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January Southeast Wisc

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Learn to live from yourheart and soul

The effects ofpoorpostureon your health

Celebrate 2013 with newgoals for yourself

weight managementfor you and your pet

and much more!

Learn to live from yourheart and soul

The effects ofpoorpostureon your health

Celebrate 2013 with newgoals for yourself

weight managementfor you and your pet

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What you need to knowbefore purchasing

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What you need to knowbefore purchasing

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A new form of massageA new form of massage

depmes7 reections rom the editor

8 healthy pets

14 ft bodies

16 intuitive insights

22 whats growing on?

24 healthy kids

26 healthy eating

28 herb blurb

32 community partners

33 advertiser directory

34 community calendar

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9 Posture perfect

10 Working toward a warmer you

11 Celebrate the beginning!

12 New Years resolution weight management forthe ENTIRE family, your pet too!

15 A new form of massage

17 What you need to know before purchasing hearing aids

20 You say you want a resolution

23 New Years resolutions: are they for you?

27 Standing tall

29 Am I weight-loss resistant?

30 Transformation through heart and soul15

18 FSDedicated to healthy pets & their people

Am I weight-lossresistant?

Am I weight-lossresistant? 2

NHCV:Michel d crrie Mrble, owners of Bark N Scratch Outpost in Milwaukee,with Kakashi and Snowbelle

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Photography by Taylor Greenwood

New Years resolutions:are they for you?

New Years resolutions:are they for you?

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Happy New Year!Well, 2013 has arrived, and or many o us that means we are

embracing new beginnings. (Sounds better than committingto New Years resolutions, right?) January in Wisconsin is prob-ably the perect time to distract ourselves with missions o sel-improvement. I you are seeking a healthier liestyle in the NewYear, you are certainly in the right place! What Ive learned romthis magazines helpul monthly content is this: I you are seriousabout making some changes in your lie, get support, be realistic,keep an open mind, and dont let yoursel get discouraged!

Our country is kicking o 2013 by celebrating National BloodDonors Awareness Month. Te American Association o BloodBanks (AABB) encourages you to learn more about the urgentneed or blood and to become a regular donor. Consider theseAmerican Red Cross statistics: 1.) Every two seconds someone inthe U.S. needs blood! 2.) Five million patients receive blood in theU.S. in a year! 3.) One donation can save the lives o up to threepeople! I use exclamation points because these are quite impactulrealities. I you are considering making a dierence by donatingthis New Year, please know that it is sae, simple and appreciated

more than you know! Find a donation location near you by visit-ing www.aabb.org.

Our authors have some great ideas to share with all o us whoare in the continuous pursuit o a healthy mind, body and spirit.Alexandria Binkowski teaches us a bit about the history o resolu-tions and how to best go about the process. Rob Reader introducesus to a new orm o massage, Muscle Release Terapy, that notonly relieves pain but also improves posture and balance. Dr. Jodieshares how eeding your pet well may cause you to eed yourseland your amily better in 2013. And, o course, there are manymore, so enjoy!

Best wishes to all o you who are embracing a new beginninyourselves. May this be a year o success or you!

In health and happiness,

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The notion that one type o dog or cat ood is all your petneeds or a lietime is thankully ading into the past. We arelearning that just like humans need a wide variety o oods

in our diets to maintain health, so do our pets. Feeding a varietyo oods to your dog or cat does not have to be dicult. Rotationsimply means that you will have at least three or our oods thatyour pet does well with and rotate those oods rom time to time.Here are some helpul acts and tips about a rotation diet.

A rotation diet can be done whether you are eeding dry, cannedor raw oods, or a combination o those ood types. I you are eedingdry ood (with water added), you might try an occasional meal o

canned ood or raw ood. Canned or raw oods are less proceand may supply your pet with more naturally derived nutrients

Rotating oods with dierent protein sources may help youavoid building up ood intolerance or allergies. For exampyour current ood contains mostly chicken, you will want to oods with a dierent meat such as duck, fsh or venison.

You do not have to stay within one brand o ood. By varthe brands, you are also varying vegetables, grains, botanicals

vitamin and mineral sources too.We have learned rom holistic veterinarians that rotating at

every three bags or every three months is a good frst goal. Ring more requently is even more desirable making a fnicky cdog more interested in a wider selection o oods and less likeloose interest.

Introduce a new ood slowly. Begin with adding 10% o theood to just 90% o the serving size o the regular ood. Keepmix at the same proportion or a couple o days. Increase the ood and decrease the old ood by 10% every couple o days w

watching or stomach upset, stool frmness or other signs that pet is not doing well with the new ood. I upset does occur, reto the old ood and try another selection. No matter how hquality a ood is, not every ood is right or your dog or cat.

Once you have your pet on the new ood, it should be no troswitching among the oods your cat or dog is used to. ry anew oods to give your pet many options. Tis may come in hawhen the pet supply store is out o a type you eed or whcompany changes a ood ormula.

Your young puppy or kitten will beneft by being exposedierent avors and textures during critical developmental stYour older dog or cat will keep an interest in the ood bowl, askWhats new today?

We oen hear that variety is the spice o lie. Remember thais true or your pets too! We are ortunate these days to have mgood quality ood choices in dry, canned and raw oods so weshare that variety with our animal companions!

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So what is good posture anyway and why is it so important? Postureis essentially how you balance your body. Tats it. Have you evernoticed that images you see in books or posters teaching good postureare almost always drawings and not photographs o real people? Tatsbecause ideal posture is just that: an ideal. Real people dont haveperect posture because no one is perect. Our posture is based on howour bodies have adapted to the lie we are living.

Anyone who is standing up is, by defnition, balanced. How wellthey are balanced is a dierent story. Your posture is the practicalend result o how well you are able to balance your body whileyou move. Posture is always dynamic, not static, because yourbody is always in motion. What I like to call postural balance is

the ability to control your bodys position in space and keep yourbody upright and stable, especially when perorming challengingmovements. Poorly balanced posture requires us to expend moreenergy to stay upright, which in turn causes some parts o yourbody to carry more stress and wear out more quickly than natureintended. I youve ever wondered why you have arthritis in oneknee but not the other, look to how you balance your posture. Areyou leaning more to one side than the other? Are you leaning moreorward or backward? Tose things that we call poor posture aremore than that we lack the ability to balance our bodies appro-priately and it shows up in our posture.

