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September ‘18 ISSUE 149 FREE
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Infinity Stress Eating A House Divided
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Inside Austin All Natural
VIBRATIONAL GIVING – Andres Pira, with Dr. Joe Vitale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 UNFOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND MOTHERHOOD Crystal tools – Folade Speaks STRESS EATING With holidays looming, it doesn’t get easier – Cecili Eckert FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS? – Dephanie Cates INFINITY AND BEYOND The Art of Leslie Kell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 THE MOUTH IS A WINDOW INTO THE BODY – Dr. Matthew Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . 16 NOTHING’S MORE BEAUTIFUL Than the human female – Lane Sebring, MD . . . . . 17 SPIRITUAL BYPASSING – Christina Allen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 WORLD DAY OF PRAYER – Rick Busby, LUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 A HOUSE DIVIDED – Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 UPCOMING EVENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 WEIGHT LOSS AND HEALTH Which comes first?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 A PAIN IN THE NECK Is it your heart?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 DEAR ASHTARA – Ashtara Sasha White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 CONNECTING WITHIN – Lisa Nasrin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 PRACTITIONER GUIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Publisher/Editor
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A Letter to Our Readers
Hey Nineteen That’s ‘Retha Franklin She don’t remember The Queen of Soul – Hey Nineteen, Steely Dan Could it be? Could it be, even in 1981, the titular nineteen-year-old girl in Steely Dan’s song couldn’t remember Aretha Franklin? (Titular, btw, means in the title – get your mind out the gutter.) ‘Retha, the undisputed Queen of Soul, went to meet Elvis August 16, same exact day the King left the building. Preacher’s kid, mother at twelve, she won eighteen Grammys, sold over seventy-five million records, and was Number 1 on the Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time – all without any Facebook likes.
Yeah, Nineteen.
There was a time people were famous for something besides being famous. A Rolling Stone writer called her a force from heaven... a gift from God. Hey, Nineteen – if you really don’t remember the Queen, go listen to her, right now. You’ll enrich your body, mind, and spirit, and learn what happens when those three things come together in a song. Soul.
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l a n o i t a r b l a Vi ratioGiving n Vib
A NEW APPROACH TO ATTRACTING GREAT WEALTH
An exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming book Homeless to Billionaire, by Andres Pira with Dr. Joe Vitale
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ost people know giving can lead to receiving. But most people do it wrong. I discovered a specific way of giving that has brought me millions of dollars. It helped me become a billionaire before I reached the age of thirtyfive. Let me tell you how I used this method to attract my first million dollars. I am originally from Sweden. I moved to Thailand at the age of twenty to find my way in the world. But before I made any money, I became homeless. As I dug myself out of that dire situation, I noticed that Thailand has unique views about giving. In Thailand, for example, on your birthday you don’t receive gifts, you give them. That was entirely new to me. But I started practicing it. As I gave more, I received more. As I gave more money, I received more money. I became fascinated and decided to experiment with this apparently magical law of giving. I wanted to see how it works, and if I could improve it. The way most people give – if they give at all – is by tithing. That is the traditional way of giving ten percent of your income to a religious organization. Most religions teach that you need to give ten percent of the money you receive as a form of payment to God. While that has worked for centuries, and I have no argument with it, it’s not the way I do it. Others have learned that giving money to any source that has inspired them will trigger a force that brings more money back to them. Dr. Joe Vitale, one of the teachers in the movie The Secret, tells people to give ten percent of their income to wherever they receive spiritual nourishment or inspiration. That could be an Uber driver, a waiter, someone you meet at the store who says encouraging words, or an organization or anything else. I like this idea because it opens up the possibility of giving to others, including, but not limited, to a church. The trouble is, most people give only money and expect only money in return.
While that works, it’s a limitation.
The Universe (whatever you choose to call The Great Mystery of life) may have something better for you, but you limited the road back to you by insisting that what you get back is money. In my experience, the Universe may have many other gifts waiting for you, not just money – but your expectation of receiving only money is blocking the other good you could receive.
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Mother Teresa had it right when she said, It is not
how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.
When I wish someone a good day, I do it with genuine feelings of wanting him or her to have a good day.
Most people say, Have a good day with no feeling at all. It’s automatic. It’s dead. But I say it wanting to change the emotion of the person hearing it. I truly want them to have a good day. The feeling I give out as I say the words is one of love. As a result, what I expect to get back sometime later is the feeling of love. It may come as great news about a project, or a check, or a profitable idea, or a new connection, or some other reason to celebrate. But I give out love and what I get back is love. In other words, when you give money, feel ecstatic as you do so and what you will receive in return is something with the feeling of ecstasy attached to it. That may be a return in the form of money. But it could be anything else. It could surprise you. It could be something unexpected, and not just money. What you gave was some emotion, so what you receive will be the same emotion, but multiplied at least ten times. I’ve learned that this vibrational giving or frequency giving is the real secret to making giving work. While giving anything is a good policy, giving with conscious awareness of your emotions will bring wealth beyond all imagination.
Now let me share my story of making my first million dollars with this method.
Many years ago I visited an orphanage in Thailand. It was sad because all the kids had HIV. They didn’t have any government support and they were struggling. I wanted to help. I agreed to paint the building, all the rooms, and give the kids toys. I didn’t do it to receive money. I did it because I felt great in helping. And that’s the secret to giving – feeling. How you feel when you give is what you will receive in return. Emotion creates vibration. And you can’t create anything without emotion. Unfortunately, most people aren’t aware of their feelings when they do anything, let alone when they give. While I had been visualizing making my first million dollars, I also didn’t know how it would happen. But when I was at that orphanage, I didn’t think spending money there would bring me a million dollars later. All I knew is the kids need help and it would make me feel good to help.
So I invested about eighty thousand dollars in hiring people to paint and rebuild the place. I felt great as I paid for the services. Again, I was using vibrational giving as my tool. I knew the feeling I felt as I gave is what I would get in return later, in some unexpected way. There was nothing calculating in my action. I didn’t give money to get money. Instead, I did something that made me feel great, and I expected something to happen later that would also be a great feeling. But money wasn’t the focus. I just made sure to feel great. While eighty thousand was about a fourth of my monthly revenue at the time, spending it didn’t make me feel stretched or worried. It made me feel good. As a result, a deal I had in the works went through. I closed a property worth so much that my commission was more than one million dollars. In fact, it was one million plus about eighty grand. So I not only made my first million, but I also got my investment back.
And how did I feel?
