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Spring is awakening your spirit and encouraging you to keep growing! How exciting is it that we are here because we are brave and resilient! Last year some of us were uncertain and it is proven even more now that positive perseverance and focusing on the good news has led us on a brilliant new path lined with people that are willingly making a difference. The stories that are shared in this publication are from people that intend on making a difference in the world that redefines success and what it means to be “the best.” We have learned that being your best self can change the way you view the world. We hope you explore the possibilities!

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the very hot summers. Yet, generations of Pueblo people brought in materials from great distances to build structures that were the biggest in North America until the 19th century. There were no horses as of yet in the Western Hemisphere, so everything was transported there by hand. The site was discovered by US Calvary horsemen in 1849. Archeologists tell us that Chaco Canyon was a high civilization, far beyond anything that anybody had any idea existed here. The people who built it had permanent settlements in northern Arizona and New Mexico where there was plenty of water, game, and forests, yet they applied great effort to build massive structures in the harshest environment that they had to choose from. CONTINUED >

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Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in an arid and remote area near Four Corners, New Mexico. The park preserves a significant find of pre-Columbian culture that is still being studied by archeologists who are trying to solve the mysteries of its purpose and the reason for its inhospitable desert location. The site was a major center of Puebloan culture from AD 900-1150. The big questions are: what was its function, and why such a desolate location? Despite the enormity of the structures, archeologists have determined that there was never a large population permanently settled there. Moreover, it couldn’t support a large population because of the scarcity of water, the very cold winters, and

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“The park preserves a significant find of pre-Columbian culture that is still being studied by archeologists who are trying to solve the mysteries of its purpose and the reason for its inhospitable desert location.”

Several tribal Pueblo nations still live near the area and there is disagreement among them as to the nature of the Chaco site, ranging from dark and evil to a great shining enlightened metropolis. There are many kivas at the site, prompting speculation that it was used for spiritual ceremonies, while other scholars think that it might have been a trading center. The original inhabitants left no written record of the purpose of their monumental efforts. Like most great indigenous cities in the New World, it was eventually abandoned. Archeologists believe it was due to a severe fifty-year drought that began in 1130 AD. Chaco was once thought to be a northern extension of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations in Mexico, but recently scholars have begun to believe that it developed independently. There is, however, much evidence of contact between Chaco and other Mesoamerican cultures. Remains of tropical birds kept as pets have been found inside the buildings, which would have had to have been transported from southern Mexico or Central America. A recent discovery of drinking vessels containing traces of chocolate was a major new

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development to researchers. The chocolate was a surprising find since the nearest source was at least 1,200 miles away. Another similarity to other pre-Columbian megaliths is the astrological alignment of the structures. The placement of the buildings is in alignment with solstices, equinoxes, and lunar cycles. Most of the buildings are aligned precisely to the cardinal directions, north, south, east, and west. The lunar cycles would have required generations of observation and centuries of complex construction to align properly. Chaco is considered sacred lands to the Hopi and Pueblo people and there is regular tribal consultation with the National Park Service to insure respect and preservation of the site. Some areas have been closed to the public because of erosion from visitors. Chaco Canyon is a good day trip from Albuquerque. As part of the US National Park Service system, it is open on the same schedule as most parks in the southwest U.S. There is overnight camping, as well as guided tours, hiking trails, and educational programs. Their phone number is 505.786.7014 and their website is www.nps.gov/chcu/index.htm.

Bridging the Gaps in Healthcare Dr. Robert J Bibeau, Veteran and Doctor of Medicine

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Dr. Robert Bibeau, D.O.M. at Mountain Path Acupuncture. A leader in our community, naturally inspires patients like Scott Simon to share their experiences with the healthcare they received. “I’m now 71 years old who has been suffering with chronic disorders since I was 32. The results are amazing to say the least. One might ask now why I undertook to tell his story. The textbook definition of a hero is an ordinary person doing extraordinary things. Heroes come in different sizes, genders, and intellect. Some don’t even recognize their own significance of their own acts and the life changing impact they have on others. This narrative is about one such individual as it relates to my life and I will make the assumption to countless others. This heroes’ name is Robert Bibeau, DOM (Doctor of Oriental Medicine) who obtained his medical degree

from Southwest Acupuncture College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, after a distinguished career that spanned 14 years in The United States Marine Corps. serving as both a battlefield commander and intelligence officer rising to the rank of Captain. His journey into his now chosen profession of Chinese Medicine initiated when he was severely wounded in the Iraq war in 2008 suffering a severe traumatic brain injury, as well as bilateral peripheral nerve damage caused by an IED explosion to his light armored vehicle. The injury to his brain had caused “my speech patterns and cognitive skills to degrade and my balance was abysmal.” In excruciating pain, he went through long and arduous bouts of both speech and physical therapy, in the beginning with little comfort or success. He then turned towards Eastern Medicine and through advice and insistence from his combat medical officer, CONTINUED >

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“Still, after thousands of years of practice and maybe now it’s saving more lives than ever given it’s increasing focus of study and acceptance by the medical establishment.”

