Austin All Natural

May ‘18

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ISSUE 145 FREE

ALL NATURAL

BODY * MIND * SPIRIT

By Design Ayahuasca Bruce Willis

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THE REJUVENIZER Phyllis Light, Ph.D & Telepathic Healer

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A LIFETIME OF HEALING AND PROTECTION

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This woman had only a few hours sleep the previous night and felt exhausted at the time this photo was taken.

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• Uplift you spiritually and more!

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Primal Wellness balances hormones using bioidentical hormones, optimizes brain neurotransmitters, detoxifies heavy metals and pesticides, teaches advanced relaxation to minimize stress, rewires aberrant brain neuropathways, and provides an advanced personalized exercise program that makes sense for you and your genes.

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Quantum Reiki THE MASTER INTENSIVE INCLUDING

The Reiki of the Fire Dragon A new look at the history of Reiki and its founder, Dr. Mikao Usui, with Reiki Master Teacher Michael Abedin

Everything you need to be a Reiki Master • History and concepts of Reiki.

• How to do treatments on yourself and others, in-person and long-distance.

• What the Reiki symbols are, and how to use them.

• Attunement to First Degree, Second Degree, and Master levels.

• A powerful Journey into Mastery meditation.

• How to attune others.

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• An opportunity to assist in future classes to receive Reiki Master Teacher certification.

• Tips on setting up a practice, or incorporating Reiki into a current practice • Introductory manual, and illustrated handbook.

June 29-July 1, 2018 Pre-register by May 15th for 25% discount and a free Bach Flower Remedy workup.

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Inside Austin All Natural

BRUCE WILLIS MANIFESTING – Dr. Joe Vitale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SEEK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 CRYSTALLIZING THE MOTHER ARCHETYPE – Folade Speaks

BY DESIGN A conscious designer can harmonize you and your space HEALTH, HERITAGE, HORMONES – Dr. Lane Sebring, MD, ND THE DENTISTRY PROFESSION – Dr. Matthew Carpenter, DDS, NMD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Can’t live with it, can’t live without it NO MORE FAKING IT! – Rachel Kirkland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND And then what? – Michael Abedin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 MYSTICAL SHAMANISM – Christina Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 AYAHUASCA Is it right for you? – Steve Dyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 UPCOMING EVENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 ART, ACTIVISM, AWARENESS The Art of Randi Southard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 TRUE COLORS The Art of Neena Buxani. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 DEAR ASHTARA – Ashtara Sasha White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 PRACTITIONER GUIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Publisher/Editor

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A Letter to Our Readers A young man seeking the meaning of life hears of an old, wise teacher living on a remote mountaintop who could answer any question. He travels across raging rivers, burning deserts, and steaming jungles, finally climbing to the mountaintop to kneel at the old man’s feet.

“Great teacher,” he asks, “is it true you can answer any question?”

“It is true,” the old man replies, “but I can only answer one question on any topic.”

“Can you tell me the meaning of life?” the young man asks.

“Yes,” the teacher replies. “I can”.

“Then tell me, great teacher, what is it?” the young man asks, the fire of a true seeker burning in his eyes.

“Life,” the old man says, “is a fountain.”

“What? That’s crazy! Life’s not a dang fountain.”

The old man looks surprised. “It’s not?”

–Michael Abedin

BRUCE WILLIS BRUCE WILLIS But why?

I’m really just a regular guy who has had an incredibly blessed life. – Bruce Willis

By Dr. Joe Vitale

I’

m not actor Bruce Willis, and I’ve not met him yet, but I know something he may not.

Let’s call it Bruce Willis Manifesting.

It’s a way to use your mind to attract what you want.

It’s something you already do when you think of your favorite celebrity, and it’s something you can consciously direct to manifest what you want.

It’s actually a very cool way to speed up the manifestations of your goals, desires and intentions.

Interested?

Let me explain.

Recently a woman was about to interview me, but couldn’t calm down.

“You’re a legend!” she kept repeating. “You’re a legend!”

She was going gaga for me.

But why?

I certainly know the feeling of being star struck in the presence of a celebrity.

I was that way with rock icon Melissa Etheridge.

I was that way with actor James Caan.

Same when actor-bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno came to my house.

I met President Jimmy Carter twice and couldn’t speak either time.

If and when I meet Bruce Willis, I’ll probably be star struck with him, too.

At least for a few minutes.

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I propose the reason you and I are in awe of stars we like is a clue on how to manifest what we want faster.

So give me a moment to explain.

Last year I was invited to act in my first indie movie.

A woman came to my music show last July at The Townsend in Austin.

She heard my Band of Legends and me and afterwards invited me to act in her movie.

I haven’t acted since kindergarten. I was one of the Three Little Pigs in a kids’ play.

But I told this delightful woman I’d do it.

And I did.

It was the movie Cecilia.

When you see it, you might experience the manifestation strategy I want to discuss here.

But even if you don’t see that movie, maybe you saw me in the movie The Secret.

If not, I’m in about fifteen other movies, with three more coming out this year.

And of course I’ve been on Larry King Live national television, twice.

All of this public exposure is making more people recognize me.

And when they do, some are star struck.

I remember landing in Peru and a bunch of people ran up to me.

It spooked me because some of them were security guards.

I thought something was wrong.

But no, they wanted to meet a star from a movie.

They wanted photos.

And autographs.

At baggage claim.

Why? So let me get back to explaining.

We watch a movie we like.

We see a star we like.

There is emotion.

Our brains brand this emotion onto our minds.

We link the visual of seeing our favorite star with the emotion of what the movie is triggering in us.

Then, if we ever see our star on the street, the mental switch is triggered.

And we go gaga.

