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Our Mission: To create a unified community

of compassionate, holistic practitioners that will contribute

to enhancing our profession and ourselves by providing a supportive space to share, learn, teach, grow and lead.

My Vision: “To strengthen and support the

community of holistic professionals.”

--Linda Mitchell-Dominguez HMN Founder

Newsletter Editor GREGG TAYLOR

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Star light, Star bright, First star I see tonight,

I wish I may, I wish I might Have this wish I wish tonight.

How many of you remem-ber wishing on a star when you were a wee child? I grew up in the country, very remote from civiliza-tion, where the sky was full of wonder. Lying on the ground in my yard, I would wish upon a star for Peace, and for healing for all those

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Other disappointments would shadow my desires, and fears and insecurities would bring me to a place of homeless-ness, but beyond all of this I always saw hope! I would dream of the white horse and charming Prince that would sweep me off my feet and take me home. Those were childhood dreams and fanta-sies, but my early experien-ces, and my purpose in this world, were obviously clear very early in life.

When I found my Spiritual connection at Unity, and entered the school of mas-sage at the Institute for Therapeutic Massage, this marked the beginning of my road to discovery and healing.

hearts that were lonely and in pain. It is no wonder that many years later, after marriage, children, and divorce I would find my way into the field of nursing. My earliest childhood mem-ory was when my sister Mary Lou, twin of my sister Betty, was six, and I was almost five, became very ill and died in less than a month. There were no ex-planations given, for that was a time when children were seen and not heard. The only explanation came from the nice people at the funeral parlor who said,

“Jesus was with my sister to take her home.” It was no wonder I spent my kindergarten days in fear of my parents not being at the door when I got home from school. And I’m sure they were in wonder of this child who would burst into tears for no apparent reason. This was at a time when little was known about the psyche and the effect of trauma on the mind, body, and spirit. My early experience with death was only one trauma that I would encounter.

Had I not surrendered to a Higher Power and accept-ed help, I don’t believe that I would have begun the process of change and accepting myself. From a lifetime of fear and inse-curity, I have since grown through many obstacles and challenges.

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IN THIS ISSUE: Wish Upon a Star…...........cover Planting the Seeds…..........…..2 Intuition as a Pathway.......….....3 “IMAGINE” by John Lennon.....4 My Mind-Body Baby….........….4 Spring: Miracle of Birth..........….7 Personal Best..…......................7 Spring-Cleaning for Your Body…....8 Growing the Seeds of Your Business….….........10 I Don’t Need a Professional Coach…............…..12 How Did We Do It?….............12 Summer Pudding…................13 Garden of Daily Living….…....13 What is Indian Head Massage?…......…..14

by Linda Mitchell-Dominguez Founder and Executive Director, Holistic Mentorship Network

There have been many people along the way to catch me when I stumbled, and to listen until I could reason...and begin my journey home. The articles that are within these pages give insight and reflection to the growth that happens when there is a willingness to discover, heal and change. The inti-mate sharing of healing can take place at any time dur-ing our lives, and can have a great impact on the years we spend running from ourselves. We are fortu-nate to live in a time when there is so much more

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awareness to physical, mental, emotional and spir- itual trauma, so that healing can begin early on and hope-fully spare a child or adult from years of pain, fear and frustration. It is with heartfelt gratitude that we give our utmost appreciation to Amanda and Zack (below), and Elaine, for sharing their stories.

How often do we resolve to make a New Year’s resolu-tion to change, only to be disappointed and give up because we failed yet again? Robin Ball, co-owner of R&T Nautilus in Newton, N.J., shares his experience and knowledge in planning a fitness program that fits into the time restraints that, often times, haunt us in the begin-

regular contributor to MARCI who shares his knowledge and insight to the import-ance of detoxification and supporting your body through natural remedies. His pas-sion to deliver quality is a testament to his commit-ment to his profession. He always seems to go the extra mile and has found a recipe for Spring Pudding. -----Enjoy! Spring is a time for new beginnings, to plant new seeds and revisit the dreams we left behind. Donna Price, Business Coach, President of Compass Rose Consulting, and regular contributor to MARCI, uses her experiences, knowledge and challenges to help guide individuals to realize their own potential and dreams. The tips she shares in her article have even helped me

in planting the seeds that continue to move the Holistic Mentorship Network forward in its vision and mission.

I would like to take this moment to thank Monica Freund, who demonstrates her commitment as Lead Facilitator of “The Greater Princeton Area” Support Group. Through her faith and vision, she continues to bring people together to support, share, learn, teach, grow, and lead the holistic community.

So how do you know what seeds to plant in your garden? Who better to answer that question than songwriter and Transform-ational Life Coach, Spring Libutti...So, “be still and listen”.

--------LMD

ning of the year from trying to take control of our lives after a season of dormancy and feast.

Spring cleaning is more than just cleaning out our closets, says Cethelen macEalaionta, Herbalist and

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Planting the Seeds for an Amazing Life by Susan Cloutier

Inside every seed is the full potential for a magni-ficent bloom! The same is true for each and every one of us. Inside of us is the potential for magni-ficence in every moment. We need only to believe and see it done! Those stirrings, desires, imaginings…those are the seeds within us. Each one is waiting for the proper soil, nourishment, conditions to burst forth and bloom. Is your soil rich in positive

time each day to feel the end result, to align with the power within us, whatever name we choose to give it, then we will be guided to the next right and perfect step. It is the law, and the law ALWAYS works for us!!! Believing is seeing! It’s all about:

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ideas and feelings? Is faith what keeps you nourished? Do you have a daily practice of going within to keep the proper conditions of balance in mind, body and Spirit?

Daily Word for March 2, 2007

In harmony with God each day, I am preparing for my

future. Dreaming of the future and setting attainable goals for

myself is exciting and invigorating. There is joy in envisioning what my heart desires and what I

can contribute to the people I love and the world

in which I live. In faith I know that my

future is secure. It is not controlled by external

circumstances or other individuals.

God is my guiding force.

