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REIKI GOES MAINSTREAM! On Wednesday January 6th Popular television MD health show ‘Dr Oz’ featured a segment on the benefits of Reiki! ---------------- CONGRATS TO #1 ON-LINE HEALTH DIRECTORY Congratulations to www.niagarahealers.com ! Niagara’s on-line health professionals directory has grown in popularity almost 50% in the past year to become the #1 website for natural health in Niagara Region! An average of 639 local people per month now use Niagara Healers to find natural health services. Niagara Healers offers a wide choice of natural health services along with bios and information on qualified health professionals to help you select the service or health professional that is right for you. Choose by therapy, practitioner, or health issue. There is also a section featuring speakers to help you choose a fascinating keynote speaker for your event or conference. Visit www.niagarahealers.com There is also an on-line directory of Western New York natural health professionals. Visit www.westernnewyorkhealers.com Qualified natural health professionals can learn how to join Niagara Healers or Western New York Healers at www.niagarahealers.com/website.html ------------------- DEMAND INCREASES FOR ALTERNATIVE HEALTH THERAPIES! Niagara’s autumn 2009 edition of Healthy Lifestyle Directory proved to be its most popular edition yet! The directory increased consumer interest in the services of Niagara’s Alternative Health professionals by a whopping 23%! The problems we now face with our health care system have prompted the public to seek safe alternatives for their health care. So, take advantage of the trend and let people know how you can help them! The Spring 2010 Healthy Lifestyle Directory debuts March 1st. The more variety and quantity of natural health and sustainable lifestyle services the directory features, the better it is for people who want these services, and the people providing these services! Call today to reserve your ad space 905-892-3813 mediaart@wirelessworks.ca Deadline for inclusion is February 15th. For rates and info visit www.healthylifestyledirectory.com/advertising.html ----------------- BORDERS We’re only separated by a river, but it seems the difference is huge between Niagara Region and Western New York. Year-end stats show that Alternative Health services are most sought-after by Niagara’s residents in the autumn months. However, Alternative Health services and classes seem to be most popular with Western New York residents in the summer months! That may provide some cross-border opportunities for health professionals and teachers ----------------- NEW ‘EMPOWER ME TODAY’ RESOURCE Brand new inspirational on-line social networking directory lists people, products and services that empower people to be the best they can be! It’s the new ‘Facebook’ of inspirational leaders! New members will be added regularly. Congratulations to Carolyn Shannon of Venting Creatively for creating such a valuable resource! Visit www.empowermetodaydirectory.com ------------------ ASTROLOGY FORECAST The Chinese Year of the Tiger begins February 14th. Mercury remains retrograde in Capricorn until January 15th. But, it will take until February 3rd for things to start to really pick up and a new cycle of communication or intellectual activities to begin. Try not to sign contracts or enter into agreements until after the 15th of January. Saggitarians are feeling a slowdown of income. Scorpio’s have lots of miscommunications. Aquarians have been feeling scattered and just can’t get focused on any project. Cancer’s have their minds on what’s wrong in their relationships. A bit of Feng Shui can help solve the feeling that your relationship is falling apart. Leos are focusing on fixing what’s wrong with their work and work methods. Leo went retrograde in Leo on December 20th and remains retrograde until March 9th. But, the retrograde was activated in mid October. Mars can bring back old lovers, solidify a union