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Contentsapril/may 2007 life cycles

36 Body-centered Transformation36 Business Services38 Coaching38 Conferences, Expositions

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41 Food & Nutrition41 Healing & Bodywork42 Health Advocacy43 Holistic Products & Retail Outlets44 Special Event Planning44 Spiritual Practices

Resources for Living Well

Lil’s CornerLillian F. Bernhagen, R.N., M.A., H.C.

Journies of Life in Celtic SpiritualitySister Pat Rooks

TheTide Ebbs and FlowsGreg Mack

Connecting to Our Past and Future Wisdom CycleJohn McMullin, H.C.

Patterns in MotionLeigh Randolph, D.D.S., M.S.

LifecyclesAnnetta “Nettie” Morse

Life CyclesVictoria A. Vetere, Ph.D., H.C.

Cycles of Three in the Science of LifeNancy Addison, H.H.C.

The Power of PhotographyDiane Sorenson

The Spiral Cycle of PracticePaul Linden, Ph.D.

Developing Your IntuitionThrough Life CyclesBy Diana Rankin, M.A.

Developing Exceptional StatesShelly Pinnell, M.S., L.I.S.W.

What Goes Around,Comes AroundJohn McMullin, H.C.

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Is spring the beginning of warm or the end

of cold? The expression of life cycles is

principally based on our own perceptions.

If there is a season for birth (spring),

expression (summer), reflections (fall),

and death (winter), then do we create cycles

or seasons for our own life experiences?

In this bimonthly issue, we asked our authors to express their

perspectives about Life Cycles and how consciousness can be

used to enhance appreciation and gratitude for each cycle.

Perhaps a message of Life Cycles is everything that has a

beginning must also end. Great avatars understand that new

beginnings are fueled from the wisdom of closing and create

the great adventure of life.

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Lil’s CornerBy Lillian F. Bernhagen, R.N., M.A., H.C.

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I watch them through my windowpane,

They never seem to mind the rain,

Their little heads bob cautiously,

While pecking seeds religiously

From holes bored into feeders round

Hung safely high above the ground.

And now the rain has turned to snow,

With great huge flakes, they’re quite a show,

‘Though most the birds have fled the storm,

To seek the trees to keep them warm,

Two tiny ones were not so blest,

Their pecking order, not the best

To warrant feeding with the rest,

Have stayed behind, have braved the chill,

That they, in peace, might eat their fill.

The storm has passed, the feeders show

That thistle seed is very low;

It does require a lot of feed

To meet these tiny finches need,

They’ll soon be back to look for more,

‘Cause feeding time is half past four.

God, why is it that I feel so bad?

Why is it that my heart’s so sad

To know a tiny momma wren

Will surely not return again

To lay her eggs into the nest

That she, with care, had done her best,

To make it deep, and safe and warm,

To nurture future babes from harm.

Today her mate sat on my post,

And gave his morning song its most

Enticing, loving, caring call,

But there was no response at all,

The air hung silent without song,

No echo from the nest, what’s wrong?

What’s happened to his precious mate?

What quirk of nature was her fate?

And so, I hurt, no peace I find,

While pondering, “what’s in God’s mind

To rob this creature, oh so small,

Of chance to hear her mating call?”

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I pray he’ll mate another day.

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ne of the characteristics of Celtic Spirituality is

that of "peregrination", or pilgrimage. It speaks

of the continuous journey of life. Journies differ

from trips in that they are open to detours, sur-

prises, and delights that challenge the one making the journey.

Many airplane travelers become disgruntled because they plan a

trip and receive a "journey". A journey can be as short as from

your car to visit a dying loved one. A journey can be moving to

a new location, taking up a new ministry or job, or dealing with

one's own physical illness or diminishment.

The journey explores the connection between everyday

reality and the spirit realm. It asks the question: "What is life

teaching me at this moment?" The idea of journey is basic to

humanity and is found in the themes of "the quest" like the

Odyssey, the Holy Grail, Exodus , and wanderings. Journies

are undertaken because of the inner promptings of the heart,

not on outer directions. Those who truly journey are ready

to go wherever the Spirit might take them. They see themselves

as "guests of the universe".

Journies have no specific goals except that of the interior

journey seeking the "place of resurrection", the resurrected self,

the true self in Christ which is for all journeyers their true home.

The spiritual life has always been that of continual conversion,

never-ending transformation of the old into the new.

I have been on a so-called pilgrimage with a group and it

did have its own rewards. But the "peregrinatio", in which

I truly grew, was the one I took by myself with only a few

belongings and traveled to Stonehenge, Iona, Findhorn, Dublin,

Kildare and, as close as I could get, to Skellig Michael. I met

those I had previously contacted along the way and thus always

had a place to sleep, even though I sometimes arrived later than

expected. Several times I had to ask for help and always received

gracious assistance. It was truly an exercise in trust in the Angels

of Divine protection.

The difference between the two "pilgrimages" was enormous.

The group experience seemed "canned" in contrast to my daily

enfolding religious experience of "going with the flow". This is

how the Celtic understanding of "peregrinatio" differs from that

of other pilgrimages. Sometimes it is called "green martyrdom"

as it leaves a known homeland to experience that, here, we do

not have a lasting city. As the Irish Folk Lyric says: "When the

leaving's over...the leaving's just begun." It is a challenge that I

take up daily: to travel with a light heart into the unknown.

The end of the road is the end of our life.

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love fishing. This love has been instilled in me by my

father who introduced me to the outdoors. Since I can

remember, my Dad took me hunting and fishing and

camping. One of my favorite fishing experiences is in

the open ocean. Fishing in the ocean requires a more

unique aspect in planning the trip than fishing in fresh water

ponds, lakes and rivers. In ocean fishing we have to consider

the cycle of the tides. High and low tides significantly affect

fishing conditions such as when to launch and land the boat

and fish eating behaviors which are strongly tied to the ebb

and flow of the ocean. Even the daily cycle of the tide is

subject to an annual cycle.

The natural world demonstrates cycles in numbers of

ways; ocean waves are examples of fluid cycles and human

physiology demonstrates cyclic dynamics. The cycle of sleep

and awake for instance, or the heart beat itself. The study of

Chronobiology investigates the cyclic phenomenon of living

organisms such as Circadian Rhythms which are regulated by

a small, yet highly influential bundle of nerves in the brain

called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The SCN consists

of only about 10,000 of the billions of cells that make up our

brain. It doesn’t take a large leap of faith to realize that cycles

are a fundamental aspect of our existence. This conclusion

leads to the question - “How well are you ‘cycling’?”

The Tide Ebbs and FlowsBy Greg Mack, CES, MATCs, RTSm

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“Rhythms are the nature of nature”

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The hypothalamus, sometimes referred to as the “master

gland,” due to its profound and systemic influence on human

physiological functions, controls the SCN. An interesting feature

of the SCN and its imposition of circadian rhythm is that it is

entrained by light which is coordinated by the pineal gland.

This realization has led to the belief that many who suffer from

seasonal depression syndrome do so because of the lack of strong

cycle in light and dark periods over the course of a 24 hour day.

So again, “How well are you ‘cycling’?”

Research in cardio-respiratory function is indicating

that instead of training aerobically at a fixed heart rate level,

training intensities should vary in a way that the heart rate

response is cycled over time. For example, even to the point

of maximally raising the heart rate, then allowing complete

recovery to resting levels, and then immediately raising the

heart rate again followed by another period of complete

recovery. Weight training has been shown to be most effective

when a progressive increase in resistance or volume is applied

over the course of a few weeks followed by rest, then repeating

the process again. We call these micro, meso and macro cycles.