Fantastic, of course. The feeling I had when I invested in helping the orphanage (feeling great) came back to me to multiplied (feeling fantastic). I copied that check, framed it, and still look at it every day. I still feel great every time I see it. Mother Teresa had it right when she said, It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving. Again, this isn’t only about money. It’s about what you feel as you give anything. The feeling you give out is what you will receive back. Practicing this vibrational giving works for me, and will work for you, too. Try it and see. Andres Pira, President of Success Events and Blue Horizon Development, is the largest real estate developer in Southern Thailand. He and bestselling author Dr. Joe Vitale are completing the book Homeless to Billionaire: The 18 Wealth Attracting Secrets for Becoming a Money Magnet. Details at www.HomelesstoBillionaire.info
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
My own method is more refined and more focused. And it doesn’t always have to do with giving away money. In short, I’ve discovered that the emotion you feel as you give anything at all is what you will receive back. This is far more important than you may realize. If you feel hate as you do anything, you are setting up an attractor field to experience hate later. If you feel love as you do something, you are also engaging in a principle to attract love back to you later.
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sunny September afternoon, a table at an outdoor café, and who should appear but the Butterfly Queen, regal in her beauty, unfolding her wings. She’s the Warrior Queen – Maeve, Maker of Kings, of monarchs drawn to her enchantment. She’s also the Maker of Mead, which certainly helps with that enchantment thing. Butterflies are an all-inclusive metaphysical symbol for spiritual growth and development. You have to be a caterpillar before you become a butterfly, a butterfly can’t go back to being a caterpillar, that sort of thing. With their gorgeous, delicate wings and gentle touch, they’re also the symbols of angels – messengers of God, Spirit, the Universe, whatever name you decide to give the nameless. In cultures around the world and throughout time, though, they’ve been recognized as a symbol, a personification, of one thing.
The soul.
The ancient Greeks called them psyche, the word for the soul and the mind. The Japanese saw butterflies as the soul of someone living or dead, in this life or the next or somewhere in between. If one happened to fly into your presence under the right circumstances, it meant your true love is coming to you – not a bad thing to know when you meet the Queen. In Teotihuacan, the ancient Mesoamerican cultural equivalent of New York City and the location of magnificent pyramids, butterfly images were carved into the walls of temples and other structures, sometimes morphing into jaguars to symbolize the souls of warriors gone on.
Makes sense.
Spend a lifetime or two, or maybe a thousand, as a warrior, and you probably deserve to get to fly around with brilliantly colored wings, sucking nectar from flowers and hanging around with the Queen. There’s a problem, though, a thorn in the side of the honorable profession of warrior since a century or so ago.
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Chemical warfare.
In September, monarch butterflies pass through Central Texas on their way to Mexico for the winter – proving once again they’re old souls, way smarter than most of us hereabouts. Their numbers are diminishing, though. The regal gold, black, and white monarch feeds on the nectar of milkweed flowers, and milkweed has become the victim of one of the vilest poisons released on the planet. Yep – glyphosate, better known by its trade name, Roundup. Monsanto, its creator, recently tried to clean up its image by selling out to Bayer – a wise choice if you think of Bayer as pain-relieving aspirin, not so much so if you know it was also the company that first synthesized heroin, and manufactured Zyklon B, the gas used in World War II concentration camps. Next time someone tells you GMO crops are safe and will save the world’s food supply, remind them those genetic modifications are, for the most part, designed to make it possible to douse soybeans and corn with glyphosate, killing off milkweed and everything else – including you, quite possibly, since it’s showing up in everything from breakfast cereal to beer.
A warrior, indeed.
This summer, in the first of many lawsuits to be filed against the Poisoner Formerly Known as Monsanto, a jury awarded Dewayne Johnson, a school groundskeeper who handled Roundup for years and is now dying of cancer, a $279 million settlement. Monsanto lawyers will appeal, which would be an excellent opportunity to do a joke about a panther eating buffalo dung because he just ate a Monsanto lawyer and wants to get the taste out of his mouth – but that would be wrong. A salute to Dewayne Johnson, a dying warrior. May his soul come back, however briefly, as a butterfly – and a reminder. Don’t mess with the monarch – and, most certainly, don’t mess with the Queen.
NEW RELEASE by local author, Nita Bauer A self-conscious teen spending the summer with her quirky grandmother in the Texas Hill Country becomes entwined with a centuries-old secret and a crazy swan intent on bringing on the awakening. Available at www.NitaBauer.com or Unlimited Thought Life Enrichment Center 7067 San Pedro, San Antonio, TX Nita is a Claim Your Life consultant with Theta and Akashic Records Certification. Call (210) 365-8746 to schedule a Life Make Over.
AN EXHIBIT OF DIGITAL ART
Electric Dreams
Leslie Kell Chalda Maloff Paul McGuire Austin Bergstrom International Airport East AirSide Gallery September — December 2018
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PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND MOTHERHOOD Crystal tools from the Supreme Mother by Folade Speaks As a Pisces with Virgo Rising, September is like a second birthday season to me. I’m inspired, renewed, ready to consider how to set up my sacred space to birth the next creation in my destiny. September’s also my mother’s birthday month, and the month I became a mother to my firstborn son – so here’s a list of tried and true minerals that support, in all stages, the women who bring children through the sacred portal to this planet. Moonstone and Mother of Pearl. Divine Feminine gem, mood stabilizer, emotionally calming, hormone balancer – moonstone is a must-have for pregnancy and childbirth, connecting the full moon and water energy of Mother Gaia to the full womb and embryonic fluid of the pregnant mom. Mother of Pearl passes the ocean’s flow and fertility to its wearer, supporting mother through change and transformation. Excellent partners, they symbolize two of the most significant feminine aspects. Rose Quartz and Unakite. These earn the title of Doula and Midwife. In the Anahata (heart chakra) family, with similar metaphysical properties, unakite and rose quartz are highly prized for childbirth. Many juju and ritual offerings utilize unakite for conception, love, and connection. Unakite unifies, perfect for merging family, mother, and child connections, in utero and post-childbirth. Rose quartz, the quintessential self-love crystal, helps open the anahata and prepare space for nurturing, soothing, and self-care. Excellent choices in bathwater during pregnancy, and for safely consumed gem water. Amazonite. A Texas friend I hadn’t seen in about a year sent me an amazonite egg when I was pregnant with my son in Seattle. My first thought was, How will she know what will help my nerves and sleep? I underestimated her intuition, and her testimony to this crystal during her pregnancy. This blue gem was in my hand every night as I slept – and it worked. Miraculously stopped my insomnia, and a million items of mind chatter about pregnancy. I’ve since birthed a daughter, and both children have their own Amazonite egg now. Jade and Carnelian. The first Yoni Eggs in ancient society were exclusively crafted from jade. Kwan Yin energy, serene, it’s worn for abundance, peace, love, balance. From ancient times, women have benefited from this gem that actually increases lactation. Wear jade in a pendant (or your bra), remove before nursing. Jade is safe for water infusions – use vessels made for crystal elixirs to ensure safety. Carnelian supports the Svadhisthana (second chakra), bringing joy, courage, creation force. Fire energy, great for the womb, a heart opener. Larimar. Visually and energetically, larimar is the closest
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semblance to the ocean in crystal form. Sunlight inflections made on pool water or ocean waves seems to show in larimar. A rare find, a pendant or ring for an expectant or post-partum mother would be an ever-giving gift. During pregnancy, hormones and physiological changes boost emotions. With postpartum experience and depression, women can’t always articulate daily feelings and changes. Larimar, a conversation filter, transforms emotions to practical communication. Due to its high ability to absorb and transform emotions, clear it a bit more often when worn, to remove emotional and energetic remnants. Immerse momentarily in a salt bath of cool water, hold in a stream of natural water, smudge with sage. Selenite. The soft glow of a selenite lamp in the nursery or mother’s bedroom can benefit the whole family. Selenite clears auras and chakras, is an incredible pain reliever (especially back pain), and blocks EMFs. Selenite helps bring energy to lactating mothers, and brings in a burst of both light and protective angelic vibration. Microcline. A crystal expert told me about walking through Nature’s Treasures while pregnant. “Microline reached out and grabbed me. I looked it up in Melody’s book, Love is in the Earth, and it says it helps with stress during pregnancy!” (Listen to your intuition, especially strong when pregnant.)
