June 2006 issue #42 ~ Embrace Healing and Life in Every Sense

Ken, my husband, was hit in the eye a couple of weeks ago while playing volleyball with the guys. The next day he saw a flash and started seeing many "floaters" which he is still seeing. It turned out to be a torn retina, which can result in loss of vision if left untreated. Ken saw two eye doctors who said it was a 'detached vitreous' which is less serious, and that it would heal on its own. On the advice of Barbara - a dear friend (who struggled with a detached retina last year), we sought out her specialist. He diagnosed and performed laser surgery to repair the torn retina during the initial 3 hour office visit. While we were surprised by this diagnosis -- as the other two doctors did not see 'the tear', we are so glad we followed our friend's advice! Prognosis is good. Crisis averted. This experience reminded us to heed advice by others - as it may be Divine guidance in the works, to get that third medical opinion, and to wear sports goggles after 45.

Several of our articles this month relate to the senses. Sandra Schubert, our journaling instructor, prompts us to get in touch with the sense of touch for creativity. I can tell you we are embracing the sense of sight this month in our household! We hope you enjoy this issue of support and healing, and consider enrolling in one of our holistic courses today.


Blessings for health and healing,



June Cook
Self-Healing Expressions (S-HE)

Exploring the World with Your Senses: Touch By Sandra Lee Schubert

As an artist, it is important to engage in all our senses as fully as possible. Think of a potter out of touch with her clay. She might create technically correct pieces yet they would lack a certain feeling to them. There is a potter's work I love. I like to hold her pieces. They have a wonderful feel to them. Each piece seems to have a special energy. Her whole family is involved in her work. Helping create and sell her pottery. Each item in her collection has a feeling of love in it. Wouldn't each of us want our work to elicit that kind of energy? [Read on] Sandra Schubert is the instructor for the course Writing for Life: Creating a Story of Your Own.

Dear Marty ~ Delayed Reaction to Infant's Hearing Loss Q & A by Bereavement Counselor Marty Tousley

Question: Apparently there is a syndrome in which a year or two after a parent learns that their baby/child has a severe disability, that parent, often the mother, has a sort of crisis and behaves out of character. This has recently happened to my wife. Over a year ago, our daughter (then 8 months) was diagnosed as being 98% deaf. Can you help identify the syndrome's name, if indeed it has one? [Read on] Marty Tousley is the instructor of The First Year of Grief: Help for the Journey and A Different Grief: Coping with Pet Loss.

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A Coping Blurb from Art: 10 Tips for Coping with Dis-ease or Disability By Arthur Soissons-Segal, Ph.D. ~ Therapist & brain tumor survivor

1. Be an expert on your medical condition. Gain information from doctors, scan the internet... Ask questions. Don't give up. 2. Learn new skills. You have abilities. Use them! 3. Exercise, walk, stretch and be active. 4. Practice pain control 5. Watch you're self-talk. Give yourself positive beliefs. 6. Discourage learned helplessness. Do you really need the offered help? 7. Express your feelings, they are normal. Join a support group. 8. Help others. Be a volunteer. 9. You are more than your disability. 10. Build a new normalcy. Arthur Soissons-Segal is the instructor of the course The Joy Of Coping: Overcoming The Stress of Dis-ease.

Book Review by Linda Pendleton

Just Peace, A Message of Hope by Mattie J.T. Stepanek, with Jimmy Carter, edited by Jennifer Smith Stepanek I just finished reading one of the most profound and inspirational books I have ever read. I don't know if any of you had the privilege of encountering young Mattie on his numerous television appearances on Oprah, Good Morning America, Larry King, or the Jerry Lewis M.D. telethon, but if you did, or did not, I invite you to read this book by this best-selling young poet, peacemaker and philosopher. Mattie J.T. Stepanek died in June, 2004, weeks before... Read on. Linda Pendleton, medium and author, is the creator and instructor of the course Journey to the Heart: Exploring the World of Spirit.

