This next Saturday, October 24, at 7 pm MST an opportunity for free healing is available for all. By saying yes to receive you are included in the session. 

Distance healing by Michael Mohoric is effective to connect with and support the bodies natural ability to heal itself. 

​If you are interested to know more information about Mr Mohoric or find out more about the powerful practice of qigong or want to sign up for the newsletter check out his site at http://www.qigongenergyhealing.com.

During the qigong distance healing hour, sit or lay quietly and do a meditation. I often do a guided meditation or this Meditation for the 7 Chakras or you can try the soothing Musical Rapture music by Frederic Delarue mentioned in an earlier article.  

Relax, observe and listen to the response your body is having with your intention to connect with this healing moment.

If you fall asleep during the session, that is ok. Getting your conscious self out of the way by sleeping allows your body to be more efficient with the job of healing that it is designed for. 

Your body has a natural ability to heal, restore, and renew. It is who we are. It happens every day and night.

An example of a healing moment is when you are falling asleep and your leg jumps. Your body just released the muscle tension, restoring the natural flow of health to that leg. If you are a more sensitive type of person you might have felt the twitching in the muscle before the jump.

To see Michael Mohoric at work with his healing practice go to this youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AFt11lhyZM&feature=youtu.be 

And this next video with the cats.​ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU-A3xdhYmg&t=189s

On occasion I will have a person on the massage table that feels dizzy and nauseous when they roll over.  This is when I tell them about Dr Foster. Those that have tried the five easy steps tell me it works and they feel safe doing it.

Dr Carol Foster, MD of Colorado created a simple at home method to resolve the dizziness that is experienced from vertigo in a half somersault that you do sitting on your knees while on the floor.
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Watch Dr. Carol Foster explain the method and see a demonstration in this next video. 

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I use essential oils every day at work, at home, and often give them to friends as gifts. Essential oils have amazing healing potential.

I like to tell the story about the wonderfulness of essential oils from Valerie Ann Worwood book, The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

My version of the story. A French cosmetic chemist in the 1920s was working in his lab and burnt his arm. He put his arm in a vat of lavender oil. The pain in the arm was less and healed quickly without blisters, redness, or scars.

The easy experiment to prove, “what you put on your skin will absorb to travel and affect your whole body”, can be done with a clove of garlic. First have a close friend analyze your breath. Now rub a cut clove of garlic on the bottom of the foot. Do a good job and massage in the oils of the garlic.  Wait twenty to thirty minutes and breathe on that same close friend. Friend should smell the garlic on the breath.

Breast Health Oils
I call my blend of essential oils Kim’s Best Breast Blend. I researched what I thought would be the right oils for myself. This oil blend is mentioned in my breast massage booklet available here. 

I wanted my blend to have strong healing properties of anti-carcinogen, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, lymph enhancer, skin protection for reduced elasticity (older breast tissue), diuretic to move fluids, blood cleansing, raise immunity, speed healing, reduce scar tissue, reduce pain, mood calming, relaxing and mood lifting. The following twelve essential oils are the ones that fit what I wanted in my oil blend.

Bergamot, Peppermint, Lemongrass, Lavender, Frankincense, Sage,
Geranium, Cypress, Marjoram, Ylang-ylang, Thyme, Rosemary

I put ten drops of each essential oil (120 drops =4ml) in a large bottle and add the apricot oil. The dominant smell is the lemongrass (truly one of the super healers in the bunch. I drink tea with lemongrass everyday. I will tell you the lemongrass tea beats an infection story another time.)

The essential oils that I did not want in my blend are those that add estrogen to the tissue. Estrogen feeds tumors of the breast, uterus, and ovaries. These four essential oils are wrong for breast health;  Clary sage, Niaouli, Fennel, and Aniseed.

Muscle Aches
When I massage clients, I ask if they have any allergies and would it be all right to use lavender and peppermint along with the massage oil. 

“I promise you wont smell like a flower when you leave.“  

Peppermint and lavender are the gentlest of muscle relaxants and work well together to reduce inflammation in the muscles. The power of the nose adds to the topical application. When the nose recognizes the lavender and peppermint smell the brain sends a signal to initiate a relaxation response in the body.  

Skin Irritations
Ron Guba, the leader in aromatic medicine in Australia, developed a great ointment for wound healing (skin ulcers, bedsores, rashes, skin irritations of various kinds).  My search today still shows that “Guba’s Wound-Healing Cream” is not available for the public. Which I think means the pilot study is still ongoing.

Web site of Ron Guba http://www.essentialtherapeutics.com.au
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Mr. Guba ‘s research of essential oil is mentioned in Clinical Aromatherapy, Essential Oils in Practice by Jane Buckle.

Mr. Guba’s story of success with his formula inspired me to create my own version. My version is not exactly the same blend of oils (I have added a few more proven hard working favourites).  From my own home studies, I have had wonderful results. I call my version, 10-15-20-balm.