Cheers to a supported and joyful pregnancy, and beyond. As with child development, pregnancy changes are ever present, and every few weeks there are different physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Remember to ask for what you need, self-care, identify resources, enlist your community, and create the plan you envision, Mommas – and remember to think past the birth for what you need from your postpartum support network 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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STRESS EATING
With holidays looming, it doesn’t get any easier by Cecili Eckert September is a much-anticipated month, a break from scorching heat, children returning to school, the excitement of football season. September also turns attention to the upcoming festive, yet oftentimes hectic, holiday season – the season of sensory overload. From Halloween through Christmas, we’re bombarded with sights, sounds, and tastes causing a great deal of temptation and stress, emotionally and physically. What should be a delightful season has evolved into a time of pure excess. Hurried holiday shopping, frenzied cleaning, extravagant holiday decorating, mindless menu planning, over-indulgence – moving at a frantic pace, rushing to meet all our selfimposed obligations, stress builds. Most Americans are generations away from the days when autumn meant a time to harvest and preserve the fruits of their labor to prepare for long, cold, dark days ahead. Patiently awaiting the return of days filled with light, earlier generations slowed their pace, and began to turn inwards to reflect on accomplishments. Celebrations were far more modest, centering on pausing with gratitude and love for their good fortune, no matter how small.
Cultural traditions have evolved over time.
Your body’s mechanics, however, have remained the same. Seasonal cycles have always had an impact on the body, slowing metabolism in autumn and winter. You need greater caloric intake to maintain required body temperatures, so you yearn for higher-fat, higher-protein foods that are warmer, and things like hearty soups and nourishing teas. Honoring your body’s natural desire to be in balance and stay healthy means choosing nutrient-dense whole foods that nurture this process, ramping up natural defenses for a season of coughs and colds. The body’s stress response has also remained the same throughout millennia. Your body is unable to differentiate between a real threat, like a lion chasing you, versus perceived stress, such as fighting traffic and long shopping lines on Black Friday. The chemicals of stress impair normal body functions, resulting in slowed digestion, an assault on the immune system, and disruption of detoxification pathways.
Many illnesses are rooted in stress.
Conditions like IBS, colitis, and eating disorders can be made even worse by the combination of holiday stress and the temptation of traditional comfort foods. Children (and adults) on the autism spectrum, or with food sensitivities, can be overwhelmed by an overload of sensory input, and stress eating can become a refuge. Today’s holiday season can cause physical and mental stresses that ignite poor eating habits, disruption to exercise routines, and a poor mental state. The excesses of the holidays often leads to regret, but you’re led to believe a simple flip of the calendar, along with Meditation, minimally thought-out resolutions, will get you back visualization, and deep on track. breathing techniques Consider simple changes can help you stay in now that will have a big alignment with your impact on how you feel when winter turns to spring. Create intention. an intention, formulate a plan. Meditation, visualization, and deep breathing techniques can help you stay in alignment with your intention. Intuitive eating can be a powerful tool, one that allows you to enjoy the tasty side of the season without sabotaging yourself. Remember, a goal without a plan is simply a wish. Take time to prepare and commit to eating right and engaging in mindfulness now, and you’ll make the coming new year one of optimism, abundance, and personal rewards. Cecili Eckert is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, specializing in positive, life-changing results for IBS, Crohn’s, colitis, and food relationships. (512) 689-0169, www.RevivalNutritionandHealth.com
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FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS? Realtors, coaches and workout fanatics by Dephanie Cates When you see someone at the gym that looks like a serious workout person you might want to ask, What’s the biggest benefit you’ve received as a result of your dedication? You may be surprised at the answer. I feel like a million bucks! From the outside looking in at workouts, low carb diets, or sunny outlooks, you may not have a clue about the difference dedication can make – with plenty of time left to work all week, volunteer on weekends, and go shopping.
Like most things, it’s a head job first.
First, that means loving self, devoting time to making a difference in attitude, and thinking about how that looks. Regardless of who you are or how you got there, the day you decide to get on the train to feeling like a million bucks will be the first of many rewarding stops on a journey to a healthy mind, body, and soul. An invisible benefit of caring enough to get in shape and eat right is happiness. You’ll feel light, satiated, strong – like the proverbial mountain climber, you’ll have a can do attitude. Sometimes a serious health challenge is the driving force to make changes in lifestyle, but it doesn’t have to be. The reason is immaterial if it gets you to think of a different way to eat, or a new, fun way to exercise. Your body moves every day, so introducing dancing, yoga, or Zumba into that mix will make an amazing difference – not only in how you feel physically, but also in the joy that results.
Get yourself out of yourself.