What eect does poor posture have on our health? Your centero balance that point between your le and right sides whenyou are standing upright has a lot to do with your health. Peoplewithout an even center o balance will unnaturally compensate ortheir lack o balance, causing them to have poor posture, which inturn places unnecessary stress and strain on the body. Te rela-tionship between your posture and your general overall health isnot surprising since posture is the physical end result o how yourbody deals with all the many demands you place on it through-out the day. In act, i you want to know how a person is eelingtoday, look at their posture and how they move. Is their motion

sti and guarded, like an old person? Or do they move smoowith grace and ease? When someone has a strong and balaposture, you look at them and know they have energy and vit

Since posture is about more than standing straight, and imping our posture involves more than just telling ourselves to our shoulders back, how do we improve our posture? o byou have to remember that practice doesnt make perect, inspractice makes permanent. Te bent-over posture o a 60-yold woman with a humped back has its beginnings in the poso a 30-year-old slumped in ront o the computer or houday. An inexible spine and tight, weak muscles will usuallyprogressively worse with age, ultimately making us look andmuch older than we should. Start with improving the exibilityalignment o your spine with regular chiropractic care, contwith emphasizing proper core strengthening exercises to you keep a strong posture, and help you balance your head your torso, your torso over your pelvis and your pelvis in e

and appropriate balance over your two legs. Tere is no substor proessional care when it comes to your health. Young orathlete or couch potato, maintaining good posture with exerand appropriate spinal health care is an intelligent lie habiaging well and staying pain ree.

Dr. Julie E. Vance owns Chiropractic Health & Wellness, 3101 S. DelaAvenue in Milwaukee. For more information, call 414.481.8683.

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STAN UP STAT! ONT SOUC! Im sure weve allheard those words more than once rom a parent when we weregrowing up. Most o us rolled our eyes and threw our shouldersback, complying with the command without having a good under-standing o the reason behind the persistent prodding.



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iving in the upper Midwest, werecertainly amiliar with the ideao cold and damp especially

during this time o year. Now, imaginethat eeling on the inside o your body. Asuncomortable as it can be on the outside,the discomorts or imbalances it causeson the inside lead to a number o healthissues, including added weight. Fortu-nately, there are natural ways to addressthis that dont require ad diets or pushingyoursel 24/7 in a gym.

Acupuncture and herbal supplementscan be used to strengthen and toniy thedigestive system, particularly the stomach

and the spleen. Tese organs are primarilyresponsible or breaking down everythingwe eat and drink into two uids: a clear,nutritious uid, and a turbid uid that isexcreted as waste.

In Western society, these organs oendo not unction as eciently as theyshould. What we fnd is that instead obeing absorbed to build and ortiy thebody, some o the clear uid is discharged,while a portion o the turbid uid remains,maniesting as water weight and excessinsulation on the body. Moreover, becauseimportant nutrition is lost, the body thencraves what it needs. Hunger is present, andwe may satisy that eeling with poor oodchoices, leading yet again to excess calories.

A combination o acupuncture, herbalremedies, diet and exercise are key actorsin restoring balance to the digestivesystem. Te goal is to maximize nutrition,and enable the body to retain and excrete

the uids appropriately. Diet, specifcally,cannot be overstressed. Tings to avoidinclude dairy products (unortunately, icecream in particular), sugary oods, highlyprocessed starch products and items thatcontain unnatural substances. By elimi-nating these oods, patients will then stopeeding the cold and damp cycle that hascontributed to those unwanted pounds.

What about recommended oods?Across so many cultures, nothing soothesthe cold and damp like a great bowl ochicken soup. Here is one o my avorite

recipes partly because o ingredthat toniy the digestive system and c

vate good health, but mostly because itastes so good!

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of years, including a trip to China with his intor. As a dedicated practitioner of TCM with H& Earth Acupuncture and Wellness in BrooWisconsin, he oers free initial consultation antreatments, and free insurance verication. Forinformation, visit www.heavenandearthacu.com

Mrs. ans eekly Chicken Soup 2 Cornish game hens or one 3- to 4-pound whole chicken 6 dried black mushrooms (these replenish qi, and puriy the lungs and intestines) 6 thick slices o ginger, crushed 2 cloves o garlic, crushed (both ginger and garlic are considered to be warm in

nature) 8 ounces thawed, rozen ginkgo nuts or canned, drained garbanzo beans (ginkgo

nuts aid in digestion) Optional: 1 tablespoon dried wolerries (these nourish the kidneys and liver) 1 cup Chinese rice wine or dry sherry 2 tablespoons soy sauce 2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground white pepperBring a medium pot o water to boil over high heat; add poultry and boil or fminutes. Remove poultry and discard liquid. Soak mushrooms in warm watcovered, until soened (about 15 minutes). Drain, then discard stems. Quarter tcaps and set aside. Combine poultry, ginger, garlic and just enough water to covera pot, and bring to a boil over high heat. Add remaining ingredients and reduce hto simmer, partially covered, until poultry is cooked through, about 1 hour. Makabout 4 servings.

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youre reading this article, it means thatDecember 21, 2012, was not the end othe world. It also means that January

2013 is upon us a new year o opportu-nity, growth and regression, o good timesand bad. 2012 has ended, but the world hasnot; so the question is, Now what?

Celebrate the beginning! In my opinionwe as a culture, as a species, have ocusedar too long on the end; its time we cele-brate the moment and the moment is ourbeginning. Folks, 2013 is here and its timeto start making decisions about the changesyou want in your lie. It is then time to take

action, to ollow through on those deci-sions. So many people are going to spendthe next several weeks having made plansor their New Years resolutions, but wherewill those resolutions be come March?Similar to the unproductiveness o ocus-ing on the end, making a decision withoutaction serves you in no way! Now is thetime to decide and act! Welcome to thebeginning. Te beginning o the new you,the beginning o the New Year!

As we move on through 2013, here aresome tips to help when setting goals oryoursel. Goals have fve requirements. By

taking a ew extra minutes to ensure goals have these 5 criteria, you can be mconfdent that your 2013 will be a bening o new accomplishments.

