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What is energy medicine?
CALLA LILIES
I am asked this question all the time. It is difficult to define. Energy medicine is something you need to experience to truly understand it. In short, energy medicine is a form of complementary and alternative medicine that works to balance the subtle energies of the body. There are many forms of energy medicine - such as Reiki and acupuncture, which are the most commonly known. I practice a form of hands-on touch therapy called the W.I.S.E™ Method (Wholistically Integrated Spiritual Energy), acupressure, and Reiki. The body's energies are the key to health, vitality, and well-being. When our body's energy is in balance, we are healthy. But everyday stress, injury or surgery, traumatic events (physical or emotional), self-limiting thoughts and old belief systems are a few things that can disrupt the natural flow of our energy. Stagnant or blocked energy leads to disease in the body, mind and spirit. Energy medicine helps remove blocks and re-establish healthy flow. Below are popular ways clients find benefit from energy medicine. Relaxation Session: We all need a break from day-to-day stress. This session is your time to completely relax while your energy is balanced to remove the effects of stress, tension and anxiety (such as headaches, sleeplessness, tense muscles, impaired immune system, lack of focus). Improved Health/Healing (post surgical, emotional, chronic and acute illness): Energy medicine helps speed recovery from illness, injury and surgery by enhancing specific energy which increases the body's ability to regenerate and heal itself. Many people who have chronic pain, such arthritis, knee pain, back pain, and fibromyalgia, find relief with energy sessions. Support of Cancer Patients: There are specific energy healings for pre- and post surgery, operative and inoperative cancer, tumors, chemo and radiation treatments. Cancer patients also benefit from energetic support for the immune system and for the liver to help reduce the effects of medications, chemo, anesthesia. End-of-Life Transition: Coming to terms with our passing or our loved one's passing is often difficult. Each end-oflife journey is sacred, and each person needs something different to pass on with peace in their heart. Endocrine System/Hormonal Imbalances: Energy medicine can help balance the endocrine system, which regulates reproduction and other hormones. Energy medicine can also help with other fertility and menstrual issues, such a painful cramps, ovarian cysts, and endometriosis. Pet Healing and Communication: Any of the healings for humans can be used for animals of any species. Stresses, traumas, surgeries, and even genetic predisposition all contribute to dis-ease in our animal companions. Also, animals are all-to-willing to take on its owner's stress, tension, anxiety and illness. Animals respond very well to energy medicine. I share with you what I find in your pet's energy field and body and ways that you can continue to help them on your own.. Energy medicine is a perfect complement to traditional medical care. For More information: Carrie Purcell, www.carriepurcell.com, 203.623.7386
Dorothy Gonick The calla lily, or zantedeschia, is a native of South Africa that has been enjoyed for centuries and gives pleasure worldwide today. The unique form of this elegant flowering plant adds to its beauty. Florists favor calla lilies in floral arrangements and many brides choose these exquisite blooms for their bridal bouquets. The calla lily is a hardy plant that grows from bulbous roots into a plant with very large leaves shaped like arrowheads, and a rather thick stem. Atop this stem a bud will unfurl its single leafy sheath, called a spathe, into a trumpet shaped bloom that is usually white. Some varieties bloom in other lovely colors. Sheltered within the spathe is a yellow, fleshy club-like spike called a spadix that is covered with minute flowers that will produce seeds. The plant contains poisonous oxalic acid that we must be aware of. The calla lily is a hardy plant that will grow in most soils of a humid climate. The bulbs spread by producing many more bulbs which can be dug up and replanted in another location. In many countries where the calla lily is a native, the farmers consider it a weed and vigorously destroy the plants to create farmland for crops. Sacrificing beauty for livelihood. This brings to mind the many swaths of land we have sacrificed in order to build cities and commercial developments to enrich our lives.
Healthy Eating 101 - A Monday Night "Refresher" As part of the spring Monday Night Refresher Series, the Meriden Health Department will be hosting a presentation on healthy eating 101. The presentation will be held on March 15 from 6:00-7:00m at the Meriden Public Library, located at 105 Miller Street. This program will review easy ways to reduce calorie intake while still enjoying your favorite foods and how to become more "mindful" of the food we eat. Attendees will receive free fast food and every day nutrition guides and healthy snacks will be served. This event is free and open to the public. To register, please call Lea Crown, Community Health Educator, at 6304238.
Sheehan Class of 85 Reunion Planned Attention Mark T. Sheehan High School Class of 1985 grads: The 25th class reunion is planned for Friday, November 26, 2010. Additional information can be found online at: www.MTS85.info. Alumni are encouraged to register for reunion updates and information while visiting the site. The submission deadline for the April issue of THE PEOPLES PRESS is March 29th. Don't forget to send your celebration photo. Email your stories, news, celebrations and photos to andy@peoplespressnews.com. Friend us on Facebook. Sign up to be a subscriber at www.peoplespressnews.com.
Honored
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Anderson
Reynolds Honored With Award for Community Service David Reynolds, principal of Konowitz, Kahn & Company, P.C., received the Distinguished Alumni Award for community service from Quinnipiac University on February 6. A resident of Clinton who grew up on Wallingford, Mr. Reynolds has been practicing accounting for nearly three decades. He received his Bachelor's Degree in accounting from Quinnipiac University, and is both a CPA and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Mr. Reynolds is very active in the community and serves in many capacities. He is on the Quinnipiac University School of Business Advisory Board and an avid supporter of their Leader Hall of Fame student recognition program. He is on the advisory board of Schooner, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the Long Island Sound. He has held a number of positions with the Middlesex United Way, including its president and treasurer, and leadership roles in the Clinton Lions Club. Within his profession, Mr. Reynolds is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants, and he is currently vice president of the Connecticut Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He conducts presentations to various business, civic, and academic audiences on detecting and preventing fraud and is often called upon for expert testimony in fraud cases in court. Konowitz, Kahn & Company, P.C. is a leading provider of accounting and business advisory services including accounting, auditing, tax, wealth management, business valuations, trust and estate accounting, forensic and litigation support, family office services, and cost segregation. The firm has been serving closely held mid-market businesses in diverse industries locally and globally since 1936 and operates out of offices in North Haven and Middlebury.