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enhancers that help prevent free-radical damage and inflammation. Our toner is a detoxifying cocktail of vitamins to be used twice daily, and whenever your skin desires.
By Jules Pecson y name is Jules Pecson, and I’m a Master Herbalist and owner of Fiona’s Forest in Paradise. Our forte is full-body beauty and wellbeing, using natural ingredients foraged sustainably in our local forests. My health journey started eight years ago, when I was taught to use traditional wild-crafted herbal medicine to heal myself from breast cancer. My path has since grown to help others attain knowledge and achieve radiant vitality. As Fiona’s Forest has evolved, so have our expertly formulated herbal solutions and beauty products. With the help of an on-staff licensed esthetician, our skin-care products have progressed far beyond soap, lotions, and deodorant. We’ve listened to our loyal customers, both local and worldwide, who’ve shared their desire for skin-care products that enhance rather than poison them. Recent research has shown that anything applied to skin, the largest organ of the body, is absorbed quickly and affects overall health. The brain, hormones, organs, and everything else are directly affected by toxic chemical additives and preservatives. That’s why I’ve tirelessly researched and developed a comprehensive high-end, yet affordable skin-care line that’s handmade from
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Anti-aging Serum and Eye Cream Medicinal herbs specifically designed for intensive skin healing comprise the anti-aging Serum. Resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant source, naturally occurs in Japanese knotweed. Arnica and yarrow flowers prevent inflammation, and elderflower brightens and tightens the skin. In addition, cleavers detoxifies and heals, while carrot seed oil delivers incredibly high levels of beta-carotene. Together these plants provide potent protection against oxidation and sun damage. The delicate skin around the eyes easily wrinkles after losing youthful elasticity. Our anti-aging eye cream helps to repair and heal during your beauty sleep. It smoothes and softens using hyaluronic acid, which is naturally produced in human tissue, lubricating the eyes and joints for youthful flexibility. In our cream, hyaluronic acid binds with moisture, providing skin cells a thousand times its weight in water. This powerful hydrator plumps and firms skin, instantly reducing fine lines and wrinkles. Dead Sea Detox Filled with a diverse blend of essential nutrients and minerals, our citrus-scented mud mask breathes new life into tired skin. It achieves cellular renewal by improving circulation and oxygenation for a radiating healthy glow. Five Piece First Aid Kit Our Five Piece First Aid Kit was developed over the summer for travelers and outdoor enthusiasts, who’ve gratefully responded with positive feedback and repeated use. Included
Body & Mind in the small metal case are five useful solutions for a variety of annoying outdoor challenges. - The Bug Bite Eraser Salve combines elder flower, false hellebore, gumweed, western mugwort, and yarrow to ease irritated and inflamed skin and relieve bug bites. - The Antiseptic and Antibiotic Salve helps the body resist and kill unwanted bacteria, viruses, fungus, and parasites. Offered in a travel or full-size container, this salve can also be found on our shop shelves and online store. - Arnica Salve is one of the best remedies for external healing by reducing inflammation and dissipating bruises for pain relief. - The Burn Salve uses lavender essential oil to cool and sooth while St. John’s wort relieves pain, reduces scarring, and fights infection. - Chapped Lip Balm eases pain and prevents sun exposure with a variety of powerful herbs. Capillary repairer yarrow, antiviral skin softener Lomatium, skin regenerator cottonwood bud, and cooling
antibacterial essential oil peppermint are combined for maximum healing. Immune Enhancer and Antiviral Throat Spray As winter approaches, colds and flus are close at hand, and exposure is unavoidable. We’ve created holistic tools and a dual-pronged strategy to help battle the seasonal illnesses that threaten our energy and health. Our first line of defense is The Immune Enhancing Formula tincture, which provides cellular protection when taken daily. The second part of our strategy is the Antiviral Throat Spray. When used before exposure, or at onset of sore throat, symptoms can be avoided entirely. The pocket-sized spray is especially valuable while traveling (and it’s TSA compliant!).
Introducing: Flowers of the Sun Herbal Pet Products Charlotte “Char” Walters is a trained herbalist, my full-time assistant, and Wild Crafted Tinctures • Hydrosols beloved cousin. Salves • Apothecary After creating a diverse and “Wild harvested by Experienced Herbalist” delicious array of medicinal herbal tea blends, Char has expanded her “Flowers of the Sun” brand to reflect her Call for free love of animals. Medicinal We’re proud to Consultations introduce her new line of healing pet products. At FACIAL BEAUTY CARE KITS Fiona’s Forest, Customized for All Skin Types we believe in These kits make wonderful Holiday Gifts! happiness, health, Sunday Apprenticeships Outings! and longevity for Call for more details. the whole family, and that includes 5390 Skyway Rd., Paradise our pets. Stop (530) 876-1455 • FionasForest.com by and ask our Tues - Fri 10am - 6pm / Sat 10am - 4pm
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resident shop dog Miss Prada, and she’ll enthusiastically agree! Pain, Allergy, and Digestive Relief for Dogs and Cats The Wound Salve is a strong antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral product that tastes good to dogs and relieves inflammation while stimulating cell growth. Cats are sensitive to the salicylic acid in calendula, so Char developed an alternative salve especially for them. Both salves can be used internally as an antibiotic, or topically. Our Anti-Inflammatory Salve is formulated to ease joint pain in older dogs and aid the immune system, adrenals, kidneys, and liver. The Allergy Relief medication also boosts vital organ function, relieves itching, and helps animals adapt to stress. Last, our Pet Digestive Aid soothes indigestion and eases bloating by supporting healthy intestinal flora. Meditating on Medicine My spirit finds serenity within the abundance of medicine that surrounds us. When I take my apprentice herbalists out foraging, they are fascinated by the diverse bounty of healing plants in our area. I know I’m on the right path, whether I’m tending the community garden behind my shop, working the Saturday Chico Certified Farmer’s Market, or offering hope and relief to those devastated by Lyme disease or cancer. If you want to strengthen your stride along the path to health, I hope you’ll visit Fiona’s Forest and see what our wilderness has to offer.
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ACUPUNCTURE
DOCTORS & DENTISTRY
Acumoxa Treatments - Michael Turk.........................28 Heavenly Herbs & Acupuncture - Sheryl...............27 ‘Ohana Health..................................................................37
Dr. Patrick - Digestive Health........................................2 NAET - Dr. Mark Light & Vicki Van Scyoc................15 Wellness Driven Dentistry - Cyndee Johnson.........3
ARTS
EVENTS, CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
Love’s Art - Marianna Love...........................................36
AYURVEDA
Ambika’s Ayurveda.........................................................28
BOOKS/CDs/DVDs
A Manual for Being Human - Douglas Melloy......22 Blue Sun, Red Sun - Jack Allis...................................23 Dhara’s Meditation CD..................................................34 Innergrowth - Lezah Young.........................................41 Inner Traditions Books...............................BACK COVER The 12 Spiritual Laws of Recovery..............................21
CENTERS, RETREATS & CLINICS
Beyond Fitness Club - Paradise...............................16 California Therapy Horses - Shannon....................33 Center for Emotional Balance - Susan Bertozzi....12 Center for Spiritual Living - Paradise.......................18 Colon Therapist - Maxine LeClerc.............................27 Dr. Patrick - Digestive Health.........................................2 My Body Wisdom - Anasuya......................................38 ‘Ohana Health..................................................................37 Stewart Mineral Springs - Mt. Shasta......................35
HEALING ENERGY HEALING Acumoxa Treatments - Michael Turk.......................28 Alpha Healing & Palm Reading - Dhara................35 Ener-Chi Wellness - True Quantum Healing Store...17 NAET - Dr. Mark Light & Vicki Van Scyoc.................15 Sound & Touch Therapy - Pia Christensen...........37
SHAMANIC HEALING
Find Your Wings - Redding - Jim “Redtail”..............19 Full Circle Healing & Shamanism - Annie Fuller.....26
CHIROPRACTORS
HEALTH & BEAUTY / SPA
COACHING
Apothecary Options - Steve.........................................41 Colon Therapist - Maxine LeClerc..............................27 Hair, Body & Soul - Teresa............................................43 My Body Wisdom - Anasuya......................................38
Chico Creek Wellness - Dr. Penner............................13 Mary E. Ewing. D.C.........................................................32 Freedom Coach - Aeray Lumm...................................11 Holistic Success Coach - Cal Ling...............................22 Life Transformation Coach - Anna Cardoso, PhD...35 Mary E. Ewing. D.C.........................................................32 Nurture Your Flame - Stacey Edwards...................20
COLON HYDROTHERAPY
Colon Therapist - Maxine LeClerc..............................27
COUNSELING FAMILY-INDIVIDUAL Adrienne Parker - Morano, LMFT................................23 Marriage & Family Therapy - Gale Dixon Brown...23 HEALTH COUNSELORS Center for Emotional Balance - Susan Bertozzi...12 HOLISTIC COUNSELORS Angel Therapy - Kristy...................................................10 Find Your Wings - Redding - Jim “Redtail”..............19
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Ananda Chico Meditation Center............................18 Attract What You Desire.............................................11 Chico Massage School....................................................2 Dr. Terry Cole-Whittaker...............................................43 Full Circle Healing & Shamanism - Annie Fuller.....26 HAALo Herb Shoppe - Nevada City..........................3 Healing Arts Festival - Chico...........................................2 ‘Ohana Health..................................................................37 Sound & Touch Therapy - Pia Christensen............37 Stewart Mineral Springs - Mt. Shasta.....................35 Wellness Driven Dentistry - Cyndee Johnson........3
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INTUITIVE READINGS Age of Aquarius - Margaret...........................................10 Angel Therapy - Kristy...................................................10 Alpha Healing & Palm Reading - Dhara..................35 Innergrowth - Lezah Young.........................................41 Readings by Mercedes..................................................10 Sebastian - Psychic Readings....................................17
MASSAGE
Mary E. Ewing, D.C..........................................................32 ‘Ohana Health..................................................................37 REFLEXOLOGY Happy Feet Reflexology - Elizabeth.........................32 ROLFING Rolf Practitioner - Jean-Louise..................................14
MEDITATION
Ananda Chico Meditation Center.............................18 Dhara’s Meditation CD..................................................34 Dr. Terry Cole-Whittaker................................................43 Sanctuary of Omni Love - Auburn Area.................22 Science of Spirituality - Jennifer Bliss - Chico.......11
REIKI
Angel Therapy Reiki - Kristy........................................10
SERVICES
Apothecary Options - Steve.......................................41 BBS Radio Station Stream............................................38 Chico Peace & Justice Center.....................................38 Chico Sky Watch..............................................................40 DK Web Design..................................................................3 Insight Directory..............................................................31 KVMR 89.5 - Nevada City Radio...............................43 KZFR 90.1 Radio...............................................................32 Lynn’s Gluten-Free Bakery...........................................10 Spiritual Activist Radio - Rahasya.............................39
SHOPS & PRODUCTS
Berkeley Olive Grove - Olive Oil...............................43 BLAZEn’J’s - Chico, Oroville & Paradise....................40 Briar Patch COOP - Grass Valley...................................13 Chico Garden Center.....................................................30 Ener-ChiWellness -True Quantum Healing Store....17 Fiona’s Forest - Natural Skin Care & Herbs..............5 Gold Exchange: Jewelry for the Soul, Red Bluff...30 HAALo Herb Shoppe - Nevada City.............................3 Hair, Body & Soul - Teresa...........................................43 Lotus Flower Imports - Chico....................................26 Lynn’s Gluten-Free Bakery............................................10 Paradise Rocks Gifts & more..........................................4 Randy’s Vac & Sew.........................................................11 Sanare Smart Natural Relief - Darrell....BACK COVER Soul Connections.......................................BACK COVER
YOGA / FITNESS Ananda Chico Meditation Center.............................18 Awakened Yoga...............................................................16 Beyond Fitness Club - Paradise....................................16 Breathe Yoga Studio - Durham...................................20 In Motion Fitness.............................................................15 Yoga Center of Chico - Rex Stromness.....................14
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Fiona’s Forest
Herbal Solutions for Radiant Vitality by Jules Pecson
Fat-Burning as a Tool?