The research in identifying risk factors for morbidity

includes heart rate responses that are relatively flat over time.

A heart that cannot make large excursions from high rates

to low rates possibly indicates the presence of disease. In

fact, individuals with known pathologies in a variety of

physiological systems consistently show a relatively flat heart

rate response over time.

So what can we do if we feel we are not good at cycling?

START CYCLING!

Any number of external environmental stimulus’ can

generate a physiological cycle, or excursion, along a

continuum of high and low. Try it with your aerobic exercise,

when showering cycle the hot and cold water a few times, go

through caloric periods of high and low intake. Be creative.

Of course, I strongly recommend starting with low to

moderate excursions before building up to larger ones.

I do not suggest going from a super hot dry sauna and

immediately jumping into freezing water. Like any activity

we must gradually but systematically increase the demands

of the extremes of a physiologic excursion. Always consult

your personal medical professional to ensure that you do

not have a condition that would need to be addressed as

part of any physiologic excursion/cycle.

Let your lifestyle operate like the tides in the great oceans — with ebb and flow.

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olistic people attempt to hold the meaning of

the present moment through the experience of

meditation, stillness, and silence. Other insights

to the meaning of our existence can be observed through the

cycles of our life as experienced through our past and invited

from our future life.

Our first challenge is to recall our past because our ego is

defended and wants to isolate shaming or fearful memories

with denial, apathy, and indifference. The cycles of our past

life are interrupted and we simply freeze our emotional

development when we are exposed to an overwhelming

drama. Many people still act out the emotional behavior of

an age when they were paralyzed with fear or shame because

they cannot recall that part of their life. We cannot heal what

we don’t feel and if there are cycles of your life you cannot

recall, you remain childish about your perceptions of self

and others. Many therapies include a strong objective of

reconnecting our past memories, emotions, and body

sensations so we can complete the cycles of our past that

otherwise must be duplicated in the future.

Connecting to Our Past and Future Wisdom Cycle

By John A. McMullin, H.C.

HIs it possible to ask our future self to offer wisdom to our existing self

in the same way we ask our existing self to heal our past self?©

2007

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When we attempt to heal the traumas of our past, the

human ego parts become defended and create a hermetic seal

to prevent an external source from changing the beliefs of

shame or fear. Many coaches choose to use rituals other than

cognitive behavior change to invite a transformation of belief

beyond the control mechanism of the human ego. These

rituals can include Hypnosis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming,

Metaphor Healing, Gestalt, Mind and Body energy work,

intuition, and imagination. A Holistic Coach™ embraces the

cycles of growth to locate stuck energy of the Child ego, the

Mother ego, the Father ego, and finally the Adult ego. Our

emotional maturity evolves as we teach these ego parts to

forgive their distorted perceptions of each other from the past.

If Albert Einstein was right about the human ego

perceiving the illusion of time, then the reality outside our

perceptions is the simultaneous expression of our past,

present, and future cycles. Is it possible to ask our future self

to offer wisdom to our existing self in the same way we ask

our existing self to heal our past self? This powerful healing

ritual bows to the past for its sacrifices and invites our future

self to bow to our existing self for the great wisdom learned

from the light and shadow side of life. As Holistic practitioners,

we invite clients to imagine themselves positioned at a future

age in which they have great insights and forgiveness of self

as a result of the current life challenges. This process completes

the existing cycle and gives a deeper and more profound

realization of life events and why they were necessary.

Since the human ego is fixated in the illusion of time,

the Holistic Coach™ uses the unlimited power of timelessness

to allow the client to view the timeline of the ego in order to

understand the purpose of every sacred intersection. Once

we teach the human ego this self-healing process, it adapts

quickly and begins to process all of its emotional blocks of

the past, present, and future. Although this experience is

difficult to express in the spoken or written word, clients find

immediate freedom from self judgment and criticism of the

past, and fear of the future.

Let’s invite you to experience this ritual of healing.

Begin with recalling a traumatic experience, possibly from early

childhood. Notice how the energy signature of that trauma

continues to reappear in cycles along your path of life until

this present moment. Sometimes this cycle repeats a few times

and often it repeats many times. An example might include

painful experiences in your first marriage that seem to repeat

themselves in your second or third marriage. Until the existing

self is able to recover the memory of shame and fear from the

initial trauma, the ego will stay locked in those hidden beliefs.

While the Lower Self stays frozen there, the paradox is that the

Higher Self uses the repeated cycles as an opportunity for

self-realization and enlightenment. We can also examine our

existing beliefs of self sabotage and ask our future self why this

painful experience was necessary, and in what way the future

self has insights and enlightenment from that experience.

Simply said, peace in the human mind can be found

through realizing the purpose of our past, present, and future

cycles and how there was purpose to every event. If you

attempt to heal your mind and body with the same beliefs

that created pain, suffering, and disease, then you are

doomed to repeat the cycle over and over. With this new

ritual of healing that requires us to observe ourselves from

a different perspective, the human ego eagerly seeks resolve

and acceptance of the purpose of our life.

John A. McMullin, H.C. is the founder of Journeys of Wisdom where

thousands of people have benefited from his intuitive, holistic teachings.

Through the hundreds of classes available and different modalities offered,

attendees have discovered spiritual and harmonious self empowerment

leading to paths of wellness. John may be contacted by calling 614-888-1240

or emailing: [email protected].

Diane Sorenson has spent most of her life in central Ohio. Upon graduating

from Ohio State University with a BA in photography, she immediately began

her career as a forensic photographer with the Columbus Ohio Division of

Police and subsequently at the State of Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification

& Investigation. In 2005, she retired from forensic photography. While working

professionally, she continued to pursue her personal photography and freelance

assignments. To enjoy more of her work, please see page 24.

Simply said, peace in the human mind can be found through realizing the purpose of our past, present, and future cycles

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ycles orbit around and through our lives like

moons orbit around Jupiter, or satellites

around our own planet. It all depends upon

where we focus our periscope. These cyclic

movements exist on the microscopic level, in the form of

daily rituals and the order of time which we impose on our

lives. Can your day begin without coffee, or reading the paper

or whatever repeating pattern you use to welcome the day?

They also exist on the macrocosmic level like the cycles of the

moon and the spiraling nature of our own galaxy. And as we

watch our lives in motion, those cycles occur at all speeds,

orbits, and directions. While Nature may abhor a vacuum,

very little is in complete stillness and nearly everything shows

movement in a forward, cycling motion.

On our planet, we live the changing seasons and feel

them in the rhythm of our lives. They are the backdrop for

the rest of the motion that is who and what we are. The

ancient Druids knew that there was a pattern for each life,

and your pattern was specific to you and your journey.

Once the wise of a community could discern your pattern,

life made more sense. The ancient Maya also knew this and

expressed their understanding of the stars in the creation

of their calendar. The cycles of the calendar combined a

numeric value from one to thirteen with a personality type

embodied in a symbol. That combination became a part of

your name so that everyone, including you, knew what your

path was in life. Interestingly enough, that system offers an

accurate description of temperament for those of us who live

in this century and in this culture.

