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by: COCHRANE & AREA WHOLISTIC COMMUNITY

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November 2009 Issue # 38

Feature Story

Brain Gym

BRAIN GYM: Educational Kinesiology: learning to redevelop the brains neural pathways through physical movement in order to improve our concentration, reading, memory, listening, confidence and more.

Brain Gym International www.braingym.org

Brain Gym was developed by Dr. Paul E. Dennison and Gail E. Dennison and their associates. Dr. Dennison graduated from Boston University in the early 1960’s. He worked in elementary schools and became implemental with other associates in many programs that have been put into action: Reading programs, Educational Kinesiology (Edu-K) and more.

Brain Gym was one of the first healing practices that I had been introduced to. This is a fascinating way to learn how the brain functions and how we can re-wire or re-direct our thinking processes. From the time we are born (and even before birth) to the present day, our brains and senses pick up a lot of information: whether for the good or bad. These feelings, thoughts, taught emotions and more can be changed in order that we can come out of habits that have hindered our progress in life.

Following are some of the processes our brain goes through during a thought or action:

Laterality: Communication – we need to access both sides of our brain, eyes, whole body, academic, and communication. When this is all integrated we can feel successful, strong and capable.

Centering: Organization – here we need to unite the emotional and abstract: thought, fear, fight or flight, expressing ones self or emotions. When this is integrated we feel centered, content, blessed and our needs are met.

Focus: Comprehension – connection of our back or frontal lobes, learning process, being over focused. When this is integrated we become attentive, more open, flexible and have a good perspective.

Homolateral means the same side of the body. When both sides are turned on – we are balanced. When one side or both sides are turned off, we are unbalanced and unable to function productively.

Some examples of being centered (balanced) and uncentered:

When homolateral is switched off: When homolateral is switched on:

Off center Centered

Confused Clear

Scattered Concentrates well

Gets thrown off track Follows through easily

Disorganized Productive

With Brain Gym we can switch the homolateral back on in order to reach our messages a lot better and freely. Sometimes when we go through experiences that have not been gentle and with kindness and we turn our senses off in order to protect our self from further hurt.

Being a shy child in school, and when you are asked to read a paragraph or two, your voice is very quiet and the kids start to tease you, you withdraw and no longer want to be part of that experience. So we shut ourselves off.

Brain Gym is a wonderful technique for children, as they can do exercises during the treatment. There are specific excursuses to redevelope the brains neural pathways according to what needs to be done. From doing hook ups to doing the cross crawl. Along with muscle checking (to see what needs to be addressed) to having a special exercise program, children love the interaction and have fun. For more information go to: www.braingym.org

Submitted by: Kim Buckler www.spirit-soul-healing.com

Canada’s Wholistic Directory member providing Brain Gym:

Janette Hansen B.A., PTC, Reiki Master, BodyTalk, Colour/Sound, Quantum/Touch janki-connect@hotmail.com

Note to members:

If any of our members has an event coming up, we will post this event in the newsletter for you, and on the web site for no charge. Our web site is constantly changing, and so are our practitioners and suppliers. www.abwholisticdirectory.com or bucklers@shaw.ca

Welcome to:

Pamela Shelly of Calgary, Kelowna,Toronto & Vancouver.

Contact: 250-861-9087 or 1-866-847-3454 www.Pamelashelly.com Pamela@pamelashelly.com

Specialties: Pamela practices Angelic Healing, Spiritual Healing, offers Workshops & Courses, along with supplying crystal jewellery and Crystal Skulls, and has Guided Meditation CD's.

This Month’s Featured Members

www.abwholisticdirectory.com/direct.html

Full Circle Hypnotherapy Training College Jennifer Alexander Calgary, Alberta

(403) 873-7501 201 8408 Elbow Drive. SW www.fullcirclehypnosis.com training@fullcirclehypnosis.com

Specialties: Hypnotherapy sessions, Medical Hypnosis & Therapy, Hypnotherapy Training, Basic Training,

Self Hypnosis, Advanced Hypnotist Course, Master Hypnosis Course, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Emergency

Hypnosis, Stage Hypnosis, Hypnosis for fears & Phobias.

Cool Family Solutions Mona Cooley (403) 512-5558 Calgary, Alberta

mona.cooley@coolfamilysolutions.com www.coolfamilysolutions.com

Specialties: Families Faced with Mental Illness & Addictions, Family Support and Life Skills program, Entire Family 6-month program, Health and Wellness, Navigator for other resources, individual sessions for Discover your Purpose and Mapping your Purpose, Individual Coaching focusing on a particular area (ex: de-cluttering).