If you don’t know a celebrity, and he or she walks by, you won’t think anything of it. That star hasn’t been inputted into your brain to have any meaning.

There’s no programming.

There’s no emotion.

There’s no link.

But if you see a celebrity that you go gaga for, that you watch in all their movies, that you feel love for, you will flip out.

MANIFESTING Why? The movie star has activated the Reticular Activator System, or RAS, in your brain.

Your RAS responds to emotion, imagery, and repetition.

Anything you think about with emotion, imagery, and repetition will act as a new program in your brain.

And you will unconsciously use the Law of Attraction to bring it into your life.

So, if I see Melissa Etheridge on stage, and on television, and on DVD, and I watch her moved by the emotion in her songs and her performances, and I do this repeatedly for two decades, then the day I meet her is going to feel like lightning struck my spinal cord.

And that’s what it felt like when I went to her home for my songwriting lesson with her.

I was star struck.

My RAS had been Melissa Etheridge programmed.

So let’s take this concept to a deeper level.

I’m a huge fan of actor Bruce Willis.

I’ve seen all his movies, bought all his music, and follow his career.

His movies, from Die Hard to 16 Blocks to Death Wish, all do something for me. (16 Blocks is one of my all-time favorite movies.)

Whenever I get to meet him, I’ll probably be star struck and silent, at least at first.

Why? Because he’s branded in my brain with the three ways you engage your RAS – imagery, emotion, repetition.

I’ve seen his movies. (Visual Imagery) I’ve felt something while watching those movies.

(Emotion) I’ve watched many of the movies more than twice.

(Repetition)

Imagery, emotion, and repetition have wired Bruce Willis into my mind.

But you can use this gaga switch of the mind to attract more of what you want.

And this is where you should take notes.

You can use this Bruce Willis Manifesting Secret I’ve written about this formula in numerous books, including the brand new one, Anything Is Possible.

In short: See it. Imagine what you want to have, do or be.

Feel it. Imagine using it or living it or being it.

Repeat. Do this repeatedly.

You have just used the three-step system that stars innocently use to get in our heads – imagery, emotion, and repetition.

It’s also the same three things your RAS requires to make a change.

So we can thank our favorite stars for showing us a way to control our minds.

Your mental movie.

One way to make this formula work is to create a mental movie of what you want, complete with the sensory experience of imagining that it is all complete and real.

In other words, when you watch a film on television or in the theater, your mind is being programmed.

You are seeing a visual, feeling emotion, and repeating the experience throughout the film.

But you can use this same technique to program your mind intentionally – by creating a mental movie.

By creating a mental movie!

And instead of feeling like a star struck little child when you meet your favorite star, you can thank them for showing you a way to manifest what you want.

And now you know something even Bruce Willis doesn’t know – Bruce Willis Manifesting.

What will you create next?

Imagine it.

Feel it.

Repeat it.

Make a mental movie of it and step into it.

And then, Expect Miracles.

Joe Vitale’s latest book, Anything is Possible, is now available on Amazon in paperback or for any Kindle reader at www.amazon.com/dp/1984128159/

Dr. Joe Vitale, a star in The Secret, is a bestselling author, musician, speaker, and coach. His latest book is Anything is Possible.

You can have his free e-book, Attract Money Now, at www.AttractMoneyNow.com His main website is www.MrFire.com

Photo by: Brian Fitzsimmons

This is Bruce Willis Manifesting.

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SEEK O

kay, great idea for a sci-fi flick. Betcha no one’s ever thought of this.

Tech-based society, kids are only taught what they need to operate in the technosphere.

History, language, spelling, culture, literature, are all considered superfluous. Reading and writing are given cursory attention, kind of an oxymoronic pun since cursive writing – longhand – is no longer taught at all. Old family letters might as well be in ancient Greek, also no longer taught.

Doesn’t matter, since kids are so oriented early on to easilycarried outlets to technology that they’re only able to understand video content, and can communicate only in short bits of code on their devices – even when they’re within earshot. Language deteriorates to the point that, by college age, most people are unable to communicate verbally on a phone, relying instead on short bursts of text.

The reliance on video images begins to alter posture and physiology, resulting in strange new disorders as organs become displaced and crowded by slumping over keyboards and screens. Visual pathways in the brain become overdeveloped at the expense of auditory ones, resulting in a generation that can hear, but can’t understand. Drugs are developed to deal with the inability to focus or learn, and – say what?

Whaddaya mean, it’s already been done?

Oh, right. Modern life’s already imitated art. Dang.

Okay, how about this? Vast amounts of resources are consumed by a tech society, including elements necessary for electronic devices, elements only found in parts of Africa torn apart by colonization, resulting in bloody civil wars and enslavement of native populations by warlords to mine those resources.

In other parts of the world, illiteracy is rampant, especially among girls, forbidden by antiquated religious and societal pressures from attending school. A former executive for a tech firm, on a remote trek, sees children drawing lessons in the dirt with a stick, and decides to – what?

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You gotta be kidding me.

Real life, again? Really? In 1999, John Wood is a Microsoft exec on vacation, trekking through remote parts of Nepal. (If, indeed, there are any non-remote parts.) He does indeed see kids in a run-down village schoolroom, doing lessons in the dirt.

Their only books are a leftbehind travel guide and a language dictionary, both in languages they can’t understand. He returns home, gathers old books from anywhere he can round them up, and returns to the village with a load of books and school supplies on the back of a yak named Zak, obviously channeling Dr. Seuss.

The villagers’ lives are changed, and so is his.

Fast forward.

Wood retires early from Microsoft, devoting his time and resources to a non-profit he creates in 2000 – Room to Read. New schools are built, open to girls, and stocked with books and supplies. Children’s books are published in native languages and dialects, often by Room to Read students.

