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Soul Script

By Carol J. Uchytil Welcome to the April issue of The Violet Ray Natural Health Conscious Living Magazine. This issue features articles on health, self-improvement, spirituality and love. With the coming of Spring the late sunshine grows increasingly warm and love is said to blossom.

“Love is the bridge over which spiritual healing flows, and the most exhilarating connection that people can experience. Love is an energy source originating in spirit. We can be open to receive it or we can ignore it. If we ignore it we cut off an essential part of ourselves, because unconditional spiritual love enhances the energy of life, the energy of being, the energy of the soul.”

- A Year of Spirituality, By Ingrid Collins-

As always, we strive to provide a forum that cultivates and nurtures positive growth in Mind, Body and Spirit. We are dedicated to connecting you with resources that will assist with your healing or spiritual journey.

The next issue of The Violet Ray will be our May issue and will be available online in our eco-friendly version and in print. As always, we welcome your contributions for spiritual art and articles for consideration in upcoming issues. I hope you enjoy this issue of The Violet Ray. May we all attract to us the teachers, resources and messengers that will assist us in our light-filled mission on Earth. Until the next issue…

With Love & Light,

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.”

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Spirit Think

By Curran watts

First and foremost, you are alive! Like nature, like the ocean, like the trees, like the mountains - imagine yourself as these things, you are their kin. You first exist, and you first breathe, before you do anything else.

From this, an energy that moves through you at incredible speeds, but when you connect deeply to it, root into it, it creates a feeling of total stillness, stillness as exists in nature, because you come to realize that's what you are - despite the rapid pace of this energy, it will always bring calm and reverence. This is the only real and true thing in your life - and it is the only way to peace. When you can bring your awareness here, often, many of the things that feel tumultuous in life begin to show themselves for what they really are: fictitious creations of the mind that pull you away from your spirit, from you, from your true essence.

Remember first and foremost what you are - nothing more, but nothing less, than the fundamental energy of life and the universe.

partners. It wants love because the mind has created a false representation of what you really are - at your core.

It has created for you a personality, strengths, weaknesses, skills, talents, shortcomings, pasts, and futures. The mind can never really know who you are because it can never really live in the now, in the present, in the eternal, because its very existence is contingent upon understandings of space and time, the past and the future, and limitations. When you live in the mind you live in something that isn't really anything at all and never really will be anything at all. Living in the mind is living in illusion. As a result, the mind creates fear and wanting, and the need for things - especially love because it cannot have them - it isn't them. Step outside of this and into your body and your spirit - you will come to understand that you cannot need what you fundamentally are, and that is pure and everlasting love!

You are such an amazing person - just you. Just you, being as you are everyday, without any accomplishments, without any success, without any job, without any friends, without any additions, without any changes, without anyone else, without any revelations, without anything at all. Just you, living and breathing, you and only you; you, as you are, as you have always been and always will be, are fundamentally amazing and exceptional! Take everything away that you imagine yourself to be, and you are still nothing short of incredible. This can't change, and it won't change, because that is what you are. Connect with that, breath into that, and feel it for its magnificence - the unchanging you, the you that doesn't analyze, the you that doesn't imagine, the you that doesn't remember, the you that doesn't regret, and the you that doesn't assess - the you that just is, always and forever. It’s liberating!

Curran watts is a local working professional and yoga practitioner who seeks to explore the subtleties of the human spirit actively through his literature and poetry.

Finally, sit with and deeply into love. Do not strive to love yourself for what you are, you can't, you never will - because you are love. Only the mind wants love, thinks it needs love, from itself, from others, from April 2009

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Poor Reader or Irlen Syndrome?

By Nola Stigings Can you imagine not being able to read or having to struggle with reading? When some people begin to read, the printed page may look distorted, blurry, or appear to be moving to name a few symptoms. Others report poor comprehension, misreading words, skipping words or lines, and problems tracking from line to line. It’s a problem that people find difficult to describe and do not realize that what they are “seeing” on the printed page differs from what others see. But, if the cause is Irlen Syndrome, the solution is straightforward and the results can be dramatic.

Irlen Syndrome is a perceptual disorder caused by sensitivity to light. For those suffering from this syndrome, one or more of the colors that are part of the visual spectrum affect the speed and consistency of how the brain is able to interpret not only the printed page but everything around them. It’s important to realize that this syndrome is a perceptual dysfunction rather than a vision problem and it can occur with someone who wears glasses or with someone who has 20/20 vision.

