorb benzene, formalde-hyde and carbon monoxide. All plants use carbon dioxide for growth and release oxygen. They not only look good, they are good for you. Find some at the Festival. Call UF/IFAS Marion County Master Gardeners at 352-671-8400.

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My Blue (and Green, White, Gold and Orange) Heaven

March is my favorite month in Florida. Warmer weather returns, but

it is still cool enough to be pleasant. In a good year, the sun and rain are in pleas-ing proportion. Everything is green and colorful and lovely. Everyone is cheerful once it is clear that winter is gone, but summer is still far enough away not to dread the heat too much. But mostly, it is the flowers I love. You can be poor in all else, but take a walk in March when the world is in bloom, and you’ll feel richer than a lord. Springtime arrives in Valentine colors. First come the camellias: red, pink, white, a welcome contrast to cold grey days. Then the redbuds begin, and the Japanese magnolias: rosy shades of lilac, lavender, orchid, blush, in hues of a winter sunset. Next, the wild plum and cherry trees, in lacy white. Then March comes to call, and the world is suddenly green in the warm sunlight. New leaves cast a fresh green haze on the oak trees overnight. Grass is green again. Even the ivory blossoms of the dogwoods are tinged with pale green. Against this backdrop of vibrant

spring green and newly blue skies, the azaleas burst into bloom, in riotous banks of fuchsia, magenta, coral, white, and pink. It is unmistakably Spring. Then the fragrance begins. So far spring has been colorful but not overly fragrant, except for the whiffs of apri-cot-scented tea olives here and there.

Dogwood blossoms have a soft, clean scent, as do most of the other bloom-ing trees. Later in the spring will come richly perfumed honeysuckle, jasmine, gardenias, wisteria, and lemony-scent-ed magnolias ... but nothing compares to an orange tree in bloom. If heaven doesn’t have orange groves, I’m not sure I want to go. My heavenly “mansion” only needs to be a little white house with green shutters and a red brick chimney, a fireplace and hardwood floors, a porch and French doors and lots of windows, much like what I have now, only located atop a gently sloping hill in

the middle of about 24 acres of orange groves, with a view of water on all sides. The soil has some red clay in it, a creek winds across one corner of the land, and I have a tame raccoon which I can pet without fear of contracting ra-bies, because we are both dead already. On this hilltop, it is always a perfectly

temperate 72 degrees, rain or shine, with a perpetual gentle breeze, like a central Florida afternoon in early spring. There needs to be a good number of ancient live oaks, too, enough to form a canopy of giant branches dripping Spanish moss through which I can look up and see patches of blue sky, worthy of a panoramic silhou-ette with a sunset backdrop like the shot in Gone With the Wind where Gerald O’Hara’s voiceover tells Katie Scarlett

there’s no getting away from it, this love of the land, if you’re Irish. Irishmen may tell tall tales, but that one at least never said a truer word, fictional character or not. (I would be very excited if my favorite fictional characters were also in heaven, but that may be asking too much.) For celestial springtime glory, there must be Southern magnolias, wild plums and Japanese magnolias, dogwoods both pink and white. Red maples and sweetgums and hickories, too, for autumn color. Sycamores for climbing, and pecan trees, for a ready supply of nuts. And at least two peach

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trees, one with white peaches, one with yellow. A crab-apple would not be at all amiss, nor a pear tree; a man-go tree, and a loquat. A persimmon, a tabebuia, a golden raintree. There must be trees for fruit and flowers, scent, shade and color in every season. But above all, there must be or-ange trees. And tangerine. And grape-fruit. Some lemon, and kumquat, too, and enough Key limes to keep us all in pie. Just so there are citrus trees as far as my heavenly eye can see. I want sunlight glinting off shiny dark green leaves like polished jade year-round, a gold-and-green vista before me when my trees are bearing fruit, and a lacy white landscape when they are in blossom. In the springtime, I want the air to be so thickly perfumed with the fragrance of blooming citrus trees that it makes the angels swoon. Bees will pray that they get to go to my corner of heaven when they die, for there is no greater reward for a bee than to make honey from orange blossoms. It seems obvious, to me, that in Biblical references to “the land of milk and honey,” it is orange blossom honey specifically to which Scripture refers. This may not be fact, but in my mental Promised Land, it is so. I have tried many varieties of honey, being a fond connoisseur of it. Although I have en-joyed them all, from the tupelo of north Florida to the dark tropical blends of south Florida, the blackberry of Tennes-see to the acacia of Italy, to the clover and wildflower of just about anywhere, my heart belongs to the orange blossom honey of central Florida. To what else could “nectar of the gods” refer? I believe a mockingbird sings more sweetly when he is performing from the boughs of a blooming orange tree. Even songbirds appreciate the proper ambiance, and reward the world for it. I cannot imagine a better setting for almost anything than an orange grove in bloom. It would seem a good omen to be be born near one. I could die happy there with my windows open. It is a lovely spot for rest and refresh-ment: a picnic, a prayer, a nap in the shade. It is a fine place to sit and read, to wander with one’s thoughts, to sing,