In harmony with God each day, I am preparing

for my future. As I enjoy making plans

and setting goals, I affirm that whatever I may need or whatever

good I desire is already here, right now, just

waiting for me to realize its full potential.

Affirming this Truth builds an

awareness of the activity of God in my

life.

Our seeds (dreams) are filled with the Light of Truth within us. If we take the time to recognize the dream and feel the power of its coming to fruition, nothing will stop it from becoming a visual mani-festation. We do not have to be worried about the details. If we take the

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In 2004, I signed up for a class at the Ford Institute for Integrative Life Coaching. They promised me the magical key to peace and happiness. I showed up for the first class, pen poised, ready for them to give me all of the answers. Much to my surprise, my questions were met with, “If you knew the answer what would it be?” or “what do YOU think, Spring?” or “how could you bring your songs to the world?” I would exclaim, “If I knew that, I wouldn’t be here, now would I?” However, my curiosity was peaked. Could the magic key really be inside me? It was possible, since that was the only place I had not looked! True, I am a song-

writer who creates intuit-tively but, in real life, I am a rational-thinking person used to planning, doing and pursuing to make it happen. I explored their concept of the answers are within you, by participating in many internal processes which involved quiet meditative reflecting, deep breathing, chanting, long moments of silence, drumming, listening to nature sounds, taking long walks in the woods, and sitting in my car a few minutes upon arriving anywhere to center myself. At first, I experienced nothing more than silence, but then something astound-ing began to happen. Life began to flow and feel easier, my relationships

started healing, great opportunities found me. I was still doing and follow-ing through on commit-ments, but not working so hard all the time. When intuition gave me guid-ance that said, this is fun, and it works, I followed. That was my aha! moment. ---Intuition is about trusting each step at a time with-out always knowing the outcome.

Webster’s Collegiate Dic-tionary officially defines intuition as, the power or faculty of attaining to dir-ect knowledge or cogni-tion without evident ration-al thought and inference.

The process is simple. Get still. Ask a question. Stay quiet.

Open your heart and listen. Trust and have faith in the answers. Do we all have this ability? Absolutely! The answers come in many forms such as; a person to call, a conference to attend, a book to write, or guidance to stay quiet and do nothing. Pay attention to where you feel a yes or a no. You can be sure you are not following intuition when you hear the words, should or have to. It is as simple as following a feeling inside you that gives you information. I had a client tell me she felt completely unmo-tivated, but kept pushing her-self through the motions. I replied, “what if doing nothing was the key to getting moti-vated?” She secretly admitted to wanting that. Her intuit-

tion was speaking, but she

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Intuition as a Pathway to the Light by Spring Libutti, CILC

“...Her intuition was speaking, but she was not listening…

was not listening. Once she truly embraced the nothing-ness, her motivation returned!

The main reason why we often resist our intuition is because we are concerned that others might think we are silly, flaky, irrational or lazy (God forbid!) Yet, there is plenty of statistical evi-dence to support that intui-tive phenomenon exists and there is much that science cannot explain. We call them miracles. Have you ever had a miracle occur in your life? Or some profound coincidence?

One day, at a second-hand book store, I felt drawn to a book called, A Gift of Magic. Something was familiar about this book, and when I opened it, my own penciled signature was inside!

It was my favorite book as a young girl, sold at our family garage sale over 10 years ago. It was a story about three children who had the gifts of music, dance and intuition. As an adult, I was not fully expres-sing these gifts. This book came back into my life to reencourage me to trust my intuition and use my gifts!

My most profound intuitive moment occurred recently, as I headed out the door for a party; I could not shake a fore-boding feeling that something was not right. It got so strong, that by the time I drove up the street, there was a tightening in my stomach. Upon re-entering my home, I lingered at the door. My roommate asked, “are you coming or going?” I replied, “I just feel like something bad is going to happen tonight.”

happen tonight.” The voices in my head rationalized, “I should go out and socialize with these artists, I have to start interacting with my community, maybe I am scared and need a push to connect.”

I stayed home.

Several weeks later, I heard that all of the guests were robbed that night, including the host. It was a fiasco (that turned out to be drug related.) My intuition was not only keeping me from harm, but from entering into an energetic environment that was not in alignment with my highest good. As the movie, “The Secret” describes, it was not a vibrational match. My intuition knew much more than my logical brain ever could.

There is always a reason why we get insights when we do. They have a distinct purpose in the divine order of our lives. Intuition is always there to protect us, sustain us and support us in aligning with our highest good and our deepest desires. Remember the last scene in the very symbolically spiri-tual movie, The Wizard of Oz?---when Glenda, the good witch, tells Dorothy that she always had the power to click her heels together and go back home to Kansas, just like she had the power to banish the evil witch? Dorothy’s friendly entourage asked, “Why didn’t you tell her?” Glenda replied, “She would not have believed me, she had to discover it for

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herself!” But Dorothy spent most of the movie, running in fear, powerless-ly looking to get to the great Oz for her answers. When she finally found him, he was just a man behind a curtain who did not hold any real answers for her. Her answers were within one click of the heels and a powerful re-quest to the Universe (there is no place like home)…the entire time. These insights have been floating around society for years, in movies, books and music. Some of our greatest leaders are those who followed their own inner urgings; Oprah Win-frey, Martin Luther King and Buck Charleson----

inventor of the hydraulic motor and power steering. Buck claims that he used his intuitive abilities more than conscious thought to create his inventions. Acclaimed singer/song-writer Beth Nielsen Chap-man, personally told me that she only got Top Ten hits on the charts when she stop-ped thinking and started writing songs from her heart.

I have seen my life change, and those of my clients’, all because of following intui-tive guidance. When you truly believe that your intui-tion is your pathway to the light, you are free to surren-der to the magical flow of the universe.

It is through having faith in your questions and trusting in the answers, that you will feel the brightest light and the deepest levels of peace you have ever known. When you feel it, you can shine it, transforming your world and the world we all live in!

