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The debut of Edge Life Expo in St. Cloud presents two of the top speakers in the nation. A two-day emporium featuring two incredible keynote speakers and more than 84 exhibitors, including intuitives, health & wellness and resources on spirituality. Expo Booths are now on sale and are going fast, so reserve MICHAEL BODINE yours now at 715.259.3047 or dee@edgelife.net DR. JOHN DeSALVO
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Ganoderma Mushroom Is Nature’s Miracle BY SANDRA L. SPORE
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The Five Tibetan Yogas BY SUSAN WESTBROOK
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Discovering Your Home’s Brain Wave
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AVE YOU CONSIDERED the idea that your home is filled with living energy? And that the energy of your home is either positive or negative? When you become aware of the energy of your home, you can begin to understand how the energy of your home is affecting your sleep, your relationships, your ability to focus, your ability to stay energized and even your ability to stay healthy.
begin to feel different. The reason you feel different is because the brain waves or vibration of the place is having a positive impact on you. Your brain waves begin to resonate with the brain waves of the space you are in. By contrast, dark, dense places can have the exact opposite effect on us and these are usually the places we avoid because they ‘feel creepy.’ These places are not connected to a higher vibration and therefore, not much light enters these areas. If you stayed there long enough, you would eventually begin to feel dark and heavy. Feelings of ENERGY OF HOME BRAIN WAVES CALLED BRAIN ENTRAIN TO YOUR depression and hopelessness would begin to set in. These WAVE OF HOME ENVIRON The energy or vibration By spending time in these are not the places we ever of your home creates what is places, you are uplifted to want to spend time in! called the “brain wave of the a higher vibration and you CONTINUED PAGE 10...
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home” and this vibrational field will affect everyone living in it. For example, when you spend time in nature, at a cathedral or temple, or any place where you felt absolute lightness, you left feeling renewed, refreshed and inspired. This happens in places that allow a great amount of light into the space and are ’ vibrating’ at a higher level. The places in nature vibrate at an alpha brain wave while many of the cathedrals and temples vibrate at a delta brain wave.
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Perhaps your home doesn’t have these extreme vibrations, but different rooms within your home may have different vibrations. Perhaps you have a room where everyone loves to be, or a chair or sofa that everyone fights to sit in.
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Ganoderma Mushroom Is Nature’s Miracle
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ANODERMA LUCIDUM is a rare mushroom with shiny red skin. It’s known as the red reishi in Japan and lingzhi in China. For over 4,000 years it has been recognized by Chinese medical professionals as the highest ranked of all herbs found in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. It has many benefits because it works completely on the body. It enhances and promotes the strengthening of your natural immune system and balances the body and as a result is helpful for a wide range of health issues. Cardiovascular benefits include the inhibition of platelet aggregation and reduction of blood pressure.
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Blood sugar balance is thought to occur because of its ability to elevate plasma insulin levels, enhancement of peripheral tissue utilization of blood sugar and the enhancement of the liver’s metabolism of blood sugar. Research also demonstrates that it prevents tissue degeneration and in turn avoids the occurrence of various diseases. It also has anti-aging properties and is believed to aid in longevity. It aids in the improvement of blood circulation which then promotes healing. It is useful in detoxification of the body and rejuvenation of cells and this may result in weight loss. It is packed with over 150 all-natural antioxidants that fight free radicals.
THREE FORMS OF GANODERMA Ganoderma Mycelium is a product of the reishi mushroom when it is root form. In this stage it has positive effects on the human brain and is also an immune system enhancer. Ganoderma Lucidum is a product of reishi mushroom when it is in its mature state. There is a long list of benefits associated with the mushroom in this form including antiallergen, antioxidant and antiinflammatory. It also balances pH levels in the body and has a regenerating effect on the skin. Ganoderma Spores are like the “seed” of the mushroom in this form it is 17 times more powerful than Ganoderma CONTINUED PAGE 16...
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Lucidum. Once again, there is a long list of health benefits in this form including balancing blood sugar, improving pancreatic function, protection against degeneration of skin cells, reduction of fatigue and increase in vitality, improved digestion, reduction of cholesterol and fat, as well as would healing. The way Ganoderma in all three forms is grown and harvested is essential for a quality product that you can gain benefit from. It can be grown in plastic bags in a controlled lab environment or it can be grown on logs, the way it grows in its
natural environment. Since plastic bags are an unnatural way to grow the mushroom, it is unable to produce spores so when purchasing Ganoderma it is important to make sure it was grown in its natural form on logs. Ganoderma Mycelium, Lucidum and Spores are available in capsules, coffee or tea.