to stroll aimlessly and whistle. It is an excellent place to run and play, bare-foot in the sun-warmed sandy soil. And what better place to kiss someone? Everything good about my child-hood is distilled into the scent of or-ange blossoms and the taste of orange blossom honey. There is no fragrance or flavor more personally evocative. Proust had his madeleine; I have my

orange blossoms. The first whiff of or-ange blossoms in springtime can make me cry. Few things are more nostalgic, more gloriously bittersweet. Especially now that the reality of my groves is fading, and what used to be a whole beautiful world is now a memory. I was born a Polk County girl,

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with generations of family from there. I grew up running through the groves, picking oranges off the backyard trees to squeeze for juice, throwing fallen grapefruits like baseballs, tricking unsuspecting friends into trying kumquats. As a little girl, I had a swing in my grandparents’ grapefruit tree and a slide under the orange tree, and I climbed up into the perfect-ly crooked bough of the tangerine tree when I wanted to read. Even as a small child, I ate lemons like some children eat apples. I am a snob about fresh-squeezed juice and will not touch concentrate. I have a history of attending citrus festivals. There is nothing unusual to me about streets named for citrus fruits. I sat down the other afternoon and read, in one sit-ting, an entire book on the history of citrus: Oranges, by John McPhee. It was the best book I’ve read in a long time. Nothing breaks my heart more than to go home and drive through what used to be miles of orange groves and see cook-ie-cutter rows of horrid little stucco houses crammed right up against each other. It is a terrible, sickening feeling to come to the crest of a hill and look down and see soulless housing de-velopments where there once were groves and Cracker farm-houses, ponds and cow pastures. I hate how the old Florida is disappearing, how interlopers are coming in and destroying it, with no regard for our intrinsic culture. I would give much to be able, in the blink of an eye and with a snap of my fingers, to send it all back like it was. Sometimes I wish I could have lived a lifetime ago, when the heartland of Florida was groves and citrus was king. As I grow older, I understand more why people wage wars over their land. There are some things too precious to let go without a fight. But change comes, as surely as the seasons. Which is why I savor a little more each spring the first whiff of orange blossoms, a little more each morning the orange blossom honey I stir into my tea and spread on my toast. Though I have learned that time and the world around us are fleet-ing, like orange blossoms themselves, I am thankful for a childhood rich in beauty and memories, and for the gift of recapturing them in words. Nothing is ever really gone if you can still write about it. And I hope that, at the sunset of my life, the celestial train is called “The Orange Blossom Special” and takes me to my particular corner of the grovelands in the sweet-scent-ed by-and-by, which, like the most precious of memories, will never fade away. Come see me there. Just follow the fragrance of orange blossoms and the sound of a gospel pi-ano until you see the little white house on the hilltop. You’ll find me and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings rocking on the front porch, peeling tangerines. I’ll have enough fresh-squeezed juice and Key lime pie for everybody. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. The raccoon doesn’t bite. But he might snatch your pie when you’re not looking, so watch yourself.

Melody Murphy is proud to be one of the last half-dozen Florida natives left in the state. She has lived here all the seasons of her life and will throw a grapefruit at you if you tell her how y’all did it elsewhere. She bleeds citric acid and is confident that she will never get scurvy. The raccoon, by the way, is named Ambrose.

