Mar 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="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="May 2005"><U><B>previous</B></U></A><B>  : </B><A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Feb 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>Mar 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"> <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> Issue 15 - March 2005</div> <div> <B>                 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Well Being:   bringing you back to health</U></B></div> <bR> <div> Contents:  </div> <bR> <div> 1.  Greetings</div> <div> 2.  A CranioSacral Therapy (CST) Story</div> <div> 3.  SLS Free Products</div> <div> 4.  Hawthorne</div> <div> 5.  Aqua Detox</div> <div> 6.  Home Remedies : Cold Showers</div> <div> 7.  Life Coaching</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.  Spring seems to be springing, at last. I am more than ready for a new season… and this is the time of the year when we should be taking our bodies for a seasonal MOT. And all you hay fever sufferers, this is also a good time to begin eating your local honey to build up resistance and immunity to pollen.</div> <bR> <div> Please let me know of any interesting events happening in your area so that I can share them with everyone.</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> <bR> <div> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet.</div> <div> Roger Miller (from the Australian Kindness Movement site www.kindness.com.au)</div> <bR> <div> ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 2.<B>  A CranioSacral Therapy (CST) Story</B></div> <bR> <div> Mrs S, in her 70's, is a fit and active person and takes good care of herself. She takes, multi vitamins, vitamin C, zinc and occasionally astralagus (an immune enhancing herb for `O' Blood Types) and is being treated by a naturopath for allergies. She was recommended to me for leg and pelvic pain. She has a history of pelvic, back, sacroiliac and leg pain. She has had surgical procedures on the top of her femur and sacrum (which is now in 2 parts). </div> <div> I first treated Mrs S a year ago when she was in agony. She had trouble sitting and lying without pain. I saw her four times and treated her pain with cranial techniques and exercise. By the last treatment she was no longer in pain. I also treated her sinuses for a particularly bad bout of hay fever. She came in for an MOT some months later. </div> <div> I saw Mrs S again recently after being in pain for three months and on strong painkillers. In treating her, I released the base of her skull and neck to get some movement in the spine. Various techniques on the head and pelvis were used to facilitate movement and flexibility in the pelvis. By way of self help, I suggested some gentle exercises for the hip flexor muscles and the arches of her feet.  This was painful to begin with and the muscles “felt bunched up” but eased with gentle work. As she travels a long way to see me, and is confident and diligent with the exercise, I will see her again in month. I also suggested a two week course of Vitamin B complex for the nerves that have been pinched and squashed.</div> <div> I am delighted to be able to help Mrs S who takes responsibility for her health. She sees the health professionals who she feels will be able to help her at the time, she is aware of good nutrition and the benefits of correct supplementation and exercise.</div> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 3. <B>SLS Free Products</B></div> <bR> <div> So many of you have asked about SLS free products after February's e.news. One of my clients told me about Green People organic toothpaste (available at Sainsburys) - it contains no SLS or fluoride. You probably have to go outside the supermarket for products that do not contain SLS like soap, shampoo and cosmetics. I personally buy my moisturiser from someone (I haven't been able to ask her if I can publish her name) who makes gorgeous products. If you want her details please give me a ring.  </div> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back. </div> <div> - Unknown, Possibly from <I>Cowboy's Guide to Life</I></div> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 4.  “<B>Hawthorne</B> is a great cardiovascular tonic. Blood Type A's should definitely add it to their dietary regimen...I cannot praise this herb too highly...If I had my way, extracts of hawthorne would be used to fortify breakfast cereals, just as vitamins are."   Peter J. D'Adamo N.D.</div> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 5.  <B>Aqua Detox Therapy  -   </B><I>Detox and rebalance your body's systems</I></div> <bR> <div> I recently went to an Aqua Detox seminar. It was fascinating hearing other practitioners' experiences with this machine.</div> <bR> <div> Good results have been experienced by people with a wide range of symptoms from sinus and leukaemia to Parkinsons and bad circulation. They weren't suggesting they were curing these diseases, but were suggesting that the excretory pathways of the body were being cleared and organs, especially the liver, are more able to excrete harmful toxins into the blood stream and out of the body. The load on the organs is therefore released. Dr Sanjay Chaudhuri's reply to concerns that useful, prescribed pharmaceuticals are excreted, was that the body only takes up the right `pharmaceutical dose' and the rest is released into the body for excretion. If the excretory pathways are blocked or a problem arises with excreting the excess, it may be stored in the tissue. That's why it's so important to drink lots of water during and after Aqua Detox therapy.  </div> <bR> <div> Aqua Detox aims to improve: </div> <bR> <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> 6. <B>Home Remedies : Cold Showers </B></div> <bR> <div> This is one of the more interesting, if not entirely pleasant, remedies I found on the web and one that I will try.</div> <div> Apparently cold showers have been used all over the world for thousands of years for the revitalising and therapeutic effects. Cold showers are also, evidently, excellent for clearing electrical static from your energy field that can accumulate from cell phones, airport, courthouse and hospital X-ray machines and powerful electrical lights in museums and electronic stores. <I>“Have a headache after going to one of these places? Take a cold shower and let the water run down your spine for a few minutes……...your nervous system will thank you for it!”</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.earthclinic.com/healers/gurudev.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.earthclinic.com/healers/gurud"><U>Gurudev Khar Khalsa</U></A>, a healer and Kundalini Yoga teacher in Los Angeles quotes the following information on the healing power of cold showers. </div> <bR> <div> <B>"Cold Water Massage Therapy</B> is the one of the healthiest and inexpensive of therapies. Simply massage the body with almond oil before taking a shower. Shower in cold water until your body temperature rises and no longer feels cold, but toasty and warm. Make sure the bathroom is heated. Never get out of a cold shower into a cold room. </div> <bR> <div> Important note: Cold showers should <B>not</B> be taken during menstruation. A woman needs extra rest and gentleness during her menses. Taking a cold shower is too much for the reproductive system during menstruation. A lukewarm shower is recommended. Generally speaking, hot showers are not good as they tend to depress the various physiological systems of the body. </div> <bR> <div> Cold showers have the following therapeutic effects: </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Brings blood to the capillaries, therefore increasing circulation throughout the body.