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2 Classes and Workshops 18 Freshest Foods, Great Vibe at ------Vibrance 3 Community Events by Chef Karen Hammer ------5 From the Publisher 19 The Diabesity Epidemic ------by Edalyn Johnson, FNP 6 Hidden Pathogens: More ------Prevalent Than You Know 20 TRULY ALIVE FEATURE SECTION by Allison Nicodemo, CBCP An Exciting Interview with ------Dr. Joseph Mercola on his newest In Fat for Fuel, Dr. Mercola shares, “My 7 IV Chelation: Is It For You? book, Fat for Fuel intention for this book is to catalyze a by Jan C. Jay, DOM & by Karen Larré, Carla Garcia, & revolution in how chronic diseases like Joseph A. Jaros, MD Dave Weaver cancer, heart and neurodegenerative ------diseases, diabetes, and obesity are 8 Synchronicity 23 Latest Skin Treatment Surprise treated. Rather than rely on expensive, by Bill Haggard by Dr. Carla Garcia, DOM symptomatic pharmacological ------9 Fascia, Muscles and the Lymph 24 Rediscovering the Magic in Yourself approaches, I hope to empower patients System by Maggie Mathisen and physicians with the practical tools by Victoria L. Magown ------to address mitochondrial dysfunction, ------25 The Belly Button Healing Power the metabolic cause of most diseases. 10 Reclaiming Your Best Brain Health by Hong-ik Cheong by Pamela J. Costello, MD, PhD ------I hope it will change the world by ------26 Healing Trust minimizing needless pain and suffering 11 What is Energetic Healthcare? by Trey Stiles, DC & Kerry Leigh and help restore mitochondrial function by Bill Wolfe DDS ------through metabolic optimization. ------27 Powerful Natural Allergy Relief at Although this book is not a scientific 12 Parasites: What Your Doctor TJ’s Evergreen paper, I firmly believe in the benefit of Doesn’t Know by Tracy Bridgen peer review to confirm the accuracy of by Dr. Glenn Wilcox ------the information I’m presenting. Hence, ------27 Patient Loyalty & Dr. Commitment I invited over 30 of the leading experts 13 A Safe, Natural Solution for by Gretchen Gilbertson, DC, APC on this topic to review the text before Addiction, Anxiety, Depression ------it was submitted to the publisher. I am and So Much More 28 Building Your Own Website indebted to those who took the time to by Robyn Benson, DOM by Peter Trinh do so. ------14 Revitalize, Rejuvenate, Celebrate! 28 SpiraVita Natural Health I have listed these cherished by Carmen Montano, MD by Dr. Jueliette Mulgrew professionals in the book. They reviewed ------the text and provided many helpful 15 Thermography — No Secret 29 Why Connect Bodywork and suggestions that were integrated.” by Dr. Carla Garcia, DOM Ceremonial Work? ------by Ellen Santistevan, LMT #6535 15 Amalgam Fillings: Leave Them ------or Not 30 Love Boat by Sandi Ganshaw, RDH, MS by Rev. Andrew Groves ------16 Celebrate Earth Day and Enlarge 31 Lovely Get-a-Way, So Close to Home New Mexico’s Field of Mindfulness by Mayor Robert Wilson by Sidni Lamb & Bobbye Middendorf ------32 Astrological Forecast for March/April 17 What Causes Kidney Stones? by John Clinton by Janet L. Hall, ND, CKP, DBT ------34 Resource Directory 18 The Power of Community ------by Inga Madsen 36 Advertising Rates

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A Meditation Event: EVENTS OFFERED BY: EQUINE ASSISTED Awaken Your Inner Mindful New Mexico HEALING PROGRAMS AT: Questions/Info: 505-243-0934 Unicorn Mesa • Chantal Fidanza Power [email protected] Location: Santa Fe (San Marcos Area) April 26, 7pm · FREE www.newmexicomindfulness.com 505-438-1074 • www.unicornmesa.com  is FREE lecture and guided meditation will be on Mindful Business Equine Assisted the Kriya Yoga teachings of Paramahansa Intensive: Creating Healing Workshop Yogananda, founder of the Self-Realization Appreciative “Horses & Donkeys Fellowship. Event Sponsored by SRF- Cultures at Work Helping Humans” Albuquerque Meditation Group. April 21, 1-4:30pm Saturday, 12-4pm, Held at: St. Michaels and All Angels $35 (April 29th) Episcopal Church Join us as we use research based tools $80.00 (Space is limited) 601 Montanõ Rd. NW from the rapidly growing elds of Gi yourself a unique and empowering albuquerquemeditationgroup.org mindfulness and gratitude to learn how experience. Explore anything you wish www.yogananda-srf.org many of today’s leading organizations to heal in a tranquil setting, surrounded are building appreciative cultures. Get by like-minded, loving beings and Jemez Health Retreats: details about the Friday event at http:// assisted by our equine “midwives.” Springtime Special www.mindfulnewmexico.com/nm- Equine Assisted Healing (3/1-4/30/17) biz-intensive Session or Package $325 (Truly Alive special), Held at: Special Collections Library “Horses & Donkeys Helping You” reg. $500 423 Central Ave NE Call to make an appointment. Includes: 1 night stay ABQ 87102 $160: 90-minute session or at Historic Casa Blanca Guest House, Mindfulness in Movement: $425: Package of three treatment of your choice with Dr. Juliette Cultivating an Inclusive Release pain, heal relationships, deepen Mulgrew, Licensed Naturopathic Doctor Community self-trust. Free Consultation. Discounts and Ayurvedic Practitioner and medicinal NM Leaders in for Seniors, Veterans, Sliding Scale. honey blend created speci cally for you! Mindfulness Conference Call to schedule: 575-829-4149 April 22, 9am-4pm • $110 www.spiravitanaturalhealth.com/ Bring increased mindfulness and Mama’s Minerals health-retreats presence to your life! Connect, Alternative Health Fair: share, participate and collaborate to Call for Healers amplify the bene ts associated with May 13, 10-3pm Love Minus Zero mindfulness in your life and in our Booths only $50 A Powerful Workshop precious community. 3rd Annual Event. Mama’s Annual Alterna- March 18, 10am-3pm See article pg. 12 for more details. tive Health Fair Features New Mexico’s $60 Held at: Old Town Farm nest healers! If you are a curandero, Join La’ne’ Sa’an Moonwalker, 949 Montoya St. NW energy healer, do chakra balancing, oracle, healer, teacher, ABQ 87104 aromatherapy, kinesiology, Reiki, yoga together with Scott Seldin, author, teacher, or provide any other alternative healing personal development coach for this art (products or services), this is your life-changing workshop. Sponsored by: Reiki I Classes opportunity to meet/greet those in our Explorations of Spirit and Creativity. Usui System 14-hr class community interested in connecting with Held at: Santa Fe Ctr/Spiritual Living Mar 16-19, Apr 6-9, you. Apply Now! 505 De los Marquez (near Trader Joe’s) May11-14 800 20th St. NW Limited Seating, 505-466-2878 Thurs, Fri 6-8 pm (Rio Grande @ Bellamah) RSVP/Tickets: Sat, Sun 1-6 pm • $150 Applicant Info: 505-890-4381 www.explorationsofspiritandcreativity. Taught by Reiki Master Elizabeth www.MamasMinerals.com/AltHeathFair com/tickets.html Valsala, Furumoto lineage, practicing Reiki for 29 years, teaching for 25 years. RSVP required. We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. 505-299-0011 • ReikiABQ.com When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. 11930 Menaul Blvd NE, Ste 108, ABQ

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Archangel Channeling with EVENTS OFFERED BY: EVENTS OFFERED BY: Donna Carol HOUSE OF CHI Alternative Wellness Center Mar 3, Apr 7, 6:15-7:30pm • $20 An Energy Healing Cooperative 9809 Candelaria Rd NE, Ste 1B, 87112 Experience truly divine energy the rst Friday 505-294-WELL (9355) 3939 San Pedro NE #C-4 505-459-7358 of every month! Renowned clairvoyant www.alternativewellnesscenter.org medium and energy healer, Donna Carol, www.Healingnewmexico.com will channel a loving message and powerful FREE 5 minute Biofeedback testing and a healing energy from the Archangels. Doors door prize at each class! All classes held at Wellness Day open with co ee and tea service at 6 pm. the address above. Last Saturday of the Month  ey close at 7:30 pm. Essential Emotions Mar 25 & Apr 29, 11am-4pm Held at: Resonant Essentials March 11 & April 8, 11am • FREE Healing treatments discounted to $20. 7413 Menaul Blvd. NE ABQ Would you like to be more connected, Detox Foot Bath: $15. No appointment RSVP: text 505-515-5088 happy and empowered? Learn how necessary. Free BP checks & wellness tea. www.crystalhealer555.wixsite.com/donna- your emotions and life experiences are Reiki Clinic carol processed throughout the body and 3rd Tues of the month how to ground and anchor emotions Sound Meditation with Walter Snyder Mar 21 & Apr 18 5:30-8pm for healthy biochemistry. Naturopath Mar 17 & Apr 21, 7- 8:30pm Love Donations Accepted facilitated class. All health questions Donations accepted Experience Reiki Healing rsthand. You welcome. Experience a life of balance! Release the  ought Stream. Dri into a will be glad you did! Natural Solutions for Healthcare State of Deep Relaxation on a Current of March 25 & April 22, 11am Wondrous Sound. Simple guided process using breath and/or voice. Awakens the code FREE EVENTS OFFERED BY: of optimal life in the heart center. Enable Pure, natural solutions can make a huge SRF – ABQ Meditation Group optimal healing by establishing balance di erence! Learn how to use simple 1704 Moon St. NE, Suites 1-2 through harmony. essential oils at home for your healthcare. www.albuquerquemeditationgroup.org Walter at: [email protected] Replace harmful chemicals with natural, www.yogananda-srf.org pleasant smelling alternatives for your Crystal Dove, Inc • 505-842-5265 body and home. Naturopath facilitated 525 Central NE, ABQ, NM 87102 Meditation Event: www.crystal-dove.com class. All health questions welcome. Enjoy Awaken Your Inner Power a life of wellbeing! April 26, 7pm Body & Brain Yoga RSVP Required by the Friday FREE Basic Yoga Open Classes before the class: 505-294-WELL (9355).  is FREE lecture and guided meditation Mar 18 & 25, Apr 15, 10am • FREE We look forward to seeing you! will be on the Kriya Yoga teachings Your body holds all answers. Trust your of Paramahansa Yogananda, founder body’s innate wisdom. No high degree of of the Self-Realization Fellowship.  exibility, balance, strength needed to follow EVENTS OFFERED BY: Event Sponsored by SRF-Albuquerque our basic exercises. All ages, body types, Elizabeth Valsala, Reiki Master Meditation Group. tness levels participate comfortably at their 11930 Menaul Blvd NE, Ste 108 Held at: St. Michaels and All Angels own pace. Deep meridian stretching, core ABQ 87112 • 505-299-0011 Episcopal Church strengthening, meditation, refreshing cool- www.ReikiABQ.com 601 Montanõ Rd. NW down, tea time. Call: ABQ NE 797-2211 Self-Realization Fellowship A Common Practice of Reiki ABQ NW 792-5111 Meditation Group O erings Mar 11, 1-4pm Santa Fe: 505-820-2211 Ongoing Apr 22, May 6, 1:30-4:30pm • $5 www.bodynbrain.com By Donation Reiki practitioners of any level, any Join us for inspirational services that lineage, are invited to give & receive team Anti-Aging Class: focus on meditation and enhancing treatments, following a “common practice” Beautiful Amazing YOU! your spiritual life. Sunday Meditation: (practitioners use designated hand positions April 12, 6:30-8:30pm · $20 9-9:45am, Sunday Reading Service: 10- & follow predetermined guidelines). RSVP Learn the secrets to creating beauty from 11am. Sunday Evening Meditations: required: call 2-24 hours before—leave the inside out.  e power of getting 5:30-7:30pm and 7:30-9pm. ursday your name & phone number. uncomfortable in transforming your life! Evening Meditations: 6:30-7:30pm, Transformation is here. Join us only if you Introduction to Reiki 7:30-8:45pm. DARE to LEAP! Mar 5, Apr 2, 2-5pm · $20 RSVP, limited seating: 505-797-0540 Learn about Reiki, its history and ABQ Natural Health Center applications. Receive a brief treatment 4450 Eubank Blvd. NE, Suite 205 and ask your questions. RSVP required. www.louiseswartswalter.com

