Do People Think You're Woo-Woo? / Issue #97 October 3, 2007

Home Spa Lady's
Tips of the Week
Issue # 97 - October 3, 2007
Publisher: Marilee Tolen RN
mailto:marilee777@aol.com
http://www.HomeSpaLady.com
http://www.HomeSpaLady.com/blog (Blog)
Home Spa Lady (TM)

Circulation: 2151


=====================================

Make Every Day A Spa Day!

=====================================


In This Issue
================================

1. Do People Think You're Woo-Woo?

2. Essential Oil Tip: Magnify Your Purpose

3. Success Tip: Schopenhauer

4. Marilee's Marketing Corner

5. Recipe of the Week: "Not Wrapped Too Tight" Lettuce Wraps

6. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week


=======================================
1. Do People Think You're Woo-Woo?
=======================================

Making a choice to use alternative health care, eat whole foods,
and receive bodywork to heal our ailments and keep ourselves well
means we are "woo-woo" to some people.

The definition of woo-woo as found in the dictionary refers to
"ideas considered irrational or based on extremely flimsy
evidence or appeal to mysterious occult forces or powers."

In a way I understand their perception that this approach to life
and wellness is a bit woo-woo.

Think about it:

--We stick needles (acupuncture) in the body where there is
already pain

--We take a sugar pellet that holds the energy of the poison that
made us sick in the first place (homeopathic remedy)

--We take our clothes off and let someone we don't know
rub oil all over our body

--We eat the leaves, and the stems, and the roots of veggies and
it's okay if we eat the dirt too (homeostatic soil organisms)

--We cleanse our colon to clean our skin and get rid of our
allergies

--We rub essential oils on our feet to balance our digestive
system

--We question our doctors


These things don't make any sense in the current model of health
care. Does this mean they are wrong, or "woo-woo"?

No. They are not wrong. These things work. We are not "woo-woo".

What this means is that a new model of health care is emerging.
There is a paradigm shift taking place and much of what is
required here is a new way of thinking in order to understand how
these things work. Then we can embrace them, and build on them.

Here is how we can do this based on the above examples:

--"Sticking needles (acupuncture) in the body where there is
already pain"

New understanding: These needles are placed in the energy (non-
physical) body which has a direct influence on the physical body
and which is known (research based) to reduce pain.

--"Taking a sugar pellet that holds the energy of the poison that
made us sick in the first place (homeopathic remedy)"

New understanding: Homeopathy is based on the Law of Similars
where the treatment cancels out the problem with the causative
substance. Homeopathy was a primary approach to health care in
the 1800's and early 1900's. Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia
was a homeopathic hospital.

--"We take our clothes off and let someone we don't know
rub oil all over our body"

New understanding: Massage, and other forms of bodywork and
energy work, are the best therapies to balance the body so that
self healing can take place. All healing takes place from within.

--"We eat the leaves, and the stems, and the roots of veggies and
its okay if we eat the dirt too (homeostatic soil organisms)"

New understanding: Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine said "let
food be thy medicine". Of course he meant the food in its whole
state - the way nature meant it to be -not loaded with artificial
ingredients and preservatives. And with the over-usage of
antibiotics that kill all of the good bacteria in the body -
eating dirt that has wonderful soil organisms can help re-
populate our systems with good bacteria.

--"We cleanse our colon to clean our skin and get rid of our
allergies"

New understanding: Our colon is an important system in our body
to eliminate toxins. When it is not doing its job,toxins can
build in the body. A secondary eliminatory organ, the skin, then
kicks in and takes over. It might break out in rashes and pimples
to try to get rid of things the colon can't. Also, the body
might develop what may be incorrectly thought of as allergies
(runny noses, rashes, coughing) whereas it is just trying to get
rid of the toxins.

--"We rub essential oils on our feet to balance our digestive
system"

New understanding: The plant kingdom has all of the cures for
the body. We can use essential oils - the liquid vitality of the
plant - to take care of many imbalances in the body. The feet
have the largest pores in the body, reflex points related to
other areas in the body, and are great places to rub
therapeutic essential oils - to balance all body systems.

--"We question our doctors"

New understanding: We, as health care consumers, "hire" our
physicians and other members of our health care team to use their
expertise to help us help ourselves heal. Health care
professionals are not our authority. When we hire someone for
their expertise the process of questioning them is normal.


Making a paradigm shift is a slow process. And we who are
considered "woo-woo" are blazing the trails for the much needed
new paradigm to emerge.

Some of you have embraced this as your life's purpose and are
helping to fuel the shift - for that we thank you! You have had
to put up with being considered "woo-woo" for a long time.

So wear your "woo-woo" label proudly - you are doing big work -
you are a big part of ushering in a new era in health care!


============================================
2. Essential Oil Tip: Magnify Your Purpose
============================================

This blend from Young Living is a special blend of essential oils
that stimulates creativity, desire, focus, and motivation. It
helps foster a positive attitude, encouraging you to rise above
adversity, take the initiative, overcome procrastination and
self-pity, and magnify your life's purpose.

Dilute and use in a massage, diffuse, or mix with bath gel for
when you bathe or shower!


Order your essential oils from your Young Living
distributor or by going to http://tinyurl.com/aenfp


================================
3. Success Tip: Schopenhauer
================================

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident.

Arthur Schopenhauer


==============================
4. Marilee's Marketing Corner
==============================

What the heck is a blog?

You can't get any better info than this - anywhere:

http://tinyurl.com/2ef77k


=================================================================
5.Recipe of the Week: Lettuce Wraps for the Not Wrapped Too Tight
=================================================================

Lettuce Wraps for the "Woo-Woo" or the "Not Wrapped Too Tight"

--2 very ripe avocados
--3 tomatoes, diced
--1/2 jalapeno pepper, diced
--2 tbsp yellow onion, diced
--3 cloves fresh garlic, minced
--1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
--kernels from one ear raw organic corn
--2 tsp fresh lime juice
--6-8 large romaine lettuce leaves


In a medium sized bowl, mash the avocado.

Add remaining ingredients and stir until well mixed.

Spread 2-3 tablespoons of this mixture onto lettuce leaves and
wrap.


=========================================
7. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week
=========================================


A short history of medicine:

Patient: "I have an ear ache."

Physician:...
2000 B.C. - Here, eat this root.
1000 A.D. - That root is heathen, say this prayer.
1850 A.D. - That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.
1940 A.D. - That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.
1985 A.D. - That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.
2000 A.D. - That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.


----------------------------------------------------------------

Where to Meet, Hear, or Learn with Home Spa Lady:

----------------------------------------------------------------

September 25 - October 30, 2007

"Introduction to Internet Marketing"

Six Weeks of World Experts along with individualized attention
to get you up and going on the internet for your practice or
business!

For details and a very special rate for this course:
http://tinyurl.com/2tkavz

----------------------------------------------

October 13/14, 2007 Healing Touch Level One

Hammonton, New Jersey

Contact Marilee for details 856-857-1799
marilee777@aol.com

----------------------------------------------

October 17, 2007 "Green Tea with Marilee" Show

"The Doctor Who Dropped from the Sky"

An interview with physician Joan Barice MD.

Stay tuned for sign up details

----------------------------------------------


November 3/4, 2007 Healing Touch Level One

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Contact Marilee for details 856-857-1799
marilee777@aol.com