Home Spa Lady Tips Issue # 13 Brain Wellness and Essential Oils, Your Morning Beverage, The Cancer Personality

Home Spa Lady's Tips of the Week
Issue # 13 - February 22, 2006
Publisher: Marilee Tolen RN
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Make Every Day A Spa Day!
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In This Issue
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1. Your Morning Beverage
2. Sacred Healing, Sacred Beauty
3. Brain Wellness and Essential Oils
4. Type C - The Cancer Personality
5. Sharing Body Parts
6. HSL's Joke, or Cute Quote, of the Week
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1. Your Morning Beverage
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What's your morning beverage? Coffee, tea, water, juice, warm broth, kefir, or heaven forbid - diet soda?

Just how important is the first thing we ingest in the morning?

What we take in our bodies in the morning, or whenever it is that we arise, sets the tone for the entire day. It's always important to break a fast (breakfast) with something that will be nourishing and not shocking to the system. Our first beverage helps create the pH balance of the body, otherwise known as the acid-base balance (we want to be in a more alkaline state) but also it affects the microbial terrain, or flora, of the gastro-intestinal system. Both of these factors have a big impact on our mental clarity, mood, our immune system and our current stateof health.

More people than not have problems with an imbalanced ecology in the gastrointestinal tract. You probably do too if you have any of the following (and it is most likely candida overgrowth - aka yeast overgrowth):
Poor Memory, Bad Breath, Recurrent sinus problems, Adrenal/Thyroidproblems, Hyperactivity (especially in kids), Frequent Colds & Flu, Gas/Bloating, Irritability, Mood Swings, Indigestion, Lethargic/Laziness, Ulcers, Insomnia, Chemical Sensitivity, Constipation, Feeling anti-social, Endometriosis, Diarrhea, Puffy Eyes, Vaginal Yeast, Colitis, Respiratory Problems, PMS and Menstrual Problems, Hormone Imbalance, No Sex Drive, Skin disorders like psoriasis and eczema, and rashes and hives, Other Allergies, Diabetes, Frequent ear aches, Low Blood Sugar, Fatigue(Chronic), Cystitis, Food Cravings, Epstein Bar Virus, Burning Eyes, Heartburn, Thrush/Gum/Mouth problems, Hiatal Hernia, Asthma, Intestinal Pain, Dry Mouth, Hemorrhoids, Finger/Toenail Fungus, Headaches, Over and Under Weight, Over-all Bad Feeling with Depression, Lupus.

(Don't take my word for it!!! If you have some of these symptoms do your own homework just by doing a google search on "candida overgrowth" http://www.google.com.

I like the overview for candida on the Whole Health MD site at http://www.wholehealthmd.com)

What we drink/eat the first thing in the morning should be something that is alive. It should have the ability to line and populate our gut with good bacteria, or good flora. It's the good bacteria that keeps the overgrowth of other microbes - such as candida - in check.

What would that be?
--Kefir (like a liquid yogurt bought in Whole Foods and other health food stores)
--Yogurt - preferably plain
--Acidophilus Tablets (Lactobacillus acidophilus, L. bifidus) with water
--Juice from cultured vegetables http://www.culturedvegetables.com
--Coconut water from young coconuts (http://tinyurl.com/m6kjt)
--Coconut Kefir http://tinyurl.com/ezvp8

Why alkalinize? We want to create an alkaline environment in our body for several reasons. Being alkaline can prevent or help treat many degenerative conditions such as cancer, heart disease, arthritis, kidney stones and gall stones. Cancer cannot survive in an alkaline environment. Many pathogenic organisms cannot exist in an alkaline environment. Acid conditions lead to degenerative diseases, especially arthritis and kidney/gallstones.

What creates an acidic environment? Coffee, tea, sodas, meats, desserts, sugars, chemicals, medications, thoughts - and how about stress? Just thinking stress-filled thoughts can increase acidity levels in the body.

These acid levels aren't just about the acid in the stomach. The entire body has varying levels of pH. The body works hard at maintaining a blood pH of 7.4. So much so that it will pull from other areas of the body to keep that blood pH fairly constant. It will work by depositing and withdrawing acid and alkaline minerals from other locations including the bones, soft tissues, body fluids and saliva.

So the pH of these other tissues fluctuate. All forms of arthritis are associated with excess acidity. Acid in the body dissolves both teeth and bones, so this is also a factor in osteoporosis.

How do we remove excess acidity? Eating alkalinizing foods (also call acid-binding foods) is the best way. Here are very high level acid-binding foods: Oysters, Unpasteurized dairy from cows, sheep, goats, pumpernickel bread, coconut, black radish, spinach, endive, tomato, dandelion, figs, citrus fruits, root vegetables, sweet potato, olives, greens

Eat raw foods - fresh fruit, nuts, sprouts, vegetable juices. Cooked whole foods work too. Especially vegetables and certain grains. Once alkalinized through food, then move the alkaline condition throughout the body by:
--Exercise
--Massage
--Yoga

Mobilize the lymphatic system in the body (a circulatory system designed to cleanse the body of toxins) by using a mini-trampoline also called a rebounder.