Studies show that Irlen syndrome prevents an estimated 12-14% of the general population from being able to read, learn or study efficiently. This percentage rises to 46% for those with reading difficulty. When Irlen Syndrome goes undiscovered, the person might be viewed as an underachiever with behavioral, attitudinal, or motivational problems. Persons who have Irlen Syndrome may also experience other life-interfering symptoms such as: poor depth perception, attention and concentration problems, light sensitivity (particularly fluorescent lights) and difficulty dealing with headlights or streetlights at night.

Computer work may result in eyes feeling tired, strained, watering, or hurting. Writing characteristics include: writing up or downhill, unequal spacing, errors while copying and sloppy, careless errors in math or misaligning numbers in columns.

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Because the symptoms of Irlen Syndrome are not readily detected in standard eye exams, the condition often goes undiagnosed. Research suggests that it is hereditary and many adults who have never been diagnosed have suffered with these symptoms throughout their lives and have passed these genes onto their children.

The first step in treatment is a screening process by an Irlen Screener to determine whether or not the person is a candidate for the Irlen method. The Irlen Method uses tinted filters worn as glasses, contact lenses or colored overlays to reduce or eliminate the problems. The color is determined by an assessment process. The second step involves a diagnostic visit which includes determining the exact blend from over 100 colors and densities that their brain needs to compensate for this Syndrome. By using the filters to alter the timing by which the visual information is received and processed, the problems described above may be corrected. The results are improved reading accuracy and speed, better comprehension and understanding leading to improved academic performance, reduced strain and fatigue, and better sports performance.

How many of your children are struggling with school, believing that they too are “dumb”, can’t stop the words from moving, seeing distortions on the page and are taking up time and space in Learning Assistance and remedial classes? How can you identify and help them?

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visualization for Letting Go of money Issues

By KS Thompson neatly stacked in rows and forming a large cube. There is a ribbon around it and one end of that ribbon is in your hand. You pull the ribbon and it falls away from the pallet. You feel a breeze and the money starts to blow away.

You stand quietly and watch as the bills fly through the air and out of your sight. There is no anxiety.

Only a sense of calm.

Google the term “money issues” and the results will exceed 25 million. If we focus on our debt, we can become overwhelmed and unable to move forward. This can lead to stress at work and in our relationships. The number one reason couples argue is money, or lack of it.

There is an exercise that was recommended to me by a friend.

Place a jar somewhere in your home – in the kitchen, your bedroom, wherever you will be sure to see it every day. Write the following affirmation on a piece of paper and display it near the jar, where you can easily read it. “My life is filled with abundance and all my needs are met.”

Every day, drop a penny into the jar and repeat the affirmation as many times as you feel you need to.

This will help you focus on your blessings rather than your debt. It will also send the message out to the Universe that you are open to receiving the financial gifts which are intended for you.

This visualization helped me overcome my paralyzing fear of debt. I learned that if you focus on the debt, you will attract more of it. The key is to let go of what the debt stands for in order to be ready to accept financial gain and opportunities when the Universe presents them to you. In short, you have to change your focus. Alter your perspective.

Sit in your favorite chair. Lay down on the floor with a pillow and a blanket. Get comfortable. Take a deep breath and allow yourself to relax. Take a moment to ground and center yourself.

Picture yourself in a favorite outdoor setting. Beside a river… in a field… on a mountain… in the forest…at the ocean. There is no right or wrong way to do this.

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You look to your right and see a large pallet of money, April 2009

A maintenance man appears. He is wearing coveralls and carrying a large hose. He flips a switch and starts to suck the money into the hose, blowing the bills into the air like confetti. You feel yourself smiling. There is no fear, no anxiety. There is only a sense of calm.

Another maintenance man appears and walks over to you with a large detonator. You count to 3 and push the plunger. You hear a cartoon-like sound - “POOF!” and more money goes flying into the air. The maintenance main continues with his vacuum. You watch as the stacks of money get smaller and smaller.

There is no anxiety. Only a sense of calm as you marvel at how easy it is to let the money fly away.

On and on it goes until there is nothing left but the pallet. The maintenance man puts away the hose, picks up the pallet and leaves. The other man returns to collect the detonator. The last of the bills floats through the air and transforms into birds. You take a moment to watch them fly into the distance. Take a deep breath. In. Out. Another. In. Out. Allow yourself the time to reflect on how you now feel.

