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This course is for those wanting to learn how to accurately navigate the energy body and the biophoton field. We offer a full range of techniques needed to be an effective healer, healthcare practitioner and dowser of the mind, body and spirit energies. You will learn how to decode the universal energies in digital and analogue styles to directly decipher subtle factors and influences. Increase your high sense perception skills while calibrating your intuition into reliable receivership. Learn to perceive the holographic body as well as divine universal energies. You will learn Somato kinesis, perceiving and feeling how energies move, not only in the body but also in the environment. The luminous body awaits your discovery. Transform yourself while learning how to help others.

This course will expand your knowledge of many traditional energy medicine masters’ techniques starting with hands-on Asian masters’ methods expanding to quantum healing and high tech integration of contemporary scientific healing technologies.

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The Heart is a Window into Our Intuition

Intuition is our ability to connect on a deeper level to our inner wisdom. It’s been thought of as a mystical ability only possessed by highly-attuned individuals. Many have sought this wisdom from spiritual healers. Although this external support can be helpful, it’s not the only way to access our inner truth and deep wisdom. We all have the ability to tap into our inner knowing to help us navigate the world around us.

Our intuition is always processing information and sending us signals. Have you ever walked into a room, gotten a weird feeling, and left, not fully understanding why? Or, ever have a knowing about what was the best choice to make, without having the details? These are a few ways our intuition helps us in everyday life. It’s an ability we can learn to cultivate for greater clarity.

Through the integration of body and mind we can begin to harvest our intuition. As we become more present in the moment, like when we take a mindful, deep breath, we’re beginning to enhance this connection between mind and body. The more we create this interlinking, the more we’ll be able to clearly hear the whisper of knowing from within.

There are several aspects of the brain, body and body energy systems that provide us with information from our past and current situations to help us access inner intuition. It’s always with us, ready to offer guidance and clarity. The heart is one of these layers that can help us tap into our deepest truth. In our culture, we have many references to the intelligence of the heart, like when we say “listen to your heart” or “I felt it in my heart”. We are uncovering the scientific support to explain these mystical phenomena. According to the HeartMath Institute, research establishes that the heart has its own organized intelligence network, enabling it to act independently, learn, remember and produce feelings. These experiences are then shared from the heart with the brain to provide a sense of knowing or understanding. It turns out that the heart truly does know what’s best!

We have the ability to connect to this innate heart wisdom. By attuning to this inner knowing we can move more gracefully through life, even when we have a curveball thrown at us. Our intuition enables us to truly know what’s right for us. This clarity on choices cultivates new possibilities and opportunities. As my clients connect to their intuition, they begin to feel more confident, clearer, more optimistic and happier. Our intuition is our inner compass; we need to open to our heart’s wisdom for this inner guidance.

Are you ready to start living with more intuition? Email Jenna at Jenna@HolisticAwakenings.com to book your free Discovery Call. HolisticAwakenings.com. 840 Walnut Street, Catasauqua, PA 18032. As a Board Certified Doctor of Natural Medicine I teach that the first step on our journey to optimal health is restoring an alkaline terrain. One of the highest priorities for our bodies is to maintain cellular health and to do what is needed to ensure that our body’s alkalinity remains at a level that supports the health and vitality of our cells.

Our bodies used to be able to maintain a healthy ratio between acid and alkaline, but due to an overwhelming amount of environmental toxins, our bodies now need additional support.

What does pH balance mean?

The initials pH stand for Potential of Hydrogen. A neutral pH is 7; acids have a pH below 7 and alkalis have a pH above 7. We want to maintain a healthy balance somewhere around 7… not too acidic, not too alkaline.

If our pH is not balanced and is too acidic, our cells can become toxic and sluggish and will no longer operate at an optimal level to detox our body from harmful waste. As such, our cells can die or allow disease to fester and grow.

The American diet is based on convenience. Food is preserved and prepared, typically in a box, package or can. We under consume water and overconsume caffeine and sugar. Prepackaged foods are high in saturated fats and sugar, and they (including coffee) are acid-forming and cause our bodies to fall out of balance.

The top ways to maintain a healthy pH balance is with our food and drink choices.

The number one way to maintain a healthy pH balance (making sure we’re properly hydrated with fresh water) is to eat more living foods. Living foods are mostly organic, mostly green and have high water content. Examples are sprouts, wheatgrass and green leafy vegetables like lettuce, spinach, broccoli and celery.

For my clients, I suggest an 80/20 non-diet lifestyle. 80% of the time you are choosing to consume food that is alive, full of minerals, nutrients and water, and 20% of the time you are consuming food that is feeding your soul. The 20% is food that is comforting to you. We want to maintain alkalinity and we want to maintain the joy and passion in our lives. That 20% is equally important to optimum health.