into a marriage, or rekindle a flame, especially for Aquarians and Aries. Retrogrades are times for planning and introspection or dealing with issues from the past. That could be challenging for active Mars. The Mars retrograde may increase the popularity of social networking such as Facebook or movies and entertaimnent venues. For Aquarians and Aries, it will be about relationships and romance and how your kids may factor into this. For Leos it will be about self-esteem and self-expression and re-inventing your creative self. Cancers may find they are re-thinking how to make money or how to create a more solid foundation in their life—perhaps through entertainment or creative endeavours. Geminis may have problems and competition with siblings, or perhaps past sibling problems will be resolved. Taurus and Scorpio will find the retrograde difficult as they struggle with the conflict between ambition and emotional wellbeing or family. Pisces needs to set up health or fitness regimens
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SPECIAL EVENTS
"Risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing." Leo Buscaglia
April 10th & 11th, 2010 EARTH SPIRIT EXPO %th annual mind/body/spirit at the McKinley Conference Center, Buffalo NY. www.earth-spiritexpo.com
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JUST FOR FUN WORKSHOPS
Sunday, February 7, 2010 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Yoga Spa & Wellness Day Yoga Centre of Niagara 3 Front Street North, Thorold Invest in a day of relaxation and self discovery just for you! Included are a goddess fitness class, 2 different style yoga classes, gourmet catered lunch featuring gluten & dairy free cuisine, aromatherapy, reflexology and more. Open for all ages. Spots are limited. Full details are available online at www.yogacentreniagara.com. Fee/Cost: $85 including taxes Contact to register: 905 328 3397 or email yoganetworkniagara@hotmail.com -------------------- Febuary 16; 7-9:30 p.m. Journey Through Time Circle of Health Niagara Falls Presented by Lynn Nicholls Take part in several past life journeys that will help you to understand how your past lives affect your current life, karma, why you chose to live your life, why you chose certain people in your life, and so much more! We will be exploring the Akashic Records, as well Fee: $25 Contact to register: Circle of Health 6100 Thorold Stone Rd. Niagara Falls, L2J 1A3 905-371-3331 circleofhealth@bellnet.ca -------------------- Friday, February 19, 2010 6:30 - 8 pm. Learn Basic Yoga Massage for Relaxation Yoga Centre of Niagara 3 Front Street North, Thorold Grab a partner and together explore how to release tension from muscles & joints. Massage techniques are performed fully clothed and without oil or lotion. Upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to offer at least a 30 minute treatment to your loved one assisting them to deeply relax, increase circulation, decrease pain in the low back, neck and shoulders. Fee/Cost: $10 for yoga members; $20 for guests Call 905 328 3397 or email yoganetworkniagara@hotmail.com ------------------- Saturday, January 30, 2010 1:30 - 3pm Winter Blues Rx Yoga Centre of Niagara 3 Front Street North, Thorold ON L2V 1X3 Remedy for seasonal depression or lack of energy. Learn breathing techniques to energize, cleanse, alleviate anxiety and/or lower blood pressure. Learn postures to stimulate your own solar energy. Open to all levels of yoga students Cost: Included for yoga members; guests $15 Contact to register: 905 328 3397 or email yoganetworkniagara@hotmail.com
SELF-DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
"Every person you meet knows at least one thing you don't. Don't let them leave without learning it" Robin Sharma
