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A Letter to Our Readers So where did 2014 go? Seemed to disappear faster than a sock in a dryer, a pair of cheap reading glasses, an elastic hair band (all of which go to a planet in the Twilight Zone, one where everyone can see and tie their hair back, but nobody’s socks match).

Supposed to make resolutions this time of year, an interesting turn of phrase that seems to imply you have to resolve something you’ve already solved before.

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You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero. This may have been my favorite book of the year. Yes, there are plenty of self-help books that say virtually the same thing as Sincero’s book, but almost none do it with attitude. I love the humor, honesty, intimacy, personality, and daring of the author. I love the book so much I reached out and interviewed Sincero for my podcast. She’s sincere, funny, open, and a living badass of the polite I won’t hurt you but I’m going for my dreams so stand back sort.

Fun, wise, empowering. Read it.

Spartan Up! by Joe De Sena. This one lit a fire under my butt and made me want to get out and run up steep hills with my shoes on fire. Since I’m already working out intensely, thanks to personally training with Body-for-Life fitness legend Bill Phillips, I didn’t feel compelled to enter a Spartan endurance race. But I found this book inspiring, motivating, and heart-pounding. I love his concept of “obstacle immunity,” which means hard-core exercise builds inner strength to easily handle the stresses of normal life. He’s right. After intense exercise, traffic is nothing. Great book.

The Science of Living by Emmet Fox. This book clearly explains the teachings of New Thought pioneer Emmet Fox, most famous for his little books, such as The Mental Equivalent and Make Your Life Worthwhile. Though Fox taught and published in the 1930s, The Science of Living is a recent publication based on his private classes with metaphysical students. I love its clarity, plus it made me feel like I was in the room with him. This fully explains what the philosophy of Mind Science is all about. A true gem.

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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. I’ve read this 1937 classic before, of course, but after reading a recent biography of Carnegie (Self-Help Messiah), I decided to read it again. It is a masterpiece. I am in awe of Carnegie’s conversational writing style, powerful stories, and crisp message. I wish just one of my books was this good. The message, while simple, is as relevant today as it was over the last several decades. Priceless.

Making the American Body by Jonathan Black. I found this book hypnotic.

It masterfully tells the story of the men and women who shaped fitness in the United States. That may sound boring to you but believe me, the feats, feuds, and fuss of the often egomaniac men and women who urge us to get fit is an entertaining, enlightening, and even appalling read. My only disappointment is the author somehow left out Bill Phillips, who is a living legend in fitness. Otherwise, riveting.

A Moment in Time: The Steve Reeves Story by George Helmer. I’m one of the biggest Reeves collectors in the world. I have the famous body builder and movie star’s gym, car, clothes, trophies, and more. My collection is impressive enough that Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk) came to see it. This long awaited biography, by Reeves’ personal friend and executor of his estate, is mesmerizing. The hundreds of photos

are worth the price of admission alone. The stories are alive. It’s a loving tribute to a legend – the definitive biography of the original Hollywood Hercules.

The Devil’s Horn by Michael Segell. As you may already know, I’m now a saxophone player. (Afflatus, my baritone sax album, came out in November.) This is the hands-down best book ever written on the dramatic roller-coaster history of the sax, an instrument once considered the “devil’s horn” by some, while others swooned to its cool sound. It was once the most popular instrument in the world – until the guitar got plugged in. The man who invented the sax, named (no surprise) Adolphus Sax, went through business failure, ridicule, controversy, political manipulation, envy, and even a death threat. An astonishing book.

The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence. Nicholas Herman, later known as Brother Lawrence, lived in France in the 1600s as a kitchen-working monk. He dedicated his life to constantly living, working, playing, and praying “as in His presence” at all times. (“His” means God. If the God word pushes a button in you, exchange it for Divinity or something else.) This little book of conversations with, and letters by, Brother Lawrence has been changing lives for centuries. It did mine, too, and deeply influenced the writing of my forthcoming book, The Secret Prayer. There are numerous editions of this holy work around, many published in English for the first time around 1895. Highly recommended.

Managing Thought: How Do Your Thoughts Rule Your World? by Mary J. Lore. I love the direct simplicity of this well-crafted book. It helps you understand what your thoughts are doing, whether you are aware of them or not. Of course, once you are aware of your thoughts, you are now separate from them and more in control. A practical, inspiring guide.

Willpower: The Owner’s Manual by Frank Martela.

This brief book surprised me with the twelve tools it describes for “doing the right thing.” I expected fluff – I got wisdom.

People often resist willpower, thinking it’s pure ego or pure pain, when in reality willpower is what you often need to align your desires, achieve your intentions, and attract what you want. Great book. Will yourself to read it.