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you understand the ollowing core physi-ologic principle, it will be very clear to youwhy consuming processed carbohy-

drates leads to obesity or humans and pets:

Eat some starch or sugar. Glucose enters the bloodstream and

cells absorb the sugar. Insulin acilitates the storage o this

sugar as triglycerides (at, weight gain). Eat some more sugar and the cycle

repeats. Skipping meals is a physiologic stressor that

causes cortisol release, hunger, sugar cravingsand additional weight gain.

I instead, at times o low blood sugar, one interveneswith protein and at, one achieves satisaction.

Te ingestion o protein and at stimulates gluconeogenesis,the breakdown o stored energy reserves.

Tis eeds the bodys little mitochondrial urnaces, which leadsto increased energy, not a carb coma!

Foods with a high glycemic index (GI) are rapidly digested andabsorbed, resulting in wild uctuations in blood sugar. Low-GI

oods digest and absorb slowly, producing gradualrises in b

sugar and insulin levels, and have proven benefts or health. Lowdiets help diabetics and others with weight control by controappetite and delaying hunger. Cravings mean insucient proand at in the diet. Starches are a source o cravings. Low GI also reduce insulin levels and the development o insulin resist

Te American Diabetes Association explains, Meats anddont have a Glycemic Index (GI) because they do not concarbohydrates. Fat and fber tend to lower the GI o a ood. general rule, the more cooked or processed a ood, the higheGI. So, i humans should eat less processed, protein, at and diets, what should our carnivore pets ingest? Surelynotprocehigh-carbohydrate, low-protein, low-fberkibble diets!

Unfortunately, millions of dogs and cats are fed twice dai

even free-choice, highly processed, starch-lled diets every

every meal! Read your ingredient labels! Dogs and cats sh

not be fed corn, wheat, soy, rice, potato or tapioca. Just becaubag of kibble has a dog or cat photo on the bag, does not me

is an appropriate food meant for a carnivore!

Te best way or your lazy cat or your at dog to increase enand lose weight is to eat a species-appropriate, prey-concept, hprotein/high-at, meat-based, low-glycemic, unprocessed, resh

Any dry kibble in a bag must contain starch to be manuact

New earsresolutionweight management for the family your pet too!......................................................................y Dr. Jodie



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Grain-ree diets are NO starch-ree. Tis is a bit o a marketingtrick. Te starch is usually in the orm o potato or tapioca. Tis maybe a benefcial step in the right direction or some individuals, butdont be misled to believe that this kibble product is low-glycemic!

Feed oods that are low-glycemic. A piece o meat is better thana green bean, which is better than a carrot, which is better than awheat biscuit. Te goodness o ood is relative.

Not only will decreasing processed carbohydrates in your petsmenu acilitate weight loss, but also can prevent or help manage several

other common pet ailments. A lymphoma study perormed on dogswith this type o cancer demonstrated that dogs ed meat-based dietshad better quality o lie and longevity than those similarly aictedwho were ed a conventional kibble diet. Removing starch rom a petsmenu commonly improves or eliminates symptoms associated withinammatory bowel disease, allergies and even epilepsy.Resolve to research how to home-prepare a balanced, species-appropriate diet or your pet or to purchase a commercialbalanced raw diet. You will witness healthy, rapid weight loss andquality, longevity o lie by eeding your pet companion as natureintended! Feeding your pet well may cause you to eed yourseland your human amily members better in 2013 as well!

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MA OU OA MASUA. Tere must be a wmeasuring or evaluating the progress o your goal.

T OU OA ON. I you dont write it downjust a wish, a hope, a dream. Write down your specifc, beable, measurable goals so that your progress can be measu

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N. As you progress with your goal, you must adaptmust review whats been set and what youve achieved along the

Tese fve steps will set you up or the most successul proo achieving your goals. Its not magic that some people gmuch accomplished. Its not luck. Everyone gets 24 hoursday, 365 days in a year. No, its ocus. Its setting realistic gthat can be and are measured and evaluated. Its letting go opast and planning or the uture, but ocusing and acting inmoment and nowhere else. Your beginning is right now. Ybe amazed what you accomplish!

Jeremy Gilsoul is the founder/owner of Aspire Wellness & Lifestyle CLLC and a certied acupuncturist in the Mequon/iensville area. Jearned a masters degree in oriental medicine, bachelors degrees in psy

ogy, sociology and nutrition science, and certicates for massage and work. Jeremys expertise is functional acupuncture and nutrition, inclherbals and supplements. For more information on how he provides acuture therapy, costs, clinic hours of operation or to nd out if your concan be improved by him, please contact the clinic at 262.478.0030 to a complimentary consult. You can also nd more information about Aservices at www.aspirelivewell.com.

Dr. Jodie is the owner and small animal veterinary practitioner at the Animal DoctorHolistic Veterinary Complex in Muskego. She is a 1987 graduate of the University ofWisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. Her expertise is in natural nutri-tion, including the recommending of raw diets and in the prescription of western andChinese herbals. Dr. Jodie has traveled to China and became certied in veterinaryacupuncture by the Chi Institute in 2008. Learn more about holistic pet health careby visiting AnimalDoctorMuskego.com or by calling 414.422.1300.



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BOdIes

The human body is a vast and complex system. A verypopular system o the body to be discussed is the muscularsystem, mainly the core muscles. Te core system is crucial

to how we move and unction on a daily basis. In order to trulyunderstand how to train the core, we must frst understand what itis, how it is designed to work and what it is designed to do or us.

Like Earth, the human body has a deep innermost structurethat holds everything together and is the origin o many unc-tions crucial or the bodys unctional survival. Te core is all themuscles that surround the spinal column, including the abdomi-nals, back and hip complex.

Te core is designed to saeguard our spinal column duringall activities. Te unction o the core is to provide stability to thespine and to prevent unwanted stress and pressure during a givenmotion or activity.

We all need to ocus on this area because having a strong andbalanced core allows the body to have optimum muscular balance,which will allow or our bodies to stay properly aligned and provide

more ecient nervous system eedback. Tis ultimately mthat a well-trained core will not only hold the spinal columalignment better and provide more support, but also help omuscular systems within the body better communicate with other. With a strong core, your body will be set up to handle mstress, decrease risk o injury and unction at a higher level.

When put in a situation to support or saeguard the spinecore will co-contract, or stien all the muscles surroundingspine. Tis contraction allows the muscles to brace the scolumn and avoid undue pressure and risk o injury. I the protects the spine by contracting around it, it only makes sen

train this way to optimize perormance. So the answer is simDo exercises that co-contract the core.

