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    <title>Personal Peace Proceedure</title>
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    <published>2007-09-23T13:07:23Z</published>
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    <summary><![CDATA[The Personal Peace Procedure that I'm about to unfold for you is not just a way to &quot;feel a little more peaceful.&quot; Properly understood, this technique should be the healing centerpiece for every person on earthIn essence, the Personal Peace...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>The Personal Peace Procedure that I'm about to unfold for you is not just a way to &quot;feel a little more peaceful.&quot; Properly understood, this technique should be the healing centerpiece for every person on earth</p>In essence, the Personal Peace Procedure involves making a list of every bothersome SPECIFIC EVENT in one's life and systematically EFT'ing their impacts out of existence. By diligently doing this we can pull out every negative tree from our emotional forests and thus eliminate major causes of our emotional and physical ailments. This, of course, propels each individual toward personal peace which, in turn, contributes mightily toward world peace.<p>&nbsp;</p>Here are some uses....<p>&nbsp;</p>1. As &quot;homework&quot; between sessions with a physician or therapist. This is certain to accelerate and deepen the healing process.<p>&nbsp;</p>2. As a daily procedure to clear out a lifetime of accumulated emotional debris. This will enhance self-image, reduce self-doubt and provide a profound sense of freedom.<p>&nbsp;</p>3. As a means to eliminate a major contributor (if not the sole cause) of a serious disease. Somewhere within one's specific events are those angers, fears and traumas that are manifesting as disease. By addressing them all, you will likely cover those responsible for the disease.<p>&nbsp;</p>4. As a useful substitute for finding core issues. If you neutralize all the specific issues you will have automatically included core issues.<p>&nbsp;</p>5. As a means for consistent relaxation.<p>&nbsp;</p>This simple concept should shift the entire healing field. I can state it in a sentence...<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>MOST OF OUR EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED (OR CONTRIBUTED TO) BY OUR UNRESOLVED SPECIFIC EVENTS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHICH CAN BE EASILY HANDLED BY EFT.</strong><p>&nbsp;</p>Not bad for a mere engineer, eh? That sentence, if adopted by every healing practitioner and patient, would likely (1) dramatically increase our healing rates while (2) precipitously dropping our costs. Please note that this idea completely ignores chemical causes such as those propounded by the medical model. That's because I have repeatedly seen improvements in clients where drugs and other chemical solutions have failed miserably. This is not to say, however, that drugs, proper nutrition and the like don't have their place. Indeed they do. They can often be vital. In my experience, however, our unresolved specific events are nearer the foundational cause for illness than anything else. Thus they deserve our primary attention..<p>&nbsp;</p>How obvious! Experienced EFT'ers are well aware of EFT's ability to cleanly wipe the negative specific events off of our mental walls. This is the area wherein our highest success ratios appear. To date, however, we have focused our efforts on those negative specific events that underlie a given ailment such as a phobia, headache or traumatic incident. This is good...very good...and we should continue doing so. On the other hand, why not use EFT on ALL the other specific events that are behind our more generalized (but VERY important) issues such as (to name a few)....<p>&nbsp;</p> <ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Self-image <p>&nbsp;</p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Anxiety <p>&nbsp;</p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Depression <p>&nbsp;</p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Persistent insomnia <p>&nbsp;</p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Addictions <p>&nbsp;</p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Compulsions <p>&nbsp;</p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">Feelings of abandonment <p>&nbsp;</p></li></ul>As you eliminate the emotional baggage from your specific events you will, of course, have less and less internal conflict for your system to deal with. Less internal conflict translates into a higher level of personal peace and less emotional and physical suffering. For many, this procedure will likely result in the complete cessation of lifelong issues that other methods have not touched. How's that for peace in a paragraph?<p>&nbsp;</p>The same applies to physical ailments as well. I'm talking here about everything from headaches, breathing difficulties and digestive disorders to AIDS, MS and Cancer. It is becoming more widely accepted that our physical maladies are caused (or contributed to) by unresolved angers, traumas, guilt, grief and the like. I have had many discussions with physicians in recent years and more and more of them echo emotional strife as a major cause of serious diseases. Until now, however, there hasn't been an effective way to eliminate these health bandits. We can mask them with drugs, of course, but true cures have been hard to find. Fortunately, EFT and its many cousins now provide easy and elegant tools that will aid the serious health practitioner in killing the root causes of disease...instead of the patient.<p>&nbsp;</p>What I share here is NOT a substitute for quality EFT training NOR is it a substitute for quality help from a masterful EFT practitioner. Rather, it is a tool that, properly applied, is capable of wide ranging relief (quality training or quality assistance will add to its effectiveness). Its simplicity and far reaching effectiveness give it candidacy as a mandatory method for anyone seeking help for even the most difficult of problems. . I know that's a bold statement but I've been at this for over a decade now and have seen so many impressive results over such a wide variety of issues that this statement is easy, if not essential, to make.