And here’s a bonus title: You Are the Placebo by Joe Dispenza. I’m not a fan of so-called scientifically based books describing how the world works, mostly because I can’t follow their terminology and the authors often disagree with each other, but this book is easy reading, easy to understand, and truly eye-opening.

Dispenza explains how it’s possible to heal many “incurables” with thought alone, by detailing how the mind influences everything. In a way, this is a manual on how to create the placebo effect – as needed. I read every word. Fascinating.

What about you?

What did you read last year that moved you – and what will you read this year?

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h, yes – another factory-fresh, just out of the box, shiny new year.

2015 has a lot of promise if you’re of the numerological persuasion, since it adds up to 8 – infinity, standing up (arising, if you will), and the number of prosperity and abundance and such.

Infinite abundance sounds like a pretty good deal. Since the Year of the Goat (Ram, Sheep, whatever) kicks off in February, and since the Goat is the eighth animal in the Chinese zodiac – well, there you go.

To show your appreciation for this wonderful news, Brothers and Sisters, please place your donations in the collection plates the lovely usherettes are passing around, and heaven’s wealth and abundance will rain down on us, one and all. Hallelujah!

Bang that tambourine, get out that folding money, and…

Ahem.

Sorry. Channeling again.

January’s a good time to start over with a clean slate, but it’s always a good idea to clean up old energy first, get the cobwebs out, maybe finish up some projects languishing in the doldrums of procrastination. Seemed like a good time to debut the long awaited, often requested, but as yet unseen comprehensive list of the fine folks who’ve placed their ads and articles herein, complete with phone numbers and web addresses.

Off to the newly redesigned AustinAllNatural.com with it (itself a work in progress), where it can serve as the foundation of a veritable Alice’s Restaurant, a place where you can get anything you want in the way of – pay attention, search engines – holistic, spiritual, and metaphysical businesses and practitioners.

The goal? Make AustinAllNatural.com a genuine bells and whistles digital destination of its very own, complete with expanded article content, videos, blogs, podcasts, Jacuzzi and wet bar, with free tequila shots on Wednesdays. (You’d visit that, wouldn’t you?)

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Okay, made some of that up. You start with a big vision and take baby steps, so you won’t fall on your butt – especially when your left brain has to make the vision work.

Salute.

Your right brain, on the other hand, is where the cool stuff starts. Once you turn things over to it, your mind can explode into the cosmos – a nice segue into Arise, January’s cover by visionary artist Amanda Sage.

What’s that you say – nice digital creation? Hah – Arise is an original 11x14” painting, done on wood in acrylic, casein, and oil. (See “…your left brain has to make the vision work.”)

Until we remember we’re all broadcasting on the same wavelengths and can communicate a vision telepathically, it’s the job (and the joy) of artists to put the frequencies of a vision into a form that can be seen, heard, read, touched, tasted – felt.

Arise is the perfect image for January. It’s a cosmic take on the old god Janus, but seeing every direction at once – a lefthanded salute to the creative powers of the universe.

Meditate on Arise – and you will.

It comes with a bit of verse by the artist.

It is Time, to rise above the horizon limiting our imaginations.

It is Time, to open the heart and allow it to guide.

It is Time, to burn beyond concepts and trauma through conscious focus.

I salute myself, my mission, and planet Earth.

I am reporting to duty and you all are my witness.

I feel the burning of the crown of thorns as the fall of man into sin transmutes into freedom. I see the light grid of hearts connecting into an ever-changing life web, sparking consciousness as we see our reflections in the stars.

This is what I see.

I am transparent, I am unafraid, I am you.

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THE MIRROR OF A BRAND NEW YEAR

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A new year is here. Look in the mirror – you might see the results of eating the whole thing, inviting your inner voice to wait till after the holidays.

Time to make a commitment to a higher quality of life.

Whether you’re ready to eat healthier, embark on a new movement program, face Austin seasonal allergies in a natural way, or make more time for loved ones or personal purpose, take time to reflect on how miraculously made you are.

Each person has an individual way of healing. The foods, vitamins, and minerals you need may be the opposite of mine, or even your children’s. Numerous tests, including frequency and energy reading equipment, helps unveil part of the mystery, as does the story hidden in the blood.

A symptom often leads to a conflict statement, and an unconscious loyalty to an ancestor whose shame or actions were never forgiven in past generations. These DNA-carried emotional issues can show up as diagnosable disease. This task fell upon the current family system to heal, and someone

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may carry the challenge for the whole family so the others can get on with life and continue the family line. A combination of Recall Healing, German New Medicine, and Family Constellation have brought healing to many in these instances.

What can you do to honor the vehicle that carries your being around this amazing planet?

Feed it the unique fuel it requires. The food of your ancestors is a direct guide, like an owner’s manual.