There is a pattern to our journey that is expressed in our

choices and in our interests. I feel the seasons of the Earth

as a foundational part of that pattern and an ever present

reminder that I must care for Her lovingly, as she has provid-

ed me life. Around and through that foundation are the cycli-

cal movements of my life choices. Some of the choices I made

early in life are clearly evident in my life today, some are not.

I find that interests I had early in life are still things that

command my attention and passion. As I watch the thread

of those interests weave back through my history, I see topics

I was intensely passionate about that I set aside for other

people. I buried parts of myself to better fit in with family,

friends and loved ones, and as I turn my periscope in that

direction, I see that those passions are still with me and

have become an important part of my life.

CPatterns in Motion

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An early career interest was psychology and human

emotions. Communication of emotions was not encouraged

and I buried both the interest and the emotions through

family life and a marriage until their expression

became critical to saving my life. Then, I could

begin to see that thread as it has stayed

at my side through all those years.

Another interest keenly felt as a

child was a connection to the spiritual

and the mystical. Because I wanted to

fit in and be accepted, I set those aside

as well. Today those two interests have

become a soul urge for self education,

and to educate others. These cycles

have sustained me, even during those

periods of my life when I worked to

suppress parts of me. Ignoring who we

have been, and who it has made us today, is

as dangerous to our growth as staying stuck in

w h o w e w e r e t w e n t y, t h i r t y o r f o r t y y e a r s a g o .

What were the things that interested you as a child, or as

a teenager? Is there still a spark of curiosity or passion about

that topic? Did you get stuck somewhere, or did you leave

a part of you behind, or has it fueled the fires of your life?

My husband got a ham radio operator’s license at the

youngest age possible. That passion for electronics fueled

career choices over four decades and survives today in an

interest in computers and telecommunications.

We are multidimensional, both through time and space.

Our passions and interests are the threads of the kind of

human being we were, are, and will become. I can watch those

threads through my life flow into the pattern and tapestry

that is me – the design may not always be symmetrical or

attractive, but it is the picture of who I am. We have

access to all parts of our life, past, present and

future, and can change our perspective of

the how the view looks through our

periscope. We can bring those things

from the past if we wish, and apply

the interest or wisdom gained, to

enrich our life today.

Through the tenacity of historians,

archaeologists, and scholars, we

have access to the wisdom of

Ancient High Cultures like Egypt,

Sumer, New Grange, the Mayans and

others. We have lived through the global

cycling of the seasons, cultural cycling that

ranges from fashion to ideas that come around

again and again, and our own individual cycles of growth

and change. The benefit we have is, that as the world

becomes a smaller place, we can choose what good we wish

to draw into our lives from as local as our own life history

to as global as the wisdom of the ancients. With those

choices we bring much richness to life and I wish you joy

in that journey.

Leigh Randolph, D.D.S, M.S. is a Board Certified Endodontist who

has a private dental practice and teaches dentistry at The Ohio State

University. She is a certified Visionary Craniosacral Work™ practitioner,

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ricycles, bicycles, motorcycles and life cycles all

have much in common throughout a life time.

We begin with trainer wheels on our tricycles so

that we do not tip and fall off, skin our knees and

noses. Bicycles are a bit trickier because it usually requires a

caring competent person to run alongside of us until we are

going fast enough to keep our balance. But we do crash, get

up, brush the dirt off our jeans and elbows, even cry a hurt

tear or two and then get back on until we master it.

As soon as we come of age (AH HA, whatever that

means), life has reached the motorcycle stage. This stage

requires a license to ride one, but long before that, we have

been practicing either building a motorcycle or fixing one

and eagerly learning how to ride it. We no longer need

training wheels, we know how to keep our balance on two

wheels, and the challenge now is the powerful motor of the

motorcycle. If we are wise we wear leathers, a shatter proof

helmet and boots because there is the feeling

of daring to be powerful. The mishaps

with a motorcycle are more

about a life and death

challenge but when

we are young

we are undaunted. We can do it; look out world! Our place

in society and persona is labeled. Own a Harley Davidson,

Honda, Suzuki…the arguments begin by who owns what

and where you fit in that life style.

Life cycles are similar and often have the same kind

of challenges. In the beginning, our training wheels are

hopefully, competent, loving adults who care whether we fall

and skin our knees and, if we do, they kiss it and make it well

with their encouragement. For the first six years of our lives

we are imprinted with concepts and beliefs that follow us all

the rest of our lives. Those years are the tricycle and bicycle

years. Part of getting older is to recognize which beliefs and

concepts are true for us, then, when we understand that, we

come to the recognition we are 100% responsible for our

lives. Blame, shame and guilt have to go out the door if we

are to find our balance and purpose, and for our life cycle to

be full of adventure, joy, happiness and people who under

stand and want the same things for us.

There you will find yourself in the

motorcycle stage of life. Oh, the

power of that realization

and acceptance of

that power.

LifecyclesBy Annetta “Nettie” Morse

THD Master April 07 work 4/2/07 12:54 PM Page 16

We all come from a perfect, loving

and cosmic creative energy. We choose

to make the choices that create a life

we want to live, find purpose in, and

live to its maximum. We choose our

parents and they give us birth, but it is

up to us to choose the kind of life we

want to live. At this particular time in

our lives, we have a greater opportunity

to live wise, successful, joyful, abundant

lives. Everything is at our finger tips if

we choose to see it and explore it.

The gifts of researchers and

creative men and women have brought

to us television, computers, jet power,

flight, motorized vehicles of every kind

to do every job that needs to be

accomplished. Of course, there is the

opposite side to all of that also. There

is war, chaos, death, dying, disease,

stress, hate, discontent but we get to

choose what we want to participate in.

Even when choices other people make

that affect us takes us to the dark side

of life, we have the power to choose

what to do with it to make life for

ourselves and others come into

alignment with the Higher Purpose.

Is there anyone reading this story

that has not seen the movie The Secret

or seen it discussed on Oprah’s show?

Oprah has said that in her sixteen years of hosting her show

nothing has equaled the response this movie has had. The

secret is no longer a secret. It is THE LAW OF ATTRACTION.

“Our thoughts become things” Mike Dooley says. I quote

Michael Beckwith, “One thing I know for sure there is more

than enough for everyone.” Jack Canfield says, “If a boy like

me who grew up in West Virginia, came from a dysfunctional

family, was a part of the High School graduating class that

made the top half possible, and now I am a multimillionaire.

If I can do it, anyone can.”

There are principles of success easy enough to learn

and follow. When we understand how the Law of Attraction

works, we take charge of our thoughts, being clear about what

it is we do NOT want, writing them

down and then opposite each one

write what we DO want. It becomes

a life plan, subject to change as we

learn and are presented with more

information that works in our favor.

We have to come to the place in our

believing, thinking, wanting and

needing which brings our attention to

asking for, and taking action on, that

which shows up closer to our BIG

dreams. Daring to dream big does not

take any more energy than dreaming

small. Sometimes, when we let go

of being practical, it opens us up to

accepting the highest good to appearing

our lives. The benefit of this is, when

we get it, it also enhances the lives of

everyone around us. Every good thing

that happens to an individual also is

healing someone, somewhere in

another part of our world.

When you adopt this kind of

believing and thinking for yourself,

the UNIVERSE AND THE COSMIC

LAW OF ATTRACTION sets up a

sequence of events that draws to you

opportunities where you make choic-

es. Those choices become a life cycle.