Donna Korchinski Intuitive Healer (403) 230-1442 1-866-230-1442 Calgary, Alberta

www.writingsbydonna.com intuition@nucleus.com

Specialties: Donna practices Vibrational Analysis, Pranic Healing and Intuitive (Automatic Writing)

Eden Neufeld Divine Balance (403) 615-2985 Calgary, Alberta

2131 50th Avenue S.W. Calgary, AB. eden@divinebalance.ca www.divinebalance.ca

Specialties: Coaching for Mental Illness and Depression, Wholistic Approach Coaching, Independent Nikken distributor

Russell Small Success Sensei Enterprises Ltd (403) 681-2277 Calgary, Alberta

2131 50th Avenue S.W. Calgary, AB. russell@russellsmall.com www.russellsmall.com

Specialties Imagination Coach for creativity and expression, Certified Subconscious Restructuring Coach, Nikken distributor

Kim Buckler REIKI MASTER & INTUITIVE (403) 932-5350 Cochrane, Alberta

Spirit & Soul Healing Clinic www.spirit-soul-healing.com bucklers@shaw.ca

Specialties: Crystal Classes, Reiki Classes & Treatments, Reflexology, Readings with Angels and more, Entity & Emotional Clearings, Past Life Regression, Karmic Cone Cleansing, Couples Reflexology Workshop.

Marla Vovchuk (403) 946-4008 Cremona, Alberta

Rosewood Healing rosewood@airenet.com

Specialties: Cranio Sacral Therapy, Massage Therapy, Hot Stone Therapy, Raindrop Therapy, Spa Therapy, Ayurvedic Practitioner

Upcoming Events

Acutonics Certification Program Level 1 Sound Gates to Meridian Harmonics

Participants explore the philosophy, cosmology, and scientific and mystical roots of Acutonics. Learn specific point combinations, ancient energy vessels and experience giving and receiving basic sessions with the Earth Moon Professional Set and the Solar 7th, foundational tools in the Acutonics System.

Dates: NOVEMBER 13 - 15 (Friday - Sunday)

Investment: $500

Where: LeMarchand Mansion suite #102

Pre-registration with deposit is required. Please pre-register by November 1st. (Cash, cheque, Mastercard, Visa and debit accepted)

Contact: Michele 780.964.2738

Tools for Level 1 Training: Earth Moon Professional Set, Solar 7th Set, "Acutonics: There's No Place Like Ohm" Textbook and an acuvator.

These tools will be available for use at class. If you would like to purchase the tools, they may be pre-ordered through you instructor. Continuing Education Credits available.

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Advanced Tools For Self-Mastery Workshop

When: November 27, 28 & 29^th

Where: Wingate Hotel, Midnapore, S.E., Calgary

Facilitator: Pamela Shelly

Guided by Archangel Michael and Ascended Master Saint Germaine, Pamela shares advanced transformation tools and provides personal assistance that will help you fulfill your Divine life purpose. This is a life changing, Experiential workshop, assisting you in moving through your blocks and creating a Plan of Action. See website for more details.

www.pamelashelly.com E-mail: Pamela@pamelashelly.com 250-861-9087 or 1-866-847-3454 toll free

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Couples Reflexology Workshop: with Kim Buckler Calgary Alberta

Date: November 25th 2009 (Tuesday evening)

Time: 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Contact: Spiritual Directions 403-210-2802 for registration

Refer to: Couples Reflexology Workshop

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Crystal Healing Workshop Lacombe Alberta

Date: November 14th 2009 (Saturday)

Time: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm

Contact: Carol 403-782-7955 Lacombe Life Long Learning for registration

Class taught by Kim Buckler ** we will be covering 50 crystals & their healing properties. Along with hands on with each crystal being covered and booklets to take home.

Couples Reflexology Workshop Lacombe Alberta

Date: November 15th 2009 (Sunday)

Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Contact: Carol 403-782-7955 Lacombe Life Long Learning for registration

Taught by Kim Buckler

** this 3 – 4 hour workshop will show couples how to do basic foot reflexology along with receiving a chart to take home.

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Janette Hansen B.A., PTC, Reiki Master, certified in BodyTalk, Color/Sound, Quantum/Touch
is now practicing at:

Poor David's 312 First Street West Cochrane

On: Fridays and Saturdays
call Jan (or leave a message) cell: 403-680-7679 or e-mail janki-connect@hotmail.com

Expo’s, Retreats and More

NOVEMBER 2009

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Tapestry of Women Gathering 2009

Saturday November 8, 2009 Cochrane Ranche House, Cochrane, Alberta

The tickets are: $40.00 if purchased from Sept. 1^st to Oct 27^th 2009

$45.00 if purchased from Oct. 28^thto Oct 30^th 2009

The cost of tickets includes: breakfast, lunch and four presenters.

