Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Spring Holistic Fair - Healing Moon Center - Norwood



Spring Holistic Fair

Sunday,
April 26th
12:00-4:00pm

Stop in and enjoy some refreshments and festive energy!

The days services will include...

*Mediums, Spiritual Advisers, & Angel Readings:
....20minutes / $35

*Aura Photos: A special camera captures the energy and colors around you called your aura which will be explained to you in a detailed consultation by Sha.
... 1 person/ $35 OR ... 2 person photo/$50

*Massages, Craniosacral, and Reiki Sessions:
...20minuntes / $30

While you are visiting, remember to fill out a free raffle for a chance to win one of our many prizes!

We are now scheduling appointments for the fair.
Call or email to schedule your appointments in advance!
781-769-1121 or thehealingmoon@aol.com
maypole photo

Maypole Dance!
Weather and space permitting we hope to have a Maypole at the Fair!
The Maypole is danced around weaving beautiful ribbons to celebrate spring, fertility, and new beginnings.

Please pass this invitation along to your family and friends who may enjoy the Fair!

Hope you will be stopping by!

Trisha Matthies
The Healing Moon
One Walpole Street
Norwood Center
781-769-1121
www.thehealingmoon.com

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Free Childrens Yoga Class and Mommy and Me Yoga - Marshfield YMCA






Free Children’s Yoga

Children Ages 3-6

Marshfield YWCA

Monday May 11th @ 9:15am

Please bring a yoga mat for your little one

Pre registration required - Space is limited

To reserve your spot contact: Tricia 617-947-2983

namasteyoga77@yahoo.com

or Tara 781-901-6213

tmac91781@yahoo.com
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Free Mommy & Me Yoga

Infants & Toddlers Welcome

Please bring children in strollers and a yoga mat

Marshfield YWCA

Monday May 11th@ 10:15am

Pre registration required

Space is limited to reserve your spot contact: Tricia 617-947-2983
namasteyoga77@yahoo.com

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

US Bishops Declare Reiki as UnChristian!!








I received the article below published in Catholic Online about the U.S. Bishops declaring Reiki Therapy as UnChristian. Thought you should see this and be aware of it! To imagine they would judge Reiki as being UnChristian as we lay our hands over specific energy centers in the body and send unconditional love to one another - when they have the history of abuse at their hands. This report is such a sad commentary on what we are up against these days - the dark side. Please keep sending and giving your love with the Ray of Light = Reiki. It is what helps balance the world. Here are some selected references on Reiki from the National Institute of Health (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) on Reiki Research. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/reiki/#research

Selected References

Barnes PM, Powell-Griner E, McFann K, Nahin RL. Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults: United States, 2002. CDC Advance Data Report #343. 2004.

DiNucci EM. Energy healing: a complementary treatment for orthopaedic and other conditions. Orthopaedic Nursing. 2005;24(4):259-269.

Engebretson J, Wardell DW. Experience of a Reiki session. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2002;8(2):48-53.

LaTorre MA. The use of Reiki in psychotherapy. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 2005;41(4):184-187.

Miles P. Reiki for mind, body, and spirit support of cancer patients. Advances in Mind-Body Medicine. 2007;22(2):20-26.

Miles P, True G. Reiki-review of a biofield therapy history, theory, practice, and research. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 2003;9(2):62-72.

Nield-Anderson L, Ameling A. R eiki: a complementary therapy for nursing practice. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services. 2001;39(4):42-49.
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U.S. Bishops Declare Reiki Therapy UnChristian
www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=32971