Go ahead, choose now. Write

down what you do NOT want and

opposite it write what you DO want. We live in a polarized

world, for every negative there is also a positive feeling,

emotion, understanding, words, and choice. Remember you

are one hundred percent responsible for your life. Your

parents just gave you birth; you choose the life you want to

live. There is help everywhere at your finger tips; look for it,

ask for it and let it find you, but do take action on every

thought you have because thoughts become things.

Make the thoughts good ones.

Annetta “Nettie” Morse; writer, philosopher, entrepreneur, tarot coach

can be found by calling 740-687-5824 or email: msnettie@computech-

now.com. She welcomes your comments.

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if read as noun + verb is,

“Life…cycles,” meaning

that life moves, in circular

ways. What’s that about,

you ask? I think that two

important aspects of life are evoked by the phrase, “Life cycles.”

First, in my work with my coaching clients, I frequently offer

the following model in assisting them to accept the vicissitudes of

growth on their journey. Picture an ice cream cone (only the cone,

please, a “sugar” cone)! It’s a three-dimensional spiral shape, going

from a point at the bottom to an ever-widening spiral as it ascends.

Picture a line down the center of the cone — left side labeled “dark”

and right side “light”. This is a model of life’s journey —

ever-expanding and ascending but moving into and out of darkness

and light (the hard times and the joyful ones). I love the Chinese

farmer story (John McMullin tells it so well!) — “Is it good, is it

bad, who knows?” Well it’s all good, but not always pretty or easy.

I recently watched the new Deepak Chopra movie entitled,

How To Know God. My favorite line went something like this —

“Anyone who believes in chaos can’t see far enough.”

The other important aspect of “Life cycles” and of the

spiral model (or the ice cream cone model!) is the Law of

Polarity. We’ve been hearing a lot about the Law of

Attraction lately, but what’s the Law of Polarity?

It is best said simply — what goes up, comes down.

As with the motion of a pendulum, what swings out in

one direction, swings equal ly out in the oppos i te

direction. This physical energetic principle also assists

us to understand and embrace the cycles of life, the ebbs

and flows of life. It also provides us with a r ich and

never-ending source of what Abraham (non-physical

group of teachers channeled by Esther Hicks) calls “contrast.”

This “contrast” is what gives birth to new desires always arising

in our lives, and is the impetus for our powerful co-creations.

The Law of Polarity

explains why the recent

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and that we literally co-create what we are seeing by the act of looking

at something. Also, that our thoughts coupled with our feelings

eventually manifest the physical reality of that vibration. These

conceptions are, at the same time, hugely empowering (we are

Creators) and immensely disturbing (we create both “good” and “bad”).

Rest assured that as “Life cycles”, it will both challenge us and calm us,

for it is not what unfolds, but how we interpret it, that is our ultimate reality.

In closing, I offer you three of my favorite phrases of powerful wisdom.

“Be easy with yourself.”Abraham as channeled by Esther Hicks

“Be as little children.”Jesus

“Judge not.”Jesus

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irst, let’s look at some of the many cycles of three

as they appear in our lives on a daily basis. In

matters dealing with time and space, consciousness

or any relationships, we cannot escape the fact that cycles of

three are everywhere we turn. When we discuss time, we

speak in terms of past, present and future. Philosophers say

a thing is not true for you until it is true in thought, word

and deed. We have three moments in our perceptions—

before, now and after. Some psychiatrists use the terms

superconscious, conscious and subconscious. Religions

describe the Holy Trinity — Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

While meditating, we go in and out of three levels of

existence — the physical body made up of matter and energy,

the subtle body made up of ego, intellect and mind, and the

causal body made up of the spirit, soul and all that is.

Holistic healers refer to mind, body and spirit. In dietary

theories, we speak of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

An entire book could be written on the presence of

threes in our universe and in our reality. However, this

month I would like to write about Ayurveda medicine and

the three Doshas which are named Vata, Pitta and Kapha and

about nutrition as it relates to the three seasons. You’ll notice

that I say three seasons instead of four, because in Ayurveda,

fall and winter are combined as one.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the word

Ayurveda, it is a Sanskrit word derived from two roots:

ayur, which means life, and veda, which means knowledge.

Ayurveda medicine is an ancient wisdom tradition of India

and, over time, Ayurveda came to be called the Science of

Life, which encompasses our entire being – the body, mind

and spirit. It is clearly unique in this moment in history to

find an effective system of medicine over 5000 years old and

more surprising that it is still today one of the largest in the

world. While Ayurvedic medicine is in its infancy here in

the United States, over 300,000 doctors make up the largest

medical organization in the world called the All Indian

Ayurvedic Congress.

Ayurveda recognizes that all life, whether human, plant

or animal, must live in harmony with nature. Just as we

know that birds fly south in the winter and that leaves turn

red and drop from the trees in the fall, Ayurveda is composed

of daily and seasonal routines that promise optimum health

and longevity. In our Western culture, we tend to insulate

ourselves from the huge changes that take place from one

season to the next even though our very survival may depend

on it. Ayurveda considers the major cause of disease to be

our lifestyles which go against the natural balance of nature.

Prevention starts with a body, mind and spirit that are in

FCycles of Three in the Science of Life

By Nancy Addison, H.H.C..


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harmony with the changing cycles of nature. It focuses on

prevention of illness and the body’s natural power of cure.

In Ayurveda, health prevention is dictated by the unique

requirements of each body type. What we eat, how we exercise,

when we sleep and even the climate in which we live can all be

understood according to the Ayurvedic body type that is dominant

in each of us. There are three basic mind-body types called

Doshas. These three basic Doshas are Vata (fall/winter), Pitta

(summer) and Kapha (spring). Vata types tend to be thin,

hypermetabolic, and think and move quickly. They typically

have dry skin and cold hands and feet. They do not like cold

weather because they already have many of the winter qualities

inherent to their nature. Pitta types are competitive, hot and fiery

with a medium frame. They prefer cool weather. Under some

conditions they may get heartburn, skin rashes, inflammatory

diseases or they just burn out. Kapha types are easy-going

and hypometabolic. They will hold on to more weight and

water, and tend to develop allergies and congestion. They can

become lethargic, obese and are more prone to depression

under certain conditions.

Here in our Western culture, eating has become very

complicated. There are more dietary theories than there are

days in the month. While animals that run free in nature seem

to balance their nutritional needs quite well without the knowl-

edge of fats, proteins and carbohydrates, we incessantly count

calories and measure grams of fat. Then we learn that

there’s a new study just released which tells us

the rules of eating have changed once

again. In Ayurveda, the rules remain

constant. In Ayurveda, as the

seasons change and different

foods are harvested, we

change the foods we eat.

In winter, for example,

the squirrels eat nuts. Nuts are

a great source of protein and fat.

This is a perfect food to help combat

the cold dry weather in the winter, or

Vata, season. Grains that are harvested in

the fall and cooked in the winter are also a

perfect winter food. Cooked grains provide a warm heavy

nutritional base that helps us adapt to the cold of winter. In

spring, after eating all the heavy nuts and grains during the long

sedentary winter, nature again provides the perfect food. Light,

leafy green veggies and berries are the first foods harvested in

the spring, or Kapha, season. They also serve as the natural anti-

dotes for the allergy season. As the days get warmer in July and

August, nature provides cooling fruits and vegetables to balance

the heat of summer, or Pitta, season.

Ayurveda understands the cycles of nature and that these

cycles will provide what we need. These cycles also provide

a rhythm of life that is enjoyable and full of life and good health.

