Health & Healing Connection

HHC Newstree May 10, 2012

healinginfo — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:44:34 +0000

Curious about Alternative/Complementary Wellness Therapies? Tapas for the Soul Saturday May 12, 2012 CEUs

Event Time: 1pm-4:30pm
Event Location: Integrative Healing Institute
CEUs Offered: 3.5
Event Cost: $25 for General Public & $35 for CEUs
Website for more Information:http://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=20470&stype=-8&sTG=22&sVT=62&sView=day&sTrn=100000006&sDate=5/12/2012

Event Description:
Are you curious about Alternative/Complementary Wellness Therapies?

Allow us to be your hostesses for a few hours and experience them in small delicious bites with friends. For the complete holistic experience we’ll provide edible Tapas (appetizers) as well.

Learn more about Aromatherapy, Reiki, Meditation, Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy, Shamanic Illumination, Reflexology, and Intuitive Energy Healing.

Fee: $25 for the General Public $35 for LMTs, LPCs, LCSWs, RNs/LVNs wishing to receive 3 CEUs.
Contact for More Info
Elizabeth Reedy
2109674400

info@naturalreflexes.com
Presenter Bio:
The Integrative Healing Institute is is a progressive center for health and well-being, owned and staffed by professionally licensed, certified therapists who offer: Massage Therapy, Reflexology, Recreational Oxygen, Reiki, Hypnosis, Transpersonal Energy Healing, Psychotherapy, & Natural Reflex Therapy. We also offer a variety of classes including: Yoga, Reflexology, Reiki, Meditation, Hypnosis, and CEUs for Massage Therapists.

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Experience and Learn about Pranic Healing Monday May 14th 2012

Event Time: 5:30 to 7 pm

Event Location: Unity Church of San Antonio – 1723 W Lawndale St. 78209

Event Cost: Love offerings welcome!
Website for more Information: https://pranichealing.com/events/civicrm/event/info?id=1042&reset=1

Invite your friends and loved ones to experience Pranic Healing®.

Learn how to use Prana/Life force to accelerate your bodys ability to heal itself.

You will also have the opportunity to experience intense Peace, Stillness, and Bliss through the Meditation on Twin Hearts.

Discover how energy affects you physically, emotionally, mentally & spiritually

Learn the Basic Principles of Pranic Healing to heal yourself and others

Enhance your knowledge of the Chakras and energy anatomy
Contact for More Info

Maria Wilson

210 445 9234

mmba_vs@hotmail.com
Presenter Bio:
Maria has been a student of MCKS Pranic Healing® since 2003. She began her studies in South America and continued her training in the U.S. where she became a Certified Pranic Healing Instructor in 2007.

She currently facilitates Pranic Healing clinics in San Antonio, TX as well as courses on the MCKS Pranic Healing® System throughout Texas.

“These teachings are a treasure to me. I wanted to teachPranic Healing to share this treasure with others and to help spread the work of GrandMaster Choa Kok Sui.”

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Introduction to Pranic Healing Thursday May 17th
Event Time: 7pm to 8:30 pm
Event Location: The Center for Life

Event Cost:
Love offerings accepted
Website for more Information:

https://pranichealing.com/events/civicrm/event/info?id=1042&reset=1

Event Description:
Invite your friends and loved ones to experience Pranic Healing®.

Learn how to use Prana/Life force to accelerate your bodys ability to heal itself. You will also have the opportunity to experience intense Peace, Stillness, and Bliss through the Meditation on Twin Hearts.

• Discover how energy affects you physically, emotionally, mentally & spiritually

• Learn the Basic Principles of Pranic Healing to heal yourself and others

• Enhance your knowledge of the Chakras and energy anatomy
Contact for More Info

Maria Wilson

210 445 9234

She currently facilitates Pranic Healing clinics in San Antonio, TX as well as courses on the MCKS Pranic Healing® System throughout Texas.

“These teachings are a treasure to me. I wanted to teachPranic Healing to share this treasure with others and to help spread the work of GrandMaster Choa Kok Sui.”

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EFT CLASS Tuesday May 15

Event Time: 10:30AM-12:00
Event Location: 12915 Jones Maltsberger #600
Event Cost: $20
Website for more Information: www.jaynemorgankidd.com
Event Description:
An open class, useful to anyone at any level of EFT understanding, focusing on any emotional or physical issues. Newcomers will learn what they need to get started. Regular class members can continue to move through their issues with help from an experienced practitioner. And since this class will meet monthly, you can get help on an ongoing basis.
PLEASE NOTE:
REGISTRATION ENDS MONDAY, MAY 14 at 7PM
Contact for More Info

Jayne Morgan-Kidd

210-530-1024

jayne@jaynemorgankidd.com
Presenter Bio:
Jayne is a Licensed Professional Counselor offering EFT as a therapeutic technique. She is certified in the application of Emotional Freedom Techniques through Gary Craig’s (Founder of EFT) certification program. Besides EFT groups, she offers private sessions and accepts insurance.

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Follow the Path of the Heart, Journey Within: UNCOVERING AND NURTURING INTUITION Saturday, May 26th

from 1-4 at Viva Bookstore on Broadway in San Antonio, I’m hosting a workshop: UNCOVERING AND NURTURING INTUITION

> ~ If you’re feeling blocked in your creative process – whether cooking, writing, gardening, or everyday artistic BEING…
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> ~ If you’re at a crossroads in your life and uncertain which way to turn…
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> ~ If you struggle with relationship issues, and self-compassion is difficult to come by…
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> ~ If you know you need to change either people, places or things but feel stuck…this afternoon is for you.
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>             In our three hours together, through centering, music-meditation and creating paper-and-pastel circle drawings (no artistic training required!) we will follow the path of heart and journey to the source of deep inner-truth and wisdom. – the teacher within.
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>             Participants will be limited to 16 at a cost of $30. per person before May 21st. $35 at the door. Secure your place by emailing: sandyfostermorrison@yahoo.com or calling: 210-323-8201.
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>             The workshop fee can be mailed to: Sandy Foster Morrison, 5150 Broadway, PMB 199, SA, TX 78209. As soon as you’re registered, I’ll send confirmation and a link to Viva with directions. And please call if you have questions.
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> *You’re welcome to forward this email to friends who you believe will especially benefit from this workshop experience*
> Blessings -
Sandy

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Looking for Licensed Massage Therapists to provide massage for veterans and service members. Next session Friday May 18

LMTs also receive massage, qigong/reiki, acupuncture, chiropractic session for free. Next session, Friday, May 18, 2012.

The goal of Vet TRIIP is assist veterans and service members; their families and caregivers; and service providers in returning to a happy, peaceful, productive and successful civilian life. The Vet TRIIP program provides new information, teaches new skills and demonstrates a wide range of modalities which can be used to achieve this goal by promoting stress resilience, gentle relaxation, more comfort and better sleep.

Integrative Immersion Process (IIP)
Veterans may choose all or some of the following:
Short EFT session
Gentle, therapeutic clothes-on massage
Energy balancing (qigong/reiki)
Relaxing acupuncture
Gentle chiropractic adjustment
Meditation with music/aromatherapy

Goal of the IIP session is to promote stress resilience, gentle relaxation, more comfort and better sleep. Participants experience firsthand a wide range of modalities designed to help people attain these goals and achieve a state of profound relaxation which temporarily releases stress symptoms.
(Ed- I have volunteered for these events and they are fun, and well organized)

Provide two 20 min. clothes-on massage per hour; linens/tables provided.

Points of Contact:

Bob Deschner Dottie Goodsun

210-884-0229 210-573-7745

bdeschner@sbcglobal.net dgoodsun@sbcglobal.net

Vet TRIIP Co-Coordinator Vet TRIIP Co-Coordinator
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More Dangers Of Fructose, FaceBook article from Beverly Meyer at The Diet For Human Beings

Website for more Information: www.dietandhealthcenter.info
Event Description:
MORE DANGERS OF FRUCTOSE
Fructose is one of the main sugars causing obesity, insulin resistance, high triglycerides, high cholesterol, along with high blood pressure and weight gain.
High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is nearly ubiquitous in nationally advertised food, including sodas, tomato sauce, mayo, bread, cookies, yogurt, jelly, and more.
Corn syrup is just ONE source of fructose – although it is the most concentrated and dangerous. Fructose also comes from fruit, juice,and other foods such as agave nectar.
While we are all working on reducing carbohydrates (I hope), many of us have become fruit junkies instead of cookie junkies. While this is an improvement, it still can make your blood sugar unstable, cause energy swings, and cause obesity, insulin resistance and triglycerides.
Change to the Paleo Diet, and stop starches. Drop fruit for a while too until stable.
Contact for More Info

Beverly Meyer, Clinical Nutritionist

(210) 826-0034

beverly@dietandhealthcenter.info
Presenter Bio:
Beverly Meyer has a busy practice at the Diet & Health Center and has a popular national radio show called Primal Diet – Modern Health. Listen to current or past shows at www.primaldietradio.com. Follow Beverly on FaceBook at The Diet For Human Beings, and buy her DVD by that name.
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BREAKFAST, SNACKS, AND SMOOTHIES CLASS SUNDAY, May 20th RSVP

12:30 to 3:30. Cost: $50.
All are welcome, but PLEASE register in advance so we can make plans.
If you think a proper Smoothie is blended up juice,
fruit and almond milk, you NEED to come to this class.
Learn how to get sufficient protein and fat in there! And how to plan breakfast so it’s ready to go in the morning. Snacks can be mood and marriage-savers, if they contain the protein, fat and gentle carbs you require to fuel you without spiking your blood sugar. Breakfast must be a solid, well-constructed meal or your whole day will be a blood sugar cycle! Every meal and snack should have enough protein, fat, and non-starchy carbs to last 4 to 5 hours without sugar cravings, a drop in energy, or a crash in brain function.
I personally eat every four hours, and I stick to my schedule. I eat a lot of “car picnics” and take meals with me whenever I go out. I find a nice place to park, lock the doors, put on some Mozart, spread out a nice napkin, and eat on time. Keeping your blood sugar stable is the first big key to recovery of health, and to feeling well every day.
Join me!
Call us at (210) 826-0034 anytime or visit us at www.dietandhealthcenter.info.
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From HeartMath Institute: Anchor Your Insights in Four Steps for Sustained Positive Change

Anchor Your Insights
“Take the power of your heart intent and have courage to put your insights into action.”
– Doc Childre
Many of us have already had good insights about what we need to do to change repeating patterns that result in stress, damaged relationships or other unwanted outcomes.

We feel the need for change and we’re motivated, but when that challenging situation arises, we go through the same mechanical responses. Or we may try acting on an insight for a bit and then slip back. Whether the problem is in our standard reactions to others or in our personal health and work habits, things keep going the way they have been, but you can change them through Anchoring™.

You actually can “anchor” a good insight you’ve had so you can increase your ability to act on it, rather than allow it to fade away. Here are the four steps for anchoring an insight:

Step 1.        Appreciate the insight. Appreciate this new perspective, intelligence or common sense that you now can bring to bear on a situation or issue.
Step 2.        Appreciate any positive feelings associated with the insight. Appreciation of these feelings, perhaps hope and peace, gives the insight more significance in your feeling world, making it easier to recall.
Step 3.        Write down the insight and revisit it daily, with appreciation. This helps you continue investing it with feeling and keeps hope for inspiration and change alive.
Step 4.        Go for it. Go beyond “I know I should” and make the change – because you see the intelligence of it. To add to your power to quickly shift your attitude and course of action, read Attitude Replacements on page 6 of our Spring ‘07 newsletter.

You can increase your momentum for change by looking for opportunities to act on your insight, and asking your heart to prompt you to do so when those situations arise. View these situations as opportunities to solidify your new way of responding.

If you slip back into old habits, appreciate yourself for noticing that you did, because that’s a more efficient use of your energy than feeling bad. Then make genuine attempts to recall and appreciate the original insight and renew your efforts.

Every time you act on your insight, appreciate that you have done so and anchor the reference point.

Research shows that generating positive emotions can help you reinforce your success. The more you act on your insight, the more your intelligence will reveal how to handle a situation more skillfully.