Take a deep breath. In. Out. Take another. In. Out. Keep breathing. In. Out. Let your mind wander and see where it takes you. The Universe has a message for you. One that you may not have been able to receive… until now.

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Herbal Tinctures for Pets

By Klaus Ferlow Because all plants contain thousands of chemicals with thousands of biologic activities, dosages can vary and still be effective. With so many chemicals present one can hardly miss in seeking a single chemical, even at levels as small as parts per billion that would contribute to the resolution of an ailment. It is believed that our bodies like those of pets and domesticated animals can reach into this herbal potpourri and find at least traces of a compound, which will help resolve a medical problem.

When a Veterinarian prescribes a “magic bullet” solution for an ailment it contains only selected chemicals. This magic bullet can be very effective if the diagnosis and the prescription match. To often this is not the case! However, a herbal remedy with its thousands of chemical compounds has a much larger chance of offering a useful biologic activity. In other words, the herbal “shotgun” may be more effective than the magic bullet.

Unlike many drugs, herbs are relatively safe and gentle.

They are forgiving and offer a much greater margin of error and fewer adverse reactions. However, one very important thing to remember in dealing with herbals is that they are slower acting and will take a bit longer to work. The most common failure when using herbs is giving up to soon. Time and consistent use are the herbs best friend.

When looking at specific dosages for pets there are two important considerations; 1. the weight of the animal 2. the type of illnesses (acute, long term, restorative etc.)

These are major elements when considering the dosage use. Generally a 1:5 ratio tincture made from dried material is often equivalent in strength to 1:1 extracts made from fresh plant material. Most tinctures have a strength of 1:5 so a dose would be equal drop per pounds of the body weight up to 50 pounds, then 1 drop for every 4 pounds after. For acute problems the dosage would not be increased but the number of dosages given in a day would. For example: a maintenance dose would be twice a day and acute dosages could be up to 4 -5 times a day.

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Words of Wisdom If we doctors threw all our medicine into the sea, it would be much better for our patients and that much worse for the fish.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, MD Klaus Ferlow, traditional herbalist, innovator, lecturer, researcher, writer, founder, President and co-owner of FERLOW BOTANICALS, Div. of Ferlow Brothers Ltd, Vancouver, B.C., manufacturing/distributing organic toxin free medicinal herbal and personal care products to professional health and wellness practitioners and selected stores with holistic practitioners on staff in Canada and parts of USA since 1993. Copyright, all rights reserved.

His educational articles have been published in dozens of Health Magazines, Magazines, Newspapers & Newsletters in Canada and numerous websites around the world. Klaus can be reached at kferlow@shaw.ca or www.ferlowbotanicals.com This information is offered for its educational value only and should not be used in the diagnoses, treatment or prevention of disease. Please contact your health care practitioner.

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Southern Wind

Tree of Life

By Carolyn Hines (Whiteshawl)

By Carolyn Hines (Whiteshawl)

from the south, the love longed for blew in silently like a moment, a stillness, a place out of time. from the south the journey unfolded, the healing, the clearing, the new understanding. from the south the medicine called

Under the branches

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of seasons past,

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beautiful.

This day,one with memories,

from the south,

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So as we raise our arms, like the branches of the Tree of Life, let us wrap them around those near,dear and distant, and extend the hearts gift,to those alone,troubled and helpless... so that one day, all people, will be under the LOVE of this umbrella....

Written for Eric Nusbaum, from Eugene Oregon-after playing the track from a Mishi Donovan CD,on Carolyn’s radio show.

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Carolyn hosts a weekly radio show www.thex.ca, 92.5 F.M., Cable 106.1 at TRU, Thursday at noon, called "The Goddess & Nellie", to do with Native Spirituality & Storytelling. You can connect with Carolyn at the following websites: http://www.myspace.com/goddess1966 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=655202208

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Learning to Love yourself By marilyn Barnicke Belleghem, m.Ed. Stand in front of a mirror and what do you see? Where does your gaze go? What inner dialogue or head talk do you hear?

Some people try not to listen to their inner voice thinking it is evidence that they are crazy. This is not true. The inner voice is guiding and directing your actions and beliefs whether or not you are listening.