Unfortunately, our society has demanded that we rush and

persist on the stressful fast track, pushing our way through life

in order to get ahead. Unfortunately, the worst violation of

natural law revolves around our meals and how we eat. We

frequently race through our meals or many times we skip meals.

Ayurveda recommends that the main meal be at midday and

this meal should be eaten slowly and calmly. Rushing through

our day, racing through lunch and coming home to eat our

largest meal of the day at 7 o’clock or later when the digestion

is the weakest is against the powerful healing force of Mother

Nature. Living in harmony with nature’s cycles takes us toward

the health benefits of a calmer, more peaceful lifestyle that will

help heal us and bring us a more joyful existence.

With Spring upon us as this issue of Holistic Discoveries

hits the newsstands, please feel free to email

me ([email protected])

and I will send you a grocery

list of Spring (Kapha)

foods that will help

balance your body

as we move into this

wonderful time of the

year. My contact information

can be found in my ad or in the

Resource section in the back of this

magazine under my company name,

Directions For Health. Enjoy Spring and

the many benefits it has to offer!

Living in harmony with nature’s cycles takes us toward the health benefits of a calmer,more peaceful lifestyle that will help heal us and bring us a more joyful existence.

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hile you’re caught in the cycle, it can feel as

though you’re going round and round the

same old unresolved issues. However, that

is only one perspective. Looked at from in

front, the movement does indeed look like

a circle. But looking at the process from the side, it can be seen

to be a spiral. Seen from the side, it is apparent that the circular

process of practice has a forward movement to it as well—like

the movement of a screw. Each time we go around the

circle, we come back to old issues with new experience and can

grasp the old issues in new ways.

Let me give as a simple example my experience with

breathing practice. I’ve been practicing and teaching Aikido

for thirty-eight years, and I also practiced Karate for a number

of years. Breathing practice has formed an inner

foundation for the outer self-defense movements.

The martial arts provide a perfect opportunity

to study how we get caught in fight-or-flight

tension and constricted breathing. With the

kind assistance of your partner/attacker, you

have an emergency to practice handling in a

calm, efficient, effective manner. Watching

your breath and keeping it steady as you

perform the defense techniques is an important

part of the practice. Down through the years,

I have often realized that softening my

breathing is crucial. Every six months or so, I

realize that I have still been putting too much effort

into the really simple, really easy action of breathing.

When I began Aikido, I focused on softening my

belly as I inhaled and exhaled, trying to let go

of the tension in my breath which seemed

such an automatic part of defending myself from attack.

I found that letting my belly plop loose when I inhaled

made my Aikido moves more graceful, more flowing and

much stronger.

When I teach this form of breathing, two issues often

come up. First, many people believe that tensing the

abdominal muscles is necessary for preventing back strain.

It is true that strengthening the abdominals is helpful, but

voluntarily clenching the muscles on an ongoing basis

is very different and interferes with free movement. Second,

people feel that they look bad when they let their belly be free.

All I can say to this is that I think people look better when they

are relaxed, balanced and strong.

When I started Karate, I learned the sanchin breathing

technique. In that breathing practice, all the large muscles

are tensed and balanced against each other in movement

and the breathing has a “roaring” quality to it.

I think that the tension involved in the practice is

a strategy for amplifying the perfectly ordinary

act of breathing and raising it to conscious

awareness. My experience was, that when I

finished the exercise and released the dynamic

tension, my whole body glowed and flowed.

Lately, I have been working with an exercise

I call Seamless Breathing. It offers an interesting

way of integrating calmness and alertness. When

I breathe this way, I experience a sensation that my

body is filled with sweet spaciousness. The feeling

reminds me of the soft sweetness of confectioner's sugar.

Of course, this is just what is presenting itself to me

now. I can’t wait to see what the next go round

of the cycle will be.

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The Spiral Cycle of Practice

By Paul Linden, Ph.D.

Anyone on a path of spiritual practice will hit plateaus now and again — periods of time during which their progress

grinds to a halt. Or periods of time during which they feel that they are regressing. Things that once were difficult and

had been mastered are difficult all over again. Personal issues that were dealt with and seemingly resolved arise again.

After a time, the stuck place leads to new awareness and insight. This is the cycle of practice and growth.


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PAUL LINDEN, Ph.D., is a body/movement awareness educator, a martial artist, and author. He is co-director of the Columbus Center for

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1Be open to Spirit and develop an awareness of your own inner

world through meditation, prayer, and a loving desire to live a

life of service to all living beings and the planet. You’ll be

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your inner world. Children are especially adept at exploring

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love within you. Use a guided meditation CD, music, or med-

itative breathing. As relaxation spreads throughout your

body, allow yourself to experience the love that you are, the

truth of who you are. Begin deep prayer work by thanking

Spirit for your life and that which is in your life; then relax

and ask that it be revealed to you the ways you can be of service

to life and live a greater, more expanded and exalted life.

2Build up the pathways between the left and right brain hemi-

spheres with easy-to-do-crossover exercises. Cross the right hand

over the front of your body and tap the left foot seven or eight

times. Then, cross the left hand over the front of your body and

tap the right foot seven or eight times. Repeat the exercises, but

this time cross your hand over the back of your body.

Practice doing things with your non-dominate hand, such

as opening doors, brushing your hair or teeth, or even

writing. In addition to opening more pathways in your brain

for intuition, you’re also creating more brain power for

problem solving and critical thinking skills.

{ }Developing intuition through each life cycle is a healthy way to take charge of the way our lives unfold — whether the cycle be of the months or years of our lives, or the smaller cycles we go through daily from the time we rise until we sleep.Here are seven ways to develop your intuition. Each is designed to help you get past the brain patterns you’ve created with your normal thinking. These methods mix up your thinking process in order to help you reach deeper into your intuition.

Developing Your Intuition Through Life’s Cycles

By Diana Rankin, M.A.


3Heighten the awareness of each of your five senses. Intuition

may be called the sixth sense, but if our five senses are dull,

we can’t expect the sixth sense to be sharp. Our lives offer an

endless playground for our five senses. In my workshop,

Awakening to Your Deeper Intuition, we mix things up a bit

through processes that allow us to smell colors and taste

sounds. You can do the same. Begin by holding an object,

any object, such as a stone or piece of cloth. Become intimate

with that object. Look at it until you can see it with your eyes

closed. Then ask yourself what the object tastes like. Use your

imagination. You don’t actually have to put the object into

your mouth and taste it.

Once you’ve gone through all five senses, mix it up and ask

yourself questions such as: What color is the taste? or What

does the object’s sound feel like? Then go to the next level

and ask yourself questions such as: If this object could speak,

what wisdom about my life would it tell me?

4Become aware of the whispers from Spirit by becoming

more aware of life in each moment. Be open to receiving

information and guidance to help make your life better.

Nature is a wonderful teacher for intuition. Pay attention

to the animals that cross your path and the winged ones

who grab your attention. If you live in the center of Ohio

and a flock of seagulls dip and dive all around you, listen.

Are they asking you to let go of your worries and soar with

them? Nature is alive with stone people, cloud people, tree

people, and a myriad of others who speak to us all the time.

We only need to listen.

5Journal and dialogue with that which is greater than you:

God, a spirit guide, an angel. The highest self of someone

you love and trust who has passed over. Choose a regular

time to meet. Following morning meditation is ideal. Use

your favorite blank journal, and just start writing, or if you’re

a visual learner, draw. It doesn’t matter what you write, just

write, or draw, and keep on going for about three pages.