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Tumo Breathing

Mastering Circulation of Blood & Qi by Jeff Primack

An essay on generating internal heat & accelerating metabolic rate for healing

Jeff Primack has studied with many Qigong masters from all over the world and has taught more than 20,000 people in live seminars. He also maintains the Qigong.com website.

The first time I saw Wim Hof was on the Today Show with Matt Lauer. He was immersed in a

tub of ice up to his neck in New York’s Times Square. Matt asked Wim, “Are you cold?” Wim made no response—he was vis-ibly deep in meditation. Matt turned instead to the doctor on site monitor-ing Wim’s progress, asking, “How does Wim stay in the ice for 90 minutes and not get frostbite?” The doctor replied, “See Wim’s cheeks? They are red. Wim has control of his blood circulation.” Lauer was in utter disbelief. He demanded, “Wim, how are you doing this?” Wim turned, not toward Matt, but looked directly into the camera and said, “I am using Tumo breathing to stay warm.”

Immediately after seeing the show, I sent Wim Hof an email. At that time, I had been teaching Tumo prac-tices for 10 years and never had I seen a Westerner demonstrate its mastery to that degree. In the email, I asked him to come to Miami and teach me and a small group of advanced Qigong instructors his technique. When we spoke, Wim Hof was thrilled at the idea of people wanting to attain this discipline and agreed to come to Mi-ami and share his knowledge with us. On the first day of our training with Wim, we were blown away by how similar his breathing technique was to our 9-Breath Method—a use of breath I had created years before that has in turn become the institution for Supreme Science Qigong. The next few days were extremely intense. On

day five, our training was put to the test inside a -20 degree walk-in freezer, and concluded as we, one by one, immersed ourselves in a tub of wet ice for 15 minutes. Every instructor, including myself, was able to stay warm using the breathing method. How did we do it? Well, when a person absorbs enough Qi, in this case through breath, the body pulsates with stronger blood flow—and this, in its simplicity, is what causes people to stay warm, even when immersed in a tub of

Taking the physical body on the journey to enlightenment is what

Qigong is all about.

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ice. The medical and healing implica-tions of controlling blood flow to this degree are quite profound. Most people are not interested in this particular type of “Ice Training,” but the concept is extremely important because mastering blood circulation is really the heart of Qigong and all true healing modalities. Chinese medicine teaches that “Qi moves the Blood.” It maintains that nearly all dis-eases are a result of impaired blood circulation. When the human body pulsates with blood and Qi at high enough levels, inflammation is re-duced, hormones are increased, bliss is experienced, and physical pain is reduced and/or eliminated altogether. One does not have to enter the ice to benefit from Tumo breathing. It can be performed in meditation right from your living room. More than 4,000 years ago Chinese medicine said, “Blood is the mother of Qi.” The Old Testament Le-viticus 17:11 says, “For the life of the flesh is in the Blood.” In Chinese medicine, a Qi block-age is simply a small area in which the blood cannot flow; an area where dis-ease may occur. For example, people who may experience “knots” in the stomach or bad digestion usually find improved results of these symptoms with Qigong. Blood can work itself through closed-off capillaries when a person is relaxed and increasing Qi in that area. Wherever Qi goes, blood follows. Normal healthy people use about 60 percent of their circulatory system. When our Qi increases, this percent-age also increases. Microcirculation to the brain and organs, when improved, greatly benefits our health. The electric effect of Qigong on the nervous system also plays a role. Using breathing techniques like the 9-breath Method, we can create a full-body vibration within minutes. These electrical impulses travel along the nervous system and rejuvenate us. Tumo breathing can be used in large groups of 500 or more people to permanently activate the central ner-vous system. When people hold hands during these breathing techniques, an electrical impulse travels through the

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arm and out the palm, enabling people who normally don’t feel energy to feel it strongly. By training our nervous system through continued exposure

“For the life of the flesh is in the Blood.”