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Zenit) - Reiki, a Japanese alternative medicine, lacks scientific credibility and is outside Christian faith, making it unacceptable for Catholic health care institutions, the U.S. bishops' conference stated. On Saturday, the conference issued the "Guidelines for Evaluating Reiki as an Alternative Therapy," developed by their committee on doctrine, headed by Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and approved by the administrative committee Friday.
The document notes that "the Church recognizes two kinds of healing: healing by divine grace and healing that utilizes the powers of nature," which "are not mutually exclusive."
Reiki, however, "finds no support either in the findings of natural science or in Christian belief," it explained.
The guidelines note that this technique of healing "was invented in Japan in the late 1800s by Mikao Usui, who was studying Buddhist texts."
The report continues: "According to Reiki teaching, illness is caused by some kind of disruption or imbalance in one's 'life energy.' A Reiki practitioner effects healing by placing his or her hands in certain positions on the patient's body in order to facilitate the flow of Reiki, the 'universal life energy,' from the Reiki practitioner to the patient."
Spiritual healing
It further explains that the therapy has several aspects of a religion, being "described as a 'spiritual' kind of healing," with its own ethical precepts or "way of life."
Reiki "has not been accepted by the scientific and medical communities as an effective therapy," noted the guidelines. "Reputable scientific studies attesting to the efficacy of Reiki are lacking, as is a plausible scientific explanation as to how it could possibly be efficacious."
Nor can faith be the basis of this therapy, the bishops affirmed, as Reiki is different than the "divine healing known by Christians."
They explained, "The radical difference can be immediately seen in the fact that for the Reiki practitioner the healing power is at human disposal." For Christians, they said, "access to divine healing is by prayer to Christ as Lord and Savior," while Reiki is a technique passed from "master" to pupil, a method that will "reliably produce the anticipated results."
Insoluble problems
The guidelines state: "For a Catholic to believe in Reiki therapy presents insoluble problems. In terms of caring for one's physical health or th e physical health of others, to employ a technique that has no scientific support -- or even plausibility -- is generally not prudent."
On a spiritual level, the document states, "there are important dangers." It explains: "To use Reiki one would have to accept at least in an implicit way central elements of the worldview that undergirds Reiki theory, elements that belong neither to Christian faith nor to natural science.
"Without justification either from Christian faith or natural science, however, a Catholic who puts his or her trust in Reiki would be operating in the realm of superstition, the no-man's-land that is neither faith nor science.
"Superstition corrupts one's worship of God by turning one's religious feeling and practice in a false direction. While sometimes people fall into superstition through ignorance, it is the responsibility of all who teach in the name of the Church to eliminate such ignorance as much as possible."
The document concludes, "Since Reiki therapy is not compatible with either Christian teaching or scientific evidence, it would be inappropriate for Catholic institutions, such as Catholic health care facilities and retreat centers, or persons representing the Church, such as Catholic chaplains, to promote or to provide support for Reiki therapy."

Eat Your Broccoli~!



Source: April 6 in Cancer Prevention Research

04/06/2009
A small pilot study of 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that causes gastritis, ulcers and even stomach cancer.

Citing their new "demonstration of principle" study, a Johns Hopkins researcher and an international team of scientists caution that eating sprouts containing sulforaphane did not cure infection by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). They do not suggest that eating this or any amount of broccoli sprouts will protect anyone from stomach cancer or cure GI diseases.

However, the study does show that eating a daily dose of broccoli sprouts reduced by more than 40 percent the level of HpSA, a highly specific measure of the presence of components of H. pylori shed into the stool of infected people. There was no HpSA level change in control subjects who ate alfalfa sprouts. The HpSA levels returned to pretreatment levels eight weeks after people stopped eating the broccoli sprouts, suggesting that although they reduce H. pylori colonization, they do not eradicate it.

"The highlight of the study is that we identified a food that, if eaten regularly, might potentially have an effect on the cause of a lot of gastric problems and perhaps even ultimately help prevent stomach cancer," says Jed W. Fahey, MS, ScD, an author of the paper who is a nutritional biochemist in the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Cancer Chemoprotection Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

God's Hand?



How cool!!! From www.space.com 04/04/2009 (hmmmmm - the number "4" is associated with the angels!! And this nebula is called Chandra - see information about Chandra below after Space article:

Tiny and dying but still-powerful stars called pulsars spin like crazy and light up their surroundings, often with ghostly glows. So it is with PSR B1509-58, which long ago collapsed into a sphere just 12 miles in diameter after running out of fuel.

And what a strange scene this one has created.

In a new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, high-energy X-rays emanating from the nebula around PSR B1509-58 have been colored blue to reveal a structure resembling a hand reaching for some eternal red cosmic light.

The star now spins around at the dizzying pace of seven times every second -- as pulsars do -- spewing energy into space that creates the scene.

Strong magnetic fields, 15 trillion times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field, are thought to be involved, too. The combination drives an energetic wind of electrons and ions away from the dying star. As the electrons move through the magnetized nebula, they radiate away their energy as X-rays.

The red light actually a neighboring gas cloud, RCW 89, energized into glowing by the fingers of the PSR B1509-58 nebula, astronomers believe.

The scene, which spans 150 light-years, is about 17,000 light years away, so what we see now is how it actually looked 17,000 years ago, and that light is just arriving here.

A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion kilometers).
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CHANDRA - HALF MOON YOGA POSE

Chandra is the word in Sanskrit, Hindi and other Indian languages for moon. It is the middle name of the Hindu god Rama. This word is named after Nisha Chandra. Chandra Shekara literally refers to the 'Person who wears the moon' which links to Lord Shiva in Hindu Mythology. It is directed as both evil and good, as it could mean 'Queen of the Moon' or 'Demon of the moon'. It is also a common Indian name, both male and female (e.g.: Anurag Chandra) and exists as a name in many South East Asian languages that originate from Sanskrit.

The god, the drink and the plant probably referred to the same entity, or at least the differentiation was ambiguous. In this aspect, Soma is similar to the Greek ambrosia (cognate to amrita); it is what the gods drink, and what made them deities. Soma is still coined as name for an entheogenic brew (avestic: Haoma) still in ceremonial use.

Indu, one of the other names for Chandra, is also the name of the first chakra (group) of Melakarta ragas in Carnatic music. The names of chakras are based on the numbers associated with each name. In this case, there is one moon and hence the first chakra is Indu.