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Preparing for Fall
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From Needing Healing to Being the Healer
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The Magic of the Hollow Bone
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Digestive Health
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Questions for Dr. Gayle Kimball Oxygen Healing Therapies
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Family Constellations
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by Dr. Deborah Penner, DC by Dr. Mark Light & Vickie Van Scyoc, RN by Ty at Ener-Chi Wellness by Jim “Redtail” Collins
Parasites by Dr. Patrick Giammarise, DC
“Marianna was more than 40 years old when she decided to take up art. Oddly enough, it’s at this point that her life expresses itself through what she calls ‘Playing with Creation.’ Looking at her art is the best way to see the world through a visionary’s eyes. . .”
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Healing Inherited Traumas by Ana Maria Cardosa, PhD.
Special Interest Lotus Guide Pick-Up Points Does Law of Attraction Work for Business Success? by Kim Victoria and Lynn M. Tosello
Rahasya Uncensored
Lotus Reviews
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Why Should We Be Questioning Our Answers?
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Mysterious Towers Popping Up in New York by Rahasya Poe by Rahasya Poe
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Fall Community Resiliency-Building Tour by Michael DiMartino
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Book, CD, & DVD Reviews
Creating the New World According to the Ancient Wisdom
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What Forces Must Come Into Play? What Part Do You Play? by Jack Allis
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Calendar of Events
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Horses Healing People California Therapy Horses by Shannon Paige
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A Letter from the Publishers “Do what you Love and Love what you do”
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ou will be seeing many more Outdoor Enclosed magazine boxes around the North Valley. We acquired almost 40 new boxes for our magazines, which will make it even easier for you to pick up a copy of the Lotus Guide. The fact that they are enclosed also will protect them from the weather. And we are printing more magazines to keep up with the ever-growing demand. The Lotus Guide has expanded its reach by having a segment called “Rahasya Uncensored” on the Golden Road Television Show, which now airs in 10 Northern California counties on cable TV twice a week, plus, we have our radio show on www.BBSradio.com/SpiritualActivist. But we believe it’s even more than that; the time has come when people need truthful information about the world we live in more than ever. Our systems are failing us on almost every level; some are dysfunctional and outdated and some are simply overloaded. Most of us know that we need a new vision of the world we live in, more equitable and fair, cleaner air, water, and food, and that using military options to solve disputes has to be a thing of the past in a world with advanced technology. Our promise to you is to do our best to always give you the best possible information regarding alternative ways of healing, including some of the latest innovations in traditional allopathic therapies. We look at it this way—the world can be and often is a very dangerous place to be, but just as when walking across a busy and dangerous intersection, it would be very unwise to close our eyes while doing so because we don’t like what we see. We are all on an exciting journey called “Our Lives,” and as it turns out, our best moral compass is an open heart, an open mind, and open eyes.
This is the last issue of the year; how time goes fast. And we want to wish you a special holidays, and when you get together with family and friends remember to celebrate and be grateful for what we have. I like the quote, “Do what you Love and Love what you do” We love to do the Lotus Guide. - Dhara & Rahasya, Publisher of Lotus Guide
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B R A I N S T O R M & F R E E C O N S U LTAT I O N Speak with Dhara Lemos about how to best promote your business! Are you thinking of advertising in the Lotus Guide? No pressure, and I will guide you through the various options. We have special packages to save you money. Walk-ins welcome Wednesdays 11am-4pm at ‘Ohana Health 757 Fir st., Paradise For an appt contact 894-8433 or Dhara@LotusGuide.com
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Lotus Guide Pick-Up Points The following is a small list of the places where you can find a copy of the Lotus Guide in your area. We are distributed in more than 200 locations and growing.
CHICO
Chico Natural Foods, 818 Main St. Chico Public Library, 1108 Sherman Ave. Morning Thunder, 352 Vallombrosa Ave. Post Office, 141 W. 5th St. S&S Produce, 1924 Mangrove Upper Crust, 130 Main St. Sin of Cortez, 2290 Esplanade BLAZEnJ’s, 236 W. 9th St.
Oroville
Cornucopia Restaurant, 515 Montgomery St. Library, 1820 Mitchell Ave. Tong Fong Low, 2015 Robinson St. Mini Mall, 1440 Meyers Clear Creek Crossing, 3772 Durham Pentz Rd. Mug Shots Coffee House, 2040 Montgomery St. BLAZEnJ’s, 695 Oro Dam Blvd. Post Office, 1735 Robinson St.
Paradise
Paradise Library, 5922 Clark Rd. ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St. Fiona’s Forest, 5390 Skyway Rd. Black Bear Restaurant, 5791 Clark Rd. Valero Gas, 6490 Skyway Rd. Ace Hardware, 5720 Clark Rd. BLAZEnJ’s, 6226 Skyway Holiday Market, 6848 Skyway Safeway, 6020 Clark Rd.
Sacramento
Christ Unity Church, 9249 Folsom Blvd.
Chester
Holiday Market, 271 Main St.
Magalia
Ace Hardware, 14086 Skyway Sakura Sushi, 14478 Skyway
Grass Valley
Briar Patch Health Food, 290 Sierra College Dr. Unity of Gold Country, 180 Cambridge Ct.
Nevada City
Library, 980 Helling Way SPD Market, 735 Zion St. Summer Thyme, 231 Colfax Ave. Pine Street Café, 110 S. Pine St. Ananda Village, 14618 Tyler Foot Rd.
Red Bluff
Library, 645 Madison St. Luigi’s Pizza, 75 Belle Mill Rd. Red Bluff Gold Exchange, 423 Walnut St.
Los Molinos
Library, 645 Madison St. Cost You Less, 7948 Hwy. 99
Redding
Center for Spiritual Living, 1905 Hartnell Ave. Library, 1100 Parkview Ave.
Mt. Shasta
Seven Suns Coffee & Cafe, 1011 S. Mt. Shasta Blvd. Berryvale Natural Foods, 305 S. Mt. Shasta Blvd. Soul Connections, 329 N. Mt. Shasta Blvd. Post Office, 301 S. Mt. Shasta Blvd.
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Hi-Lo Café, 88 S. Weed Blvd. Post Office, 560 Tebbe St. Ellie’s Espresso, 79 S. Weed Blvd.
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Does Law of Attraction Work for Business Success? associated with, and they buy or sign up for what you’re offering. It is ideal to decide to use LoA before you start your business in the first place, but any time you choose to start is a good time. These are the steps:
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aw of Attraction (LoA) always works. The problem is that most people don’t understand it, so they don’t get what they say they want in the expected time. Attraction comes from within—or it should—yet Law of Attraction can be tricky to master, partly because you weren’t taught it as a child. You have to overcome the old programming you did receive so you can be open to how LoA works for you. LoA is not passive, yet it isn’t active, either. It is intentional. In applying Law of Attraction principles to business, we are able to align our business with our inner truth. That truth is what the potential customer
perceives, and it is that truth that draws them. They may feel a resonance with it—they are simpatico—or they need what you willingly offer them. Your business energy is what they want to be
Focus on your feelings for the business you’ve created—your passion and purpose for creating it. Write down the following: • What excites you and gets you up in the morning to come to work. • Your goals for your business, the strengths and unique value your store has to offer. • The people who would appreciate your store the most. • Your personal strengths in your business; how you contribute to its success.
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Special Interest • Your projections for your desired sales growth curve. • Brainstormed ideas of how your customers will respond to your business. • Lists of the positive things you imagine your customers will be saying about you and your business. • Specific number of hours each week you want to work and how you will spend the rest of your time. • Development and descriptions of a clear and concise mental picture of every aspect of your ideal business. Hold this image in your mind, unchanging. Take inspired action after developing crystal clarity on what you really desire. Review your writings daily to continually remind yourself what you desire to achieve. You may be asking how this differs from visualization. Visualization is a tool to see your desire and feel its energy. It helps to keep you aligned with what you
aligned with your heart so everything you do, including business, brings you joy. Then, in keeping that feeling and image alive inside you, you will be living your desire right now. To learn more about Law of Attraction and business, please visit: www.yourconsciousnesskey.com/ attraction4you
are attracting. But visualization alone will not bring what you desire. Law of Attraction isn’t passive. While it is possible for many things to be attracted to you without effort, the process of aligning with your heart’s desire stimulates you to inspired action, which draws the manifestation to you. Law of Attraction isn’t strictly active, either. Action must be inspired to move you in the direction of your desires. Uninspired action that merely moves you through the day usually doesn’t work. Law of Attraction is an inside job— deep inside. It’s about getting your head
Kim Victoria is an artist and Painting with Intention instructor, certified Law of Attraction instructor, Reiki master, and feng shui practitioner. She can be reached at kim@kimvictoria.com or visit her website: www.KimVictoria.com. Lynn M. Tosello is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, metaphysician, and Reiki practitioner. Her hypnotherapy practice is located at 2055 Forest Ave. #7 in Chico. She can be reached at consciousnesskey@outlook.com or visit her website: www.YourConsciousnessKey.com.
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Fat-Burning as a Tool? Nutritional Ketosis
By Dr. Deborah Penner, DC
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s of this writing, I have been in clinical practice for 32 years—32 years of listening to people’s health concerns and seeking answers to the big questions of systemic health. An old saying goes, “Truth drops like a stone.” In this article I am talking about a nutritional truth that has “dropped like a stone” for me. I grew up on a largely selfsustaining Mennonite farm in Capay Rancho northwest of Chico. Whole food was a way of life from the time I was born. Nonetheless, although born a healthy child, by the time I was 6 years old, my health was compromised by severe allergies, asthma, and acute respiratory infections. These issues continued to plague me into adulthood and no doubt played an important role in my career choice to become a holistic doctor. Through the years, I gathered information, applied it to my own life, and shared it with my patients. I observed that everybody does better on a wholefood diet and that most people have less inflammation in their bodies when they reduce or eliminate gluten-containing grains: wheat, oats, barley, and rye. However, as I watched even gluten-free, whole-foodists gain weight and develop metabolic syndrome (high blood pressure, elevated blood lipids, and midline weight gain), I knew that there was more to the story. In 2010, I started teaching a 21day purification program to individuals and groups. This program involved a two-week course of vegetables: the first week raw only, the second week raw and cooked. The
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third week we added in fats and proteins of plant and animal origin. I observed that most people found the first two weeks of this program difficult. They were hungry and had cravings. Nonetheless, many succeeded in having a very positive outcome, even life-changing. Others not so much. While some people lost weight easily, others did not. While some people saw significant reduction in inflammatory symptoms, others saw only minor improvements. I also came to realize that the people who struggled the most with this program had the highest rate of recidivism. I started to focus on these people. What was different about them? After studying the human energy pathways and pondering my strugglers, I had a suspicion: carbohydrate intolerance! It turned out that I was right. After developing one of the first “nutritional ketosis” programs, I started to see the results that had been elusive for so long. People who hadn’t been able to get results before started getting results—weight loss, stabilized blood sugars, decreased pain, improved skin, migraine headaches gone, sleep restored, anxiety/ depression alleviated, immunity improved, and more.