Girls once predestined for illiteracy, early marriage, or backbreaking toil and poverty (or all of the above) become doctors, teachers, and other professionals. Families are supportive, helping build their own schools – one father carried fifty-pound bags of rice on his shoulders over miles of mountainous terrain for the opening celebration of a new school.

Golden Opportunity.

That’s the title of Austin artist Neena Buxani’s May cover artwork. Of Indian-American descent, raised on the MexicanAmerican border, equality for women in societies not known for it is close to her heart – and equality requires education.

The girl walking up to that golden door may not be a Room to Read grad, although India is one of ten countries where they’ve educated over ten million children, but the books she carries will allow her to seek the same golden opportunities.

Neena’s heroine, Frida Kahlo, would approve. So would Zak the Yak. www.RoomtoRead.org www.NeenaBuxani.com

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CRYSTALLIZING THE MOTHER ARCHETYPE

by Folade Speaks

May we give thanks for our mothers, for mother

archetypes, goddesses, and the ever-creating, sustainable essence of the Supreme Mother, Gaia. If you’re a mother, give thanks for yourselves and your bundles of joy, however tiny or wise they are.

Let us give thanks for the village of mothers who mother us, whether they’re ancestors, grandmothers, sisters, wives, aunts, mentors, friends, doulas, midwives – even the mothering of our children’s tight hugs.

These women are built of nurturing, uplifting, giving, protecting, implanting, self-love and wisdom. They are dream sowers, seeds, manifestors, shamans, healers who restore us.

As above, so below…

As the saying goes. Tucked beneath the soil, in caves, oceans, rivers, are the bones of Gaia, containing the essence of motherhood lineage. Here are a few crystals that come to mind, in the spirit of mothering.

The Protector. Nuummite is a crystal supporting the Muladhara Root Chakra, holding our experiences, newborn through age seven. Nuummite is black with pink and gold starlike flecks of light and contains pyrite, also providing a guardian quality. One of the oldest crystals known to the planet, Nuummite holds a mysteriously ancient value. Carry Nuummite with you, and be assured it will deflect any energies attacking your safety and highest good. Like a mother, during tough or fearful times Nuummite has a way of illuminating your own magic and manifestation abilities, so you can move forward in faith.

The Uplifter. Carnelian supports the Svadhisthana Sacral Chakra, governing emotions, creation, creativity. Its oftenvibrant hues are reminiscent of a warm sunset. Just as a mother figure knows the right words to say, the perfect gift of joy, the way to inspire you, so does Carnelian.

The Lovers. (Love Yourself, Child!). Rhodonite, Rhodochrosite, Rose Quartz, Pink Opal, Kunzite, Peridot, and Pink Danburite are great beginnings.

The Tough Lover. Get ya mind right! Clean up your room!

Know your worth. You’ve got this, chin up, Buttercup. Are you

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sure about that friend of yours? Remember those? Gaspeite silently echoes those tough calls to be your best, do your best, receive that which is yours. Gaspeite is a rather newly discovered crystal, a bit hard to find. Worthy of being found, it’s a gorgeous, bright green, nearly visual twin to Chrysoprase.

Wear it as jewelry, touching your skin, for greatest results. Once you put it on, you might feel yourself in sync with the Universe, quickly checking off that to do list. It moves you to clear clutter, unnecessary items, and energy in home and body.

Gaia Stone, Herself. There’s a tradition, near my old stomping grounds, of honoring mothers by climbing Mt. St. Helens on Mother’s Day. Following the May 1980 eruption an auspicious woman, Kathy Gibbs, began the climbing tradition in 1987. Gaia Stone, or Helenite, is green, supporting the Anahata Heart Chakra. Attribute its qualities to fire – clearing and purifying. Mother archetypes indeed have the power to incite us, metaphorically, to climb mountains. If you can’t travel to Mt. St. Helens this year, remember the Chinese proverb.

When sleeping women wake, mountains move. Consider carrying a piece of Mt. St. Helens with you, a reminder to move your personal mountain. (Men included.)

Good Night, Moon. Remember Good Night Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown? Moonstone, in all variations – black, white, rainbow – brings the energy of Mama Luna down beneath our pillows. White moonstone is best for Full Moon rituals, black for the New Moon, and rainbow for increasing wisdom and psychic intelligence that the vast creation of the cosmos holds. A good companion to mention for a good night’s sleep is Amethyst.

With each crystal, you hold a bit of the Supreme Mother, born inside our planet. There are many, many more. Consider connecting with one, or gifting a mother figure a piece of Gaia’s precious blessings, in gratitude for the relentless commitment to life our mothers carry.

Folade Speaks is an aura practitioner and energy-clearing consultant at Nature’s Treasures in Austin, home of one of the largest gem and mineral collections in the country. www.NTRocks.com

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By DESIGN

A conscious designer can harmonize you and your space

W

e are constantly surrounded by a built environment.

Most Americans are in a building ninety-five percent of their day, either at home, work or other public spaces.

The importance of how those spaces are configured, designed, and energetically charged influence how the occupants feel in the space.

The environments you inhabit should provoke positive feelings, including comfort, safety, harmony, and joy. These feelings are really how you interpret the energy in a room, but how it looks to the eye. If you look at everything from a subatomic level, in fact, we’re all made of energy. Some of us are just more aware of how to work with it than others.

Are you being manipulated?

You’d be surprised how often private and public spaces you’re in almost every day purposefully manipulate energy in the space, to create reactions that cause you to feel a certain way when you’re there. A purposeful energy shift can be seen in bars and restaurants that have terrible acoustics, which tends to cause patrons to drink due to the noise – increasing sales.