Find a balance between work and play. Find time for selfawareness, and work on unfinished emotions of your family.

Each one in your family line chose the task of carrying their piece, and learning from it for the whole line. For one person it may be asthma, another heart disease, another to be healthy and create more children, still another cancer.

But the attitude of what is this doing for you, rather than to you, helps you find answers and guides you through the adventure of your healing journey. Look to the body, heart, and mind as your ally.

Learning how to detoxify makes a world of a difference.

Since ancient times, detoxification has been carried out with physical and energetic practices, from enemas, herbs, fasting, inquiry, and breathing exercises, to homeopathic drainage and frequency remedies. A healthy body can deal with emotional stressors and toxins more gracefully, and a state of love, joy and gratitude heals a multitude of bodily disease.

Become aware of toxic and non-toxic fabrics, cleaning aids, personal care products, upholstery, and building materials.

Find time to be out of doors, breathing fresh air.

Expose yourself to sunlight music, art, dance, whatever you find beautiful and inspiring.

Make time for sharing your life with people you love and care for, people who can listen to your deep heart, and whom you feel honored to listen to in return.

These are a few of the things that support you in dynamically expressing radiant health – things Richard and I aspire to share when you come to see us. Most importantly, know that your answers are within you, and within your story.

We take the time to listen.

Austin naturopath Meridian Grace and Dr. Richard Massey, a highly trained alternative MD, offer free 15-minute consultations and Saturday talks, where stories of healing are shared.

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Peoples Rx

An integrative compounding pharmacyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and an Austin original

by Dr. Amy Neuzil, ND Austin has a reputation as one of the healthiest, most active, most progressive cities in the country, making it a fertile ground for such innovative and beloved companies as Austinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s darling, Peoples Rx. Bill Swail, RPh, founder of Peoples, had a vision for a modern pharmacy that retains the old family-pharmacy feel, where pharmacists actually know customers, know about their health, families, and history.

From day one, way back in 1980, the focus has been on superior customer service from an extremely knowledgeable staff â&#x20AC;&#x201C; many of them RNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, clinical nutritionists, and clinically trained NDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Coupled with an uncanny knack for staying abreast of the latest research, always one step ahead of health trends, this has allowed Peoples to grow and evolve as a mirror to Austinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth.

Seeing the effects of long-term prescription drugs on patients, and the habits of healthy older customers, Bill got interested in more natural approaches to health. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision quickly shifted towards alternative health, prevention, and quality of life â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and Peoples became the first integrative, holistic, compounding pharmacy in this area.

What is compounding?

Compounding is the preparation of customized medications prescribed by a licensed practitioner, and can provide medications that are dye-free, preservative-free, sugar-free, alcohol-free, and lactose, gluten, and wheat-free for patients with allergies or other sensitivities. Medications can be made in different strengths and dosage forms, tailored specifically to meet the needs of patients â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including pets.

When it comes to compounding, you want a provider you can trust. Peoples was a charter member of Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA) more than thirty years ago, and uses only USP-grade chemicals supplied from FDA-approved manufacturers. Completed preparations are tested through an independent lab for accurate potency, and compounding professionals regularly attend trainings and symposiums to stay current on the latest techniques Nowadays, the Wellness Department at Peoples is among the most knowledgeable and experienced in the country, helping customers with their individual health concerns,

empowering them with knowledge to become more proactive in their healthcare, and helping them understand simple changes they can make for big health impacts.

Peoples and the community.

Recognizing that food and nourishment are the cornerstone for health, Peoples not only integrates a specialty grocery section into its stores, but three of the four Peoples locations also host a business within a business â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Peoples Deli, offering a range of foods that use only the best, most healthful ingredients.

Diet can be a tremendously powerful, positive force for change and healing within the individual, and the community.

To support Austin in every way, Peoples Delis source as many ingredients from local organic farms as possible, including grass-finished, free-range meat, pastured chickens, soy-free eggs and gluten-free options.

Peoples also has meeting facilities at its south and central locations, where its own staff and other practitioners and teachers in the Austin health community offer seminars, talks, and classes.

With the introduction of Wellness and Deli, Bill Swail pioneered the first truly integrative one-stop health pharmacy, all while staying true to his foundation of customer service.

Peoples has dramatically impacted the Austin community, from patients to doctors and healthcare practitioners, as a firststop for health care needs.

This is what makes Bill Swailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision special â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and this is what makes Peoples Rx an Austin original.

Peoples Rx (not Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, or Peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) has four locations in Austin â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Central at 4018 N. Lamar, South at 3801 S. Lamar, Westlake at 4201 Westbank Dr., and North at Hwy. 13860 Hwy.183 N. (at 620).