It usually takes about three pages to get past the objections in

your mind that keeps you from accessing your deeper nature.

You’ll feel the shift, and once you do, write a question, then

write the answer. Don’t judge the answer as you write, just

write down the words that come to you. This is a subtle

process. Don’t expect shouts. Trust what comes. Later, go

back and read what you wrote. You’ll be amazed at the

wisdom that comes through your inner world.

6Play intuitive games with yourself and others. Before getting

into line at the bank or market, ask yourself which line is the

quickest. Gather a group of photographs of different people

that are all the same size, turn them upside down, and then

guess whose picture is on the other side of each photograph.

Use your intuition to stay safe. I live in deer country. Every

time I feel the deer near, I slow down. Sure enough, deer will

be around the next corner or over the next hill.

7Let go of control and surrender to that part of yourself that is

connected to Spirit. None of us are in control of life, but we

are in charge of our lives. We can choose to experience life to

its fullest, or not. We can choose to be grateful for what we

have, or not. We can choose to live a life of service to our

own lives and to all humanity, or not.

Trying to hold control is like trying to stop a river from flowing.

Taking charge of your life is becoming the master of your

own destiny, flowing with the river and laughing all the way,

and allowing your intuition to guide you to a greater, more

fulfilling life.

These steps to awaken to your deeper intuition take time and practice.

Be patient and loving with yourself.Like all life cycles, tapping into your intuition

comes in its own time, but comes only after you take the steps toward

your own greater self.

Diana Rankin, author of 23 Days, A Celtic Journey, is a gifted psychic

medium, international speaker, and radio personality who has helped

thousands of people tap into their own deeper intuition through her

workshops. For a private reading or information on workshops or

speaking engagements, please contact Diana at 937-593-6500, or

HYPERLINK "http://www.dianarankin.com" www.dianarankin.com.

You may also catch Diana at Sacred Circle Meditations given at

Gentle Wind the first Friday of every month. Love offering.

Sacred Circle includes a story, guided meditation, and messages

from Spirit for everyone in attendance.

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It seems that something does interfere with our ability to live in complete God-consciousness and states of happiness, innerpeace, and loving kindness, to name a few. If so, what is it andwhat are the ways we can heal these obstacles? Answers to thesequestions reside within us, within the dimensional matter thatmakes up our bodies and contains our souls during our timehere on earth.

In today's culture, most people think of the time from ourbirth until death as the full range of our lives. Psychologist Eric Ericsonprovided a good basic map of the stages of development of the humanfrom birth on and the issues faced at each stage. Is this really where ourlife begins and ends? If you've seen the beautiful book, A Child is Born,by Lennart Nilson with its amazing still photographs of the journey ofthe egg, sperm, zygote, and fetus, you might report that life beginsmuch earlier than birth. Although this wasn't taught back when I wasin health class, its now known that the early cells that become the “you”that is born, start even prior to the egg and sperm. Each of us has livedin the womb of our maternal grandmother within our own mother'sreproductive system while she was a fetus. Some would say our beginnings start even earlier than this, as we come down to earth intoour mother's bodies as infinitesimal specks of pre-cellular matter.

My spirit marks its own beginning as the dream/memory of filtering downto earth as tiny pieces of rainbow glitter. I was overwhelmed with greatanticipation and excitement about fulfilling my mission on earth in thislifetime. Then those specks slid into matter where they began to join forces of nature to become the expression of a new human.

What does happen to each of us after those moments of entry? The knowledge about where the life cycle begins does make a difference in our day- to- day lives. In the last two decades, a number of techniqueshave been developed that allow one to recall the events that happen inutero. To most people's surprise, (including mine) when they areregressed to these memories they find that they are self-aware. Theybecome aware of a variety of states of exceptional consciousness that arequite different from their everyday selves. It has been discovered that weacquire different types of peak states during specific developmental events,as our organism grows more complex. Consciousness researcher, GrantMcFetridge states, “ If these states are experienced without trauma, wehave these states after birth. If these events are experienced with minortrauma, we can move in and out of the states to one degree or another,particularly when using certain spiritual practices”. When there is majortrauma we are usually blocked completely from accessing that state.

Creator and Mother Nature (a.k.a. Gaia) give us everything weneed as we develop. Some people during regression are able to hearand have documented the verbal instructions received from Gaia ateach stage of development. Just as birds are told when its time to flysouth for the winter, the developing human is given guidance at everystep along the way. Yet, problems still occur in utero for most of us thatcan set us up to be kicked out of the good feeling states we were meantto carry into our lives after the birth process. Sometimes we don't hearthe instructions from Gaia, or we hear and react to the wrong thing.Other times, events outside the womb, like mother taking a fall or thepressure from the first contraction can cause physical injury to thefetus. The implications of the developmental event model are that,

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Developing Exceptional StatesBy Shelly Pinnell, M.S., L.I.S.W.

What is the complete and true nature of our human life cycle? How does our biology help us to be, or keep us from being who we were meant to be?

Are we fully living our birthright as humans?


if we can heal these in utero events, particularly at key developmentalpoints, we can get back into and stay in our good states continuously.

Science is learning more and more about these key developmentalevents. One of the earliest phases of development, which occurs on theegg and sperm side, is called coalescence. This is where the beginnings ofthe brain consciousness are formed, the big three being mind, heart, andbody. Dr. Paul McLean identified that these correlate to the old brain(body), the midbrain (heart), and the newer outer cortex (mind). Othermajor events are when the egg leaves the ovary, conception, implantation,first contraction and birth itself. Each of these events, when successfullycompleted can be associated with a particular state of consciousness.

On a lighter note, just learning about the pre-natal developmentalprocesses can provide insights and appreciation into the mysteries of life,particularly between the genders. For example, there is some biologicexplanation for the difference between the way men and women communicate. Women (who primarily identify with the egg's experience,even though both the egg and sperm are part of their development) sitpacked in the ovary for several decades with hundreds of their sister'swith nothing better to do but chat with each other, possible origins of thetea party. While men are often imprinted with the experience of beingwhipped around by the tail's of their brothers on the path to the egg,frantically working their way there, only to bang their heads againstsomething that resembles a large planet that pulls them in and then they die.Is it any wonder we have a hard time getting them to talk to us sometimes!

Some people are born with one or more exceptional states, such asinner peace or underlying happiness, that are unshakable. Others areborn with abilities, such as the ability to heal, inner vision or the ability tocommunicate with nature, which are attributes of particular states. Thesepeople did not get their states by doing spiritual practices. Most of usknow people like that, but we were not so lucky. Many of us have spent a number of years seeking different states and diligently practicing meditation or other disciplines, sometimes with disappointing results.The possibility now exists, due to the breakthroughs in methods for healingtrauma, for having our blocks to peak states eliminated quickly and moreeasily than ever before. Many effective healing techniques can be used toget peak states, once you know what to heal. How exciting it is to now beable to target and acquire particular states and develop new abilities.