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Clarifying Meditative Work Calling All Sponsors! EVENTS AT: A Fresh Look Your Donations Are Needed High Desert Center for Spiritual Living Mar 18 & Apr 15, 2-5pm 5621 Paradise Blvd NW, 87114  e resident animals at Kindred Spirits $2 Donation seek special friends to be their sponsors. All (All Events call 505-922-1200 unless otherwise Workshop for people from any meditation donations, large or small, help support the indicated) • HighDesertCSL.org tradition or no tradition at all. Explore loving care of our senior animals, and are tax directly what meditative work is and how it deductable. Every penny goes to the animals! Every Sunday we celebrate spiritual living, sheds light on the concerns of our lives, from Kindred Spirits • 505-471-5366 and embrace the theme of the month and a simple meditative listening with no agenda. www.kindredspiritsnm.org topic for the week to anchor our expanded awareness in our daily lives. Please check website: http://meditationNM. [email protected] wordpress.com facebook.com/KindredSpiritsAnimal March 5 – Sunday Celebration Jay Cutts: 505-281-0684 Sanctuary Service from 10-11:15am NM Ctr. for Meditative Inquiry & Retreat “The First Spiritual Tool” Wat Center, 145 Madison NE, ABQ Pranic Healing Clinic Speaker: Rev. Jac Blackman 1st & 3rd Tuesdays • 6:30–8pm Spiritual Growth Tools Workshop Kindred Spirits Spring Open House FREE 11:30am May 13 & 14, 10am-4pm • FREE Experience no-touch clearing of congested energies, and energizing and balancing of the March 12 – Sunday Celebration Annual Spring Open House and Collective energy body. Service from 10-11:15am Birthday Party for our many senior dogs, First Unitarian Church “The Ides of March – New Year’s horses and poultry. Visit with the animals and 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE, 87110 redo?” Speaker: Rev. Ann Rea learn what makes them happy and healthy. Potluck Lunch & Community Educational Talks and Demonstrations by Contact Rita Herther: 505-298-4823 Conversation • 11:30am our Wellness Caregivers. 3749-A Highway 14, Santa Fe Siddha Yoga Meditation March 19 – Sunday Celebration 505-471-5366 • www.kindredspiritsnm.org Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm • FREE Service from 10-11:15am facebook.com/KindredSpiritsAnimal Experience your Inner Self. Siddha Yoga is “Being Vulnerable strength Sanctuary a spiritual path, based on the teachings and or weakness?” practices of an ancient lineage of meditation Speaker: Lin Nowicki, RScP masters…a path of grace and personal Community Outreach group ONGOING EVENTS e ort, through which Siddha Yoga students 11:15am may come to recognize the divinity within themselves and in the world around them. March 26 – Sunday Celebration EVENTS AT: Siddha Yoga Meditation Ctr in ABQ Service from 10-11:15am Shambhala Meditation Center 4308 Carlisle Blvd. NE #201 “Aging As A Spiritual Practice” Held at: 1102 Mountain Rd NW, ABQ Info, Ana: 505-291-5434 Speaker: Rev. Bonny Allen Rice 87102 • Info: 505-717-2486 [email protected] www.albuquerque.shambhala.org April 2 – Sunday Celebration www.siddhayoga.org Service from 10-11:15am Open Public Sitting Hours Speaker: Rev. Jac Blackman Singing for the Dying Path to Wealth Group • 11:15am Wednesdays, 6-7pm Sundays, 10am-noon Greater Albuquerque By Appointment • Donation April 9 – Sunday Celebration FREE Service from 10-11:15am Singing at bedside for those crossing over, Join us for public sitting Wednesday “The Science of Absolute” plus Shamanic Drumming invokes loving Speaker: Lin Nowicki, RScP evenings & Sunday mornings. Meditation spirits that help guide the Soul Home. Potluck Lunch & Community instruction is available upon request every  is work is in my blood lineage from Conversation • 11:30am Sunday at 10:00 AM. On the last Sunday of Lithuania and Scandinavia. Albuquerque & the month, please join us as we go out for a surrounding areas. April 16 – Sunday Celebration community lunch following public sitting. Lissa Callirhoe • 867-6539 Service from 10-11:15am www.SingingBlessings.com “New Thought - Let’s Have One!” Heart of Recovery Meditation Speaker: Rev. Ann Rea Mondays, 6-7:30pm FREE April 23 – Sunday Celebration Service from 10-11:15am Meditation and sharing support group to “Dealing With Conditions” bring together the practice of meditation, the Shambhala & Buddhist teachings, and Love yourself enough April 30 – Sunday Celebration the Twelve Steps of Recovery.  ere are no to live a healthy Service from 10-11:15am requirements to attend.  e format of this “The Joy of Living” Speaker: meeting is a 20-minute sitting meditation, lifestyle. Practitioner Sunday a reading and group discussion.

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Healing Lifestyles since 1990 www.trulyalive.net is an honor to o er to you, my readers, the featured article for March/April 2017; Dr. Joseph Mercola and PUBLISHER/OWNER It his newest, most compelling book to date, Fat for Karen Larré Fuel. In it, he o ers a revolutionary solution to the obesity 505.828.3430 epidemic and the signi cant rise in diabetes.  is book is truly for everyone who seeks to live the healthiest life [email protected] possible, with the most optimum body weight and radiant health.

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TRULY ALIVE | March . April 2017 5 Hidden Pathogens: More Prevalent Than You Know By Alison Nicodemo, CBCP

ould you be surprised to learn that you have a hidden virus? Or hidden parasites? Don’t be too surprised, W because more than likely you do! What are hidden pathogens?  ey consist of either viruses or parasites.  ey hide deep in the tissue and are able to reprogram cells to successfully evade the immune system.  ey are only found by speci cally asking to connect with them.  ey also take time to totally release since they are so deep in the body. I have found numerous health issues perpetuated by hidden pathogens including indigestion, heartburn, asthma, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ringing in the ears, weight gain, food intolerances and allergies. I’m sure the list goes on. I have worked on the above issues, releasing and clearing them over and over again only to  nd that they have returned. As long as the hidden pathogen exists, the issue will not go away. So many people are unaware of the fact that they have hidden 800 20th Street NW APPLY TO Rio Grande & I-40 at Bellamah pathogens due to the lack of valid testing. Also unknown are the PARTICIPATE! Applicant questions: (505) 890-4381 numerous health issues that are a result of hidden pathogens. As well, many people have hidden pathogens, but no issues have www.MamasMinerals.com/AltHealthFair manifested yet. Whether you are aware of hidden pathogens or not, they cause damage to the body. I can easily clear and release all hidden pathogens and the disease or health issue being a ected by them using  e Body Code. Once they are eliminated, I balance the body systems that were damaged by the hidden pathogens.  en, when the body has healed, most symptoms will disappear. Hidden pathogens are not only found in people but also in animals. For example, our dog had 20 hidden viruses and hidden parasites.  e number of hidden viruses can vary. No matter how many there are, they can all be safely and permanently removed.

Alison Nicodemo is a Certified Body Code Practitioner (CBCP). For more information, visit www.bodyresounds.com or call 505-340-6076.