— Leviticus 17:11

to this high level of Qi-energy, we can move beyond healing our bodies and actually begin the process of biologi-cal enlightenment. Let me explain. Most Qigong masters believe that enlightenment is a biological process. It begins within the physical body where it manifests as a warm pleasant humming in the abdomen throughout the day. Older Qigong masters are often sexually active into their 90s. Taking the physical body on the journey to enlightenment is what Qigong is all about. Only after health problems have been removed or great-ly lessened is it possible to enter states of consciousness that otherwise were unattainable. In Qigong, these states of consciousness are referred to as “gates.” Passing through these gates allow our mind and body to merge with what I call the “True Source” or what many call God, Tao, etc. It is the white light that some have seen in medita-tion. The light is healing, euphoric and many experience it while practicing advanced breathing techniques. Your body is the vehicle to en-lightenment and entering higher states of consciousness. Qigong at its highest levels will help people enter these gates and heal the physical, emotional and mental levels of their being.

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The therapists at Gentle Waters Healing Center will assist each individual with detoxing using colon hydrotherapy, Far Infrared Sauna, and/or Aqua Chi Lymphatic Drainage. We

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Massage

Tiara L. Catey, LMTCenter for Balance1705 N.W. 6th St., Gainesville352-642-4545 / www.tiaracatey.com

Relieve pain, manage stress and cultivate joyful relaxation and balance by including massage as an essential part of your self-care practices. Therapeutic massage, relaxation massage

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Offering a variety of therapeutic massage techniques for pain relief, improved flexibility, and other wonderful benefits. PIP and WorkComp always accepted, also group/private insurance in

some instances. All credit cards accepted. Gift certificates are available now for Valen-tine’s Day and birthdays with 25% discount on a second session. MA27082, MM9718.

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A positive change is a tap away! What’s keeping you from the life you want? Meridian Tapping is the painless, drug-free method to bring positive change! Remove negative emotions and blocks to

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Tuning, repairs, clean-ing, fine custom mainte-nance of your acoustic piano. Playing services including accompa-niment, weddings,

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CalendarofEventsWednesday, March 2 HGC weight loss. Safe homeopathic solution targets hard-to-lose stored fat. Detox coaching and support. Free consultation; call for appointment. Reesers Nutrition Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-732-0718. Saturday, March 5 Autism Spectrum Informational. Presented by S. Eche-les, T. Ecker, and other parent and support speakers. 2-3:30 pm. Free. Marion County Public Library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 321-759-4224, tecker2@aol.com. Crystal Healing with Fran Oppenheimer, RN, LMT. 1-5 pm, $30. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs, 386-454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

Sunday, March 6 Sacred Meditation Seminar and Demonstration, with Rev. Scott Sherman, 11:45-1:15, love offering. Spiritually-based healing process uses touch or near-touch, uncondi-tional love, guided meditation and prayer to connect the energy centers of participants’ minds and bodies. 40-minute individual sessions available afterward as well as Monday (Suggested love offering of $60, but no one turned away). Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd, (off Maricamp), Ocala,352-687-2113, www.unityocala.org.

Monday, March 7 Meet the Doctor evening, hosted by Dr. James Lemire. Free, 6 pm, call to reserve a seat. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Court Rd, Suite 600, Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

Wednesday, March 9 Metabolic balance. All natural weight loss; “Your food shall be your medicine.” Free consultation; call for appoint-ment. Reesers Nutrition Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-732-0718, 351-1298.

March 11-13 Ayurveda, Yoga and Recovery, weekend retreat. Amrit Yoga Institute, Salt Springs, FL, 352-685-3001, www.amri-tyoga.org. Thai Foot Reflexology and Henna Retreat, Melrose, FL, featuring artist Genevieve Levin and Ariela Grodner. $300. 18 CEUs for LMTs, 9 CEUs for Yoga Allliance. 813-417-6745, www.ArielasThaiMassage.com. Saturday, March 12 Experience the Beauty of Crystal Singing Bowls, work-shop with Sharron Britton. 1-4 pm, $20. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs, 386-454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net. Rock and Mineral Sale, 11-4. Rock ‘n Glass at Wild Iris Books, 802 W University Avenue, Gainesville, 352-375-7477.

Tuesday, March 15 Meet the Doctors. Talk with our doctors in an informal setting. 5:30 pm, free. Life Family Practice Center, Genesis Heart MedSpa, 3365 Wedgewood Lane, The Villages. RSVP to 352-750-4333, www.lifefamilypractice.com.