<p>&nbsp;</p>The method here is simple (I'm assuming you already know how to apply EFT).....<p>&nbsp;</p>1. Make a list of every bothersome specific event you can remember. If you don't find at least 50 you are either going at this half-heartedly or you have been living on some other planet. Many people will find hundreds.<p>&nbsp;</p>2. While making your list you may find that some events don't seem to cause you any current discomfort. That's OK. List them anyway. The mere fact that you remember them suggests a need for resolution.<p>&nbsp;</p>3. Give each specific event a title....as though it was a mini-movie. Examples: Dad hit me in the kitchen--I stole Suzie's sandwich--I almost slipped and fell into the Grand Canyon--My third grade class ridiculed me when I gave that speech--Mom locked me in a closet for 2 days--Mrs. Adams told me I was stupid.<p>&nbsp;</p>4. When the list is complete, pick out the biggest redwoods in your negative forest and apply EFT to each of them until you either laugh about it or &quot;can't think about it any more.&quot; Be sure to notice any aspects that may come up and consider them separate trees in your negative forest. Apply EFT to them accordingly. Be sure to keep after each event until it is resolved.<p>&nbsp;</p>If you cannot get a 0-10 intensity level on a particular movie then assume you are repressing it and apply 10 full rounds of EFT on it from every angle you can think of. This gives you a high possibility for resolving it.<p>&nbsp;</p>After the big redwoods have been removed, go to the next biggest trees.<p>&nbsp;</p>5. Do at least one movie (specific event) per day...preferably three...for 3 months. It only takes minutes per day. At this rate you will have resolved 90 to 270 specific events in 3 months. Then notice how your body feels better. Note, too, how your &quot;threshold for getting upset&quot; is much lower. Note how your relationships are better and how many of your therapy type issues just don't seem to be there any more. Revisit some of those specific events and notice how those previously intense incidences have faded into nothingness. Note any improvements in your blood pressure, pulse and breathing ability.<p>&nbsp;</p>I ask you to consciously notice these things because, unless you do, the quality healing you will have undergone will seem so subtle that you may not notice it. You may even dismiss it saying, &quot;Oh well, it was never much of a problem anyway.&quot; This happens repeatedly with EFT and thus I bring it to your awareness.<p>&nbsp;</p>6. If you are taking medications, you may feel the need to discontinue them. Please do so ONLY under a qualified physicians advice.<p>&nbsp;</p>It is my hope that the Personal Peace Procedure becomes a worldwide routine. A few minutes per day will make a monumental difference in school performance, relationships, health and our quality of life. But these are meaningless words unless others (you) put the idea into practice. I prefaced this article with a quote from my good friend, Howard Wight. I repeat it again below for emphasis...<p>&nbsp;</p><em>&quot;If you are ultimately going to do something important that will make a real difference...do it now&quot;</em><p>&nbsp;</p>]]>
        
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    <title>Detoxification with the Ionic Foot Bath</title>
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    <published>2007-09-22T23:22:05Z</published>
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    <summary>We all know our feet sweat/perspire. It is nature&apos;s own detoxifying system. But even nature&apos; detoxifying system needs help. Imagine an all natural system for detoxifying that uses your feet as a conduit to remove unhealthy toxins from your body....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p align="left"><span><strong>We all know our feet sweat/perspire. It is nature's own detoxifying system. But even nature' detoxifying system needs help. Imagine an all natural system for detoxifying that uses your feet as a conduit to remove unhealthy toxins from your body. <br /><br />Yes, each foot is actually a channel, a conduit, through which your body attempts to get rid of toxic wastes that are building up in many parts of your body. Without help, many of these toxins will remain in your body. These toxins can lead to those sluggish feelings, head aches, various diseases, and possibly a shortening of one's life. Your ion spa is the most natural way to give nature a helping hand in ridding your body of toxins. <br /><br /></strong><a name="detox"></a><strong>We all take showers and/or baths. Why? well there are many social reasons why. But what we are also doing is getting rid of the toxins that have been removed from our bodies through our sweating. <br /><br />Sweat is nature's way of getting rid of bodily waste, and for cooling the body. By enhancing the pores you are actually thoroughly utilizing one of your body's natural methods of releasing unwanted toxins.</strong></span></p><span><div align="center"><table cellspacing="8" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><p align="left"><strong><span>HOWEVER, every day our body's build up toxins from the air we breath, the food we eat, the utensils we use for cooking, and more. So much toxins that sweat alone will not rid us of these disease causing, <a name="call"></a>life shortening hazardous materials.</span></strong></p><p align="left"><strong><span><span>We must bath the inside of our body's as we do the outside of our body. <br /><br />To avoid our insides from becoming a toxic waste dump, internal purifying is a must. <br /><br />Many physicians recommend bathing the feet regularly to remove unwanted toxins from the surface of our feet and decaying skin and resultant bacteria which cause the odor.