Nutritional ketosis, aka “Keto,” aka “fat burning,” is perhaps the most powerful tool a person can possibly learn to use to positively manage health.
Sugar/glucose is a dirty fuel. I equate it to burning a tire in your living room to stay warm. Most people wouldn’t do that unless they were in danger of freezing to death because they know tire fumes are supertoxic. But if you are eating carbohydrates as a primary nutrient source, you are polluting your body with poisonous trouble just as surely as if you were lighting a tire in your house every day. Healthy fats, on the other hand, are like lighting a wood stove with oak logs—a long, clean burn. The tricky part of all this is that you can’t just add fats to carbs. You have to remove carbs or do without food altogether (fasting). You see, your brilliant body will always, 100 percent of the time, burn carbs before fats. Why? Your body is thrifty and self-preserving. Sugars are powerful fuels but toxic when in the bloodstream ... better to burn them asap! After glucose is processed via insulin, it takes a varying amount of time for the metabolites to clear the system. Only then will your liver start making ketones out of fat. Bottom line: If you eat more than 30-50 grams of carbs per day, you will most likely never burn fat for fuel. By the way, high-protein diets are problematic. A body can use only a finite amount of protein. I see athletes pushing super-high-protein smoothies all the time. Bad idea!! More protein than you can
With few exceptions, humans are dual-fuel hybrids capable of burning sugar (glucose) or fat (ketones) – Natural Approaches for – for fuel. While Anxiety ADD / ADHD Food Cravings sugar is processed into the cells of Low Energy Depression Insomnia the body via the hormone insulin, fats are converted to ketone fuel by enzymes in the liver. EmotionalBalanceCenter.com
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metabolize will not force your body to make bigger muscles! Excess protein will just stress out your kidneys and be turned into sugar by your liver. Protein needs vary with size, age, and activity. When eating a low-carb, moderate-protein, high-fat diet, most people will enter the state of nutritional ketosis within 10 days. I can usually tell when people are in ketosis by how they look and act. They just look lighter and brighter! When I ask them how they are doing, they say, “Great!” with an ear-toear grin. Then I know. Once you have entered the realm of “keto,” you ideally want to stay there uninterruptedly (as much as possible) for 18 weeks. During this time your body undergoes adaptive changes particular to fat burning. This process is known as “ketogenic adaptation.” Once adapted to fat burning: • Your body will use water and minerals differently. • Your thyroid function will throttle down a bit.
•Inflammatory processes, driven by sugar and insulin, will settle down, relieving hosts of symptoms: arthritis, anxiety, heartburn, rosacea, insomnia, headaches, body pain. … • Blood sugars, even for insulindependent diabetics, will tend to normalize and stabilize. • Hunger and cravings will dissipate. • Energy levels will rise and stabilize. • Brain fog will clear. • Bad attitudes will improve. • Weight will be lost. And then there is the huge discussion around “keto” and cancer. Know this: Cancer cells live on glucose. Period. That’s why PET scans work; they measure the glucose uptake of cells. Cells sucking up a lot of sugar show up as cancerous.
“nutritional ketosis” with “ketoacidosis.” Keto-acidosis is a very dangerous situation that occurs mostly in Type I diabetics and has nothing to do with nutritional ketosis. I have come to regard fat burning as a powerful metabolic tool. Once you know how to turn it on and use it, it’s in your toolbox for life. Does everybody need to live in ketosis all the time forever? No. But once you realize how great it feels, you will probably want to spend the majority of your time there. Or you might choose to use it intermittently to manage weight, an acute health crisis, or “die the good death.” Regardless, if you don’t know you have this amazing metabolic tool and know how to use it, it does you no good at all. Dr. Deborah Penner, DC Whole Food Medicine & Chiropractic Care 530-342-8464 360 E. First St., Chico, CA 95928 www.DoctorPenner.com
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Preparing for Fall
By Mark Light, MD and Vickie Van Scyoc, RN
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all Allergies With the weather changing, it’s clear that fall is finally here. Gone are the spring and summer allergens and the wheezing, sneezing, and itchy eyes that go with them. Many people think that fall signals the end of “allergy season,” but fall brings unique allergens and challenges. Two common culprits are the “holiday flu” and mold. Holiday Flu Have you ever felt crappy right after a big holiday dinner? If so, you might be a victim of the “holiday flu.” Holiday flu symptoms include fatigue, muscle weakness, digestive distress, respiratory problems, and headaches. The holiday flu is actually an allergic reaction to common holiday foods such as turkey, carob, and chocolate!
What Can You Do? Of course, you can avoid turkey, chocolate, and carob and abstain from the holiday dinner—but that’s no fun! An easier solution is to come in to our office for a single NAET treatment. We’ll test you for the common holiday allergens and treat you for up to five foods. This holiday flu treatment is on special: You can get tested and treated for only $35. Then you can enjoy the rest of your holidays worry free! Mold Is Always Toxic Are you having trouble concentrating or remembering words or information? It might be due to mold! Mold causes more than 200 medical problems. Mold is always toxic and there is no safe level of mold in your body—and some kinds of molds can be deadly. But how do you know if mold is in your body? You can start by noticing your symptoms. Symptoms of Mold Depending on where mold goes in your body, symptoms can
show up in many different ways. If mold inhabits your nervous system, you might experience disorientation, lower IQ, irritability or moodiness, forgetfulness, or panic attacks. It can also cause cause chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. In the sensory systems, mold can cause hearing loss, vision loss, problems with balance,
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Body & Mind and nosebleeds. The endocrine system (which regulates our hormones, the communication system of our bodies) can be affected by mold with thyroid irregularities, chronic fatigue, night sweats, and difficulty swallowing. In the digestive and elimination systems, mold can cause irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), dark urine, and painful urination. It’s clear from these symptoms that mold is a powerful disrupter of the health of many thousands and thousands of people. What Can You Do about Mold? You have several ways to address mold and its symptoms. In addition to keeping your environment clean and avoiding exposure to mold, you can also support your body’s natural defense system with your diet. Keep your body alkaline by eating clean, healthy food with lots of green veggies. Supplements that attack mold include Phung Ex medicinal supplements, which can stop mold in its tracks. Phung Ex is available in our office. One of the most effective ways to address mold anywhere and everywhere
in the body is with a NAET treatment. NAET is a natural, painless, noninvasive treatment used to treat allergies of all kinds. If you have any of these symptoms of mold in your body, please call our office to set up your free 30-minute consultation. • Secondary metabolites of fungus are called mycotoxins, which cause imminent and chronic toxicosis. • The majority of fungal toxins cause a number of diseases. • Many chemical warfare agents are extracted from fungus metabolites. • Mycotoxins are very carcinogenic and capable of genetic alterations. • Alfatoxins can cause liver, abdomen, or spleen cancer, reducing glutathione. • Ochratoxins infection can cause urinary tumors and testicular cancer, kidney disease, and is immunosuppressive. • Fumonisins promote tumors, esophageal cancer, lung edema, and neural tube defects. • Trichothecenes inhibit protein synthesis; suppress the gastrointestinal
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From Needing Healing to Being the Healer
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By Ty at Ener-ChiWellness n the past, I was a circus/variety arts performer (in the big city). My life experience gave me very little realworld knowledge of subtle energies, healing, and the spiritual/metaphysical world. I did not expect that the universe was completely different from what mainstream America teaches its people. After many years of a successful life and career in entertainment, I started having very bad luck. Most of my solid gigs would fall through. I got fired from a steady job for showing up to work on time!!! My company computers were hacked and all my art/files/media (from three decades) destroyed. I didn’t understand it at the time but I developed electromagnetic sickness (mood swings, pain, and tinnitus only around EMFs/
electronics). Most electrical/computer equipment malfunctioned whenever I used it. Fresh batteries would drain almost immediately in my presence. Alarmingly, I started seeing energies and spiritual beings. I really thought I might be imagining all this but a witness (my wife) would repeatedly confirm my observations. “Oh no, you mean this is real?” I would think to myself. With a heavy heart, I started to figure out that I had no real knowledge of this planet I live on. One day, I was going for a walk to calm myself down and an inner voice said to me, “Everything you have ever learned is wrong.” With a deep and rather fearful knowingness, I knew this “download” to be correct. I would realize that all history, science, philosophy, politics, and spirituality were going to have to be reevaluated.
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Body & Mind Toward the end of this phase my wife and I experienced the world’s end (Armageddon) one evening in our home. Very soon after this we had packed what little we owned, left the big city, left our previous life, and started out in our car. Through “chance,” we actually were able to find a beautiful island on which to start our life over. Synchronistically, this place was known by indigenous peoples as being a very powerful mystical, spiritual place known by many indigenous in the Pacific Rim. I didn’t know this then, but my wife and I were going through a somewhat common spiritual process. The process is “The Dark Night of the Soul” method of spiritual transformation. It is the total disintegration of what you once were to rebuild a new foundation of beingness. Many cultures in the past had wisdom keepers or shamans to assist a person to go through these types of spiritual experiences in a healthy and supported manner. I experienced very few humans coming to my assistance. The main strength I had at that time was knowing that my wife was going through this process, too. Though no human was really guiding us, we were guided by a constant barrage of synchronicity. Something mysterious was guiding us through the path of the shaman (those who see between both worlds). A notable synchronicity, one that soothed my soul, was coming across a little book called You’re Not Going Crazy … You’re Just Waking Up! The universe was now training me. Every day for the next two years I would get a new symptom (or experience
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a phenomenon) that I had to experience and find solutions to. I found this very terrifying. Some examples would be strange clairaudience, vicious entity attacks, seeing Earth energies, seeing auras, time glitches, UFOs, and on and on. For every symptom, attack, or problem I had to use intuition or wait for a synchronicity to guide me to the correct information or skills required to work on the issue. Once in a while an “assistance being” (as I like to call them … they’re angels to others) would come by and put me on the right track. One of the first issues I worked on was electromagnetic sickness. A friend gave me some orgonite, which nearly removed my tinnitus. I learned to make orgone tools and “downloaded” major upgrades to the “normal” ingredients. I also learned to tune them with frequencies, scalar fields, and intent. This technology really assisted with spiritual balance and protection. I learned about grounding and the various techniques and tools to assist in removing this oversensitivity to electricity/EMFs. With these first successes, I now had the drive to continue my healing journey. During the course of the next two years, I learned all I could about nutrition, holistic/alternative healing, how to heal Earth energies, how to clear myself (and others) of physical and astral parasites, how to clear other people’s dark intent (such as spells and curses), how to distance heal (or quantum entanglement), crystal healing, energy balancing via physical healing tools, and how to use scalar/quantum mechanics concepts in healing.