Wednesday, March 16 Cleanse your body of toxic buildup, repair G.I. tract, support immune system, weight loss, anti-aging nutrition. Free consultation; call for appointment. Reesers Nutrition Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-732-0718, 351-1298. Friday, March 18 Developing and Using Psychic Awareness, workshop with Melissa Harris. 6:30-8:30 pm, $15. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs, 386 454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

March 18-25 Spirit Essence Portraits by Melissa Harris. Reading followed by an original watercolor painting of what is revealed. By appointment, $195. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs, 386-454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

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Saturday, March 19 Full Moon Drumming Circle. 7 pm. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd, (off Maricamp), Ocala, 352-687-2113, www.unityocala.org. Spiritual Wisdom on Relation-ships, open discussion with free book, 1 pm. HU Chant at 2:15 pm. Refreshments follow. Courtyard By Marriott, 3700 SW 42nd St (near Butler Plaza). Eckankar in Gaines-ville, 352-378-3504.

Sunday, March 20 Passion Test Workshop with Elaine Silver, 1-4 pm, suggested $30 love offering. Discover what your passions are. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd, (off Maricamp), Ocala, 352-687-2113, www.elainesilver.com.

Monday, March 21 The Dis-Ease Behind the Diagno-sis, hosted by Paula Koger. Free, 6 pm, call to reserve a seat. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Court Rd, Suite 600, Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.Lemire-Clinic.com.

Wednesday, March 23 Wellness Consultation on Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Crohn’s Disease, Fibromy-algia Syndrome. Free. Call for appoint-ment. Reesers Nutrition Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-732-0718.

Thursday, March 24 The Direct Effect of What you Eat, free lecture in recognition of National Nutrition Month. 6 pm, Life Family Practice Center, 1501 US Hwy 441 North, The Villages. RSVP to 352-750-4333, www.lifefamilypractice.com. Saturday, March 26 Healing Sessions with ZaKa and AzKa, facilitated by Jeff Wheeler, Shamanic Healer. Free talk 12-1 pm, healing sessions 1-5:30 pm, $15. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs, 386-454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net. March 26–April 2 Ayurvedic Detoxification (Pancha-karma) and Yoga. This program can

help you heal physically and emotion-ally while deepening connection to vital life force. Amrit Yoga Institute, Salt Springs, FL, 352-685-3001, www.amrityoga.org.

Sunday, March 27 Eckankar Worship Service (Liv-ing With Divine Love: Soul’s Unselfish Giving). 11 am, Courtyard By Mar-riott, 3700 SW 42nd St. (near Butler Plaza). Eckankar in Gainesville, 352-378-3504.

Wednesday, March 30 Wellness Consultation on hair analysis, BMI analysis, 24-hour uri-nalysis, saliva test for hormone imbal-ance. Free. Call for appointment. Re-esers Nutrition Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-732-0718.

March 28-29 Auditions, “The King & I” musi-cal. Performance dates May 19-June 12. Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-236-2274, www.OcalaCivicTheatre.com.

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CalendarofEventsSaturday, April 2 Annual Organic Foods Gala, 9-3. $1 admission. $1 per sample. Free recipes, demonstrations, music. Crones Cradle, 6411 NE 217 Pl, Citra. 352-595-3377, www.cronescradlecon-serve.com.

Monday, April 4 Meet the Doctor evening, hosted by Dr. James Lemire. Free, 6 pm, call to reserve a seat. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Court Rd, Suite 600, Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

Saturday, April 9 Mediumship Spiritual Develop-ment Class. $25, 2-4:30pm. Class includes meditation, lesson, hands-on practice to develop your personal skills. Held at Unity of Gainesville,

8801 NW 39th Ave. International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge, www.ifsk.org , 407-673-9776.

Monday, April 18 Stress Management, hosted by Nuris Lemire. Free, 6 pm, call to re-serve a seat. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Court Rd, Suite 600, Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.Now through April 22 Art show, “From the Center: Inside Out,” artist Harimandir Khalsa. Center for Balance, 1705 NW 6th St, Gaines-ville, 352-378-4848.