As you look in the mirror do you focus on the piece of hair that goes its own way, a facial mark, a spot on your tie or the size of your nose? Are your inner words full of criticism and disapproving value judgments? Are your ears only tuned to rejecting messages? Do your eyes scan past your valuable features? Is your sensitivity level turned up high to faultfinding messages or tones of voice? Can you hear affirming words and caring messages?

The ability to look at you looking back at yourself and seeing your unique and wonderful aspects is a skill necessary for a mentally positive self-concept. Notice the warmth in your smile, the tilt of your brow or the dimple in your chin. Look for the features that are part of what those who care about you know and appreciate. Give yourself a pat on the shoulder and some encouragement.

Feel the shift in your physical posture, muscle tension and facial expression when you say critical words vs. when you say positive things to yourself.

How do you change when you think and say words that positively support and encourage you? Be attentive to these changes and you will start to be aware of some of the physical aches and pains you feel when you get stressed.

Think of several terms that you use to describe yourself. Listen to the words that you use to characterize your personal qualities. Say them out loud.

I am ...... !

Would you say these statements about yourself in public? Would you classify this as selfish and bragging!

Is it more acceptable to you to be derogatory and denounce your gifts and charming qualities? Is criticism more familiar than praise?

Learning to love yourself is essential in the development of the ability to be loving with others. If you focus on your own faults you will most likely highlight the shortcomings of others.

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If you do tend to center on the mistakes of others, consider what was programmed into your thinking when you were growing. Prejudice and intolerance of others reveals insecurity, rigid thinking, and fear. These are the opposite to love. Love involves opening up of our selves, heart, mind and soul.

Looking at yourself in the mirror can be a scary adventure. Seeing who is looking back, straight in the eye, confronts you with your perception of the person you have become. Do you have the courage to be honest with yourself?

God, by whatever name you use for the universal force of life, is living in the world today, and manifests in the actions of human beings. Can you see your God looking back at you? Is the God in whom you believe a God of criticism and struggle or of acceptance and love?

There is also great evil, distrust and hate alive in the world today. Violence in our society, in our homes and family relationships, reveal it.

We must cast the evil out of our lives and confront with trust and courage the values that are the core of healthy living.

Love is not placid and passive. Love is passionate and active. Each small step an individual takes, to replace lies with truth, criticism with praise, fear with love, is a step to a new way of living. Live in trust that your God's support is present in your life.

How much you are the person you want to be is determined by the way you act and react and the choices you make. When you take a risk and start to get to know yourself, you can confront the way you manifest your faith into the world. This reveals your ability to let love into your life.

Learning to love involves learning to face yourself, your fears, and accepting responsibility to become the person you want to be. Your God is always there with you, like your inner dialogue, whether you are listening or not.

Being able to accept love comes when you are ready to hear loving messages from yourself and others. Are you ready? Are you listening? marilyn Barnicke Belleghem m.Ed. is a registered marriage and family therapist.

See more about her at www.mbcinc.ca

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Nexus of the Soul By danielle Lee Resplendent tendrils of the everlasting soul entwine and mesh with the aura of another, morphing and creating the dance of souls uniting into one. The effervescent flow between each of the auras transcend all rhythms and comprehensions. Latching onto to one another with a perpetual bond of love, the strands of energy lock lovingly forever, blending and bonding to create a harmonious symbiosis of bliss.

Every individual, entity and item on this plane of existence carries with them a permanent imprint of energy. Surrounding their delicate and fragile molecular cohesion, a dense and permanent glow of existence resides. Affected by various energy environments, this rainbow of potential colors forms the illuminating and energetic shield known as your aura.

Whether falling in love or attaching one’s interest to a cherished item, the aura reaches it’s ethereal grasp to mesh flawlessly with the chosen suitor. As time goes on, the essence of both bodies become stronger and more cemented together. Entangling their auras with love, therefore creating an invisible nexus of fusion.

Envision the auras as clouds merging with one another in the sky, the seams dissipate and the two become one. Though the original clouds still exist, they have flawlessly integrated their fluidity. Human auras react in the same fashion. Our soulful emanation melds with other souls to create a unification called love.

Humans can also attach their aura to places and items, but the intensity relayed from the place or item is far less dramatic than that of a living being. Reciprocation of this energy is essential for a permanent and tremendously satisfying bond.