HHC Newstree April 30, 2012

healinginfo — Tue, 01 May 2012 04:53:14 +0000

Information Session: AOMA’s Master Degree Program in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Sunday 5/6/2012 San Antonio event

Time: 2-4pm

The Integrative Healing Institute is partnering with Austin-based AOMA to host a fun and informative introduction to AOMA’S graduate program in acupuncture and Chinese medicine. Guests will learn about AOMA’S regionally accredited master’s degree program in acupuncture and Oriental medicine, along with an overview of curriculum, requirements for admission, class schedules, and financial aid. This session will provide more insight about alumni success and career opportunities with the field

For more information or to RSVP contact the AOMA admissions office at admissions @aoma.edu or 512-492-3013.
www.aoma.edu

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FREE Connections sponsored Yoga–Qigong and Tai Chi

Qigong:5:30-6:30- Monday nights–Many Qigong Forms from the Healer Within to Eight Treasures
Classes are Free and Open to everyone. Wear comfortable clothing. Qigong is Yoga done in
standing postures–Relaxing and available for everyone–Instructor Mary Martha McNeel

Yoga I –12:30-1:30– Tri Point Meeting Room #1–Yin Yoga —Static Yoga for Everyone—Meditative-
long held postures–Connective Tissue Transformation–Free–Bring your Own Mat –Instructor
Mary Martha McNeel–gentlewellness.com

Yoga II–1:30-2:30—Tri-Point Meeting Room #1–Yin Yoga–Static Yoga for Everyone–Meditative-long
held postures–Connective Tissue Transformation –You will Feel great–Free Bring your own mat –
Instructor Mary Martha McNeel–gentlewellness.com

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FREE Reiki Circle Tuesday 5/8/12
Whether you know anything about Reiki or not, you are welcome to come and observe, learn and participate.
The Reiki Healing Circle is open to everyone. Reiki treatments will be given free of charge. Reiki is a system of healing that is used to restore flow and balance on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual planes.
When: Tuesday, May 8, 7-8:30 p.m., Briana Brooks’ Office, 6323 Sovereign, Suite 186, San Antonio, TX
Cost: Free For more information call Briana at (210) 365-1400.
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Sa Trauma & Dissociation Study Group meets Wednesday 5/2/12
12:15 to 1:45 PM

Location: 8930 Fourwinds Dr., Conference room #202 – 2nd Floor, San Antonio, TX
Discussion leader: Vicki Williams-Patterson, LPC-AT, ATR-BC
President-Elect of the Texas Mental Health Counselors Association
Topic: Discussion of a recent article in the Journal
“I Get No Respect: The Relationship Between Betrayal Trauma and Romantic Relationship Functioning” by JESSE OWEN, PhD, KELLEY QUIRK, MA, and MEGAN MANTHOS, BS, in the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 13:175–189, 2012.
****Please read the attached article before the meeting & underline the sections that you would like to discuss.

Bring your lunch and bring a friend! Free LPC Ethics CEUs provided!

Please call 210-541-1400 & let us know that you plan to come
and
Forward this message to any clinician who might be interested in attending.

Can’t make it this time – Put the next meeting on your calendar: June 6, 2012.
We meet every FIRST Wednesday of every month, 12:15-1:45 PM.

Have a topic/issue related to trauma recovery that you would like to be discussed?
or
Want to present to the group?
Contact me, Vicki Williams-Patterson at vlwpatrbc@gmail.com

Vicki L. Williams-Patterson, MCAT, ATR-BC, LPC-AT
SA Trauma & Dissociation Study Group Manager
Board Certified Art Therapist
Centerpoint Institute
8930 Fourwinds Dr., Ste. 211
San Antonio, TX 78239
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Homotoxicology: Reversing the Influences of Toxic Burden and Chronic Degenerative
Disease Wednesday 5/9/12 RSVP
Sponsored by SA Functional Medicine
Speaker: Ricardo Boye, ND

Time: 6:30 – 9:30pm

Location: Methodist Stone Oak Hospital – Classroom 1

For those practitioners who become familiar with the science of homotoxicology,
new and dramatic shifts in the healing process are revealed. The science itself
deals with the human body’s defense against toxic substances (homotoxins) that
threaten to overwhelm the extracellular and intercellular matric, resulting in disease.
Often over simplified, the principles of homotoxicology are integral to understanding
the processes of reversing chronic illness..

This informative presentation with Ricardo Boye, ND will introduce homotoxicology
and it’s essential role in guiding the healing process.

Highlights include:

1) Understanding the function of the intercellular matrix

2) The 6 phases of toxicity and the Chart of Homotoxicology

3) Retracing the path of disease – from toxicity to health

4) Meeting the challenges of homotoxone coupling

5) Keys to developing therapies that reach the organelles of the cell

Dr. Boye practices as a board certified Naturopath and Nutritionist at the Spa on
Green Street in Gainesville, GA. His concern is to provide practical solutions for
the growing health crisis in the fields of preventive care and chronic illness.
He is a senior instructor for the Energetix International College of BioEnergetic
medicine. His lectures offer a stimulating blend of the latest scientific findings
in BioEnergetic medicine, homotoxicology and practical strategies toadvance the
understanding of the human body’s innate capacity to heal
RSVP or info:
Michael Anderson
San Antonio Functional Medicine Group
mikeanderson58@hotmail.com
210-226-1112
210-885-6407
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Healing Hartwork “Melatonin: The Gift that Keeps on Giving” Monday, 5/21/12
6:30 PM at Whole Foods Market Training Room
Guest Speaker: Mike Anderson, RPH – Shavano Park Wellness Pharmacy
Subject: “Melatonin: The Gift that Keeps on Giving”
Description: Melatonin isn’t just for sleep. Learn about breakthrough discoveries that can help you age gracefully, boost your immune system, reduce your risk of cancer and heart disease, plus get a better night’s sleep. This discussion will focus on thirty plus years of research on melatonin, by famed scientist Dr. Russel Reiter, the Godfather of Melatonin.

Contact: Michelle Hart @ info@healinghartwork.org or 210-316-6385
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Tina Karagulian celebrates Mother’s Day ” Women’s Wisdom: Grandmother, Mother, and Me” Saturday, May 12, 2012

10 to 1 pm

VIVA! Bookstore and Gallery, 8407 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209; 210.826.1143

Fee: $25. Please register at VIVA! by May 1st to receive story gathering questions!
To celebrate Mother’s Day, each of us will share a story of humor, wisdom,reconciliation and/or strength from either a grandmother, mother or someone who has mothered us in our lives. Please bring photos and stories to share. Consider inviting your mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, or friend.

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Office suite for lease July 1,2012

Center For Life, 12915 Jones Maltsberger #600
Beautiful office suite for lease one mile North of the Airport off 281. 1000 foot suite has 4 offices, receptionist room, waiting room, bathroom. There are 10 feet of cabinets and a sink in one office. Quiet, off road, oak trees and grass. Building owner Beverly Meyer and 7 other Holistic practitioners have offices in the adjacent 3200 foot suite, as well as the Meeting Center in the Center For Life.
Contact Beverly at (210) 826-0034. Especially welcome would be a chiropractor, acupuncturist, or physician.

Contact for More Info

beverly meyer or the staff at the Diet & Health Center

(210) 826-0034

beverly@dietandhealthcenter.infoo
Presenter Bio:
Beverly Meyer has a busy Clinical Nutrition practice as well as a weekly LIVE radio show, a DVD, classes, and more. The Center is a green space, and very attractive.

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HeartMath offers Shift and Shine® Technique for Children

During its many years of scientific research into human stress and emotions the Institute of HeartMath has established that the qualities of joy, caring, appreciation and openheartedness, which children so naturally possess, have the power to transform our lives. Like you, we see in our children the hope of the future, and we have studied extensively ideas for nurturing these positive qualities of the heart in young children.

HeartMath’s Shift and Shine® Technique is a powerful tool developed especially for ages 3-6 that has proven effective in giving children an early start on how to manage their emotions and engage in socially accepted behavior, while also strengthening positive feelings such as love, caring and appreciation. Like adults, children, even our youngest, experience stress, and this tool can help lessen it by teaching them skills they can carry throughout their lives.

Parents, grandparents and teachers – pre-school and elementary – will find this technique easy to teach and fun for children and themselves. It takes only a few minutes so you and your children can practice it daily.

Parents: Ask your child: Do you ever have a warm feeling in your heart when you feel love or care for someone? It’s kind of like the warmth from the sun.

Parents, help your children with the following steps:

Heart Attention – Place your attention on the area around your heart or center of the chest. It helps to put your hand over your heart area. Model by putting hand over your heart.

Heart Breathing – Now pretend to breathe in and out of your heart. Take three slow breaths. Model the breathing.
Heart Feeling – Think of someone or something that makes you feel happy, like your mom or dad, or maybe a special place that you visit, like the park. Feel that happy feeling in your heart and then shine that happy feeling to someone or something special – your brother or sister or the whole world. Let the children experience the feeling for a few seconds. The length of time will increase with each exercise.
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Roundup Herbicide Linked to Parkinson’s-Related Brain Damage

> Alarming new research published in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology supports the emerging connection between glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide, and neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Parkinsonian disorders.
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> Published this month (April, 2012), the new study entitled “Glyphosate induced cell death through apoptotic and authophagic mechanisms,” investigated the potential brain-damaging effects of herbicides, which the authors stated “have been recognized as the main environmental factor associated with neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease.”1
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> They found that glyphosate inhibited the viability of differentiated test cells (PC12, adrenal medula derived), in both dose-and-time dependent manners. The researchers also found that “glyphosate induced cell death via authophagy pathways in addition to activating apoptotic pathways.”
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> Roundup herbicide is now a ubiquitous contaminant in our air, rain, groundwater, and food, making complete avoidance near impossible. A growing body of experimental evidence now indicates that it in addition to its neurotoxicity it also has the following.
> Modes of Toxicity
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>     Carcinogen
>     Endocrine Disruptor
>     Genotoxic
>     Biocide
>     Cytotoxic
>     Bioaccumulator
>     Hepatotoxic
>     Teratrogenic
>     Clastogenic
>     Oxidant
>     Aquacidal
>     Mutagenic
>     Aromatase Disruptor
>     Glutathione Down-regulator
>     Malondialdehyde Up-regulator
>     Necrotic
>     Nephrotoxic
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> Once marketed as “safe as table salt” by Monsanto, the original patent holder and manufacturer of this glyphosate-based herbicide, evidence now indicates it is toxic to human DNA at concentrations diluted 450-fold lower than used in agricultural applications.
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> This study only adds to human case reports of glyphosate-poisoning and/or occupational exposure where neurological damage was a direct consequence. A 2011 case study published in the journal Parkinsonism Related Disorders, entitled “Parkinsonism after chronic occupational exposure to glyphosate,” reported the following incident:
>
> Here we report a patient with parkinsonism following chronic occupational exposure to glyphosate. A previously healthy 44- year-old woman presented with rigidity, slowness and resting tremor in all four limbs with no impairment of short-term memory, after sustaining long term chemical exposure to glyphosate for 3 years as a worker in a chemical factory. The chemical plant produced a range of herbicides including: glyphosate, gibberellins, and dimethyl hydrogen phosphite; however, the patient worked exclusively in the glyphosate production division. She only wore basic protection such as gloves or a face mask for 50 h each week in the plant where glyphosate vapor was generated. She frequently felt weak. Two months before she came to our clinic, she had expe- rienced severe dizziness and blurred vision.
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> Another case study published in 2003 reported a case of parkinsonism subsequent to glyphosate exposure.
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> These case studies are also backed up by animal research. In the roundworm model of glyphosate exposure the chemical results in neurodegeneration directly associated with damage to the dopamine and GABA producing neurons. In the rat model, glyphosate exposure results in oxidative brain damage, particularly the substantia nigra, where the highest concentration of dopamine-producing cells reside, and which is the primary locus of neurological damage in Parkinson’s disease.
> Citation
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> 1 Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2012 Apr 4. Epub 2012 Apr 4. PMID: 22504123

HHC Newstree April 12, 2012

healinginfo — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:17:20 +0000

Free Lecture:Introduction to Holistic Stress Management Sunday April 27, 2012

Event Time: 5pm to 6pm
Event Location: 7122 San Pedro, Suite 106, San Antonio, TX
Website for more Information: www.mitziwood.com

Event Description:
This is a free introductory course on how to manage and reduce your stress holistically. Using holistic tools such as meditation, journaling and more. Balancing your internal life and fortifying it so that you can manage your external life.

If you change your perspective and beliefs about yourself and your life, your life will change for the better and you will release your stress.

Join me, Mitzi Z. Wood, LCSW,owner of Harmony Hypnosis and Meditation Center, for this Introductory class on Friday, April 27, from 5PM-6PM and receive $10.00 off a future individual hour session with me if you book that day. Call(210) 967-440 to reserve your spot. Class size is limited!
Contact for More Info

Mitzi Z. Wood
210-967-4400
blended@mitziwood.com

Presenter Bio:
I am a clinical social worker using the ability to blend with my higher self to help individuals discover their own ability to connect with their guidance and discover their own solutions to life experiences. I have been a psychotherapist for over 10 years and working with spiritual principles for over 20 years. I am trained in hypnosis, traditional psychotherapy, meditation, and am a Reiki master. I work with my higher guidance to work with you to release resistance and remove blockages in your life and help you to achieve your life goals.

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Elder-ssage: The Art and Sciene of Massage for the Aging Adult Friday 4-20-2012

Event Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
CEUs Offered: 6-Massage, Nursing, SW, LPC, Home Health Administrators
Event Cost: $150-includes lunch
Website for more Information: www.pattibiro.com
Event Description:
Aging hipsters are flocking to massage and spa services. If have or want to expand your services to aging clients, want to expand your target market, or work in a variety of elder care settings this course is for you!

The course includes lunch, great hand outs, and a comprehensive overview of massage services to aging adults from active to long term care residents! More details are on the website.
Contact for More Info

Patti Biro

7607127385

info@pattibiro.com
Presenter Bio:
Patti Biro is an approved provider of continuing professional education and the recent author of Aging Gracefully-Perhaps That Should Be Spa-fully” in Les Nouvelles Esthetique and Spa Magazine. In addition to spa and wellness consulting she is the Director of Education for the Day Spa Association.