** This is a Womens’ only day. ***

Call: 403-851-2250 for more information

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Canmore Life Fest (CLF) features Canmore as a place that inspires healthy living and the active pursuit of wellness. Canmore Life Fest annually celebrates living a healthy lifestyle by increasing community consciousness regarding health & wellness as part of their lifestyle and raising awareness of opportunities, services, practitioners and activities available to improve individual well-being.

Attend the business and practitioner health expo with interactive exhibitor booths, as well as workshops/presentations - in essence a “directory in colour”. Canmore Life Fest can help you make your own healthy choices through information, education and connection.

November 14 & 15, 2009
Canmore Collegiate High School
Canmore, Alberta, Canada
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm

…mark your calendars…Something IS growing in Canmore!

www.canmorelifefest.com

Health Corner

(food alternatives & health)

Each morning I get to witness a child at the bus stop who can not stay still for a second, and one could get dizzy watching him. I really wonder what he is consuming for breakfast. Several years ago during a course, the instructor sharing that the juice that children are drinking is far too sweet and the juice should be watered down to ¼ strength. What kind of cereal is he eating? How much sugar? Does he have sensitivities to wheat?

Years ago, a gal who babysat my daughters had a child who was very hard to control when she ate something with food dyes. For a few years we had to watch what the grand daughter had for juices with food coloring and even had to make our own popsicles without the yellow or red dyes. Over the years I have seen so many children not function well, and wish I had known even more then. I believe that my daughters would not have gotten as many ear infections if they would not have had milk to drink. I did know enough not to buy the can pastas for the kids: one - they tasted nasty, two – you just knew something was not healthy in them. When we monitor the little ones, and if we see changes in their actions after eating something, then that food product needs to be removed from their diet.

Following are some considerations to keep in mind when buying food for the young ones, and even for our selves:

Products with red or yellow food dyes: cheezies, snacks with imitation cheese, fruit juices, canned pastas with tomatoe sauces (even tomatoe sauce), ketchup, pastas with the powdered colored cheese mix.

Cereals: check the labels for the sugar content, and some children can not eat the glutton products.

Crackers and Cookies: what are the ingredients? sugar content, glutton content?

Juices & lunch drinks: again – sugar content, food dyes used, is it a fruit punch or a fruit juice? Can it be watered down? (when a label calls for 3 cans water, I use 4 cans plus water.)

Breads for sandwiches: what are the ingredients? Nut free? For some: Glutton free?

Prepacked products: are any of these products being warmed in the microwave in plastic? Containing processed meats and cheeses?

Fast Food Chains: I know of many parents who will not take their children to a couple of the fast food places due to the reaction and climbing the walls after eating the fries.

Let your children know that being healthy is so much better than consuming sugars, dyes and chemicals. Explain that it is wiser to eat better than to have the coolest lunch at school. Explain that their energy level is higher after a lunch of veggies and fresh fruit, then eating cookies, chips and lifeless foods.

PS: If you have some fast and easy glutton free breads to share – I would love to add them to my recipe box, and in the newsletter.

(herbs and more)

Antioxidants:

These are natural compounds that help our bodies when we are exposed to harmful free radicals. These harmful free radicals are atoms that cause damage to our cells. This damage leads to cancer, a low immune system and heart problems. Antioxidants are very helpful in the summer to protect against the suns rays, and during the winter for the flu and cold season.

Sources of free radicals:

Cigarette smoke, radiation, excessive sun exposure, air pollution outside (gas fumes, fumes from tar and more), air pollution inside (house hold chemicals, air fresheners and more).

We have free radical scavengers in our body that neutralize the damaging free radicals. These scavengers consist of four enzymes: superoxide dismutase, methionine reductase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase. Along with phytochemicals, nutrients and some of the vitamins that we consume, we are able to keep up to maintain a balance. Our body regularly produces enzymes and other nutrients, but when we are overexposed to certain conditions we need the additional help to keep up to the demand.

External sources of antioxidants:

Food Sources:

Vegetables and fruit (blueberries are high in antioxidants) and sprouted grains, garlic, green tea

Herbs:

Bilberry, Burdock, Curcumin (Turmeric), Ginkgo Biloba, Grape Seed Extract

Other:

Alpha-Lipoic Acid, Carotenoids, Coenzyme Q10, Flavenoids, Glutathione, Melatonin, Methionine, N-Acetylcysteine, Selenium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Zinc.