There are many techniques that are being used in combination oralone to target healing the blocks to peak states. This new generation oftherapies is also beginning to cross lines between body workers, mentalhealth professionals, and other alternative healing practitioners. Somevery good healing method's such as Gary Craig's, EFT and GrantMcFetridge's, Whole Hearted Healing technique are in the public domainand accessible via the Internet. Practitioners have taken other effectivetechniques, such as EMDR, rebirthing, birth psychology, brainwave training, and cranial-sacral work and adapted or expanded their use inthis area. T Some modalities help clients achieve one particular stateand maintain it, such as Jacquelyn Aldana's, 15-minute Miracle, which isrelated to the state of gratitude. A number of the techniques in this areaare still being researched, like the Institute for the Study of Peak Stateshealing method, called Primary Cell Repair.

When one's awareness of the lifecycle is expanded to include yourpre-birth self, all kinds of possibilities are opened up. The journey ofrecovering and maintaining your exceptional states of consciousness hasimplications for community and the world, as well as the individual.Gaia and Creator want us to be happy and healthy at the deepest level.Imagine what the world will be like when we are all in constant states ofinner peace, happiness, and loving kindness! Join the journey and receiveyour birthright.

Shelly Pinnell, MSW, LISW is a psychotherapist in private practice inPowell, OH She is currently a volunteer staff for the Institute for the Studyof Peak States and has conducted training in Whole Hearted Healing. Shecan be reached at [email protected]

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ave you ever

noticed that

bad luck or

good luck

seems to follow the same

person? And, have you

noticed that gratitude

seems to find gratitude,

and resentment finds

resentment? People who

understand the nature

of energy cal l this

phenomenon karma.

This energy expression

is the secret of The Secret.

Many people believe that

the secret of life is a story

of the laws of attraction,

but sometimes we fail to

look deeper to find the secret of The Secret.

The great secret is that we draw into our life not only

a consciousness of what we want or don’t want, but we also

attract our subconscious and unconscious beliefs that were

formed in our early time on planet Earth. If we learned that

attention was commanded through compliance or defiance,

then our human ego continues to vibrate at that energy and

draw that kind of behavior toward us, even though our adult

self is humiliated and hurt.

Then how can we use the secret of The Secret to draw

desirable events into our life? Perhaps we can’t change the

destiny of our birth and death, or any of the events in between, but

we can change how we choose to experience them.

If every event in our life

is synchronous with the

great plan of One, then is

it possible that we are

continuously guided by

our Higher Self to navigate

through life to meet our

exact destiny? An example

might include not paying

attention to the gas in our

car and finding our self

angry, along the side of

the road, because we are

delayed in finding more

gas to get us to our

destination. What we

didn’t realize is, that if

we had filled the tank

and didn’t have the delay,

we would have been part of the terrible car accident down

the road, one we never knew occurred.

If we can teach ourselves to express gratitude for all the

events in our life, we don’t need to understand why they

were necessary to keep us synchronous with our journey

on Planet Earth. What would it mean if we woke up every

morning expressing gratitude for all the events in our

dreams, and went to bed at night expressing gratitude for

all our day dreams? Learning to be conscious and express

gratitude for those things we know, for those things we

don’t know, and finally for those things we don’t know we

don’t know, allows us to embrace the mysteries of life and

to accept that what goes around, comes around.

What Goes Around,Comes Around

By John A. McMullin, H.C.

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SOMAENERGETICSRaise your energy level from Survival Mode to Optimum Vitality with SomaEnergetics! We offer the latest in Sound Energy Therapies utilizing their custom made Energy Tuners and Body Tuners.We also offer a series of workshops and a new Home Study Course. Upcoming events in Central Ohio:

Private Tuning Sessions – 30/60 Min Sessions with original Developer David HulseAdventure Through The Chakra System – Monthly 1st Wednesday 7 PM – Gentle Wind Great Gift Ideas: OM Tuner, Brain Tuners, Crystal Tuner, Solfeggio Body Tuners or Mary Magdalene Oil!

For more information contact SomaEnergetics at 740-965-4158 or www.SomaEnergetics.com

Eating Out

Our intention at ALADDIN’S EATERY, is to provide our customers unique and natural foods,while at the same time, cater to their increased awareness and concerns regarding health and nutrition.

Our philosophy is simple…Aladdin’s Eatery always provides tasty, healthy, and natural meals to all of our customers.Consistency, Quality, and Freshness are Guaranteed.Aladdin’s Eatery employees always display honesty, warmth and hospitality to all.Aladdin’s strives to be environmentally friendly.

Four Locations: • Clintonville ~ 614-262-2414 • Gahanna ~ 614-472-250 • Dublin ~ 614-588-0330• Grandview ~ 614-488-5565 • Bexley ~ 614-586-1440

BENEVOLENCE CAFEA QUIET RETREAT in the city offering: food that nourishes the body, company that nurtures the heart,conversation that stimulates the mind and an intangible essence that feeds the soul.

COOKING WITH A CONSCIENCE. Ethics in life is everything. It is a great understatement to say that tryingto run an ethically green cafe in the middle of a city in the twenty-first century is a challenge.It is expensive and labor intensive, but we do it. We shun anything that is ready made.We buy our vegetables as fresh as we can, use organic when available, and prepare dishes from scratch.It’s our way of putting love into our food.

Benevolence Cafe, 41 W. Swan Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, 614.221.9330www.benevolencecafe.com


CONFERENCES , EXPOSITIONS AND WORKSHOPS

Home Study,Workshops,

Quality Forks...and More

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DIRECTIONS FOR HEALTHNancy offers a refreshing change in health and wellness education with emphasis on intuitive nutrition.Her approach to nutrition combines dietary changes and life-enhancing choices that emphasize personal and spiritual growth. Nancy’s customized 12-step program moves participants through transitionsthat result in effective life-long benefits.

Whether your desire is managing stress, sleeping better or just feeling better, call for a one-hour initial consultation. You’ll discuss health history and examine future health goals. As a caring listener, Nancy promisesthis conversation to be a life-changing experience, beginning your journey toward complete fulfillment.

Board Certified as a Holistic Health Counselor through the American Association of Drugless Practitionersand graduate of The Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City, Nancy continues education inNatural Health, Ayurveda and Naturopathy.

Nancy Addison, HHCDirections For Health6161 Busch Boulevard, Suite 305Columbus, OH 43229www.directions4health.com614-395-8353

THE WELLNESS FORUMNutritionally confused? Convinced that diet and lifestyle changes could help solve your health and weightproblems? Know you’re going to need some help?

At The Wellness Forum, we believe that health improvement and weight loss can only happen when permanent diet and lifestyle changes are made. Although there’s lots of information out there,most people don’t know how to sort it out and don’t know how to apply the information to their daily lives.Furthermore, most people aren’t aware of how much industry and advertising affect the health informationthey receive.

The Wellness Forum is an international, independent educational organization offering unbiased information in a user-friendly format with several support options.

Sound interesting? Find out more — call us at (614) 841-7700 /800-761-8210 or make a reservation toattend one of our introductory dinners. Don’t just live long, live well!

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPYThe journey of life is often challenging. Along the way we discover that it serves us well to attend to ourbody-mind-spirit connection in a manner that moves beyond the superficial and invites us into a deepmeaningful space. Visionary Craniosacral Work™ is often helpful in coping with life transitions and stress,or as a complement to traditional treatments for illness and pain.

Leigh Randolph is a Board Certified Endodontist who has a private dental practice and teaches dentistry atThe Ohio State University. She is a certified Visionary Craniosacral Work™ practitioner and incorporatesboth sensitive touch with skilled intuition presenting opportunities for healing and growth.

To experience this powerful work call: 614.581.8703.