Exercises such as planks, cable holds and v-sits activateco-contraction in the core muscles. Unortunately, one omost common exercises perormed or strengthening the coabdominal crunches. Although this exercise is benefcial in mrespects, it is only training the abdominals, not all muscles ocore. Because o this, crunches would not be the most ideal ecise to train the core. Exercises like the plank teach the core to protect the spinal column in dierent types o situations. style o training will not only allow or optimal control o midsection, but also optimal eciency o your whole body as

Te ultimate goal or any movement, whether it be or athletior un, is to train the body to have optimal unction. Optimal uno our muscles cannot be accomplished without an optimum corthe next time you want to train your core, throw out the crunchetry the planks. You will be much happier with the results!

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Brian Bankenbusch, CSCS, CES, PES, is the owner of Epic Fitness & Sports Pmance LLC. He is a certied strength and conditioning specialist with over 10of experience training high school and collegiate athletes. He is devoted to br

proper education and superior program design to the community. Brian ia certied corrective exercise specialist, wellness coach and personal trainemore information, visit www.epictness-sports.com or call 414.464.2156.



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Many people have never heard o MuscleRelease Terapy. It was developed in recentyears and utilizes more up-to-date knowledge

about the human body than more traditional orms omassage. Te treatment is done while you are dressed incomortable, loose-ftting clothing, such as sweat pants or yoga pants.

It has been a antastic tool or athletes, rom proessional dancersto marathon runners, to keep their bodies moving correctly andremain pain ree. One marathon runner posted her personalrecord aer an MRT treatment running her marathon in justover 3 hours and 30 minutes, taking 15 minutes o o her besttime. Many leading artists in the Milwaukee ballet currently getMRT to keep themselves limber and able to work pain ree.

Its not just or athletes though. Its or anybody o any age who

has any pain, chronic or acute, and is looking or a gentle orm omassage that will not just relieve the pain but also improve postureand balance. Simply put, its or everyone.

Te MRT practitioner addresses the body as a whole to give itthe corrections it needs. MRT seeks to rebalance the body allow-ing or pain-ree movement and in some cases curing chronic painthat is caused by muscle aches. Where deep tissue massage orcesmuscles to relax or release, MRT asks nicely until the muscleagrees and relaxes. Ever had a painul deep tissue massage? No pain,no gain, right? O course you might ache or a while, but the resultis well worth the pain, right? Well, what i you could get even betterresults with much less pain or discomort during the massage?

A treatment is usually an hour long and you lay on a massagetable just like traditional massage, except that you are still clothedand laying on top o the sheet. Te practitioner starts by checkingyour breathing. Most people dont breathe properly, but in orderor your body to heal quicker or align quicker you must be reeto breathe properly. Just correcting the breathing alone is greator asthmatics or anyone who has ever had a severe coughing ft.Once the breathing is in order, the practitioner moves on to thecore muscles.

Te core is very important or balance in the body. Lets try

a little experiment right now to see how your core is. I thesomeone around you (preerably someone you know), stanront o them and tell them to push you gently on your shouDid you begin to all back a bit? Maybe you have to catch ysel? Ten your core is not working properly. Now loosen glutes (your rear i you will) and tighten your stomach. In owords, loosen your butt and tighten your gut. Have that pepush you on the shoulder again. Do you eel more balanced? Tbecause you have your core engaged.

Te MRT practitioner uses gentle positioning o your legs

hips to cause those important core muscles to release and rOnce your core is relaxed, the body will tell the practitioner wto go to next. Your body is smarter than you think! Sometit says it has a problem in the legs due to a slip or a all, so thwhere the releases are done next. Or maybe its rom paintiroom all day so the upper body needs the release frst. Tis tment is done literally rom head to toes. Loosening musclesreeing up movement in all your joints.

Now, want to know the technical aspect? What is really haping is very similar to a ull-body myoacial release. Facia 3-dimensional web that runs through an entire body rom hetoe. It runs through every muscle fber and prevents muscles tearing away rom the bone. Tink o putting a balloon insstocking. I you twist the stocking enough, the balloon will eveally pop. Te muscles get trapped the same way. By unwindinacia, it takes the pressure o the muscles and joints.

Aer a treatment, expect to eel taller and more balanced,your limbs may eel lighter, too.

A new form

of massage.........................................................y ob eader

Rob Reader has been a full-time massage therapist since 2005. He has won headline performers at Summerfest, professional wrestlers and is the omassage therapist of the Milwaukee Ballet for his 7th year. He currently wo

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am oen asked i its true that all peopleare psychics. Te answer is yes andno. It is true that all o us do have some

intuition or what most call a gut eeling.So does that make one a psychic? No, itdoes not.

Why? On planet Earth, humans aresending out thought waves. Tese thoughtwaves are sent out in every direction, andall o our ellow humans are picking up onthem. All seven billion o us are sendingand receiving brain waves. Tats a lot obrain waves; too much or any one person tohandle. So, as a very small child we learn to

ocus on the things we can see, touch, smell,taste and hear. In time, we only ocus on whathas come to be known as the fve senses.

By the time one is our or fve years omost o the brain waves o the seven bipeople are ignored, since they seem nserve any purpose. Interpreting the wav

not exercised; thus, in time, the psychic butes go into an atrophy state and remaor about 95% o people. As or the reming 5%, most have a whole array o probrage, anger, depression, bipolar disonervous disorders, ear, guilt and shame

I one manages to grow into an awithout going over the edge, most willalcohol and drug addiction, and varcompulsion disorders. Since the brainnot manage to ignore the thoughts oothers, one will attempt to block the wout artifcially needing more and mo the distractions; so as not to go mawill not work.

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you are over the age o 60, you are probably getting severalpieces o direct mail that advertise the latest and greatest inhearing aid technology. You probably also noticed that there

are plenty o advertisements in your local newspaper or hearingaids. Do you know why?

Hearing aids are sold/dispensed by two groups, audiologistsand hearing aid dispensers. All audiologists have at least a mastersdegree in audiology, and many have doctoral level credentials.Hearing aid dispensers must pass a state exam to earn their licenseto dispense hearing aids. Tere is no ormal training, collegecourses or degrees required to become a hearing aid dispenser.

