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- ***God willing, I will never not call - by Submitted on May 16, 2014 from Debra GraugnardLast night I was driving home from visiting a friend. A temperate night in Florida, I had the window down enjoying the fresh ocean air. Driving along Indian River Drive, I began hearing screams and a woman’s voice. I saw a truck backed into a vacant lot, driver’s side door was open, no lights ...
Views: 1293 - ***Breastfeeding from Mother Earth: the Food-Body-Spirit Connection - by Submitted on May 09, 2014 from Debra GraugnardHave you ever known a mother who couldn’t breastfeed her child? Maybe you’ve been there yourself. When my niece gave birth to her second child, she naturally started nursing her beautiful baby boy. It’s a natural desire for every mother to provide nourishment for her ...
Views: 1413(1 vote) - Are You Suffering from Symptoms of Chemical Toxicity & Heavy Metals? Find Out Sources of Toxins & Key Detoxification Essential Oils to Use - by Submitted on May 07, 2014 from KG StilesDETOXIFY & CLEANSE YOUR BODY of Chemical Toxicity & Heavy Metals with Pure Essential Oil. Find out: Primary sources of toxicity Symptoms of poisons in your body How aromatherapy oils detoxify your body Key Essential Oils to Use to detoxify your body Keywords: HEAVY METAL DETOX, ...
Views: 2114 - What Are Essential OIls & How Aromatherapy Works! With Diagrams Delivery Pathways in Body & Hormonal Effects on Memory, Mood & Emotions - by Submitted on May 06, 2014 from KG StilesESSENTIAL OILS are the subtle, aromatic, and volatile liquids extracted through distillation from a single botanical source (flowers, seeds, leaves, stems, bark, and roots of herbs, bushes, shrubs and trees), the part of the plant yielding the maximum amount of essential oil. Essential oils ...
Views: 2383 - Are You a Healer? 5 Questions to Answer - The Shadow Side of Healing (Signs & Symptoms) - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2014 from KG StilesEveryone is born with the gift of healing! You are born with the natural capacity to heal and have a healing influence on your world and other people in your life. However not everyone is born with a contract to be a healer. It is not necessary to have a vocation as healer to have a ...
Views: 1964(2 votes) - ***Disarming the subconscious saboteur - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardI worked with a client recently who deeply desired to live her passion. A part of that success meant speaking in front of large audiences about beliefs that she was very passionate about. However, every time in the days leading up to a speaking engagement, she would eat uncontrollably of the ...
Views: 1628(1 vote) - ***Emotions – Doorway to Darkness or Entrance to Enlightenment? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardHave you ever sat at the beach and watched the waves – the rhythmic patterns of the swells, the ebbs and flows? I’m so blessed to live by the ocean again. I love watching the waves flowing onto the shore, drawing back to sea. It brings such a peaceful feeling. Sometimes emotions ...
Views: 1556 - ***Listening to Your Body - Discerning Messages of the Mind, Heart & Gut - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardThe other day I was driving in my car and a dashboard light came on that I had never seen before. I thought to myself, “I’m WAY too busy to deal with a car issue – I don’t even have time to stop and check it out.” Fortunately, I had the owner’s ...
Views: 2033(1 vote) - Introduction to Chakra Cords - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2013 from Shavasti .We’re all aware of the term ‘no strings attached’, however, in my experience there are almost always strings attached. In certain healing circles it is seen as appropriate to ‘cut the cords’. If a cord is invasive, I can totally understand this sentiment but we also need to be present with ...
Views: 2095(1 vote) - The healing power of nature. - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2013 from Elizabeth Mauro“The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man” ~ Author Unknown As someone who struggled with food, and weight for many years, I know that there is much more to overeating than meets the eye. I believe that one of the reasons that traditional diets and ...
Views: 1347(2 votes) - Sign of Recovery? - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2013 from Fiona CuttsA few weeks ago, when I was in Manchester for healing sessions, two of my clients and one of my colleagues talked about being drawn to wear a different type of clothes. This is an experience I've had at different times in my life, including when I was recovering from ME / CFS (chronic fatigue ...