However, everyone has experienced walking into a space and all of a sudden feeling tired, sad, or uncomfortable. There

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was no real explanation for this, as the space was beautifully designed. This may have been because of an unintentional design of the energy in the space, suggesting it may need some balancing.

There’s a lot that can be done to rebalance spaces with positive intention and an energetic connection to the space and the people who occupy them. Spaces in which we live and work should be nourishing to mind, body, and soul.

Conscious design.

The goal of a good, conscious designer’s practice should be to create nourishing spaces that reflect the personality and needs of people using the space. The idea is to get – and keep – energy flowing and harmonious, blending the energy of the space and the client, since they reflect each other.

People intuitively know when the space they’re in “doesn’t feel right” or “needs to be pulled together.” They realize they’re having a hard time articulating the vision they see for the space, or the fact that they want to feel good in their spaces.

A conscious designer, over the years, can develop an innate, intuitive ability to draw out what clients are feeling and sensing about their spaces. It’s an organic flow that takes client and designer down a road to learn more about each other – their feelings, and their goals for their life, currently and for the future. Balancing intuitive abilities with the principles and tools of feng shui, sacred geometry, and crystal healing can create that flow.

Like a holistic practitioner, a conscious designer knows every client is different, and knows where to reach in their bag of tricks for the right juju to make the magic work – and if you’re worried about woo-woo, the magic can work without having your designer wave a pendulum in your house or channel in Frank Lloyd Wright. (If they do, though, go for it – he was good.)

Austin’s a big ol’ melting pot, boiling over. Only problem with melting pots, though, is once everything melts together, you lose your own identity. A conscious designer can help you find it and keep it flowing – and growing.

Lenore Callahan blends her expertise in professional design with principles of modalities like feng shui, sacred geometry, and crystal healing to create home and work spaces perfect for each client. Lenore Callahan Interior Design, (512) 522-0018, www.LenoreCallahan.com

HEALTH, HERITAGE, HORMONES A doctor’s journey

by Dr. Lane Sebring, MD, ND It’s funny where life takes you, but gratifying when that journey’s directed by following your passion. I always wanted to be a doctor, but recognized about halfway through family medicine residency I was going to be different from my colleagues. I saw, early on, the shortsightedness and very small toolbox I was being taught – drugs and scalpels, that’s it.

Everything else was just nonsense

Or so I was taught.

I went to my first nutrition conference about six months after opening my own practice, and my life – and my patients’ – changed forever. We never looked back. I became the first doctor in America to base a practice on the Paleo diet.

Using bioidentical hormones, I discovered, was not only safe, it’s smart. I’ll challenge any expert in the world in this debate. They’ll lose, and know it. No one’s accepted that challenge.

My passion, has been to help people modern medicine has failed. Using the body’s own chemistry is brilliant (not me – the method), recognizing the incredible natural potential for health our original design affords us.

Study hunter-gatherers.

They’re us, living the lifestyle and eating foods our genes expect, and are designed around. You’ll find it affords us health and capacity that carried us to be the most dominant species on the planet, bringing down mammoths with stone tools, single-handedly paddling home in a kayak in icy waters towing a whale – the ultimate behemoth on Earth.

We’ve learned to survive in virtually every climate Earth has to offer, only to become a ninety-four-year-old man on his deathbed, pitifully claiming if his mother had only potty trained him right, he could’ve done something with his life.

The largest leap you can make to regain the glory and strength of your heritage is to begin following the diet for which your body is designed, adding back the exact hormones most adults’ bodies and minds are begging for.

Are bioidentical hormone pellets really better?

A medical opinion – they’re the best method. You’ll feel your heritage, you’ll know, and you’ll never look back. More on this later.

Dr. Lane Sebring, founder and director of the Sebring Clinic, is a board examiner for the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, and a practicing physician specializing in anti-aging and alternative medicine. Offices and Paleo Pharmacy in Wimberley, 16811 Ranch Road 12. (512) 847-5618. www.SebringClinic.com

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THE DENTISTRY PROFESSION Can’t live with it, can’t live without it

by Dr. Matthew Carpenter, DDS, NMD

What’s one thing almost all living creatures have in

common?

A mouth.

You know, that big hole in the front of your head where you shovel in food when you’re hungry. It breaks up the food into smaller, more manageable bits prior to swallowing – that daily process that helps keep you alive.

Not everyone who has a mouth has teeth to help crush and break up their food, but research shows people who keep and maintain their natural teeth live ten years longer than people who don’t. That’s a big deal. Wouldn’t you like to know how you could extend your life ten years? A good biologic dentist can help you do just that.

Think about the usual process of having dental work done.

It’s really nuts.

The mouth is one of the most vascular areas of the entire body, connected to thousands of blood vessels in the head and neck, much more than most other parts of the body.

Is it any mystery, then, why people feel anxiety and stress when a dentist puts a needle in their mouth, or runs a drill with a turbine engine moving at the speed of a jet airplane – through a tooth with multiple nerves connecting to the brain and spine – with tooth filling materials that have been shown in research to cause Alzheimer’s, cancer and autoimmune disease?

Woof.

One of my personal and professional goals is to reduce the stress of dentistry by stopping all unnecessary or preventable dental work. Most dental procedures are preventable – but, paradoxically, as dentists we have no real idea of how to prevent or control oral disease.

It’s not something well understood by most of our professional population, and not really taught in dental school. I had to go back to school to earn a Naturopathic degree in order to have any realistic idea of how to improve the oral health of patients.

It’s not all about flossing.

Most oral disease, like systemic illness, is driven by our modern toxic foods and lifestyles. Lack of sunshine, poor nutritional food quality, detoxification problems, high sugar frequency, and stress are ruining our mouths.

You see, as dentists, we get no real education about how health truly works, and simply spend our time in school learning to drill and fill. After all, most dental work performed today is to repair diseased teeth.