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cleans the circulatory system. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Reduces blood pressure on internal organs. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Provides flushing for the organs and provides a new supply of blood. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Strengthens the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Contracts the muscles to eliminate toxins and poisonous wastes. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Strengthens the mucous membranes, which help resist hay fever, allergies, colds, coughs.</div> <bR> <div> Many health problems are reduced or even eliminated over time by providing proper circulation of the blood to the affected area using the cold shower massage.</div> <div>  </div> <div> "Ishnan" is the term used in the old days when people in India referred to cold showers (very cold showers). "Ishnan" is the point at which the body, by its own virtue, creates the temperature that it can beat off the coldness of the water. This happens when the capillaries open with the onset of the cold water. They close again during the course of the cold shower and it is at that point that all the blood rushes back to flush the organs and the glands. This process allows the glands to renew their secretions and "youth" again returns to the body."</div> <bR> <div> P.S.  Let me know how you fare.</div> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 7.<B>  Life Coaching</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.”</I>  -- William James</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Is your attitude holding you back?</div> <div> What are the attitudes holding you back?</div> <div> Could you be doing something different with your life by changing your attitude?</div> <div> What do you need to change your attitude to? </div> <div> How can you change your attitude?</div> <bR> <bR> <div> B was not enjoying her experience of life. It was chaotic, financially and emotionally unstable and was beginning to affect her health. About the only thing she was enjoying was her job and her new promotion and that didn't come without some office conflict. B had a great attitude towards life coaching and committed herself totally to changing her life. By looking at her expectations, values and behaviour and also setting short, medium and long term goals we were able, together, to change her experience of life. Goal setting - from moving house to career - gave her a sight (written out in black and white) of what she would like to achieve in life, where she would like to be in 10 years time, what she would like in place in 2 months time. This also gave her a sense of hope for the future and a way in which she could achieve her goals. She embraced and worked hard at techniques that changed her negative thoughts, communication and behaviour. She began to see and create ways of leisure and recreation that were inexpensive or free. She began to acknowledge and reward herself for her achievements. She began to experience increased self esteem and confidence and the ability to deal effectively with any problems that come her way and she had decreased her stress and tension levels hugely. After only ten sessions she had come to terms with her living arrangements, dealt amicably with her staff problem, found herself a temporary second job that she liked, and enrolled herself on an Open University course.  </div> <div> By altering her attitudes to life and by learning a few techniques B was able to turn her life around.</div> <bR> <div> At times like these it helps to have an impartial and committed coach to show the way out of the woods, so to speak.</div> <div> _______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 8.<B>  </B><B>W</B><B>hat's Happening</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I have one late evening appointment available on Mondays at 7pm. For a cranioSacral, massage, Aqua Detox or Life Coaching appointment please ring 01252-333738.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I am holding an evening clinic at the Fountain Centre, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, every second Wednesday. Two appointments are available 5pm and 6pm. Tel: 01252-333738 for an appointment.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yoga drop-in class - Ash Vale. Thursdays 6.30pm to 8pm is no longer running<I>. </I>Instead a very small class is being held at Grange Farm Road. For further details Tel: Dale 01252-333738.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Surrey Hampshire Practitioners 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: 01252 682058.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yoga - Satchidananda Wholistic Trust: Tel: 01420-562027 </div> <div> Integral Yoga workshops for 2005 - 10am - 1pm</div> <div> 2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >nd</FONT> Apr, 7<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >th</FONT> May, 11<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >th</FONT> Jun, 16<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >th</FONT> Jul, 17<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Verdana" >th</FONT> Sept, 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> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700b400660000.png" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">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> <div> ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 9.  <B>Gift vouchers</B> available for any value towards any treatment or combinations of treatments - CranioSacral Therapy, Massage and/or Aqua Detox and Life Coaching.</div> <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. I usually upload it a couple of days after sending it out.</div> <bR> <div> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 12.  <B>To subscribe / unsubscribe</B> please send an email using the words subscribe or unsubscribe to <A HREF="mailto:admin@HandfulOfCherries.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:admin@HandfulOfCherries.com"><U><U>admin@HandfulOfCherries.com</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Your name and email address will not be given to any third party and your details will only be held on my database.</div> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> 13. <B>Contact us</B></div> <div> Patricia or Dale Spence : Tel 01252-333738  :  email <A HREF="mailto:admin@handfulofcherries.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:admin@handfulofcherries.com"><U>admin@handfulofcherries.com</U></A>  :</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.HandfulofCherries.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.HandfulofCherries.com"><U><U>www.HandfulofCherries.com</U></U></A></div> <bR> <div> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>