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Shamanism Is Alive and Well in Today's Peru ~ While it is difficult to make generalizations about exactly what any modern shaman believes because there are so many religious and cultural influences at play in today’s Peru, these ancient medicine men and women are as powerful a force in modern life as they were millennia ago. Even more significantly, they are accessible to you when you visit the country.

DEAR JOHNATHAN - Flying away from you today was one of the hardest things I will ever do. Fortunately the driver was a respectful man and just let me cry in silence. What is hard is how incredibly much I am going to miss you; how much I already miss you. What made it easier was how much faith I have in you and your abilities and how ready I know you are for this adventure. I realized today that this week in Hong Kong was difficult for me because I had my heart steeled against these feelings and when I am not in my heart these days I feel really disconnected from myself.

Lately we've all been hearing about Swine Flu. Many numbers and facts have been bandied about, but in truth, most are only guesses. Since working in a clinic in San Francisco, most of the people I see come in the door are relatively poor, working class. I've seen people march in there with all the same symptoms of the Swine Flu for the last 6 months. Almost always, they march right back out again, feeling much better, if not 100%. If they're not feeling much better, they have an additional remedy to take if they feel they're not significantly down the road to recovery.

Welcome to my most recent Youtube articles: Energy 201 a continuation of Energy 101 posted below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBx3ogXWL6A&feature

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=eKaP4AzeuAk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwCcFdlNifU&feature=related

Enjoy!

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Welcome to my most recent articles: Energy 101

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wiw7ikYeiX8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctV9hgfRuF8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDA7jf9y5ss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YcpjzpsqWA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5BzglREphQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J2l4t5MTTg

Enjoy!

 It’s about time I address the issue of menopause. Many women call or come in to my office with problems associated with the end of menses. Menses in homeopathy is very close to the vital force; although we can live without reproducing (as in the decision or event we do not have children, or the loss of female reproductive organs through hysterectomy), it is part and parcel of whom we are, and changes our bodies monthly with the onset of puberty until menopause.

If you’ve had bad sleep, now’s the time to figure out why. Sleep is so important to your health. Once it is good, you’ve unlocked the door to better health. Work on that now, saw those logs!
There’s nothing like crawling in between two cool sheets and falling into blissful slumber. Maybe it’s been easy for me because I keep so busy during the day that it’s never been a problem. I feel for those that have trouble. There are many things you can do to improve sleep. No, not smoking pot!

Have you ever wondered how people can claim to send distant healing energy? And really wondered how this can be done when all the healer has is a first name and initial and maybe a city somewhere close by or far away? Can these claims be real? Why not just send healing with just initials or no name at all?

Oxygen and ozone therapy is a term for a number of closely related therapies that promote healing by introducing oxygen into the body in a variety of ways. Ozone is an activated form of oxygen. Oxygen is O2 whereas ozone is O3. Over a period of 20 to 30 minutes, depending on temperature and situation, ozone breaks down into two atoms of regular oxygen - O2 and one atom of singlet oxygen O. This single O is a reactive oxygen atom.

As most mothers understand, it is possible to communicate with the unborn child. As an intuitive, I have developed this ability in order to help apparently infertile couples achieve their goal. They are helped to connect with the spirit of the child who was lost to them. Most of my clients are couples who have lost one or more pregnancies.

Who Said Spiritual People Have To Dress Badly? If you have read any of my previous essays or heard me speak you probably know that I believe one of the main (and possibly the main) things we all have in common is that we have come to this planet in this lifetime to resolve fundamental issues around self worth. Our lessons around self worth may take on different shades and gradations but if you peel away the layers, at core, you will find a human who does not feel worthy to have…..whatever it is that has been eluding him or her.

If you’ve had your live blood analysis done, you would have looked at many aspects of your blood - red cells, white cells, and all sorts of interesting shapes in between doing the backstroke. We may have addressed a blood sugar imbalance - the tip-off would have been a strangely shaped item - a very subtle shape - giving us lots of insight into your blood sugar imbalances - called a pteroharpen. Such a unique name for a nasty little item!

We (I’m saying “we” because I felt at least one other person join me) started our first Earth Healing session this morning at 10:00 a.m. PST. I’m not sure why yet, but I want to chronicle my experiences each Sunday and post them on the website. If you are joining me in this I would love to hear from you and about your experience(s) too and I will gladly add them to the site.

I’m not entirely sure what I want to write today; I just know I have to write. I may be crazy (yes, very funny) and I might just have a slightly (or radically) different perspective but I am finding all of the planetary activity and the opportunities it is presenting just absolutely thrilling. I don’t mean to be insensitive by any means to the plight of our brothers and sisters in Japan. I am thankful that I cannot imagine what they must be currently experiencing.

Gained a bit of weight? Were you told that your thyroid wasn't working "fast enough"? Always feeling cold - hands and feet. Not so sure that taking your temperature will do any good and then be told by your GP that Wilson's Disease is about copper metabolism and don't be silly, it's in your head! Well, it's in your throat and in your perception. And here follows some ideas and concepts for educational purposes only.

STEP AWAY FROM THE OPINION! This weekend I participated in a Oneness Bhakti Yoga workshop. The purpose was to provide a platform and support for stepping ever more fully into our true nature; a state of Oneness with our Personal Divine. Admittedly, I don’t really know what this means. It is a feeling state that my brain cannot and probably will not understand. Sitting here right now, I’m okay with that.

EGYPT, JANUARY 28, 2011 A LESSON FOR US ALL Many of us awoke this morning with images of a revolution taking place in one of the cradles of civilization. I know that some readers find inspiration and comfort in my writing and that is always my intention. I am not and do not proclaim to be a political maven but from my standpoint, this turn of events is thrilling and completely in alignment with the inevitable demise of any institution founded upon anything other than integrity.

STRAIGHT TO THE HEART ~  I am experiencing energy as shifting rapidly right now; daily and even wholly, within the day. These are not subtle shifts that I would expect to experience depending upon where I have been or with whom. These are rock ’em sock ‘em shifts of a global (and by that I mean macro) nature which I believe used to take place over a more protracted period and, as such, were not as noticeable or potentially unsettling. I say this because if I am experiencing them, you are too.

WARRIOR HEART ~  Since discovering this week that I am a warrior with the heart of a warrior I have thought, and felt, a lot about what that means. What is the heart of a warrior?

A poster on one of the Facebook pages I frequent had a comment/some questions around how one moves past feeling depressed, hopeless, and loaded with “Thoughts of eradication, annihilation, shame, guilt, fear, despair and the good old sadness”.  Since many people seem to go through this periodically, and especially after holidays, I t

 IF IT LOOKS HARD AND PAINFUL AND IT FEELS HARD AND PAINFUL - IT MUST BE AN OPPORTUNITY!
No shit! Okay, the truth is I was not so sanguine about this on Friday!