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Spring is a recording artist and a Certified Life Trans-formation Coach who per-forms nationally and leads workshops that blend music with coaching techniques to inspire healing, inspiration and lasting change on an unconscious, emotional level. www.SpringMusic.net, Spring@SpringMusic.net

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“IMAGINE” Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try, No hell below us, above us only sky, Imagine all the people, living for today. . Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too, Imagine all the people, living life in peace. . You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. . Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, a brotherhood of man, Imagine all the people, sharing all the world. . You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one.

JOHN LENNON 1940-1980

My “Mind-Body” Baby by Amanda J. Yanuklis

After 20 months of desper-ately trying to conceive a baby, my doctor referred me to the Atlantic Mind-Body Center so that I could learn some “relax-ation techniques” that would increase my chanc-es of succeeding with my infertility treatments. I had an initial consultation with Mary Loughran, who gave me a full assessment and some recommended next steps. I followed her recommendations, but I had to admit, I was skep-tical that any of this “touchy-feely” stuff was going to work for me. I managed to keep an open mind and began weekly guided imagery sessions, Yoga for Fertility classes, and an aggressive course of acupuncture treatments

with Dr. Ann Cotter. My treatments were timed per-fectly with my cycle and, in December 2004, I became pregnant, and no longer skeptical!

Through my regular medi-tation and guided imagery sessions with Mary, and acupuncture sessions with Dr. Cotter, I also became very aware of the energy in my body. I felt more relax-ed and, overall, I felt healthier.

Everything was fairly peaceful and enjoyable until the beginning of my third trimester when my blood pressure began to spike. I developed pre-eclampsia and delivered my son, Zack Charles, by emergency C-section on July 10, 2005.

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At thirty-two weeks, he was just three pounds-fifteen ounces, but fortunately, he was healthy and breathing on his own. Zack only spent sixteen days in the NICU, but when he was five weeks old, we had to rush him to the ER one morning, because his breathing was labored. By the end of the day, he was diagnosed with Group B Strep meningitis, and even though his condition was very serious, we felt pretty calm for the first few days that he was in the PICU. Zack was such an easy going baby and not much of a complainer; I think his personality gave both us, and the doctors, a false sense of comfort. After few days, he spiked a fever

and had seizures. Up until that time, Zack had not been physically invaded any more than he had been in the NICU, but now he needed several very invasive proce-dures and, eventually needed a blood transfusion.

I worried about how Zack would feel with all of these procedures, and I worried about the future…wondering what I would do if Zack had

Back at home, Zack had feeding issues after the meningitis and, eight days later, we returned to the ER. In just a few hours, Zack went into septic shock. He was moved back to the PICU and placed on a ventilator. The doctors had no idea what he was suffering from.

After several hours and many procedures, Zack was stabilized enough that we could see him. My poor little baby was laid-out naked on a warming bed with too many wires and tubes coming out of him to count. My heart was breaking and I kept thinking that no mother should have to see her baby in this state.

My “Mind-Body” Baby continued a permanent impairment. At some point, I called the Mind-Body Center to give them an update on Zack’s condition. My massage therapist, Kathleen answer-ed the phone and sug-gested that when Zack was better, we see Linda Mitchell-Dominguez, who had experience with child-ren and cranial sacral massage. Kathleen thought that Linda’s treatments would help with drainage from the meningitis. I knew how I had benefited from my various treatments at the Mind-Body Center and thought this sounded like a great idea for Zack too.

All in all, Zack spent nine days in the PICU and a total of sixteen days in the hospital.

“…I kept thinking that no mother should have to see her baby in this state…”

In the morning, the doctors were worried about renal failure and the head of the PICU came in to give my husband Paul, and me the horrible news that Zack might not make it. The doc-tors still didn’t know what Zack was suffering from and decided to do a CT scan. Paul and I followed Zack and his transport team down to radiology. We went as far as we were allowed to go and then we both sat on the hall-way floor and cried. When the transport team brought Zack out of radiology, every-one was excited because Zack’s kidneys were working. The next day, the doctors said that Zack was doing beautifully and that they’d start weaning him off the ventilator and the heavy medication. When Zack’s

blood cultures came back, they showed Zack had another GBS infection. Since I knew I was colon-ized with GBS during my pregnancy, and this was Zack’s second brush with death at the hands of this deadly bacteria, I pushed the doctors to culture my breast milk. That culture was also positive, and although the doctors were extremely hesitant to point to my milk as the source of Zack’s infections, we switched Zack to formula. Zack spent another twenty-five days in the hospital and, by the time he was discharged on October 2, Zack had spent eight of his first twelve weeks of life hooked up to monitors, ventilators and IVs. Despite his circumstances, initially Zack was a very

happy and good-natured baby. He was happy to flirt with the nurses and enter-tain all who stopped by for a visit. However, the more time he spent in the hospital ---being poked and prodded too many times a day by countless strangers, Zack became irritable, sometimes inconsolable, and mistrust-ing. I could feel him retreat-ing into himself and I was worried.

The best thing that happen-ed in Zack’s last few weeks in the hospital was that his doctor allowed Linda Mitchell-Dominguez to begin Zack’s cranial sacral treatments in the hospital. I saw a difference in him after his first treatment. Although he was still connected to IV’s, I felt him relax when I held him. He just snuggled into me and seemed to fit

better than he had before. It was more natural. Zack was far less irritable in the evenings, too. In the hospital he had started fussing and crying during the early evening. After everything we had been through I had a hard time with the crying because I was afraid he was going to get sick again.

After Zack came home from the hospital, we continued with treatments twice a week. Early on, Zack came to trust Linda and knew that she was helping him to feel better. His trust and admiration of Linda was a blessing. He smiled for her long before he smiled for the rest of the family.

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Although I continued with my own energy treatments when I could, healing Zack’s wounds were my priority. I depended on Linda too, because by taking care of Zack, she was helping me heal from our trauma as well. Linda helped Zack and I communicate with each other and I learned that it was okay to give Zack per-mission to let me know if he was unhappy, that it was im-portant for him to express himself rather than keeping it bottled inside him just to be

strong for me all the time.