This denial can result in the lacking individual to develop possessive behaviour.

The pursuer is that of an energy vampire, attempting to drain the essence by force or manipulation. The less the victim gives, the more the energy the obsessive person desires to obtain. Usually due to many factors such as a traumatic, neglected childhood or mental disorder, the obsessive personality craves the attention and rewards of merging auras with another.

When denied, the pursuer can become violent, irrational and more determined, potentially turning them into stalkers.

The best way to deal with these individuals is to ignore and continue to deny them any energy, positive or negative. Eventually their subconscious realizes that they are getting nowhere and will look elsewhere.

Some individuals with dysfunctional or depleted auras with behave with derogatory and demeaning natures towards others. These people feel the need to steal others’ positive ambiance to increase the power of their own. By constantly belittling and bullying others, they infiltrate the energy of their targets, temporarily and artificially restoring their own. Toxic individuals, such as complainers and people with negative attitudes, fall under the same category.

This unnatural act of energy thievery causes a continuous roller coaster of opposing energies for the aura pirate. They must learn to repair their own aura from within, not by stealing from innocent bystanders for their temporary fix. Simply avoiding these individuals and recognizing their attempts nullifies the embezzlement.

Infatuation or obsession can occur when someone who desires the blending does not receive the reciprocation of the feelings of love and is denied in the attempt.

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A constant healthy and vibrant aura is obtained by those who remain in balance with mind, body and soul.

Pure and healthy auras tend to surround individuals who practice meditation, yoga and various self rewarding activities. Usually they are those who eat healthy and mind their body. Creating a balance within and without is the key to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. Maintaining awareness and mindfulness of the energy field can keep the aura in perfect condition, warding off physical and mental illnesses as well as the bombardment of negative energies.

When healthy auras merge, the result is that of ethereal bliss. Finding mutual love and acceptance is one of the most rewarding and glorious occasions for your soul to experience. The constant loving ache for one another is but a glimpse into the gates of heaven itself. The joys and blissful conditions that the bonds create can last until eternity. Love extends far beyond the grasp of lovers. It can reach the far corners of the earth, providing positive energy to those in need in the form of prayer. The adhesive of love between parent and child is like no other glue imaginable.

If only we understood the power and magnitude of this precious positive energy, we might then begin to manifest the world that we all truly desire.

When the death, divorce or physical separation occur, the ethereal bonds are literally torn at the seams, causing a tear or temporary hole to form. These painful and traumatic instances can leave a person incapacitated with despair and the unbearable experience of emptiness and a baron soul.

Picture coating both of your hands with honey, imagine pressing your hands together as in prayer. If you slowly pull your hands apart, you can see the strands of gold begin to separate, yet resist against the detachment. They cling gracefully to one another and the further apart your hands go, the less resistant the bond. When done slowly and less traumatically, the tendrils of honey seem to separate more easily and effortlessly.

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If you were to forcefully and quickly sever the communion of your hands, you’d see the areas on your palms where the honey literally was torn from your grasp. Large holes are left, precariously ripped and forcefully divided from it’s source of cohesion.

Your soul and aura are the same, when death, divorce or distance is forecasted and presumed, the ties that have bound the souls as one have time to unwind their delicate ringlet of energy and heal more slowly.

When tragedy and shock rip the fragile and breakable covenant, the result is that of shear and excruciating pain from the very core of the soul. While it can repair in it’s time on earth, the soul may never seal the wounds that these sorrows can bestow.

It is my intention to provide soulful knowledge so that the masses who are bombarded daily with negativity, hardship and grief may arm themselves with the comfort, kindness and love that is embedded within the united energy of the souls.

Copyright Danielle Lee All Rights Reserved 2008 Danielle is a natural psychic medium and paranormal investigator, has an avid and instinctive curiosity for the strange and unknown. She and a group of ghost enthusiasts investigate homes and locations for suspected paranormal activities and try to obtain proof of the afterlife. She is currently working on a book pertaining to her ghostly and psychic experiences.

Danielle’s articles have appeared in online sites such as UFO Digest, Paranormal News, The Anomalist, The Debris Field and many others. Recently her Ghost Hunting Etiquette 101 article has been published by Sci-Fi channel's Ghost Hunters TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) Paramagazine.

In between chasing her kids and cleaning, she has been known to do many psychic readings for others in need of spiritual guidance. Her abilities include clairvoyance, clairsentience, medical intuition and empathic intuition.