That can open doors leading to anything you desire. Take up country western or ballroom dancing, dedicate time to walking, develop a small 4x4 garden, try your hand at spinach, herbs, tomatoes. Any interests you had as a kid? That’s a clue to reintroducing what makes you happiest. Revisit that time, dedicate an hour in a favorite relaxing spot to jot ideas on paper. Engage a friend, help each other make a list of possibilities for your first hour of devotion to your health. It may seem foreign and out of character at first, but if you journal daily with new ideas for where you need to be, you’ll get there before you know it. Even the Wall Street Journal recently published an article on studies showing overall wellbeing is directly connected to what you eat and how you feel physically. Nutrients promoting healthy gut-brain connections are also part of the mix, since
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imbalances create inflammation, which can wreak havoc on both body and mind, opening the door to disease.
A profession espousing a healthy way of life, longevity, and success?
Get ready for a surprise – real estate! Being a successful realtor demands clear thinking, razor-sharp skills, and helping all types of people navigate stressful situations. In a nutshell – we’re life coaches. Good realtors love what they do, want to work as long as possible – and feel like a million bucks while they do it. Being around people in any profession who feel that way means their happiness translates to your happiness, their enthusiasm affects your enthusiasm, their upbeat attitude seeps into yours. What’s not to like? Join the club. Dephanie Cates is a licensed realtor and Reconnective Healing practitioner who creates personal relationships with clients, taking into account all aspects of their lives when helping them buy or sell a home. Look for her upcoming AAN feature combining coaching skills and business acumen. (512) 970-2627, dcates@austintxhomesale.com www.AustinTxHomesale.com
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Infinity and Beyond The Art of Leslie Kell The cover of Austin All Natural has become a celebration of art and artists over the years, thanks to cover designer and Austin digital artist Leslie Kell. Many covers feature local, national, and internationally known artists, some are original designs brought to life by Leslie’s skill, and some, like the September 2018 issue, feature her own artwork. Her prolific body of work is created using an original technique, blending design and photography. Architectural forms and natural settings become surreal environments, and photos flow seamlessly into the spaces and patterns. The complex and layered works, pushing the bounds of vision, reveal a place she says you might not recognize – but, somehow, have been waiting to visit.
The INFINITY Collection by Leslie Kell
Inspiration comes in many forms. Sometimes you see it coming, like the day I stepped into a Hall of Mirrors in San Antonio. Mazes and mirrors captivate my surrealist side, driving the design concept of these illusionary pieces. Shimmering images and ephemeral changes of light work together to create an altered vision of reality. The collection is optimistic and celebrates wonder, and a new world of endless possibilities. Titles of the pieces are from the Grateful Dead’s Help on the Way. I visited Madrid, Spain in the spring of 2018. While I was there, I gathered photos like treasures – almost two thousand of them. I’ve been creating new pieces while the impressions are still fresh – while I can still smell the coffee and churros. I want to capture this beautiful vibrant city’s architecture and history while I can still hear the soundtrack of the flowing lyrical language, mixed with rain. There were impressions beyond the visuals. Work to live, not live to work. Allow at least two hours for a meal in a restaurant. Walk like you know where you’re going, and when you get there – ask for the menu in English. Always be sure to say please and thank you in Spanish.
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I WAS LEARNING TO SEE
Mazes and mirrors meld with images taken in Madrid and Segovia – the Jacinto Benavente Monument and Crystal Palace from Madrid’s Retiro Park, and Segovia’s intriguing narrow passageways and labyrinth garden at the Alcázar.
ONE MORE DAY
Wandering into a crypt on a Sunday morning, your first day in Madrid, is an enchanted experience. Photos are from Almudena Cathedral and Crypt, the floor a photo of captured rainwater in leaf impressions adorning concrete blocks in pedestrian walkways. This piece is meant to touch a space deep in the soul, creating a sense of place.
ON THE CREST OF A WAVE
A twist on the mazes and mirrors of the Infinity Collection – images of the Roman aqueduct and narrow passageways from Segovia, and the gardens and courtyard of Madrid’s Royal Palace.
UPCOMING SHOWS September – December 2018: D3: Electric Dreams ABIA, East AirSide Gallery November 5 – January 7, 2019: D3: Pixelscapes Gallery at the J Dell Jewish Community Campus
FALL FESTIVALS September 29–30: 42nd Annual Texas Arts and Crafts Fair Ingram, TX November 3: Moonflower Herb Fest Zilker Botanical Garden November 10: Laura’s Library Artisans Market Laura Bush Library Visit LeslieKell.com for a complete schedule and information.
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THE MOUTH IS A WINDOW INTO THE BODY Integrative Biologic Dental Hygiene by Matthew Carpenter, DDS, NMD Everyone has dental plaque, a mixture of food and bacteria forming on your teeth 24/7. Bacteria in the mouth are normal, but harmful bacteria sometimes take residence in plaque, and in spaces where gums meet teeth. These harmful bacteria form disease-causing biofilms, and are allowed access to your internal environment and vital organs when oral bleeding occurs in the mouth, frequently the result of excess plaque sitting for long periods of time against the gums. It’s for this reason increasing your awareness of oral plaque is a key component in improving gum health and preventing decay.
Why we analyze your plaque.
As part of a biologic approach to oral health care, we analyze plaque forming around your teeth to determine if you have bacteria or parasites causing periodontal disease and/ or other systemic health problems. Periodontal disease affects eighty percent of adults in North America, and approximately sixty-two percent of cases are caused by parasites, living animals that cause varying degrees of infection and symptoms – including digestive disturbances, prostate problems, and anemia. When patients eliminate these pathogens from the mouth, we observe gingiva healing without surgery, ninetynine percent of the time. The goal is to identify the cause of gum problems by microscope, and treat it without harmful chemicals or costly surgeries. Bacteria, fungi and parasites are around you every day, just like the common cold virus. It’s only when your immune system’s compromised that pathogens take hold and cause soft tissue and bone destruction associated with periodontal disease. If it’s not treated and controlled, teeth eventually loosen and fall out. To evaluate the quality of organisms and potential for disease in your mouth, a simple test is performed. A small sample of saliva and plaque from around your teeth is collected on a slide and examined using a phase contrast microscope – you can see on the computer monitor what we see under the microscope. By identifying pathogens, we can tailor a protocol that not only improves your oral health, but helps in the elimination of systemic infections as well. Our practice specializes in improving immune function and the body’s built-in resistance to disease, and to these harmful microbes. This is, after all, your best defense. Along with our findings, recommendations are made for eliminating infection and boosting your body’s natural defense against opportunistic pathogens.
Then there’s the importance of brushing and flossing.