6 TRULY ALIVE | www.trulyalive.net READ MORE ARTICLES BY ALLISON NICODEMO ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net IV CHELATION: IS IT FOR YOU? By Jan C. Jay DOM and Joseph A. Jaros MD

are constantly exposed to harmful substances in that affect the brain, nervous system and gut—causing fatigue, our environment—pollution, second hand smoke, confused thinking, tremors and impaired nutrient absorption. We pesticides, food additives, etc. Heavy metals are a When you don’t have good nutrient absorption, your body group of these toxins, and insidiously undermine health. doesn’t get the building blocks it needs for good health; and EPA regulations protect us from high-level exposure, but your nervous and endocrine systems eventually weaken not from low-level exposure. Because the body can’t metabolize along with the immune system. The result is a body that’s a heavy metal, it sequesters it in body storage compartments systemically compromised, and failing to thrive. such as brain, bone and fat. Over time these toxins accumulate Chelation therapy is a highly effective treatment for in the body, and slowly poison us, undermining the nervous clearing the body of heavy metals. The chelator acts like a and endocrine systems. This initially results in symptoms of magnet, mobilizes the metals out of storage, then latches on mood and hormone imbalance that often get misdiagnosed as to them so they can be excreted through urine. The gold depression and aging. The worst thing a suffering person can standard for doing this is through intravenous infusion, hear is “Your labs look fine, there’s nothing physically wrong because it bypasses the digestive process where about 90% of with you. Here’s an anti-depressant”. We see it all the time. The an oral chelator is lost. problem is the medications prescribed for this only treat the Chelation therapy is usually done weekly until a lab symptoms and not the root cause, so while you may feel better urinalysis indicates acceptable heavy metal levels. initially, the true problem continues to grow. Undiagnosed, these accumulations continue until the body burden of metals is so great, more serious symptoms present themselves. If you are suffering and would like to explore the option of IV Chelation Therapy, give us a call: 505-323-8100, Mercury and lead are the most common heavy metals www.EnhancedWellnessNM.com found in toxic levels in the human body. They are neurotoxins

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you have been reading my articles, you know that I’m “Even the garbage man has his place in the universe. passionate about health and vitality. A friend introduced Without him, we would be in a big giant smelly mess.” If me to an amazing book written by Markus Rothkranz, “No matter who you are, at some point, you will ALL end which I think everyone should own and reference o en. It’s up secretly dealing with this. And the sooner the better.” called Heal Your Face.  e following are excerpts, which sound so much like what I would write, you may think I penned them! “ is is probably the most important category out of all of them. I know it’s the yuckiest, and that’s why we avoid dealing ” e colon is all about letting go. People with colon with it, and that’s why it’s our biggest problem and linked to problems have trouble letting go.  ey tend to hold on to almost every disease we could have. A chain is only as strong sadness, grief and emotional issues that hold them back.  e as its weakest link, and the colon/bowel is where most people most amazing and bizarre experience I found was how doing fall apart.” an enema ‘cleaning out the colon’ instantly cleared up sinus congestion and head pressure. I mean within seconds!  is is “Colon cancer kills more people than breast or prostate when I learned that the colon was connected with the sinuses, cancer and four times more people than AIDS. Over half of which are in turn connected to the lungs.  e more I learned Americans have polyps in their colon.” and experienced, the more amazed I was at how everything “ e intestinal system is not just a garbage pipe, it’s where was connected. And the more connected everything became nutrients are extracted from the food we eat and absorbed into in my universe, the more I saw a beautiful grand design.  en our bloodstream via the liver. If we eat unhealthy, processed, I saw how perfect everything was. As I realized that everything cooked comfort food, it not only has little nutritional value, in the universe was  gured out, I had no more fear. A great but it’s corrosive to the body, so to protect itself, the body feeling of peace, love and appreciation melted my fears away.” coats itself and the food with mucus.  is stu hardens and lines our intestines, forming a hard mucoid plaque which prevents nutrition from getting into our body. We eat and eat, get fat and are still starving (or get skinny and are not able to absorb nutrients). Parasites and bacteria start feasting on the accumulating garbage and slowly the body dies.  is needs to stop. We need to clean out completely and start clean.” From the NIH website: “Bowel cleansing can help heal heart problems, breathing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2515351 problems, diabetic problems, hormone, fertility and impotence issues, liver and cholesterol problems, energy problems, urinary and prostate issues, digestive problems, lower back and nerve problems, ... heck, pretty much any problem you can think of. It’s ALL connected! If the colon isn’t working right, everything will come to a painful grinding halt.” “So, the real cause of many diseases is: we are slowly poisoning ourselves because our waste isn’t leaving our body. Add on top of that all the chemical and synthetic poisons we take in every day from the air, water, food, preservatives, etc.  is all goes through the liver and ultimately tries to exit the colon, which is backed up so it reabsorbs into our body. Almost every degenerative disease and problem our body and mind has (even emotional) today can be traced to a gummed up colon.” As you well know, there is much more to this story and you can see you’ll never experience excellent health if you ignore your colon. Start doing enemas or colon therapy treatments. Clean up your gut, your diet and your internal environment. Love, Bill

8 TRULY ALIVE | www.trulyalive.net READ MORE ARTICLES BY BILL HAGGARD ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net Fascia, Muscles and the Lymph System By Victoria L Magown

are starting to hear more about Fascia and how it works Any trauma or impact to the Fascia and Muscles, as well as with the muscles in our bodies. But Fascia also plays an repetitive dysfunctional posture, causes Fascia Points and Muscle We important role with our Lymph System. Trigger Points which are shortened and restricted areas, usually  e majority of our Lymph System lives in the Super cial painful, in the so tissue.  ese points can be as large a tennis ball in the Fascia and as small as a dime in the Muscles. Fascia right under the skin. While another part of it lies deep in the abdominals. It’s this restriction that slows down the drainage of the Lymph System which causes surface swelling called edema and  e lymphatic system is a network of tubes throughout the in ammation at the site of the restriction. Since the body knows it body that drains  uid (called lymph) from tissues and empties it needs to rid the area of the neuro-reactive chemistry, toxins, acidic back into the bloodstream.  e main roles of the lymphatic system  uid and garbage, you will o en see molds, skin tags, freckles and include managing the  uid levels in the body and  ltering out pimples as it brings the toxins to the surface to get rid of it. bacteria with white blood cells called lymphocytes. It also interacts with the cardiovascular system (blood circulatory system) to All a Manual Practitioner needs to do is follow the dots! drain  uid from cells and tissues working together to make sure A er your Fascia Points and Muscle Trigger Points have been your body’s tissues can get what they need and get rid of what they released and the so tissue stretched back to its normal length, then don’t need. you can start pumping, stretching, moving, walking, swimming Lymphocytes are concentrated in the lymph nodes which are and exercising to keep your Lymph System  owing appropriately. small, kidney-shaped organs that work as  lters to  ght against Movement Means a Healthy Body foreign invasion by bacteria, viruses, cancer cells or toxins.  e — Inside and Out! lymphocytes also help control the immune response and originate from stem cells in the bone marrow. Call MyoRehab at 505-872-3100 and Joni will schedule Lymph vessels route an appointment for you. Get your life back! lymph  uid through the www.MyoRehab.com Lymph nodes which are located throughout the body but the vlymphoid organs of the immune system as well as the tonsils which are also associated with the digestive system. So what does the Lymph System have to do with Fascia? Well, since the Lymph System lives in your Super cial Fascia—Everything.  e Fascia and Muscles need to be  exible, supple and strong to move the lymph through the lymphatic vessels.  is is done by the Fascia and Muscles contracting which constricts the lymphatic vessels and pushes the lymph  uid forward. Check valves prevent the  uid from  owing backward.  e lymph  uid  ows in just one direction, beginning at the tissue cells and moving upward to the subclavian veins at the base of the neck where  ltered and enhanced lymph  uid empties into our veins, and rejuvenating the blood with fresh plasma and white cells. Since the lymphatic system does not have a heart to pump it, its upward movement depends on the motions of the Fascia, Muscles and pumping joints.

READ MORE ARTICLES BY VICTORIA L. MAGOWN ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net TRULY ALIVE | March . April 2017 9 Reclaiming Your Best Brain Health: Biological, Integrative, and Holistic Medicine and Their Role in Healing Your Brain and Nervous System By Pamela J. Costello, MD PhD

o en asked by my patients why would a fellowship in a lab, studying the human Alzheimer’s brain. neurosurgeon be o ering integrative, ‘holistic’ I also studied the body’s natural healing mechanisms with I’m care. An integrative or holistic approach to healing Dr.  omas Rau at the Paracelsus Institute in Switzerland. involves assessing illness from its deepest causes, rather than Decades of clinical experience have demonstrated that chronic merely looking at the symptoms. Symptoms are the body’s neuroin ammatory and degenerative illnesses are comprised of language expressing dysfunction or imbalance.  irst is a very roughly 90% environmental toxic in uences and 10% genetics, clear message that our body needs water, hunger that we need to in addition to other internal environmental issues such as eat, fatigue that we need to rest, and pain that the body is under attitude and life focus. some form of stress.  e term aging is used to identify in ammatory illness that, In today’s world of increasing toxicity of our air, water and if the causal issues are le untreated, can lead to degenerative food, our ecosystem has become saturated with the byproducts disease, su ering, and ultimately end of life. Suppressive of industrialism, food modi cation, nuclear waste, etc. As part treatments of chronic illness may stall this aging process, but of that ecosystem, we are simultaneously becoming saturated the brain and body o en do not respond well to the further with toxins, many of which are stored in the fat-bearing tissues imbalance (that treatments working at the surface of illness of our nervous systems. Healing best occurs through addressing can cause). We therefore need to understand the deepest these underlying causes and using treatment modalities that sources of this in ammation and recognize that the primary support the body and its ability to restore balance and wellness. contribution to aging is the ongoing exposure — over time — to toxic and other environmental stressors, via a process A er completing my medical school education, I studied known as bioaccumulation.  e individual can, however, neurosurgery with some of the world’s greatest neurosurgeons identify and safely clear these toxins, thereby stimulating the in New York City. Additionally, I completed a post-doctoral body’s own regulatory forces, and healing from within. True healing involves working at a root causal level and being fully responsible and willing to participate in your own healing. An example case: Patient is a 70-year old woman who developed uncontrollable seizures 4 years prior to visiting my o ce for care. Multiple treatments failed, and she experienced extreme allergic reactions to numerous seizure medications. She was minimally managing her seizures with the drug Keppra, which she poorly tolerated. Her seizures and the Keppra resulted in a constant state of extreme lethargy, severe depression, and cognitive dysfunction. Her initial seizure was severe, and occurred during sleep, a er a TIA event following a tick bite 2011. An EEG revealed a le temporal focus, and Brain MRI done 2011 was unremarkable. My work up of the patient additionally addressed underlying toxic and low grade infectious causes of her seizures, and treatment included gut and immune support, as well as anti-microbial and detoxi cation management. She responded very well, and I subsequently weaned her down to a very low dose Keppra, and her seizures largely resolved. She has full return of cognitive function, resolution of mood imbalances and good quality of life.