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Rx: 2015 Detox and cleanse, as needed

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Take a ten-day vacation from processed food to start.

Drinking green juices and superfoods gives the body a rest, diverting energy to cleansing, burning fat cells, and releasing toxins. Chlorophyll molecules, like hemoglobin, carry oxygen to cells. Disease thrives in an acidic and anaerobic environment, and green vegetables and juices are alkalizing and oxygenating.

To combine weight loss with cleansing, choose organic products free of GMOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, dairy, soy, preservatives, whey, sucralose, aspartame, and any chemicals you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pronounce.

Beware of popular weight loss programs promoting products not conducive to detoxing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; most non-organic corn and soy are GMO, so avoid products with those ingredients.

Fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat anything unless it would rot, because that meant it had enzymes. Some grass powders are dehydrated at low temperatures, and have all their enzymes intact â&#x20AC;&#x201C; these are the best juice powders to use on your cleanse. (The label will say live, or raw.) Although nothing surpasses the powerful healing powers of raw wheatgrass juice and barley juice, there are organic, non-GMO, raw juice powders that taste better than fresh wheatgrass juice, and are more concentrated in nutrition.

People whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never done a cleanse are surprised to get easy results â&#x20AC;&#x201C; more energy, more control over food, maybe even tightening their belts a few notches.

Joy Sablatura Rockwell, MA is a Lyme Disease Patient Advocate, Raw Food Teacher, and Optimal Health Coach. For more info on the 10-Day Transformation Cleanse, call (512) 983-1177 or visit www.rawjoy.com (enter code RawJoy for a $50 gift card).

COUNTER CULTURE Austin’s critter-free comfort food restaurant The US is deep in a health-care crisis, based largely on how people eat – and largely is the operative word. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report an American obesity epidemic, with obesity rates doubling for adults (and tripling for children) since 1980. Obesity and poor diet are associated with heart disease, cancer, Type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure – the Four Horsemen of disease.

Consumer awareness is increasing demand for good, healthy food – and as they reexamine what they eat, people also want alternative food sources that fit their evolving values and standards. In some cases, that means animal-free food.

Cow emissions—was Reagan right?

Animal agriculture, by some estimates, is responsible for eighteen percent of greenhouse gas emissions – more than all transportation combined – and for eighty to ninety percent of US water consumption. Awareness is also growing about the inhumane conditions and environmental toll of corporate farming practices that are commonly part of bringing animal products to the dinner table.

In Austin, if there’s a demand for a type of food, there’s a trailer. Sue Davis opened Counter Culture, Austin’s first all-vegan food trailer, in 2009. Three years later, she had investors – and a brick and mortar location for Counter Culture Restaurant in the heart of the new, improved, and happening Central East Side.

Sprouts and tofu cubes over brown rice, right? Nope. Try Mac’n’Cheeze, Walnut Beet Burgers, Artichoke Dip, Coconut Cream Pie, local beer and wine. Sounds like comfort food, and it is – without cholesterol or cruelty. Counter Culture is part of a new breed of vegan dining that’s introducing people to new food choices by serving flavorful meals, made from scratch, that promote long-term good health.

The menu at Counter Culture is designed to minimize waste, 95% of which is compostable and/or recyclable.

To minimize environmental impact, Sue obtains as many ingredients as possible from local food sources, reducing energy expended in bringing them to market. Inspired by sustainable development, she emphasizes organic ingredients.

Counter Culture is also a community gallery for local artists and hosts fundraisers, documentary screenings, and informative speakers.

Oh, and it isn’t entirely animal-free, technically – there’s a dog-friendly patio.

Counter Culture Restaurant serves made from scratch plant-based food, with soy and gluten-free options, Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-10pm. Weekly specials, weekend brunch. 2337 E. Cesar Chavez (at Clara), 78702. www.CounterCultureAustin.com

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JOE VITALE Seen in The Secret and other films, author of The Attractor Factor, Zero Limits, and more books than he can remember. New series of original music CD’s. www.JoeVitale.com TRANSCEND DENTAL HEALTH Dr. Matthew Carpenter, Melissa Rush, ND. Biological Dentistry and Integrative Medicine. Safe heavy metal removal, non-surgical treatment for gum disease.

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AUSTIN SHAMANIC CENTER Christina Allen.

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QUANTUM REIKI The Reiki of the Fire Dragon, with Reiki Master Teacher Michael Abedin. Master level Reiki intensives, teaching all aspects of Reiki history, treatments, and attunements.

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CEREMONY Creating new paradigms by aligning with the Soul So S oul

by Christina Allen Are you wanting to change things up this year? Ready to make a big shift? Well, telling yourself you want to change is often not enough. Our immediate sense of self, and the world we live in, is created by living through our experiences, and then filtering them through the mind.