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EFT CLASS WEDNESDAY APRIL 18

Event Time: 6:30-8:00pm

Event Location: 12915 Jones Maltsberger #600

Event Cost: $20
Website for more Information: www.jaynemorgankidd.com
Event Description:
An open class, useful to anyone at any level of EFT understanding, focusing on any emotional or physical issues. Newcomers will learn what they need to get started. Regular class members can continue to move through their issues with help from an experienced practitioner. And since this class will meet monthly, you can get help on an ongoing basis. This month’s focus is on reducing stress.
Contact for More Info

Jayne Morgan-Kidd
210-530-1024
jayne@jaynemorgankidd.com
Presenter Bio:
Jayne is a Licensed Professional Counselor offering EFT as a therapeutic technique. She is certified in the application of Emotional Freedom Techniques through Gary Craig’s (Founder of EFT) certification program. Besides EFT groups, she offers private sessions and accepts insurance.

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Healing Hartwork “Colon Hydrotherapy-Why would you want to do that?”Monday, April 16th

6:30 p.m.
Whole Foods Market – Training Room

Guest Speaker: Susan Cuellar, RCT

“Colon Hydrotherapy — why would you want to do that?”

Susan Cuellar is the leading colon hydrotherapist in San Antonio. With over 30years experience in her field, Susan will explain why CHT is important, how you can benefit, the difference between colon hydrotherapy and colonics as well as answer ALL the questions you’ve ever thought about but were afraid to ask!!! 19

**NOTE: Susan was scheduled
to speak at our March meeting,
but due to cancellation we have
rescheduled her for this month.

For more information, contact Michelle Hart: info@healinghartwork.org

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Chords of Hope, benefit concert for Healing hartowrk Sunday April 15

A classical music concert benefiting Healing Hartwork, a cancer alternatives network

Featuring oboists Mark Ackerman, Mason Tran, Daniel Rios, Cellist Joshua Bolton and Pianist Kristin Roach
Music of Clara Schumann, Frances Poulenc, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Brian Erickson

Admission is on a donation basis. Donations will be used to provide breast screenings for low income, uninsured women.

Sunday, April 15 at 3:00 pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church
7150 W. IH-10, San Antonio, TX 78213

For more information: 210-569-3506 or www.olmosensemble.org
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4 Course Raw Vegan Italian Dinner Friday, April 13, 2012 RSVP

Dinner Location: Counter Culture Cafe & Patio
inside Spectrum Athletic Club/Gold’s Gym
21044 Us Hwy 281 N (Evans Rd.)
San Antonio, TX 78261

7 pm

on the patio* or inside the cafe

Carpaccio di Zucchini with cheese

Caesar Salad with Pizza Flavored Crackers

Pasta Primavera Tapenade

Fresh Fruit Compote with Biscotti

RSVP: Cafe (210) 489-6318 or Christa (210) 710-4793

$22 prepaid, incl. tax and gratuity
$27 at the door, incl. tax and gratuity

PS. Entire meal is free from gluten, wheat, dairy and soy.

*limited patio seating, so call NOW.
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3 Hr Abdominal Massage Class: Relieve Reproductive Issues for all Ages and Stages Thursday April 26

It is commonly accepted that painful periods and a whole host of other female problems are “normal.” They are most definitely NOT normal. We have simply lost touch with some of the ways of self-care. In this 3 hour class you will learn a simple self care massage technique that can be alleviate
•   painful periods
•   late, early, or irregular periods, headache
•   migraine with period
•   varicose veins of the legs
•   low back ache
•   frequent urination
•   vaginal yeast conditions
•   difficulty in getting pregnant
•   frequent miscarriages
•   difficult menopause….and the list goes on.

DATE and TIME: This 3 hour class will be offered in 2 morning and 2 evening sessions, Thursday April 26 and Friday April 27 beginning at 9 am and at 6:30 pm.

COST: The suggested price is $60. If you have financial concerns, options are open. Class size is limited to 12 participants and each person will receive personal time from the facilitator.

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR: Zita Xavier has studied Mayan Abdominal Massage with Miss Beatrice Waight, Ann Drucker and Rosita Arvigo. She has been teaching and practicing this ancient self-care method since 1996. She developed Deep Listening Massage which she teaches at the Healing Spirits Massage School in Boulder, Colorado. She is also practices Vitalist Health and is certified as a Medical Herbalist.

ABOUT THIS TECHNIQUE: This simple abdominal self care massage technique , which is used all over the world, is coming back to our culture through the Mayan people.
“Traditional midwives and healers agree that most female troubles are caused by a wandering womb.” Rosita Arvigo, from her book Rainforest Home Remedies. Uterine ligaments are made to stretch to accommodate a growing fetus and to move freely when the bladder and bowel is full. These ligaments and muscles can weaken and loosen causing the uterus to fall downward, forward, backward, or to either side. A uterus in any of these positions is called a prolapsed or tipped uterus and can lead to all kinds of problems. A tipped uterus can often be returned to her happiest position with massage.

TO REGISTER and for INFORMATION Contact Paula Davies at 210-722-5648 or pmdheal@earthlink.net. Your space is reserved through your payment.

HHC Newstree April 2, 2012

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Women’s Self Care Class for Uterus: Find Your Center and Relieve Reproductive Issues for all Ages and Stages Thursday, 4/ 26/12

“If a woman’s uterus is out of balance, so is she”—Don Elijio Panti

DATE and TIME: This 3 hour class will be offered in 3 sessions, Thursday April 26 beginning at 9 am, 1:30pm and at 6:30 pm.

COST: The suggested price is $60. If you have financial concerns, options are open. Class size is limited to 12 participants and each person will receive personal time from the facilitator.

TO REGISTER and for INFORMATION Contact Paula Davies at 210-722-5648 or pmdheal@earthlink.net. Your space is reserved through your payment.

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Is That A Wheat Belly? Radio Show!

Website for more Information: www.primaldietradio.com

Event Description:
Listen to any of Beverly Meyer’s LIVE radio podcasts with Voice America, the world’s largest internet radio provider. Her 3/21/12 show with the best-selling author of Wheat Belly, Cardiologist William Davis, is a good one! He explains about “modern” wheat and it’s effects on us. The book is great too. Go to www.primaldietradio.com and click to Listen Now to any show. It will play on your computer while you work. To play on iTunes, click over to Voice America at http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2028/primal-diet-modern-health. The show has pulled huge listening numbers nationwide with about 20,000 podcasts listeners monthly.
Contact for More Info
beverly meyer or the staff at the Diet & Health Center

(210) 826-0034
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Reiki Training Level I Monday, April 16, 2012

Event Time: 8:30 – 4:30
Event Location: Stone Oak
Event Cost:$200
Website for more Information:
http://www.ofloveenergypractitioner.com/2012/03/reiki-i-training.html

Event Description:
Reiki I Training Class Objectives Include:

• Reiki defined
• How does Reiki work & what can it heal
• Briefly explain the Aura, Chakras & Meridians
• History of Reiki’s Origins
• Japanese and Western history of Reiki
• Reiki Principles
• Using Reiki
• Attunement and how it works.
• Reiki’s Healing Techniques
• Practice Standard Reiki Treatments
• Self Treatment

The class is a combination of lecture, discussion and experience. Practice time includes giving and receiving a Reiki treatment and practice using the Japanese Reiki Techniques mentioned on the website.

Contact for More Info

Amy Sikarskie

256-770-2322

ReikiHealing@att.net
Presenter Bio:
Amy Sikarskie is a Licensed Vocational Nurse with 11 years of experience in Energy Healing. She was trained as a Reiki Master in 2001 and is a life-long learner who continues studying the Healing Arts. Amy’s other trainings include: Karuna & Kundalini Reiki, Pranic Healing, The Recconnection, and Certification in Tools & Techniques of Energy Healing through Lion Heart Institute of Transpersonal Energy Healing, San Antonio. For more information on Amy Sikarskie or the classes and services she offers, please visit www.OfLoveEnergyPractitioner.com

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Sue’s March Newsletter

Website for more Information: www.SanAntonioBodyTalk.com

Event Description:
Sue Roddy Stewart’s March newsletter is now available to view online. Read it to learn about Earthing, this month’s Raindrop discount, how to replace all over-the-counter drugs with nine essential oils, a seven minute workout from Mehmet Oz, MD and much more.

Contact Sue to receive this newsletter by email each month.

Presenter Bio:
Sue Roddy Stewart is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified BodyTalk Practitioner and Essential Oils Educator. She can be reached at:sue@sanantoniobodytalk.com or (210) 415-5766.
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Office suite for lease July 1,2012
Center For Life, 12915 Jones Maltsberger #600

Website for more Information: www.thecenterforlife.com

Event Description:
The Center For Life is a handsome brick building with 5200 feet of space for natural health practitioners and associated businesses.
There is a 1000 foot suite coming up for lease at the end of June. I would like to have a great chiropractor, acupuncturist or doctor here to be in our great space.
Four offices, waiting, reception, bathroom, courtyard entrance. One office has a sink and kitchen cabinets. Very private and quiet.
Please pass the word to any natural health associate that might be interested. Thanks!
Beverly Meyer, Clinical and Holistic Nutritionist
Contact for More Info

beverly meyer or the staff at the Diet & Health Center

(210) 826-0034

beverly@dietandhelathcenter.info
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Transform Your Life seminar Saturday, April 21, 2012

Event Time: 11AM to 2PM
Event Location: 7122 San Pedro, San Antonio, TX
Event Cost: $60.00
Website for more Information: www.mitziwood.com
Event Description:
Let Mitzi Z. Wood of Harmony Hypnosis and Meditation Center teach you how to live a transformational life. Full of all the things you ever dreamed of in your life and free from all the things that no longer work for you today. Come and attune yourself to your inner counselor. The true voice of your being that connects you to your true self and the universe around you. Through this seminar you will learn the skills it takes to move forward with a plan of action for a more fulfilling and fruitful life. Live the life you have always wanted. Live stress free! Release your issues. Let go of the past.
Fulfill your dreams!

Join Mitzi Saturday, April 21st from 2 PM to 5 PM by registering at (210) 967-4400. The cost is $60.00. For more information contact Mitzi Z. Wood at blended@mitziwood.com
Contact for More Info

Mitzi Z. Wood

210-967-4400

blended@mitziwood.com
Presenter Bio:
I am a clinical social worker using the ability to blend with my higher self to help individuals discover their own ability to connect with their guidance and discover their own solutions to life experiences. I have been a psychotherapist for over 10 years and working with spiritual principles for over 20 years. I am trained in hypnosis, traditional psychotherapy, meditation, and am a Reiki master. I work with my higher guidance to work with you to release resistance and remove blockages in your life and help you to achieve your life goals.
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Connections Sponsored Yin Yoga at Tri-Point Tuesdays

Tuesdays from 12:30-1:30–Yin Yoga classes at Tri-Point meeting room. Class is by donation. Requested donation is $5.00. Bring a mat Wear comfortable clothing. We practice Yin Yoga from the lineage of Paulie Zink, Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers. Meditative static postures. Everyone is welcome. Please go to their web site for more information.
Practice is led by Mary Martha McNeel

Tuesdays from 1:30-2:30– Yin Yoga classes at Tri-Point meeting room. Class is by donation. Requested donation is $5.00. Bring a mat
Wear comfortable clothing. We practice Yin Yoga–Static Yoga. You gather energy in the postures and feel energized. everyone is welcome. There are no restrictions on ability to donate just attend. Practice is led by Mary
Martha McNeel. For more information on the location call 210-738-7733.
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PREPARING MULTIPLE MEALS AT ONCE-Fun class!- Saturday, 4/7/12

This is a FUN class. Not a cooking class, but a class about cooking. Beverly will help you get organized, know what to buy, and how to prepare a lot of food at one time. You CAN do this, and you’ll be ever-so-grateful! Bring a friend or two…

April 7, 2012 (SATURDAY) 9:30 – 12:30 $50.

CALL the Diet and Health Center (210) 826-0034 TO REGISTER. THANKS!
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Free REIKI CIRCLE Tuesday, April 10

Whether you know anything about Reiki or not, you are welcome to come and observe, learn and participate.

For more information call Briana at (210) 365-1400.

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Austin Functional Medicine: Autism and the Link with Enzymes April 12, 2012

Guest speaker Dr. Rolf Habersang, Professor of Pediatrics at TTUHSC-Amarillo, will share his unique integrative approach and clinical insight in dealing with Autism.
His eye-opening opinions on the likely causes of Autism and related conditions will also establish the fact that the need for digestive enzymes has never been greater.

Dinner at 7pm Lecture 7:30
Location:
The Austin Centre
3809 S.2nd St.
Austin TX 78704
512-440-1010
www.theaustincentre.com
One block north of the intersection of Ben White and S. First St.

Fee: $ 20.00 Copay , Vendors welcome.
Please RSVP to Tom Schnorr via email drugschnorr@gmail.com
Or 512-345-1444
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San Antonio Professional Study Group for Trauma and Dissociation Wednesday, 4/4/12

12:15 to 1:45 PM

Location: 8930 Fourwinds Dr., Conference room #202 – 2nd Floor, San Antonio, TX – Map attached

Discussion leader: Barry Blackman, LPC/S
Past President of the Texas Mental Health Counselors Association
Topic: Beyond Paranoia: Clinical Practice Habits for Professional Peacefulness
This presentation meets the LPC Code for Ethics CEUs.
See Attachments for LPC Code – Current & Proposed changes.

Bring your lunch and bring a friend! Free LPC Ethics CEUs provided!