Diet plays a huge roll in the formation of cavities, but when bacteria sit around in your mouth for a long time, they
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form more and more sophisticated biofilms – like complex bacterial cities in the mouth. Wise old biofilms use many natural strategies to resist your natural salivary immune defenses that prevent disease, leading to periodontal disease and oral decay. One key, therefore, is constantly and consistently disrupting these sophisticated biofilms always forming in the mouth. This is really the only goal of manual oral hygiene practices like brushing and flossing – disrupting the plaque matrix where biofilms develop. We teach daily schedules and protocols for removing the plaque matrix that leads to the creation of disease-causing biofilms, fighting oral biofilms intelligently by using ozone when you’re in the office), sharing strategies for controlling plaque, employing high quality essential oil blends that naturally kill bad bacteria and break down bio-films, and by advocating products that alkalize the mouth and slow the growth of harmful bacteria. We also repopulate the mouth with health-producing bacteria found in oral probiotics, helping change the culture of your mouth over time to one of health, beauty, confidence, and stability. When you use most over-the-counter mouthwashes to prevent bad breath, you kill both good and bad bacteria – and it’s up to good bacteria to keep bacteria that cause bad breath in check. In fact, Streptococcus salivarius (not the one that causes Strep throat, but one that can fight oral infections) is often found in healthy mouths, yet is deficient in those who suffer from bad breath. The best long-term solution to eradicating bad breath is repopulating your oral cavity with good oral bacteria. Typically, we try to mask bad breath with cosmetic products – mouth rinses, mints, gums, sprays. They may offer a quick fix, but those mints and other sugary products are often causing cavities. Dr. Matthew Carpenter of Transcend Dental Health is an Integrative Biologic Dentist and Board Certified Naturopathic Physician, offering ozone therapy, natural oral care products incorporating essential oils, drill-free air abrasion, non-surgical gum disease treatment, safe mercury and root canal removal, and natural heavy metal elimination. (512) 255-3618, www.tdhtx.com
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read a short story once that began with the words, There is nothing more beautiful than the human female, the words of a young boy that told the story. What does a young boy see in a woman, or a young girl, that he finds so beautiful? I suspect the beauty he saw was a natural beauty. He doesn’t know it’s a healthy testosterone level that gives her the fullness of her lips and the sparkle in her eyes, or that estrogen maintains the elasticity and lucency to her skin and keeps it attached to the muscles underneath. He doesn’t know growth hormone helps maintain tension in the skin to keep it smooth, preventing thinning of the skin as she ages. He only sees results – and finds there’s nothing more beautiful. He’s not supposed to notice (but does) the roundness and fullness of her breasts and the curve of her hips. He doesn’t know it’s estradiol that maintains their fullness and suspension, and estrone determines the fullness of her hips. He doesn’t know it’s the proper balance and function of these hormones – along with good nutrition and exercise – that give her the grace and quickness of her movement. He only sees and appreciates the results (and so does his father). Beauty is a result of nature at its finest. Though the beauty of an individual changes throughout life, the unmistakable thread through it all is the underlying health and vibrancy of the individual. Bio-identical hormone replacement uses the body’s own chemistry to keep it healthy and balanced, using the same hormones our bodies make – testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, growth hormone, thyroid hormone, cortisol. They can be evaluated by a physician and maintained at optimal level through your entire life, resulting in a healthier, higher functioning individual – and it shows.
NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL Than the Human Female by Lane Sebring, M.D.
Busting myths.
In virtually every study published on bio-identical hormone replacement, everything measured was either improved or unchanged. In a woman’s health initiative, women who got only estrogen had twenty-two percent less breast cancer than women who took no hormones. Only when they added an altered hormone, medroxy progesterone acetate for progesterone, was there an increase of thirty-four percent in breast cancer. The message is clear – use human hormones in humans. Research published in recent years uses altered hormones. Why? Because bio-identical hormones aren’t patentable, and there’s no profit to be made. Like other hormones, estrogen attaches to receptors throughout the body. Estrogen has two major receptors: an alpha-receptor and beta-receptor. The alphareceptor tells cells to grow and multiply, giving women their feminine shape. The beta-receptor tells cancer cells to self-destruct. Many synthetic estrogen replacement molecules, created by the pharmaceutical industry, stimulate the alpha-receptor, but not the beta-receptor.
Beauty and truth.
The brain shrinks as we get older, shrinkage that’s greatly minimized by the maintaining of youthful hormone levels. If bio-identical hormones are started prior to menopause, this rapid shrinkage can be avoided. Other hormone truths: • When testosterone levels fall, libido falls. Testosterone is the hormone of desire. • Estrogen makes a woman feel mentally sharp and alive. • Progesterone has a calming effect. • A person low on thyroid typically has a hard time starting the day, and a hard time shutting it off. • People low on cortisol experience stress more intensely and can start off the day doing well, but usually crash in the evening, often craving carbohydrates. • People low on growth hormone have generalized complaints of fatigue, brain fog, achiness, and difficulty sleeping. • People with growth hormone replacement heal faster and have more energy throughout the day. • Beauty and health are inextricably woven together. There is truly nothing more beautiful than the human female.
Dr. Lane Sebring is a practicing physician specializing in anti-aging, bioidentical hormones, nutrition, and alternative medicine. Offices and Paleo Pharmacy in Wimberley, 16811 Ranch Road 12. (512) 847-5618 www.SebringClinic.com
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ypassing B Spiritual We cannot banish egos.
by Christina Allen You have awakened. You’re learning to trust, and open to the intelligence of something greater than yourself. You feel lighter, more secure and connected. This is a journey, however, you can’t really take shortcuts on. We want to skip straight to multidimensional ecstasy, but bliss can’t be sustained by bypassing what keeps us from it. As humans, we come equipped with a set of emotions that make navigating the earthly realm challenging. We have, wired within us, feelings of jealousy, possessiveness, insecurity, sadness, fear, anger – all of which keep us locked in the past. They’re uncomfortable, so we’re quick to pack them away. We pave them over with affirmations, or reach for higher ground with yoga or meditation practices. We even feel better for a while, and tell ourselves we’ve transcended our pasts.
True transcendence is integrating the past, however, not stepping over it.