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The Magic
of the Hollow Bone By Jim “Redtail” Collins, PhD
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n the wisdom teachings of the Lakota, it is said that our primary “spiritual” task is to become as a “hollow bone.” This teaching is embodied symbolically in the eagle bone whistle—a whistle carved from the wing bone of an eagle—worn by sun ancers and medicine people. It is chiefly used for healing and for calling the spirit of the eagle to ceremony. Many other spiritual traditions also speak of the hollow bone (or “empty reed”) to illustrate the largely misunderstood concept of humility, the most direct path to enlightenment. As is often seen with “spiritual” concepts, there is more than one level to this teaching. On one level, humility has to do with giving up self-importance to see more clearly. At a higher level, it points to a deceptively simple pathway of self-transformation! A common misconception is that the practice of humility is about humbling yourself. Not really. Nor is it about “knowing your place.” It is not
something you do, nor is it something that is done to you. The essence of the practice of humility has to do with being completely present and releasing attachment to outcomes. It has to do with getting out of your own way. And though it is mentioned in many spiritual teachings, few people actually understand how to accomplish this. The secret of humility— becoming the hollow bone—involves clearing your resistance to the universal flow of energy in your life, allowing the source of existence to flow through you
unobstructed by your conditioning and self-identity. To accomplish this, a “hollowing out” is required, an emptying of selflimiting beliefs, fears, resentments, unhealed wounds, doubts, apprehensions: resistance to Life. In the magic of the hollow bone lies one of the great secrets to happiness and fulfillment. This is analogous to the shamanic practice of nondoing. Nondoing is not the same as inaction; it is about giving up on trying to micromanage everything by thinking, analysis, and forceful action—working your will on life. It has to do with acknowledging the flow of life and merging with what life offers rather than trying to control and push everything, which is usually driven by subconscious fear. Most of us have learned to constrict the flow of possibilities considerably in order to maintain the illusion of control and egoidentity. It is learning to be a human being, as opposed to a human doing. This does not mean being “passive,” not in the least. It means being less involved with your own agenda and more “tuned in” to the power and
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Body & Mind opportunity that is all around you in every moment. It means being more alive! Being open to the flow of energy from the Source of existence—without resistance—is what invites grace. Grace is essentially the natural flow of the life force that expresses as attitudes and behaviors such as forgiveness, compassion, kindness, appreciation, gratitude, joy—the frequencies of love. You will probably notice that the hollow bone within you actually expands as you remove the resistances you have developed to the flow of vital energy through you. As you become more open and expanded—that is, hollow—through the releasing of resistance, you will experience more grace in your life! A Tool That Will Transform You An ancient practice will bring you into alignment with the flow of grace. In the mystical teachings of the Andes, this alignment is called Ayni—which roughly means right relationship, reciprocity. Take time every day to observe what is blocking the flow of your life energy without judging it. Ask yourself questions such as: How do I feel stuck? What am I resisting right now? What am I afraid of? What do I want to do that I am not doing? If the answer is “nothing,” look harder. Something. Trust me. If the
correct answer was nothing, you would be able to make it rain! Don’t try to analyze it or try to figure out the why of it or what you should do about it. Simply observe
what comes up without analysis. You might observe several different things that block you. Don’t judge them, just observe.This is very important. Judging and analyzing just creates more resistance. Whatever it is, bring the feeling of resistance to your heart area and breathe into it. Relax your body and just breathe into your heart while you hold this feeling in your awareness. Much of the resistance will dissolve automatically as you do this. With whatever resistance remains after a few minutes, imagine a flow of energy pulsating up from the Earth into your lower spine and up through your heart. Continue to breathe into your heart and imagine the
energy pulsating up into your heart and continuing, sweeping up the remaining resistance and carrying it out through the top of your head and dissolving into the vastness of energy that surrounds you. Practice this often. Every day. Several times if you can. It just takes a few minutes. It will change you and invite miracles. Keep working with this simple tool and you will begin notice your life transforming as you release whatever blocks you from the life you want as you increase the flow of grace into your life. The magic of the hollow bone lies in allowing the energy that flows to us to flow through us, rather than resisting it with our learned limitations—the preconceptions, fears, and unhealed wounds that bind us to illusion. What are you waiting for? Dr. Jim “Redtail” Collins is a seasoned psychologist and transformational coach, as well as a full initiate and teacher of the shamanic tradition in both the Lakota and Q’ero-Laika medicine lineages. Blending timeless secrets of indigenous wisdom with the leading edges of scientific discovery, he can show you how to free yourself from learned limitations and find your wings. Find out more at www.PowerForTransformation.com or call 530-604-8653.
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The Cosmic Hologram: In-formation at the Center of Creation By Jude Currivan ISBN-13: 978-1-62055-660-3 (Inner Traditions, 2017)
While many researchers are trying to figure out which came first, consciousness or matter, they may be surprised to find out someday that neither came first; it is looking more and more as if “information” was first on the scene. Could the reality we live in be nothing more than “data streams” of information in a holographic universe or a simulation? These are serious questions being asked by serious people working in multibillion-dollar research projects. Jude Currivan also discusses how the cosmic hologram is the foundation of our own human evolution. … Uh oh, this idea will definitely afflict the comfortable, but it also may comfort the afflicted. Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide
Opening to the Realness of God: The Time Is Now for a New Understanding By Douglass Melloy ISBN-13: 978-1-54420-298-3 (Create Space Independent Publishing, 2017)
Do we really need a new understanding of God and the universe? Yes, that was a rhetorical question. Of course we do. I venture to say that there have been a few discoveries in science in the last 4,000 years, and our outdated dysfunctional ideas of God have kept us perpetually engaged in conflict, and now, with advanced technology and the ability of a few people to end life as we know it, I would say that the time is now for a better understanding of our place in the universe and of God, which may well turn out to be … “gods.” This book definitely provides a new thoughtprovoking perspective. Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide
Alien World Order: The Reptilian Plan to Divide and Conquer the Human Race By Ken Kasten ISBN-13: 978-1-59143-239-5 (Bear & Company, 2017)
As the preponderance of evidence keeps mounting, one has to, at the very least, look into the alien/ UFO/human connection and take it seriously. If this book is accurate, we obviously need to be discerning but also take the idea of the reptilian plan to divide and conquer the human race seriously. This is a great read to connect the dots relating to alien influences, world government, history, and yes … even Hitler’s role with alien contact. Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide
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The Secret to Long Life in Your DNA: The Beljanski Approach to Cellular Health By Hervé Janecek, PhD ISBN-13: 978-1-59477-259-7 (Healing Arts Press, 2009)
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I am absolutely delighted to see that more and more doctors are thinking out of the “tiny box” the academic world locks them into. What resonated with me is realizing that there are some amazing ways to combat the ravages of our toxic environment and how it destabilizes our DNA. This book points the way to a new understanding of aging, immune deficiencies, cancer, and more. … Just read it; you’ll be glad you did.
Like it or not, we are the accumulation of the emotions and physical illnesses of many generations in our ancestry. Many indigenous cultures have known this for millennia. Why do racism, religious extremism, and the way we act out socially seem to be connected with family that we had very little to do with? In today’s world, a book such as this could actually have a noticeable effect if enough people would read it. This book seems to be written from direct experiences with people who have walked this path of healing.
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This book reveals much of the history of the spraying of aerosols into the atmosphere for the purpose of controlling and managing the weather, which is called the “New Manhattan Project” and is nothing more than an experiment in weather modification. Patents on file for these aerosol sprays include aluminum nanoparticles, barium, and strontium. Dr. Blaylock is quoted as saying that when inhaled, nanoaluminum bypasses the bloodbrain barrier and goes directly into the brain, causing damage and resulting in the neurological disorders we see on the rise today. This book will help many of us be better informed about a project that jeopardizes all living things on this planet. Betty Credit, Chico Sky Watch
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Creating the New World According to the Ancient Wisdom
What Forces Must Come into Play? What Part Do You Play?
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ew topics are more important than changing the world. It’s a wonder we don’t hear people talk about it more. One of the obvious reasons is that most people believe the world is so messed up that there’s nothing any one person can do about it. And this is correct, at least as far as our mainstream civilized old-paradigm world is concerned. As long as our civilization stays on its current course, and there’s been no evidence of change in thousands of years, then it is inevitable that it must die at some point. It is dying now. It is a basic law of the universe that anything that is not in balance with the laws of nature cannot survive. Nature will persevere. This is why when we talk about changing the world, we must talk about creating a new one, not fixing the old decadent one. This world must be built upon a completely different philosophical foundation. It must be a world that is structured differently and where people think and behave differently. Too farfetched, many of you might say. It really
isn’t at all. The indigenous people of this planet, including all the Native American traditions, present us with hundreds of models of small sustainable communities, which provided all their own needs by living in harmony with nature. Yes, they were not perfect, but these communities worked for hundreds, even thousands, of years until they were wiped out by the advance of Western civilization. This model is what we must build upon. Our civilization is dying for one fundamental reason. It has forgotten how to live in harmony with the forces of nature and it has lost its connection with spirit. This is what we must fix. Our small sustainable communities must be built on a spiritual foundation. Let me define what I mean here by “spirituality.” This is a form of spirituality that everybody can agree on. In this spirituality our love is for our one true mother, Mother Earth, who in harmony with the other forces of nature gives us birth and provides all our needs. As spiritual beings, it is our job to serve Mother Earth. Like those in our indigenous models, the members of these communities will be different from people in the
civilized world. They will think differently and act differently. To change the world, we must change. As Gandhi said, “Be the change that you want to see in the world.” In other words, live it. In this new world, we will reassume complete responsibility for our lives. We will no longer be taken care of from cradle to grave by institutions not of our making. We will no longer be part of an energy and money grid that turns us into slaves. We will grow, hunt, and preserve all our own food. We will have independent sources of water and power, power from the Sun, the wind, and the water. And we can trade with neighboring communities for those things we don’t provide for ourselves. Every community will have its niche. And yes, these communities must be rural, as far from the big cities as possible. Big cities are totally contrary to the laws of nature. Nature did not design the Earth to be covered with concrete or people to be herded together and cooped up the way they are in big cities. Big cities are part of the manipulation by the elite powers that control the world to drive us off the land and rob us of our
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Special Interest souls. Besides, when the paradigm shifts finally do arrive, the cities will be places of unimaginable chaos. I understand that for many people this is a monumental leap out of their comfort zone and into the unknown. But I am also obligated to say that this is the only thing that will work. These opportunities are available in our world today for those who are willing to search and to reinvent themselves. There are many people like me who have been thinking about these things and preparing for a long time, and who are now living off the grid, far away from the cities, with a spiritual base, and who are showing how this can be done. But that’s not the most important thing. What matters most is that people understand that working
toward this end is a process, taking place through time. Nobody does this overnight. And there are things that can be done to start the process now. One of the most important is to become aware of the stranglehold that the old paradigm has over us, and to begin to free ourselves from this in as many ways as we can. And it starts with the little things. We can start to eat natural foods, go to alternative and natural healers, home school our children, get our news outside the mainstream media, and develop our spirituality through meditation, prayer, ceremony, and music. We must stop using public water and find a source of clean water that we use in recyclable containers. If we live
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in the city, we must get out into nature as often as possible, keeping this connection alive. The list goes on and on. And when the time comes to make that leap into a sustainable life, you will be ready. And you will be playing your part in creating a new world. When enough of us do this, the energy in the world will shift, and things will change, like magic. Jack Allis is an author and spiritual teacher. His latest novel, Blue Sun, Red Sun, is a metaphysical thriller about a sustainable community in the remote mountains that survives the collapse of our civilization to see the dawning of a new world. Jack also practices what he preaches, living a life that mirrors his books. In December 2012 he moved to the mountains north of Mount Shasta, where he lives off the grid, in harmony with nature. In his previous books and DVDs, Jack dealt with how to take spiritual action in these transformative times. To learn more, go to www.JackAllis.com.