As a medical doctor and a neuroscientist, also trained in Integrative Medicine, I tell my patients that they are not destined to remain in suffering, and I provide patients a safe, informed, and effective bridge to finding neurological health and wellness. For a comprehensive holistic, interactive neurological evaluation and custom designed treatment approach, please contact my office at (505) 508-6969 to schedule an appointment. www.drpamelacostello.com

10 TRULY ALIVE | www.trulyalive.net READ MORE ARTICLES BY PAMELA COSTELLO ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net What is Energetic Healthcare? by Bill Wolfe DDS Bill Wolfe DDS

ENERGY... we may not know what it is, but we know when we have it & especially when we don’t have it!

our body is designed to heal itself and as medicine begins to Cousins). Suppressing such a pain signal is like unplugging the catch up with physics, a new era in healthcare is emerging oil pressure warning light on your dashboard and assuming that Y where Bio-energetic Technology promotes the healing your engine problem is  xed! Just as a car needs gas, the body process by stimulating the healing ability of the body. Einstein needs energy to function. Restoring the energy pathways, or “chi” demonstrated through his equation (E=MC2) that energy  ow to symptomatic areas can have a corresponding reduction is matter, and matter is energy.  erefore, if we are energy, in the pain signal. Acupuncture, neural therapy, trigger point then our physical state should also be in uenced by energy. injections, manual manipulations, and energetic healing all have Unfortunately, we live in a world that continuously interferes the same goal.... to restore energy  ow to problematic, energy with this natural healing capacity, through the modern-day diminished areas of the body. Now what if there were products stresses of biochemical toxins and electromagnetic pollution. that interacted with your physical body to heal itself by targeting  e concept of energy medicine is that energy systems are the energy  ow to these problematic areas of the body...naturally? infrastructure of the body and energy is the medicine. When Body  erapy Cream is such a product. It’s a new generation of your energy is vibrant, so is your body! “Bio-energetic” healthcare products...encouraging health, rather Dr. Deepak Chopra stated in his book, Grow Younger Live than suppressing symptoms. Longer: “Your body is not a mechanical structure, it is a  eld of energy, capable of perpetual healing, and the use of nutritional For more information on Good Energy Products: supplements may take you to a higher level of well-being.” All www.goodenergyproducts.com medications can have bad side e ects, even when taken in proper doses.  erefore, it would seem logical to minimize the amount of medications we take and to use the most natural and safe health solutions as possible. Good Energy Technology is a proprietary process of a frequency infusion, whereby health-promoting frequencies are infused into products.  ese bio-energetic products focus on stimulating the body’s energy  eld, encouraging health, rather than suppressing physical symptoms.  e true challenge in healthcare is not to kill our pathogenic invaders, but to strengthen our own immune system’s health to resist disease. Just as a car needs gas, the body needs energy to function. Classical acupuncture; neural therapy; trigger point injections; manual manipulations; and energetic healing all have the same goal...to restore energy  ow to problematic (energy-diminished areas) of the body. Now what if there were products which existed that interacted with your physical body to heal itself by targeting energy  ow to these problematic areas of the body...naturally? Take a look at this 4-minute video: http://www.drwolfe.com/ good_energy/presentation Crystal Clarity: MSM stands for methylsulfonylmethane, a natural substance present in food and in the human body. MSM supplies a biologically active form of sulfur, which promotes the intercellular transport of toxins and nutrients. MSM’s crystalline structure is an excellent medium for the Good Energy Technology frequency formulas. So, if your brain needs more mental clarity and your body needs an energy boost, try this product. Body erapy Cream:  e de nition of pain in Chinese medicine is a blockage of energy  ow. “Pain is the way the body transmits a sign to the brain that something is wrong.” (Norman

READ MORE ARTICLES BY BILL WOLFE ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net TRULY ALIVE | March . April 2017 11 Parasites: What Your Doctor Doesn’t Know! By Dr. Glenn Wilcox

Story, continued: In the January/February 2017 con dence.  ere is not space here to go into the reasons for issue of Truly Alive, I told part of my parasite this lack of accurate results, but I have spent many, many hours My journey: http://www.trulyalive.net/parasites-an- over the decades investigating why—and it is a perfect storm essential-missing-piece-of-the-health-puzzle/. of several factors.  erefore, every week I send a refrigerated In 1980, out of me came this 14 foot-long, living, moving box of specimens to a world-class diagnostic lab in Africa worm. Turned out it was a tapeworm that I had gotten from that is funded by the World Health Organization to research eating raw or undercooked  sh. Not a common parasite, but emerging pathogens. much more so than most doctors in the U.S. are aware of.  is TREATMENT: Some “experts” believe that one can never really was my inspiration to specialize in the treatment of parasites eliminate parasites.  is has certainly not been my experience. I and other pathogens that change the intestinal microbiome. suspect that belief is due to ine ective therapeutic intervention —whether with drugs or natural medicines. Some drugs work DIAGNOSIS: Parasites are more common in the U.S. than well for certain parasites, some don’t. And they are all toxic to medical doctors realize—due to the limitations of medical varying degrees.  ere are plenty of natural medicines available education, and problems with the accuracy of lab diagnosis. that claim to eliminate parasites. Most of those will work—but  e conventional medical belief is that parasites are a problem in a limited fashion, and may eliminate some of the easier to in the developing world, not “clean” America. However, in this treat parasites but are not e ective for tougher or more deeply country in 2002, the last fairly large study revealed that one- imbedded parasite infections. third of Americans have some type of intestinal parasite. I’d estimate, from my clinical experience over the decades, that it I primarily use plant juices from equatorial Africa.  ey is closer to 50%. are very well tolerated by even the most sensitive people. And, they are surprisingly e ective. I have used these since 1988 with I do not depend on the labs in the U.S. Some are better excellent results. than others, but I have not found one in which I have real MICROBIOME:  e human microbiome is astounding and essential to health. A microbiome is the microorganisms in a particular environment.  e U.S. National Institutes of Health initiated the Human Microbiome Project, a $115 million,  ve-year study that was launched in 2008. Here’s what was discovered.  e average person is made of approximately 100 trillion cells, of which only 10 trillion are human and the other 90 trillion are microbes! Of those microbes, about 80 trillion inhabit your digestive system.  ey are essential for digestion, your immune system, and so much more. Current medical opinion is that up to 80% of the immune system is provided by the intestines.  e ultimate goal of this and similar NIH- sponsored microbiome projects was to test how changes in the human microbiome are associated with human health/ disease.  is topic is currently not well understood. However, its importance is huge and parasites, unhealthy bacteria and yeast have a very negative impact on the microbiome. PREVENTION: I educate my patients about how to avoid getting parasites, unhealthy bacteria and yeast. The reality of how easy it is to get infected is daunting. Quick advise: these pathogens are in water, on food, on pets and shared among people. If you call the clinic and provide your name and email address, we’ll send you the article I wrote on 505-771-4998 parasite prevention. 5353 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Suite 4 Albuquerque, NM 87109 Human intestinal parasites undermine every other aspect of www.DrGlennWilcox.com health. If you would like an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment, call for an appointment today! 505-771-4998, www.Dr.GlennWilcox.com

12 TRULY ALIVE | www.trulyalive.net READ MORE ARTICLES BY GLENN WILCOX ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net A Safe, Natural Solution for Addiction, Anxiety, Depression and so much more By Robyn Benson, DOM

you’re struggling to break a bad habit—such as anxiety, (BOBR)  eta program supports your own body and brain’s overeating, alcohol, drugs, smoking, gambling, sex chemistry to re-balance and re-program those altered If addiction, procrastination, etc.—then this may be the pathways that have become dysfunctional, gently, safely, most important message you will ever read. and all backed by scienti c research. All of these destructive habits are rooted in dysfunctional brain chemistry and faulty processing pathways in the brain. Call 505-986-1089 and visit www.santafesoul.com to find out For example, when brain chemicals such as Dopamine and more about this program. The website also includes a wealth Serotonin are out of balance, the experience of disorder of information about how to live better and age healthfully. results. And visit my personal website: www.robynbenson.com. Santa Fe Soul Center for Optimal Health is o ering a unique scienti c and well-researched 21 and 28 day, outpatient, customized Brain Optimization and Body Regeneration program to help people with these a ictions by restoring the natural balance of the brain’s chemistry.  e heart of this personalized system is the 30-minute  eta ChamberTM session, which includes 5 di erent types of technologies that help to increase new neuro-pathways favoring a healthy brain and to restore life-a rming habits. An essential component of the  eta ChamberTM is ECS (electro-cranial stimulation) which is the main modality utilized in the recovery of drug addiction and depression. While enjoying the vestibular movement of the  eta ChamberTM you also get the bene t of oxygen therapy, binaural beats and light therapy.  e two programs also include the Photon Genius (useful for optimizing a healthy bio- eld, detoxi cation and to rid pathogens…), the Pressotherapy (for detox, pain and relaxation) and a Russian computerized body scan to measure improvements during the length of your stay. In addition, this individualized program includes “Rapid Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation” (rTMS) which is a procedure that uses magnetic  elds to stimulate nerve cells in the brain to improve symptoms of depression, anxiety and others. Transcranial magnetic stimulation is o en recommended when other depression treatments haven’t worked. Our 21-28-day Brain Optimization and Body Recovery

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you ready to look in the mirror and be happy As a patient told me one day: “when we get older, what is with what you see? Working with an aging not falling is growing”. It’s true that as we get older we get a lot Are population (mostly women), my goal is to create of new growths in the skin (not pretty to say the least). joy and happiness with the youthful look they desire. If you’re ready to smile, knowing your youthful self is Many of my patients elected one or more of my services presenting your best face to the world, explore the options because they have observed that—in our culture—because we (mostly natural) I o er, and choose the treatment(s) that are living longer and must work into our later years, we are are right for you. And since stress is a very common cause competing with younger coworkers (and their younger looks). of premature aging, you won’t feel stressed by the cost of my Some patients have asked me to make them look younger services. Check around. You’ll  nd my prices to be on the low quickly—because a er 20 years of working for the same side, especially considering my credentials. company, they lost their jobs and needed to start interviewing for a new position. Aging skin acquires many things beyond wrinkles: Free consultations, affordable prices, and the opportunity to seborrheic keratosis, (usually a brown, black or light tan enjoy a natural, youthful look await. Rejuvenate with me and growth on the face, chest, shoulders or back.  e growth has rejuvenate with dignity. I accept Visa, MasterCard, Care Credit a waxy, scaly, slightly elevated appearance), senile lentigines (6-12-18 mos.) and offer interest free and deferred payment (liver spots), cherry angiomas (red skin growths), facial plans. Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Bariatric telangiectasias (spider veins), sebaceous hyperplasias (so , Medicine, Dr. Montano has been doing cosmetic medical small bumps usually on the nose, cheeks, and forehead), hair procedures since 2008. 505-299-0069, loss and more. www.abq-cosmetic-doctor.com