Views: 1302 - Energy Healing: All in the Body? - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2013 from Fiona CuttsHello there! Over the last few days, I have been reminded of the way the body sometimes quite literally speaks to us. We can see this in our everyday language: "He's a pain in the neck." "I knew it - I had a gut feeling about him." Or " I put it all behind me." I remember the first time I ...
Views: 1319 - Relationship Cords Healing - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2013 from Fiona CuttsHello! I hope you've all been enjoying the sunny weather - I certainly have been feeling as some kind of weight has been taken off me as the sunshine comes. This week I am going to write about another really powerful healing technique - relationship cords healing. The idea behind this healing ...
Views: 1514 - Energy Healing: Meditation - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2013 from Fiona CuttsI learned to meditate about 17 years ago, and nowadays meditate 4 or 5 times a week, as well as going on intensive meditation retreats from time to time. For me, it's an essential part of a busy life - a chance for time to be with myself, to see what's really going on in my body and my mind when ...
Views: 1296 - Human Design Just for Children (and Everyone) - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2013 from Bonnie Schwartzbauer"At the moment of birth we are imprinted with a genetic blueprint that is a unique expression of ourselves and like no other." Carolyn Ford According to Human Design, beginning in 2027, a new species of human will begin to arrive on Earth. The Solar Plexus (or emotional) center of these ...
Views: 8696 - The Crown Chakra - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2013 from Fiona CuttsIt seems an appropriate time to come to the end of our journey through the chakras - the Crown Chakra. This is the part of the journey that is less to do with our individual selves, and more to do with transcending a sense of separate self. When we are balanced in this chakra, we are ...
Views: 1261(1 vote) - ***Beliefs can be changed by the Truth - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardRecently, I’ve been hearing more and more accounts of doctors and research studies concluding that the major contributing factor influencing Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Intestinal Permeability (Leaky Gut Syndrome) and other digestive dysfunction is ...
Views: 2056(1 vote) - The Third Eye Chakra - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2013 from Fiona CuttsWe are now near the end of our journey through the chakras - at the third eye chakra (also known as the brow chakra), which is located in the centre of the forehead. Here, at the end of the journey in the territory of the sixth and seventh chakras, we are in the spiritual realm - where the sense ...
Views: 1361 - The Throat Chakra - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2013 from Fiona CuttsHello! We are a long way through our chakra journey, now at the throat chakra. This chakra is associated obviously with speaking and communication. But it is far more than that - it is about how we express ourselves in our totality in the world, and how we communicate our truth and the essence ...
Views: 1451 - EFT for Fear of Public Speaking - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2013 from Fiona CuttsPublic speaking is often cited as people's number one fear. And I know it was like this for me - I remember as an accountant dreading giving presentations and talks. Then, as I wanted to share things that were closer to my heart, such as my spiritual practice, I realised I needed to get over ...
Views: 1292 - ***Spirituality – Self-Sacrifice or Self-Care? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardDo you consider yourself a spiritually-connected person? I do, and yet I sometimes find myself falling short of caring for my physical body in a way that best serves me. I skip breakfast or the morning workout so I can cram in one more errand on the way to work; I commit to more than I can ...
Views: 1752(5 votes) - The Sacral Chakra - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2013 from Fiona CuttsHello again! Now it is time to continue the journey through the chakras, and look at the sacral chakra. The sacral chakra is located just below the belly button, and is associated with creativity and sexuality, and is to do with our appetite for both food and sex. When we are balanced here, ...
Views: 1206 - Treatment for ME: The Good and The Bad - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2013 from Fiona CuttsWhen my clients are learning the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), a question that often comes up is whether it is "OK" to go back to what we may call "bad" things in our lives in order to release and heal them. People fear, from what they know of positive thinking and affirmations, that ...
Views: 1111 - ***Do you know why you’re here? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardCarl Jung once said, ”Nothing so affects the life of a child as a parent’s unfulfilled life.” I knew a woman who was born in the early 1920’s. She was a quite intelligent, insightful, introspective, creative woman. She graduated valedictorian of her ...
Views: 1576(2 votes) - The Base Chakra Part 2 - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2013 from Fiona CuttsHello again! So, I am writing about the base chakra again. Last time, I wrote about the properties of a balanced base chakra, and also about the types of issues and conditions that can occur when the base chakra is out of balance. This time, I would like to write about how to balance and heal ...