I would often lament to Linda that, although I was grateful to have my little boy, I felt cheated that I didn’t have that beautiful storybook birth and mother-baby bonding experience. Linda con-vinced me that if I felt this way, Zack probably felt the same way. I felt all of his pain, every step of the way, and I made it my pain. (This story that I tell is our story, but in my voice.) Linda reminded me that, although Zack was a baby, he too had a voice and maybe he also needed to vent about his circumstances too. I thought about this possi-bility, and I remembered my last sonogram prior to Zack’s birth. At thirty-two

weeks, the doctor comment-ed that Zack was already upside down and in the birth position. Nature is so amazing! Zack didn’t know he would be delivered by C-section, so he was preparing to make his entry into the world the way nature had intended him to. It occurred to me that Linda was right---maybe Zack knew more about the way things were supposed to be than I realized, and maybe he had grievances---- I wouldn’t blame him if he did.

Linda took Zack and I through a rebirthing exper-ience, where we reenacted the normal delivery. Zack and I lay next to each other on a cushioned mat and he turned upside down and wiggled down and pretend-ed to be born again. Then Linda immediately placed him on my chest so we could have that mother-baby bonding experience that we were both cheated of. Zack went into a som-atic emotional release, and cried, and cried. He was very angry! I turned to Linda and asked, “What do you think he’s trying to tell me?” And she said, “Listen with your heart and it will come to you.” Well, in my heart, Zack grieved about things that I

hadn’t even given a voice to.

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“…maybe Zack knew more about the way things were supposed to be…”

All in all, Zack and I had the opportunity to talk about our trauma together and trade stories about how we both felt shafted by the experi-ence. The rebirthing was pretty powerful in that regard.

Zack continued with his treatments, and I with mine, but I couldn’t help but re-live different pieces of our trauma; usually at night as I was putting Zack to sleep. As I would feed Zack his bottle, I would have a flash-back of something horrible. One night in February, when Zack was about seven months old, he woke up in the middle of the night and cried for half an hour. I was completely distressed and crying too. I thought for certain that if he didn’t stop crying, we’d have to go to the ER.

Somehow, my husband Paul managed to calm us both down and we all went back to sleep.

I told Mary about this crying episode during my next treatment and she decided that it was probably a good time to help me release the fear that I was holding in my heart. I had a somatic emo-tional release of my own. It was a very powerful exper-ience. I can’t even begin to describe how much lighter I felt afterward. I didn’t real-ize that I’d been living with a crushing weight on my chest for all these months. It was such a relief to let it

all go. Around the same

time, Zack had a few more somatic releases during his sessions too.

I can’t say that all of a sudden, one day Zack and I were both cured. I don’t think it happens that way. I can say that, little by little, we have to let go of the past. Zack sees Linda weekly and I try to see Mary as often as I can. We do the work we need to do, and I think it makes him a happier little boy. I know it makes me a much calmer mommy.

Today, Zack is approaching twenty-months-old. He is perfectly healthy and dev-eloping normally. He’s really only been sick once since leaving the hospital. I completely credit his good health to the cranial sacral therapy. I’m pretty healthy too. We continue to be blessed and I am very grateful to have Zack in my life. He is such a happy boy…a total ray of sun-shine! He’s strong and strong-willed, and fortun-ately, a little stubborn. I honestly don’t know where we’d be without the Mind-Body Center, and especially Linda and Mary. I really wouldn’t want to find out!

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Spring: The Miracle of Birth by Elaine Abicca

To be of the Earth is to know

the restlessness of being a seed

The darkness of being planted

The struggle toward the light

The pain of growth into the light

The joy of bursting and bearing fruit The love of being food for someone the scattering of

your seeds The decay of the

seasons The mystery of death

and the miracle of birth.

------John Soos

As the earth transitions into this new season of Spring, it will again begin its pro-cess of birthing, as millions of new seeds are planted and emerge from their dark resting place of winter to begin the journey of becom-ing that which they are in-tended to be. As in all birthing, human or nature centered, there is a degree of mystery and pain as the seed planted in darkness seeks the light. While preparing my article for this month's newsletter, I was deeply inspired by the circle of life pamphlets pub-lished by the Foundation for Global Community in which I found the poem by John

Soos.

My personal search for the light, and my struggle to emerge whole, took many turns through the years. Becoming a metaphysical student and learning my true spiritual identity and purpose on this earth cata-pulted me into a journey not always pleasant or short, but one with meaning and direction. A most significant experience, as I traveled this new path, was meeting and working with Linda Mitchell-Dominguez, who

introduced my body and

emotions to many forms of energy work; specifically somatic-emotional release. Early on in this work, I noticed many shifts in my thinking, along with an incessant need to discuss my past and present. All of it enveloped in much fear and guilt. One day, I mentioned a recur-ring dream in which I was always misplacing or dropping a baby. The nightmare itself was scary, but it also remind-ed me of the very painful period of my life when I was too ill to properly take care of my two young children. They were shuffled back and forth to my relatives, and thus my son's toddler stage became a big blur.

“…the nightmare itself was scary, but it reminded me…”

For years after I could not bear to look at pictures of my son at this age because the pain and guilt would come flooding back. As Linda worked on me that day I suddenly found myself at my own birth----sixty-two years ago. I experienced my own restlessness and fear of being a new seed, but more significantly I saw my mother's struggle with her own health issues and the fears that were planted in the early years, and re-planted and revisited on me. As everything in life cycles and recycles, I released the guilt and fears carried through the years. I have not had that dream since the session. One can only bring mercy to one’s past and to those

seeds born out of fear, as we see ourselves as part of the great cycle of life. This upcoming season of Spring is a reminder of the ever present possibility of renewal, when we can mindfully and consciously plant new seeds of hope and joy bearing the fruit we wish to see in our lives and our future generations.

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Elaine Abicca is a retired, Special Education teacher and mother of two grown children. As she struggled to over-come constant health challenges, Elaine began the journey into her own heart, searching for that much talked about, but little understood, concept of LOVE. Since we teach what we need to learn, Elaine facilitated YOU-niqueness ---“There's No One in the World Like You” work-shops for adolescents, and discovered her own mission as "heartlady” to herself and others. Elaine resides in Moscow, PA

Personal Best: Fitness & Health

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Robin L. Ball, M.S.