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Historically, teeth have been considered one of the most resilient parts of the human body. We look at teeth and skulls in anthropologic studies of ancient cultures and find teeth lasting for thousands of years after death.

How have we allowed the opposite to happen? How have we learned, though food, products, and lifestyles, to ruin and destroy the hardest structure in the human body? It’s truly amazing – and is a spiritual sign of our times. Even though we’re one of the smartest species on Earth, we have achieved what no other species has achieved – the ability to make our own teeth rot while we’re still alive.

I’ve thought many times about my choice to become a dentist and what a difficult path I chose, especially being a person that cannot stand to hurt people.

I’ve concluded my spiritual purpose must be as a problem solver, because there are many problems in dentistry needing to be solved, for the sake of all mankind.

At the same time, ironically, anyone who’s worked in the field of biologic or health-based dentistry could tell you of the emotional satisfaction felt by supporting and loving a good person through a challenging experience. It’s like helping a good friend through a scary situation, multiple times a day.

It’s not for the meek or weak-hearted, however. It’s amazing to watch people find courage to overcome their fears, only to find improved health and new possibilities for their lives and health. It’s dicey and exciting work, and I love it. I love to help people get healthy.

Dentistry, however, is a team sport. Over the past nineteen

years of practice, I’ve learned to appreciate how much I depend on the dental team around me for our patients’ improvements in health – and a crucial aspect of having a successful team is communication.

As leader of my team, one of my most important roles is to communicate well with patients and staff, and just as important as articulating well is being a good listener. It’s a matter of respect – genuinely respecting the goals and opinions of our patients and assistants. In clinical dentistry, it’s about embracing civility and practicing the Golden Rule.

There is, however, more at stake for dental professionals than just their jobs.

Did you know dental assistants are considered more likely to have an autistic or neurologically challenged child, because of the unregulated exposure received every day to poisonous metals like aluminum and mercury?

Transcend Dental Health takes many precautions to protect people we employ from exposure to poisonous metals so they can live long, healthy lives after practicing dentistry. We care about the folks who actually do the heavy lifting with dental procedures, and take many measures to protect them. We have one of the safest dental environments in the world for employees as well as patients – and I’m very proud of that fact.

A dental hygienist should be able to focus and work intimately with patients in a truth-based environment, focusing interactions and conversations on real factors that cause decay or gum disease, and not on production or sales. Unfortunately, hygienists who want to help people keep their teeth for a lifetime using natural products – and who think fluoride is poisonous and feel conflicted giving it to children and pregnant mothers – often find their personal beliefs about dental products and materials conflicting with the financial goals of the office.

Believe me, you don’t have to use poisons to help people, and don’t have to do things you know in your heart are wrong to earn a living.

As our practice grows and serves more health-centered patients, I’m increasingly aware of the high need for good dental care. Even among great dentists, very few actually partner with patients in achieving extraordinary improvements in their overall health. When you realize the state of the mouth literally sets most of the tone for a person’s general health, you realize how important the quality of the dental care is.

There’s nothing more gratifying than helping a patient learn to control their own destiny with regard to gum disease and the health of their teeth. Most people want to keep their teeth, so it’s a huge gift a dental professional, especially a hygienist, gives to patients. You make a friend for life when you give them knowledge and tools to maintain excellent tooth and gum health independently, adding years to their lives and becoming one of their most valued, intimate health providers.

If this resonates with you, maybe you should consider trying health-based or biologic dentistry.

Dr. Matthew Carpenter of Transcend Dental Health is an Integrative Biologic Dentist and Board Certified Naturopathic Physician, offering drill-free air abrasion, ozone therapy, non-surgical treatment of gum disease, safe mercury and root canal removal, natural heavy metal elimination, and natural oral care products incorporating essential oils.

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The myths of dental insurance.

Hygienists and other professionals also often feel distracted and thwarted by the administrative demands of what amounts to insurance company fraud, by having to work in a situation where the myths of dental insurance dictate patient care. You see, dental insurers see paying their claims as a loss – which makes me sad.

Dental insurance benefits haven’t changed much in over forty years, which means people receiving about $1000 in dental insurance benefits per year in the 1970s today are also receiving about $1000. I’ve heard if dental insurance benefits had only increased proportionally to the rise in cost of living, most people would receive over $8000 per year in dental insurance benefits.

It’s outrageous and despicable to me that dental insurance companies deny claims, pitting patients against dentists, destroying relationships, and doing nothing to improve patients’ health – which should be the whole point of dental insurance.

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We’re currently looking for hygienists at our existing location in Round Rock, and for a new office opening in 2019 – people who, more than anything, love to take care of patients, are motivated to see them get well, and value health and longevity as priorities.

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No More Faking IT No more rug.

by Rachel Kirkland Here we are, smack in the middle of spring, 2018, and this year’s quite a trailblazer. The year of illumination is upon us, and 2018 (2 + 0 + 1 + 8 = 11), a master number 11, is a year where any and all things hidden are now being brought into the light.

As a practicing psychic and shaman, I’m noticing waves of clients going through extremes this year. If there was anything in their lives previously shadowed or hiding underneath the surface, this year has brought about catalysts to pull them forward and direct them into the spotlight.

The fantastic thing about illumination from Source is deception is less of an issue, and the true colors of people around you are now flying free for all to see. What you see is what you get, and there’s simply no more faking it. Our truth is being exemplified in all we do.

The other side of the coin of illumination, however, is those pesky aspects of ourselves we used to be so good at hiding suddenly no longer fit under the rug – because there’s no more rug. It’s all simply illuminated.