14 TRULY ALIVE | www.trulyalive.net READ MORE ARTICLES ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net T – Amalgam Fillings: N S Leave Them or Not? By Dr. Carla Garcia, DOM By Sandi Ganshaw, RDH, MS Carla Garcia, D.O.M.

hanks to Dr. Joseph Mercola (on the cover of this magazine) ne of the most troubling issues in dentistry these days is and Ty Bollinger of “ e Truth About Cancer” docu-series, the use of dental silver  llings (amalgams). Should we T more people have heard about thermography and more O leave them in if we already have them or should we have women are choosing it for breast screening. them removed for fear of health issues? Dental professionals In this video: http://tinyurl.com/ztqa4xw, Dr. Mercola talks around the world are currently debating this concerning issue. about the bene ts of thermography in both breast and full-body In 2008, Scandinavian countries banned the use of amalgam screening. He explains that “thermography uses a sensor that  llings for environmental and health issues. Norway, Sweden, detects the amount of heat coming from the body”. It is totally Denmark Russia, and most of Japan followed. In 2012, a letter non-invasive, painless and uses no ionizing radiation.  e to the European Union asked for support of a phase-out use of video shows the same camera and so ware that we use at the mercury in dentistry. In response to that request, starting July 1, ermography Center in Albuquerque. 2018, amalgam use will be banned for children under the age of Dr. Mercola is widely recognized as the most popular 15 and for pregnant and nursing mothers anywhere in the vast alternative medicine authority on the internet. His books European Union. recommend steps to wellness that are easy to implement. When talking about breast health and thermography, he strongly In Sweden, a number of studies were conducted with recommends getting vitamin D levels measured and maintaining people having Chronic Fatigue-type systems. A er having their levels at 50 to 70 nanograms. He says breast thermography is a amalgams removed, 78% reported an improved health status. In particularly useful tool for dense breasts and recommends annual the US, the FDA and the National Institutes of Health stated that examinations.  ermography checks for in ammation, increased there was insu cient data to prove causation of health problems blood  ow (such as new blood vessel creation that accompanies related to dental amalgams. tumor growth) and lack of circulation.  ese can be indications At Sandi’s Smiles, it is our obligation to educate our patients for pain, injury, disease or other abnormality. about their amalgam  llings and removal of them. We discuss At the ermography Center, images are interpreted by the advantages, disadvantages risks and alternatives. Armed with licensed M.D.s who have been trained and certi ed as clinical that knowledge, our patients can make educated decisions. thermologists. Results are determined by studying the varying patterns and temperature di erences as recorded in the thermal If then, the decision is to remove their amalgam  llings, they images. Normal  ndings are thermal patterns with good can be assured that Sandi’s Smiles is removing them safely using symmetry between similar regions on both sides of the body. the SMART (Safe Mercury Amalgam Removal Technique). Abnormal  ndings are identi ed as areas of heat or cold between It is my pleasure to introduce a new member of the Sandi’s similar regions on both sides of the body. Smiles team. Her name is Stephanie Martins, DDS. She is a As part of our services, we o er a physical breast exam at no graduate of Creighton University, School of Dentistry. Married extra charge to all our thermography patients. Reports are sent with two children, Dr. Martins is a fan of “Everything Holistic”. directly to you and to the doctor of your choosing. Appointments We are now taking appointments for consultations. Give us a call are scheduled to allow time for an immediate review of images to schedule an appointment! and reports are mailed within a few days. Sandi’s Smiles Dental Care, 1100 Lomas NW Suite 1A, 505-243- 505-271-6608, www.ThermographyNM.com 1546. www.dentalcareinalbuquerque.com

READ MORE ARTICLES BY BOTH AUTHORS ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net TRULY ALIVE | March . April 2017 15 Celebrate Earth Day and Enlarge New Mexico’s Field of Mindfulness: Explore Mindful Values, Find Co-Creative Partners, Move Forward into Action By Sidni Lamb & Bobbye Middendorf

Register Now for the New Mexico Leaders in Mindfulness Conference, April 21 and 22. Details and tickets: http://www.mindfulnewmexico.com/2017conference.html

ould you like to see a world that works for everyone, Emerging Mindful Leaders: Youth as Co-equal Partners starting right here in New Mexico? Mindful New  is event invites engagement from mindful young people W Mexico, through its third annual conference, on equal footing with adults in discussions and facilitation. brings together our state’s diverse mindful communities, Conference founder, and spark behind the Mindful New disciplines, leaders, change makers, elders, and youth, Mexico movement, Sidni Lamb says, “. Last year, 12 percent to nurture relationships that will sustain such positive of our attendees were in the 14-24 age group. Our intention transformation over the long term. is to increase that number to over 20 percent this year. For Celebrate Earth Day at Old Town that to happen, however, we are Farm and Enlarge the Field actively seeking scholarships for of Mindfulness youth. How would your life have On Saturday, April 22, we gather been di erent if YOU had been to experience embodied practices elbow-to-elbow with mindful role for cultivating mindful presence in models when you were young?“ action. Mindfulness meets Earth When/Where: Day! We are co-creating inclusive Saturday, April 22, (9am–4pm): community to honor the entire Mindful change catalysts— spectrum—conscious awareness from NM education and justice within, with others and with the communities, business and health, living planet. arts and spirituality gather to Facilitated small group experiment, learn and explore a discussions o er the space to community where inclusion is all- create a shared vision rooted in encompassing in its de nition. mindfulness and compassionate Friday, April 21, (1pm–4:30pm) kindness. How can we collaborate focuses on Conscious Business, mindfully? Topics include: Trust sharing quanti able results from and Inclusive Community, mindfulness practices and skills to Mindfulness and Sustainability, create appreciative cultures in the  e Ethos of Mindful Conversation, workplace. Gi Economy Business Models, Mindfulness and Youth Set your intention, mark your Empowerment and other topics. calendar now, make your registration and help make it Improv theater skills and Allen Matsika, Hakim Bellamy, Celestina Garcia- Catalysts for 2017 Conference (row 1) Mindfulness possible for a mindful young  shbowl roleplays help embody Conference 2016 ( Rows 2 & 3) person to attend. engaged presence and di erent http://www.mindfulnewmexico. perspectives. Old Town Farm, the site of this gathering, sets com/2017conference.html the stage to take mindfulness deeper for connection with nature through mindful walking, movement, meditation, Sidni Lamb, founder Mindful New Mexico, mindfulness and yoga. facilitator and convener of conversations: www. MindfulNewMexico.com.  is is a space to create relationships beyond transactions, link projects, and get even more inspired by and with Bobbye Middendorf, Writer, Purpose Coach, Collaborator, mindful colleagues. and Inner Wisdom Guide: www.WriteSynergies.com

16 TRULY ALIVE | www.trulyalive.net READ MORE ARTICLES ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net W     By Janet L. Hall, ND, CKP, CBT

My husband’s stones are gone. We couldn’t believe it! Thank you so much. Just the one supplement and essential oil you had him use worked really fast! Teresa M., ABQ

you’ve ever had a kidney stone pass, you would most likely lower sodium diet with adequate hydration decreases your say that it was very painful or even excruciating. At any chances of developing stones. rate, kidney stones are no fun! They go unnoticed until If Surgery is a common method of treatment for kidney they travel from your kidney through the ureter into the bladder. stones, however, there are simple, natural remedies that work If the stones are medium to large they can cause severe pain and wonderfully. Kinesiology is great at evaluating the exact occur suddenly. Lower back pain, abdominal cramping, blood remedy for your unique body and circumstance. It only takes a in urine and even fever and chills are common symptoms of few hours (in most cases) for the stones to break down and pass. kidney stones. Better yet, prevent stones from accumulating by using natural Men experience higher occurrences of kidney stones than remedies proactively! Attend our free classes to learn how. women. They also get them most commonly between ages 40- 70, while most woman experience them in their 50’s. Janet L. Hall is a Certified Naturopathic Doctor, Kinesiologist, Herbalist, Biofeedback and Essential Oil Specialist. Janet recently completed special training in Genetics & Methylation Therapy. Her center is dedicated to helping people “rise above!” anything in their lives 505-294-WELL (9355). www.alternativewellnesscenter.org

Your kidneys do an intricate balancing act—regulating levels of fluid, minerals, salts, and other substances in your body. When these compounds become imbalanced, kidney stones may form. There are four types of kidney stones, each made of different substances, with uric acid being the most common. The best way to avoid kidney stones is to prevent the most common cause—dehydration. Surprised? Most people require at least 8 to 10 glasses of water per day or at a minimum, half their body weight in ounces. Light to clear urine is an indication of proper hydration. Some may tell you to avoid grapefruit juice (which they feel is linked to the development of kidney stones). However, grapefruit, especially the essential oil, is known to cleanse the kidneys. Grapefruit and other oils help rid the body of kidney stones. A diet high in salt, protein, and junk foods including sodas may increase the risk of stone formation. Eating a lower protein,