January 19, 7-9:30 pm Psychic Protection Circle of Health Niagara Falls Presented by Lynn Nicholls. Protect yourself, home, family, friends, projects from negative people and negative energies. Attract positive energies. Build up your psychic self-defense for increased peace, less stress and a feeling of control! Please bring a small spray bottle filled with 'natural' water (rain, melted snow). Fee: $25 Register: Circle of Health 6100 Thorold Stone Rd., Niagara Falls, L2J 1A3 905-371-3331 circleofhealth@bellnet.ca www.circlofhealth.ca
HEALING SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
2nd Wednesday of every month 7pm-9pm beginning January 13th, 2010 Young Forever Seminars Niagara-on-the-Lake Natural Health Clinic Hwy 55 Virgil Each month a super food or another Young Forever topic to discuss. You must pre-register Fee/Cost: pre registration $15 or $20 at door Contact to register: 905-468-9041 or email drnancemacleod@gmail.com Visit www.schoolofnewmedicine.com FEB 10 Effortless Weight Loss and special super food synergies ------------------- Saturday Jan 16 2010 1pm-5pm Intro to Chinese Medicine with Calvin Crichton Dr TCM Qicology Canada 4 Secord Dr. St. Catharines Chinese Food Cures, Exercise theory according to TCM, Using TCM practices to wake and fall asleep Cost: $60 Contact Calvin at 905-941-3443 or email shendaoarts2@gmail.com ------------------- February 13, 2010 How to be Young Forever part 2 Bridges Wellness Centre, Williamsville, NY Presented by Dr MacLeod Director of Ancient Journeys School of New Medicine. Do our bodies have to deteriorate as we age? Can we prevent Cancer, MS, Parkinson?s, Diabetes, Obesity and other Chronic Diseases? Is it possible to live life without pain and sickness? Fee/Cost: $25 USD for seminar Contact to register: 905-468-9041 or email drnancemacleod@gmail.com Visit www.schoolofnewmedicine.com or www.bridgeswellness.com
Saturday Feb 13 2010 1pm-5pm Intro to Chinese Medicine Part 2 with Calvin Crichton Dr TCM Qicology Canada 4 Secord Dr. St. Catharines Meridian theory, Acupressure, Herbal ointments and teas. Cost: $60 Contact Calvin at 905-941-3443 or email shendaoarts2@gmail.com
PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION TRAINING
Jan 30-31, 2010 Indian Head Massage course, Welland, ON Two day weekend course. $420.00 (incl GST) contact Debbie Boehlen at 905.714.0298 debb@bell.net www.indianheadmassagecanada.com ------------------- January 30, 2010 10am to 6pm Hot Stone Massage Certification Course Niagara-on-the-Lake Natural Health Clinic Hwy 55 Virgil 20 hr certification course that focuses on both theoretical and practical applications for hot stone therapy. Registered Massage Therapists will be eligible to receive 10 CEUs "CATEGORY A" Fee/Cost: $350.00 Contact 905-468-9041 or email drnancemacleod@gmail.com Visit www.schoolofnewmedicine.com
Feb 13-14 2010 Rejuvenating Face Massage course Toronto 2 day hands on course. Certificate of attendance awarded. Fee/Cost: $420.00 (incl GST) Contact to register: Debbie Boehlen 905.714.0298 debb@bellnet.net www.indianheadmassagecanada.com FEB 27-28, 2010--Hamilton
FREE ONGOING SPECIAL INTEREST EVENTS
‘When you pray you are speaking to God. When you meditate you are listening’
FREE THERAPEUTIC TOUCH SESSIONS offered by student practitioners under the supervision of a qualified instructor. For information call Margaret Deane RPN 905-646-4948 margaret@tudorcreek.com 1st & 3rd TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH 7PM Woodlands St Catharines 2nd WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH Rapelje Lodge St Catharines 1st & 3rd THURSDAY EACH MONTH 7:30PM Linhaven Home for the Aged St Catharines ------------------- TOPS WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT GROUPS Monday ~ 6:00/7:00 PM Brethren In Christ Church 50 Lincoln St W Lower Level Welland Monday ~ 6:30/6:50 PM St George's Catholic Church hall 56 Ridgeway Rd Crystal Beach Monday ~ 6:00/6:30 PM RC Legion Hall 172 St Catharine St Upper Level Hall Smithville Tuesday ~ 9:15/10:30 AM Ridgeway Community Church ~ Downstairs 209 Ridge Rd. N. Ridgeway Tuesday ~ 5:15/6:15 PM Silver Spire United Church Main Hall 366 St Paul St St Cath Tuesday ~ 5:30/7:00 PM Senior Citizen Centre 18 Livingston Ave Meeting Room