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Science of Spirituality, ongoing Jyoti meditation, 2-3pm first, second, and fourth Sundays, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Chico, Youth Hall, 1289 Filbert Ave., Chico, 530-877-1552. Wild Harvest Adventures, meet at 10am at Fiona’s Forest, see what we use for our formulas, and explore the areas where we get them, 5390 Skyway, Paradise, call 530-876-1455 for more information. See ad on pg. 5. Center for Spiritual Living, guided meditation at 9:30am and Sunday service at 10am, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, 877-5673. Call for Science of Mind class schedule. Butte IONS–Institute of Noetic Sciences, 2-4pm second Sunday of each month at the Center for Spiritual Living, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, 891-8789, suggested donation $5. Ananda Chico, join us for Sunday services based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, 10-10:30am, 10:30-11:30am Sunday service, Ananda Chico Meditation Center, 562 Manzanita Ave., Ste. 9, Chico, 530-343-0819. See ad on pg. 18.
Monday
Guided Meditation Experience, learn breath work to energize and calm your body and mind, 6-7pm at Ananda Chico Meditation Center, 530-343-0819, donation $5-10. See ad on pg. 18. Brazilian Dance Class, 5:30-7pm, 212 Spring St., Nevada City. Mixed Yoga with Tom Hess, 8-9:30am, Beyond Fitness in Paradise. See ad on pg. 16. Free Monthly Lyme Disease Support Group, 5:30-7pm on the third Monday of each month, 567 E. Lassen Ave., Chico, The Lyme Center, 530-877-6666.
Tuesday
FREE Orientation on Oct 24th and Nov 7th, 6:30-8:30 for Earth Wisdom Apprenticeship. See ad on pg. 3. Yocas with Debbe Gagne, 12:30-1:30pm, Beyond Fitness, Paradise. This gentle and restorative class is offered free to members and nonmembers who are cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers. All levels will feel comfortable and capable.
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Mindfulness Meditation, 5pm, 6 Governors Lane, Ste. A, Chico, new members welcome to join our mindfulness meditation group! Steve Flowers at 530-898-1495, donations only. Heart of the Lotus Sangha (Insight Meditation), 6:30-8:15pm, Sky Creek Dharma Center, 120 Three Oaks Ct., Chico, call 893-8088 for information. Ananda Yoga, gentle poses with uplifting affirmations, small classes perfect for all levels, 6:15-7:15pm, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 18. Center for Spiritual Living’s Weekly “Spirit Matters Gathering,” 6-7pm every Tuesday, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, 530-877-5673. Rev. Andy Torkelson is facilitating a one-hour quiet reflection on an ancient piece of wisdom, a brief expansion of that truth as it applies to each of us.
Wednesday “Questioning Our Answers with Rahasya Uncensored” and www.BBSradio.com/ SpiritualActivist, there will usually be a short video and talk after with a focus on “What if everything we’ve been told is not true?” 6:30pm last Wednesday of every month, at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692, donation. See ad on pg. 39. Deep Relaxation with Dhara and Alpha Healing, also, Hand/Palm Readings, every Wednesday 11am-4pm at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise. See ad on pg. 35. Brainstrom & Free Consultations for with Dhara Lemos. Every Wednesday 11am-4pm at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise. Promote your business, 530-894-8433. See ad on pg. 8 Evening Flow with Lynn Larsen, 6-7pm at Beyond Fitness in Paradise, all levels welcome. See ad on pg. 16. Community Acupuncture Clinic, walk-in, clothes on, noon-4pm, ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692, $20-40 (you decide). See ad on pg. 37. Sound Healing, breath meditation and vibrational sounds with Emiliano, 6:30pm third Wednesday at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692, $15. See ad on pg. 37. Silent Meditation with Joel, 6:30-7am every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692. See ad on pg. 37.
Energy Balancing, with Gayle Kimball and the Jorhei Group, 5-7pm at 1010 Mangrove Ave., Ste. D, Chico. Ananda Group Meditation, 6-7pm, 562 Manzanita Ave., Ste. 9, 530-343-0819, by donation, all are welcome! See ad on pg. 18. Open Mic at Paradise Grange, a terrific group of musicians, 7pm, 5704 Chapel Dr., Paradise. Good Morning Yoga with Jen Wallace, 6:45-7:45am, Beyond Fitness-Paradise. Come enjoy an hour of yoga to prepare you for work or play, all levels welcome.
Thursday Tai Chi with Jon Ropp, 11am-noon, Beyond Fitness-Paradise. Feel the Chi energy pulse through your mind, body, and spirit. Guided Meditation and Energy Tools, 1:30-3pm at the Yoga Center in Chico. Belly Dance Practice, 7pm every Thursday at the Subud Hall, 574 E. 12th St., Chico, 530-990-0994. “Ask Dr. Gayle” KZFR Radio Show, 6-7pm the second Thursday of each month, email your questions to GKimball@csuchico.edu.
Friday
‘Ohana Health—Mindful Movie Night, 6:30pm second and fourth Fridays, 757 Fir St., Paradise, discussion afterward, free. Group Angel Readings, with Tracy Devlin 6pm first and third Fridays at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692, $20. See ad on pg. 37. Center for Spiritual Living, awakened heart meditation, 10-11am, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, 877-5673. See ad on pg. 18. Silent Meditation, with Joel 6:30-7am every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692. See ad on pg. 37. Yin Yoga with Lynn Larsen, 8-9:30am, Beyond Fitness-Paradise. A profoundly rejuvenating practice working to safely stretch deep muscle and connective tissue using slow, gentle stretches.
Special Interest
Saturday Community Reiki in Paradise, noon on first and third Saturdays at ‘Ohana Health, 757 Fir St., Paradise, 530-876-1692, donation. See ad on pg. 37. Qi Gong and Tai Ji Quan, with Higgy Lerner, L.Ac., 11am-12:30pm at Yoga Center of Chico, 250 Vallombrosa Ave., Ste. 150, Chico, 530-343-8932. T’ai Chi, Yang Short Form, 9-10:30am, Felix Berkhoudt, Bille Park Pavilion, Paradise, 876-8041, $5 donation appreciated. Ananda Yoga, gentle poses with uplifting affirmations, small classes perfect for all levels, 6:15-7:15pm, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 18. Ananda Yoga, Small classes perfect for all levels, 9-10am, Ananda Chico Meditation Center, contact Lindi at 530-228-8671. See ad on pg 18. Sky Creek Dharma Center, 9am-noon and 1:30-4:40pm first Saturday of each month, 530-893-8088, donation. Mind Power Workshop, with Gayle Kimball, PhD, author of Essential Energy Tools book, CDs, and DVDs, 1-4pm monthly on first Saturday of the month at the Yoga Center of Chico, $25 includes a meditation CD if you RSVP at 345-8118. Restorative Yoga, give yourself the gift of peace and calmness while gently releasing tension and stress, 2-4pm at Ananda Chico Meditation Center, 562 Manzanita Ave., Ste. 9, $20 per class, 530-228-8671. See ad on pg. 18.
October 4th: Join Annie/Teacher and Michele/Healer as they create and birth a sacred ceremony. Bring a low chair or pillow, drums, rattles, flutes. … Everyone is welcome, 6:45-9:15pm, $10-20, #1 Williamsburg Way, Chico. See ad on pg. 26. 5th-7th: Treasure Sale, the Center for Spiritual Living, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, will be holding its semiannual event in the Social Hall, 9am-3pm Thursday, 10am-3pm Friday, and 10 am-noon Saturday, for more information, call 530-877-5673. 14th: An Awakening Experience, enjoy this Q&A session led by Nayaswami Premdas from Ananda Village and discover how to awaken to “ever new joy,” 2-4pm, $10-20, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 18. 19th: Learn to Meditate, learn a powerful meditation technique, led by guest teacher Nayaswami Premdas, 7-8:30pm at Ananda Chico Meditation Center, $25 includes a book and course materials, register at premdas@ananda.org or call 530-343-0819. See ad on pg. 18.
21st: Men’s Retreat: “Walking the Path to Light and Love,” an all-day gathering led by Nayaswami Premdas, $10-20, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 18. 22nd: Feast or Famine Short Film Festival, 2:30-5pm, Chico Guild Hall, 2775 Nord Ave, Chico. A unique event with short films followed by discussion. Contact Pamm Larry at pamm@goodfoodbrigade.org. 28th: A Message of Divine Unity from the Masters, share the unifying wisdom of Christ and Krishna, led by Nayaswami Premdas from Ananda Village, 2-4pm, $10-20, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 18. 28th: Festival of Roses, free rose show 1-4:30pm at Chico Community Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave, butte-rosesociety.org, 530-343-3795.
November
1st: Join Annie/Teacher and Michele/Healer as they create and birth a sacred ceremony. As the interconnection with the web of life becomes palpable, we’ll be able to assist one another’s healing and awakening. Bring a low chair or pillow, drums, rattles, flutes, 6:45-9:15pm, $10-20, #1 Williamsburg Way, Chico. See ad on pg. 26. 2nd, 9th, 16th, 30th: Attract What You Desire! Build your business from the heart. This eight-week class series takes you step by step into aligning yourself and your business to attract your perfect customers and clients for greater prosperity. Class series starts October 5 and continues each Thursday through November 30 (no class Thanksgiving week), contact Lynn Tosello, CCHt, 530-774-7588. Register at www.YourConsciousnessKey.com/ Attraction4You. See ad on pg. 11. 3rd-5th: Annie Fuller—Spiritual Healer, Shamanic Soul Retrieval Workshop. Soul retrieval is an ancient ceremony and healing modality in which through conscious intent, lost soul parts are found, offered healing, and brought home to the soul where they belong. Paradise. Shamanic journeying experience is necessary, visit FullCircleSpiritualHealing.com or call 530-876-1342 for details. See ad on pg. 26. 4th: Spiritualizing Your Relationships and Daily Lives with Flower Essences, learn how to transform the quality of your relationships and your everyday life through the wise use of flower essences, 10am-1pm, led by Lila Devi, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 18. 9th & 16th: Learn to Meditate, Two-Class Series, 7-8:30pm, $40 includes a book and course materials, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 18.