</span></span></strong></p><strong><span><span><span><p align="left"><strong><span><span><span>We all know what a great feeling soaking our feet gives us. Why not have the best of both worlds. Get a great relaxing feeling from a foot bath while helping to remove toxins from the body at the same time.</span></span></span></strong></p><strong><span><span><span><span><p align="left"><strong><span><span><span><span>And what would you say to yourself if you saw many of those toxins that you have been storing up in your body&nbsp; <span>for years. The water in the bath actually will change color depending on what toxins and from what area of the body these toxins are being removed. </span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><strong><span><span><span><span><span /></span><span><p align="left"><strong><span><span><span><span><span><span>The ionic foot&nbsp;bath works to dramatically remove toxins from your body through your foot. The foot spa accomplishes this by energizing the water. <br /><br />The ionic foot&nbsp;bath's control head delivers enough of an electrical current through the ionizor&reg; to generate positively charged ions. These ions</span><span>**</span><span> travel through the body and attach themselves to toxic substances, thereby neutralizing these toxins' negative charges. After being neutralized, toxin particles are pulled through the skin and out of the body via osmosis, attracted by the highly-concentrated ion field in the ionic foot&nbsp;bath water. <br /><br />When the&nbsp;ionic foot&nbsp;bath&nbsp; is set, positive ions are being produced in the water, which raises the user's pH to a more alkaline state. Why is this significant? The vast majority of people in the United States live in an acid state &mdash; their bodies contain an excess of hydrogen ions and their blood pH is lower than 7.45. Such persons greatly benefit from exposure to high concentrations of positively charged ions, bringing their bodies back into a more balanced acid-alkaline state.</span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><strong><span><span><span><span><span><span /></span></span><span><p align="left"><strong><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>**An ion (as found in the ion foot bath is a charged atom that has gained or lost an electron, thus creating a magnetic field capable of neutralizing oppositely-charged particles in this case,&nbsp;the toxins in the human body).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><strong><span><span><span><span><span><span><span /></span></span></span><span><p align="left"><strong><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Why does our foot bath aid in reducing toxins while being both for detoxifying and relaxing?<br /><br />We live in a society fraught with pollutants and heavy metal toxins &mdash; natural and synthetic. They exist in our air, water, food, clothing and the environments in which we live, work, play and sleep. As a result, our bodies are depleted of crucial life-giving elements, leaving us to feel drained of energy or unable to heal naturally from illness, injury or medical procedures. <br /><br />Water is a critical resource. It covers two-thirds of the earth's surface and 80 percent of the human body is comprised of water. It's in the fluids we drink, the air we breathe, the foods we consume and it is the medium by which we rid our bodies of impuities.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><strong><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span /></span></span></span></span><span><p align="left"><strong><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Since ancient times people have bathed in natural springs and reported experiencing healing benefit for many ailments. Resorts and health spas around the world maintain their popularity because bathing in springs &mdash; hot, cold or mineral &mdash; has undisputed therapeutic effects, including: improved circulation, increased relaxation and, as a result, relief from symptomatic or chronic pain. The ionic&nbsp;detoxification foot bath ionizes water to detoxify the body and recreate the therapeutic experience found naturally in the world's most reputed spas.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p><strong><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span /></span></span></span></span></span><span><p align="left"><strong><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>You may want to explore the benefits of this simple detoxification process for yourself.&nbsp; Fees are $1.00 per minute, 20 minute minimum and 40 minute max. Neutralize those aches, sleep better, enjoy more energy from having more oxygen.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></strong></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span>]]>
        
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    <title>Thyroid &amp; Adrenal Issues</title>
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    <published>2007-09-22T23:06:24Z</published>
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    <summary><![CDATA[1.&nbsp;Many patients with thyroid and adrenal dysfunction, with low body temperatures have a mixture of low thyroid and low adrenal symptoms (also called Wilson&rsquo;s Syndrome).2.&nbsp;Facial Pallor: A pale color, especially around the mouth. Easiest to see in light skinned individuals....]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p><br />1.&nbsp;Many patients with thyroid and adrenal dysfunction, with low body temperatures have a mixture of low thyroid and low adrenal symptoms (also called Wilson&rsquo;s Syndrome).<br /></p><p>2.