Please call 210-541-1400 & let us know that you plan to come

HHC Newstree March 15, 2012

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Free Movie Screening Tonight ” The Future of Food” 3/15/12

6:30 pm at Central Market’s 2nd Fl Community Room

If you eat FOOD, you need to see The Future of Food….newstarget.com

There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of
America – a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we
eat. This film by Deborah Koons Garcia offers an in-depth investigation into
the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered
foods that have quiety filled grocery store shelves for the past decade.

Raw Chef Christa M. Emrick (210) 710-4793
christa@cme-change.com www.cme-change.com

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HEALING HARTWORK : “Colon Hydrotherapy– why would you want to do that?” Monday 3/19/12
When: 6:30 PM
Where: Whole Foods Market Training Room
Guest Speaker: Susan Cuellar, RCT
Subject: “Colon Hydrotherapy – why would you want to do that?”
Description: Susan Cuellar is the leading colon hydrotherapist in San Antonio. With over 30 years experience in her field, Susan will explain why CHT is important, how you can benefit, the difference between colon hydrotherapy and colonics as well as answer ALL the questions you’ve ever thought about but were afraid to ask!!!

Contact: Michelle Hart @ info@healinghartwork.org or 210-316-6385

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Compassionate Conversations mini-workshop Sunday 3/25/12

WHAT: “Compassionate Conversations” Training
WHERE: First UU Church, IH10 frontage road heading onto Loop 410
WHEN: March 25th from 1-5pm.
For information about registration or content, please contact Phil khesed@gmail.com

“Compassionate Conversations” is based on “Nonviolent Communication: a language of life” by Marshal Rosenberg. Each class includes short presentations, exercises for immediate practice and then group sharing to “harvest” the learning from each exercise. Classes also use creativity music, poetry and play to support learning.

“Nonviolent Communication” is a way to influence ourselves and others by listening empathetically and expressing honestly with compassion. We learn to inspire ourselves by identifying the energy of life moving in our bodies. We learn how to treat ourselves with compassion and connection rather than judgment, punishment or negative pressure. It’s both an art and a science, learning to connect with what is important to us and other people. Come learn things you can do that will bring more ease into your life.

Learn how to:
•   respond to “difficult messages” with ease and grace.
•   improve the quality of relationship you have with yourself and others.
•   increase the chances of getting cooperation and collaboration.
•   focus on making life more wonderful.
•   speak up effectively when things aren’t working for you.
•   respond compassionately to others and inspire compassion from others
•   resolve conflicts peacefully.
I appreciate (invite and request) your assistance in letting people know of this event!

Phil Schulman
http://www.nwcuuc.org/home/OurMinister/CompassionateConversations/tabid/1505/Default.aspx
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EVOLUTIONARY NLP: The Healing Power of The Natural World   April 21-22 Austin, Texas

An Exploration of our Human Potential with International NLP Trainer Tom Best   The Evolutionary NLP program is an ongoing exploration of the essential qualities of “identity” and “Spirit”, as we discover how our participation with the energetic structure of the Spirit heals, restores and transforms the body-mind.   Tom and Bobbi Best have continued to refine and develop the structure of the Evolutionary NLP program for the past 12 years in workshops and retreats held in the US, several countries in Europe and eastern Europe, Peru and Hawaii. They have developed a deep appreciation that, although ‘personality’ may be a cultural artifact, Consciousness is not.

The primary emphasis of this weekend’s exploration of Evolutionary NLP will be working with the Healing Power of Nature…particularly, “the Work” with stones as taught by Americo Yabar and the Q’ero Indians of the high Andes.     Q’uyas [or Cuyas] … are Power stones for use in healing and therapy. Learning to transmit energy, power and healing through stones is an important part of a shaman’s training. There are many different q’uyas with as many different applications. The q’uya is a stone that has a certain feeling; that has been charged with vital energy.
Our lives are an expression of this ‘vital energy’ in it’s many forms. From our physical body to the highest aspirations of our Spirit, the way we use our vital energy determines the quality of our lives. Evolutionary NLP, and particularly the work with stones, will take us into a profound exploration of the reality in which we create, expand, and manifest the energy of our body, mind and spirit. We will discover how Nature itself opens a field of new possibilities, allowing a graceful progression into restoration, balance, and wholeness.  Your Guide: Tom Best, with his wife Bobbi, currently co-directs Best Resources / Texas Institute of NLP, an NLP training and consulting company based in San Antonio, Texas. An International NLP Trainer for the last 27 years, Tom’s background in cultural anthropology and Bobbi’s study of esoteric spiritual disciplines has led them to investigate many of the connections between NLP, esoteric spiritual practices and traditional or ‘native ‘ cultural practices. Their work with traditional indigenous cultures, including the Q’ero of the high Andes in Peru, is the continuation of a crucial exploration of the human spirit initiated by the elders of every tribe of humanity before the dawn of civilization. Tom and Bobbi share this “path of heart” which has led them to explore indigenous practices in the fields of health, spirituality, culture and personal identity.
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Diet and Health Center Upcoming Classes

PREPARING MULTIPLE MEALS AT ONCE

This is a FUN class, with so much to cover, you won’t believe it. Not a cooking class, but a class about cooking. Beverly will help you get organized, know what to buy, and how to prepare a lot of food at one time. You CAN do this, and you’ll be ever-so-grateful! The ONLY way to eat really healthy food is to buy it and cook it yourself. The foods on The Diet For Human Beings aren’t hard, just yummy!

April 7, 2012 9:30 – 12:30 $50.

BREAKFASTS, SNACKS, AND SMOOTHIES
You asked for it! Recipes, tips and tricks to make good, fast, quality food. We’ll use the Diet For Human Beings as our main resource, and get creative with easy foods everyone loves. make sure you and the kids don’t get hungry and make bad choices. Be prepared! Be there! Note: This is a SUNDAY AFTERNOON class so you can still have your Saturday free.

May 20th, 2012 (SUNDAY) 12:30 – 3:30 $50.

CALL THE OFFICE AT (210) 826-0034 TO REGISTER. THANKS!
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2012 Texas Conference on Aging
REGISTER TODAY!
Early Bird Registration closes April 6

The 2012 Texas Conference on Aging will be held in South Padre Island, May 7 – 10, 2012 at the Hilton Garden Inn. To find out all the details on the conference sessions, hotel, and getting to South Padre, visit the conference website at: www.texasconferenceonaging.org.
from Alamo Service Connection newsletter

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SA Functional Medicine:GLUTEN SENSITIVITY & CELIAC DISEASE Wednesday, 3/21/12

SPEAKER: Dr. Thomas O’Bryan, DC, CCN, DABCN

DATE: Wednesday, March 21, 2012

TIME: 6:30-9:30P.M.

LOCATION: Methodist Stone Oak Hospital
FEE: $20
As an internationally recognized speaker and workshop leader specializing in Gluten
Sensitivity and Celiac Disease, he is a clinician par excellence in treating chronic
disease and metabolic disorder from a Functional Medicine Perspective. Dr. O’Bryan
is always one of the most respected, highly appreciated speakers. Dr. O’Bryan’s
passion is in teaching the many manifestations of Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac
Disease as they occur inside and outside of the intestines.

Dr. O’Bryan holds many professional appointments including Adjunct Faculty, Institute
for Functional Medicine, Adjunct Faculty, Institute for Integrative Medicine, Adjunct
Faculty, National University of Health Sciences, Scientific Advisory Council, International
and American Association of Clinical Nutritionists.
Register Now! [http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=rtvhmfdab&oeidk=a07e5o7uawo8a418b17&oseq=a00fg41q2593]
Michael Anderson
San Antonio Functional Medicine Group
mikeanderson58@hotmail.com
210-226-1112
210-885-6407

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The Spring Cave Concert Saturday 3/17/2012

Event Time: 7-9pm
Event Location: Cave Without a Name 325 Kreutzberg Rd Boerne TX 78006
Event Cost: $25 with group & military discount
Website for more Information: www.sacredinspiration.com
Event Description:
Jodi Roberts on Tibetan Bowls
Cornell Kinderknecht on world flutes

Cornell and Jodi’s annual flute and bowl sound celebration in the cave. We musically honor the season of rebirth.

This concert supports the http://www.64days.org/ The Season for Non-Violence and Peace

Contact for More Info

Jodi Roberts
512-788-1236
jodisacredsound@gmail.com
Presenter Bio:

Cornell Kinderknecht is an award-nominated recording artist and performer of flutes and other woodwind instruments from around the world, including Native American flute, bansuri flute from India, ocarina, recorder and bamboo flutes.

Jodi Roberts combines Tibetan bowl and gong sacred sound with coaching and spiritual teaching derived from years of indigenous healing and sacred studies . She has 24 years experience in mindfulness and meditation techniques for stress reduction, transformational energy work, psychodrama, accountability training, cross-cultural shamanism and trauma recovery work. She was the first sound healing/meditation specialist for the military at Ft. Hood Army Warrior Combat Stress RESET Program.

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Mindfulness & Meditation Group San Antonio Tuesdays

Event Date: 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Event Time: 6-7:30pm
Event Day of Week: Tuesday 3/13 & 3/27
Event Location: Viva Bookstore 8407 Broadway San Antonio TX 78209
Event Cost: $20
Website for more Information: www.sacredinspiration.com
Event Description:
Group meets every other Tuesday upstairs in Viva’s reading lounge. The group’s focus is mindfulness teachings and techniques put into practice to tame the mind chatter, lower internal stress and create more space in your life for choices rather than reactions. Meditation as a group deepens the experience for the entire group.

A variety of different meditation techniques are taught and used in the group including silent meditation, music, toning/mantras, guided imagery and movement meditation.

Tuesdays: 2/28, 3/13, 3/27 and into April $20 per class

RSVP is required at Viva! (210) 826-1143 or email me jodisacredsound@gmail.com
Contact for More Info

Jodi Roberts
512-788-1236
jodisacredsound@gmail.com
Presenter Bio:
Jodi combines Tibetan bowl and gong sacred sound with coaching and spiritual teaching derived from years of indigenous healing and sacred studies . She has 24 years experience in mindfulness and meditation techniques for stress reduction, transformational energy work, psychodrama, accountability training, cross-cultural shamanism and trauma recovery work. She was the first sound healing/meditation specialist for the military at Ft. Hood Army Warrior Combat Stress RESET Program.

“My services are right for you if you are committed to facing and loving yourself,and living an accountable, empowered, joyful life creating the reality of being the change you wish to see in this world.”

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. Truly the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.” Lao Tzu
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Herbology Level 1 Course March 24th, 2012

Event Time: 8 am – 4 pm each day
Event Day of Week: Saturday, Sunday
Event Location: directions are on website
Event Cost: $600
Website for more Information: http://www.meetup.com/San-Antonio-Wilderness-Medicine-and-Herbology/events/41287302/
Event Description:
There are 4 weekend intensives included in this.
The Herbology Level 1 Course is a comprehensive introduction to using herbs for healing. There will be a lot of focus on local herbs in the San Antonio region (as well as the desert southwest), but this course also covers the full spectrum of general herbology. Terminology, anatomy and physiology, energetics of western herbs, wildcrafting and preparations (tinctures, salves, cough syrups, poultices, infusions), herb walks and medicinal plant identification, modern and ethnobotanical data, home herbal first aid, shopping for herbs, connecting with the plant world and more.

The emphasis of this 64-hour, introductory class is in 2 major areas:Material Medica and Preparations.
all details are online: http://www.meetup.com/San-Antonio-Wilderness-Medicine-and-Herbology/events/41287302/
Contact for More Info

Sam Coffman
210-807-0891
sam@thehumanpath.com
Presenter Bio:
Sam Coffman grew up exploring and learning about wilderness camping and woodcraft at a very early age, as his family spent summers in isolated self-supporting wilderness camps due to his father’s job as a field geologist.
He is also the founder of The Human Path. The Human Path is an ecology-based, wilderness-survival and wilderness-living school offering a huge variety of outdoor, bushcraft classes (outdoor fitness, wilderness and primitive living skills, wilderness medicine, herbology, self defense, teamwork and leadership, primitive engineering, permaculture certification, aquaponics, green building and much more) in both the San Antonio and Austin areas of Texas

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Women’s Inner Wisdom Group Tuesdays

Event Date: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays
Event Time: 6-8pm
Event Day of Week: Tuesday 3/6 and 3/20
Event Location: Viva Bookstore 8407 Broadway San Antonio 78209
Event Cost: $20
Website for more Information: www.sacredinspiration.com
Event Description:
First and Third Tuesdays of the month – Women’s group deepening your relationship with your inner wisdom, speaking your truth and making a difference in the world in a clear and sacred way. We cover spiritual practices from many traditions and the deeper topics within a safe sacred container of active listening, compassionate acceptance and the desire to learn and grow.