Hearing aids are manuactured by six major companies and

several subsidiaries. Tere are plenty o brand names and models,but, in general, most hearing aids that are sold are manuactured byone o these six companies. However, you wont buy hearing aidsdirectly rom these companies, as they are dispensed by local audi-ologists, hearing aid dispensers and large hearing aid ranchises.

When making the decision to investigate new hearing aids,many olks take advantage o advertised oers. Many o these oerscan be misleading and tend to promise things that simply are notpossible. Common themes include phony research studies thatneed people to test their new product, coupons or outrageousdiscount amounts or simply prices that are extraordinarily low.

Please ask yoursel: Who is paying or the expensive advertis-ing you are seeing? Is this company in the paper every day? Dothey send you direct mail on a weekly basis? You can bet you willbe paying a premium price or their hearing aids. Remember,only six companies make the overwhelming majority o hearingaids. Te top level hearing aids rom each company are all high-quality products that can be ft successully on most patients.Tere is not one hearing aid company that stands out and has thebest hearing aids or every patient. However, there are hearingaid companies that do have technology that is the best orcertain hearing losses. Tis is where the skill o an independent

audiologist who works with several o the top hearing aid macturers is most advantageous.

Good advice or those interested in hearing aids is to get an mate o what it would cost or the hearing aids that are recmended or you and then compare that cost with others. Foabout the $1,000 coupons, 50% discounts, phony research stuand ake evaluation periods or new technology. You needfnal cost and the level o technology that is being recommento make an accurate comparison. It would also be wise to fndmost qualifed person available to ft your hearing aids.

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PUCASN N AN AS:

1. What level o technology is being recommended? Why islevel being recommended?

2. How many channels do the hearing aids have? Channels aor greater programming and fne-tuning ability. Te mchannels you have, the greater the technology and abiliadjust to your needs. For example, a 16-channel hearingis generally more technologically advanced than a six-chahearing aid, but the prices can be the same. You would wan16-channel aid, not the six. You certainly dont want to pasame price or a six-channel aid at one establishment whencan get the 16-channel aid or the same price elsewhere. happens oen.

3. How long is the warranty? Does it include loss and damage4. How much are oce visits?5. Who pays or batteries? Are the hearing aids rechargeable?6. I I return my hearing aids during the trial period, how m

will it cost me? Some establishments dont charge a ee, wothers can charge hundreds o dollars.

hat you needto know beforepurchasinghearing aids......................................................................y Dr. Douglas loss

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ell, here we are at the turn o yet another new year. 2012has come and gone, leaving us wanting a resh, newstart. For many o us, the turn o a new year marks a

starting point or some major lie change. Yes, the resolution isupon us. With that said, what would your best guess be or thenumber one New Years resolution in our country? I you thoughtweight loss, you are absolutely correct, so please read on. First, letslook at a ew acts. Ten let me help you lay down some steps onhow to make your resolution your reality.

Did you know that more than 80 percent o all the people wholose weight regain the lost weight, and oen a bit extra?

According to some studies, the relapse rate may even be as high

as 95 percent. Tis tells me that a lot o people have lost weight butvery ew keep it o permanently. So we really dont have a weight-loss problem, but rather a weight-relapse problem.

As we promise ourselves that this is going to be our year, werevery ambitious. But like so many others, its not a well-thought-out plan. With no real road map in place, its like driving acrossthe country in the middle o the night without headlights, expect-ing to reach your destination. Tats exactly why so many o uswith good intentions watch our New Years resolutions ade as thathigh-octane enthusiasm slips into reality check.

With any good intention, you must have a well-thought-outplan on how you are going to reach your destination. Lets lay theground work and make it visual. Tis will ultimately become yourmap to success.

ocusSet your goals and put them in writing. Tis will keep them in yourmind, arming daily a clearer picture o what your intentions are.I suggest making a vision board, which is basically a collage oimages and writings that are visual reminders o what youre striv-ing or. Visualization techniques are very powerul. I believe that iyou dont have a plotted vision board, how can you have a vision?

PrioritizeYou may have set goals, but where are they on your priority lithis is not a top priority then it will soon all o o your list. Simput, make it your frst priority.

SupportGoing it alone is tough with any endeavor. Getting peoprally behind you when the challenge gets hard will keep youtrack. Find a ftness partner, a mentor or coach, amily, rieyour spouse any people you can count on or inormationemotional support.

AccountabilityKeep score or your own accountability. Measurements, procharts, weight records, and a ood and training journal are all gsel-accountability trackers. Also seek outside accountability someone you trust that is in your camp. Reporting to somwith your results will keep the accountability actor honest.

PatienceTink short- and long-term realistic expectations. Weightcomes in unpredictable spurts. Remember this going in, whenset up shop, so to speak. Average healthy weight loss is aboto 2 pounds per week. You will have big weeks, small weeksweeks where seemingly nothing happens, at least according toscale. So be patient and dont throw in the towel at the frst siga plateau. Stick to your plan; you will overcome.

PlanNotice how many times I have stressed planning and visualiIn order to be successul at anything you must have a well-thouout plan. Tere is no such thing as winging it to success. Againit on paper. Write down your eating and workout plans. Priorby setting up your weekly schedule. ake the time to do it or

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I dont have time or I orgot are excuses that ultimately keepyou rom your goal.

alanceYou absolutely must fnd balance. Dont take your eating planor your workouts to the extreme. Dont live with the all ornothing rule. Remember, i you want this to last, it must belooked at as a marathon and not a sprint. Let the I want it allattitude go and instead shoot or slow and steady. Your patience

will be well rewarded.

PersonalizeMake your nutrition and training program ft you and your needs.Make it adapt around your personality, liestyle, schedule anddisposition. Tis is the only way you will incorporate it into yourliestyle and make it a permanent placement.

Tere you have it: 8 simple steps to success. Apply them to anytask you wish to accomplish. Te results will speak or them-selves.

Tony Bednarowski is co-owner/publisher of Natures Pathwaysmagazine, Your Path To Healthy Living. He writes about weightloss, nutrition, disease prevention awareness and personal devel-opment. For more information, visit www.naturespathways.com. Tony is also founder, developer and nutrition specialist for

BeWellCooking.com, Be Well, Live Well. He is a board-certied nutrition special-ist focusing on weight loss, chronic disease prevention and sport performanceenhancement with more than 30 years of experience in the health and tnessindustry as a trainer, nutrition specialist and competitive athlete. For more infor-mation, visit www.BeWellCooking.com.