We each live in a movie of our own making, created out of our beliefs and coping mechanisms. We may try deleting scenes and hiring new actors, but we’re still stuck living out themes and roles from our past. Until we can shift out of the old fear-based paradigms that are hardwired into our brains, we’ll continue to relive our past— into our future.

If we truly want to change, we must work at a level beyond the mind’s wish to do so. As Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”

Working below the ears.

Working at the level of the soul, while central to most indigenous cultures, has been largely lost in our culture.

The limbic brain, the set of lobes above our ears, is charged with maintaining our safety. To avoid any further calamity, it continues to see the future through the eyes of the past.

Shamans still know that to create wellness and the ability to manifest our dreams, we must shift out of this literal emotional reality and into the soul’s level of consciousness.

They do this through ceremony.

Because our limbic brain is charged with creating safety, it’s challenged by making large leaps out of its norm.

By activating transcendental parts of the brain, however —the Associative Cortex, or God Brain—we can shift our consciousness and unlock our souls. We can then enter into a state of mind where these large leaps are possible.

While shamans are necessary to do deep personal work, especially those things in shadow that we cannot see, anyone can use ceremony to access their soul and change the general course of their lives.

Just as yoga is a practice that the Hindu religion borrowed from the ancient Vedics to connect more deeply with the Divine, ceremony is a tool for activating the

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Associative Cortex and connecting through the soul. It does not belong to any religion or cult—each of us is capable of doing personal ceremonies to align with the Divine Will. Ceremony takes us out of our literal time-driven minds and into a non-ordinary reality, where we can reset the brain.

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We can sit down at any moment, for example, call in Spirit, meditate, do some breathing exercises, and then pull the petals off a rose and blow into them our grudges. When we release them to the flowing waters of a stream from this place of the soul we can truly let them go.

Alternatively, you can open Sacred Space, meditate on something you want to change, and blow it into a stick you burn as you rattle, drum or sing a song.

If you do these things with your mind only, your story will return – but when you use your whole heartfelt intention and step out of time, you can create new movies that align with your soul’s deepest purpose.

Christina Allen, 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 (Master Yogi, Reiki Master, and Shamanic Healer based on Q’ero Indian traditions of Peru). Available by private appointment at (512) 391-9829. Learn more about sessions and upcoming classes at www.AustinShamanicCenter.com

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by Nerissa Oden Diagnoses of food allergies (IgE), food sensitivities (IgG), and food intolerances are increasing. Combined with Austin’s exercise-oriented population – especially at the beginning of a new year, when people are making resolutions to exercise more but are still making a transition from their old diets – the incidence of Exercise-Induced Food Allergies is also expected to increase in 2015.

Wait – how does exercise induce food allergy symptoms?

While engaged in low to moderate exercise, your immune system is engaged and is slightly less effective.

Regular exercise will boost your immune system over time, but during the act of exercise, you are slightly more vulnerable to infections. Because food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances also engage your immune system, a compounding effect occurs, and can trigger a food allergy reaction in some people.

And it’s not just food that can be the trigger. Medications, chemicals, and other substances can also trigger an exerciseinduced allergic reaction. Allergy symptoms might appear during exercise, after exercise, or from eating after exercise.

A person with exercise-induced food allergies may not react to a food alone, but when combined with exercise, the person may experience a cross-reactivity of sorts. You may be more prone to exercise-induced allergies if your family has a history of it.

Due to numerous factors, exercise-induced allergies as a whole are hard to diagnose. Exercise-induced food allergy symptoms may depend upon the amount ingested, or the time it was ingested. Another factor is the duration or intensity of exercise.

Good news.

Exercise-induced food allergies can be easily controlled by avoidance of the offending food before and after exercise. The unlucky few diagnosed with exercise-induced anaphylaxis (a severe and possibly life-threatening allergic reaction that can include an itchy rash, swelling of the throat and airway, and low blood pressure) should carry an epinephrine auto-injector while exercising.

Professional athletes have taken the lead on bringing awareness to food allergies and food intolerance. Make 2015 your best year for fitness and health – and consider getting tested for hidden food allergies as part of your exercise plan.

Nerissa Oden is a citizen advocate for identifying your individual hidden food allergies or food sensitivities. Annual testing can be an important aspect of individual wellness. Her allergy-friendly cookbook, Bread-Free Bread, is available at Unity Bookstore, Amazon.com, and www.BreadFreeBread.com Visit her website, FoodPowers.com.

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Colloidal Trace Minerals

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by Gary Hanna (Part five of a series) Molybdenum – now there’s a mineral you don’t hear about every day on TV, but it’s an important mineral for health, found in the liver, kidneys, skin, and bones.