Read more of Danielle's work at http://thespiritguide.wordpress.com/

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Canadian Callanetics, The New Exercise Craze written on behalf of Rhonda Bleau, By Lorae Le Roux Hello, my name is Rhonda Bleau, I am here to get you excited about Canadian Callanetics, and tell you what it can do for you.

First, I would like to tell you how I became a Canadian Callanetics teacher.

Looking for a career change where my time would be more flexible and wanting to shed a few pounds safely, without the impact of aerobics, the heavy stretching of yoga, or a drastic diet.

After several unsuccessful attempts to get help and support from Callanetics in the U.S., I decided to take matters into my own hands by furthering my education in Calgary, developing Canadian Callanetics which has no affiliation with any other franchise of Callanetics, including the U.S. As a qualified master teacher, I am willing to train anyone wanting to become a teacher of Callanetics here in Canada.

I was looking for something different, a life style change, if you will.

Now, I suppose, after hearing how I developed Canadian Callanetics, you would like to know more about what Canadian Callanetics is, how it works, and what it can do for you.

Thats when I found Joannes ad in a community newletter. Joanne was the master teacher of Callanetics in Canada, and after attending a few classes, realized this was exactly what I was looking for.

Canadian Callanetics is most likely not like anything else you have ever experienced in the exercise world.

I began learning all about Callanetics, taking the teachers course, and going on to teach my own weekly classes.

It is not aerobics, with the high impact exercises aerobics offer, and it is not the continual stretching and holding of yoga, although, some stretching exercises may seem familiar when stretching out the muscles after your workout.

Sadly, not long after becoming a teacher, Joanne past away of cancer, and I was left to my own resources.

You will find that this is common in any exercise program.

Not wanting to give up the Callanetics, and lose the progress I had achieved, decided to develop my skills further and become a master teacher.

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Canadian Callanetics, is a non impact exercise program, that isolates target area muscles through small gentle movements using your own body weight for resistance, reshaping and strengthening your body, increasing flexibility, and improving the way you look and feel.

Working to elongate the muscles through core exercises and tightening the pelvic floor muscles. The muscles are stressed throughout the exercise rather than at just one point, thereby intensifying the workout, and wasting no energy.

However, do not be concerned that this is not a good workout, on the contrary, like other types of exercises, in the beginning, you may find that you go home with very stiff muscles.

Each class is a challenge, and as you progress, or if you have health issues, and are not able to do a particular exercise, movements can be modified to fit your personal needs.

Canadian Callantics does not raise the heart rate, and there is no impact on the joints, so it is safe for people who may have joint or back problems.

The execution of the exercises are such that they protect the back and joints, gradually building up the muscles in affected areas to enhance their function and promote pain free alignments.

Canadian Callanetics is not a weight loss program, but creates noticeable changes by losing inches not pounds, due to building muscles.

With a well balanced diet such as suggested by the Canada Food Guide, ( http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/index_e.html )most people will start to notice big changes in their body shapes, in only a few classes, dropping several dress sizes, creating a leaner more toned body shape.

One of the reasons the classes are smaller in size, is to ensure that you receive individual attention and proper execution of the techniques, addressing any problems or concerns that may arise.

Most people feel a difference after only one or two classes, hence the two free classes to "feel" for yourselves.

People of all walks of life are welcome to come and try Canadian Callanetics to see if it something they would be interested in.

We have all age groups, both sexes, and even people who have certain injuries, and/or certain diseases.

We are working with a Chiropractor and other compatible health related programs to help your experience be all it can be, because our goal is your goal.

So if you are looking for something new, exciting and different from the usual exercise programs, that really works, then feel free to come out and try a couple of Canadian Callanetics classes, you may be pleasantly surprised.

Classes are one hour long and offered at several locations around Calgary requiring only a mat and comfortable clothing and is open to all genders and age groups.

Some people have asked if they could watch a class, the answer being, "no", Canadian Callanetics is not a spectators activity like aerobics, yoga and other exercise programs.

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Canadian Callanetics is a "hands on" activity with not much to see because we are isolating smaller muscle groups. Its definitely a proactive program.

What have you got to lose but inches!

Lorae Le Roux is a professional Freelance Photographer and writer, who has had articles published on the web.

She can be contacted at photosbz@shaw.ca

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