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Dear friends,

Now that 2012 has come to its end, I am going through the processo reection and visioning about our uture ood system. I realizethat there is much work to be done in the days, weeks, months andyears ahead. We must build an equitable system or all o us. Weknow the current ood system is not working or sustainable. Wealso know that the system must change i we are going to surviveand live the kind o sustainable liestyles we want.

At present, we do not produce enough good ood in Americaor around the world. Every night 3 out o every 10 children go tobed without a meal in America. We also do not have enough goodclean soil or armers to produce the good, healthy, locally grownood that we need now and into the uture.

We know that good ood is the medicine that will keep us happyand healthy. Te big question is: How will we build this local and

sustainable ood system in Milwaukee and around the world? Teanswer is that we all have to participate in building a new oodsystem. Everyone needs to be sitting at what I call the Good FoodRevolution able.

We believe that a new ood system will change the dynamicso all communities in a positive way. Tis system will producehundreds o dierent categories o jobs and thousands o new jobs.Tese jobs must provide living wages and encourage sae commu-nities. We must approach this rom all sides.

We must start now! We cannot aord to wait. We must dothe planning that will launch us into action. Growing Powerwill continue to take a leadership role and to quantiy, in a realconcrete way, that communities can produce a larger share o oodthat is locally grown.

Growing Power is committed to assuring that this will change thepolicies that prevent a local ood system rom moving orward. Wehave seen over the past ew years that young people under 40 wantto participate and want to be the uture leaders o this new system.

Growing Power will continue to build upon our hundreds opartnerships with armers, community members, corporations,universities, schools, doctors, hospitals, municipalities and manyothers, to make this happen.

Join us as we continue to build the Good Food RevoluPlease give generously.

Enjoy our 2012 highlights as posted on our website (www.growpower.org) and remember that ogether We Are Growing Pow

Happy holidays to you and all!Will AllenFarmer, founder & CEO

is years holiday letter is dedicated to our dear board memDavid Lerman, who recently passed away. I would also likacknowledge our longtime Board of Directors President, Kaufman, for all his support, guidance and leadership over the y

Visit our website to learn more about our programs: www.gingpower.org. Growing Power also welcomes you to visit our ufarm daily at 1:00 p.m. for an educational tour of the facility for

$10/person. If more than ten people, call 414.527.1546 to scule a group tour. We are located at 5500 W. Silver Spring DMilwaukee, WI 53218.

ow rowing Powerkeeps growing2012 highlight letter......................................................................y Will Allen

Will Allen, son of a sharecropper, former professional basketball player, ex-crate sales leader and longtime farmer, is recognized as among the preemthinkers of our time on agriculture and food policy. e founder and CGrowing Power Inc., a farm and community food center in Milwaukee, Wsin, Allen is widely considered the leading authority in the expanding urban agriculture. At Growing Power and in community food projects acronation and around the world, Allen promotes the belief that all people, regaof their economic circumstances, should have access to fresh, safe, aordablnutritious foods at all times. Using methods he has developed over a lif

Allen trains community members to become community farmers, assuringa secure source of good food without regard to political or economic forc

2008, Mr. Allen received the prestigious MacArthur Genius grant for his eto promote urban sustainable food systems. Later, in 2010, Mr. Allen joineLady Michelle Obama as she launched the White Houses Lets Move camto address issues aecting American youth and the risk of obesity. In 2010 was also recognized as one of TIME magazines 100 Most Inuential Peopthe World. Since then, Mr. Allen has received numerous awards and retions, including the James Beard Award in 2011, the NCAA eodore Roo

Award (2012) and most recently the NEA Security Benet Corporation AwaOutstanding Service to Public Education award in 2012 for his work withdren, teachers and schools. On May 10th, 2012, Will Allen became a pubautobiographer. Read his book, the Good Food Revolution. is articco-authored by Leana Nakielski, Growing Power Development Manager.



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The celebration o the New Year is the oldest o all holidays.A New Years resolution is a commitment you make toaccomplish a project, ulfll some personal goal or change

a habit. Te tradition o the New Years (new beginnings) resolu-tion goes all the way back to the ancient Babylonians, who madepromises to their gods at the start o each year that they wouldreturn borrowed objects and pay their debts. In 153 B.C., Janus,a mythical king o early Rome whom January was named or, wasplaced at the head o the calendar. With two aces, Janus couldlook back on past events and orward to the uture. Janus becamethe ancient symbol or resolutions and many Romans looked ororgiveness rom their enemies and also exchanged gis beorethe beginning o each year. In the Medieval era, the knights tookthe peacock vow at the end o the Christmas season each yearto re-arm their commitment to chivalry. During Judaisms NewYear, Rosh Hashanah, through the High Holidays and culminat-ing in Yom Kippur (the Day o Atonement), one is to reect uponones wrongdoings over the year and both seek and oer orgive-

ness. In the Middle Ages, Christians changed New Years Day toDecember 25, the birth o Jesus. Ten they changed it to March25, a holiday called the Annunciation. In the 16th century, PopeGregory XIII revised the Julian calendar, and the celebration o theNew Year was returned to January 1.

Resolutions have changed throughout the centuries, becom-ing more sel-centered and superfcial. Most popular resolutions

today involve losing weight, exercising more, eating healtgoing back to school, getting a dierent job, doing better fcially, reducing stress, living more balanced, being happierkinder, eliminating smoking or drinking, etc.

What are the odds that you will be successul achieving yresolutions? A 2007 study by the University o Bristol invo3,000 people showed that 88% o those who set New Years retions ail, despite the act that 52% o the studys participants confdent o success at the beginning. How can this aect Feelings o guilt, anger, depression, anxiety and ailure devwhich lower your sel-esteem and can create more dicultieyou than beore or make you question why you made the restion to begin with.

Te tradition o setting resolutions will never stop, so whatbe done to give you a better chance o success?

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4. CAT OSTAC COUSS.Using snow, orm walls to climb over,build tunnels to crawl through, dig holesto jump over and create stepping stones.Ten climb, crawl, jump, step, roll and

run through the course. Hold a miniOlympics!

5. MA SNO ANS. Wheneveryone is tired rom the Olympics (seeabove), lie down in the snow and createsnow angels. Look at the sky above, andthen identiy what the cloud ormationslook like: snow angels, white dolphins,uy castles ... use your imaginations!