Beginning a fitness program starts with putting time aside for one’s self. Unless you can fit this new program into your weekly schedule, things will stay the same. Improving one’s self both physically and mentally takes effort. Change from the ordinary to the extraordinary just doesn’t happen. Perhaps it’s not the time or the will, maybe it’s the how-to, or where do I begin? And...What do I need to get the results I want? Let’s start with exercise, since that is what most of us

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Any exercise----walking, jogging, swimming, playing tennis, golfing, horseback riding, or any other activity that involves movement, will contribute to using muscles. This is the beginning to maintaining muscle. Muscle tissue atrophies (shrinks) as we get older. The fountain of youth for muscle is resistance exer-cises, i.e. weight training, or progressive resistance train-ing. Done correctly, weight training reverses muscle atrophy, creating muscle hypertrophy (firming). Resistance training needs to

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tant to achieve results. This kind of training is called aner-obic conditioning.

“How can this program help me?” One: muscles move your body. The stronger they are, the better you move and do normal day-to-day tasks. Two: muscles are the engines in our bodies----the more you have, the higher your caloric needs are. This will help in keeping off unwanted pounds. Three: muscles are attached to bones. This makes your foundation or, bone density, stronger.

Cardiovascular fitness has to do with what is called, aerobic conditioning. This type of activity focuses on getting one’s heart rate into a specific training zone. The heart muscle also needs exercise in order to stay fit. The training zone is based on an indivi-dual’s age and fitness level. The frequency in which one begins a program, with either

aerobic or anerobic condi-tioning depends on how much available time some-one has. Any time is better than no time, but there are recommendations. For minimal aerobic benefit, twice weekly, at thirty-min-utes per session, and spaced properly apart---that would be a great start. The anerobic conditioning can be done similarly; more time is not necessarily the most important element, but the quality of these sessions is. If you’d like to begin either an aerobic or anerobic fit- ness program, please feel free to contact R&T Nautilus at 973-383-3010. We’d be happy to help with any of your fitness and health needs.

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A Spring-Cleaning For Your Body by Cethelen A. macEalaionta, B.Sc., A.S., F.T.

With spring just around the corner the minds of many of us are probably somewhat occupied with, or looking forward to, our various per-sonal rites of spring. Be they housecleaning, yard work, gardening, or just searching for a new spring wardrobe, spring is a time of transition, a time when the life force that has been locked up all winter begins to re-emerge and vitality reasserts itself. In many cultures of temperate climes, this period was also recognized as a period of renewal in their religious calendars. Unfortunately, for many moderns this is the time that changing needs and demands seem to rob them of the personal vitality they need to participate in this change.

Some find they simply loose the “oomph” to continue on with New Year resolutions and give over, or seem to mysteriously become more susceptible to spiritual and physical blahs that manifest as allergies, colds, or run down feelings that detract from their participation in this seasonal drama of renewal. -------Why?

Just as our homes, yards, and gardens need to be properly attended to at the change of seasons, so do our bodies. Like our homes that, over the winter, have collected all manner of dust, dirt, soot and fluff in crevic-es and corners, and need to have the windows thrown open and be cleared of the residue of winter, so do our bodies and souls.

Our ancestors knew this implicitly, but many moderns today have forgotten this level of personal participation in the yearly cycle. Many of us today are personally isolated from the cycles of the earth as well, through our ability to eat whatever foods we choose from all over the world, rather than those foods that grow locally in the season and climate our bodies are exper-iencing.

The Lymphatic System

Our lymphatic systems are our second circulatory stems, a network of vein-like vessels and nodes that run through the body, draining lymphatic fluid from the extremities back toward the heart. Lymph is a straw colored fluid composed of serum, proteins, fat, meta-bolic waste, toxins and white blood cells. continued on next page

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The lack of sunlight and fresh air, and cold weather are excuses to be seden-tary, which congest and stagnate our minds and circulation.

Toxins and residues of rich or half-synthetic foods of winter holidays may still be lingering in our intestines and arteries---- like that Christmas tinsel you found when you moved that chair.

Indoor air and allergens have affected our respiratory systems, which have also suffered from bouts with colds and flu.

Is it any wonder that at the change of seasons our bodies sometimes let us down with lack of vitality?

Cleansing is not Purging

Unfortunately, many people who are aware of what doing a cleanse is these days, also have a completely mistaken notion of what it means, and what it is meant to accom-plish. Most falsely believe that cleansing their bodies consists only of purging their intestines, and that it is meant to be as unpleasant an experience as a bout of food poisoning or intestinal flu. “I can’t be running to the bathroom every fifteen minutes!” is the objection I often hear from first time clients, when I suggest they need to cleanse their systems.

It is something akin to the storm drain runoff from our bodies. It is also the trans-port system for white blood cells and antibodies that have passed out of the blood and into the tissues to fight disease. The largest part of our lymphatic system is in our abdomen, encircling and associated with our digestive tract, which is why good digestion is so impor-tant to our overall health. Toxins from bad food and bad digestion easily can adversely impact our im-mune system. Activity is also important, as unlike amphibians and lower animals that have a separ-ate lymph heart that actively pumps their lymphatic fluid, we rely on the contraction of muscles and physical move-ment to circulate our lymph.

I do not know where the origin of this misconcep-tion lies, but I do know that it is still widely propa-gated, especially by low-end cleansing supple-ments that are merely strong laxatives. Proper cleansing is not merely purging the colon, but stimulating to the eliminatory organs (skin, lungs, liver, and kidneys) and clearing and energiz-ing to the lymphatic and immune system. While people with large accum-ulations of toxins in their system will have a stronger reaction, no half-decent cleansing regimen sends you running for the loo twice an hour! Twice a day maybe.

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“...I can’t be running to the bathroom every fifteen minutes!”

