Here is a soft place to land; a place where we can exchange ideas about health, wealth and everything between. There will be ideas, products, encouragement and techniques to help people enhance their lives.
It is so wonderful to be able to brag about one's kids, especially when there's no objection! Here is an example:
My daughter teaches Tai Chi in Astoria, Oregon. The Daily Astorian Newspaper heard about her classes and came by with their video camera.
Tai Chi is a wonderful adjunct to any other healing modality, including The Healing Codes. No matter your age or ability level, you will find good things about Tai Chi. Should you be so fortunate as to live in the Astoria, Oregon locale you could choose Angela for your instructor. But you should know she has a waiting list for her classes! Tell her Mother Connie sent you, won't you please?
One of the many things that delighted my heart when I was a little girl was going to my Grandma Wagner's home to visit. When we spent the night I would have the privilege of sleeping in the Murphy bed that pulled out from the dining room wall. The big round Queen Anne table would be slid to one side of the room and Grandma would open the big door. Down would come that bed, as if by magic! It wasn't the best part of the visit-that would be my Auntie Berta's lemon meringue pie-but it rated right up there! Another feature of an overnight visit to Grandma Wagner's was the thick aroma of menthol. There was the BenGay ointment, the Vicks Vaporub, and the spray that everybody used at bedtime. I never did understand why it smelled so 'funny'. Now that I have been 33 years old so many times I realize that both my grandmother and my aunt were arthritic and were looking for pain relief! Thank GOODNESS I do not know this from my own painful experience! But I hear the stories from others... Grandma Wagner and my auntie did not know back then that it did not have to be that way. They never did learn how critical good water , clear and clean, pure and healing could have helped them relieve their misery. By drinking good filtered water and lots of it, they probably would have been free from discomfort, needed fewer ointments and pain relievers. Their digestion and elimination would have been much easier and their skin would have retained more youthfulness.It is very aging to hurt! Do YOU hurt? Are you drinking the kind of water that your cells can absorb to help you be well hydrated? If not, why not? Please, go here: High Tech Healthto learn about the finest water filtration system on the planet. We were never created to hurt. If you do hurt, please remember that it does not have to be that way. High Tech Health
This very topic came to light as I lay on Deidre’s massage table. I had decided to reward myself for jobs well done and my therapist was doing the most delicious things to my neck.
As the fragrant oils were worked into the knots under my skin I asked her if she finds that many people carry stress in their necks. Of course, I believe we all carry stress in our necks! We also haul stress around in our backs, and the muscles of our legs, arms, and foreheads! Any of these is reason enough to schedule an appointment with our favorite body worker.
But, to me, this is the interesting observation my therapist made: In her experience, people who do not manage their stress and go through life holding rigid opinions, inflexible behaviors and dull, unimaginative ideas are often the very same people who struggle with such health issues as arthritis, brittle bones and thinning hair.
Whether or not there is scientific evidence to prove her point, Deidre did not say. She was very busy coaxing the stress out of my musculature and my mind drifted as she worked her magic.
I thought about the times I had heard a foreign notion or had read a new concept. Had my neck tightened as resistance to the newness of what I was taking in? Do my behaviors keep my body from maximizing my muscles’ abilities? I really owe it to myself to sign up for that Yoga class I saw advertised. Maybe I should see about a membership at the YWCA… Whatever I decide, it will be critical for me to reschedule another appointment with Deidre. That is one activity where I give myself permission to show INflexibility!