10 drops of each essential oil, 15 essential oils, 20 grams of base ultrabalm(from LUSH)

In a half tin of 45 gram ultrabalm (using only half is approximately 20 grams of ultarblam) add 10 drops each of ​​Lavender, Frankincense, Marjoram, Rosemary, Grapefruit, Thyme, Bergamot, Geranium, Sage, Lemongrass, Eucalyptus, Peppermint, German Chamomile, Myrrh, and Tea tree oil. Blend completely using a stir stick.

Latest use of Homemade 10-15-20 balm in our home was a serious skin irritation from sawdust. G was surprised how quick it feels better and how fast (under two weeks) it heals the skin.

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I find TED talks to be a great accompaniment with breakfast and the morning routines. 

Own Your Body's Data, presented by Talithia Williams, a professional statistician. This is an entertaining presentation of her collection and use of personal bodily data of herself and her husband.

Ms Williams explains in this presentation the woman's cycle, fertility, conception, miscarriage, challenges of birth, thyroid function/dysfunction, and prehypertension/hypertension. 

Ms Williams response of "show me the data" and energy for analyzing and interpreting her chances is inspiring.  

We should all be an authority, an expert with the power of your own personal data. A basic collection of data allows for better decisions for personal health care.

The obvious not mentioned idea that is just as important as data is to always know your health care options.

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I like easy stretches that only focus on the area of muscles needing the stretch. This version of the lower back stretch allows the other muscles to relax and not be actively working against what you need to have happen.

​​Imagine you have taken a short break from building a fence.  After sitting without doing any stretching you notice a tension building in your lower back. 

Stop the back from stiffening up and do this stretch.

1. Sit with legs wide apart will give room for a nice long lengthening stretch to the back.
2. Let your self gently fall forward to touch the floor, or your toes, or your power tool that you are holding in anticipation of getting back out there.
3. Remember to breathe into the area of focus.
4. Hold the stretch for several minutes. 
5. Feel the release of muscle tension in the lower back.

​When you can sit to do this stretch you put your focus on the lower back and not the back of the legs, which probably needs a good stretch too, but you can do that stretch after this one. A nice variation of a back of the leg stretch would be sitting on the floor with legs straight and grabbing onto feet or ankles. Which could easily turn into a session of rhomboid stretches. 

There should be no immediate balance issues when you do this lower back stretch while sitting. If you find you have balance issues or dizziness try the Foster Maneuver.  
http://www.kimdeering.com/blog/vertigo-dizziness

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There are many kinds of topical patches out there. I like the herbal ones. I have used the Salonpas patches for a number of years now. There are other people like me that offer  patches to people in pain from muscle aches of shoulders, back, arm, and leg. Maybe some day you will see them for sale right where you buy your automotive or tractor parts.

I really wanted to tell you about something new to me that I have found. The brown ginger patch that is three times larger and it feels warm to hot and tingly. I like the larger patch for the surface area when there is a large muscle that needs more coverage, like the quad.

A few guidelines for using a patch.

1. Do not stretch the patch when you put it on.
2. Place it gently to the skin and press gently without stretching the patch.
3. Leave it on for twelve hours. I did try a patch on the same quad for two days and was very impressed with the anti inflammatory properties and the warmth of the ginger. 
4. Do not sweat with the patch on or the adhesive will release.

The adhesive is gentle.
I do have a problem with adhesives from a standard bandaid. I give a bandaid two days tops to heal what needs healing and then it is gone. The itch is too much to take. 

Salonpas hit a tipping point many years ago in popularity so that you can find them almost everywhere from grocery store to big box store to pharmacy counter.

Ginger patches may be newer to North America so they can not be found as of yet at the corner store. I could not find any in town here. Maybe in a year or two. Ordering online does take two weeks for shipping on Amazon direct from China.  

Eileen has tried the patch for her serious arthritis of the spine. It is working to keep the pain from inflammation under control. We find the best spot on the back is above the sacrum in the lower back. We did try one patch to inflammation of an ankle. The one patch kept both feet feeling warm.

So nice to find something that is not a pharmaceutical pill for pain from the inflammation of arthritis.

We strongly agree the ginger patches are our new favourite pain patch. 

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https://www.amazon.ca/Compress-Traditional-Treament-Dysmenorrhea-100pieces/dp/B07HQZLDW1/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=ginger+patches&qid=1558360837&s=gateway&sr=8-4

https://www.amazon.ca/Salonpas-Pain-Relieving-Patch-Patches/dp/B00FOB5BOK/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3BA987AMMH2UL&keywords=salonpas+patches&qid=1558360951&s=gateway&sprefix=salonpas%2Caps%2C235&sr=8-6

​https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4230973/?fbclid=IwAR2sSSvdc0aKy-gkDGmB6K29MOZXXgBrj7tVU-4kpK17-wnn3saN7lIVNKA

There is a chemical reaction happening in your mind and body reducing anxiety, depression and stress when your have a massage. The four feel good neurotransmitter chemicals and hormones that get produced with massage are endorphin, oxytocin, serotonin and dopamine.

Endorphin is the feel good/pleasure hormone. A natural pain killer that is produced when we are in pain, exercise, eat chocolate, eat carb heavy comfort food, eat spicy food, smell cookies baking or just sniff the vanilla bottle, laugh and when having a massage.