10th: The Peter Turner Coffeehouse, a fabulous evening of local talent, 7pm, Center for Spiritual Living, 789 Bille Rd., Paradise, contact the Administration Office if you would like to perform, 530-877-5673. 10th: Divine Light Kirtan, special chanting evening, 7:30-9pm at Ananda Chico Meditation Center, $10, RSVP at info@anandachico.org or call 530-343-0819. See ad on pg. 18. 11th-12th: Earth Wisdom ApprenticeshipLevel 1, fall season starts at HAALo Herb Shop in Nevada City, visit http://haalo.org/classes -and-events for details. 12th: Healing Arts Festival and Psychic Fair, 10am-5pm, 1705 Manzanita Place, Chico, free lectures. See ad on pg. 2. 18th: Learn to Meditate Class, 2-4 pm, $30 includes a book and course materials, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 18.
December
2nd: Christmas Exhibit for Marianna Love, Saturday 6pm-9pm, 6268 Skyway, Paradise, or by appointment, call 530-872-0365. See ad on pg. 36. 2nd: Women’s Retreat for Peace and Love, 1:30-4:30pm, a special afternoon, $10-20, includes all materials, Ananda Chico Meditation Center, RSVP 530-343-0819. See ad on pg. 18. 6th: Join Annie/Teacher and Michele/Healer as they create and birth a sacred ceremony. As the interconnection with the web of life becomes palpable, we’ll be able to assist one another’s healing and awakening. Bring a low chair or pillow, drums, rattles, flutes, 6:45-9:15pm, $10-20, #1 Williamsburg Way, Chico. See ad on pg. 26. 9th: Learn to Meditate Class, learn a powerful meditation technique, 2-4pm, $30 includes a book and course materials, Ananda Chico Meditation Center. See ad on pg. 18. 16th: Candlelight Christmas Kirtan, an evening of chanting, meditation, and inspiration, 7-9pm at Ananda Chico Meditation Center, $10-20 sliding scale. See ad on pg. 18. 31st: New Year’s Eve Celebration, joyful chanting, meditation, and special sacred ceremonies to greet the New Year, 7-9pm at Ananda Chico Meditation Center, $10-20 sliding scale, register at 530-343-0819. See ad on pg. 18.
January
12th: Wellness Driven Dentistry, the Fall Event sold out so sign up early. Visit WellnessDrivenDentistry.com for more information and to reserve your spot. See ad on pg. 3. www.lotusguide.com
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P arasites Worms, Weasels, and Strange Diseases? Justin went camping with his family this summer and everyone had a blast. Soon after their return, however, he, his wife, and their two children began to feel fatigued and started having watery diarrhea. Brittany and Jake had just gotten married and decided to get a new puppy. They named her Pickles, and she just loved giving kisses. After awhile, Brittany noticed she started to lose weight, as she said, “for no reason.” Then a little while later, Jake developed some vague abdominal pain, again for no reason he could explain. After much research, Melissa carefully selected a day-care center for her 2-year-old son, Mason. Mason adjusted well, but a few months later, Mom noticed that Mason had developed an unusual amount of flatulence, unexplained rectal itching, and persistent
sources for acquiring parasites. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 60 million people have parasites!
diarrhea. Then Mom and his sister developed similar digestive symptoms. What do these three families have in common? Parasites! No one wants to think, or even know, if he or she has parasites, but we can get them very easily just living everyday life. Eating or drinking contaminated food or water, kissing our pets, traveling, working in unsanitary workplaces, and having sex are all activities that can become potential
What Are Parasites? Parasites are microscopic organisms that live in or on humans and animals. They survive because they feed and shelter off you—“their host”—making themselves at home and helping themselves to your food. As with any mooch, parasites benefit at your expense. They rob you of nutrients, cause inflammation, and eventually can drain your immune system—leaving the body depleted enough to be susceptible to even more serious infections and toxicity. There are two types of parasites. Helminthes are worms with many cells, and protozoan parasites have only one cell. Both types can and do multiply inside our bodies.
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Body & Mind You may have heard of some of the more common parasites: Giardia, which is what Justin’s family contracted on their camping trip; roundworms, which Pickles gave to her owners; and pinworms, which Mason contracted at day care and passed along to his siblings and parents.
Quiz: Could I Have Parasites?
How Do I Know If I Have Parasites? Many doctors are unfamiliar with diagnosing parasites, so much so that the CDC has targeted five common but “neglected” parasitic infections (known as NPIs) for more research. Symptoms from parasites can go unnoticed because they are the same or similar to other symptoms for intestinal problems. For example, chronic diarrhea has many causes, so is it because I have parasites or is it caused by a food intolerance? (See the quiz on top right of this page: “Could I Have Parasites?”) In our clinic, we have patients who have done their own research, come in and say, “I think I have parasites,” and we often find that they are right! Because there are more than 1,000 different types of parasites, the best way to find out if you have parasites is to get tested. Common ways to be tested include a stool analysis or blood test. The results can be less than accurate, however, because timing is crucial.
That’s because parasites, like many other organisms, have life cycles that go through several developmental stages. As parasites live and move through their host(s), they can cycle between being dormant and being active, and being immature and mature. Thus testing is only a sample “snapshot” in time and can be inaccurate. Even multiple samples may not capture the parasite at the most “fertile” time for a diagnosis.
drugs or antibiotics, both filled with unnatural chemicals. As with most drugs, antiparasitics are hard on the liver and antibiotics are hard on the gastrointestinal tract. In the name of solving one problem, drugs may create more problems. But the biggest reason these types of treatments do not work well is that they do not get to the underlying cause and reinfestation may occur.
So If I Have Them, How Do I Treat the Buggers? While identifying your symptoms may point in a certain direction, symptoms (and even a diagnosis) are not enough. Traditional medical treatments include antiparasitic
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This is an actual photo of a worm that one of our patients passed while receiving treatment from Dr. Patrick. Yuck! simply eliminating parasites is usually not enough to rid your body of these uninvited guests for long. Quite frankly, “mooches” can be hard to get rid of! Most parasite elimination programs will not work unless you can digest all of your food properly. That means all—not just some—of the fats, carbohydrates, and proteins you eat at each meal. To eliminate parasites we
need to first take away their food supply. Second, our approach stimulates the body’s own immune system to amp up its defenses against parasites. This is important because parasites invade our body’s defenses via skin, our blood, our digestive tract, and may affect other organs such as our liver, lungs, and heart. Third, after we clean out the undigested food from the digestive tract and recolonize it with the right mix of bacteria, we administer supplements we have found to be an effective, yet gentle, approach to removing the parasites. Finally, we propose preventive steps to avoid reinfection, as needed, such as modifying the diet and eliminating environmental or lifestyle risk factors. For parasite prevention tips and a more complete description of Dr. Patrick’s Parasitic Recovery Program, check out “10 Tips for Preventing Parasites” at www.digestionreliefcenter. com/resources/articles/about-parasites/10tips-for-preventing.html. If you think you have parasites,
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Dr. Gayle Kimball Tune in to KZFR 90.1, where Ask Dr. Gayle broadcasts 6-7pm the second Thursday of each month. Q: Our sex life is the highlight of our relationship, but my husband thinks I should be able to have an orgasm just with vaginal intercourse. Should I? A: A classic of the women’s movement is Anne Koedt’s essay “The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm.” Think about it; would evolution select for a highly sensitive birth canal? The clitoris is analogous to the penis; that’s where the nerve endings are. Another classic, Shere Hite’s The Hite Report, is based on surveys of more than 100,000 women who emphasized the importance of clitoral stimulation. It’s a matter of physiology. Also remember that the main sexual organ is the brain. Q: Coworkers gossip at work, which bothers me enough to think about looking for another job, although I like my work. Suggestions? A: Unless you’re working strictly with machines or alone, any workplace will have imperfect humans who do annoying things. The Buddha said we should learn to meditate sitting by a clanging bell, so focus on changing what you can control—your reactions to your coworkers. Be polite but walk away if gossip occurs and focus on staying centered and grounded in your own space. If someone attacks you verbally behind your back, speak to the perpetrator in private to ask if what you heard is accurate. Start with a question rather than a blaming “you” message to prevent conflict. Rather than being reactive, think
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of work as a chess game in which you plan your strategy. Q: I’m feeling really anxious because of a critical boss who nitpicks whatever I do. I often seem to end up around mean women, starting with my mother and sister. How can I avoid them? A: If there’s an unpleasant pattern in your life, it’s letting you know change is necessary on your part. The pattern will continue until you change your “instructions” from victim to strong woman. We project unconscious messages about how we expect to be treated. Download and post a photo of Wonder Woman and watch the trailer for the film in which the character has total certainty and strength. You might want to take a martial arts class to feel stronger. It feels as if you’d like to release your fear and anger. I’m a fan of exercise to do this release, such as stomping your feet while taking a walk. Q: I love being a mother of a youngster and a wife, but I’m depressed. What’s up? A: As much as we love our little children, the reality is they’re a ball and chain that restrict our freedom and we’re servants satisfying their needs. They can’t carry on a discussion of politics or the meaning of life. For these reasons, having babies is the most stressful time in a couple’s relationship. Kids are not conducive to romance, so parents need to be creative about giving energy to this aspect of their relationship, even if they’re sleep deprived. Schedule in time to be creative and achieve, to be free, to talk with adults. I know that when my son was little, I’d be happy if I got the wash done at the end of the day. I’d breathe a
sigh of relief when I got on my bike to go teach two days a week because I knew I’d accomplish tangible outcomes. I was also happy to return home to my son and his peaceful babysitter who gave him lots of love. Remember the African saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Q: I want to trust people, but my business partner betrayed my trust, which is very hurtful. Should I start being mistrustful of people? A: Because this is a kindergarten planet, approach people in neutrality. This means leading with the clear-seeing sixth chakra rather than with the emotionally reactive second chakra (see my Essential Energy Tools book and DVDs for more explanation). Take time to explore if someone earns your trust and pay attention to your intuition about people. You might want to take a course in business law or consult an attorney so you know how to protect yourself legally. Q: My boyfriend wants to dig into our old hurts and fears. I know it’s special for a guy to want to do that kind of emotional work more than a woman does. He makes me feel bad for not matching his intensity; should I? A: Give your inner therapists a break for a while, especially in the early stages of getting to know and trust each other. Pair bonding is based on the shared memory of good times, so each of you make a list of what’s really fun for you and each other’s inner playful children. Commit to doing one a week—all couples should structure in regular date times.
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Oxygen Healing Therapies By Nathaniel Altman, author of The New Oxygen Prescription
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n an age when medical specialization, complex procedures, and toxic drugs are often expensive and ineffective, health-care consumers are interested in getting back to basics. We’re looking for medical therapies that will naturally enhance our body’s own healing powers and help cure both minor and serious diseases. Finally, we are looking for therapies that will cause a minimum of negative side effects, and that will not bring about financial ruin. Most of us believe that such a therapy is nonexistent. However, a number of simple, natural substances first documented in medical literature in the 1920s have been proven effective in treating many common diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Intentionally overlooked by mainstream medicine, the government, and the pharmaceutical industry, they are being used by a rapidly growing underground of health-care consumers and a small number of physicians who are tired of the expensive, dangerous, invasive, and often useless medical procedures used to treat these diseases today. They are hydrogen peroxide and ozone, known collectively as oxygen therapies. The philosophy behind oxygen therapies is simple. Their use is based on
the belief that the accumulation of toxins in the body is normally burnt up by oxidation, a process wherein a substance
is changed chemically because of the effect of oxygen on it. Oxidation breaks the toxins down into carbon dioxide and water and eliminates them from the body. However, if the oxygen system of the body is weak or deficient (whether through lack of exercise, environmental pollution, poor diet, smoking, or improper breathing), our bodies cannot eliminate them adequately and a toxic reaction can occur. In minor cases, a toxic buildup can lead to fatigue, while a wide range of diseases can result when poor oxygenation is chronic.