This means taking ownership of our darkness and working through it. It’s getting to the root of that pebble in our shoe and taking it out, not learning how to override the pain of walking with it still in place. It’s hard work. Who wants to look back at unresolved experiences when the past is gone? Unfortunately, if you never fully processed old wounds, they still lay there dormant within you as emotional triggers, just waiting to be tripped. Skipping straight through to everything is love when you continue to hold deep grudges inside is called spiritual bypassing. The focus of a spiritual practice is not to escape ugly feelings, but to bring full presence to them, as feedback on the life we’re currently living. Spiritual bypassing is using spiritual concepts that do have merit to avoid the deep work of taking personal responsibility. It’s one of the greatest pitfalls on the spiritual path. Taking pride in the fact that we are now egoless is an example. Everyone has an ego – it’s an important part of our ability to survive. In fact, isn’t it that very ego that’s taking pride in its nonexistence?
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They help us define ourselves, and find productive niches that make us successful. It’s our attachment to the things that define us that creates uncomfortable feelings – attachments that are fueled by our wounding. We want to create healthy relationships with our egos, not eradicate them. Perhaps you’re in an abusive relationship. Is it karma, or because you haven’t learned how to define your boundaries after a difficult childhood? Are you living in scarcity because you’re cursed, or because you don’t believe you’re worthy, and haven’t done the deep work of finding your self-value and expressing it? Are you angry and moody because you have an entity, or because you deny the sensitive parts of yourself grumbling to be heard?
Spiritual bypassing is also using past lives as a justification for shortcomings or status.
So you were a king who lost his reign, or a powerful shaman, in another lifetime – who are you now? This is where you want to work. What in this lifetime makes you feel so powerless, or feel you must turn to past lives to matter? Start there. Being spiritual is not about being special, even for your spiritual heritage – that’s the ego’s domain. It is, however, about living in the earthly realm with humility, kindness, and compassion. We find these gifts through integrating our wounds, not avoiding them. We want to own the agony of our humanity, and show up for it anyway Dig in – get to the bottom of what really causes your discomfort, and lean into it That’s where you will find the grace you need for embracing this challenging Earthwalk. Christina Allen, Shamanic Healer, teacher, 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. Learn more at www.AustinShamanicCenter.com
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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Unity Church of the Hills, September 12-13
by Rick Busby, LUT The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Unity movement’s World Day of Prayer officially commences at 8:30pm, Wednesday, September 12. In Northwest Austin, the spiritual community at Unity Church of the Hills commemorates the milestone anniversary with a twenty-four hour affirmative prayer experience culminating in a 7:30pm service September 13, open to everyone. The theme for this year’s worldwide prayer observance is Courage To Heal. The worldwide Unity community will prayerfully hold an intention that you personally experience profound healing in your life. Whether physical, emotional, financial, relational, spiritual, or otherwise, we see you rising above perceived challenges in your life into a new, expanded awareness of connection, healing, prosperity, and peace.
The five forms of prayer.
Regardless of spiritual tradition, prayer is perhaps our most important spiritual activity. Broadly speaking, there are five types of prayer most commonly practiced around the world – prayers of praise, thanksgiving, blessing, petition, and intercession.
Forecasting THE FUTURE
The most common method of prayer is to pray to an external power to intercede and fulfill a request or a perceived need. Simply stated, traditional forms of prayer ask for something to be provided. By contrast, affirmative prayer declares that any perceived needs are already fulfilled, claiming the good that is already present. Unity defines affirmative prayer as the act of claiming or declaring what is already true in the Absolute Realm. In short, affirmative prayer is praying from an awareness of spiritual principle and absolute truth, rather than praying to an external power to intercede.
Affirmative prayer is a cornerstone of Unity teachings.
Whether praying for ourselves or others, affirmative prayer prays from the awareness that spiritual principle is creative, and the source of that creative power is within each of us. Unity teachings emphasize the purpose of affirmative prayer is to cultivate the quality of one’s own consciousness, to bring it into alignment with principles of truth. Unity principles affirm there is only One Power and One Presence, active in the Universe and in our lives – and this power and presence, which we call God, is Absolute Goodness. Being created in the image and likeness of this One Power and One Presence, our essential nature is also good, creatively powerful beyond our perceived limitations. The essence of affirmative prayer builds upon these two principles, reminding us we are each individually and collectively creating our experience through the thoughts and feelings we allow to dominate our consciousness. In this way, we’re co-creators of our experience.
Life is not happening to us, but rather through us.
Affirmative prayer and meditation are practical methods for connecting with the One Power and One Presence, claiming the good that’s already present. This is the foundation upon which Unity’s World Day of Prayer sits. For the past twenty-five years, the World Day of Prayer tradition includes affirmative prayer practitioners in a twentyfour hour worldwide prayer experience for the healing of individual lives – and by extension, healing the world.
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Rick Busby is a Licensed Unity Teacher at Unity Church of the Hills, with three Sunday services and a year-round slate of special events, classes, workshops, small group ministries, and retreats for individuals and families looking for a positive path to spiritual living. Unity Church of the Hills invites everyone to join in the World Day of Prayer experience as a participant in the twenty-four hour prayer experience, or by attending a 7:30pm service Thursday evening, September 13. Details: www.UnityHills.org
A HOUSE DIVIDED by Ihaleakala Hew Len, Ph.D. A house divided against itself cannot stand. This is true for nations, communities, organizations, families, as well as individuals. In the House of Humanity, the individual is the common denominator. When the individual is divided, the house is divided. In the game of tennis, the scoring system is Love, 15, 30, 40, game – the game begins with Love. Love is no score, no stakes, nothing, taking the individual back to wholeness. This is achieved by voiding anger, fear, blame, resentment, and poisonous thoughts, toxic energies dividing the mind, the house of the individual, causing it to fall to dis-harmony and disease.
The purpose of life is to be restored back to Love, moment to moment.
To fulfill this purpose, the individual must acknowledge he is one hundred percent responsible for creating his life the way it is, come to see his thoughts create life, moment to moment. Problems are not people, places, and situations, but thoughts of them. There’s no such thing as out there – people, places, situations exist only as thoughts. A problem is a replayed toxic memory, what Shakespeare calls a fore-moaned moan, dividing the mind against itself, against Love. Updated Ho’oponopono, a process of repentance, forgiveness, and transmutation, is a petition to Love to void and replace toxic energies by flowing through all levels of the mind, freeing it of thinking energies. Finally, it moves into the emotional mind, the subconscious, voiding thoughts of toxic emotions, filling it with itself.
A thought-cleansing tool anyone can apply to void toxic energies from his or her thoughts.