Some of the symptoms associated with molybdenum deficiency are mouth and gum conditions, and cancers. The American diet of processed foods with lots of sugar leads to a deficiency of molybdenum. This diet is often called S.A.D. (Standard American Diet), and it really is sad we eat so poorly, even though we have so much available to us.

Quality foods no longer have enough flavor, after eating highly processed foods with their mix of wonderful chemical flavors – but void of the nutrition needed for optimal health.

How much is too much?

Deficiency of molybdenum has been associated with impotence in older males, anemia, loss of appetite and weight, as well as stunted growth. The real need for this mineral is still being studied, and more is being discovered about conditions that can be attributed to its deficiency.

A study conducted by Dr. Stephan Cooter, PhD, as shown in his book Beating Chronic Illness, brought out some interesting facts in connection with molybdenum deficiency. He stated, “At least a decade’s worth of personal experimentation had led me to find answers to my own poor health, involving chronic fatigue, extreme muscular weakness, generalized pain, insomnia, and other disgusting things... The chief player in resolving my problems was an essential trace mineral, molybdenum.”

The estimated safe range for intake of this trace mineral is up to 250 mcg (micrograms) per day for adults. As with anything, you can get too much molybdenum. Excessive intake can result in gout-like symptoms, such as swollen, painful joints, and can interfere with the body’s ability to metabolize copper.

Dietary sources of molybdenum include lean meats, whole grain cereals, breads, legumes, peas, beans, and green leafy vegetables.

Deficiency Symptoms: Muscular weakness Insomnia Impotence Mouth and gum disorders Stunted growth Fatigue

Gingivitis Anemia Generalized pain Cancer Loss of appetite and weight

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Do antibiotics turn bacteria into… Ninjas?

by Michael Abedin The December issue of Austin All Natural featured an article about Dr. Hal Huggins, the first to point out the dangers of mercury amalgam in dental fillings. As the issue was being printed, Hal Huggins passed away.

One of Huggins’ concerns was overuse of antibiotics, and safe substitutes for them. Notes from a presentation to the International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine by Dr. Louisa Williams (from Dr. Matthew Carpenter) explain why.

The Ghost in the Machine is a 1967 book by Arthur Koestler, based on the earlier work of an Oxford philosopher who coined the term as a way to describe the conflict between mind and matter, physical and non-physical.

Koestler felt the human brain, as it evolved, didn’t quite get all the wiring hooked up, allowing primitive emotions like fear, anger, and hatred to slip in like ghosts, screwing up the works. Those ghosts would, he explained, eventually lead us to destroy ourselves, probably with a bunch of big ol’ thermonuclear bombs.

It may not take a blast from the outside, though. We’ve also created tiny little seeds of our own internal destruction.

Antibiotics and autoimmune disease.

Autoimmune (A-I) disease means your body has turned against itself, no longer able to tell right from wrong, shooting wildly into the dark at anything that moves. A hundred years ago – not that long, in biological terms – most A-I diseases were rare.

All it takes now is a glance at how many products sport a “strengthens your immune system” label to see how things have changed – one estimate is there are currently eighty to a hundred forms of A-I disease, with another forty or so waiting in the wings.

How did this happen? Here’s a hint.

Penicillin was officially discovered in 1928. By 1932, a Mayo Clinic researcher reported to Science Journal that he’d observed strep bacteria looking like viruses when they changed shape by losing their cell wall.

Losing their cell wall? Yep – that’s what battle-hardened bacteria do after they’ve seen enough antibiotics, which attack the cell wall. No cell wall, no attack. Mutated bacteria melt into the night, hooded and stealthy – or, like a virus, pass through the walls of other cells.

They call them CWD cells, as in Cell Wall Defective – but we know who they are, don’t we? We’ve seen the movies.

Silent, deadly assassins, masters of disguise.

Ninjas – and there’s only one thing scarier than Ninjas.

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CASPERS. Yep – ghosts. Unlike Casper, CASPERS aren’t friendly – they’re Chronic Autoimmune Stealth Pathogens Evolved from Resisant Bacteria Syndrome. (Kind of a stretch as acronyms go, but you take them where you find them.)

Ninjas, ghosts, call them what you will. Created by overusing antibiotics, those miracle drugs can no longer find them – and neither can your own immune system. Both of them start attacking healthy cells instead, the ones with walls, including good bacteria in your gut.

Gaps between weakened cells in the intestines let undigested food particles and bacteria escape into your bloodstream – the proverbial leaky gut – where they’re carried to your whole body, setting off an immune response.

Essentially, your body is now attacking itself – attacking the ghosts in the machine.

What does this have to do with dentistry?