Oxytocin is the "warm hug" hormone that reduces the stress hormones like cortisol. Oxytocin goes to work when a woman is in labour, when lactating, when hugging and touching another person or when petting your dog and when having a gentle relaxation massage.

Serotonin is the joyful antidepressant neurotransmitter regulating mood, hunger and sleep. Serotonin helps you get really sleepy and maybe fall asleep when you are having a massage. Serotonin is produced when we spend time in the sunlight or bright light, have a massage, meditate, exercise, and when remembering happy events.

Dopamine is a key antidepressant/pleasure hormone and neurotransmitter. Besides a massage you can get dopamine activity from sex, wine, listening to music, and unfortunately in recreational drugs like herion but not from marijuana. Excess of dopamine production results in schizophrenia, psychosis and hallucinations. 

Hippocrates (c.460BC-c.370BC), considered by all as the father of modern medicine is quoted as saying "Healing begins with an aromatic bath and daily massage". 

The Prescription For Massage to Help Mental Health. 
Take two massages a week for a minimum of twenty minutes each session. This schedule isn't always practical for everyone or it just might be difficult to find a willing partner to trade massages with. Maybe try massages weekly or at least monthly or every two weeks or every three weeks. You will know what schedule is having the best effect for you. 

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. Take this opportunity to book a massage with your therapist today. 

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http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/prefrontal-nudity/201111/boosting-your-serotonin-activity
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-moral-molecule/200811/the-oxytocin-cure
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=55001
http://www.thedoctorweighsin.com/massage-and-your-brain/
http://www.massagetherapycanada.com/content/view/2263/132/
http://www.massagemag.com/massage-has-positive-effects-on-biochemistry-4272/
http://www.alive.com/articles/view/23052/massage_therapy_for_mental_wellness
http://womensmentalhealth.org/posts/massage-therapy-for-depression/
http://www.livestrong.com/article/232329-what-is-a-dopamine-antagonist/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2077351/

Just completed a two-day workshop here in the valley at the East Coulee School Museum. I now have another understanding of the physical body and the energy body with all the thousands of interconnections.

Dr Randolph Stone (1890-1981), the founder of polarity therapy, worked with his knowledge of Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, yoga, reflexology, osteopathy, chiropractic, and naturopathy to create a holistic approach to the body. This approach will help support the body in creating balance in the physical, emotional, and mental. 

No, I did not learn "it all" in two days. I imagine I will need to attend many more classes over the next few years and then maybe a few more years after that to get to almost there.

This was just my beginning, in an advanced beginners course, taught by an amazing instructor, Rita Cumming, MEd, BCPP, ADVCST

I believe I have been waiting to attend this program for a very long time. The two days left me with tears of joy and a release in crazy tension I was holding in my body. I should be able to incorporate some of these techniques into your appointment time with me if you would like.

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I have had a bit of interest lately with clients asking questions of acupressure and meridian line tracing. Certain meridian lines are very supportive of chronic health conditions.

Working your own meridian lines and acupressure points can be a do it yourself project. Depending on your condition it is helpful to massage the lines daily and several times a day. 

The three acupressure point tapping routine to calm nervous system while boosting energy and many more can be found in Donna Eden's three books; 
1. Energy Medicine for Women: Aligning Your Body's Energies to Boost Your Health and Vitality 
2. Energy Medicine: Balancing Your Body's Energies for Optimal Health, Joy, and Vitality 
3. The Little Book of Energy Medicine: The Essential Guide to Balancing Your Body's Energies. 

The following is a collection of four of my favourite Donna Eden instructional videos. More videos are available at Eden Energy Medicine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn_yr5l2SQJdW6llBOI1I9Q

Tap the three acupressure points for ten seconds each.

1. Thymus in the centre of your breast bone
2.  K27 are twin points one inch below collar bone corners 
3. Spleen acupressure points four inches below armpit along side
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Repeat this routine until you feel calm. 
​Repeat the routine every two hours to maintain energy flow.

I have actually used this technique very successfully to calm a potential panic attack.  

Working these three points four times during the day will help boost your immune system, boost energy, increase meridian flow, awaken alertness and reduce stress levels.

You can follow along with the following video to tap out the three acupressure points to calm your nervous system and boost the health and energy of your body.

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April 8, 2019, to May 27, 2019, an online course free to anyone that registers. This is a no credit course. A certificate for completion costs $35. Approximate time required for course is 14 hours for the seven weeks. 

I think a human concussion is a subject that everyone that is a person has an interest in.

A concussion often comes along with whiplash from various accidents, not just a motor vehicle accident. The stories I have heard are varied as to how the concussion happened. I had one person tell me how they forgot to duck their head as they walked full force into the door frame of the shed they tried to enter. Some one else told me they stood up from a squat and hit a cupboard door that then knocked them flat out. G had a concussion over two years ago now from a fall in the garden that also broke her arm. 

We are all very fortunate to be able to participate in this free program. Link to registration and more information is below. See you there.

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www.ulaval.ca/en/academics/mooc-massive-open-online-course/concussion-prevention-detection-and-management-in-my-environment.html