Views: 1144 - The Base Chakra Part 1 - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2013 from Fiona CuttsWhen I had just moved out to Hebden Bridge, the issues that are to do with the base chakra were very current for me. Even though I really wanted to move out here, and I love it here, at the time I was feeling very "wobbly" and ungrounded - unsurprising in that I have literally "uprooted" myself ...
Views: 1179 - ***The holy perfectionist - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardI woke up the other morning with a painful knot of gridlocked stress around my stomach. Great…that’s what we call a “fog” – a “freakin’ opportunity for growth”. Not so bad, though. It’s just an opportunity to trade out that knot for a gift of divine truth and grace, and that painful tension was ...
Views: 1357(1 vote) - Chronic Migraine Headaches as a Progressive Brain Disorder? - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2013 from James Bogash, DCSounds like a scary title, huh? Good, because if you suffer from migraines, you NEED to understand how serious this truly is. And it is not about controlling the headache. Although this may be the immediate need, this limited approach does nothing for protecting your brain. And make no ...
Views: 2573 - How Illness Can Change Us - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2013 from Fiona CuttsThe other night I was at 5 rhythms dance (a dance that is fun and also therapeutic and healing) - and at the end of the session, someone started to talk to me about her experience of being round me in the dance (nothing frightening! - only positive.) I was really pleased she had spoken to me, ...
Views: 1307 - Raw Food Examined - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2013 from Fiona CuttsOver the last week or so, I have been listening to a lot of inspirational people in the raw food world talk about various aspects of following this type of diet (whether a completely or only in part raw food diet). The experts talked about all kinds of aspects related to eating and food: ...
Views: 1208 - Vibrant Health for a Lifetime - A Fantasy? - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2013 from Dr. Carolyn PorterDo you believe vibrant health is possible until you take your last breath, or does that seem more like a fairytale fantasy? For many years I have been on a mission to find what vibrant health truly is. As I observed that some people seemed to be experiencing it, I knew I wanted to experience ...
Views: 1624 - Emotions and Food - by Submitted on May 30, 2013 from Fiona CuttsRecently, I've had quite a few clients coming to see me with food related issues, which got me thinking about my own (continuing) journey with food. Looking back on my childhood, it is now completely clear to me how (unintentionally of course) my family conditioning set up strong connections ...
Views: 1201 - ***Guts are people too! - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardWelcome to you and your guts! My friend, Susan Hamblen, and I were talking the other day, planning for our upcoming Belly Wisdom workshop. Both of us are “inspired” by how often we hear people, clenching their bellies, say, “If only I could get rid of this!” or ...
Views: 1385(1 vote) - Treatment for ME: Allowing in the Heavenly Energies - by Submitted on May 23, 2013 from Fiona CuttsI find that I am often talking about grounding, and the importance of being grounded - and talk and write comparatively little about the importance of a connection with the heavens, the divine, God - whatever term you use, or whatever resonates with you. I think one of the main reasons I talk ...
Views: 1212 - Powerful Healing With Access Consciousness and the Bars - by Submitted on May 22, 2013 from Fiona CuttsOver the last couple of months, I have become increasingly interested in a healing modality called "Access Consciousness." It's a system of healing that is designed to bring us out of judgement, and into awareness and consciousness. It includes both hands on body work, and verbal enquiry ...
Views: 1320 - Medieval Medicine VS Modern Medicine - by Submitted on May 27, 2013 from Ivan DimitrijevicMedieval medicine Europe’s medicine of these dark ages was somewhere between spiritual guidance and pagan believes. If you were to see a doctor because you’re sick, you could expect that the doctor will say something like – “it’s destiny”. Or, on the other hand, you may be paying your debts ...
Views: 8124 - ***What the pH? - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardThere’s a lot of talk about pH, and some of it sounds so confusing, even contradictory, that it’s hard to know what’s true and what to do for what reasons. I’m going to try to shed a little light on the subject. First, what is pH? “pH” literally ...
Views: 1288(1 vote) - Creating a Healthy You - by Submitted on May 16, 2013 from Bonnie StrehlowWhat if you could recapture your vitality and health with one simple method? Wouldn’t you want to know how? Wouldn’t it be great to have a Healthy You and the freedom and power to make that happen? If you are like me, you’re always looking for ways to feel better. Maybe you are already ...