Mentally think, I turn the Light Switch on my thoughts of me and my family, relatives, and ancestors. There is no limit to the number of times this tool can be used as a petition to Love, to clear toxic thoughts of yourself – and your family, relatives, and ancestors – dividing your mind, your house. The purpose of life does not change. It will always remain the same – to be restored back to Love, moment to moment. Fulfilling this purpose requires absolute individual responsibility, an appreciation of the real problems dividing the individual first, then everything else second. A house divided against itself cannot stand. Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len is co-author, with Joe Vitale, of Zero Limits. IZI LLC sponsors Self I-Dentity through Ho’oponopono® (SITH®) in Austin September 15-16. Info, registration: miliama.kaminitz@gmail.com or www.Self-I-Dentity-Through-Hooponopono.net
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UPCOMING EVENTS NATURE’S TREASURES 4103 N. IH 35, Austin, TX (512) 472-5015 Shop online: CrystalsByNature.com SEPTEMBER EVENTS Spiritual Life Fair Saturday, September 8, NT Auditorium
Workshops with Crystal Heaven NT Studio. Register: www.CrystalHeaven.co.uk/usa-2018/ Wed. Sept. 26, Dragon Workshop 7-9:30pm Thurs. Sept. 27, Crystal Gridding 7-9:30pm 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. Daily in-store practitioners. Also offering personal shopping and crystal reading on select Saturdays with Dianna, Austin’s Crystal Whisperer. For full practitioner listing, event calendars and event rental inquiries, visit NTRocks.com BALANCE YOUR LIFE Yoga, Meditation, Journaling With Karen Riviere Hayden, Sharon Cooper. Introductory group workshop for all levels. Explore how you can improve balance in relationships, work, family, and community, and create better balance within your body. Sun. Sept. 16, 1:30-3:30, Forest Oaks Community Center, 105 N. Lynnwood Tr. Cedar Park. $25 advance, $30 at door. (512) 608-2474, or Sharon.tulabody@gmail.com HOLOGRAPHIC SOUND HEALING With Dr. Paul Hubbert, Ph.D., Sound Master. Level 1: Nov. 2, 2-7pm. Nov. 3, 10:30-6pm Level 2: Nov. 4, 2-7pm. Nov. 5, 10:30-6pm Early registration discounts. (512) 659-0069, www.HolographicSound.com
SPIRITUAL LIFE FAIR Sept. 8, 10am-5:30pm. Monthly event. The talents and products of a community dedicated to healing Body, Mind, and Spirit. FREE! Nature’s Treasures Community Center, 4103 N. IH-35. www.SpiritofAllThatIs.com METAPHYSICAL & HOLISTIC LIFE FAIR Oct. 6-7, Sat. 10-6:30pm, Sun. 11-6pm ORIGINAL LOCATION: Holiday Inn Austin Midtown, 6000 Middle Fiskville Rd. 78752 www.SpiritualLifeProductions.com LIVE MUSIC BY LOVITATIONS Reiki meditation, live music. Harp, Flute, and Bowls by Michael and Belinda Morris Tuesday Sept. 25 and Oct. 23 7:15pm Saturday October 17, 11am. Holistic House of Healing. 13740 Hwy. 183 N, J-1. Love offering. (512) 589-4075. RSVP: Lovitations@gmail.com Schedule, info: www.Lovitations.com SELF I-DENTITY THROUGH HO’OPONOPONO (SITH®) Sponsored by IZI LLC. September 15-16, Info, register: miliama.kaminitz@gmail.com www.Self-I-Dentity-Through-Hooponopono.net THE BODYWRITING EXPERIENCE Sunday Oct. 7. Transform your relationship with your body through art. Women can print and embellish a life-size image of their body and work through fears with movement, writing, sound, and visual art techniques. Intuitive Painting and Vision Boarding by appointment. (512) 656-8983, joannacoburn@gmail.com
ONCE at Austin’s ZACH, Sept.19-Oct. 28 ZACH’s lobby transforms into an Irish pub for the Tony-winning musical Once, based on on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, a love story about an Irish musician and a Czech girl, their complicated love story, and the raw emotion of the songs they create. Tickets, showtimes: www.ZachTheatre.org HALF-PRICE ADS Sign up for any new program of display ads and free articles through the Austin All Natural partnership program, and get one extra month at half-price! Call by Sept. 15. (512) 879-7299.
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THE Ayahuasca CHRONICLES
by Steve Dyer
Instant Pattern Interrupt
Sometimes we get stuck in patterns or reoccurring themes in our lives that require a shocking epiphany, to give us the opportunity to see new possibilities and notice the obstacles that keep us from moving on. – Kat Lahr
are always there, if you can just get yourself out of the way. If you can just get your in-control, left-brain, ego mind to step aside temporarily, the well of information can come forward.
Ayahuasca and similar plant medicines, it’s said, are old and vital gifts from God that help humans untangle their hyperactive thinking. There are, however, many ways to do this, as Buddhist monks and meditators know. At a two-week Tony Robbins Seminar in Maui, the famous motivational speaker had eight hundred-fifty of us walking barefoot across a bed of flaming hot coals, jumping off telephone poles to catch a trapeze, and traveling to another island overnight with only an apple, a quarter, and our powers of persuasion to get us back the next day. Why would he challenge people to do these and other “crazy” things? Because he wanted you to interrupt a false, solidified, reoccurring pattern of thinking in your mind that told you, I can’t do that. Because once you do something you previously thought impossible, it naturally raises a question.
When they may consciously know it’s wrong, why would millions of people stay in bad relationships or professions, destructive alcoholism or addiction, an angry disposition? Why do tens of thousands of humans in this country commit suicide every year? Simple layman’s answer – stuck patterns of thinking. We’re afraid to change. We stay in what we know, because it’s familiar. We know what to expect, even if it’s bad. It’s overwhelming to consider entering the unknown. In his new book How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan indicates much of mental illness is not from a lack of order in the brain, but an excess of order. When the grooves of selfreflective thinking deepen and harden, he points out, the ego becomes overbearing. It’s a type of mental default mode, which can trap us in repetitive and destructive loops of rumination… Psychedelics alter consciousness by disorganizing brain activity… quieting the default mode network… loosening the grip of the ego… lubricating cognition where before it had been rusted stuck. Mental activity reverts back to what Pollan calls a less constrained mode of cognition.
Wow! If I can do that, what else can I do?
If the impossible is now possible – what else is possible? Regardless of your opinion about Tony Robbins, the guy has made a phenomenal living and helped thousands of people improve their lives and achieve more by driving one central theme – Interrupt the Pattern. In the light of sudden revelations, when your limiting beliefs get shattered, new empowering beliefs begin to grow and flourish. New possibilities emerge – but from where? You must go to the deep well of your soul, that inner intuition sleeping deep within your subconscious. The answers
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Staying with what you know.