Grimsby Tuesday ~ 6:30/7:30 PM Faith Lutheran Church 31 Agar St Lower Level St Catharines Wednesday ~ 8:00/9:30 AM Lutheran Church 31 Agar St Lower Level Hall St Catharines Wednesday ~ 9:10/9:45 AM Harbour Fellowship Church 51 S Service Rd St Catharines Wednesday ~ 5:30/6:30 PM Knights Of Columbus Hall 66 Empire St Lower Level Welland Wednesday ~ 5:45/7:00 PM St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Gym 24 Clairmont St Thorold Wednesday, 6:30/ 7:00 PM Free Methodist Church 4397 Dorchester Rd Lower Level Niagara Falls Wednesday ~ 6:30/7:00 PM W. St Andrew's Presbyterian Church 42 Pelham Rd Lower Level St Catharines Wednesday ~ 7:00/7:30 PM Lutheran Church Of The Good Shepard 3900 Dorchester Rd Niagara Falls Thursday ~ 8:30/9:45 AM Our Saviour Lutheran Church 7081 Mc Leod Rd Lower Level Niagara Falls Thursday ~ 8:30/9:30 AM Rosedale Baptist Church 11 Rosedale Ave Welland Thursday ~ 6:15/7:15 PM Faith Lutheran Church 31 Agar St Lower Level St Catharines
Jan 14, 2010 Reiki Share Welland $2.00 donation Contact to register: Debbie Boehlen 905.714.0298 debb@bell.net www.indianheadmassagecanada.com ----------------- INEXPENSIVE POST CARD PRINTING http://www.printdirectforless.com/Postcard-Printing.html ----------------- STUDIO AVAILABLE in St Catharines Suitable for workshops, yoga, health practitioners Call Carlo Turavani at Transitions Studio 244 Grantham Ave 905-937-1623 ------------------ PRACTITIONER SPACE AVAILABLE at Qicology Canada 4 Secord Dr St Catharines For full or part-time practitioners Share space to save cost. $125 per month give you space up to 32 hrs per month. Call David Donnelly 905-324-6680 -------------- HOLISTIC ALLIANCE OF WESTERN NEW YORK This dynamic association of mind/body/spirit practitioners has over 200 members, monthly meetings, guest speakers, events. Membership is just $12 per year. Meetings are held at St Joseph’s Hospital Harlem Rd Cheektowaga NY For more info visit www.westernnewyorkhealers.com/holisticalliance.html January, 2010 - Nutrition and Supplementation – Getting Fit in the New Year--Jennifer Williamson ----------------- NIAGARA HEALERS or WESTERN NEW YORK HEALERS Two popular internet directories showcasing mind/body/spirit practitioners. No website? Already have a website but it isn’t ranking high? Join to gain visibility for your services in your region, improve your own website’s ranking, and direct visitors to your own website. Membership starting at just $60 per year. www.niagarahealers.com/website.html www.westernnewyorkhealers.com/join.html --------------------- LECTURE OPPORTUNITIES IN BUFFALO NY Bridges Wellness Center holistic center and lecture facility 4545 Transit Road, Williamsville,NY 14221. Teach classes, hold seminars or treat patients. Handicap accessible. Accommodates up to 50 people in the main room. Lecture hall weekday daytime rate 8AM-5PM $10 per hour. Evenings $50 6PM to 9PM is $50 flat rate. Classes are promoted through LIght Bridges Magazine, in-store promo's, via email and on the website. Call 716-650-8084 For more info visit www.bridgeswellness.com -------------------- April 10th & 11th, 2010 EARTH SPIRIT EXPO at the McKinley Conference Center, Buffalo NY. 2400 people attended the 2009 expo! Booths are $300 Vendor applications are available at www.earth-spiritexpo.com -------------------- 1ST WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH 11:30AM-1PM PEOPLE IN CONNECTION NIAGARA FALLS NETWORKING MEETING Mide Restuarant 4337 Queen St across from city hall Niagara Falls Meetings $10 including meal & business networking opportunities. Guests welcome $15. Membership $75 To learn more visit www.peopleinconnection.com 2ND WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH 11:30-1PM PEOPLE IN CONNECTION ST CATHARINES NETWORKING MEETING Joe Feta’s Greek Village, St Catharines Meetings $10
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Foods give us a clue to how they help our body … They often LOOk amazingly like the part of the body they support … For instance ….