Other than the fact that antibiotics are as overused for dental procedures as they are in other forms of medicine, your mouth is chock full o’ bacteria. A focal infection may have over one hundred billion CWD bacteria per milligram of plaque, just waiting to put on little black hoods and slip through the circulatory, lymphatic, nervous and meridian systems to every part of your body – including your heart.

How scary is it?

Scary enough – superbug epidemic scary, according to the CDC, especially in hospitals. The creator of penicillin warned us, in his 1945 Nobel speech. “It is not difficult to make microbes resistant to penicillin in the laboratory by exposing them to concentrations not sufficient to kill them, and the same thing has occasionally happened in the body.”

Occasionally, indeed. Ninjas and ghosts are hard to kill, but you can control them. Keep yourself healthy, avoid stealth antibiotics in hand sanitizers and antibiotic-laced meat from huge feedlots, and consider using antibiotics only for lifethreatening situations.

Boo. (Not to be construed as medical advice, etc., etc.)

Dr. Matthew Carpenter of Transcend Dental Health uses Hal Huggins protocols in his practice, including natural alternatives to antibiotics whenever appropriate. (512) 255-3618, www.tdhtx.com

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Modern life has disconnected from the wisdom ancient sages have known for thousands of years, but some have maintained a link to that ancient wisdom. One is Master Yun Xiang Tseng – Master Chen.

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Passing through Fouzhou in spring of 1973, after trekking a thousand miles, he master stops at a temple where Yun Tseng studies Taoism and Qi Gong. As the master practices Tai Chi, the boy watches, fascinated, as trees move in response to his movements.

The boy drops to his knees. “Please take me with you.

Teach me what you know.” The master touches his head.

“I have been looking for you,” he replies.

The journey.

Yun Tseng’s training begins on the journey to Wudang, where his regimen includes meditation, Taoist rituals and alchemy, healing with Qi Gong, acupuncture, herbs.

Blindfolded in a dark room, he learns to dodge objects thrown at him – soft rags, then rocks, wooden knives, arrows – using his sixth sense to feel an attacker’s intent, without his eyes.

The script continues – hiding from the Red Guard, sent into the world as a community priest, returning to Wudang in 1984 and taking the Taoist name Chen. He leads a journey through jungles to escape China, travelling by night using his sixth sense, fighting attacking villagers.

Fast-forward to the US. No money, learning English watching CNN, using martial art skills flipping multiple burgers at McDonald’s. Fade to the successful entrepreneur, family man, and Wudang priest – a Taoist scholar, martial artist, and healer, preserving an ancient philosophy uniting nature, heaven, and mankind. (Credits roll.)

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Dear Ashtara: Messages from Your Angels and Master Teachers Dear Ashtara, What is the “golden apex”? I received it in meditation this morning but I’m not sure what it means.

Patrice, 40, Spring, TX Dear Patrice, You are surrounded by a golden apex, or triangle. It has been with you since time began. You received it from the Order of Melchizedek. When you were meditating, Lord Maitreya wanted you to know about the golden triangle.

It is for your receivership in this lifetime. You are to become an author with Lord Maitreya and Melchizedek.

Thank your lucky stars that your golden triangle is abounding next year for a book.

Dear Ashtara, My mom has a cancer tumor that the doctors felt it was too dangerous to take out with surgery because it was too big and she’s too weak. Is there any other way for her to get over her cancer? The doctors don’t seem to know what to do.

Michelle, 47, Austin, TX Dear Michelle, The Angels are assisting your mother. Therefore, let us just say that it is in God’s hands. Your mother is not afraid because of your strength that strengthens her. If the problem is too big for the doctors to handle it, God usually takes those assignments. Sweet angel Michelle, just know that your mother is in the hands of God. Your highest teacher is Lord Maitreya. You can call on him for added strength.

Dear Ashtara, Did I have a heart attack last month? Kaeli, 61, Austin, TX Dear Kaeli, It does not look like you had a heart attack last month.

Instead, you had three panic attacks. Doctors report that they are similar to heart attacks. Eat raw food as much as you can. You system is craving live enzymes. If it is not working, change it. Whatever you do to make a shift will be guided and correct.

Dear Ashtara, Do you see an end to the turmoil in my life? My finances are crazy; I can’t seem to get caught up. Electrical appliances are acting bizarre; my three laptops crashed simultaneously last week. What’s going on? Will it end soon? n?

Katt, 60, Austin, TX Dear Katt, It looks like you are in a tailspin and the universal supply is trying to get you to see the light about what you are supposed to do for the next decade.

Your mission is to become a psychic reader and delve into the mysteries with the ascended saints above. At that time, financial difficulties will begin to cease. Your highest teachers are Ashtar, Lord Maitreya & Sandalfon.