May 21-22 Raymon Grace workshop. Dr. Hanoch Talmor, Gainesville Holistic Center, Gainesville, 352-377-0015, talmor@msn.com, www.betterw.com, www.ramongrace.us.

ONGOING EVENTS

Sundays Farmers Market, 12-4. Mosswood Farm Store, 703 NE Cholokka Blvd, Micanopy, 352-466-5002, www.moss-woodfarmstore.com. Master Mind Prayer Circle, 9:30; Healing Hands Circle, 10; Sunday Ser-vice and Youth Education, 11; NGU, 12:30. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., 352-373-1030, www.unityofgainesvillefl.org. Meditation and Spiritual Lesson, 10 am. Unity of Ocala, Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd., Ocala, 352-687-2113, www.unityocala.org. Science of Mind and Spirit Meditation 9:45am, Celebration /Message 10:30am, Youth and Children’s Celebration 10:30am. Love offering. OakBrook Center for Spiritual Living, 1009 N.E. 28 Ave, Ocala, FL 352-629-3897, www.oakbrookcsl.org.

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British Medium Jan Marshall at Unity of Gainesville in March

n Demonstration of Mediumship: March 11, 7:30-9pm n Workshop in Mediumship: March 12, 10am-4pm n Private readings available

Check Web for complete 2011 program

Monday-Friday Organic Food Pickups. Monday, Ocala; Tuesday, Eustis and Mt. Dora; Wednesday, Ocala and Gainesville; Friday, Oxford/The Villages. Home-grown Organics by Doreen, 352-598-4184, http://www.homegrownorganics.vpweb.com. Recipes: http://home-growngainesville.wordpress.com/ Yoga with Joe Ferrara. Monday, 7-8:30 pm, Amrit Yoga Institute. Tues-day, 12-12:45 pm, Serenity of Central Florida, 301 Skyline Dr., Ste 1, Lady Lake. Wednesday, 8:30-10 am, Ocala Inner Center, 205 S. Magnolia; and 5-6 pm, Serenity of Central Florida, Lady Lake. Thursday, 6-7:30 pm, Ocala Inner Center. Friday, 7-8 am, Premier Medical Center of Ocala, 7960 SW 60th Ave. prakash@amrityoga.org.

Tuesdays A Course in Miracles, 12 noon and 7 pm. Unity of Ocala, Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd., Ocala, 352-687-2113, www.unityocala.org. Wednesdays A Course in Miracles, 7-8:30pm.

Amrit Yoga, Salt Springs, 352-685-3001, ganga@amrityoga.org. Meditation and Visioning, 6pm, followed at 7:15 with Speaker, Spiri-tual Craft, Drumming, or Spiritual Film, depending on the week. Love offering. OakBrook Center for Spiritual Living, 1009 N.E. 28 Ave, Ocala, FL 352-629-3897, www.oakbrookcsl.org.

Thursdays Healing Yoga with Marque. Move-ment class combining yoga, Pilates, body alignment, breathing. Bring a mat. $25/4 weeks, Feb. 3-24 every Thursday, 12:30-1:30 pm. To register: Sheila, 352-867-9660. Class held at Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd., Ocala, 352-687-2113.

Saturdays Farmstead Saturdays. Free, 9-3 pm. Crones Cradle, 6411 NE 217 Pl, Citra. 352-595-3377, www.cronescradleconserve.com. The 2012 Preparation Program w/ Marque G. Kolack. Every Saturday in March, 10 am-12 noon. $20/class love offering. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar

Rd, (off Maricamp), Ocala,352-687-2113, www.unityocala.org.

Seven days/week Abraham, yoga, breathwork, reiki, much more—something every day. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., 352-373-1030, www.unityofgainesvillefl.org. Bellydancing, fitness, yoga classes, personal training as early as 5:30 am, as late as 7:30 pm. Hip Moves, 708 NW 23rd Ave, Gainesville, 352-692-0132, www.hipmoves.com. Yoga classes as early as 5:30 am, as late as 8:30 pm, beginners (including “Stiff Guys”) to experienced Hot Yoga. Big Ron’s Yoga College, Gainesville, 352-367-8434, www.bigronsyoga.com.

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