6. U A ON. Enjoy a winterpicnic, and or dessert make smores.

7. PA AMS. Call some neighbors orriends, and have un with the classics,such as Red Light, Green Light, MotherMay I, Freeze ag (how appropriate inwinter!) or Red Rover.

8. TAC ANMAS. When it snows, itseasy and un to fnd and then try toidentiy animal tracks.

9. T STOS. Find a beautiul spot toread a book, such as Te Snowy Day byEzra Jack Keats. Or better yet, tell a storyabout when you were a child and whatyou enjoyed doing outside. Childrenlove hearing about your own childhood

adventures. What better way to warmlyconnect with your child!

All o these activities are easy, ree andhealthy. But dress warm so your childrencan truly enjoy these activities. A goodrule o thumb or dressing your children is

three layers on the bottom and our layerson the top. What does this mean? Yourchild needs long underwear, pants andsnow pants on the bottom, with an under-shirt, shirt, sweater and jacket on top. Tenadd a warm hat that completely covers theears and a neck warmer (it stays on betterthan a scar or active young children).

In a recent article published in the

Guardian, George Monbiot says, Tere isno substitute or what takes place outdoors;not least because the greatest joys o natureare unscripted. I you want to help yourchild develop their imagination, bringthem outside and watch what happens. Ina natural environment, one almost eels itis the childs true home.

In her amous essay Te Ecology o Imag-ination in Childhood, Edith Cobb proposedthat contact with nature stimulates creativ-ity. Reviewing the biographies o 300geniuses, she exposed a common theme:intense experiences o the natural world inthe middle age o childhood (between 5 and12). Animals and plants, she contended, areamong fgures o speech in the rhetorico play ... which the genius in particular olater lie seems to recall.

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a journal.10. Have new healthy activities

replace the old unhealthy ones.

11. Break down large resolutions smaller ones and set a time or each.

12. reat yoursel to something hewhen each step is achieved.

13. Read motivational books and qusuch as: Write it on your heartevery day is the best day in the y Ralph Waldo Emerson

14. Most important, have un and la lot during the process.

What i you dont achieve your gLove and accept yoursel. Know you tried your best. Start over review your commitment, plan steps towards success. Tere is notwritten that the only time you can or start a resolution is the start o a Do not add stress to your lie. Tmay be deeper issues that need taddressed with a psychotherapist.

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am sure that we have allheard our parents say,Stop bending over; its

not good or your back.Tere are several muscles

that are used when movingthe trunk o the body. Tisarticle is ocused on the psoasmajor, one o many muscles o thepelvis. It is located in the lower back,attached to the spinal cord rom12-L5, the intervertebral discs, thetransverse processes o L1-L5 andthe lesser trochanter o the emur.Te transverse processes are bonyprojections outward rom the side o the

vertebra. Te emur is the bone o the thigh.Te lesser trochanter o the emur is a

bony protuberance on the inner sideo the neck o the emur that acts asan attachment point or the psoasmajor and muscles o the buttocks.

Te psoas major contributes tomany o the bodys motions. It allowsyou to ex the thigh, moving your leg orward when walking. Italso allows lateral rotation o the thigh, rotating your thigh awayrom your body when standing. Flexion o your trunk is simplybending orward. Lateral exion is bending to the side rom thewaist. One last movement this muscle allows is the anterior tilt othe pelvis, tilting the pelvis orward.

Now that we are past the introduction and movement o thepsoas major, lets look at how it aects you. When you sit or a longperiod o time (more than two hours), the psoas major contractsor tightens. When you get up, the muscle stretches. Te longer yousit at work and the shorter amount o time you stretch it, results inthe psoas major not being ully stretched. For example, say you areat work and have been sitting or our hours, you need to use therestroom and stop o at the water cooler. Ten you return to yourdesk to continue working or our or more hours. As this repeti-tive motion continues, the psoas major is not stretched out enough.

Standing tall.............................................................y elen De Pasquale

Tis will begin to cause pain in the thigh muscle,you will begin to walk with a orward tilt.

will also have pain in your lower bTis is very common in senior

zens. When the thigh musclein pain, they are compensatinthe psoas major muscle.

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tilting and lower back pain increase. In my practice I have tre

many, many psoas major muscles in mand emales; aggravated muscle does

discriminate. With the client on the mastable acing up, the draping o the she

secured so that the leg is exposed. When treathis muscle, it can sometimes be stressed, so it

ticklish. I have had clients laughing and pushinghand away because it is that ticklish. Other times

so painul that I have to work very gently. As the muscle relepressure can be increased. While I apply pressure to the musengage the leg by having the client bend it. We practice controbreathing by taking a deep breath in while bending the leg. I apressure to the muscle as the client slowly exhales and attenleg. Tis could take anywhere rom a ew minutes to ten minI usually recommend that the client ice the area i it is inam

My recommendation to everyone, as dicult as it may beup and walk every two to three hours. At lunch time, get rom your desk and get out o the oce, your work will be waor you when you return.

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Saw palmetto is a an-shaped palmthat grows in the SoutheasternUnited States. Te berry o this palm

is used medicinally by herbalists.Saw palmetto contains vitamin A,

vitamin C and many minerals, includingzinc, silicon, selenium and phosphorus.Saw palmetto is energetically warming andhas volatile oils that contain alkaloids andsaponins as active ingredients.

Saw palmetto berries help rebuild theendocrine system, so the berries can bebenefcial or the prostate, thyroid andother glands. Another excellent use orsaw palmetto is to build up strength and

body tissues. It can be used by body build-ers or those with general debility or wastingdiseases. Saw palmetto has also been knownto increase breast size in women.

Saw palmetto is one o the widely usedphyto-therapeutic agents or (enlargedprostate) benign prostatic hyperplasia. Sawpalmetto reduces prostate size by inhibit-ing the enzyme testosterone-5-alpha-reductase rom transorming healthytestosterone hormones into unhealthyDH. An older study published in CurrentTerapeutic Research ound that aer 90days o supplementation (with a 95% attyacid standardized preparation o 160 mg

twice daily) there was a 88% success rapatient symptoms with BPH (benign ptatic hyperplasia).

Some recent studies at greenmedcom show saw palmettos abilities to inthe growth o certain cancer cells.Other studies show thatthe concentratedextract o sawpalmetto is justas eective,and withoutside eects,as drugsused orBPH.

