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MAKE 2005 YOUR YEAR OF WELLNESS

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JOIN US ON A 12-STAGE JOURNEY TO WELLNESS
This week our journey focuses on BREATHING & RELAXING, the second of 12 keys to wellness in the Wellness Inventory. We can survive for many weeks without food, several days without water, but without air, life ceases in a matter of minutes. When the air is clear, your lungs strong, your body relaxed, and your mind at peace, you experience total wellbeing. Unfortunately, this ideal is seldom realized.

Keeping Fit
Due to shorter days, less physical activity, and abundant holiday meals, winter is a time when most adults experience increasing bodyweight and decreasing fitness. In "Exercise For Better Health And Sports Performance" Wayne Westcott, Ph.D. explains how brightening the winter days with some sensible exercise can reverse many degenerative conditions, reduce your injury potential, improve your physical appearance, and enhance your sports participation.

MOVIES THAT INSPIRE, HEAL AND TRANSFORM
GREAT HOLIDAY GIFT IDEA!

The SPIRITUAL CINEMA CIRCLE offers a service that's unique and deeply needed. The CIRCLE gives you a way to bring hours of inspiring entertainment into your life each month, while making an important contribution to the world. In addition, it's an incredible bargain. If, like me, you love movies, but you find it harder and harder to go to theaters because of the violence, emptiness and overall lack of quality and imagination that most of the current crop represents, The CIRCLE is a wonderful opportunity.

What Doctors Don't Tell You
Many of us have taken an antacid or some other mild over-the-counter remedy for a minor gastric problem, but we increase our chances of catching pneumonia every time we do, astonishing new research has discovered. In the What Doctors Don't Tell You column "Antacids: They Increase Your Chances Of Pneumonia" notes that antacids reduce gastric acid secretion, which allows bacteria and viruses to migrate into the respiratory tract, possibly leading to pneumonia.

Healthy Alternatives
Osteopathy is a system of health care which recognizes that the self-healing, self-regulating ability of the body is dependent upon a number of factors, including favorable environmental conditions (internal and external), adequate nutrition and normal structural integrity. In "What is Osteopathy?" Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O., M.R.O. covers the concept of osteopathy and the distinction between osteopathic and other forms of physical treatment.

Healthy Child
In "Celiac Disease" Bonnie Minsky, M.A., M.P.H., C.N.S. defines this condition as a genetic chronic intestinal malabsorption disorder caused by intolerance to gluten. Gluten, which is found primarily in grains such as wheat, barley, rye, spelt, oats, and millet, is the “glue” that holds grains together. Symptoms of this disease usually appear in the first three years of life once cereals are introduced into the diet, but it may take years before a proper diagnosis is made.

Find an Alternative Healthcare Professional
The Professional Referral Network contains searchable directories for 20 leading professional associations in complementary and integrative health care, with over 17,000 professionals. Looking for a healthcare professional specializing in herbal medicine? The Herbalism section includes the American Herbalists Guild member database.

Healthy Bookstore - Flu

Every winter, the flu virus presents an international health threat. Vaccination against the flu has been hailed as the primary and best preventive measure, yet shortages and the controversies surrounding the lack of effectiveness of vaccinations have led many people to seek alternatives. Fortunately, anyone can prepare for the flu season with effective prevention strategies. If the flu strikes, there are safe, alternative methods to treat the symptoms. "Flu: Alternative Treatments and Prevention" by Randall Neustaedter, O.M.D. guides readers in treating the flu with appropriate professional care and home remedies.

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Nutrition Tips
The winter diet is often the richest, warmest, and heaviest of the seasonal diets. It includes more cooked foods, fewer fresh foods and cold drinks, and more teas and soups to keep the body warmer. And, of course, we may need more rest and dream time in the winter. In "Winter 4-Day Menu Plan" Elson M. Haas, M.D. provides food recommendations, menu plans, and specific recipes.

Fabulous Functional Foods
Fabulous Functional Foods recipes from Chef Oscar Umahro Cadogan of Denmark brings you "Tomato Cream" to use as a base for soups, dressing, sauces, or as a spread. The taste is something entirely different than canned tomatoes: Much purer and intense and less acidic. But be forewarned. Once you become accustomed to using fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes loose all appeal.

MUSIC FOR YOUR YOGA PRACTICE - SAVE 33% !

The Inner Peace Yoga Collection includes three classic CDs from Steven Halpern, the leading pioneer in music for relaxation and wellness:

* Music for Yoga (Helps quiet the mind & deepen the breath)
* Chakra Suite (Balances the 7 vital energy centers)
* Music for Savasana (For deep relaxation at end of yoga class)

"Steven Halpern's music makes your yoga practice a meditation in motion"
-Baron Baptiste - Founder, Baptiste Power Yoga Training Center

Mind/Body Health
Findings from a Stanford University Medical School study may come as no surprise: older and middle-age people reported sleeping better when they added regular exercise to their routine, reports Dr. David Sobel in "Exercise Improves Sleep." After 16 weeks in a moderate intensity exercise program, subjects were able to fall asleep about 15 minutes earlier and sleep about 45 minutes longer at night.

Spiritual Wellness
In "The Season To Be Holy" Philip Goldberg recalls when he awakened to the value of the spiritual life, and the Christmas holiday season took on deeper, more holy significance. He came to see it both as a time of deepening and as a birthday party for a great spiritual master. He learned to celebrate it without getting annoyed by 2,000 years of institutional baggage and dubious dogma. He states that the world would be a better place if we all paid attention to this spirit year-round, regardless of how or where we worship, or our professed beliefs, or the tribe to which we belong. After all, why should only Christians benefit from the enlightened one they call the Christ?

OLA LOA - A NUTRITIONAL BREAKTHROUGH

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Botanical Medicine Sourcebooks & Textbooks

2nd Annual Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update
La Jolla, CA USA
January 7-9, 2005
Contact: Scripps Clinic - 858-587-4404

Conscious Life Expo and Conference
Los Angeles, CA USA
February 11-13, 2004
Contact: The Conscious Life - 415-927-2033

The International Complementary and Alternative Healthcare Conference and Expo
New York, NY USA
February 12-13, 2005
Contact: Diversified Business Communications - 203-656-2001

2nd Annual Nutrition and Health: State of the Science & Clinical Operations
Tucson, AZ USA
March 6-9, 2005
Contact: Columbia University CME Department - 212-305-3334

Portals to the Self: A Women's Circle by the Sea
With Karen Rosenberg
Isla Mujeres, MEXICO
March 12-19, 2005 Contact: Women's Retreat - 440-779-6727

CancerGuides: A program to train integrative cancer care counselors
Berkeley, CA USA
March 13-19, 2005
Contact: Center for Mind-Body Medicine and The University of Minnesota, Center for Spirituality and Healing - 202-966-7338

The Lifepath Hero's Journey: Myths and Meanings
Greece and Greek Isles Cruise
Athens, Greece
May 7-18, 2005
Contact: mindbodytravel - 800-874-1996

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