READ MORE ARTICLES BY JANET L. HALL ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net TRULY ALIVE | March . April 2017 17 The Power of Freshest Foods, Great Vibe at Vibrance Community By Chef Karen Hammer By Inga Madsen

eginning about three years ago, and continuing into 2017, a id you know that Vibrance uses the best and freshest, real lot of people who normally teach, help, and support others foods we can get? We love organic because they are the Breported going through an intense energy clearing. Because D healthiest foods available (and they taste better too)— of this energetic shi , many of us have been experiencing huge with no pesticides, no GMOs, and have no arti cial ingredients changes that may seem disruptive and very challenging. It is so or colors. We care about your health and your taste buds! We important to know that these changes are not a punishment, but prepare our dishes with lots of raw fruits and veggies, loaded are actually helping us tap into the deeper truth of who we really with phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals.  e plant based are. As we see the growth of spring with new leaves, so too are powerhouses that pack the biggest health punch include fresh we starting to bud new talents and greater resilience in our lives, greens like kale, lettuces and chard and herbs like parsley. especially in the work that we do for others. Come and experience truly Vibrant Food from our superior ingredients to the care we put into everything we create. We Most of the questions customers ask us at Crystal Dove are use spices and herbs that are good for you (in addition to fresh about how they can assist the people around them: customers, organic parsley), we also use cilantro, basil, chives and sage… friends, clients, and more.  is is how we build powerful adding delicious subtlety to our  avors. community; by supporting one another. I love it. It’s been a fantastic experience to watch people come to Crystal Dove In addition, we love to use sun ower, buckwheat, alfalfa or and  nd solutions to help others—in the written word of the clover sprouts to make beautiful presentations. And, the seeds books we carry, or  nd answers from inside themselves by of these sprouts are loaded with vitamins and minerals because participating in our events, attending meditations, or meeting the nutrition is ampli ed in the sprouting stage. with our readers. Lately, we have added vegan enchiladas, wraps and desserts (specials and soups) that are phenomenal. Our fresh, house- Many of our customers recommend that we carry di erent made kombucha, lemonade, limeade and hibiscus tea (made books or items and we most o en bring those titles into our from dried  owers) are also fabulous. All drinks area made shop because we know they may help more people.  is is our from our RO (reverse osmosis) water. Soon, we will be adding way of being part of a greater community. fresh cold-press juices, smoothies and elixirs. Please remember that we never receive more than we can If you are ready for plant-based foods packed with  avor, handle in our lives. Whatever your challenges may be, you have spice and sprinkle of love, the place is: VIBRANCE. Comfortable the inner strength to make it through. and roomy, with local art and music, we will see you at 4500 Kindly, Inga Silver Avenue SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108. We look forward to meeting you! Please Note: Crystal Dove now closes at 5pm Tues–Sun. Our monthly singing bowl meditations are canceled until further Now open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for lunch and notice. Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/18wpGvU to see dinner (11am-9pm) and Sunday for Brunch (10am-3pm). the other activities we o er. Saturdays, 2pm, Yoga for everyone. Wednesday lunch coming soon. Organic and gluten-free! Live music on Saturday nights Thank you for continued support of Crystal Dove and all that and Sunday brunch. Come experience the Vibe at Vibrance: you do for those around you. 505-842-5265, Art, Food, Music! 505-639-3401, www.crystal-dove.com https://www.facebook.com/abqeatfresh

18 TRULY ALIVE | www.trulyalive.net READ MORE ARTICLES BY BOTH AUTHORS ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net The Diabesity Epidemic By Edalyn Johnson, FNP everal years ago, Mark Hyman, MD, created the term the body, the insulin converts that sugar to fat and  nds a “Diabesity” to describe what he was witnessing as a place to store it.  is fat deposition begins in the muscles Sproblem spreading in America. Since he coined that and the liver and can lead to being deposited in all our term, the epidemic of obesity and diabetes has been climbing organs.  is disrupts the insulin’s ability to bring blood out of control to the point that now 69% of Americans are sugar down, and it becomes a vicious cycle that creates overweight and close to 40% are obese. We are also seeing obesity. When this fat deposition occurs in the pancreas, obesity climbing in the adolescents. it kills the cells making the insulin and 17% of all teenagers are more than 50% diabetes ensues. above their ideal weight.  ese  gures Healthy fats in our diet, however, do are the highest recorded in the history not trigger any insulin to be released! of our country with no evidence of this We can utilize fat for energy without epidemic slowing down. the risk of storing more fat.  is is the What’s going on here? Why is it so premise of the “Ketogenic” diet. If you easy to put weight on and so hard to reduce your intake of carbohydrates to take o ? While there can certainly be 100 grams per day (or less) and increase genetic factors involved, it pretty much your intake of healthy fats, you will feel boils down to the Standard American better and you will lose weight. As you Diet (SAD). Consisting of a small lose weight, your cells gain back their amount of protein, very few vegetables, sensitivity to insulin and your diabetes high carbohydrates and varied amounts of unhealthy resolves, if it hasn’t already damaged the pancreas. fats.  e introduction of “fast foods” into our diets has Diabetes is a disease that leads to heart disease, stroke, certainly taken its toll on our waistlines and is a signi cant kidney disease, dementia, and blindness, and can be contributor to this epidemic. When’s the last time you saw TOTALLY PREVENTED by lifestyle! Early diabetes can ANY vegetable in a “Happy Meal”? You can call French be diagnosed with a few simple blood tests.  e more you fries a potato, but research has shown that fried potatoes know, the better prepared you are to make the changes raise blood sugar faster and higher than sugar! needed to prevent it. In addition to the SAD diet, as a population, we are not Nutrition and disease prevention is my passion. Let as active as we were 20 to 30 years ago. We take escalators me help you! and elevators instead of stairs, we sit in front of computers or other electronic devices all day long and come home Edie Johnson is a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner exhausted with no desire to do any physical activity.  is specializing in Nutrition, Functional Medicine, Hormone all adds up. How do we stop, reverse or even prevent this Balancing and Gentle GYN Care and Natural Medicine. 505- from happening in the  rst place? 296-1120, 4550 Eubank Blvd. NE, ABQ, www.NWhealth.us Let’s take a look at how diabetes evolves in the human body. Most of us are aware that our bodies need sugar to run on and protein to build and repair tissues. We also need vitamins and minerals to support the thousands of complex reactions necessary to sustain life. In the context of keeping our bodies running, one of the most important hormones we make is insulin. Insulin is produced and secreted by some very special cells in the pancreas in response to the ingestion of sugar, starches (which are converted to sugar in the gut) and protein in our diets. When sugar hits our bloodstream, the insulin kicks up and transports the sugar into our cells to be used as energy. If there is more sugar in our bloodstream than is needed by

READ MORE ARTICLES BY EDIE JOHNSON ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net TRULY ALIVE | March . April 2017 19 An Exciting Interview with Dr. Joseph Mercola on his newest book, Fat for Fuel By Karen Larré, Carla Garcia and Dave Weaver

Joseph Mercola is a passionate other books include: Take Control of  e above changes, particularly the fats/ advocate of natural medicine, Your Health, Sweet Deception, Dark carbs ratio, compromised the whole Dr. an amazing wellness Deception, Freedom at Your Fingertips, human nutritional system.  e vast champion, and a visionary who has Generation XL and Healthy Recipes for majority of us consume food that causes implemented much needed changes to Your Nutritional Type. us to burn carbohydrates as our primary fuel rather than healthy fats.  is our current health care system. For over Truly Alive: What do you believe to be results in massive chronic degenerative 25 years, Dr. Mercola treated thousands the cause of obesity in the 20th century? diseases; cancer, heart, Alzheimer’s, of patients at his wellness center near Dr. Joseph Mercola:  ere are a variety obesity, diabetes and arthritis. Chicago, and in 1997 he created Mercola. of factors. Primary is the industrialization com, now the most visited natural health of the food system by way of arti cial  e concept of a low-fat diet was instilled website in the world for the last 12 years. fertilizers, toxic pesticides and into our minds by medical professionals Board-certi ed in family medicine, herbicides, and genetically engineered and the media repeatedly blasting this Dr. Mercola and served as the chairman foods (GMOs). Food processing methods message to the point that you would have of the family medicine department at damage the nutritive value of food and been a fool to not believe it. People were St. Alexius Medical Center for  ve years. include unlabeled generally regarded brainwashed into believing this. Believing He is trained in both traditional and as safe (GRAS) ingredients such as this false narrative is not our mistake, it natural medicine. preservatives and excitotoxins that harm is the failure of the health authorities. the body. Additionally, there has been  ey got it wrong! Intentionally so, it In addition, Dr. Mercola was granted a dietary shi in the macro nutrient seems. Fortunately, via the internet, this fellowship status by the American ratios with an increase of carbohydrates false narrative is shi ing. College of Nutrition (ACN) in October relative to fat, particularly quality 2012. He has been interviewed on fats.  at a ects the body’s ability to TA: Your research reveals that burning national and local news, including: burn fat as a primary fuel instead of fat for energy is superior to burning e Today Show, CNN, ABC’s World carbohydrates. Back in 1910, edible oils glucose. Please explain. News Tonight, e Dr. Oz Show, e were initially converted to trans-fat with DR. M: You need to burn some Doctors, CBS, NBC and ABC local the introduction of Crisco, followed by carbohydrates and glucose (sugar), news shows, Time Magazine, Forbes seed and vegetable oils. especially for high intensity movement. Magazine, Chicago Tonight and dozens A propaganda campaign in the 1950s We need that metabolic  exibility. But of nationally broadcast radio shows. aimed to shi people away from fats most of us have lost our ability to burn Dr. Mercola is the author of 3 New to carbohydrates.  at was partially fat as a primary fuel. Almost everyone York Times Bestsellers: e Great Bird correct because there had been a sharp reading this article does not have the Flu Hoax, e No-Grain Diet, and increase of heart disease relative to ability to burn fat as a primary fuel.  ey E ortless Healing. His new book comes the 19th century as a result of the lost it a long time ago because of choosing out in May of 2017: Fat for Fuel. His introduction of processed trans fats. the wrong foods. We give people a

