Sep 2005

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=150 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Free enews"><U><B>Free e-news</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Greetings</div> <div> Quote</div> <div> A CST  Story</div> <div> Orange Juice</div> <div> Wheat</div> <div> Aqua Detox therapy</div> <div> Yoga </div> <div> Life Coaching</div> <div> What's Happening</div> <div> Gift vouchers</div> <div> SLS </div> <div> About this newsletter</div> <div> To subscribe <> unsubscribe </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="665" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=BOTTOM HEIGHT= 31 ><NOBR><div> <B>Complementary Therapies</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" ><B> </B></FONT><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Handful Of Cherries"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B> : </B><A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Archives"><U><B>up</B></U></A><B>  :  </B><A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oct 2005"><U><B>previous</B></U></A><B>  : </B><A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aug 2005"><U><B> next</B></U></A><B> </B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B>             Restoring Balance in Health</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="698" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BELOW" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 87 WIDTH="692"><div> <I>Sep 2005</I></div> <div> <I>_____________________________________</I></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=370 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>                    </B>Issue 20 - September 2005</div> <bR> <div> <B>                    </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>WELL BEING NEWSLETTER</B> : Information and Inspiration from Patricia Spence</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.handfulofcherries.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.handfulofcherries.com"><U>www.handfulofcherries.com</U></A>  :  email - admin@handfulofcherries.com</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Well Being:   bringing you back to health</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Contents:  </div> <bR> <div> 1.  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >Greetings</FONT></div> <div> 2.  CST - Ear Infection </div> <div> 3.  Massage</div> <div> 4.  Home Remedies: Banana Peel + Calluses</div> <div> 5.  Life Coaching</div> <div> 6.  Broccoli Sprouts</div> <div> 7.  Aqua Detox</div> <div> 8.  What's Happening</div> <div> 9.  Gift Vouchers</div> <div> 10. Birthday discount</div> <div> 11. About this newsletter</div> <div> 12. Subscribe/unsubscribe</div> <div> 13. Contact us</div> <div> _____________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 1.  Greetings, the harvest festivals are over and winter draws in - although the weather doesn't seem quite sure yet. With the change in the length of daylight hours I have started taking 1mg of melatonin daily which I have previously used as an antidote for jetlag. I have also put my 81year old mother on it. It has helped enormously with regulating my sleep pattern (my mother's experience too) and I'm hoping that it will help reduce my mother's eye pressure too (she has glaucoma). Researchers say this has only happened in healthy subjects, but I have my fingers crossed for my mum. Melatonin is not available in the UK.</div> <bR> <div> Happy Halloween. </div> <bR> <div> Thank you for sharing this email with your friends and colleagues. As well as forwarding to your friends, you may reprint any tip in your newsletters and message boards providing you include full authorship, copyright, and subscription information.</div> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 2.<B>  CranioSacral Therapy (CST) :</B><B> </B><B>Ear Infection</B></div> <bR> <div> Otitis media (glue ear) is an infection of the middle ear, the area just behind the eardrum. It happens when the eustachian (auditory) tubes, which drain fluid and bacteria from the middle ear out to the throat, become blocked.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Blockage of the auditory tubes may be caused by any number of situations, including: respiratory infection, allergies, tobacco smoke or other environmental irritants, infected or overgrown adenoids, sudden increase in pressure (such as during an airplane flight), drinking while lying on the back (such as with a propped bottle), excess mucus and saliva produced during teething, and cranial bone restriction (which may have occurred during the birth process). </div> <bR> <div> Otitis media is common in infants and children, because their immune systems are immature and their auditory tubes are easily clogged. It is important that children with otitis media receive treatment because there can be serious complications if the infection is left untreated. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Signs & Symptoms:  </B>Individuals experiencing otitis media may exhibit some or all of the following symptoms:</div> <div> Acute pain</div> <div> Fever</div> <div> Hearing difficulty </div> <div> General signs of illness such as vomiting and diarrhoea</div> <div> In infants, incessant crying </div> <bR> <div> <B>Therapeutic Approach:  </B>Although ear infections often clear up by themselves, there can be serious complications if left untreated. Therefore, an antibiotic is usually prescribed. In addition to conventional medical measures, which may also include surgery to insert small drainage tubes (grommets) in ears, complementary modalities such as CranioSacral Therapy can play an important role in a comprehensive therapeutic approach.</div> <bR> <div> CranioSacral Therapy can facilitate more normal function of the auditory tubes by normalising or balancing cranial bone and membrane movement and helps prevent the scarring that sometimes occurs with the insertion of grommets. In addition, CranioSacral Therapy has been found helpful in boosting immune system function.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >Reference: www</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Case History:</B> A mother brought her 3 year old son to see me. He had glue ear and an off and on cough, sometimes wet, sometimes dry. His left incisor had only just begun to appear too and he was a grumpy wee soul. His birth was normal but delivery was very quick which I suspect was the reason for his symptoms. His cranial membranes were torqued creating pressure and tension within the cranium which expressed in his ears and upper jaw. I saw him 3 times, working mainly on his cranium and in his mouth to release bones, cartilage and muscle. The gap for his growing tooth widened and his ear ache subsided.</div> <div> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 3.  <B>Massage :</B> <B>Aching Mind, Aching Back</B></div> <bR> <div> The typical portrait of depression is an individual with slumped shoulders, slow movement and a defeated look. While there are a number of potential consequences of depression, you might be surprised to know that depression could actually be <U>associated with back pain</U>. </div> <bR> <div> In a recent study, 744 members of a large health plan, ages 70 years and older, were given a baseline assessment that included evaluation of demographic, medical, physical and cognitive status. Their depressive symptoms were defined based on the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale (CES-DS). At baseline, 153 of the subjects were found to be depressed; over a 12-month follow-up period, 186 participants reported disabling back pain during one to two months, with 91 reporting back pain during three months. </div> <div> The researchers concluded that the presence of depressive symptoms was independently associated with the occurrence of disabling back pain. </div> <div> Depression and back pain can be disabling, independent of one another; but when the two are combined, the results can be devastating. </div> <div> Massage therapy not only helps alleviate back pain, it can help calm the mind and lift the spirits, thereby reducing bouts of depression. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Reference: www.massagetoday.com</div> <div> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.   </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> - Ralph Waldo Emerson</div> <div> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 4. <B>Home Remedies : </B></div> <div> <B>Banana Peels</B></div> <div> Apparently, banana skin gets rid of warts and, when, toasted to a crisp, gives roses and other flowers a huge boost of potassium to help them flower. Gardeners swear by it! [<I>One of my clients doesn't even do that, she just digs the fresh skins into the soil</I>.]</div> <bR> <div> <U>For warts</U>: rub the inside of a little piece of a banana peel on a wart every night. You should see results within one to two weeks. [<I>I wonder if that would work on varukas too?] What a lot of uses for banana skin!</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Calluses:</B> Are the calluses on your feet giving you a headache? Take 5 aspirin! But don't swallow them. Crush the aspirin and mix with a tablespoon each of lemon juice and water to make a paste. Apply the paste to the calluses on your feet and then put your feet in plastic bags and wrap them with warm towels. Try to not walk around for at least 10 minutes. Unwrap your feet and buff them with a pumice stone. All that hard skin should just flake right off. [<I>What an unusual remedy.</I>]</div> <bR> <div> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 5.<B>  Life Coaching  :                                          </B></div> <bR> <div> I recently lost a patient suddenly to cancer, so I've been thinking about loss and grief - not only in death (spouse, family, friend, pet), but in a relationship (and I include children -no matter what their age- e.g. in divorce), a job, for us women the loss of periodic blood at menopause, the loss of health (and other things that are individualistic) with diseases like cancer, MS, ME etc.</div> <bR> <div> There are various stages to grieving and a wide range of emotions felt at each stage. Rather than suggest that there is a set pattern to grief I believe that it's different for each of us and that there is no one emotion experienced first or last!  The list of signs and symptoms should end in resolution/ integration and if not I suggest seeing someone about it. It is also advisable to postpone major life changes while in the acute stages of grieving.</div> <bR> <div> The emotions of grieving are:          Denial             </div> <div> Disbelief        </div> <div> Confusion   </div> <div> Shock             </div> <div> Sadness</div> <div> Yearning        </div> <div> Anger             </div> <div> Humiliation   </div> <div> Despair          </div> <div> Guilt</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 6. Broccoli Sprouts are one of nature's most concentrated sources of glucosinolates, a phytonutrient with the ability to promote detoxification enzymes.</div> <bR> <div> High tissue burdens of heavy or toxic metals have been suggested to be a common biological burden for most people. Did you know that kelp and other seaweeds contain alginates which can help bind heavy metals and allow them to transit more safely through your digestive tract?</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Reference: Eat Right 4 Your Type</div> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 7.<B>  Aqua Detox Therapy  -   </B><I>Detox and rebalance your body's systems</I></div> <bR> <div> Aqua Detox aims to improve: </div> <div> arthritis, circulation, general metabolism, headaches, inflammation, liver and kidney function, menstrual pain, mercury & heavy metal detoxification, skin problems and generally balances the whole body and enhances greater clarity of thought and well being</div> <div> and</div> <div> for those unable to detoxify in the conventional way due to illness </div> <bR> <div> It can also be used as part of a detox diet plan.</div> <bR> <div> Aqua Detox is an electromagnetic detoxification process carried out on the feet. This is a convenient and efficient therapy to clean and purify your body. (See website for client experiences.)</div> <bR> <div> Just relax and enjoy a half hour of `time-out'.</div> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 8.  <B>What's Happening</B></div> <bR> <div> Thank you all who supported the annual Natural Therapies Awareness Day at Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice on Saturday 17<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >th</FONT> September.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Ann Whittle and I will be running CST workshops for parents and babies. These are aimed at parents being able to use a few simple techniques on their babies/children and each other. It will be especially helpful in assisting the new mums' body returning to normal and for the usual baby complaints like colic. The first workshop will be held on 5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >th</FONT> November in Ash. Ring 01252-333738 or 01252-834784 to book or register interest in future workshops.</div> <div> Surrey Hampshire Practitioners Group (now called the Body Mind Practitioner Group) is a collection of local, independent practitioners, therapists and teachers with a wide range of skills and a deep interest in health, well being and personal growth. For further details, for an information pack or to join the group please phone and leave a message. We will respond as soon as we can. Phone: 0800-1076089.</div> <div> Yoga - Satchidananda Wholistic Trust: Tel: 01420-562027 : </div> <div> Integral Yoga workshops for 2005 - 10am - 1pm</div> <div> 15<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >th</FONT> Oct, 5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >th</FONT> Nov, 3<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >rd</FONT> Dec.</div> <bR> <div> National Federation of Spiritual Healers. Camberley Healing Centre every Wednesday evening 7pm-9pm - Frimley Village Hall, Frimley Green. Tel: 01276-65779 for more information. No charge (donations accepted to cover hall costs).</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 10.   Birthday discount of £5, on all treatments, during the week of your birthday.</div> <bR> <div> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 11.  <B>About this newsletter</B> - This is a free newsletter written and distributed by Patricia Spence at HandfulOfCherries.com. My intention is to inform, inspire and promote a holistic lifestyle. If you enjoyed this issue please forward it to someone you know who would find it interesting. If you have any difficulties with formatting or problems with your e-mail program, you can always read the newsletter on the website. 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