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How Do They Work? Oxygen therapies flood the body with active forms of oxygen orally, intravenously, or through the skin. Once inside, they break down into various oxygen subspecies that contact anaerobic viruses and microbes (i.e., that can live without air), as well as diseased or deficient tissue cells. They oxidize these cells while leaving the healthy cells alone. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is involved in all of life’s vital processes, and it enables the immune system to function properly. The cells in the body that fight infection (known as granulocytes) produce hydrogen peroxide as a first line of defense against invading organisms such as parasites, viruses, bacteria, and yeast. It also facilitates the metabolism of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals. H2O2 is necessary for the body’s production of estrogen, progesterone, and thyroxin, and it helps regulate blood sugar and the production of energy in cells. Long recognized as a disinfectant, antiseptic, and oxidizer, hydrogen peroxide has recently been found to treat a wide variety of human diseases with minimal harmful side effects. The most common method used by doctors calls for small amounts of 30 percent reagent-grade hydrogen peroxide added to purified water and administered as an intravenous drip. Ozone (O3) is an energized form of oxygen with extra electrons, and it was originally used to disinfect wounds and infected surfaces. It was later found that these electrons have the ability to
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Body & Mind “blast” holes through the membranes of viruses, yeasts, bacteria, and abnormal tissue cells, killing them. Ozone can also destroy lipid-enveloped viruses related to hepatitis, Epstein-Barr, cancer, herpes, cytomegalovirus, and HIV. Patients are being treated successfully in European clinics with different types of ozone therapies, including rectal enemas, ozone baths, injections into joints, and autohemotherapy, whereby a small amount of blood is taken from the body, infused with ozone, and reintroduced into the body. According to Frank Shallenberger, MD, founder of the American Academy of Ozonotherapy, oxygen therapies can affect the human body in the following ways: 1. They stimulate the production of white blood cells, necessary to fight infection. 2. They increase oxygen and hemoglobin disassociation, thus increasing the delivery of oxygen from the blood to the cells. 3. Ozone and hydrogen peroxide inhibit the growth of new tissues such as tumors. 4. They oxidize and degrade petrochemicals. 5. They increase red blood cell membrane distensibility, thus enhancing their flexibility and effectiveness. 6. Oxygen therapies increase production of interferon and tumor necrosis factor, which fight infections and cancers. 7. They increase the efficiency of the antioxidant enzyme system, which scavenges excess free radicals in the body.
8. They accelerate the citric acid cycle, which stimulates basic metabolism. 9. Oxygen therapies increase tissue oxygenation. Safe and Effective Although ozone and hydrogen peroxide are toxic in their purified state, they are safe and effective when diluted for medical use. When administered via established protocols, the chances of adverse reactions to these therapies are extremely small. More than 15 million people (primarily in Europe and Cuba) have received oxygen therapies during the past 80 years to treat more than 50 different diseases, including heart and blood vessel diseases, diseases of the lungs, infectious diseases, and immunerelated disorders. Sometimes oxygen therapies are administered alone, or they are used in addition to traditional medical procedures (such as surgery or chemotherapy) or as adjuncts to alternative treatments such as megavitamin therapy, acupuncture, or herbs. They have become treatments of choice for treating arthritis, rheumatism, and various types of back pain. They have also been embraced by veterinarians and dentists, who have developed novel methods of treating dental cavities and fighting infections.
Unknown, Ignored, and Forgotten Although about 15,000 European practitioners legally use oxygen therapies in their practices, the number of physicians using these therapies in North America is small, because information about ozone and hydrogen peroxide isn’t provided in medical schools. The medical establishment doesn’t advocate these therapies and often discourages or prevents physicians from GET HEALTHY, SAVE MONEY & WIN PRIZES! using them in their medical practices. Sign Up For Our Free Newsletter & Receive… American doctors • 5% to 50% Savings on Natural Health Services/Products have been told • Entry to Win Monthly Prizes that they would • Free Insight Directory E-Subscription lose their licenses if they administer It’s Easy to Join at www.insightdirectory.com Healthy Living Or Simply Text INSIGHTHL to 22828 hydrogen peroxide 530.265.9255 You Will Instantly Receive an Entry to Win!
or ozone. Clinics have been closed down and practitioners have been threatened with jail. Another reason for this lack of interest in oxygen therapies is that ozone and hydrogen peroxide are nonpatentable and are inexpensive to manufacture and use. There are no financial incentives to incorporate them into traditional medical practice. In addition, they treat a broad spectrum of health problems at low cost and pose a threat to the continued dominance of the medical establishment: Big Pharma, hospitals, and physicians who are accustomed to providing expensive drugs, complex medical procedures, and long hospital stays. Because U.S. government agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are influenced by Big Pharma and the medical lobby, objective studies have been difficult to undertake. By 2017, the world drug industry was a $1 trillion business, with an estimated profit margin of higher than 18 percent. In 2015 alone, American drug companies spent $178 million on 1,320 lobbyists to protect their interests in Washington. A Viable Alternative Oxygen therapies hold great promise in treating both minor health problems and some of the most devastating health problems confronting humanity today, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, joint pain, and immune system disorders. Together, they form the “cutting edge” of a new healing paradigm, involving safe, effective, natural and less costly forms of medical therapy. © 2017. Nathaniel Altman. Nathaniel Altman is the author of more than 15 books on diet and health, including The New Oxygen Prescription, which was published in June by Healing Arts Press (trade paper, 512 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1-62055-607-8. It is also available as an e-book). Visit his website at www.OxygenPrescription.com. www.lotusguide.com
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n August of 2017 I received a letter from Senator Jim Nielsen. He had read the article written in Upgraded Living regarding healing with horses and my efforts to train adopted horses to become certified therapy horses so that I may be able to help members of the community with our nonprofit in Oroville. My vision is to leave a legacy here in Oroville to benefit horses and wounded people by giving them the opportunity to experience the healing effects of horses. The day I received this letter I was questioning if I should continue my work here. I was feeling defeated and wondering if I was really doing God’s will for my life and the animals. When I opened this letter and read his words,
I realized that God was putting wind back in my sails and confirming that this is my life ministry. This is what I am supposed to be doing with my life. I have been given the opportunity to adopt horses, help them heal, train them, and give them purpose, along with value by helping humans heal. I am not a wealthy woman and I am judged by many who drive by my highly visible ranch. I don’t have the
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funds for fancy barns and fences. I choose to spend my limited funds on my animals for food, farriers, and vet care. The horses are why I have my life today. I am a survivor of domestic violence. For 19 years I endured a very unhealthy marriage and then I finally got out. All I had were my clothes. I was no longer a stay-athome mother and wife. I was grief stricken. The horses helped me to get through my grief, walk through my fears, build confidence, and learn how to set boundaries that are healthy. They helped me to find out who I was and what my purpose for my life was. I have had so many amazing experiences with people and the horses, such as the autistic boy who comes to the ranch. For one hour I walk him around and he is silent, a different child. He is completely at peace while on the horse and his mom has an hour to rest. And the little girl who came because she
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new homes. The horses come to the ranch with many different conditions. We determine how we can best help them. Through this program, groups, families, and individuals can come to the ranch to learn to ride, pet, feed, and groom. Visitors can also experience what it is like to own a horse by participating in the monthly horsecare program. Oftentimes people buy a horse or are given a horse. At California Therapy Horses you are given the ability to learn what it takes to care for and afford a horse. Also, if you have always had a dream of having a horse, you can come learn here. We offer affordable lessons and for those who have had a bad experience, we can help you walk through the deep fear and Custom Graphics? create a good memory so you can Business Cards ride again.
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Family Constellations Healing Inherited Traumas
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By Ana Maria Cardoso, PhD
id you know that we inherit traumas from our ancestors? Just as we inherit physical characteristics such as eye color and blood type, we also inherit the emotions from traumatic events that have happened in our families. These unresolved traumas from our family systems are affecting us today in ways that we are not even aware of. The reason is that they are working in our unconscious, and they can be the cause of some persistent challenges we are experiencing, such as anxiety, depression, fear, financial worries, illness, and unhappy relationships. These challenges can all be forms of our unconscious inheritance. How we heal these inherited traumas? Unresolved energy or emotions from previous generations can create profound, persistent problems or conditions for members of succeeding generations as they attempt to solve or resolve the flow of love and energy through the family. The same love that creates entanglements in family systems
heals when it becomes conscious. “Family Constellations” are a way to connect with our “Family Soul.” They have the ability to reveal hidden and often destructive family dynamics and to activate healing resources. In other words, they reveal the transgenerational entanglements presented as destructive patterns that are causing us so much suffering in different areas of our lives. They have the power to shift generations of suffering and unhappiness. They do not work in the mind level, but way beyond, in the realm of the soul. Family Constellations were developed by a therapeutic genius, German psychotherapist Bert Hellinger. He based the idea on Virginia Satir’s work in family therapy, developing a completely new healing modality. He has been teaching this work for more than 40 years and has written many books on the subject. He describes Family Constellations this way: So, to explain a constellation just a little, all people carry with them an energetic field or blueprint of their biological families—this field has been called by some a family soul, or family conscience. That field has an enormous unconscious effect on each family member’s life and all the people they interact with. Long-standing problems with health, depression, relationships, failed finances, etc. are usually a result
of unconscious “entanglements” in the family soul. Doing a constellation is a way to bring those entanglements to light, and to allow some resolution to happen. Quite often after a constellation, other members of the family who were not present for the constellation—and didn’t even know it was happening—report dramatic shifts as a result. Because the family is a system—like an energetic mobile, what affects one, affects all. And what keeps one stuck, affects them all. The Knowing Field On a practical level, Family Constellations are a group healing modality, focused on restoring the flow of love in a family system, on behalf of someone who has come forward with an issue that he or she wants some help with in understanding or resolving. These issues can be, and often are, connected to the pain of those who suffered in our families before us, to great wars and deep lost loves, to secrets and to things never spoken, all of which have distorted our experiences of life and love, today, now. This amazing phenomenological process explores how deep forces in our family systems, sometimes through multiple generations, can influence our thoughts, behaviors, and emotional experiences. Tapping into a “knowing field” that surrounds each family, the client and volunteer representatives are
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Body & Mind able to explore this living phenomenon, allowing movement in old and stuck places, disentangling us from the past and bringing our lives more and more into a brighter present. The client gains a unique perspective to make new choices or follow unforeseen pathways. Family Constellations occur with compassion, love, and a movement toward balance. Service to Others What is unusual about the constellation process is that the healing is not only for the client and the client’s family, but also for the participant. It is not uncommon for the people volunteering to be representatives, or watching the constellation, to also receive shifts and insights into their own family systems. The profound gift of being a representative for someone else, this
service to others, enhances our capacity to see the world differently. Results This powerful soul work assists in creating positive shifts in relationships, success in life, recurring emotions (depression, fear, anxiety, sadness, feeling unworthy or stagnation, etc.), achieving life goals, finances, unexplained symptoms, health, self-sabotage, infertility, addictions, and so on. On a soul level the benefits are: • Turning your past into a source of strength; • Acquiring a healing inner image of your family; • Freeing you and your descendants from invisible burdens; • Increasing your empathy, love, and
compassion for yourself and others; and • Opening your heart to love. Family Constellations are a profound experience. They are a powerful experiential method if you have the courage to really see the core of the issues that are preventing you from living a fulfilling life. “A miracle is a shift in perception,” says The Course of Miracles. That is exactly what begins to happen after Family Constellations. Once your inner reality shifts in a profound way, guess what happens to your outer reality? Ana Maria Carsosa, PhD, is a life transformation coach who leads Family Constellations in Paradise, Davis, and Nevada City. Reach her at 530-329-4758, cardoso.coaching@gmail.com, or www.CardosoCoaching.com.