210-826-1143
Pre-register with Viva. $20
Contact me is you have a particular topic of interest. 512-788-1236
Contact for More Info

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. Truly the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.” Lao Tzu

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Spring Retreat April 13 – 14, 2012

Event Time: Friday, 6:00pm – Sunday, 1:00pm
Event Location: Slumber Fall Camp & Retreat Center, outside New Braunfels
Event Cost: $195, discount for early registration
Website for more Information: www.celebrationcircle.org
Event Description:
Join us at the Spring Retreat!
Slumber Falls Camp on the Guadalupe River, Friday – Sunday, April 13 – 15
Cultivating Balance: Express your Inner Wisdom through…
Body Prayer: Opening Up to The Presence – Rudi Harst
The Enemy Way: Native American Wisdom & Modern Therapeutic Practice – Hal Robinson
Yoga Nidra: Yogic Sleep & Relaxation Meditation – Moe Draznin
Anusara Yoga: Celebration of the Heart – Jane Goldstein
Journey Dance: Empowering Journey of Music & Movement – Jan Jarboe Russell & Zet Baer
You deserve it!!!!!
$195 for meals, lodging and registration or $175 if paid in full in advance
Payment plan and limited scholarships available
Information: circle@celebrationcircle.org or 201.533.6767
Contact for More Info

zet Baer
210.533.6767
zet@celebrationcircle.org

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Day in the Meditation Garden Saturday, March 24, 2012

Event Time: 10:00am – 3:00pm
Event Location: Hill Country Sculpture & Meditation Garden, outside Kerrville
Event Cost: $40 suggested
Website for more Information: www.celebrationcircle.org
Event Description:
SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 10am – 3pm A DAY IN THE GARDEN at Hill Country Sculpture & Meditation Garden
Treat yourself to a relaxing day in the Hill Country on the first Saturday of Spring at this beautiful space near Kerrville. Enjoy guided meditation, music and poetry with Rudi plus gentle yoga (no experience necessary) with Willie, and a walk through the gardens. Pack your own brown bag lunch, drinks and light dessert will be provided. You’ll want to wear comfy clothing and shoes suitable for walking outdoors. You might consider sharing a ride with a friend, too. Hosts Willie McDaniel & Lana Book will donate the proceeds to the Circle, as they have for several years. The suggested fee for this one day mini-retreat day is $40 (more is welcome, less is welcome, too).
Contact for More Info

Zet Baer
210.533.6767
zet@celebrationcircle.org

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Weekly Wednesday Meditation Circle

Event Time: 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Event Day of Week: Wednesday
Event Location: Quakers Meetinghouse
Donations accepted
Website for more Information: www.celebrationcircle.org
Event Description:
WEDNESDAY MEDITATION CIRCLE, 7:30 – 8:30pm
Join us for this weekly gathering at the Quakers Meetinghouse, located at 7052 N. Vandiver, 78209, corner of Eisenhauer Rd., 1/2 mile west of Austin Highway. Rudi Harst will lead this session with a combination of guided & silent meditations, well suited to experienced meditators and beginners alike. Love offerings accepted.
Contact for More Info

Zet Baer
210.533.6767
zet@celebrationcircle.org

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Deeksha Oneness Blessing Circle 3/17/ 2012
Event Time: 2:15-3:15
Event Day of Week: Saturday
Event Location:
Yoga Shala 18585 Sigma Road, Suite 105
CEUs Offered:

Event Cost:
$20
Website for more Information:
www.snowflowerhealing.blogspot.com, www.yogashalasa.com
Event Description:
The Deeksha changes emotions and perceptions or helps one be free of perceptions. This shift changes one’s approach to challenges and opportunities since when perceptions change one does not perceive a problem as a problem. When perceptions change reality may also change because the external world is merely a reflection of the inner world. Higher perceptions and positive emotions create a more successful and fulfilling life.
Each Deeksha Blessing giver has been through a oneness course and attunement to be blessed with this ability. The giver is an empty vessel in which Divine energy flows through in order to raise the level of consciousness in individuals, in our communities and beyond.
Deeksha is given by the laying on of hands on the recipient’s head or sometimes through intent so that blessings may be given at a distance. The affects of Deeksha unfold differently in every individual as it depends on what the receiver may need most at the time.
Benefits of Deeksha are cumulative and include:

• Better health
• Better relationships
• Improved brain function
• Greater creativity
• Stress reduction
• Decrease of addictive habits
• Emotional stability
• End to suffering
• Self-acceptance
• More joy & happiness
• Inner peace
• A greater connection to Oneness
• Spiritual awakening & God realization
Contact for More Info

Betsy Snowflower Krooke
210.386.0603
snowflowerhealing@yahoo.com
Presenter Bio:
Betsy SnowFlower Krooke is a powerful and gifted intuitive metaphysical healer. In addition to using her intuitive gifts to guide and create healing she is also trained as a Usui Reiki practitioner, a Metatronia Therapist and gives Deeksha Oneness Blessings.

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FREE REIKI CIRCLE – March 13

Whether you know anything about Reiki or not, you are welcome to come and observe, learn and participate.

When: Tuesday, March 13, 7-8:30 p.m., Briana Brooks’ Office, 6323 Sovereign, Suite 186, San Antonio, TX
For more information call Briana at (210) 365-1400.

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Job Opening-Clinician II Family Counseling

Family Service Association currently has an opening for a Clinician II-Family Counselor to work through the organization with the families that FSA services in the San Antonio, TX area, and I am inquiring to see if you could refer a colleague for the position or even might have some interest yourself in this opportunity. Here is the URL to view the online job description – https://insperity.ats.hrsmart.com/cgi-bin/a/highlightjob.cgi?jobid=72803 and the link to the organization’s web portal – http://www.family-service.org/. Specifically, we are searching for someone with these credentials:

• A Master’s Degree in the social service/behavioral health field
• Texas licensing as an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker), or an LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist).
• A minimum of two years Post-Master’s Degree experience in clinical behavioral science
• The ability to work evenings and weekends.
• The capability for local travel and in-home visitation.

Additionally, bilingual ability in English and Spanish is required for this position.

If you know of someone who might have interest in this opportunity or would like to explore it yourself, please direct all inquiries to me at tony.lewis@insperity.com, and I will be happy to answer questions and/or include your referral or you in this process for consideration.

Thank you in advance for your response and any interest or referral that you could provide to me as I search for the person who would be potentially the right fit for this unique opportunity.

Tony Lewis
INSPERITY

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SA Prof. Study Group for Trauma and Dissociation meeting Wednesday, March 7, 2012

12:15 to 1:45 PM

Location: 8930 Fourwinds Dr., Conference room #202 – 2nd Floor, San Antonio, TX – Map attached

Discussion leader: Barry Blackman, LPC/S
Past President of the Texas Mental Health Counselors Association
Topic: “New LPC Board members, new viewpoints, new rules coming fast!”
See Attachments

Bring your lunch and bring a friend! Free LPC Ethics CEUs provided!

Please call 210-541-1400 & let us know that you plan to come
and
Forward this message to any clinician who might be interested in attending.

Can’t make it this time – Put the next meeting on your calendar: April 4, 2012.
Possible topics:
1. Additional LPC Ethics discussion.
2. Continuing discussion of International Society for the Study of Trauma-Dissociation’s “Guidelines for Treatment”.
3. Review of Art Therapy article, “A Task-oriented Approach to Art Therapy in Trauma Treatment” by
Anita B. Rankin (Alexandria, VA) and Lindsey C. Taucher (Austin, TX).

We meet every FIRST Wednesday of every month, 12:15-1:45 PM.

Have a topic/issue related to trauma recovery that you would like to be discussed?
or
Want to present to the group?
Contact me, Vicki Williams-Patterson at vlwpatrbc@gmail.com

HHC Newstree February 22, 2012

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Grand Opening of Beautiful New Integrative Healing Institute Saturday 3/3/12

Event Time: 10am-6pm

Event Location: 7122 San Pedro Ave, Ste 106
Event Cost: Free
Website for more Information: http://www.naturalreflexes.com/home.html

Event Description:
Join us for our Grand Opening of our new location on March 3rd from 10am-6pm. We will be having talks from our therapists, free demonstrations and tours of our new space. Come by for food, samples of our products or to learn more about what we do.

Contact for More Info
Kim Krost
2109674400
naturalreflexes@aol.com

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Herbology Level 1 Course – Weekend 1 3/24/12 – 3/25/12

Event Time: 8 am – 4 pm each day
Event Day of Week: Saturday, Sunday
Event Location: directions are on website
Event Cost: $600
Website for more Information: http://www.meetup.com/San-Antonio-Wilderness-Medicine-and-Herbology/events/41287302/
Event Description:
The Herbology Level 1 Course is a comprehensive introduction to using herbs for healing. There will be a lot of focus on local herbs in the San Antonio region (as well as the desert southwest), but this course also covers the full spectrum of general herbology. Terminology, anatomy and physiology, energetics of western herbs, wildcrafting and preparations (tinctures, salves, cough syrups, poultices, infusions), herb walks and medicinal plant identification, modern and ethnobotanical data, home herbal first aid, shopping for herbs, connecting with the plant world and more.

The emphasis of this 64-hour, introductory class is in 2 major areas:
Materia Medica and Preparations. Full course details are on website here: http://www.meetup.com/San-Antonio-Wilderness-Medicine-and-Herbology/events/41287302/

Contact for More Info
sam coffman
210-807-0891
sam@thehumanpath.com

Presenter Bio:
Sam Coffman grew up exploring and learning about wilderness camping and woodcraft at a very early age, as his family spent summers in isolated self-supporting wilderness camps due to his father’s job as a field geologist.
He is also the founder of The Human Path. The Human Path is an ecology-based, wilderness-survival and wilderness-living school offering a huge variety of outdoor, bushcraft classes (outdoor fitness, wilderness and primitive living skills, wilderness medicine, herbology, self defense, teamwork and leadership, primitive engineering, permaculture certification, aquaponics, green building and much more) in both the San Antonio and Austin areas of Texas

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Elder-ssage: The Art and Science of Massage for the Aging Adult Friday 4-20-2012 CEUs

Event Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
CEUs Offered: 6
Event Cost: $150-includes lunch
Website for more Information: www.pattibiro.com
Event Description:
Elder-ssage is an award winning CE program for health and wellness professionals that provides the latest research, tips and techniques for incorporating massage as part of an elder-health program. CE contact hours are available for nurses, massage therapists, LPC, SW, home health administators and other health and wellness professionals.
Contact for More Info

Patti Biro
7607127385
pattibiro@yahoo.com

Presenter Bio:
Patti Biro is an approved provider of continuing professional education. She created the Elder-ssage program to promote the use of massage and touch for aging adults from the 50+ active person through those in hospice care.

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Clear Creek Refuge Bird & Butterfly Benefit this Sunday 2/26/12

A Fundraiser at Nelson City Dance Hall
featuring
Music, Storytellers, Great Food, Auction of Art, Antiques & Rustic Collectibles

You Are Invited to Attend a Benefit to Help Save a Historic Hill Country Family Farm
& Wildlife Sanctuary for Migratory Songbirds & Pollinators

WHAT: A special fundraiser where you will have the chance to relax among friends and enjoy music, an auction and savory food. A silent auction and music will go on throughout the day including Zydeco music by Breaux Gumbo. A live auction by “Sheriff John Ranger” of artwork and crafts of local artists, unique antiques and rustic collectibles is to raise funds to help support and preserve Clear Creek Refuge, a beautiful natural habitat and organic farm. Anyone is invited to use the open microphone to perform their original music, tell stories, or read poems between band performances.

WHERE: At the Nelson City Dance Hall, between Boerne & Comfort. Take the Welfare Road Exit, #533 off I-10, go west on access road one half mile. Address is 825 Highway 289, Boerne, Texas 78006 www.nelsoncitydancehall.net

WHEN: Sunday, February 26, 2012 from 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

WHY: This benefit is to raise funds to help preserve Clear Creek Farm, a 1904 pioneer homestead, heritage oak woodlands and native grass prairie. It is a traditional migration destination for nomadic species like the endangered Golden Cheeked Warbler and the Monarch Butterfly, who rest, nest and find the blooming food source and larval host plants they need for their survival. This critical native habitat offers these nomads a place to return to since the beginning of time, supporting the vibrant biodiversity of the Texas Hill Country. When these plants are gone, these species will disappear from the Earth. The most severe drought in Texas history has affected all ranchers across the region, raising the price of hay and feed making it increasingly harder to sustain a farm or refuge like this one. Clear Creek Refuge is a place where visitors can experience wildlife in an original natural environment, watch birds, study wild native plants and animals, walk trails and go back in time to an endangered way of life, the small family farm. It’s a place to remember our inborn need to be part of the cycles of nature.

WHO: The owner Eleanor Crow is a naturalist, farmer, filmmaker, and photographer. Her life goal is to preserve this historic family farm and native habitat in perpetuity to protect the rare plants, birds and animals that live there.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
ELEANOR CROW
830-981-4495
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THE DIET FOR HUMAN BEINGS and more classes from the Diet and Health Center

This is our trademarked class! The live version of the one hour DVD.

We’ll review everything you need to know to start eThe Primal Blueprint Motto!ating the way your body is designed to eat. We have seen amazing changes in people who incorporate these ideas.

You won’t be hungry. You’ll sleep better. You’ll lose weight (if you need to). Your glucose, insulin and triglycerides will improve. And much, much more….

We’ll discuss why sugars and starchy foods keep your body burning inferior carbs for fuel, when what it REALLY wants is to burn FAT! We think that’s what you want too!

The Diet For Human Beings is suitable for healthy people, sick people, children, thin people, athletes – you name it! Why? Because we’re all Human Beings, and have a particular preference for proteins, fats, and most plants. Join us and watch your life change. PS. Bring your family and friends too…

MARCH 3, 2012 9:30 – 12:30 $50.