discovered another way to mitigate the pain and angst of the traumas he was forced to live with. In the practice of Kung Fu, he came to recognize both a vision of spiritual and mental healing, through this ancient martial art, which he still practices today as a Kung Fu teacher, and credits this regimen with returning him to some normalcy albeit he still lives with the battle scars of the war with shrapnel still roaming through his body. But that was not enough. Not discounting Western Medicine, rather integrating it as part of his medical culture he now turned to what he thought would be his next step in the evolution of the healing process. That of acupuncture and herbology, for his singular commitment to himself and to the world was to help others, in whatever way he could, and acupuncture provided that medium. His proficiency in his now chosen profession is reflected by his list of accomplishments. He currently serves as Department Commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Department of New Mexico, and is significantly active in his efforts to advocate for veterans’ health related matters in advancing the acupuncture methodology as a form of treatment, and is a Board member of the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Society for Acupuncture and Asian Medicine.” -Scott Simon Jeanette- You are a Marine. Your last days at war however, gave you injuries to take home. On your path to healing, the practice of Kung Fu led you to its highest level of education, Chinese Medicine. You chose acupuncture as a way to treat yourself and serve others. How has

acupuncture, and the combination of eastern and western medicine, affected other Veterans on their healing journey? Dr. Bibeau- Oh that’s a great question. Veterans are demanding access to this care right now. For good reason too, patient outcomes are clearly better on the integration of this medicine when combined with conventional care. I really try hard to stay abreast of recent literature regarding eastern medicine and its use in the conventional care paradigm. Right now, today, there are 40,775 academic articles about just the acupuncture aspect of Chinese Medicine on PubMed, which is the National Institute of Health’s website which catalogs medical journal articles. So the amount of evidence regarding the efficacy of acupuncture is astounding. So this demand that veterans are placing on the use of modalities such as acupuncture really is something to look at. Of course, you have to ask the question, “why?” Why are veterans demanding acupuncture? The answer isn’t really so obvious, but I can tell you there are certain things that we as a population demographic really care a lot about. One thing, is competency of those care providers. Another is the rate at which our Brothers and Sisters are killing themselves. That number you’ve heard about, “22 a day” it’s not hyperbole. That’s the number. “It’s saving lives.” Still, after thousands of years of practice and maybe now it’s saving more lives than ever given it’s increasing focus of study and acceptance by the medical establishment. CONTINUED >

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Jeanette- Eastern medicine and acupuncture is labeled as alternative although it has been practiced and used for thousands of years. What can you expect from a first visit with you and how do you bridge the gap to eastern medicine for people that haven’t studied this option of care but want to learn more? Dr. Bibeau- Yeah, that’s another great question. So I eluded before to how this medicine is moving mainstream in America right now, but it’s definitely still considered fringe by a lot of people. Which is frustrating because it’s like hey man, I can really treat this guys pain or at least reduce it and do so without getting him hooked on these life destroying substances and honestly it is so much cheaper than conventional care. There was this study done in 2007, long before I was even really aware of this medicine, but it was done in Iraq at Al Asad air base during the war. Basically the study was could the use of acupuncture get people with non-combat injuries so like twisted ankles and shoulder strains, things like that, which are super common in combat environments. This study wanted to see if you could get troops back out on the battlefield more quickly and if you could save money doing it. Well there were a lot of troops that opted for the acupuncture over the conventional care model. You know what happened? Turns out, there was just one patient who opted for the conventional care model. The expense to the tax payer of just that episode of care, the x-rays, the stay in the combat service hospital, the NSAIDs that were prescribed, exceeded the entire cost of the study and cost of the care for all of the other patients COMBINED. So here we are like “hey, overburdened healthcare system, there’s a thousands of years old solution if you want it.” It turns out that whether the healthcare system wants it or not, the people do. Did you know, that only about 30% of veterans receive their healthcare through VA? So that means that the rest are on commercial insurance, Medicare and Medicaid or a combination thereof. Which means that anything that happens policy wise which is good for veterans, is good for all Americans really. So I work really hard to provide safe, effective and quality care for anyone who comes through my door, veteran or not. CONTINUED >

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“Did you know, that only about 30% of veterans receive their healthcare through VA? So that means that the rest are on commercial insurance, Medicare and Medicaid or a combination thereof.”

As far as bridging the gap and what to expect in a treatment with me. I am not so sure we have a medical system in this country so much as we have a transfer of payment system. I think a cure for that is for us to be able to spend more time with our Docs. Like think of the idea of the smalltown Doc. You knew that guy if you lived in a town like that. Played baseball with his kids and he sponsored your teams, and he knew your parents and grandparents and not just what was going on with them medically, but what was important to them. I do think that a lot of providers in the conventional care paradigm can still be like that, but it has got to be hard in that environment. Like how much time do you really get with them? It isn’t much. There are studies on this, lots of them. My peers in the conventional care setting, they really are overburdened and it’s unfair to them and to their patients honestly. Standing outside of that care model, and maybe it’s just the stage I am at in my career or the scale of my practice right now, but I am able to really take a lot of time with my patients. And honestly, that whole time I am staying in the treatment room with them, talking with them, getting to know them and letting them get to know me; I am evaluating and diagnosing through the Chinese Medical lens the whole time. I really think it is a reason why I have very good success rates with my patients. I also really take the time to help demystify or pull back the curtain on what Chinese Medicine is saying when we use