Cleansing your body also consists of more than taking a few pills. Diet, exercise, and breathing exercises are often co-equaled with any herbal protocol in achieving full results. Eat Spring Vegetables. The traditional “spring greens” are one of the natural dietary ways of assisting in the function of our toxin clearing mech-anisms. Leafy greens high in chlorophyll, iron, vita-mins A and C, and fibre assist digestion and elim-ination while building the blood. The kales and coles such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, mustard greens, cress, etc.---- that are in season now, are not only packed with nutrients but contain compounds that fight

cancer, stimulate immune function, and increase the metabolic elimination of toxins. Dandelion, chicory (endive), and lesser celandine stimulate the digestion as well as the liver and kidneys. People often avoid healthful bitter foods these days, but many cultural traditions recognize that there needs to be a balance between bitter and sweet in many facets of life. Nature knows what we need and provides it in season. And always remember to buy organic! Consuming pesticide residues won’t help you get toxins out! Avoid Earthy / Winter Foods. Many of us have leaned on comfort foods through the winter. In the Celtic system these are associated with the element of Earth and confer security, stability, and feeling grounded; things we often feel we need, through the cold and

dark. Root vegetables such as potatoes; starchy grains, pasta, bread…and also soy products; well-cooked or preserved meats such as beef and ham are often winter dietary fall backs because of the sense of comfort they bring.

Unfortunately, these foods (as in the above photo) need to be eliminated from the diet when cleansing the body, as they are too heavy and slow to digest, to allow our systems to clear.

Drink enough water! Eight 8-ounce glasses a

day, more if you are

detoxing and remember, coffee, soda, and alcoholic beverages don’t count! Americans hate to “waste time” on elimination. With-out sufficient water intake, a whole host of symptoms of toxemia arise as a result of dehydration and undigested food and waste literally rot-ting in the colon.

Get out and get moving! That lymph and blood must be pumping to aid in flush-ing toxins and oxygenating tissues! This doesn’t mean an Olympic level training program; merely getting out to enjoy the spring air, yard work, gardening----even opening the windows and doing spring cleaning not only provides movement, but also allows us to immerse ourselves in the cycles of nature and helps clear our mental wintry ways of thinking and feeling. continued on next page

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Put some life in your diet! Live culture yogurt and buttermilk help replenish friendly organisms that help support digestion and im-munity.

Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy

medicine be thy food.

----Hippocrates Many herbs used for their beneficial properties are also common herbs used as spices, and are best incorporated into meals to aid in digestion and elimin-ation. Four of the most important are well known from the famous folk “riddle song” Scarborough Fair. Parsley in its fresh form, is

incredibly underappreciated

in America. It is coming into season now. Thought of merely as a garnish, it is packed with nutrients and antioxidants, and is a digestive stimulant. Celery is a close cousin, whose leaves and stems (when deep green) contain power-ful detoxifiers. Sage is another digestive aiding spice that is under-utilized, except in stuffing and saus-ages. It is much like rose-mary in its benefit in stimu-lating the liver’s action. The antioxidants in sage also seem to have a special benefit for the brain cells. Rosemary, which is an evergreen member of the mint family, stimulates the liver and aids in the diges-

tion of foods, and is a

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delightful addition to fowl, egg, and fish dishes and even some vegetables. Thyme is an anti-septic herb, used for its preser-vative properties, but is also a wonderful stimulant to the respiratory system. Thyme tea will often drive away spring colds and is a delightful drink with honey after gardening on a brisk spring day to avoid a chill. Rue (Ruta graveolens) is an aromatic and mildly bitter spice and an addition to traditional spring pudding. It goes well in egg dishes, green beans, and soufflés giving them an exotic complexity, and is especially useful in helping detoxify the female reproductive system. Cress is another under-appre-ciated culinary herb packed with vitamins, antioxidants, and detoxifiers that can be added to light spring soups, sandwiches, and foods for its unique peppery flavor.

Young mustard greens can be used the same way and are best this time of year. Their bitterness increases as the nights grow warmer.

-------CAm

Cethelen A. macEalaionta is a practicing Traditional & Med-ical Herbalist with more than a decade of experience in the natural health field. He has studied clinical psychology, theology, ethno botany, phar-macology and neurochem-istry, and has made numerous appearances on Princeton TV-30, and has been lecturing in various venues on the East Coast as well as operating an

herbal practice in NJ.

Growing the Seeds of Your Business by Donna Price

After working with many business owners, and several holistic practition-ers, I have come to the conclusion that the seed of business is vision. Before you can build an abundant practice or business, you must have a clear and com-pelling vision. The vision is the seed that you grow.

It goes beyond the day-dream of success and deep into what that busi-ness will look like. How you as the owner visualize it. Am I talking about using visualization? Well, certainly that can't hurt and can even help you in manifesting what you want. But more importantly I am talking about having a clear vision, written down of where you want to go.

Your vision statement becomes your roadmap.

It guides you on your journey. A clear vision helps you to make good decisions for your business. Often there are tempting distractions that get us off course. We decide to add a new product line or create a new service, and down the road, we find that it doesn't feel like the right fit. When we look back at our vision, there it is, clear as day. The new service or product wasn't a part of the vision. That's why it didn't fit or wasn't successful. It didn’t fit into the company mission, vision and values.

Sure, we want to be creating new services, new products, new opportunities for business growth, but we want to stay on our path.

If the new service takes us too far off the path then it might not be the right choice and, as the owner, it's your role to evaluate that.

Do you have a compelling vision?

When you write a compelling vision statement, it inspires and motivates. It has the detail you need to move forward. Busi-ness owners that have been working with me, will tell you that I keep coming back to this with them, and in my own business. What is the vision? What does the company look like? What are the services, the clients, the products? What growth has the company experienced? What does it feel like---sound like? Writing a detailed vision that includes all of the emotion helps you to develop a clearer plan.

I recommend writing your vision statement in as much detail as possible. Write it in the present tense, as if it is happening now. Include the details of who, what, where, when, how-----and the emotional details----the feelings you have living that vision; the feelings of the clients, cus-tomers, and staff...what it looks like...sounds like... and smells like.