$10 OFF IF YOU CLICKED TO “LIKE” ME ON FACEBOOK

PREPARING MULTIPLE MEALS AT ONCE

This is a fun class, with so much to cover, you won’t believe it. Not a cooking class, but a class about cooking. Beverly will help you get organized, know what to buy, and how to prepare a lot of food at one time. You CAN do this, and you’ll be ever-so-grateful! Real food!

April 7, 2012 9:30 – 12:30 $50.

BREAKFASTS, SNACKS, AND SMOOTHIES

You asked for it! Recipes, tips and tricks to make good, fast, quality food. We’ll use the Diet For Human Beings as our main resource, and get creative with easy foods everyone loves. Be there!

May 20th, 2012 (SUNDAY) 12:30 – 3:30 $50.

CALL THE OFFICE AT (210) 826-0034 TO REGISTER. THANKS!
LISTEN TO PRIMAL DIET RADIO WEDNESDAYS AT 11 CST ON VOICE AMERICA.COM

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Reboot Juice Recipe from Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead

What an inspiring movie! For those of you who weren’t able to join us last night, here is one of the recipes for juicing that Joe drank daily.

Reboot Recipe Juice #1

6 Kale leaves

1 cucumber

4 celery stalks

2 green apples

1/2 lemon

1 piece of ginger

Raw Chef Christa M. Emrick (210) 710-4793

www.cme-change.com

HHC Newstree February 15, 2012

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Healing Hartwork presents “Biomagnetic Therapy — Balancing pH, Eliminating Disease” Monday 2/20/12

6:30 p.m. at Whole Foods Market – Training Room

Guest Speaker: Stephanie Richmond

“Biomagnetic Therapy — Balancing pH, Eliminating Disease”

Biomagnetic Therapy allows the detection and correction of pH imbalances in the
body. These imbalances are mainly due to pathogenic presence. Balancing the
pH eliminates the pathogens therefore allowing the body to return to wellness.

“Cancer is not able to proliferate in a pH neutral body.”
-Otto Warburg, M.D., Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Germany

For more information, contact Michelle Hart: info@healinghartwork.org
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EFT Talk and Practice Class Tuesday 2/21/12

Event Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Event Location: 12915 Jones Maltsberger #600
Event Cost: $20
Website for more Information: www.jaynemorgankidd.com

Event Description:
An open class, useful to anyone at any level of EFT understanding, focusing on any emotional or physical issues. Newcomers will learn what they need to get started. Regular class members can continue to move through their issues with help from an experienced practitioner. And since this class will meet monthly, you can get help on an ongoing basis.
Contact for More Info

Jayne Morgan-Kidd
210-530-1024
jayne@jaynemorgankidd.com

Presenter Bio:
Jayne Morgan-Kidd is a Licensed Professional Counselor in San Antonio, Texas, who began using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) a decade ago to resolve a long-term physical issue. She has been using EFT with clients since 2003 and has gained national recognition for her work. Working as a counselor in a crisis center has increased her skills in addressing the emotional and physical effects of acute and chronic stress, using EFT alongside traditional models of therapy.

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Writing for Wellness with HUG ME Ink Saturday 2/25/2012

Event Time: 3pm – 6pm
Event Location: HEB Central Market Community Room on Broadway, San Antonio, TX
Event Cost: $25
Website for more Information: http://www.hugmeink.org/Events.html

Event Description:
THREE WORKSHOPS IN ONE! Limited to 30 person max so HURRY and make your official reservation via paypal on our website at http://www.hugmeink.org/Events.html

1)HEROE’S TALES— BRINGING OUT THE HERO IN YOU Learn how to use art and prose in the healing process. Create a collage that tells your story and learn how to express it in writing.Please bring a picture, photo &/or inspiring words that tells your personal story. I will have supplies available to work with! Presented By: Elizabeth Garland, a Certified Life Coach, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner, Grief Recovery Specialist, and Theta Healer. 2) SKITS-O-PHRENIA—SCRIPTING YOUR LIFE Learn the fundamentals of playwrighting to develop a short skit or 10-minute play based on a situation in your life. Also learn basic elements of drama therapy. All the world’s a stage so come join the journey! Presented By: Nicholas B. Holstein, a certified facilitator for DBSA Suicide Prevention, the Jason Foundation & others plus a certified Peer Support Specialist for TX who has presented at several mental health awareness conferences and symposiums . Nick holds a BA in Sociolog y and a BA of Fine Arts in Theatre. Nick has numerous plays and musicals to his credit. 3) POETIC POWER—EMPOWERING THROUGH EXPRESSION Putting your feelings and experiences in a succinct form on the page can help you make sense of them and allow you to realize you are not alone. Interpret the works of renowned poets, share your interpretation with others and write your own poem in a non-judgemental environment. Presented By: Sharon Luna, a poet and member of SAPA (San Antonio Poets’ Association, a chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas), ASP (Awakening the Sleeping Poet), Voices de la Luna (a UTSA Poetry & Arts group) and the Jazz Poets of SA. Sharon co-wrote & coordinated the publication of On Mended Wings poetry anthology to benefit NAMI. She is also a former middle school teacher for the San Antonio Northside Independent School District.

Contact for More Info
Betsey Garland
210-218-2075
egarland@soulnourishing.com

Presenter Bio:
I am Elizabeth (Betsey) Garland, the managing owner of Soul Nourishing and a holistic Soul Coach that will help you resolve inner conflict, identify your resources and power, and change beliefs that are no longer serving you. I am a motivational speaker and teller of healing stories. I am a Doctor of Divinity. I also bring groups together for fun and goal-filled adventures while participating in Running/Course Marathons, Sky Diving, Hiking, etc. I received my NLP Practitioner certification from Tom Best with Best Resources/Texas Institute of NLP, and my Grief Recovery Specialist certification from the Grief Recovery Institute. I have worked as a consultant for 16+ years in Corporate America, coached and trained Fortune 100 and Federal Government clients and team members to use risk and data systems and procedures, and a variety of standard & customized tools.

I look forward to meeting you!
In love and light, Betsey

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Deeksha Oneness Blessing Circle Saturday 2/18/12

Event Time: 2.15-3.15
Event Location: Yoga Shala 18585 Sigma Road, Suite 105
Event Cost: $20
Website for more Information: www.yogashalasa.com, www.snowflowerhealing.blogspot.com
Event Description:
Deeksha, the Oneness Blessing is the transfer of Divine Grace, which can create a shift in consciousness, creating a sense of peace and oneness. Deeksha means “benediction” or “initiation”. Receiving Deeksha assists each individual in discovering their own path and eases suffering along that path.
Deeksha is not a religion or a religious based practice; it is a non-denominational experience that transfers physical energy, awakening our connection with the oneness in everything, allowing each of us to deepen our relationship with those we love, with ourselves, with strangers and with our creator.
Evolution in one’s consciousness manifests as changes in all spheres of our life – health, wealth, relationships & spiritual growth. The Deeksha brings about a growth in consciousness, thus heightening your life experience. The Deeksha changes emotions and perceptions or helps one be free of perceptions. This shift changes one’s approach to challenges and opportunities since when perceptions change one does not perceive a problem as a problem. When perceptions change reality may also change because the external world is merely a reflection of the inner world. Higher perceptions and positive emotions create a more successful and fulfilling life.
Each Deeksha Blessing giver has been through a oneness course and attunement to be blessed with this ability. The giver is an empty vessel in which Divine energy flows through in order to raise the level of consciousness in individuals, in our communities and beyond.
Deeksha is given by the laying on of hands on the recipient’s head or sometimes through intent so that blessings may be given at a distance. The affects of Deeksha unfold differently in every individual as it depends on what the receiver may need most at the time.
Benefits of Deeksha are cumulative and include:

Contact for More Info

Betsy Snowflower Krooke
210.386.0603
snowflowerhealing@yahoo.com

Presenter Bio:
Betsy SnowFlower Krooke is a powerful and gifted intuitive metaphysical healer. In addition to using her intuitive gifts to guide and create healing she is also trained as a Usui Reiki practitioner, a Metatronia Therapist and gives Deeksha Oneness Blessings. Betsy works with the angelic realms allowing angels to work with & through her to remove, correct & heal physical & emotional dis-ease.

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Ongoing Essential Oils Classes Through NISD Adult & Community Education Program

Event Location: Northside Learning Center

Website for more Information: www.nisd.net/ace
Event Description:
Many mind/body classes are available through Adult & Community Education departments. You do not need to live in a school district to attend these classes. The following classes are available through NISD and focus on the use of essential oils:

ESSENTIAL OILS FOR ADD/ADHD & AUTISM-Weds., Feb. 15 6:30-8:00pm.

ESSENTIAL OILS FOR DEPRESSION & ANXIETY-Weds., Feb. 22 6:30-8:00 pm.

ESSENTIAL OILS FOR DENTAL HEALTH-Weds, March 7 6:30-8:00pm.

ESSENTIAL OIL BASICS-Weds, March 21 6:30-8:00pm.

ESSENTIAL OILS TO BALANCE THE CHAKRAS AND ORGANS-Weds, March 28 6:30-8:00pm.

ESSENTIAL OILS & ELECTRICAL FREQUENCIES-Weds, April 4 6:30-7:30pm.

ESSENTIAL OILS GIFT IDEAS FOR MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN-Weds, APRIL 11 6:30-8:00pm.

Go to NISD’s Adult & Community Education Website to learn more about these classes and the others they offer, which include Yoga, Qigong, CPR and more. Register online or in person at the Northside Learning Center, 6632 Bandera Rd.

Contact for More Info
Adult & Community Ed Dept., NISD
(210) 397-8100

Presenter Bio:
Sue Roddy Stewart is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified BodyTalk Practitioner and Essential Oils Educator. She teaches essential oils classes through NISD and Kerrville ISD.
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FREE: Health Benefits of Organic Chocolate Friday 2/24/12

Event Time: 6:30 to 7pm
Event Location: 1201 N. loop 1604 W. #107 San antonio,TX 78258
Website for more Information: grace.mybeyondorganic.com

Event Description:
Come stop by the NEXT GENERATION WATER store and learn why dark chocolate can be actually GOOD for you . Scientific research identifies valuable nutrients in this delicious food that many of us are lacking in our diets today. Be one of the first to sample a new brand of chocolate (launched Nov 2011). If you are new to this meeting space you can find it on the NW corner of Blanco and 1604. in the shopping strip with StoneWerks and Family Christian stores.

Contact for More Info
Mary Grace Crissey
(210) 442-7428
marygrace38@gmail.com

Presenter Bio:
Mary Grace is a passionate speaker and san antonio resident for 14 years. This retired US Air Force officer grew up in Seattle,WA. Her masters degree in mathematics and business provides her unique skills in striving for metrics that improve health. Organic foods and preventative life styles combined with NIA dancing at the SYNERGY studio and swimming are keys to her personal healing journey.

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Healing Touch Program Level 1, Mar 3&4, CEUs

Event Time 8:30am – 6:00pm
Event Day of Week: Sat&Sunday
CEUs Offered: 16 for RN (ANCC) & LMT (NCBTMB & TX DSHS)
Event Cost: $365
Website for more Information: www.MorganWillow.com
Event Description:
Healing Touch is a gentle, complementary energy-based approach to health and healing. The goal is to restore harmony and balance to the human energy system through a heart-centered caring relationship and the use of contact/non-contact touch. This can greatly assist the body and mind in its natural ability to heal. Healing Touch is an evidence-based practice that offers continuing education for nurses and massage therapists.
Contact for More Info

Susan
830.890.5207
Susan@MorganWillow.com

Presenter Bio:
Susan Emily Russell was born on a basic training camp and grew up as an Army Brat in some pretty exotic locations. This nomadic lifestyle, along with her Viennese mother, allowed Susan to observe and enjoy people of many cultures, and adopt an altruistic nature in her early years. Susan gladly suffers from Chronic Girl Scout Syndrome, being well prepared to do a good deed daily and leave things better than she finds them.

Susan graduated with a BS in Medical Technology and worked for more than 20 years in clinical laboratories in a variety of settings, including oncology and rheumatology. She trained in massage therapy and other modalities, and was licensed in Texas in 1992, and was nationally certified and licensed in Florida in 2001. Always recognizing herself as an observer and facilitator, Susan began her studies as a healer in 2000 with her first Healing Touch seminar. In December 2004 she was awarded Certification as a Healing Touch Practitioner, and became an Instructor in September 2006.

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SA Professional Study Group for Trauma and Dissociation meeting Wednesday 3/7/12 CEUs

12:15 to 1:45 PM

Location: 8930 Fourwinds Dr., Conference room #202 – 2nd Floor, San Antonio, TX

Discussion leader: Barry Blackman, LPC/S
Past President of the Texas Mental Health Counselors Association
Topic: “New LPC Board members, new viewpoints, new rules coming fast!”

Bring your lunch and bring a friend! Free LPC Ethics CEUs provided!

Please call 210-541-1400 & let us know that you plan to come
and
Forward this message to any clinician who might be interested in attending.

We meet every FIRST Wednesday of every month, 12:15-1:45 PM.