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terms like Qi or Yin and Yang, or diagnostic terms like Liver Blood Deficiency or Heart and Kidney not Communicating. These almost poetic sounding terms which make it sound very folk medicine like and thus unscientific. But when you peel back what these terms mean and the diagnostic criteria behind them you begin to see that it is not at all unscientific and that maybe there’s 150 years or so of poor understanding on our part, that is the Western minds part, of these terms that simply don’t translate as words as well as they translate as ideas. I really enjoy taking time to help patients and even other providers understand what these things mean and why they inform the manner and nature of subsequent treatment. Therein really lies the reasons for the efficacy of Chinese Medicine is its own logic and consistency throughout the model and theory which govern it. I have found though that for a lot of patients who have come to me as a last resort and have been told by their conventional care providers that their condition isn’t known or well understood and they are sort of in this place of despair, learning that there is about a 5,000-year-old term and treatment model for their exact condition seems to be pretty comforting. So it has become pretty common for a patient to come to me for one problem and for us to knock that out over the course of however long it takes us but I discharge them for that and they call me later on to see if I can treat their cold. Which I can.

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ARTICLE BY EMILY FOSTER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY DELFINA MICHELLE CORTEZ Coffee tables are often unintentionally the focal point of a living room. I realize clients want to have a beautiful space, but also need to have a practical space. I style with one bold statement piece – this could be a vase full of blooms, a decorative piece or a stack of books, but it needs to be the largest and tallest item. Then, I have a smaller display of something else – a stack of books with a paperweight or a scented candle on it for example.

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HOW TO STYLE USING A TRAY: This is great for the client who uses his or her coffee table regularly for work or their kids homework and needs to spread out. I make sure I know how the room “lives.” Limiting styling with a tray that you can easily move is an excellent idea. It is helpful to corral items and a great way to focus the styling to one area. Simplicity is best. I pick a tray that matches the shape of the coffee table and about half its size.

HOW TO STYLE WITH BOOKS OR MAGAZINES: I love using books when I style. I always like to add a decorative piece on top of the books like a candle or small bowl to play with height and scale. I usually take off the jacket cover of a book to be more visually appealing. I also try to use the same color palette for a more cohesive look.

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HOW TO STYLE WITH A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT: Introducing greenery or a floral arrangement is not only beautiful, but very good Feng Shui. Faux arrangements are ok, but the real deal is always best. Heck, flowers and greenery themselves symbolize good luck and abundance. Who doesn’t want more of that?! You won’t believe how it will boost your mood and the moods of others using the space. I use a beautiful vase to. Scale is important here though. You don’t want your arrangement too tall. Experts try to stick to the tallest object on a coffee table to be a third of the height of the coffee table itself. However, if you use this table a lot, then you want to use a smaller arrangement so it doesn’t bug the person watching tv or the guest that comes over and can’t hold a conversation with you without staring into a large Chrysanthemum. I make sure when I’m styling it feels relaxed rather than untouchable. I buy new pieces for my clients, but I also include pieces that they use and love. Simple is key, but simple doesn’t need to be boring.

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You can’t spend time in New Mexico without coming across a roadrunner in some form, either as a fast-moving bird in your backyard or as a logo for a state institution or a business identity. It has been the state bird since 1949 when it was called a “Chaparral Bird,” and it is a ubiquitous presence on the high desert. Roadrunners are the subject of both pop culture and Indigenous spirituality. Made popular by the Warner Brothers cartoon series, they are depicted as having the ability to outrun a coyote, which unfortunately is not true. Some Pueblo tribes consider them an omen of good luck and believe that they possess the ability to ward off evil spirits. Their unusual X-shaped tracks, which disguise their direction, are considered a clever subterfuge in Native culture. Roadrunners have adapted to urban environments and can be encountered all over Albuquerque. They become semi-domesticated if they sense that you’re not a threat. If a pair makes your yard their territory, be prepared for lots of drama. There are the mating rituals where the male sits high in a tree and makes a series of cooing sounds to attract a female. He will bring her gifts...food, shiny things like gum wrappers, or material for the nest. The pair will take turns sitting on the eggs, and you’ll know they’ve hatched when you see the adults swiftly running to the nest with food for the babies. Once the young have left the nest, the parents will feed them for a few weeks, then chase them off and treat them as a competitor for food. Surviving the cold winters with scarce food sources, enduring the blazing sun in the summer with little available water, and evading a myriad of predators makes the roadrunner a tough little desert bird.

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Federally insured by NCUA. We don’t make you jump through a bunch of cumbersome hoops to earn rewards or dividends. You don’t have to do things like have a bunch of transactions, or eStatements to qualify. You’ll earn dividends on balances $500 and greater. There is a monthly fee if you don’t keep a daily balance of $500. You can waive that if you’re over 55 years of age. So, if you don’t plan to keep $500 in the account and you’re younger than 55, get our Free Checking account. It pays rewards too.

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