For example: “My practice is booming; new clients appear each week, easily and effortlessly. My clients love the service that they receive, and they tell their friends and family. During each session with a client, I feel totally present and connected to them and their needs. I am able to easily provide the exact service they need that day.” continued on next page

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or draw them. They hap-pen because you take action. Reading your vision each day keeps you inspir-ed and on track for taking the inspired actions that must happen to realize the vision. Develop strateg-ies based on your vision to move that vision forward. The vision is the seed that you have planted. Now you have to grow the garden. The strategies become the tools that help you grow the garden and get you to your destination. Set your strat-egies in terms of goals, which are based on your values; your lessons learned and a clear and positive mindset for moving

forward. Focus this year on your top ten priorities. Write goals that are S-M-A-R-T: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time Bounded. With SMART goals you can track your pro-gress and see your success. Selecting the top ten helps you stay focused on what's really important. Keep your plan in front of you and work it. Working the plan and mak-ing it happen is the real key to producing the results that you want. Break down your goals each month into smaller monthly goals, or better, break them into week-ly goals. Establish a system of accountability. Most

people start out the year with

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a great plan and a great stra-tegy and, as the year moves on, they lose focus, and the plan drifts. Our coaching provides you with the ongoing support and accountability to produce results. Staying focused on goals and the things you desire is one of the greatest challenges many of us face. Perhaps you set a goal or a desire this year, but in the day-to-day of our busy lives, you lost track of it and, as a result, you end up aban-doning it until next year. Keeping ourselves account-able can be accomplished in a few ways.

Here are our 11 tips for creating a focused and fun approach to success:

1. Take the goal and break it into smaller steps and review it each week, even giving yourself a score.

2. Make a chart to chart progress, each step of the way.

3. Hang signs around the house, in the car, at work--- saying: "Stay Focused."

4. Tell family and friends about the goal and intention.

5. Create your own mastermind group to help you stay on track and support your ups and downs.

6. Partner with a friend or colleague to be an "account-ability buddy." Share your plan with them and talk once a week to let them know how you are doing.

7. Hire a coach to help you identify your goals and keep them on track all year towards extraordinary success.

8. Create celebrations of success; reward yourself --- gold stars, dinner out, a new something!

9. Meditate each day on focused goal attainment.

10. Write your vision and goals down and read them everyday.

11. Have fun with each success and acknowledge it!

To move yourself into the success you desire spend some time now, creating your vision and focused plan for success.

Building the business that you want is possible. With a focused vision, strategic plan and implementation plan you can achieve what you set out to.

-------DP

Donna Price, M.S; M.Ed. President of Compass

Rose Consulting, LLC, provides business coaching to business owners/ leaders, including holistic health practi-tioners, using her experience as a senior level manager for over eighteen years, with an extensive background in working with people to achieve their goals. Donna offers individual and group coaching

and business development programs. Sign up today for a complimentary initial strategy session:

dprice@compassroseconsulting.com or call 973-948-7673.

http://www.compassroseconsulting.com

Once you've created a writ-ten vision story, next make a picture. The picture doesn’t have to be that of an artist, just one that represents where you’re headed. Hang it on your wall where you can see it. Read your vision reg-ularly, every day if you can. This keeps you inspired and excited about the business that you are building. If your vision story doesn’t inspire you, then you need to rethink it; rewrite it. Your vision of your business and life should make you feel great!

Share the vision story and picture with your staff; your colleagues. Letting people know what the vision is, gives them the opportunity to help you achieve the vision. Visions don’t just happen because you envision them or visualize them, write them

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I Don’t Need a Professional Coach...Or Do I? by Mary Bennett

My image of a professional coach was similar to that of an athletic coach. You know, The Coach, who teaches the player to be an integral part of a team...shares the in’s and out’s of the sport, takes special interest in an indivi-dual when considered neces-sary or appropriate.

The professional coach might be thought of as a stand back and watch what happens person. He or she will first

ask questions. Some-times they are very uncomfortable ones----ones you’ve been avoid-ing and don’t want to consider, let alone answer. The coach will move you through the process, being support-ive, but never giving you the answers. Your answers eventually come forward and, with them, a feeling of greater confidence and self-esteem. The path to your goal is clearer,

and you are more

focused. More questions. Again, the request for you to examine, then discover ways to use your answers to “step out” into new (for you) unex-plored territory in order to expand your business, improve relationships, finances, etc. A professional coach asks you to consider your disap-pointments; then, he or she asks you to list your accomp-lishments. The results can be very rewarding; they may also point to areas where more work and change are needed. Frame of reference. What does that mean to you? What holds you back? Put it into words (frame of reference). How might you change that idea, habit, or concept? After

some thought, will you rewrite the statement to reflect your new thinking; new frame of reference? Does your new statement feel good to you? Is it something that lifts you, and that you can live with? A professional coach might ask you to consider joining a group of people in your field who are in a coaching program. That’s a real plus, as each can then share their problems and pro-gress, thereby enhancing the value received from each session, and offering a mutual support and respect.

I took the step to join an exist-ing coaching group of Massage Therapists who were meeting monthly with Donna L. Price, MS, President of Compass Rose Consulting, LLC. I learned a

“...step into new, unexplored territory to improve relationships, finances...”

great deal from their philo-sophies, business plans, marketing ideas----even how they managed to stay focus-ed on their business and per-sonal goals. I was pleased to observe that they had garner-ed some of these same bene-fits from me.

The mutual support was astounding, and very much appreciated. I won’t pass on the opportunity to express my gratitude and appreciation to Donna Price. As our Profes-sional Coach, Donna always helped us focus on our accomplishments rather than on what hadn’t been done yet.

We each received individual time with Donna at the ses-sion, and in our group time, I felt a shared interest and con-cern among us. We have com-pleted the program, and our interest and concern for each other continues.

I have come away from my professional coaching pro-gram with tools for success that, either I didn’t have before or, that needed revision and updating. I am more confident in my business, personal and financial relationships. In short, I’m happier, more content and more successful.