S tudiesusing stan-d a r d i z e dsaw palmettopreparat ionshave had superiorsaety records withno known drug inter-actions. However, becauseo the hormonal activities, saw palmmay have an eect on the use o hormtherapies and should be avoided dupregnancy and lactation.

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Many Americans try their best every year to lose extraweight by decreasing caloric intake and increasing theirwork output through exercise. It is the most basic concept

to weight loss and has worked great since the beginning o time.Well, today we are fnding that this basic application isnt always

enough. One big reason is toxicity. Certain toxins are stored upin at cells as part o the bodys protective mechanism. Due to theaccumulation and overload o toxins, your body adds more atcells and stus toxins in them in order to take them out o circu-lation and keep them away rom vital organs. Lets ace it: we livein a toxin-flled world. Tey are in the air we breathe, the waterwe drink, the oods we consumeand the personal care productswe use everyday. In act, theAmerican Red Cross did a studythat looked at the blood romnewborn umbilical cords and

ound on average 287 dierenttoxins, including methylmer-cury and dioxins. oxicity is aproblem that is aecting every-one. I not even the most inno-cent o babies can escape romthem, then it is an issue nobodyshould turn a blind eye to.

So how does one start to over-come weight-loss resistance due to toxicity? It starts the same waythat many health experts recommend to reach any health goal cleansing! Its been said that every day o cleansing adds three daysto your lie. (I thats the case, Ill never eat again and live orever!Just kidding.) Seriously though, cleansing is key. When you get thebad stu out (toxins) and get the good stu in (nutrients), yourbody regains balance and starts unctioning better, which meanstoxins are being eliminated and the ability to burn at skyrockets.

Tere are three important steps to cellular cleansing: properhydration, a correct balance o the electrolytes sodium and potas-sium and balanced intestinal ora.

A sae, eective and time-proven way to cleanse and detoxiythe body is with the amazing health benefts o cultured whey. In

act, Hippocrates, the ather o medicine, recommended whehis patients over 2400 years ago.

Cultured whey contains all three o the important propeto cellular cleansing. It contains water along with the proper o sodium to potassium. Sodium is important because it drwater and nutrients into your cells. Potassium pumps wproducts, including toxins, out o your cells. However, mAmericans cant detoxiy properly because o the overabundo sodium and lack o potassium. Most people consume ten ttoo much sodium and ten times too little potassium. Tis cup the cells, allowing toxins and stagnant uid to disrupt c

lar unction and health. Ihave ever heard o celluthis electrolyte imbalancestagnant uid is a big cuSodium/potassium balancone o the greatest indicato

a healthy body. Cultured walso has loads o probioticsprebiotics to support intnal ora. Believe it or notgood bacteria in your gut as much or more to do healthy bowel elimination fber. Elimination is imperto the removal o toxins, s

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body. World-renowned health expert Jordan Rubin says, Withdaily toxic exposure on the rise, we need to take time to cleansebodies, and our cells, on a regular basis. Your weight-loss resistproblem has a solution this season and its the whey you cleanse

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Transformationthrough heart

and soul.....................................................................y athy legg, A, D

ts 2013 and weve entered a New Year and a New Earth. Notonly are we making our customary resolutions to change orthe better, but its also a time o transition and transorma-

tion rom one World Age into another. Not just resolutions butmethods o expanding consciousness are requiring our attention.Four questions captivate our minds and our hearts.

Who am I? Why am I here? Why am I doing what Im doing? What am I going to do about it?

Tese answers cannot come rom our minds, but rather rom ourheart and soul. It involves learning to live rom our heart throughthe intention o our soul.

How do we begin?

iving in our heartEarly records o the Greeks, Mesopotamians and Babyloniansmake reerence to the intelligent heart. Modern science hasgenerally interpreted this as metaphorical, but more than twodecades o scientifc research by the Institute o HeartMath backsup the intelligent heart theory. In act, as the frst organ ormedin our bodies, we now know that the heart sends signals to thebrain triggering the release o chemicals to other areas in the body.

Since HeartMaths ounding in 1991, Ive been amiliar with itsuse in schools or helping children clear emotional blocks that inter-ere with their success. Research on students dealing with stressand negativity has shown increased eciency in their nervous andother body systems when taught how to enter their heart space,bringing success and joy to lietime learning. Researchers at theinstitute have measured an electrical feld that radiates outside ourbodies or at least ten eet, so it is understood that the vibration oour energetic feld is transmitted to that which is around us, and

vise versa. Tereore, we know that we communicate to the livingthings around us more rom our energetic vibration than we dorom our speech. When our heart and brain are in coherence, weobserve the results in the world around us. As energy magnets itis important to be aware o our vibrations. Emotions o ear, grie

and despair have low vibrational energy, while eelings o appreciation and joy are high vibrations.

Raising our vibrations is a technique that will serve us inprocess o maniestation, ascension and unity consciousness.

7 ways to raise your vibration1. Eating: whole oods, organic, 50-70% vegetables.2. Water: lots o it and alkaline is best. Being around lakes

oceans helps to keep our intuitive channels owing.3. Salt bath: clears negative energy (sea salt scrub is wonderu

4. Joyul exercise: swimming, yoga, walking or other pleasuphysical activity.

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lets go because it doesnt like to play.)7. Clearing clutter: clearing our physical world makes space or

more to ow in physically, mentally and spiritually.

iving from our soulLiving the intention o our soul would be to live our lie purpose.Astonishingly, weve been walking around with lie directionssince birth. Teyre in our hands!

In the last 40 years, Richard Unger has given us a method to

discover our purpose rom the fnger prints o our hands. Anintensely ocused researcher o hand analysis, Richard oundthrough dermatiglyphics (skin carvings) that he could decodea system that reveals the psychology o our soul. Medical docu-mentation shows that fngerprints emerge in embryonic hands by16 weeks. Like an unaltered topographical map ormed prior tobirth, Richard says, I knew in its discovery and now in my bones,that fngerprints are a soul level imprint. Getting a Lie PurposeHand Analysis can create peace and inspiration during this move-ment toward higher consciousness. Te Lie Lesson/Lie PurposeBlueprint ound in the fngerprints is a tool provided by your soulto map your course or lie success.

And what is the defnition o lie success? yet another answerto unold while we navigate this New Earth!

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