Have a topic/issue related to trauma recovery that you would like to be discussed?
or
Want to present to the group?
Contact me, Vicki Williams-Patterson at vlwpatrbc@gmail.com

Vicki L. Williams-Patterson, MCAT, ATR-BC, LPC-AT
SA Trauma & Dissociation Study Group Manager
Board Certified Art Therapist
Centerpoint Institute
8930 Fourwinds Dr., Ste. 211
San Antonio, TX 78239
(210) 541-1400
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The Synergy Sound Healing Sunday 2/26/12

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Sound Healing Group with Tibetan Bowls and a Gong

A sound meditation that relaxes your mind and body and deepens your experience of health and awareness.

Enjoy the journey into transformational, intentional, healing ceremony designed to raise your consciousness and create space for more choice in your life. This event is a powerful, synergistic creation of peace, joy, relaxation, health and love.

Bring floor padding and be comfortable!

Prepay on The Synergy Studio website http://www.thesynergystudio.com/ $25
The Synergy Studio 300 E. Grayson, St. 100 *San Antonio, Texas 78215

www.SacredInspiration.com
Jodi Roberts
512-788-1236
jodisacredsound@gmail.com
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CBCST: Helping the Grieving Student, Friday, 2/17/12, CEUs

10:00 am to 12:00 pm

$25 per person

This is a two hour activity based training designed to educate and prepare school personnel who work with grieving children.

The training will include: (1) Understanding a child’s perception of death as it relates to the stages of development; (2) Recognizing indicators of complicated or traumatic grief; (3) Understanding the physiological, emotional, behavioral and spiritual manifestations of grief and their impact on the academic performance; (4) Communicating with children and their caregivers about death and dying;(5) Instituting age and classroom appropriate interventions for children who are grieving and their classmates.

For more information or to RSVP please contact:

Morgan Fenoglio, LPC Intern
(210) 736-4847 ext. 227
mfenoglio@cbcst.org

CEU’s available for LPC, LMSW & chaplains
More info at www.cbcst.org

Additional Trainings

Understanding Childhood Grief, Trauma & Crisis
Friday, April 20th
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Helping Children through the Hospice Experience
Friday, May 25th
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MELATONIN, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
Wednesday, 2/29/12
SA Functional Medicine Monthly Meeting
SPEAKER: Russel J. Reiter, PhD.

TIME: 6:30 – 9:30PM

LOCATION: Methodist Stone Oak Hospital – Classroom 1&2

Dr. Reiter currently serves on the faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. He is one of the world’s leading experts researching free radical aspects of disease processes and aging. Of particular interest is defining the role of oxygen derivatives neurodegenerative diseases and their function in apoptosis, necrosis and neuronal degeneration.

His group continues to investigate the free radical scavenging and antioxidant properties of pineal indoleamines, most notablly Melatonin.

He will reveal melatonin’s remarkable potential to:

Dramatically increase immune response

Greatly improve existing treatments for cancer

Lower cholesterol and blood pressure

Prevent the free radical damage that underlies aging

Effectively aid in sleep

Dr. Reiter has been an invited lecturer at more than 250 international symposia and conferences. He has been awarded three honorary doctor of medicine degrees, published more than 1,100 scientific papers and written 10 books.

DON’T MISS THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND HEAR DR. RUSSEL REITER.

Please click on the link below to register or RSVP.

Register Now! [http://www.drraywooten.com and pay on paypal
Where: Ye Kendall Inn, Boerne, TX
For more information contact Elisa Wooten: at 210-861-9541 or rwooten1@satx.rr.com

MettaDance is a mindfulness movement practice that facilitates the awareness of breath, enlivens connection with your body and creates new connections in consciousness. Through sensory based movement practitioners/movers release tensions and habitual movement patterns that constrict and inhibit the flow of life energy. With new somatic experiences and expanded consciousness movers can reclaim their direct connection with life-their full awareness.
Personal Benefits
Increased movement vocabulary and flexibility
Spontaneous and authentic expression of self
Awaken the energy body centers through music and movement
Connect with others, experiencing community and support through movement
Dr. Wooten’s Profile
Licensed Professional Counselor-TX
Certified Hypnotherapist and trainer
Certified Breaththerapist and trainer
Certified SomaSoul Practitioner (body centered Gestalt Psychotherapy)
Certified Shake Your Soul Teacher (movement/dance modality)
Nia Blue Belt
For more information please visit www.drraywooten.com

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Women’s Inner Wisdom Group Tuesdays 2/21/2012

Event Time: 6pm-8pm
Event Location: Viva Bookstore 8407 Broadway San Antonio 78209
Event Cost: $20
Website for more Information: www.sacredinspiration.com

Event Description:
First and Third Tuesdays of the month – Women’s group deepening your relationship with your inner wisdom, speaking your truth and making a difference in the world in a clear and sacred way. We cover spiritual practices from many traditions and the deeper topics within a safe sacred container of active listening, compassionate acceptance and the desire to learn and grow.

8407 Broadway, San Antonio TX 78209 210-826-1143
Pre-register with Viva. $20
Contact me is you have a particular topic of interest. 512-788-1236
Contact for More Info

Jodi Roberts
512-788-1236
jodisacredsound@gmail.com

Presenter Bio:
Jodi combines Tibetan bowl and gong sacred sound with coaching and spiritual teaching derived from years of indigenous healing and sacred studies . She has 24 years experience in mindfulness and meditation techniques for stress reduction, transformational energy work, psychodrama, accountability training, cross-cultural shamanism and trauma recovery work. She was the first sound healing/meditation specialist for the military at Ft. Hood Army Warrior Combat Stress RESET Program.

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. Truly the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.” Lao Tzu

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Meditation & Mindfulness Group Starts Tuesdays 2/28/12

Event Time: 6-7:30pm
Event Location: Viva Bookstore 8407 Broadway San Antonio 78209
Event Cost: $20
Website for more Information: www.sacredinspiration.com
Event Description:
Group meets every other Tuesday upstairs in Viva’s reading lounge. The group’s focus is mindfulness teachings and techniques put into practice to tame the mind chatter, lower internal stress and create more space in your life for choices rather than reactions.

A variety of different meditation techniques are taught and used in the group including silent meditation, toning/mantras, guided imagery and movement meditation.
Tuesdays: 2/28, 3/13, 3/27

Contact for More Info

Jodi Roberts
512-788-1236
jodisacredsound@gmail.com

Presenter Bio:
Jodi Roberts
Sacred Sound Shaman
Spiritual Consciousness Teacher

Jodi combines Tibetan bowl and gong sacred sound with coaching and spiritual teaching derived from years of indigenous healing and sacred studies . She has 25 years experience in mindfulness and meditation techniques for stress reduction, transformational energy work, psychodrama, accountability training, cross-cultural shamanism and trauma recovery work. She was the first sound healing/meditation specialist for the military at Ft. Hood Army Warrior Combat Stress RESET Program.

The Synergy Sound Healing Sunday 2/26/2012

Event Time: 1pm-2:30pm
Event Location: The Synergy Studio 300 E. Grayson, St. 100 •San Antonio, Texas 78215

Event Cost: $25
Website for more Information: www.sacredinspiration.com
Event Description:
Sound Healing Group with Tibetan Bowls and a Gong

A sound meditation that relaxes your mind and body and deepens your experience of health and awareness.

Bring floor padding and be comfortable!

Prepay on The Synergy Studio website http://www.thesynergystudio.com/ $25
Contact for More Info

Jodi Roberts
512-788-1236
jodisacredsound@gmail.com

Presenter Bio:

Jodi Roberts
Sacred Sound Shaman
Spiritual Consciousness Teacher

Jodi combines Tibetan bowl and gong sacred sound with coaching and spiritual teaching derived from years of indigenous healing and sacred studies . She has 24 years experience in mindfulness and meditation techniques for stress reduction, transformational energy work, psychodrama, accountability training, cross-cultural shamanism and trauma recovery work. She was the first sound healing/meditation specialist for the military at Ft. Hood Army Warrior Combat Stress RESET Program.

“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. Truly the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.” Lao Tzu

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Sue’s February Newsletter-aromatherapy and many other healing modalities

Website for more Information: http://sanantoniobodytalk.com/newsletters/february2012.html
Event Description:
Sue’s February newsletter is now posted on her website. Learn about BodyTalk Fundamentals and other classes, a disease cured with food, quick veggie recipes,and more. Just follow the link. If you are interested in essential oils, Sue hosts weekly Aromatherapy Meetups and teaches various classes about essential oils through NISD’s and Kerrville ISD’s Adult & Community Education Programs.
Contact for More Info

(210) 415-5766

Presenter Bio:
Sue is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified BodyTalk Practitioner and an Essential Oils Educator. Her office is located in the Leon Springs/Fair Oaks area.
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Writing for Wellness workshop Saturday, 2/25/12

I will be co-hosting a Writing for Wellness workshop on Saturday, Feb. 25th at HEB Central Market’s 2nd floor community room, from 3-6 pm. Cost is $25. My table is A Hero’s Tale. Using a combination of your personal photos, drawings, magazine pictures, inspirational and self-written personal stories for Survivors of any type, I teach others a blend of art collage and writing style to bring out the hero within to express your story in an unique and healing way. You survived, you are a Hero and your story deserves to be told! Let’s focus on what amazing Warrior spirit you have and bring that forward! You may also learn how to write a skit in 10 minutes and/or how to create poetry! Each table will have 45 minute segments so you can visit all 3 during the workshop for this amazing price of $25. I will have some paper, words, pictures and tools available. Please bring whatever is unique to your personal story. (This event is sponsored by www.hugmeink.org, formerly www.lovemeproject.org). To pay please visit http://www.hugmeink.org/Events.html
Betsey Garland
please call 210.218.2075 or email me at egarland@soulnourishing.com

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Amazing Partner Yoga Workshops Sunday 2/19/12

Priniciple-Based Partner Yoga
Workshops with creator Elysabeth Williamson!
Elysabeth teaches her Principle-Based Partner Yoga all over the world, and we are thrilled to bring her to San Antonio after her presentation at the Texas Yoga Conference…
don’t miss this opportunity to experience this special lady and her work… She will be returning in the fall to do a teacher training for us!

Sunday, February 19, 2012
Cost: $30 each / $50 both
Thai Yoga Massage & Partner Backbends
10-12:30pm

This workshop prepares the body for deeply supported, nourishing
back bends through easy to follow Thai Yoga Massage sequences for both front and back body. These flows are deeply relaxing on their own or excellent warm-up for Partner Yoga practice. Take home hand-outs
of Thai Flows included.

Building a Bridge Between Individual & Partner Practice
2:30-5:00pm
Partner Yoga is a excellent tool for adding depth and insight to your individual practice. This workshop invites us to experience the power and diversity of Partner practices. Included in this experience will be Partner Vinyasa, Assisting and Adjusting, Inverted and Group postures. Both workshops are open to everyone, with or without a partner, with or without prior experience!

The online sign-up is available for one or both workshops. ‘Schedule’ page under the ‘workshops’ tab
www.thesynergystudio.com

Yoga Yoga brings teacher training to The Synergy Studio!
Sign up for the 200-hour Hatha-based Vinyasa Flow teacher training … starting in September, 2012!

The Synergy Studio offers classes and workshops in Nia, Yoga, Pilates, Belly Dance,
Tai Chi, Qigong, Journey Dance, HoopDance, Ecstatic Dance,
Zumba, Alexander Technique, Gypsy Dance,
Meditation, as well as Massage Therapy, Rolfing, and Reiki.
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Free REIKI CIRCLE February 14

Whether you know anything about Reiki or not, you are welcome to come and observe, learn and participate.

The Reiki Healing Circle is open to everyone. Reiki treatments will be given free of charge. Reiki is a system of healing that is used to restore flow and balance on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual planes.
When: Tuesday, February 14, 7-8:30 p.m., Briana Brooks’ Office, 6323 Sovereign, Suite 186, San Antonio, TX
Cost: Free For more information call Briana at (210) 365-1400.
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HHC Newstree January 31, 2012

healinginfo — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:18:41 +0000

An Inspirational Evening with don Miguel Ruiz, March 9 & 10, San Antonio and Austin, respectively
author of The Four Agreements
co-sponsored by Insight Events and The Toltec Center Of Creative Intent
San Antonio, TX Friday March 9, 2012 7-9 pm
Austin, TX Saturday March 10, 2012 7-9 pm
Early Registration $30 until Feb. 1
Tickets are limited.
http://www.insighteventsusa.com/Ruiz.html [http://
Insight Events USA and The Toltec Center for Creative Intent are honored to welcome
don Miguel Ruiz, the New York Times best-selling author of The Four Agreements,
to both San Antonio and Austin for a rare appearance!

The last time don Miguel was in Austin he left unexpectedly after receiving news
that a hospital in California had a heart waiting for him. Now, a little over a
year since his heart transplant, don Miguel will bring his immense love and presence
to the Hill Country.
In the tradition of the Toltec, a Nagual (shaman) guides an individual to personal
freedom. After exploring the human mind from a Toltec as well as scientific perspective,
don Miguel has combined old wisdom with modern insights and created a new message
for all mankind, based in truth and common sense. He has dedicated his life to sharing
this new message through practical concepts that promote transformation. His message
is simple and when implemented, even incrementally, changes lives.

The Four Agreements®, published in 1997; was a New York Times bestseller for more
than 7 years and the 36th bestselling book of the decade. Other books have followed;
The Mastery of Love, The Voice of Knowledge, Prayers, Beyond Fear and The Fifth
Agreement, a collaboration with his son Don Jose. All of his books are international
bestsellers.