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BY MARY STOFFEL
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N SHAMANIC P R A C T I C E , summer is the season of growth and expansion. Spring seeds have germinated into plants that soak up the heat of the sun, the moisture of the rain, and the raw materials of life from the earth. Some varieties mature quickly for numerous harvests while others may take weeks to reach fulfillment. There is a natural flow to the energy of growth and we are all a part of it, even if only subconsciously.
lized society. Mind you, the old times were plenty stressful too! Simpler maybe, but no less stressed. We are all individuals who have different needs, wants, demands and desires and we are all looking for that magic method that will help us expand and grow. Oh yes, and we want it now! It’s a good thing that there is a spiritual practice called shamanism that takes this all into account. Shamanism is the oldest spiritual practice known to humankind, so it is pretty amazing that it adapts so well to our ‘modern’ ways. The flow of shamanism is SHAMANISM all about balance and harmony. ADAPTS TO THE MODERN LIFESTYLE Nomadic tribes knew every The same takes place in our own intimate detail of their envilives as we constantly adjust to ronment but deferred to the the stresses of living in our civi- Shaman, who was able to access
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knowledge from the spirits to ensure survival and prosperity. Now, in our global community, you can be surrounded by the complex speed of data and communication yet still be very aware of the vital energy of the lives around you. Modern shamanic practice is a way of connecting with the spirit in all things and honoring our ancient ties to each other and our environment. The techniques of the shamanic journey, once the sole domain of the tribal Shaman, have been quickly learned and adopted by contemporary men and women seeking the guidance and advice of their own helping spirits. These techniques show that CONTINUED PAGE 22...
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the core shamanic experience is As a shamanic practitioner really simple, timeless, and uni- and Avatar Master, Mary Stofversal. fel works with both people and their animal companions to help restore spiritual balance and SHAMANISM IS personal power. Her 12-month PRACTICAL It is also practical! In sha- Shamanic Practice Training manism, the concept of empow- Program starts in September. She also teaches shamanic erment is giving an individual the means to access their own journeying based on her book “The spiritual guidance with the Practical Power of Shamanism: aid of compassionate, helping Heal Your Life, Loves and Losses.� Contact Mary 763-444-8146; spirits. Whatever it is you seek, whether information, healing, m l s t o f f e l @ i n n ova t o rd . c o m ; problem-solving, or the devel- w w w . h u m a n i m a l . c o m ; opment of your own spirituality, www.practicalshamanism.com the practice of shamanism gives you the power to fulfill that need for yourself. But empowerment also implies the responsibility to act on the guidance you are given from the spirits. They are here to help, but only you can effect change and growth in your life by taking back your power and applying it.
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The Five Tibetan Yogas
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HAD THE opportunity to do a Five Tibetans Workshop at a yoga studio in North Carolina. As we gathered in the building’s foyer, a man entered, looked around, and asked where the “five Tibetans” were. It became something of a joke as the afternoon went along. He had, perhaps, expected to find five monastic monks in their robes and regalia ready to teach him yoga. Instead he found me: A middle-aged woman in black stretch pants and a T-shirt. This story serves to introduce The
Five Tibetans, not a “who” they are but a “what.” The Five Tibetans are legendary yoga-like postures reportedly part of the daily practice of monastic monks in Tibet, who performed the five exercises to balance the energy of the chakras and to enhance vigor and vitality. The history of the Five Tibetans is as much lore as it is truth. In 1939, an American by the name of Peter Kelder published a small book called “The Eye of Revelation” in which he gave accounts of his experiences with a retired British army
Colonel Bradford. As the story goes, Colonel Bradford had been a physically debilitated man in his 60s when he had disappeared with his walking cane into the wilds of Tibet searching for what he had been told was the ancient fountain of youth. The colonel’s discovery turned out to be a set of exercises he called “The Rites of Rejuvenation,” five exercises that on a daily basis can, quite literally, set back the aging process.
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THE FIVE TIBETANS AND HATHA YOGA
Performing the Five This pattern of breathing is opposite to that of Hatha yoga, Tibetans, as with any yoga, is The Five Tibetans do not where the exhalation occurs on about a balance of mind and body and spirit. I consider my have names; they are simply the “fold.” daily experience with the poses called First, Second, and so on. to be sacred. My mat, then, is The Five Tibetans differ NOT AN EXERCISE a sacred space where I treat the from Hatha yoga in that rather PROGRAM Do not approach the Five Five Tibetans like my closest than holding a pose for an extended time, Tibetans Two to Tibetans as an exercise program. friends and confidants. They Five are performed as a series of I ask that, because I, as a former have been with me during difrhythmic repetitions. The First gym enthusiast, understand that ficult and growth-producing Tibetan is an outlier of sorts but exercise programs may have times. I guarantee if you stick is still executed as a set of rep- a different focus and culture with them, you will feel your etitions. Newcomers generally than seem fitting for the Five body increase in strength and begin with three repetitions of Tibetans. Exercise programs can stamina. And I encourage you each of the poses and add rep- spur feelings of competitiveness to allow the process to proceed etitions until reaching the sug- and self-aggrandizement. When gently, from a place of spirit and gested number of 21. The length you take on a daily practice of balance and love. of time a pose is held depends the Five Tibetans, you are not in competition with yourself or “The Five Tibetans Workshop: on personal goals. In each repetition of a Five anyone else. The practice is not Tone Your Body and TransTibetan posture, you inhale as meant to be about seeing how form Your Life” by Susan Westyou “fold” and exhale as you many repetitions can be done in brook. www.findhornpress.com or www.5tibetansworkshop.com relax back into the start position. how little time.
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