Children and Rottweilers.
It’s said psychedelics help us think like children – all things are possible. Our minds are an incredibly powerful and resourceful tool if we don’t keep them so restrictively tied down. Picture a muscular young Rottweiler anchored to a stake in your backyard. He hyperactively digs a circular rut in the dirt striving to do what he instinctively knows he’s supposed to do. In his confinement, day by day, he goes crazy, as his soul – and eventually his body – die. If you ever want this majestic creature to get healthy, you better let that baby off the chain. Steve Dyer, aka Stevie the Guide, conducts custom tailored Latin American and Asian adventures specializing in natural healing, ancient engineering, orphanages and humanitarian aid, the Andes Mountains, and all things ocean. He currently lives and studies at Wat Nitadsasanakhun, a Buddhist Monastery near Marble Falls, Texas where he reads, writes, studies meditation, and sweeps leaves. His weekly Austin MeetUp is The Forbidden Discussions: Ayahuasca and Ancient Wisdom. Call for a talk anytime at (713) 628-1610, or email stevie3249@gmail.com
A PAIN IN THE NECK The heart, or the cervical spine
by Dr. Rama Chitajallu There’s a condition of the cervical spine called cervical spondylosis, common among those working at a desk, defined by the Mayo Clinic as a general term for age-related wear and tear affecting spinal disks in your neck. As you age, bones and cartilage in your backbone and neck gradually develop wear and tear. Changes can include: • Dehydrated disks. Disks act like cushions between spinal vertebrae. By forty, they begin drying and shrinking, allowing more bone-on-bone contact between vertebrae. • Herniated disks. Age also affects the exterior of spinal disks. Cracks can lead to bulging (herniated) disks, sometimes pressing on the spinal cord and nerve roots. • Bone spurs. Disk degeneration often results in the spine producing extra bone in a misguided effort to strengthen itself. Spurs can pinch the spinal cord and nerve roots. • Stiff ligaments. Ligaments, cords of tissue connecting bone to bone, stiffen with age, making your neck less flexible.
Take it to heart.
Cervical spondylosis can degenerate into progressively worse conditions. Symptoms vary – simple neck pain, ear, nose, throat problems, headache, vertigo, bladder problems. However… Symptoms can also feel like a cardiac event. Pain in the left scapular area, chest, shoulder, aching pain radiating down the left arm – they can scare you straight to the nearest ER. That happened to me. Cervical spondylosis didn’t occur to me – there was no pain in the neck, only a little stiffness, becoming chronic over a period of years. After extensive testing and observation, I went home with an all clear, but had pain again as soon as my head hit the pillow. This time I didn’t panic, but studied myself. My brother, a Dallas MD, alerted me to the possibility of cervical spondylosis – he had similar symptoms, and I’d taught him a specific yoga posture. I’d forgotten about it! I performed the posture, and lo and behold! The nagging pains were gone – immediately. I practice it everyday, and am more aware of my neck now. This is not to say if there are what appear to be cardiac symptoms, do yoga. No, no, and no again – run to the ER! If everything checks out and doctors aren’t sure of the cause, think spinal health. Acupuncture, massage, or other therapies may be needed for chronic conditions. Dr. Rama Chitajallu, DSOM, L.Ac, MSOTB, is an acupuncturist, occupational therapist, and energy healer specializing in stress, PTSD, and pain relief. Insurance accepted. (512) 293-5388, www.AcupunctureofAustin.com
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Dear Ashtara:
Messages from Your Angels and Master Teachers Dear Ashtara, When will my partner come? Some readings have seen a specific person but they haven’t come. I’ve been working on myself and I feel ready. “Red”, Austin, TX Dear Red, It looks to us like you have a nice partner, beautiful soul and very spiritual person coming into your life who will eventually be introduced to you. Don’t give up. Instead, program the “right person” coming in at the “right time”. Thank you for working on yourself and getting ready. That is very important when we are looking for a new life partner. It looks like you are on earth to be an architect, designer & artist. Go with the gusto and your positive affirmation from God is, “I am in the right place at the right time. My new and lasting partner is on the way.” Your angel is Gabriel and your highest Master Teacher is Lord Maitreya. Get their pictures and frame them. If you want, you can find them on my website, for those are the ones who will be with you the rest of this lifetime. Dear Ashtara, I want to know my path in life. I don’t know where to go from here. What should I do to start my purpose? Regina,19, San Marcos, TX Dear Sweet Regina, Sweet is your first name, Purposeful is your middle name and Completing your destiny is your last name. When you were born, Gabriel, Michael and Ashtar asked you to become a politician and lawyer. You are here to be a humanitarian and help save the world. You are one in a million. I am so happy to hear from you, and thank you for asking these questions. I know that law school takes a while, and so does undergrad. You were born a huge genius, believe it or not. So, you need to use your genius and become a lawyer (not accountant) and believe in yourself. Teaching is not for you. You are also a bit of an artist, but please treat that as a side hobby not a career.
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I hope this helps you find your passion. Do what you love, and the money will follow is a great axiom for you to use. You were born with a gift of helping people decide what they need to do, and how to get the job done. If you want, try to get a grant or scholarship. And I wouldn’t say that if I didn’t think you could get it. Good luck, good job, and May The Force Be With You. Your first angel is Uriel, then Michael, then Gabriel. Always was, always will be. Your highest Master Teacher is Lord Sandalfon. You can find them on my website. Dear Ashtara, I’ve been diagnosed with a mass in my right kidney that has grown and the doctors are recommending that I have an operation to take it out. Should I have the operation, or is there some better alternative? Thank you Ashtara, for always being the best channel from God, so I can be reassured I am doing the right thing. Anne, 72, Colorado Dear Anne, I can say that you are going to be just fine. The Angels and Ascended Masters are saying that you should do exactly what your doctor is asking you to do. And, as a result it will be a minor and effective thing to go through. Gabriel, Uriel, and St. Germain are assisting you now.
Private Sessions can be scheduled (in person or by phone). Questions answered and more. Ashtara Sasha White is a gifted psychic, profound healer and channel from the Ascended Masters/Archangels. She is also a Reiki Master Teacher, Seichim Reiki Master Teacher, Sound Current Healing Master Teacher, Embodiment Master Teacher, and Teacher of the Light. Join her group on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30PM. See her events at www.AshtaraSashaWhite.com. Submit a question for ‘Dear Ashtara’ via email: Ashtara@SashaWhite.com or call (512) 278-0559 and give your question (up to 30 words) with name or nickname, age, city, and state.
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