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Connect, Share, Grow, Prosper • It's All About Community! It's Time Oct - Nov 2012, vol 4 Take One, It's Free! Our BerkshireTimes™ Community News | Local Events | Personal Growth | Vibrant Living Western MA | Northern CT | Eastern NY | Southern VT Connect, Share, Grow, Prosper • It's All About Community! It's time. Hartsville Design Woodworking (413) 528-6133 FSC Certified Wood Upon Request [email protected] www.HartsvilleDesign.com Good Food with Value(s) 413.528.9697 • WWW.BERKSHIRE.COOP Natural • Organic • Local 42 BRIDGE STREET • GREAT BARRINGTON, MA Our BerkshireTimes™ October - November 2012 PUBLISHER Kathy I. Regan [email protected] Contents _______________ EDITORIAL 2 Good Tidings 13 Back to Nature Kathy I. 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Unless otherwise [email protected] noted, we use a Creative Commons License in place of a standard copyright. 1 Good Tidings Empower Yourself with Holistic Health By Susan Jameson olistic (wholistic) health is harmony ased on more than 20 years of practice and balance within all aspects of self Bin subtle energy healing as an acupunc- H– mind, body, spirit, and emotions. turist, I began to look more deeply into the Taking a holistic approach to your life helps to root cause of illnesses that were chronic or create a balance in your personal life, family rela- reoccurring and were frequently inaccessible tionships, community activities, and work envi- through acupuncture and herbs. The concept ronment. A holistic approach brings an aware- is simple; ask the body – it doesn’t lie and ness and respect for the influence each aspect it holds the whole story. The tool (Clearing of a person’s life has on all others. The whole Energy Blocks) is simple: access the auto- lifestyle of the person is addressed, taking into nomic regulatory system via a challenge to a consideration diet, exercise, the mind and emo- muscle together with the intention to get the tions, one’s spiritual outlook, and the interac- answer directly. The body, via a muscle chal- tion between family, friends, co-workers, society, lenge, will give a strong to weak response. and nature. In this issue, Good Tidings offers I am allowed, along with the patient, to ac- four interesting pathways for optimizing holistic cess the nature of how a problem is held as a health. As the seasons change, find “wholeness” block; including when it began and whether through acknowledging, honoring, and healing the ailment has emotional, belief system, or all your individual parts – mind, body, spirit, and spiritual roots. I am guided how to proceed emotions! May good= bless you! directly with the healing by the inherent and creative intelligence within and around the patient. ~ Mayer R. Kirkpatrick, Licensed Acu- puncturist, Lenox and Northampton, MA, (413) any of my yoga students and holistic cli- 822-5337, [email protected]. Ments talk about the increase in tension they are feeling in their day-to-day lives, in the air. steopathic Manual Medicine (OMM) So many unknowns coming so fast with news Ois a gentle hands-on approach to the of earth changes, unrest in many pockets of evaluation and treatment of all medical con- the world, monetary fluctuation, etc. How can ditions in all age groups. Osteopathic edu- we in our fast-paced society settle into a more cation includes an in-depth understanding grateful, relaxed space? I find the key is through of physiology recognizing that all the body our breath! When we take the time to stop and systems are interconnected and how dys- breathe, slowly and deeply through the nose, our function in one system can affect another. anxiety response shifts to relaxation response Osteopathic medicine recognizes the body’s and we begin to feel more gratitude for what natural tendency to strive toward a state of we have rather than anxiety for what we don’t. health and homeostasis, and takes great care In this relaxed space our inner knowing comes to look at the whole person, instead of just in and guides us to the actions, diets, holistic treating specific symptoms. In order to assist care which can help make huge shifts for better this inherent healing process, the Osteopath health and vitality in our lives . enjoy your link is trained to palpate tissue texture changes to life, your breath! ~ Jeff Migdow, MD, Lenox, MA, and to restore normal body structure to allow (413) 637-1513, [email protected]. for more normal function in areas impaired by trauma, chronic illness, acute health prob- aturopathic primary care medicine is lems, etc. ~Stephen Kisiel, DO, Joshua Krembs, Nnow accessible for people in southwest- DO, Berkshire Osteopathic Health, LLC, Pittsfield, ern VT, eastern NY, and western MA. I take MA, (413) 442-0085. a whole-person approach to diagnostic testing and rely mostly on natural treatments and nu- trition. Conditions such as obesity, high cho- lesterol, high blood pressure, hypothyroidism, ~ Susan Jameson is the diabetes, and gastrointestinal issues are ex- founder of Humanity in Concert, and the co-founder tremely common. My patients have been able of Healing Winds and to reduce many of the signs and symptoms of the Rock, Rattle & Drum these conditions, often with minimal use of Pow Wow. She is an inter- medications. Natural therapies include clinical faith minister, dancer, and nutrition, herbal medicine, and nutrient
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