Fun in February. Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler

Dear Friends, February is the month of love, connection and fun. After all, Mardi Gras’ Fat Tuesday is February 21!

Laissez les bons temps rouler! Which is French for “Let the good times roll!” As a former Baton Rouge, Louisiana, resident I can relate. Mardi Gras is the time to let your hair down and just go with the flow. Pass a good time, catch some beads, attend a Mardi Gras Ball and live in the moment.

Spending a few years in Louisiana attending college at LSU, I enjoyed adapting to the Cajun lifestyle and meeting quite a few fun-loving Cajuns while I was swimming on LSU’s NCAA Women’s Swim Team. At age 18, it was all a brand new experience for this Tennessee girl. Louisianians are just down-to-earth, friendly people. They get life. They are all about good (spicy) food, treating everyone like family and ‘live and let live’. From what I remember, you are not judged. Their attitude is, “If you are here at the party, you’re all right with me!”

And don’t get me started on LSU football. I don’t have room on the page, but when your football team has a stadium nicknamed ‘Death Valley’, I am sorry, the visiting team is in big trouble. That is where my passion for football blossomed and grew. LSU students, fans and season ticket holders are a different breed. It was the first time in my life that I heard an entire stadium stand up and curse at the other team in unison! Now that’s passion.

And they are passionate about tailgating. A tailgate before (during and after) an LSU game is something to behold. Jambalaya, gumbo, red beans and rice, grilled boudin, shrimp etouffee and don’t forget the mounds of boiled crawfish. My mouth is watering just thinking about pinching those tails and… all the rest. I do realize that I now live in Alabama (or Auburn) football territory, but even my Alabama football friends agree that it is just a different experience over der on da Bayou. Ayeeeeeeeeee.

Now let’s grab a beer and go watch a parade. I hope to see you there.

God bless you and keep you,

Take Your Thoughts Captive or Your Thoughts Will Take You Captive From Clothing to Gifts to Healing to Skateboards: Wild Flier Has It

Wild Flier Gifts and Apparel is a lifestyle company inspired by a love of the coast and a passion for living authentically. The unique boutique in downtown Ocean Springs, Mississippi, offers healing arts, a large selection of gemstones and crystals and coastal and festival attire and accessories for men and women. In business 10 years this July, Wild Flier is also a full skate shop.

Janee Herring, certified hypnotist, Ear Seed and EFT (emotional freedom technique) tapping practitioner, practices out of the Ocean Springs shop and offers energetic clearing sessions to customers.

“We are constantly stressed, which can lead to poor health,” says Amanda Mavar-Schmidt, owner of Wild Flier. “Take a moment to pause and let Janee use the sacred healing herb, sage, which has been used for centuries by shamans and indigenous peoples to cleanse your energy field. It has been proven to kill up to 94 percent of airborne bacteria which has been linked to putting people in a more positive mood. When burned with intention, it is said to clear away negative or stagnant energy in a person’s environment or in their own energetic aura.”

Energetic clearings or smudge sessions are done every other Thursday and Friday, but please call ahead for an appointment. The session is free with the purchase of a crystal or “smudge” sage stick.

Amanda Mavar-Schmidt, owner of Wild Flier and RYT-500 yoga teacher and reiki practitioner, teaches weekly at Roast’d Yoga Bar in Destin, Florida. Wild Flier also has a location in Destin and an online shop.

Locations: 1018 Government St., Ocean Springs, MS. 228-334-5574. And 127 Harbor Blvd., #3B, Destin, FL. 850-687-3023. Online ShopWildFlier.com Email Info@WildFlier.com. See ad, page 11.

When you change the way, you look at things, the things you look at change. ~Dr.

Wayne Dyer

Thermography Advantage has been in business for over 14 years. Since Carolyn Olson, owner, began her Thermography business she has incorporated several modalities to identify the physical and emotional root causes of disease, including Zyto testing and EVOX Therapy.

“We have seen great results with EVOX,” says Olson. “One that stands out for me is a 17-year-old that, due to such physical illness, had to be pulled out of high school. She was isolated as a direct result of her physical illness. We addressed the physical and saw improvement, but Zyto testing revealed the main root cause as emotional trauma. After EVOX sessions her change was remarkable, even participating in family events and going out with friends. She got her life back.”

EVOX therapy can help reframe a person’s thinking about nearly any issue and can help improve a variety of conditions including addictions, anxiety, chronic pain, depression, emotional imbalances, fears, negative thinking, obsessive behaviors, phobias, PTSD, relationships, self-image, stress or weight management.

EVOX unlocks limiting thoughts and feelings buried deep within the subconscious. Through the process of perception reframing, a patient can begin to see people, places, conditions and things in a new way and overcome blockages that have held him/her back from complete wellness.

The state of a person’s emotional health can be heard through the voice. When someone’s frequencies are out of balance, EVOX can detect that imbalance and sends back the balancing frequencies that are needed for a release or perception shift.

“I cannot emphasize enough the importance of addressing the emotional component of disease in order to obtain physical healing. Consider this quote from Albert Einstein, ‘Future medicine will be the medicine of frequencies,’ he knew! We have this technology available in our clinic and are excited to help more people attain complete wellness.” says Olson.

Location: 6925 Cottage Hill Rd., Mobile, AL, and 316 South McKenzie St., Foley. ThermographyAdvantage.com. Call 251-6232225 for more information on quarterly Thermography services in Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. See ad, page 13.