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Using Rainbow Color as a Healing Force!
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t’s not uncommon for me to write an introduction about someone we’ve interviewed; in fact, it’s fairly easy … usually. As I sit here I’m realizing that there’s no way to summarize the lifetime of achievements of this amazing woman who lives in a town called Paradise. I can give some of the details, such as the fact that she retired in 1999 from Butte College, where she created and taught classes such as “Yoga, Mind, and Consciousness,” “Holistic Living,” “Psychology of Dreams,” and “Psychology of Creativity and Intuition,” and who for 12 years was a transpersonal psychotherapist in private practice. Marianna was part of social and spiritual movements at places such as the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, where she interacted with people who changed the course of psychotherapy and conscious evolution. It was during this time that she met her husband, Ray Varlinsky, who has been at the forefront of not only psychotherapy and deeply involved in HeartMath and the Gottman Institute, but also on the cutting edge of technology to accelerate conscious evolution. At this point, most people would have called it a day;
be taken by the hand and led down the rainbow path of the vibratory healing power of colors and see yourself and the world as it should be … beautiful. Marianna Love and her husband, Ray Varlinsky, are to this day living their lives as co-creators seeking to manifest the world as they know it should and will be, in harmony with nature and with a deep respect for its mystery. Lotus Guide: Let’s start by going back to where and when you were born, Marianna.
Autumn Leaves however, Marianna Love is not “most people.” Marianna was more than 40 years old when she decided to take up art. Oddly enough, it’s at this point that her life expresses itself through what she calls “Playing with Creation.” Looking at her art is the best way to see the world through a visionary’s eyes, not through the lens of a camera or the limited perspective that most of us are locked into. To stand and experience the act of looking deeply into one of Marianna’s paintings is to
Marianna Love: I was born in Ashland, Kentucky, and I was named after my grandmother and my great-grandmother, Mary and Anna. I had two brothers and I was the middle child. Looking back, I knew even then that I wanted to be a teacher and was teaching my younger brother and his little friends, who were probably in nursery school. LG: What were you teaching your younger brother and his friends? ML: I’m not sure but I was probably teaching them to listen to their teacher.
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ML: In the world we live in, it’s not only the color we are missing from our diets: The crops themselves are missing important nutrients, especially the GMO [genetically modified organisms] foods and the depleted soil worldwide.
LG: So that brings us up to being here in northern California, and I know we are skipping a lifetime of valuable experiences but let’s talk about the healing aspects of art and your art in particular. Marianna with her paintings ML: I think most people notice that my art has all the colors of the rainbow in it, which, in fact, matches the chakras of the human body, by the way. I have found that having that spectrum in my art is as important as having those colors in the food we eat. The reason for this is because all of the nutrients we eat cover this spectrum of colors. LG: Funny that you should say that because studies have clearly pointed out that eight out of 10 Americans “don’t eat enough color” in their diets. They base this on phytonutrients, which are broken down into color groups.
Marianna with her husband Ray LG: In the documentary Symphony of the Soil, they pointed out that over 40 percent of our planet’s erodible soil has been eroded due to monoculture and pesticides. But they also point out how quickly soil can be brought back to life through proper farming and care … if “we the people” had the will to insist on it.
ML: That’s one of the reasons I’m so proud of my granddaughter Lilly; she looks at world problems and is out there doing whatever she can to make the world a better place. Lately she has been putting a light on and helping young people who are being trafficked in our world. LG: I just did one of my short “Questioning Our Answers” videos that touched on this subject. Every year there are over 1 million people, mostly young girls and boys, who go missing on our planet. The problem here is the fact that at the highest levels of the law-enforcement agencies involved in enforcing the laws, including the
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Special Interest dreams. Plus having a notebook by your bedside to write them down immediately when you awake is also necessary. LG: Many of today’s scientific foundations are built on information that came in dreams and altered states of awareness, like Francis Crick and DNA, and Friedrich Kekulé and the benzene ring, and many more that date back into antiquity. Oddly enough, many of those “altered states” have been made illegal in today’s world … but that’s another story.
Dhara, Marianna, Ray & Bosco judicial systems and executive branches worldwide, are also involved, but not in a good way. This is why it is so important to put the light of consciousness on things like this; these actions take place in the dark and in secret societies. It’s important, no, imperative, that we start waking up and help others to do the same. Most of us live in this dream under the impression that we are awake … which is the deep sleep in which most people live. ML: One of the classes I taught that I really enjoyed was “The Psychology of Sleep and Dreams.” I personally started taking extra Vitamin B6 because it has a dramatic influence on remembering your
ML: When I lived in Encinitas I got to know Francis Crick … thinking back, I have been so fortunate to have met some of the people in my life, including you and Dhara. LG: It has been one of our pleasures, Marianna, to share some of this journey with you; we feel blessed and very fortunate. Note: Marianna and I could and have talked for days, and in fact, probably many lifetimes, sharing perspectives and differences of opinion, but always with love and empathy for the other. One of the things that we covered in
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We need to question the answers we are being given, especially when authorities say it’s for our own safety. “We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it.”—JFK Far too much is happening behind the closed doors of what even the corporate media are calling the “Deep State.” We don’t have enough room in this magazine to list the secrets that have
been hidden behind the name “National Security,” only to find out later that they had absolutely nothing to do with our security and had everything to do with corporate agendas to control and/or make money illegally. Enough said. … Check it out for yourself at www.youtu.be/pvuzlDnFsik. Rahasya Uncensored
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a plane that somehow fit through a 19foot perfectly round hole and the plane disintegrated almost completely. Then Flight 93 crashed into the ground leaving nothing but a hole; it’s the first time in history that any of this has ever happened … and where are the black boxes?
ome of you have asked, “Why should we be questioning our answers?” It seems self-evident in today’s world; however, ponder a few thoughts with me, and let’s look at some of the events in my lifetime alone (we will leave out the Great Wars and the Great Depression, which were totally contrived by international banking interests). • Many of us watched when JFK was shot on national television and more than 80 percent of Americans no longer believe the story of the lone gunman anymore. We know now that beyond any shadow of a doubt he was shot from the front. • We went to Vietnam to fight a war because we were attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin, an attack that our government had to finally admit that never happened. More than 50,000 of our soldiers died,
and many of my friends died or came back traumatized, not to mention the countless Vietnamese deaths. • Then there’s 9/11, when we watched three buildings fall in a way that buildings have never fallen when two planes hit them (more than 3,000 engineers and architects have signed sworn declarations that they were taken down by demolition). And we have the Pentagon being hit by
• Now we have corporations genetically modifying our food and spraying it with toxic chemicals. And let’s not leave out mandatory vaccinations and the fact that we are being sprayed globally with dangerous toxins and living in an ocean of “electromagnetic frequencies.” And dare I even mention the blind eye most people turn to human trafficking and child sex slavery with more than 1 million young people missing every year? Most people do nothing until it’s their son, daughter, or sister and then it’s a little too late. So the real question is, “Why isn’t everyone questioning the answers we’ve been given?” If you are reading this
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Rahasya Uncensored article, listening to my radio show and to the “Rahasya Uncensored” segment on the Golden Road Television Show, you are probably better informed than most, but be assured, most people aren’t. Most people are buried deep into entertainment, sports, and the latest technology that ends up isolating them from their closest friends. So now for the good news. Groups of people and individuals are waking up to what’s going on in our world and the side effect is an ever-increasing conscious evolution worldwide. Our job is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. I can say for a fact that there are many people on our planet waking up to everything I’ve mentioned above and much more. Can it sometimes be a little uncomfortable and scary? Absolutely. However, the more informed you are, the more you want to rise to the occasion and life becomes an amazing adventure. Lately I’ve been reading and watching some great speeches given by John F. Kennedy. His life was taken from us for what he said in this speech on secret societies:
newspapers to support the Administration, but I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people. For I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed.”
“I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our country’s peril. … We are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence–on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice. … It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. … Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. … I am not asking your
“Five or six corporations now own 85 percent of our media.” We should never be afraid of the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, because in the end it will be the truth that shall surely set us free from the illusion of separation that keeps us entangled in racism, political polarization, religious conflict, and in one endless conflict after another. There’s only one way out of our dilemma on this planet and that’s to go within and radiate the pure love that we are made of so we can start healing ourselves, our history, and bring in a new vision for humanity, but this starts with a ruthless self-examination of our faults, our weaknesses, and our endless infatuation with violence as a way to solve conflict. Enough said for today, Rahasya
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ere on The Golden Road we are continually working to elevate our focus by presenting the relevant and timely voices of our community and beyond. Lately, it’s not hard to see without looking too far that the world is changing rapidly. It can even appear to some that it’s falling apart. And even though we understand change is the only constant, we can see that the levels of change are beginning to simultaneously crescendo. This is reflected by the weather, human health, the economy, the environmental breakdown, and the beating of the drums of war. It’s also not hard to see that the many people who are dealing with the psychological and emotional impact of these changes are melting down, affecting the general mental health of society. Fortunately, I have endured a lot of things in my life that have prepared me for this time of extreme change, starting when I was born in 1966. It was a pivotal and historically transformational year under the sign of the fire horse. It was also the year
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that culminated the hippie movement, the summer of love, the health-food movement, the back-to-the-land movement, and civil rights and women’s equality along with the antiwar movement. I am part of a lost generation that was born after the baby boomers and before the generation Xer’s. This is what I call the “bridge generation.” We link the past with today for a better tomorrow. We were born on the beginning crest of a wave of the age of Aquarian thinking. People at that time revolted against the old paradigm but did not have the answers or technology to bring civilization to a highest realized potential and ideal. In the ’60s it was sex, drugs, and rock and roll; now it’s healthy, happy, and holy. Although a lot of these social issues still exist, we are now dealing with accelerated transformation on a global level. This transformation varies from the changing of the magnetic poles of the Earth to solar flares and global warming to nuclear and petroleum-based catastrophes and overpopulation. It’s time to completely rethink the way we have been living the last 200 years or risk extinction. The Hopi elders I have worked with call it “Koyaanisqatsi,” a world out of balance. Our values are selfish, self-centered, and upside down. This is why, during the next few months, we will be focusing on holding community think tanks and broadcasting content on the show around issues of community building and community resiliency about how to be self-sustaining and take responsibility for emergency preparedness. As always on The Golden Road, we will offer not just entertainment but inspiring educated and enlightening insights and how we can move our global civilization forward to a healthy
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