-------MB

Mary Bennett, BS of Mary Bennett Massage is a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist who specializes in Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Swe-dish Massage and Lymphatic Drainage Therapy. In practice for more than 11 years, Ms. Bennett’s ideal client is someone who has chronic

symptoms for which no relief has been found. Locations in Sparta Health and Wellness Center, 89 Sparta Avenue, Sparta AND

Blairstown, NJ. Call 908-362-8602 info@marybennettmassage.com www.marybennettmassage.com

How Did We Do It ? The Greater Princeton Area HMN

by Monica Freund

I approached Linda in the spring of 2006 and asked her if she would be interes-ted in starting a Holistic Mentorship Network in the Greater Princeton Area... And, our first network meeting was held in June 2006, where, even though a few people showed up, we were still happy that we had gotten started. Since then, we have held our meetings once a month. However, in December, we were faced with a dilemma -----our original meeting place was moving! Keep-ing the faith (and sending a

few emails), we became

fortunate with the fact that Deborah Metzger (of The Princeton Yoga Center) offered her studio to us as the new meeting place. And, we discovered that, as a non-profit organiza-tion, our advertising would be free in the US1---a very popular Princeton area newspaper.

On January 19th

, we held our first meeting at the new location, and it was literally a grand opening, without us even having advertised one! Seventeen people, from all walks of life, attended the meeting. continued on next page

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How Did We Do It ?(continued)

It was so rewarding to see the interest of this group. We had a great speaker, Jean-nette Schwartz, Doctor of Naturopathy and Fusion Feng Shui specialist. ------Also there, were Linda, the founder of the organiza-tion, Debra, the director and owner of the Yoga Center, practitioners (US and interna-tional), non-practitioners, board members, and lead facilitator----one of the original members; plus various modalities, including Massage Therapy, Yoga, Trager, Jin shin Jyutsu, Barbara Brenan, Cranial Sacral, Aroma therapy, Bach Flowers, Herbalist, Doctor of Naturopathy, Feng Shui-----just to name a few. Personally, I was very thankful to see all these people get

together and build a com-munity. Over the past nine years, I have been asked repeatedly when we would have a meeting to discuss different aspects of what we do. Well, the time has come, and we now have a forum and a great place to do it!

We are totally open to sug-gestions and welcome input from all members and poten-tial members. The way I see it, the sky’s the limit and we can move in the direction of our passion. In answer to how did we do it? It was simple dedication. Check the website and feel free to attend any of our

meetings.

-------MF

on the left is a finished view of a slightly different version, utilizing

Summer Squash

A Recipe Contributed by Cethelen

Summer Pudding (A Tansy) Beat 7 eggs, (yolks and whites separately); add a pint of cream, near the same of pureed spinach, and a little tansy-juice gained by pounding in a stone mortar; a quarter of a pound of Naples biscuit, sugar to taste, a glass of white wine, and some nutmeg. Set it all in a saucepan, just to thicken over the fire; then put it into a dish (greased and floured to turn out), and bake it. Spring Pudding Follow the Recipe as for Summer Pudding, but substitute chopped cress and a small portion of green onion for the spinach, replace tansy with pounded rue leaves and juice. The sugar may be omitted as well as the nutmeg. Otherwise the recipe is the same.

For the Garden of Your Daily Living...

WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE.

THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS: 1. Peace of mind 2. Peace of heart 3. Peace of soul

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH: 1. Squash gossip 2. Squash indifference 3. Squash grumbling 4. Squash selfishness

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE: 1. Lettuce be faithful 2. Lettuce be kind 3. Lettuce be patient 4. Lettuce really love one another

NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS: This one will put a smile on your face. 1. Turnip for meetings 2. Turnip for service 3. Turnip to help one another

And OUR GARDEN MUST HAVE THYME:

1. Thyme for each other 2. Thyme for family 3. Thyme for friends

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As part of traditional family life in India, massage plays a central role throughout all the stages of life. Indian babies are massag-ed daily from birth until the age of three. This promotes bonding and keeps the baby happy and secure.

The mother of the newborn will also receive ceremonial massages daily for forty days after giving birth just as she received massages during her pregnancy. After the age of three, children continue to receive massages two or three

times per week.

At the age of seven they begin to learn the massage techniques they have both received and observed from other family members. It is customary for the bride and groom to get a massage from their respective family members prior to the wedding. Massage is part of family life from the babies to the seniors. For the elders of the family it can be stim-ulating; while massage is calming for the younger children. Indian Head Massage is used by Indian women for grooming the hair.

What Is INDIAN HEAD Massage? from The American Institute of Indian Head Massage Indian Head Massage is a holistic therapy that involves the therapist applying a variety of massage techniques to the upper back, shoulders, arms, neck, scalp, and face to achieve a sense of balance and har- mony in the body. This is a safe, sim- ple, yet effective therapy that not only improves the condition of the hair, but is a powerful method for relieving stress, anxiety, and tension. The treatment is done while the client is fully clothed and seated in a chair.

It is passed down from mother to daughter and from generation to generation. Oils such as sesame, coconut and almond are massaged into the scalp to assure healthy, long hair. A visit to a barbershop while in India includes an invig-orating head massage. The barbers specific techniques will be hand-ed down to his son. A head massage can be had in many areas in India; on street corners, on beaches, and in markets. Although practiced for thousands of years in India, Indian Head Mas-sage has only recently come to the West.

For more information, contact

The American Institute of Indian Head Massage

P.O. Box 963 • Williamstown, NJ 08094

Tel: 856.262.7739 Fax: 856.262.8575

It is no longer used only on the head but includes other areas of the upper body often affected by stress; such as the neck, shoulders and arms. The treatment has been expanded beyond stimulating the head and improving the hair condition to becoming a powerful method for relieving stress.

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The Holistic Mentorship Network Board of Trustees has defined a holistic practitioner as... Any practitioner who offers a therapeutic approach intended to treat health issues or

conditions through a process that views the physical, emotional, energetic, and spiritual aspects of existence as co-equal in

addressing health and illness…Any practitioner who seeks to address health conditions in terms of the "whole person" rather

than as disorders affecting or confined to only specific functional parts, systems, components, or organs could be considered a

candidate to become a member in our Holistic Mentorship Network.

Board Members George Dominguez

Linda Mitchell-Dominguez Suhail Jarroush

Cethelen macEalaionta Donna Price

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