We hope you will join us for what is sure to be a fantastic evening with one of
the greatest spiritual teachers of our time!

Sincerely,
The Insight Staff

Click below for other Insight Events
http://www.insighteventsusa.com/guests

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Meditation and Nutrition with Thaddeus Hedges Feb. 1, 8, and 15

Event Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Event Day of Week: Three Wednesdays,
Event Location: SoL Center, University Presbyterian Church, 300 Bushnell at Shook
Event Cost: $25/3 sessions; scholarships available
Website for more Information: www.upcsa.org/sol_center

Event Description:
Discover how modern-day stress affects the nervous system and what to do for better nerve health. Guided meditation and nutritional therapies will help us to find balance in our lives. We will explore the law of 5 elements–earth, metal, water, air and fire, and discuss 4 blood types and foods to assist the function of each blood type.

The SoL Center at University Presbyterian church is an education center for adults who seek to explore the full dimensions of religious faith in the 21st century. For more information on SoL Center classes visit www.upcsa.org/sol_center.

Contact for More Info

Lucy Greer Burton, Director SoL Center
210-732-9927
solcenter@upcsa.org

Presenter Bio:
Dr. Thaddeus Hedges is a licensed chiropractor and doctor of oriental medicine and acupuncture, with a private practice in Austin. He has trained in the U.S. and also China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. He is an advocate and practitioner of solar nutrition.

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Herbology Level 1 Course – Weekend 1- March 24 – March 25, 2012

Event Time: 9 – 5 pm, 3/24 and 3/25
Event Day of Week: Saturday, Sunday
Event Location: THP Quarry (see link for directions)

Event Cost: 600.00
Website for more Information: http://www.meetup.com/San-Antonio-Wilderness-Medicine-and-Herbology/events/41287302/
Event Description:
The Herbology Level 1 Course is a comprehensive introduction to using herbs for healing. There will be a lot of focus on local herbs in the San Antonio region (as well as the desert southwest), but this course also covers the full spectrum of general herbology. Terminology, anatomy and physiology, energetics of western herbs, wildcrafting and preparations (tinctures, salves, cough syrups, poultices, infusions), herb walks and medicinal plant identification, modern and ethnobotanical data, home herbal first aid, shopping for herbs, connecting with the plant world and more.

Contact for More Info

16-Hour Wilderness First Aid Certification 4/28 – 4/29

Event Time: 8 – 4pm, 4/28 and 4/29
Event Day of Week: Saturday, Sunday
Event Location: THP Quarry (see link for directions)

Event Cost: $160.00
Website for more Information: http://www.meetup.com/San-Antonio-Wilderness-Medicine-and-Herbology/events/48656952/
Event Description:
16 hours will include primary and secondary survey, extrication, diagnosing and treating a wide variety of trauma and life-threatening situations, splinting, bandaging, high altitude injuries, heat and cold injuries, disease and infection, snake and insect bites & stings, shock, head injuries, water purification, fluid replacement, building first aid kits and much more.

Contact for More Info

Sam Coffman
210-807-0891
sam@thehumanpath.com

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Four-Office suite for lease July 1,2012

Event Location: 12915 Jones Maltsberger #600

Website for more Information: www.thecenterforlife.com
Event Description:
A four-office suite for health practitioners will be available July 1st. This suite has a shady courtyard entrance, a reception room, a waiting room and a bathroom. The suite is located in the Center For Life building, owned by Beverly Meyer of the Diet & Health Center. Her offices and those of 7 other practitioners are in an adjacent 3200 foot suite that is fully leased.
We are seeking a chiropractor, doctor, acupuncturist, therapist or other health-oriented group.
Contact for More Info

beverly meyer or the staff at the Diet & Health Center
(210) 826-0034
beverly@dietandhealthcenter.infoo
Presenter Bio:
Beverly Meyer is an MBA and a Clinical and Holistic Nutritionist. She has been in practice since 1985. She hosts a weekly LIVE radio broadcast on Voice America, the world’s largest internet talk show provider. For more info, go to www.dietandhealthcenter.info or www.primaldietradio.com
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PRIMAL DIET — MODERN HEALTH Radio Show-Wednesdays Special topic: Sleep
Event Time:    11 AM to Noon, CST
Event Day of Week:    Broadcast LIVE on Wednesdays
Event Location:   www.voiceamericahealth.com

Website for more Information: www.primaldietradio.com
Event Description:
Beverly Meyer hosts a LIVE weekly radio show that is available on iTunes or on demand after the show date. The show features a lively discussion on eating a grain-free diet, then looks at a particular health topic each week.
The show on 2/01/12 is on SLEEP, and my guest is Jayne Morgan-Kidd discussing EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). The 2/08/12 show is on neurotransmitters, anxiety, mood, depression and more, and then invites the editor of PALEO MAGAZINE on to talk about his experiences going Paleo. Join us!
Contact for More Info

beverly meyer or the staff at the Diet & Health Center
(210) 826-0034
info@primaldietradio.com

Presenter Bio:
Beverly Meyer approaches natural health care with humor, honesty and a lifetime of research. FOOD FIRST is her show motto. Primal Diet — Modern Health looks at the old and the new, and how to regain your health.

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Training Mindfully with Qigong Principles Workshop Saturday 2/11/12

Event Time: 9 am – 12 pm
Event Location: Boerne Yoga Center, 37131 IH10 West, Unit 300-2, Boerne

Website for more Information: joellenkaczorowski@aol.com/qigong
Event Description:
Within each of us is a wealth of information. Calm your mind, deepen your breath and listen; it’s all there, waiting for you. Sifu Chris will introduce you to the 8 fundamental principles used in all forms of Qigong training. Using simple Qigong techniques, he will help you truly “listen within” to gain an awareness of how to feel more grounded, engage your spine and core muscles, dial into your central nervous system, move from center and much more! The deepest parts of Internal Arts training are found in the simple things. Join us for a profound internal exploration of mind, body and spirit.

NO previous Qigong experience necessary to enjoy the benefits of this workshop

Workshop Objectives:
Sifu Chris will use visual and practical training tools to present simple, western explanations of ancient Qigong Principles which govern all traditional, internal training – You will:
◦ Gain a deeper understanding of the internal principles which govern all human movement
◦ Explore simple Qigong techniques specifically designed to challenge your self awareness
◦ Communicate with and begin healing your body, mind and spirit through mindful movement and loving awareness
◦ Learn to effectively apply these principles into other forms of personal practice from Yoga, Tai Chi, and Kung Fu to Golf, Tennis or even Cooking!

Advance registration required.
Three hour workshop early registration cost: $45 if paid by February 4, 2012.
If paid after Feb.4: $50.00
Contact for More Info

Joellen Kaczorowski
972-213-5584
joellenkacz@aol.com

Presenter Bio:
Sifu Chris Bouguyon is a nationally recognized, professional instructor with over 34 years of training and teaching experience. Elected to the National Qigong Association’s (NQA) Board of Directors in 2011, Sifu Chris is a professional member of the NQA and has been featured in numerous news articles, local and national television broadcasts as well as national and regional wellness conferences. Nominated for induction into the 2012 Action Martial Arts Magazine’s Hall of Honors, Sifu Chris brings a wealth of experience and passion into the classroom, challenging all level of student and instructor to reach deep inside themselves and become – SimplyAware.

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“Healing Early Attachment Wounds and Embracing the Authentic Self for Longer Lasting Love” Module I: March 30 –April 2, 2012

DARE–Dynamic Attachment Re-Patterning Experience Series
Presenter: Dr. Diane Poole Heller, PhD
www.DrDianePooleHeller.com

Location: Safe Place Community Center, Austin, Texas

Early Bird Special: $675 if paid by February 29, 2012; $ 725 thereafter
($200 Deposit is required to secure your spot)

CEUs will be available for Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors (Certified Counselors, Professional Counselors, and Licensed Mental Health Counselors), and Drug & Alcohol Abuse Counselors and in many states Marriage & Family Therapists

For the importance of healing early attachment wounds please listen to this free radio interview with Diane http://www.drdianepooleheller.com/free-downloads

For Questions or to Register: Isabell Correa (210) 804-5534 or xicorrea@yahoo.com.com

Accommodations at the Best Western Plus Airport Inn & Suites
1805 Airport Commerce Drive
Austin, TX 78741
(512) 386-5455
44664@hotel.bestwestern.com
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Raw Foods-Movies, Meet ups and Chocolate 101

Free Move Screening

FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD

February 15 @ 6:30 pm February 29 @ 11 am
Central Market’s 2nd Fl Community Room

100 lbs overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating
autoimmune disease, Joe Cross is at the end of his rope. Tipping the scale at
310 lbs. Joe saw a path laid out before him that wouldn’t end well. FAT,SICK &
NEARLY DEAD is an inspiring film that chronicles Joe’s personal mission to
regain his health…..an inspiring tale of healing and human connection.

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Raw Culinary Arts Class

Chocolate 101

February 11@ 2 – 4 pm

St. Valentine’s Day is a great reason to whip up something sweet and decadent
for yourself or your loved ones. So learn how to prepare three favorites:

Tangerine Flavored Chocolate Brownie Bites

Decadent Chocolate Mousse

Chocolate Cheesecake with Raspberrry Coulis

Your Health Investment $65
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Raw Food Meet Up

Sunday, February 12, 2012 3:30 pm. Guest Speaker Mary Schneider from the Holographic Repatterning Institute of Austin will introduce you to this energetic healing modality (I use it with great success.)

4:30 pm Pot Luck Begins – Bring your favorite RAW VEGAN dish(serving 6), our jovial personality and a $5 service fee to the Counter Culture Cafe.

Please let me know in advance if wish for me to prepare a dish on your behalfnfor a $10 fee.

Christa Emrick
(210) 710-4793
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SA Professional Study Group for Trauma and Dissociation Wednesday 2/1/12

NEXT meeting is
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 – 12:15 to 1:45 PM

Location: 8930 Fourwinds Dr., Conference room #202 – 2nd Floor, San Antonio, TX – Map attached

Discussion leader: Vicki Williams-Patterson
Topic: “Where Are We Going? An Update on Assessment, Treatment, and Neurobiological Research in Dissociative
Disorders as We Move Toward the DSM-5″ in the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 13:9–31, 2012 (attached)

Bring your lunch and bring a friend! Free LPC-CEUs provided!

Please call 210-541-1400 & let us know that you plan to come
and
Forward this message to any clinician who might be interested in attending.

Can’t make it this time – Put the next meeting on your calendar: March 7, 2012. Our discussion leader will be Barry Blackman, past president of the Texas Mental Health Counselors Association. Barry will be presenting an update of the Licensed Professional Counselors rules. LPC Ethics credit will be given.
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FREE QIGONG__TAI CHI___YOGA CLASSES & SPECIAL EVENTS IN FEBRUARY

January 30th February 2nd—-Ngawang Thogmey, Tibetan teacher will be at all the classes. Donation will be requested not required. All are welcome. Check the gentlewellness.com site for locations and time of classes.

Tuesday January 31st–Ellen Tisdale and her Tibetan bowl concert at the Ferrari Learning Center, bring a mat, requested donation not required.
She will be at both Yoga classes 12:30-1:30 and 1:30-2:30. Everyone is welcome for experiencing a deep transcendental state of mind.

Thursday February 9th–2-3 at the Ferrari Learning Center–Carolyn Maloney and assistants— Reiki experience.

Gentlewellness classes are sponsored through the Connections program from the retirement community at Incarnate Word. Go to gentlewellness.com for more information.

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NLP Training Discounted Tuitions for March Training

If you’ve ever considered NLP Training, 2012 is the year for you!

Practitioner Tuition as low as $1,700! For a limited time only!

Come With a Spouse, Friend or Associate For Only $1,000 More.

Now is your opportunity to experience World-Class NLP Training in Austin, Texas and save up to $700 off our regular tuition price.

Texas Institute of NLP 16-Day NLP Practitioner Certification Training
Begins March 31 – April 1, 2012 in Austin, Texas.

The Fundamentals of NLP

An NLP Discovery Weekend

Austin, Texas March 31 – April 1, 2012

Special Introductory Tuition of $100.
Reserve Your Space Today!

Curious about NLP? Attend the 1st weekend of the NLP Practitioner Certification Training and join international NLP trainer Tom Best and a motivated group of learners in an exploration of the Fundamentals of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

This two-day workshop, the first weekend of our Practitioner Training, will take you through examples of what Neuro Linguistic Programming has to offer and demonstrate the potential and power of NLP. You will gain skills, discover resources and master techniques that can greatly expand your behavioral choices and increase your flexibility.

www.nlpoptions.com

For Full Information Contact:
Katie Raver at: katieraver@nlpoptions.com
Bobbi Best at: bestresources@satx.rr.com
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Attend a Free Public Talk on Icon Art Sunday, March 25
4:30-6:30
Church of Reconciliation * 8900 Starcrest
Artist Irene Perez-Omer will show slides
and discuss the history and symbolism of
the ancient art of Iconography.

Icon Art Workshop

Monday March 26, 2012 at 9:00 AM CDT -to- Saturday March 31, 2012 at 4:00 PM CDT

This six day Icon Art Workshop will teach the participant how to “write an icon” using old world techniques.

Episcopal Church of Reconciliation. For more information go to www.abodehome.org. To register click the words “Icon Art Workshop” above.