Rest the digestive system by once a week doing just organically grown fruits and vegetable juices. This helps to neutralize the acidity.

How can we easily alkalinize?
Drink beverages first thing in the morning that are alkalizing. Some good beverages to alkalinize your body are:
--Orange juice, and to alkalinize further squeeze lemon in it
--Water with lemon. If you want a hot beverage, drink hot water with lemon.
--Certain teas. Kukicha (Twig) tea, Green teas
--Vegetable broth. Boil cabbage, carrots, onions together and drink the broth.
--Vegetable juices, preferably fresh and organic - green is great

How do we know if we are acid or alkaline?
Measuring the pH of the saliva gives us a window into our susceptibility to degenerative diseases. Here's how to test your saliva pH:
--Wait two hours after eating or drinking juices.
--Fill your mouth with saliva and swallow it a few times to make sure it is clean.
--Put clean saliva onto pH paper
--The pH paper should turn blue which would indicate that your saliva is slightly alkaline with a healthy pH of 7.4.

Get your pH paper here: http://tinyurl.com/g69zf

Here's a quote by Carson E. Pierce, N.D. who wrote "What I Would Do If I Had Cancer Again" (http://www.worldcancer.com) - "Adjusting a cancer victim's pH is an absolute must at the start of any treatment, whether orthodox or wholistic (non-toxic). I consider it a gross oversight that this major modality has been ignored for so long. Could it have been overlooked because the cost is only about five cents a day?" What I Would Do If I Had Cancer Again, Carson E. Pierce, N.D.,1996, page 89.
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2. Sacred Healing, Sacred Beauty
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What I Believe About Healing and Beauty:

Healing and Beauty are not exclusive of one another. Healing is an art, and beauty is a representation of that art. Healing is the artful act of making whole and it happens on the etheric(energetic) level. No matter what the physical form of the object is - if it is healed and whole on the etheric plane, then there is an emanation that is so captivating, and so recognizable, that the word beauty becomes an understatement.

I asked Linda Smith to join me on the TeleSeminar this Thursday night to talk about the use of essential oils for healing and beauty through anointing because she and I share similar beliefs and theories about the sacred mystery of how essential oils work. Together we have seen miracles with the powerful combination of hands on healing, prayer, and anointing with essential oils.

There is no one better than Linda, who authored the book "Healing Oils, Healing Hands", to share with us the rich history of the use of essential oils by the Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, and Persians. She highlights how medieval healers like Hildegard of Bingen used essential oils, and how they were used all throughout Biblical Times. All of this information will be "distilled" into principles for daily practice so we can use them for ourselves, our families,and for our clients/patients.

Linda has international programs in Aromatherapy Certification and Spiritual Ministry which she will tell us about and make available to the teleseminar attendees.

Please be sure to sign up for this Teleseminar. It is Thursday night February 23rd at 8 PM EST (7 CST, 6 MST, 5 PST). Even if you can't make the call you might still register because you get the recorded disc of the call mailed right to your home. Sign up here for Sacred Healing, Sacred Beauty. . .Anointing with Essential Oils: http://tinyurl.com/e33qp
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3. Brain Wellness and Essential Oils
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One of the best texts I've come across written on Brain Wellness is "The Brain Wellness Plan - Breakthrough Medical, Nutritionaland Immune-Boosting Therapies To Prevent and Treat: Depression, Alzheimers, ADD, MS, Parkinson's, Lou Gehrig's Disease" by Dr. Jay Lombard, Neurologist and Carl Germano, RD. Their information is in alignment with so many holistic principles - great nutrition, the importance of a healthy gastrointestinal tract, liver cleansing and detox, immune boosting therapies, essential fatty acids, anti-oxidants, etc.

But a crucial element that is missing in this book is the use of therapeutic grade essential oils. One of the best things that we can do for brain wellness is to frequently inhale therapeutic grade essential oils because they oxygenate and cleanse the brain. Especially the oils that are high in sesquiterpenes since they are most efficient at crossing the blood brain barrier.

Why would we care about the oils crossing the blood brain barrier? First of all, the brain is made up of mostly fat. Petrochemcials tend to migrate to fat cells without much of a mechanism in the body to get rid of them. Petrochemical build up in the body is a possible contributing factor to neurological problems. A great way to get rid of petrochemicals in the body is by the introduction of therapeutic essential oils. If you want to see this in action place a drop of essential oil (therapeutic grade, not perfume grade) of lemon, or cypress, or frankincense, on a styrofoam cup. Watch it eat the styrofoam away. Interestingly, even though they can eat styrofoam, they can also be safely ingested.

The Blood Brain Barrier is a like a protective filter that keeps large molecules of substances from reaching the neurons of the brain and cerebrospinal fluid. Chemotherapeutic agents and other medications cannot pass through that filter for treatment. The essential oils, because they are volatile and have a small enough molecular size, can cross that barrier. They then are able to get into that area and oxygenate it, along with cleaning up the fat cells and the receptor sites. There is great potential for neurological healing, the medical profession has no idea.