This has brought about a major swing in many people’s lives. If anyone in your day-to-day experience was falsifying or posturing themselves as something they’re not, the light has brought about a seeming cosmic lie detector where, somehow and in some way, we’re finally able to see the truth behind the façade.

I’ve noticed a major influx of clients with long-time business partners or even beloved family members where, out of the blue, issues associated with deep-seated greed, resentment, and jealousy are rearing their heads. Family, coworkers, and extended relationships that seemed benign and passive in the past are now having the truth brought forward in astounding ways, and many have been shocked by what was actually lurking behind the curtains all along.

Major relationship upheavals.

They’re another common thread running through human experience during this time. I’ve seen so many clients recently become aware of shadows or hidden areas within marriages or partners. Suddenly, they realize they’re not a vibrational match. Before, they may have been okay with just getting by – now, in this level of illuminated energy of light, they simply can no longer fake it.

It’s as though the cosmic veil has been pulled up, and what was hidden can no longer be ignored. There’s no place to run or hide, and everyone has to face the truth of themselves, as well as those around them.

If you’re going through something similar, feeling like you’re no longer able to fake it till you make it in the job or relationship or hide from truth of the matter, just know you’re not alone. Becoming aware of this year of illumination and all it’s bringing to the forefront creates a foundational understanding that all of humanity is ascending into the light.

We should remain encouraged as we forge onward and upward.

Rachel Kirkland, M.Ed., The Modern Shaman, is a world-renowned psychic and shaman, awarded 2016 World’s Best Female Medium by the Paranormal Society Awards. With offices in San Antonio, Texas and Santa Monica, California, she travels globally lecturing and teaching psychic and shamanic classes, including upcoming Psychic Development Workshops, and offers readings and healings in-person, on Skype, and by phone. Schedule sessions and learn more at www.TheModernShaman.net

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SEEK

AND YOU SHALL FIND

And then what?

by Michael Abedin

Actions prove who you are.

Words just prove who you want to be.

– Online Aquarius horoscope

A line from a horoscope in the sidebar of the Yahoo home page may not be the most authoritative source there is, although it’s probably the only thing worth a flip about Yahoo anymore.

The sentiment’s a good one, though, and it’s been expressed a lot of other ways. Money talks, BS walks, f’rinstance.

(Wait, is it the other way around? Never can remember.) Walk your talk – there’s another one, a lot clearer.

Then of course, there’s That Law.

Law of what?

All together, now – Law of Attraction, which ends in action.

Actually, it has to start with action, literal interpretations of The Secret notwithstanding. Joe Vitale, a star of the hit DVD and a prolific writer on the LOA, has pointed that out over and over.

You can’t sit in a ratty recliner, visualize it being a Maserati, and go tooling down the road. You have to get up off your butt and take some action to support the attraction. The universe likes that – pretty much demands it, actually.

Opportunities, and the means to realize them, are easier to attract than Maseratis. Put out there you’ll find the perfect class, teacher, or means to expand your business, and then chicken out, and the universe eventually just shakes its head and says, Next.

Teach holistic healing classes (say, Reiki) or publish a fine natural magazine (or both), and you get used to hearing people tell you how much they want to sign up for a class or get an ad, but they’re gonna wait, because they have to get their website up, wash their hair, rearrange their sock drawer.

They’ll sign up next month, though, or the next class, for sure.

No, they won’t.

Ninety-nine point nine percent of them won’t, at least.

The same stuff will come up next time, and the time after that.

Pointing that out to folks that isn’t always well received, but, hey, that’s what a teacher does.

The Samurai had a state of mind called without hesitation – if you see an opening, take it, and don’t hesitate.

That’s action. Anything less is just words.

Michael Abedin publishes a fine natural magazine (this one) and teaches Reiki Master Intensives.

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Mystical Shamanism

by Christina Allen Many people with varying trainings, lineages, or “calls from Spirit” refer to themselves as shamans. It’s hard to know who’s legitimate and who’s not, and what a shaman really is. In Cuzco, Peru, for example, you can find “shamans” all over town selling mystical experiences. Many have access to medicinal plants, but few have training in how to hold space for a client, or even how to speak to the medicinal plants in ceremony.

There are others who say no one can call himself or herself a shaman, or be trained as one – it is an honor only bestowed upon one by others.

The actual word shaman comes from the Tungusic Evenki language of North Asia.

According to anthropological documentation, it’s the word the Tungus, in particular, used to refer to their medicine person. Spirits inhabited their shamans, affecting others positively and negatively, sometimes shifting circumstances on the material plane.

Some believe that this manifestation of shamanism is the only legitimate form that can claim to use the word shaman.

Technically, they are correct, as it is a word specific to this one tribe in Siberia.

Every other tribe has a different language, and therefore a different word, and each tribe’s practices also vary. While some use spirits to do their bidding and others do not, most tribes do have mentors helping young initiates refine their skills.

Michael Harner, initially an anthropologist who studied many forms of tribal medicine work in the 1960s, studied the practices of tribes from the Amazon, through North America, to Siberia. He is considered the first person to bring the practices of shamanism into western awareness. Familiar with the word from anthropological annals, he chose to use shaman as an umbrella term for all tribal medicine people.

The trance state.

One of Harner’s gifts to the modality was realizing that the induction of a trance state for healing is key in getting them to heal. He noticed that these states are easily initiated by beating drums at a theta brain rhythm, entraining the brain into trance. He calls his collection of practices core

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shamanism. While they cannot be attributed to a single tribe or lineage, his practices have become a very popular version of shamanism in the West.

Alberto Villoldo was a medical anthropologist who studied somatic illness for many years in Brazil, Haiti, and many other South and North American tribes in the 1970s.

Eventually dropping his role as anthropologist, he became initiated into the traditions of the Q’ero Indians of Peru. He spent decades learning their ways, being encouraged by his elders to share this wisdom with the West, as their prophecies indicated a time of great turmoil ahead.