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. Al l of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food
A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function
Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and, yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys!
Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female. They look just like these organs! Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit!
Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility
"The best way to create peace in the world is to create peace inside ourselves." Michael Moon
The Secret Life of Emotions By Lori D’Ascenzo
Humans are sensitive, social, emotional beings with powerful feelings and senses. We interact with the world, and all within it, using our senses and our feelings.
Here’s why that is dangerous …. Senses and feelings are personal and, therefore, entirely subjective. That means there is no right or wrong to them. But, every sensory experience, including your emotions, is interpreted by your rational mind. It makes judgments about your experiences based on perception of pain or pleasure, deciding what is good or bad. Because personal experiences act as evidence, you believe your judgements to be true. So, these subjective judgments now become personal ‘truths’ that dictate how you will act and react to the world. They form the basis of 'rules' that govern your behavior, choices and decisions. Long after the memory of an event fades, the belief you have formed silently continues to operate in your life. So, your subjective sensory and emotional experiences and memories dictate 97% of the choices and decisions you make, the attitudes and beliefs you adopt, and how you interact with others. Although you may believe your rational mind rules, in reality, logic controls only 3% of your behavior! So, it's likely you have no clue how your past is sabotaging your life right now!
Some of your experiences are happy, positive, and life affirming. Some of what you learn from your mentors and those around you is constructive. But, you’ve also had myriads of conversations and experiences that left you with unhealthy judgments about some aspect of life. No one is immune. We've all had negative experiences that have left an emotional scar or impact that lingers long after the memory fades. We've learned fundamental 'untruths' from our well-meaning parents, teachers and society and have adopted these damaging beliefs as our own. Each of us has felt the sting of heartbreak, betrayal, shame, guilt, grief, loneliness or rejection. Each of us carries something we have not forgiven .
Yes, you travel unwittingly through life collecting all sorts of emotional and energetic debris without awareness of how it shapes and changes you in negative ways. You may not realize the damaging after-effects that linger long after an emotional experience has been forgotten. Like a virus, your emotional baggage keeps operating as a hidden program, deep within the software of your subconscious mind. You stay in the shallow end of life, playing it safe, avoiding pain, hiding it way in some dark recesses when it does occur. You leave parts of yourself behind as you trade pieces of your dreams for promises of safety. More and more your self-esteem becomes eroded and you feel isolated from others. You learn to expect little joy in life and settle for less than your soul needs to flourish. That's how you unwittingly limit your own freedom and your ability to find happiness.
But, joy is your natural state. You are born happy. You learn to be unhappy. When you are happy, you attract wonderful things into your life. You make more positive and life-affirming choices. You feel good and your self-esteem flourishes because you are in alignment with your true self.
How do you change unhealthy beliefs? .... When you heal your unconscious mind and forgive your past, you'll find your circumstances and your perception of reality will quickly change. That’s because the law of attraction is always in action. The real secret to using the Law of Attraction effectively is to realize that everything in the universe is attracted to how you FEEL—not to what you think. So, if you have negative beliefs or negative feelings about your experiences, the universe will continue to support you with more negative experiences. Sadly, you may not even realize you hold any negative beliefs. Believe you can't change your circumstances? Think you can't change your beliefs or behavior patterns? Feel you are too old to try? That's just your limiting belief system sabotaging you again!
"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours." Richard Bach
Happily, all things change when YOU change. It begins within. Visit www.enlightenedfeelings.com to learn how effortless it is to heal your past, lose your negative beliefs, and transform your life.
Lori D’Ascenzo lives the life of her dreams with her lifelong soulmate Sam. Lori has been empowering people to achieve happy, fulfilled lives for most of her life. She now facilitates emotional healing in both people and animals. Lori will be a guest speaker at the Earth Spirit Expo in Buffalo in April 2010. Visit www.enlightenedfeelings.com
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