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Things That Make You Go Ommm. . .

Summer Break: A Great Adventure in Writing
A message from Sandra Schubert...I invite you to write your life story this summer. My e-course at twenty simple lessons long will lead you through a successful summer of writing. In September you can launch your own book party where you are the star and author of your life tale. A summer is a terrible thing to waste. Think of the great holiday gift you can give to yourself or your family after a happy summer of writing. Visit my new blog and let us journey through a summer of writing together.

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Fear and Laughter, A Heartbeat Away By Lynn Shaw, Laugh Therapist

Perhaps the most paralyzing emotion is fear. Its intense, sudden arrival has caused giants to halt. Sometimes you think you'll outgrow fear and no longer need the light on to fall asleep. Then your mind perceives the threat, clarity is clouded, and the adrenalin power surge reminds you that fear, like laughter, is a heartbeat away. Does fear prevent you from living with a laughing heart? Read on. Lynn Shaw is the creator and instructor of the course Laughter for the Healing Heart.

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The Way of the Shaman: Intent + Emotional Control + Knowledge = A Shaman By Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls

Everything has spirit; every rock, tree, fish, animal, person, ocean, planet, has some kind of spirit. The spirit showing itself as a rock is not necessarily just a rock, however. Looks can be deceiving. But the quality or level of the spirit is evidenced in its physical form. For example, the spirit of a rock has a slow and low vibrational rate. It takes a long time to act but it has a long life span in this reality. A butterfly has a higher and faster vibration but a shorter life span than a rock. It makes one wonder whether we are all given the same amount of spiritual energy and our life spans vary only according to our vibratory rate. There are also various forms of non-visible spirits. Shamans spend lifetimes learning to "see" and perform various tasks using these spiritual forms. [Read on] Shaman Elder Maggie Wahls is the creator and instructor of Discovering the Shaman Healer Within: Apprentice Course, as well as Reiki for Healing: Level I and Reiki for Healing: Level II. Find courses listed here.

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Trains, Planes and Automobiles: Understanding a Vehicle in a Dream By Laura V. Grace Have you ever examined the significance of vehicles in your dreams? The next time a vehicle appears in your dream, notice where you're sitting or standing. If someone other than you is in the driver's seat, who is it? This person is the one presently in control of your life. This is true even if they are deceased. How can that be? Well, it can occur if you're living your life according to... [Read on] Laura V. Grace is the instructor for the course Dreams for Healing: Using Dreams as a Pathway to the Soul.

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Take A Vacation to the Land of Summer Love by Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway The year was 1986, and I had penciled in only one appointment for two hot and breezy months... Summer Love. Some 20 years later, I'm an old married lady with a kid, a house and a dog... As summer is upon us, I am ready to feng shui the love corner of my bedroom. And to share some of my relationship wisdom with my sisters who are searching for love. After years of teaching workshops, coaching women and talking to friends, I realize what is missing from the lives of soulful, adult women Understanding your own wiring and how you view relationships is a first step in drawing in your true love. Your personal view of what a relationship is (can be, and has been) is as personal as a fingerprint. Until you identify it, it can be a subconscious road map that draws certain relationships to you - for better or for worse. Identifying your point of view brings it to light in your conscious mind and allows you to see your own relationship MO (modus operandi) and MS (mindset). Your honest approach to the process of... [Read on] Rev. Laurie Sue is creator and instructor of Finding Your Spiritual Soul Mate: Transforming Your Romantic Destiny with A Romantic Resumé.

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This Month's Holistic Prayer

Oh, Great Spirit,
whose voice I hear in the winds
and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me.
I am small and weak.
I need your strength and wisdom.

Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes
ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made
and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand
the things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have hidden
in every leaf and rock.

I seek strength, not to be superior to my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes,
so when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit will come to you
without shame.

~ Chief Yellow Lark, Lakota Indian



   

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