&nbsp;Facial Pallor: A pale color, especially around the mouth. Easiest to see in light skinned individuals. In olive skinned individuals it is much harder to see. In individuals of African decent, there is a tendency to have dark pigmentation around the mouth, symmetrically on areas of the face or sides of the neck and usually over the forehead. Since wrinkles stay in the pale area, puckering the lips artificially creates wrinkles for a moment and their location identifies the pale zone. This technique is particularly helpful in dark skinned individuals. It is also easier to see in women than men (because of the beard hair which interfere with color identification and thicken the skin to make it more resistant to wrinkles).<br /></p><p>3.&nbsp;Intuition is an interesting quality of early life adrenal fatigue. The later in life the development of adrenal fatigue, the less likely one is to spontaneously develop intuitive ability. People that develop adrenal fatigue early in life are often described as empaths and will tell their friends (but not their doctor) about their ability to pick up feelings. They often suffer because of their high sensitivity and are always looking for new ways to &lsquo;ground&rsquo; themselves. This problem often clears by simply supporting the adrenals and getting them to function well again. Poor adrenal function is not essential for intuitive development. Strengthening the adrenals does not weaken the intuition once it is there. Individuals that develop adrenal fatigue later in life (because of high stress, virus etc.) tend not to claim this intuitive ability.</p><p>Spiritual orientation is more common in those with early adrenal fatigue. It is less common in those with later onset of adrenal fatigue and those with strong, healthy adrenals. There seems to be a personality difference (archetype) between those with strong adrenals and those with weak adrenals.<br /></p><p>4.&nbsp;Mitral valve problems seem to affect women with adrenal fatigue more often than others. Body proportions tend to be smaller at the top, heavier at the bottom where the weight gain, if any, tends to take place. The tendency to valve problems may be related to connective tissue quality since it sometimes improves with connective tissue support. Hawthorn Berry seems to help. Individuals with plain hypothyroidism don&rsquo;t appear to have a higher incidence of valvular problems compared to the rest of the population.<br /></p><p>5.&nbsp;These individuals tend to digest meat poorly because of low gastric acidity. They often think they have high acidity because of occasional heartburn or heartburn with digestive enzymes containing digestive acid. The problem is usually not one of inadequate acid production, but less adequate gastric protection. This could be helped by chewing or sucking on a specific type of licorice candy called DGL or Slippery Elm. Suck or chew on it about &frac12; hr before the meal. It produces increased secretion of gastric (stomach) mucous protective layer. This helps to prevent irritation by the acids in the stomach.<br /></p><p>6.&nbsp;In adrenal fatigue, the total cholesterol tends to run low to low-normal while the HDL tends to run high-normal to high. In hypothyroidism, the opposite tends to occur with a high-normal to high cholesterol and normal-low HDL.<br /></p><p>7.&nbsp;In low metabolic energy states of adrenal origin, it is common to see WBC (White Blood Cells are the front line soldiers against infection) and Platelets (they work to initiate a clotting response in areas of vascular injury) low relative to optimal. Typically, the WBC is under 6 and the platelets are under 210.<br /></p><p>8.&nbsp;The MCV (mean corpuscular volume) is a measure of the size of the red blood cells. Their size tends to increase as vitamin B12 deficiency increases. Individuals with poor digestion / absorption tend to run low on vit. B12, so they tend to have larger blood cells, i.e., MCV tends to be at the high end of normal or high. This is more common in adrenal fatigue since these individuals tend to eat less meat, tend to digest it poorly if they do eat it and generally absorb poorly.<br /></p>]]>
        
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    <title>Breathwork for Awareness Meetup</title>
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    <summary><![CDATA[Somato Respiratory Integration is a 12 stages breath that creates greater body awareness through breath, body movement and chi&nbsp; integration. It takes us from awareness of our own suffering (or disconnection) in stage one to the polarity of I'm right/wrong...]]></summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Somato Respiratory Integration is a 12 stages breath that creates greater body awareness through breath, body movement and chi<span>&nbsp; </span>integration. </p><p>It takes us from awareness of our own suffering (or disconnection) in stage one to the polarity of I'm right/wrong in stage 2, realization that we are stuck in a pattern of our own making in stage three, reclaiming our own power (over our feelings, a situation or an event) in stage 4, merging<span>&nbsp; </span>or acceptance of the disconnection in stage 5, release of the old pattern that kept us in disconnect in stage 7, reconnecting with our higher Self in stages 8 &amp; 9 assent to claimimg our place in the stars or higher realm in stage 10, descent with new information in stage 11 and the final stage (12) is community wher we take action on the new information we retrieved and share it in our &quot;world&quot; families. </p><p>We take ourselves from powerless victim to being movers of mountains... creators that make a difference on the planet by following the truth that lies within our own heart.</p><p>In this process, energy or emotions may be released in a safe space allowing healing to take place on many levels. Wellness and healing may not always look as we expect. However, what comes up is our greatest personal medicine and the path to our personal healing and evolution that frees us to become Self expressed beings, Masters of our own worlds. </p><p>This group is for self exploration and educational purposes. We are open to all mastered breathwork disciplines.</p><p>Please visit meetup.com</p><p>go to Houston</p><p>Alternative Health</p><p>You'll LOVE it.</p>]]>
        
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