If we are eating a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables, garlic (even onions), drinking green tea instead of coffee, we can maintain a healthy systems. Today’s pace of life, use of chemicals inside and outside are an attack on our system. If I look at life as protecting my biggest asset - my body - and providing it with additional help at times of need, I can be very healthy. Even with a good multi- vitamin, the use of herbs in tablets or in cooking: we can increase our internal well being.

Studies show that 15 minutes of natural sunlight is one of the best antioxidants that we can get for our body.

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Information derived from:

Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis Balch CNC, James Balch MD

*** This is for informational purposes only. Consult your health care practitioner for any medical advice. These sites and products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.

Books

** A New Earth ** by Eckhart Toole. I know many of us either have read this book or heard of it due to all the publicity it got with a talk show over a year ago. Many people have yet not had the chance to read this book and would so enjoy the concept. A few years ago, I did the Course of Miracles and all the lessons over the span of the year. The changes and growth the course provided was amazing. “A New Earth” has a lot of the same ideas and concepts, faster to read and easier to get through. This book provides way to learn how to work without ego and drama, in order to live a much more peaceful life.

Gardening

While we are enjoy our wonderful preserves, dried or frozen herbs and veggies, we can start to plan for next spring.

We do have a much longer seed source list, if interested please email us at: bucklers@shaw.ca. Looking at the seed books and preplanning helps me through the colder months, while enjoying the moment with home made pickles.

info@seedcentre.com Seed Centre, Edmonton: from small orders to bulk seeds

orders@ttseeds.mb.ca T&T Seeds, Manitoba

cataloguerequest@mcfayden.com McFayden Seed Co. Manitoba

www.seeds.ca Seeds of Diversity Canada has many areas of information.

My Favorite Wholistic / Alternative….

E Sage: www.e-sage.ca serving Edmonton & Area. E-Sage promotes local shopping and green living for the Edmonton area.

Harvest Haven: www.harvesthaven.com just received their newsletter and it is filled with wonderful information. They are building a Straw & Clay Workshop and offering workshops in the Lethbridge area.

Live Earth: www.liveearth.org Live earth gets us together on different causes to help save our planet, from saving electricity to water. How can you help? Go to the web site for ideas and ways to start your own group in the community to share the awareness.

Business Card Section

Marge Campbell ZFS.P, ZFS.D

Feng Shui Consulting Inc.

Dowsing for non-beneficial energies * Feng Shui

Face Reading * Clutter Clearing and Entity Clearings.

Life Coaching

(403) 275-4793

Cell: (403) 630-8629

margecampbell@telus.net

www.fengshuicalgary.ca

Dr. Marg Haynes

Sky Gamma Inc. Natural Therapy Centre

Medical Hypnosis & Therapy

Mental Skills Coach * Past Life Regression

Stress Management Consultant * Psychology

Usui Tibetan Reiki Master

President - Hypnosis Society of Alberta

(403) 255-3376

www.skygamma-hypnosis.com

Jeffrey Krause Shamanic Practitioner Workshops, Meditations, Crystal Healing, Crystals & Tibetan Bowls, Life Coach, Hypnotherapy Calgary, Alberta (403) 202-1216 jeff@jcproductions.ca	Bodyworks Salon & Day Spa Francine Milburn 102-999 Bow Valley Trail Canmore, Alberta (403) 678-5746 www.bodyworks-salon-spa.com Massage Therapy, Spa Therapy, Natural Hair & Skin Products, Hot Stone Therapy, Esthetics, Professional Hair Stylists, Vegan hair and Aromatherapy skin products
Quantum Leaps Lodge Brian & Annette 2494 2119 Blaeberry Road Golden, B.C. 250- 344-2114 1-800-716-2494 www.quantumleaps.ca Quantum Leaps is a retreat that offers: Workshops & Courses, Massage Therapy, Yoga and Shamanic Healing.	Rosie Trakostanec Shamanic Healing, Past Life Regressions, Tea Leaf Readings, Readings by phone or in person, Individual or group. Port Coquitlam BC & Calgary AB Cell: (604) 839-2706 Home: (778) 285-2706 Calgary (403) 255-4421
Kim Buckler (Reiki Master & Intuitive) SPIRIT & SOUL HEALING CLINIC Home & Business Clearing * CranioSacral Therapy Reiki Treatments & Classes Foot Reflexology * Crystal Healing Classes Angel Readings & Past Life Regression Cochrane, AB (403) 932-5350 www.spirit-soul-healing.com	Canada’s Wholistic & Alternative Directory by: Cochrane & Area Wholistic Community www.abwholisticdirectory.com Practitioners, Suppliers, Schools, Classes, Retreats and more. The directory to list in and advertise with. Amazing features for members and lots of info for those seeking Natural Healing. 403-932-5350