The oils that are proficient at doing this are ones that are high in sesquiterpenes such as frankincense, sandalwood, cedarwood, spikenard, myrrh, onycha, galbanum. . . .hmmmm, is there a pattern here? Most definitely. These oils happen to be the oils used most often in ancient scripture, and appear most frequently in the Bible.

If this is an area of interest to you, then be sure to register for the Teleseminar this Thursday night with Linda Smith when she talks about the anointing process and brings forth the Biblical history of the essential oils. To register go to: http://tinyurl.com/e33qp
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4. Type C - The Cancer Personality
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Psychologist Lydia Temoshok at the University of California School of Medicine at San Francisco studied psychoneuro immunology and cancer progression. Her hypothesis was that cancer patients tend to be uncomplaining, cooperative, and resistant to express emotions, especially negative emotions such as anger and hostility. Dr. Bernie Seigel, oncologist and author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles, already gave us a general impression that cancer patients tend to be very nice people. Lydia confirms this through her study and termed this personality type C, for cancer prone.

If you find yourself falling into this personality profile you may also have the condition known as "the disease to please". (Many nurses, healers, health care professionals, and people in service to the world fit this profile).

Spending time with yourself in quiet reflection may help you identify what you are doing with your "lower self", that aspectof yourself that has negative emotions. These studies tell us that it is important to not internalize these emotions, and find a healthy way to express them. It is important to outwardly express emotions because of the amount of energy behind those emotions. Some theories say that cancer is unexpressed anger.

One great way to learn how to "express the unexpressed" so it doesn't harbor in your body is to find a Core Energetics therapist and enroll in some sessions. This is a fabulous way toget help professionally and shed the inauthenticniceness of your life. Learn more about Core Energetics: http://tinyurl.com/za36r
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5. Sharing Body Parts
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Having surgeries that require donated tissue or body parts of cadavers are causing patients, and some physicians, to ask questions.

What if donated tissue came from someone who died of cancer, AIDS, or hepatitis?

A Biomedical Tissue Service in Bergen County New Jersey closed its doors because of allegedly selling tissues illegally that were from sick and diseased corpses, therefore ineligible for donation. The FDA requires donor tissue to always be tested for AIDS, hepatitis, and syphilis because they are longer lasting infections and pose a greater risk of transmission.
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6. HSL's Joke, or Cute Quote, of the Week
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A man who was having heart trouble went to the doctor to see what his options were. Naturally, the doctor recommended a heart transplant. The man reluctantly agreed, and asked if there were any hearts immediately available, considering that money was no object.

"I do have three hearts," said the doctor. "The first is from an 18-year old kid, non-smoker, athletic, swimmer, with a great diet. He hit his head on the swimming pool and died. It's $100,000.

The second is from a marathon runner, 25 years old, great condition, very strong. He got hit by a bus. It's $150,000.

The third is from a heavy drinker, cigar smoker, steak lover. It's $500,000."

"Hey, why is that heart so expensive? He lived a terrible life!"

"Yes, but it's from a laywer. It's never been used."
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Where to Meet, Hear, or Learn with Home Spa Lady:
February 23: In The Comfort of Your Home
Teleseminar: Sacred Healing, Sacred Beauty. . .Anointing with Essential Oils with Special Guest Linda Smith. Linda is th eauthor of "Healing Hands, Healing Oils".
Details and registration at: http://tinyurl.com/e33qp

February 24 - 26: Marlton, NJ
Workshop: Healing Touch Level 3
Pre-requisites: Level 1 & 2
Contact hours for nurses and massage therapists
Details and registration at: http://www.healingenergies.com/calendar.htm

March 13: In The Comfort of Your Home
Teleseminar: Mentoring in PJ's - For Healing Touch students,apprentices, and Certified Practitioners
Details and registration at: http://www.homespalady.com/tele-seminars/mentoringinpjs.htm

March 18-19: Marlton, NJ
Workshop: Healing Touch Level 1Open to anyoneContact hours for nurses and massage therapists
Details and registration at: http://www.healingenergies.com/calendar.htm

March 23: In The Comfort of Your Home
Teleseminar: "The Whole Soy Story" with author Kaayla Daniels PhD, CCN Stay tuned for details on how to register!

April 3: In The Comfort of Your Home
Teleseminar: Mentoring in PJ's - For Healing Touch students, apprentices, and Certified Practitioners
Details and registration at: http://www.homespalady.com/tele-seminars/mentoringinpjs.htm

April 6: In The Comfort of Your Home
Teleseminar: Feet First with Laura Norman, leading authority on Reflexology - Stay tuned for details on how to register!

April 20: In The Comfort of Your Home
Teleseminar: Common Sense Medicine with Robert Nash MD, author of "Common Sense Medicine" Leader in the Field of Alternative Medicine, Anti-Aging and Longevity Medicine, Heavy Metal Detoxification - Stay tuned for details on how to register!

June 9: St. Paul, MN
American Holistic Nurses Association / American Holistic MedicalAssociation Joint Conference
"How To Turn The Internet Into Income For Your Holistic Practice" http://www.ahna.org/events/2006.html

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