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Dear Ashtara, If the veils are being lifted, when will we see the Angels as they are? Craig, 49, Austin, TX Dear Craig, We will never see the angels as they are because of the ethereal vortex that they are in when they visit our Earth.

However, eventually they plan to show us their Earthly bodies. The first step at ascension is knowing that they are around us, the second step is beginning to hear their messages in our brains, and the third step is some of us will actually begin to see them. Your guardian angel is Gabriel. Your highest teacher is Sandalfon. His color is gold.

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CRYSTAL C RYSTAL SELF-DEFENSE SELF-DEFENSE How to program diversionary stones

by Beth Carpenter, ND For many years Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked (and played) with the energy and beauty of crystals. There are stones for everything â&#x20AC;&#x201C; strengthening your blood, brightening your day, protecting you from harm. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to cleanse crystals on a regular basis, so once or twice a year I cleanse them in salt water and sun.

Diversionary stones take it to another level.

Crystals have elementals in them, just like flowers or trees, so programming instructions into them improves their function. Any crystal can be programmed to divert negative energy, but onyx or obsidian work best.

For my personal diversionary stone Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve set up a bloodstone, and use obsidian for my business. My husband has a regular quartz crystal for his personal stone, and obsidian for his business as well.

Instructions: t 1JDL PVU B DSZTUBM UIF TJ[F PG B HPMG CBMM PS MBSHFS t 3VC UIF DSZTUBM TBZJOH i%JTTPMWF BOE EJTJOUFHSBUF BMM diseased and negative energy, now.â&#x20AC;? (Repeat three times.) t 1MBDF UIF DSZTUBM JO TBMUXBUFS JO UIF TVO BU MFBTU UISFF hours. Take it out and rinse it. t Now that the crystal is cleansed, instruct the elementals. t (JWF UIBOLT UP FMFNFOUBMT XJUIJO UIF DSZTUBM GPS JUT service to you and this beautiful planet. (There are many ways to do this â&#x20AC;&#x201C; choose your own words.) t #FHJO UBQQJOH UIF DSZTUBM TBZJOH i$SZTUBM ZPV XJMM immediately absorb all psychic attacks directed to me, intentionally or unintentionally. Crystal, you will absorb all psychic contamination before it comes in contact with my auric field. So be it, so be it, so be it!â&#x20AC;? t (JWF UIF JOTUSVDUJPOT UISFF UJNFT *G ZPV SF JOTUSVDUJOH a crystal for someone else, use their name. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;Śattacks directed to John Smith... contact with John Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auric field.â&#x20AC;?) t 1MBDFNFOU PG UIF DSZTUBM JT JNQPSUBOU :PV DBO CVSZ JU keep it placed in salt water, or just place it somewhere youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll remember, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s necessary to cleanse and instruct the crystal every thirty to sixty days â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this keeps it from getting too congested. t 8IFSF not to place the crystal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; kitchen, dining, living room.

Instructions on diversionary stones come from Grand Master Choa Kok Suiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s training on psychic self-defense, taught by Master Stephen Co, head of Pranic Healing.

Beth Carpenter is an Austin naturopathic practitioner and clears ghosts from people, homes, vehicles, and properties. Her work is angelically guided.

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The All About Me Remedy

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In the 1930â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, English physician Edward Bach created a series of thirty-eight flower essences, prepared from plants found in his native England, to address underlying mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of physical disease. This ongoing series describes those remedies.

by Michael Abedin You see them coming, but not in time. They see you, head your way. Eye contact is made, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way out. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re caught, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trapped â&#x20AC;&#x201C; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re screwed.

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You only have one hope.

As soon as they open their mouth, toss in some Heather.

(Aim carefully â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a moving target.) Heather is Edward Bachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flower remedy for the incessant talker, who needs reassurance that their story is as interesting to everybody else as it is to them.

The most glaring example of Heather gone wild has, oddly, become one of the most socially acceptable â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Survivor Syndrome, the phenomenon whereby itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become okay to expect everyone to listen to every grisly detail of everything thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happened to you in your past. Chances are good youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hear it at any gathering of the holistic or spiritually inclined that opens up by going around the group introducing yourself. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hi, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Heather, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a _____ survivor. I was _______ for years, until I _____...â&#x20AC;?)

Heatherishness is enhanced â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and encouraged â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by technology. Now that everyone carries around their own personal photo lab, recording studio, and video production facility disguised as a phone, the ability to go on and on about what you feel has never been easier, giving rise to the horrors of social media, online comments sections, and the selfie.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also made it much more rewarding to act out your story. Thing is, stories get stronger in the telling, so if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re wanting to let yours go and move on, telling it over and over wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help â&#x20AC;&#x201C; unless you get really good at it.

Then you might get your own reality show.

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