20 TRULY ALIVE | www.trulyalive.net READ MORE FEATURE ARTICLES ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net simple strategy to develop the metabolic lower the important biological signaling  exibility to use either for fuel.  i s function of ROS. So a far better approach dietary lifestyle helps you listen to your is to limit the amount of free radicals body, engage in a process that consumes produced and you do that by properly primarily more fat than carbohydrates, selecting your fuel.  is truly turns what but occasionally shi things around so we have understood upside down. that you maintain the  exibility to switch TA: What causes insulin resistance in back and forth. most Americans, even those without Let me review some of the metabolic diabetes? chemistry. Food breaks down in the gut DR. M: Insulin resistance is one of the to the raw materials of proteins, carbohy- core metabolic signaling problems drates, and fats..  ese macro-nutrients that contributes to almost all chronic have to be digested by a very sophisti- degenerative disease, and is almost cated energy production system primar- always related to excessive carbohydrate ily residing in the organelles called mito- consumption.  is can also be chondria.  is produces ATP which runs exacerbated by not enough exercise. However, exercise although important our entire metabolism.  e mitochon- People who are 50-100 lbs. overweight is not the answer. Exercise is only part dria take these raw fuels, combine them have months of stored energy, but it of the overall health strategy.  e foods with oxygen from the air we breathe and can’t be accessed and burned because you eat are far more important. Excessive transfer these electrons from the food of metabolic derangement. Most burn carb intake and lack of exercise can carbs for fuel. But the body only stores thru an electronic transport chain.. In contribute to insulin resistance. the process, ATP is generated but a neces- about one day’s worth of fuel in the sary artifact of this process is something Another important metabolic signaling form of carbohydrates as glycogen in called “reactive oxygen species” (ROS). pathway that may be more important the muscles and liver. When we exhaust We do need some of these conventionally than insulin resistance—and is not that, we become fuel deprived since viewed pernicious chemicals but they are widely known—is “mechanistic target we can’t access the energy stored as very powerful signaling molecules uti- of rapamycin” (mTOR). Although a fat and crave more carbs that they can very primitive pathway researchers lized in many vital metabolic functions. burn as fuel.  e transition for most to only  rst appreciated it about 15 years fat burning requires around 2-3 weeks Here is the crux. When sugar is burnt as ago.  is signal is similar to insulin in but can be longer in some depending your primary fuel, very little ketones are that when insulin levels are excessive, it on their starting point. Once the created. Ketones burn incredibly clean, causes damage.  is is widely known. transition occurs almost like magic, the with very few ROS. If you are not creat- But when protein levels are too high, cravings disappear and the metabolic ing su cient ketones because of burning it activates this mTOR pathway which magic begins including normalization too many carbs, an excessive amount of also causes damage. It accelerates aging of body weight and reversal of many reactive oxygen species (ROS) are cre- and when chronically activated, just like chronic diseases like diabetes, heart and ated.  ey cause secondary free radicals, insulin, seriously impairs mitochondrial neurodegenerative diseases. which in turn wreaks havoc on your body. function.  erefore, excess protein and Free radicals combine with proteins, and carbohydrates and not enough high TA: Can you please share about the cellular and mitochondrial membranes quality fats is particularly the challenge timing of meals and how that a ects and DNA.  ey cause damage and the for most people. burning fat? DR. M: mitochondria die prematurely. Many TA: In your book, you mention that Ideal restricting eating to a researchers believed that merely using dietary changes can address and reverse 6-8 hour window is a healthy goal for supplemental these issues. most. You want to consume the highest number of calories in the time of day antioxidants DR. M: For many it is initially a challenge could compen- because it is such a big shi for most that you are expending most of them. sate for this. people. Once done, it becomes easy and Don’t come home from work, eat the But that doesn’t most would never shi back to their largest meal of the day, relax and then go work. If you take previous choices. It’s only a challenge to bed. Intermittent fasting, (what I call antioxidants to because most people are not fat adapted peak fasting) is a way to accelerate your combat free rad- and eat too many carbohydrates. 95% body’s ability to burn fat.  is is a very icals, you may of energy stored in the body is stored as e ective strategy. Most people sleep 8 actually dam- fat, only 5% is stored as sugar. Wouldn’t hours, so learn to stop eating at least 3-4 age your body it make sense to have the capacity to use hours before going to bed.  is becomes because you in- the energy stored as fat? Most people discriminately can’t access it. continued on 22

READ MORE FEATURES ARTICLES ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net TRULY ALIVE | March . April 2017 21 An Exciting Interview with Dr. Joseph Mercola continued from page 21 about a 16-hour fast. You can eat non starchy vegetables in unlimited quantities and as much high quality fat as you want. But you do have to count your protein and net carbs which is total carbs minus  ber. For people with great health challenges and are overweight, we suggest regular water fasting for a few days, or a week or 2 if it is supervised.  at will decrease the time it takes to make this metabolic shi to burning fat as a primary fuel. Fasting is a powerful tool. TA: What is cold thermogenesis and how can it help burn fat? DR. M:  is is the process of exposing yourself to cold temperatures.  ere are a number of ways to do this, the extreme being to immerse in a bathtub of ice cubes. A more is a form of energy and it doesn’t cause insulin to be produced. reasonable method is to immerse yourself in cold water, in the Remember, both carbs and protein can cause insulin resistance range of 60-70 degrees for 10-15 minutes.  is is cold enough while fat does not need insulin to break down. Fat burns, to make some powerful metabolic changes.  is activates bypassing the insulin issue.  is is why fat is a metabolically your body to metabolize brown fat, a very metabolically active preferred fuel. MCT oil can be used for energy or increased type of fat.  ere are other bene ts from this, such as the ketone levels. Use cautiously at  rst, because they can cause release of neurotransmitters like dopamine.  ermogenesis explosive diarrhea with as little as a teaspoon. Start o with a can increase the e ciency of energy production—ATP, in teaspoon and work up from there. the mitochondria.  is helps the whole system run more TA: Is there anything else you would like my readers to know e ciently. Failure to have temperature variation can result about? in damage to your metabolism.  e Finn’s do this with DR. M: high temperatures.  at’s good! Even better is temperature I condensed as best as I could for this article, so that you contrast where you go from a sauna to a cold plunge. I go might wonder, how much more in my new book Fat for Fuel. from a 170-degree low EMF full spectrum infrared sauna to We have a much more detailed information at the webpage for a 60-degree water pool daily when I am home. the book http://fatforfuel.org/ that can provide you with more details on how to achieve the metabolic bene ts of burning fat TA: What are ketones and how does this di er from for fuel. ketoacidosis? DR. M: Many confuse nutritional ketosis with medical ketosis. Nutritional ketosis is healthy and bene cial while ketoacidosis is a disease complication of type 1 diabetes. Ketones are made in the liver from fatty acids, are water soluble and do not require transport molecules to get into tissues, especially into the brain.  ey are a very e cient fuel supply.  ey burn clean, with virtually no excessive ROS and secondary free radical formation.  ere are 3 types of ketones.  ey can be measured in the blood, stool or breath.  ere are a number of supplements being manufactured with ketone salts or esters. I don’t recommend these for a general approach, but they are good for advanced conditions like cancer or Alzheimer’s. Certain foods, like coconut oil, are On Dr. Mercola’s website: http://www.mercolaMercola.com, rapidly converted into ketones.  ere are basically 3 types of (the #1 natural health website in the world), you’ll find a huge fats in coconut oil, C-8, C-10 and C-12.  e numbers denote number of health articles, videos, guides and products. If you the number of carbons in the fat.  e lower amount of carbon, would like to learn the most current, cutting-edge, truthful the more likely these fats are to turn into ketones. MCT oil information about subjects related to your health, and/or has a lower carbon chains and is useful as a supplement. purchase high quality products you can trust, visit  is is very helpful when making the transition because it www.Mercola.com today.

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go to my grave with sagging breasts and a  abby mid- look for a day or two. We use very expensive, pharmaceutical section; but I won’t be overly wrinkled or have a lot of grade Hyaluronic Acid during and a er the treatment instead I’ll brown spots. Why? Because thanks to micro-needling of vitamins like other clinics use. treatments, I’ve seen a reduction in the lines on my face and the Over the next couple of days, I continued to apply the brown spots that peppered my neck and I love the improved look! “take-home” skin serum (included in the treatment price) and When we  rst started o ering micro-needling, I did not realize noticed some improvement in the smoothness and tone of my how e ective it was until my patients began telling me how happy skin. It wasn’t until weeks later that I noticed fewer brown spots they were. on my face and neck.  ey were not gone, but were de nitely Micro-needling uses a pen-shaped medical device to lighter. A er two more treatments, a large brown spot I had for stimulate new skin cells to multiply and grow. Most micro- years was gone. My marionette lines are also less pronounced. needling pens have 12  ne tipped needles; but we’ve found that  e changes are gradual so it wasn’t until a couple of months 36  ne tipped needle heads are more e ective.  is results in a er my 2nd treatment that I noticed a had fewer brown spots the formation of new elastin and collagen  bers, laying down on my neck. tissue layers that can  ll in  ne lines, so en scars, tighten skin Micro-needling is safe for all skin types and skin colors and and reduce pigmentation.  is 3-minute video that aired on can be used anywhere on the body. Good Morning America will answer 99% of your questions: www.tinyurl.com/hvd3e25 If you are looking to reduce fine lines and wrinkles, tighten Di erent areas of the face are more sensitive than others loose skin, reduce stretch marks or brown spot appearance during the treatment so the needle depth and frequency are or drastically reduce mild to moderate acne scarring, give us adjusted accordingly. A er my  rst treatment, my skin was red a call today at 505-271-6608 to schedule an appointment or for about 3 hours. Everyone is di erent. Some people experience get your questions answered. www.ThermographyNM.com very little reddening of the skin and others have a mild sunburn

READ MORE ARTICLES BY CARLA GARCIA ONLINE: www.trulyalive.net TRULY ALIVE | March . April 2017 23 Rediscovering the Magic in Yourself By Maggie Mathisen

am very happy that I could help this client. Here is what she With Maggie  owing loving awareness, I let myself begin I experienced in her own words: to release fears and beliefs and transform that angry child “ e pain was initiated by an almost casual intention I which I had hidden from myself. made ‘to heal my relationship with myself’. I then went to get Each session has been profound and unique with me my mail and opened a rare letter from ‘my ex’. He was still adventuring into ‘secrets’ I hid from. A big lesson for me complaining about me and bragging about himself. My  rst was to accept help from the divine  ow guiding Maggie. reaction was cheering myself for not getting depressed and Sometimes Maggie knew things I had not told her. I had told hurt. her only the barest, minimal background information. She I did not recognize how much anger there was in that just spoke words that were appropriate. self-cheer. But a few minutes later, my body throbbed with My major growth was in her ‘expeditions’ to key events in pain and feelings of anger. I was in pain so intense my body my childhood and in one case, a past life. doubled over. I felt this pain gripping my back and neck and An example: Maggie said ‘You were an only child’ (I was). streaming down my le arm for days. ‘Who died?’  is perplexed me. Only my Grandfather whom  en I found my way to Maggie’s massage table. In I had met a few times. I was only 6 when he died. ‘What moments, I felt her hands move the energy in my neck and happened?’ All I could remember was my mother being very back…relief…I had been led to the right place. rude to the widow. Maggie said ‘ ere is more’. So, I opened  e initial sessions with Maggie were a vision quest. and saw myself scolding my mother. In response, I saw her I opened to let her see what her guides led her to see. I slam my le forearm (which was currently in pain). I saw acknowledged a very angry part of myself stabbing at me. myself with fresh eyes. I saw spunk and my mother’s violence.  e week a er this session with Maggie, my inner strength grew. We had a session facing my deep confusion about my father. I wondered if he was evil and/or weak. Maggie helped me see my father through the eyes of spirit and I found the peace I was looking for. We had a session about my mother, and with Maggie  owing spirit, I could hold my own dreams and let go of my fears and her demands of ‘owning me’. And I have kept that energy and found compassion for my mother. In one session, I asked Maggie to focus on reinforcing my connection with my soul. She saw that in this lifetime I had le the ‘colors of my soul’ behind to  t into this family. I knew love was the answer and allowed this love to touch and resolve the anger I felt around me. Each week was so full of new insights and expansion and false structures ‘burned away’. Maggie brought to light strengths in me which had been buried beneath old pain. Maggie helped ME  nd the MAGIC in ME.”