The Q’ero are not shamanic in the sense of the Tungus medicine people of Siberia, as spirits do not inhabit them in their work, nor are they drum journeyers like the Harner clan. They’re more akin to conscious weavers, working at the interface between the Creative Force and Nature. This work requires cultivating a deep connection with Nature, a very refined level of consciousness that’s not clouded by personal agendas and wounding, and skill at working with the energetic threads of creation.

Paqos, as they call themselves, are not born.

They are honed, through initiations, training, and practice.

This mystical shamanism dovetails beautifully with our modern scientific understanding of energy and creation. From the perspective of quantum mechanics, the entire world is made of energetic connections that can be manipulated and changed through consciousness. The key in both perspectives is becoming crystal clear about what you are intending.

In the goal-oriented West, where we deny our wounding and compensate for it with our personal agendas, it takes great un-learning to embody the grace of the Mystical Shaman – but this is the path to our future.

Christina Allen, Shamanic Healer, teacher, and founder and director of the Austin Shamanic Center, combines a strong science background (BA Physics, MS Neuroscience) with decades of applied ancient spiritual wisdom as a Master Yogi, Reiki Master, and Shamanic Healer, based, in part, on Q’ero Indian traditions of Peru. ASC offers profound Shamanic Self Development Workshops, professional trainings, and personal healings.

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AYAHUASCA

by Steve Dyer

Is it right for you?

P

robably the only reason this naturally occurring plant medicine is still available anywhere in the world and wasn’t stamped out completely is because it was developed by primitive tribal cultures deep in the jungles of South America.

The Amazon is a huge, stinging, bug and biting reptile-infested labyrinth the average gringo can’t easily follow.

When missionaries, explorers, gold diggers, soldiers and other authorities tried to corral and control the natives, stamping out their ancient medical and spiritual knowledge, the locals scattered like ants, vanishing into the impenetrable bush. How these intuitive, indigenous humans discovered which two, of thousands of natural plants, to brew together to produce a potent elixir of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), an intense naturally-occurring psychedelic also found naturally in the human brain, is a mystery.

Ask your lawyer. She may say, “Hell no.” Why? Anything containing DMT is a Schedule 1 drug, illegal in the USA, Europe, and other western countries. You could get busted and sent to prison. She may not know the plant brew ayahuasca is apparently legal, even protected, in countries bordering the Amazon Jungle. You’re not breaking any law if you go there.

Ask someone who’s been there, done that. Given it’s been a largely forbidden natural substance in the west, who ya gonna call? Until laws change, your only resources are the Internet, and consulting with people who’ve been to the barbecue.

Go there. WARNING: Use of ayahuasca tea may produce increased heart rate and blood pressure, agitation, dilated pupils, rapid rhythmic eye movements, dizziness, vomiting, nausea, or diarrhea. Feelings of movement, leaving the body,

Natives tell you the spirits told them how to do it.

traveling through the universe. Making peace with one’s past and family, confrontation and resolution with poor habits.

Bright colors, rapid, kaleidoscopic, moving images. Feelings of communication with other life forms – animal spirits, aliens, dwarves, fairies, elves, or God. Feelings of death and rebirth, of euphoria, calmness, fear, anxiety, of unexplainable peace, clarity, well- being, connectedness to all living things, and intense desires to apologize, forgive, and heal the world.

Sudden life changes, quitting unhappy or unhealthy habits, careers, relationships, moving to different countries may occur.

Check with, er… Somebody, to find out if ayahuasca is right for you – someone who knows how to use it properly.

A disgusted chiropractor running a high volume business in Dallas reports some eighty percent of his patients are addicted to some kind of pharmaceuticals – for depression, anxiety, pain, and other maladies. “After years, they’re still depressed, still anxious, still in pain. Only now, they’re completely addicted as well. The system’s often making people worse off than they were before.”

Ayshuasca is seen by many as an alternative treatment, if not an original treatment, to get perspective quickly and break destructive patterns of behavior and suffering.

So if you’re having a problem, especially a persistent problem, with alcoholism, drug addiction, anxiety, depression, PTSD, low self esteem, fear of death, phobias, poor relationships, you hate your mother, you’re stressed out on a daily power trip, or any number of other maladies – and nothing seems to help – should you try ayahuasca?

Ask your doctor. He or she will likely say no. Why? Because they probably don’t know anything about this medicine, other than it’s not a drug approved by the American Medical Association, not even allowed to be studied to discover potential benefits. She could lose her license to practice medicine.

Ask your pastor. He may say, “Lord, no!” Why? Missionaries as far back at the 1500s observed natives acting in a bizarre manner during plant medicine ceremonies. They quickly labeled it the work of the devil, and many see it that way today. (Thou shalt not.)

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Information provided for educational use only, not intended to prescribe or claim any health benefits. Use any natural remedies only under the guidance of a trained practitioner.

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UPCOMING EVENTS NATURE’S TREASURES 4103 N. IH 35, Austin, TX (512) 472-5015 Shop online: CrystalsByNature.com Starseed Workshop with Michelle Walling and Adrienne Goff Sunday, May 6 See Website for details Spiritual Life Fair Saturday, May 12 Tarot Workshop with Kathleen Deyo Sunday, May 20, 1pm-5pm See www.NTRocks for details Past Life Regression and Healing with Lee Mitchell Thursday-Saturday, May 24-26 See www.NTRocks.com for details Aura Machine With our updated Aura Machine, you can see the color of your aura. Offered daily and starting at only $15, this is a great gift to give yourself or a loved one.