Views: 1159 - We Are All Healers - by Submitted on May 16, 2013 from Martin BrofmanWe Are All Healers By Martin Brofman We define healing as “returning to the experience of balance (harmony) and wellness.” One who heals another is helping the other return to the experience of wellness. Those healing themselves, or involved in self-healing, are returning themselves to the ...
Views: 1717(2 votes) - What's a Chakra? - by Submitted on May 16, 2013 from Martin BrofmanWhat's a Chakra? ©1988 Martin Brofman Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel, or vortex, and it refers to each of the seven energy centers of which our consciousness, our energy system, is composed. These chakras, or energy centers, function as pumps or valves, regulating the flow of ...
Views: 1684(1 vote) - How Can A Narcissistic Personality Be So Loving? - by Submitted on May 13, 2013 from Amy AdamMany people struggle to identifynarcissistic personality disorder when it seems this person has such great qualities. At the initial stage of connecting to an individual with narcissistic personality disorder it seemed that this individual could not be a better person. He or she was loving, ...
Views: 1848 - 3 Secret Healing Techniques To Unleash Your Mind’s Full Potential - by Submitted on May 09, 2013 from Greg FrostThe subconscious mind has a lot of power that can influence the way that you think and do things. This is because everything that your subconscious takes in as negative is reflected in your real life as equally negative, talk about pain, frustrations, stress, bad relations and so forth. The best ...
Views: 1565 - Treatment for ME: Good Vibrations - Sound Healing - by Submitted on May 08, 2013 from Fiona CuttsLast month I went to the Sheffield ME group to lead a sound healing workshop. Sound healing was a key element in my own recovery journey, and I love sharing this with other people. How does sound healing work? Everything in the universe is vibrating - the chair you're sitting on, you, the ...
Views: 1057 - ***From Forgiveness Into Oneness - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardI’ve been thinking about close of the year 2012. I usually think of the close of the year as a time for reflection and gratitude. But what came to me in this morning’s meditation was the topic of forgiveness. I thought to myself – I’m not holding any grudges. I can’t think of anyone I’m ...
Views: 1392(1 vote) - ***Earth Day: 7 Ways to Honor the Earth and Your Body - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardWhere I grew up, pollution was so heavy, the sky glowed orange and the smell of burning chemicals lingered in the air. I was born in 1963 on the Texas Gulf Coast near a conglomeration of oil refineries. I remember my aunt exclaiming with great surprise when she bought a ...
Views: 1628(3 votes) - ***The Nutrients of our Internal Soil - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardFarmers know that certain crops need certain nutrients in order to grow successfully. Winter is the time when cover crops are planted. Different cover crops and fertilizers provide different nutrients for the soil. Often combinations of crops and fertilizers are used to affix a ...
Views: 1231(1 vote) - ***The Power of Labels - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardI had a client a few years back who called herself a Parkinsonian. She had lived with Parkinson’s disease for 20 years. She was in her 70’s at the time, and her body was quite frail. She held a strong identity as a Parkinsonian and spoke fondly of her fellow Parkinsonians in her weekly ...
Views: 1293(3 votes) - ***One Teaching… Unity, Acceptance and Healing… - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardIf I had to give just one teaching about what I’ve learned in all of my studies, it would be this: To truly heal and optimally care for our bodies, we must see ourselves as one with all that is. We cannot see ourselves as separate from anything around us or within us. We must ...
Views: 1287(3 votes) - The Narcissistic Personality Rejects His/Her Damaged Inner Self - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2013 from Amy AdamIndividuals with narcissistic personality disorder have intense self-hatred and shame as a result of unresolved emotional wounds generally obtained in childhood. Anarcissistic personality internalised the abusive messages and projections of his or her surroundings and parental ...
Views: 2978 - ***It's All in Your GUT's Mind - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2014 from Debra GraugnardI know no one likes being told their dis-eases are "psychological," and I'm not here to tell you that everything is in your head. I realize there's more to it than that. However, your digestive system has a mind of its own, and it is wired to be heavily influenced by its mind. I'm not ...
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