Sometimes supplementation is necessary when just starting out with these new healthy lifestyle changes. My suggestions include apple cider vinegar, essential minerals like humic and fulvic or a superfood green supplement. You can use pH strips daily to measure your pH level. Balancing your pH takes time, but is well worth the effort for a life filled with energy and longevity.

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Cold and Flu season is upon us. Every year we must fight against seasonal illnesses. Be prepared to fight cold and flu symptoms, such as fever, headache, sore throat, and fatigue.

The flu viruses replicate quickly and every flu season we must also deal with more than 200 flu-like viruses, and each of those viruses can cause 7 to 10 days of illness.

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Unique Research

This article shows that there is a simple and cheap relief for CFS/FM symptoms. (CFS/FM patients side effects consisted of tachycardia, fatigue, insomnia and body aches/ pains). The National Fibromyalgia Association founder Karen Lee Richards found a small Italian study with three FM patients reported decreases in fatigue and reductions in pain after taking high-dose of Thiamine (vitamin B-1). Karen contacted the Italian scientist and followed up by using herself (25 year sufferer of Fibromyalgia) as a personal trial. Within several days, on high-dose of B-1 Karen said, “almost bounced from one activity to another and kept thinking I feel so good! What can I do next”. Pain reductions were modest in the beginning; but her energy level was better than it had been in ten years.

The Italian study used 600 mgs to 1500 mgs of non-toxic B-1 per day. The Doctors observed an “all or nothing” response, with no response being shown until the correct dose was found.

According to Mayo Clinic reports that B-1 Thiamine is generally considered safe and relatively non-toxic, even at high doses listed.

“Chronic Fatigue that accompanies inflammatory and auto-immune disease could be the clinical manifestation of a mild Thiamine deficiency, probably due to dysfunction of the intracellular transport enzyme of B-1and the patient responds favorably to high doses of Thiamine.” Et al. 2013

Two Italian practitioners noticed dramatic decreases in fatigue with other diagnosed cases of Ulcerative Colitis and other gastro intestinal disorders. Eg . Chron’s disease. Another scientist, Simon Wessely reported similar benefits with the efficiencies of B-6 to P_5_P, B-1, Benthothamine and B-2 Riboflavin. A B Vitamin complex would be in addition too B isolates.

A French study by J. B. Eisinger concluded that B-1 dependent enzymes; abnormalities he found in Fibromyalgia were similar to a Thiamine deficiency syndrome disorder associated with alcoholism with Thiamine B-1 deficiency. Thiamine deficiency is also found in Alzheimer and Diabetics. We have found many human nerve related condition benefited with the addition of this science. E.g. stress induced tremors, senior adult tripping and the list goes on.

There is another connection to B-1 success and that is magnesium supplementation. Since Magnesium binds Thiamine to thiamine molecules using enzymes, low magnesium levels causes low binding enzymes; now we experience impaired Thiamine activation. Eisinger concluded the reduced magnesium levels found in FM patients suggested Thiamine deficiency was present.

Italian researchers said malabsorption is possible, but normal blood B-1 levels suggests the B-1 is getting from the gut to the blood. However, that the B-1 transport from the blood to the energy factories in the muscles is being interrupted by enzyme transfer problem.

The reports are preliminary and mostly anecdotal, but the Italian report and Kren Lee Richard’s experience suggest high-dose Thiamine supplementation could reduce the fatigue and pain in some ME/CFS/FM patients with few side effects reported. This low-cost approach is well worth trying with your nutritionist.

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Personally, my most important life experiences have been my two natural births. As a natural childbirth educator, I have taught other women how to make the transition to parenthood a time of wonder and fulfillment. Let me help you do the same as you enter into the next phase—being home with your baby.

What is a Postpartum Doula? My name is Kathleen Kennedy, and I am a professional Postpartum Doula. “Doula” is a Greek word meaning “woman’s servant.”

I am a helper, professionally trained to provide postpartum assistance at home after the birth of your new baby. In my work, I use evidence-based information as I give emotional, physical and educational support to the family. Women nurturing other women during and after pregnancy is a time-honored tradition in many cultures, including our own. Who better to support a woman through this process than women who have had babies themselves, and who can lend their wisdom, life-experience and practical assistance to new parents transitioning to the roles of “Mom” and “Dad?”

I am a trained Postpartum Doula. Let me give you hands-on support and make this wonderful time in your life easier, calmer and less stressful by helping with some of these practical concerns: • Household organization • Breastfeeding education • Older sibling adjustment • Self-care & infant care • Sleep deprivation • Recovery from pregnancy and birth

Contact me through: The Mother & Baby Bond. Kathleen Kennedy, Postpartum Doula. 484-788-4834. Tessjoe65@ gmail.com. See ad, page 32.

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