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Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical masterpiece, a living painting by artist Georges Seurat, founder of pointillism, juxtaposing points of multi-colored paint to allow the viewer’s eye to blend the colors. Live onstage orchestra.

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ART, ACTIVISM, AWARENESS The Art of Randi Southard L

ike everything else in Austin, art is changing, driven by the dynamics of a metropolitan area exploding with new people from – well, everywhere.

Artist Randi Southard sees Austin as interconnected systems of arts and science – technology, blockchain, geometric acrobatics – all mirroring the way we build upon one another in trust, diversity, and partnership. It’s a model for everything from big structures down to molecular fractals in nature.

Indra’s Awarehouse.

An artist and acro-yogini, she’s part of a community of paradigm changers, painting murals live and performing contact improv, lyra, and ecstatic dance. “I’m vegetarian, love to dance and mix it up in the kitchen. Life’s a waking dream, and I feel vibrant about painting live and performing dance or aerial.”

A professional muralist specializing in large-scale projects, her work can be seen off E. Riverside on Willow Creek and, with Jade Fusco, at the corner of the legendary Cisco’s family restaurant on E. 6th and Comal.

She created Indra’s Awarehouse, an alternative-minded gallery and performance space on the Eastside near MLK and 183, embracing community spirit, multidisciplinary art, and conscious events. Most of her paintings are created at events, and through an ongoing Indra’s project, Art in the Moment, where the public can see music and painting improvisation, acrobatic cirque dancers, and lessons and jams in movement arts.

In Indian Hindu and Buddhist traditions, Indra is said to be a powerful protector, and a bringer of lightning, thunder, and rain. In his spirit, Randi’s piece Water Protector is a reflection of her full-time environmental and humanitarian activism on the board of The World Improvement Network, a non-profit educating people about suppressed technologies. www.ArtRandi.com www.IndrasHouse.com

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Dancing

Balance Water Protector

TRUE COLORS The Art of Neena Buxani

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eena Buxani is Indian-American and grew up on the border of Mexico, so of course all of her work is inspired by beauty, music, and the bold colors and energies of life. Color guides her work, and color, like flowers (or life) comes in all shades, shapes, and tones.

Mujhe Ranga Me

Solace

Frida Kahlo is her muse.

Like Frida, the subjects of her work, usually women, are studies in quiet passion, electricity and power humming just beneath the surface and emerging in their eyes, their posture, the beauty and colors of their visions.

A woman in traditional Japanese attire kneels motionless before a vision of blossoms, an Indian dancer weaves color with her dance, and a hummingbird, who feeds on the nectar of flowers and whose wings beat up to eighty times a second, weaves its tones into a tapestry of color and energy.

Frida would smile at them all.

Neena Buxani will exhibit in the West Austin Studio Tour, May 12-13 and 19-20, at Blue Genie Big Top. www.NeenaBuxani.com

Samba

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Dear Ashtara:

Messages from Your Angels and Master Teachers

Dear Ashtara, What are three important heart and soul destiny steps I must take in May, June, and July to infuse my life with loving joy, fun and prosperity. Renee, Austin, TX Dear Renee, First, be calm and centered throughout those months.

Next, get finances in order. And last, support in all ways.

After that, your master teacher will support you and gift you with a plan. In the meantime, it would be a good time to get your real estate license. So, go for the gusto! Your highest master teacher is Zadkiel, your angel is Gabriel.

Dear Ashtara, I’ve had a lot of congestion lately. I’m wondering what you’d recommend. Lin, 70, Austin, TX Dear Lin, Your congestion seems to be due to heavy pollen, mildew, mold, as well as a small wheat allergy. Your angel, Michael, will pull it all out so you can heal. It’s very easy for him with his extended x-caliber brain and mind. You shouldn’t eat much wheat for a month. It will be easy, because you could have some sourdough. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables during this time. And juice pineapple, organic carrots, and red apples. Put fresh ginger in if you want, peel it first. You can also add lemon if you’d like. Do this 6 x a month for nine months. Your high master teacher is Ashtar.

Dear Ashtara, I’ve noticed a lot of judging in media and personal relationships. How can I navigate adding information without the turmoil of being judged or called wrong?

Trevor, 38, Austin, TX Dear Trevor, If I were you, I’d simply stay out of it. The media is our fuel. It’s generally composed of complications instead of exalting everyone. If that were the case, everyone would rise and shine. They’d also feel the almighty presence, and not argue over politics and daily issues. What they’d do is exclaim about news in a good way. Right now, your highest teachers are Hilarion and Sandalfon. Your angel, of course, is Gabriel.

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Dear Ashtara, I seem to gain weight only in my stomach area. My mother had ovary issues in the past and I was wondering if I might be having ovary issues and female problems as well.

Audrey, 49, Round Rock, TX Dear Audrey, You’re right, your left ovary is swollen and filled with mucus deposits and can be very uncomfortable. It runs in your family on your mother’s side. When cleansing, use a juicer that extracts pulp. Others are healthy, but we prefer thinner juice, which tastes delicious. So, juice organic carrots, celery, and pineapple together 6 x a month for eight months. Don’t miss any. You need it all. Also, drink honey, lemon, and cool water 3 x a month for nine months. Drink as much as you will of these drinks. Your highest teacher is Lord Raphael, your angel is Gabriel.

Dear Ashtara, What does my mother think about how we handled her death and funeral arrangements, which were different from her beliefs? She was cremated instead of being buried. I wonder about this often. RR, 35, Austin, TX Dear RR, That’s a nice question to ask. Thank you for caring. I think when your mother made her transition, she was in a wonderful state of mind, and needed you to be happy. Actually, you did the right thing. The Masters think cremation is a quicker, safer, cleaner way to travel.

Your highest Teacher is Lord Sandalfon and your Angel is Michael.

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