FOOD AND NUTRITION

Holistic Health CounselingWellness Education

Dr. Leigh RandolphD.D.S., M.S.

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JULIE NORTH is a born medium, clairaudient, & clairvoyant.With these gifts, Julie has been able to offer spiritual counseling and medical intuitive readings for people throughout the country who seek clarity on their life path. She translates information directly from your Guides to you, allowing you insights intopositive solutions for blocked areas of your life.

Life is about growth and movement, peace and joy, truth and clarity. If you should find yourself in need ofassistance in these or other areas of your life, she will be honored to translate your Guides’ messages for you.

In-person readings are available in Columbus, Ohio or you may also schedule a phone session.All readings are recorded and placed on CD for you to keep.

614.202.7170 • [email protected] • www.JulieNorth.com

MY LIFE DIRECTION HOLISTIC COUNSELING AND HYPNOSIS CENTERGuiding you along your life’s journey…

My Life Direction is a multi-disciplinary, cultural and spiritually rooted center founded in 1996 by Rev. Dr. Edythe Kidd-Okwilagwe. Ph.D., PCC, CCHT, CAMF, CDVF, CART.

We are committed to support you and keep you focused on your goal.We provide a safe place where healing can occur in a comfortable environment.

Our comprehensive services include: individual, group and family counseling, workshops, coaching, andstress and anger management programs. In our stress and anger management programs, we use theAnderson & Anderson curriculum – the most effective and most recognized curriculum in the world.

For more information and to schedule an appointment call:937-262-9912 • 877- 390-5624 • [email protected] • www.mylifedirection.com

PREVENT BLINDNESS OHIO, founded in 1957, is the only voluntary, nonprofit public health organizationdedicated to preventing blindness and preserving sight. It serves all 88 Ohio counties, providing direct services to more than 600,000 Ohioans annually and educating millions of consumers about what they can do to protect and preserve their precious gift of sight.

Prevent Blindness Ohio is an affiliate of Prevent Blindness America, the country’s second-oldest national voluntary health organization.

Prevent Blindness Ohio With offices in Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton & Toledo1500 W.Third Ave., Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43212800.301.2020 toll free • 614.464.2020 office • 614.481.9670 fax

Email us at [email protected] Visit our web site at www.pbohio.org


HEALING AND BODYWORK

Clarity For Your Life

My Life Direction

Dr. Edythe Kidd-Okwilagwe

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GENTLE WIND is dedicated to promoting relaxation and self-awareness.Owner, Annie Gaunt, envisioned Gentle Wind as a place to relax and take a gentle step away from the pressures of the world, a place to renew the spirit and refill the soul.

From the moment you step inside, your senses become aware. Aromatherapy, one-of–a-kind jewelry,sculpture, artwork and more, all await you in this tranquil haven. As you experience the serenity of visiting,you can also enjoy the wide range of services and classes offered: Massage, Reflexology, Lomi lomi,Yoga and Tai Chi, just to name a few.

Gentle Wind is a place where you can explore inner peace and spiritual growth.A tranquil experience dedicated to expand minds and explore many different paths.

4695 Morse Road • Columbus, Ohio 43230 • 614-471-2281 • www.gentlewind.net

MOMENTUM98Taking Advantage of the Moment! Propelling Yourself into Greatness!Open Mon-Fri 10-7, Sat 10-6, Sun 12-6

Thousands of people search the internet looking for unique holistic health products that they cannot findlocally. In Columbus, you are actually able to visit Momentum98’s brick & mortar store (3509 N. High,Columbus, 614/262-7087).

Some of their best internet sellers are: Far Infrared Portable Saunas, Color Therapy Glasses, pinhole glasses,neti-pots, seabands, bongers, Hitachi magic wands, charts (acupuncture, reflexology, food combining),BodySlants, Inversion Tables, Rebounders, and American Biologics inflazyme-forte.

In Columbus, however, besides being well-known for demonstrating the Hitachi Twin-Head Massager,Momemtum98 has built a considerable clientele for unique nutritional supplements which detoxify,balance and rebuild the body.

Their very educated staff has a wealth of knowledge, information, and even wisdom.Many of the cutting-edge books on holistic health are available there.

Momentum98 also specializes in carrying a wide variety of colon cleansing and detoxifying products,enzymes, pro-biotics, Chinese herbs, and ayurvedic formulas.

PURE WATER STEAM DISTILLATION SYSTEMSDave and Janet Sahr are both Holistic Coaches™ and Certified Natural Health Professionals.Though our studies we have discovered that the best way to hydrate your body is to drink the purest waterpossible. Of the many types of water (rain, snow melt, hard, filtered, soft, de-ionized, boiled and distilled)only steam distilled water is pure and virtually free of all contaminants.

We researched all water treatment products and found Pure Water® to be the best on the market.We supply a variety of units from manual to fully automatic and can even install Pure Water® right to your refrigerator.

Quality Customer ServiceFor information, sales, installation, and service contact:Dave or Janet at (614)506-3339 or E-mail [email protected]


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AT HOME SPA PARTIES! Embrace the opportunity to host a party with friends and experience the fragrant ambiance of candlelightwhile rejuvenating mind, body and soul. Enjoy a night of relaxation, pampering, friendships and fun! As a hostess/host, you will earn free products and other incentives from the sales at your party. Averagehostess/host receives $100 shopping spree. Our catalog(s) consist of over 300 items including home spaproducts, candles and home décor items.We do all the work! Complete a guest list and we will even mailout your invitations for you!

Contact Debbie Gantt to schedule your in-home spa/candle party today! You deserve it! (614) 402-3283 oremail [email protected]: www.partylite.biz/debbiescandles

Spiritual Practices

LIFE BLISS FOUNDATION is a worldwide movement for meditation.With 1000 centers in 30 countries and 30 Nithyananda Meditation Academies (NMAs) around the globe, the Foundation offers a myriad of meditation programs. It works towards the transformation of humanity and attainment of global peacethrough transformation of the individual using meditation.

We offer a variety of meditation programs, geared towards attaining your inner potential at the Physical,Mental, Emotional and Being Levels. Our Programs have been cognized by Paramahamsa Nithyananda,and are based on spirituality.

Soak in the Words of Wisdom from the Master, Meditate in his presence...Free public talks in Columbus, Ohio - April 17, 18, 19 & 20.

Life Bliss Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization described under Section 501(c)(3) of theInternal Revenue Code.

820 Pollock Road, Delaware, Oh 43015. Phone: 614-571-8425 or 740-917-4570.Email: [email protected] www.lifebliss.org

LIGHT IN THE WOODSMeets every Sunday - 10:00 a.m.37 Darby Street*, Old Dublin

Light in the Woods provides a comfortable place for spiritual growth and renewal.With programming that reaches those on a path of spiritual unfoldment, Light in the Woods makes available a wide variety of services, lessons, programming, and music that encourages the spiritual growth of everyone. Light in the Woods provides an environment, open to diversity, that allows expressionof our GodSelves in every way.

Call Light in the Woods at 614-582-1802 or email [email protected] Banks, Spiritual Leader, is a Licensed Unity Teacher with more than 15 years experience in teachingthe Unity Principles.

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*Darby Street is one block west of High Street, off 161, in Old Dublin, between Sawmill Road and 270.

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Debbie Gantt

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Mediterranean Cuisine

We listen to you, our customer. From the freshest ingredients to environmentally sensitive products, Aladdin’s Eatery strives to maintain the high standards you have helped us set.

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