If you would like to experience this type of healing, call Maggie for a session: 505-898-7853, www.HealingAcrossDimensions. com. Maggie has studied/been certified in CranioSacral Therapy and Lymphatic Drainage. She receives guidance from the Beings of Light who are her healers and guides. All sessions are done in connection with these Light Beings and they do the healing. Maggie is the conduit for light and love and healing to flow into her sessions.

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ecently we’ve been blessed with the presence of a young, became clear that she had never been petted before. It was so feral cat on our property. From August to November, interesting to feel what that was like for her. we encountered her only a few times, but each time, R When the weather turned frigid, we installed a cat door she bolted away as fast as she could. Fight-or- ight in action! and moved her food to just inside our back door. By now she Sometime before  anksgiving, I began leaving food and was really enjoying being petted…almost wanting it more water outside for her. She would only come and eat a er I’d than the food. Now, the wild look in her eyes has calmed. gone back into the house. We’d watch her eat and play from She sleeps inside most nights, and although still skittish, she our kitchen window, marveling at her beauty, agility, cuteness, comes and goes and enjoys the comforts of being inside a and speed. One day, I stayed outside while she ate. I talked home, having regular meals and human touch. It has been to her and stayed very still. She was extremely wary of me, quite a lesson for us. grabbing at her food and li ing her head to keep a watch on me as she ate. Each day a er that, I’d stay outside while she Trey calls me a “kitty whisperer”, but really, it is this ate, and each day I’d move a little closer to her. Each time we same quality that we both use in our healing sessions—with experienced connection with each other, her tolerance for the many aspects of your being. It’s Presence and Patience: intimacy and connection increased. It’s this capacity to be a looking into what is presenting, and a feeling into how connected with self and another that is self-regulation and to work with whatever energy/trauma is presenting. In healing in action. practice, the majority of people’s symptoms come down to being stuck in a state of  ght-or- ight. So, if you have a A er a week or so, she’d let me sit within 10 feet of her as problem that is not resolving, you may be stuck in  ght-or- she consumed her food, seemingly very grateful for it. During  ight, just like “Baby Cat”. Our work weaves safe connection this time, she’d come daily to our kitchen window—which between your adult self and the parts of you that are wanting is at ground level (as that part of our home is built into the healing. Sometimes people don’t understand that healing is ground). She’d purr, meow and rub up against the window, work; for sustained change, we must all learn to coax our clearly wanting to engage with us in a way that felt safe to her. “inner cat” into peace. Our work increases the ability to be She seemed to like us, but developing trust between us was present with the many parts of yourself, both the familiar clearly going to take some time. Her natural survival instinct and the unconscious parts.  is self-presence is what brings for  ght-or- ight (particularly  ight) had kept her alive thus the inner peace people are seeking, which in turn brings far, and she wasn’t about to abandon it. healing. When a person has had lots of healing work, and Soon, I moved her bowls to right outside our back door. hasn’t been able to sustain true change, o en she was hoping Each day I’d call her to eat and she’d come. She was small and the practitioner was going to tame her “inner cat”, but each seemed so sweet, so I called her “Baby Cat”. I’d sit and talk one must tame her own “inner cat”. with her, while she ate. With each meal and contact between us, her tolerance for intimacy increased. She’d startle, or run If you are ready for a healing experience you can really trust, away, but not very far, then she’d come back. I began reaching give us a call: 505-453-5853, www.Resourcing.Center my hand out to her. As I touched her for the  rst time, it

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oday, it is much easier to build a website than in the past; re you confused and overwhelmed with the complex and there is more  exibility on doing so without becoming healthcare system? Do you avoid going to the doctor because T mired in the technical minutiae; or becoming dependent on A you don’t feel heard? Are you worried about increasing a third party. A website has three components: medications or an upcoming surgery? • A domain name, which is like your street address on Dr. Juliette Mulgrew is your bridge between Western and the internet, such as trulyalive.net, or youtube.com. Natural medicine. She will listen, give you options, and help You can purchase one for an annual fee at a “domain reduce your fears. Most importantly, she will communicate with registrar”. you and your other healthcare providers to create a personalized • An e-mail service, which provides you professional treatment plan. level e-mail with an address like [email protected]. Trained in Western medical diagnosis, pharmaceuticals and Some host companies bundle emails with your hosting disease processes along with Natural therapeutics, she will help fee. Others charge an annual fee for them. (I recommend you navigate the healthcare system by integrating science with these.) a wide variety of holistic approaches. She is passionate about • Your web host is where you build the website. Now there educating patients so they feel con dent with the decisions they are website builder services that make building your make about their health. own site much easier to do and you can be much more As a medical detective, she will uncover the root cause of creatively involved. any imbalances, not just treat your symptoms. Dr. Juliette can  ey simplify this endeavor by enabling you to drag and accompany you to a doctor visit or surgical consultation to educate you and help navigate the next steps.  is may include drop your content on the screen. Your content might consist interpretation of lab work, radiographic reports, as well as pre- of words, images/graphics, music, videos, documents, and and post-surgery adjunctive care. presentations that you come up with or link to from elsewhere. Dr. Juliette honors your body’s ability to heal itself and  e website builder o ers templates and a starter where encourages patients to be involved in their individualized you can use your imagination to envisage your  nal website. treatment plans for healing and long-lasting results. From there you will see abstract “icons” that you can drag into spaces on your website.  is provides a rough layout of your I felt scared and overwhelmed when I was diagnosed with bladder site. From there, you can populate each of those placed “icons” cancer. ank God I found Dr. Juliette. She is well informed and with your content. You can play with the site as you lay your she cares! She has given me the knowledge, con dence, and support content down to re ne the  t and  nish of your site. When you beyond what I could have ever expected. I have recommended her are ready to go prime time with your website, just click on the to several of my friends and she has brought them back to health “Publish” button at the top right corner of your screen. as well! D.F., ABQ

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eople who survive deep trauma store their memories in is a  re ceremony, in which you write down and burn what you their bodies. Memories are stored not only in the brain, want to change. Another is prayer via incense, in which the P but also in the muscles, the eyes, the joints, the organs, smoke rises to Spirit and carries your petitions. In traditional and even in the bones. Recently published research con rms Mexican medicine, they use what is called limpia, or cleansing that the brain’s synapses shrink slightly during sleep, which ceremony, to help you move through di cult times. Ritual allows the brain to prioritize helpful memories and release the sweats, either in a sauna, temazcal (or traditional sweat lodge), ‘noise’ of useless information. When trauma and its a ermath help rid the body of toxins and the spirit of burdens.  ere is provoke insomnia, the brain never gets a chance to prune out no end to the variety of ceremonies that have been used in the memories that no longer pertain to the present situation, healing, but all of them have the element of self-awareness and thus never allowing the person to feel safe because the brain recognition of what we ourselves have contributed to where cannot distinguish between safe and unsafe anymore. A we are right now in the moment. Self-awareness is critical; we circular pattern of re-traumatization develops in which cannot move beyond ourselves unless we acknowledge that the nerve pathways that conduct fears and hypervigilance everything we have done up to this point has brought us to become strengthened rather than being allowed to return to exactly where we are. normal.  e analogy in the physical body is the pain cycle, in I also strongly believe in the power of the creative force which pain leads to distorted movement, which leads to loss of to help move stuck energy. Whether you write, paint, make normal function, which leads to more pain as the body keeps music, sing, dance, or do some other form of creative self- trying to compensate. expression, all of these can be channels for you to confront Bodywork is one way to access the deeper parts of the brain emotional and spiritual challenges and to move through them and nervous system in order to release the body into deep rest, with grace and space.  ese are so important to our beings or the parasympathetic. Deep rest allows the brain to relax, that it is not unusual for me to ask my clients to move, to make the organs to restore homeostasis, and the entire system to noise, or to draw during one of our sessions. do its own healing work all the way down to the cellular level. I see the practice of both bodywork and ceremony as With guided meditation, the brain and body learn to work naturally complementary. I believe strongly that we need together to replace sensations of pain and painful memories to address the body and the spirit; the physical and the with manageable sensations and pleasant memories. In energy emotional components of our being. If one is neglected, the work, such as polarity therapy, craniosacral therapy, Reiki, others cannot be completely healed. So, if you are looking for and others, the practitioner explores blockages in the natural that “one thing” to move you out of stuckness, be prepared.  ow of the human energy  eld and facilitates movement, You will, eventually, need to look at and engage with your which in turn can help relieve emotional blocks or congestion entire self. as well as physical symptoms.

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aoism o ers an allegory which invites us to imagine being isn’t really about me. It’s just other people working out their in a boat in the middle of a serene lake when, suddenly, we own crap the best they know how, mostly unconsciously, on Tget rammed-into by another boat. We might be annoyed, autopilot. Even things that actually a ect us, personally or or even angry at someone rowing this o ending boat. We socially, politically or economically… We’re getting bumped might wonder why she wasn’t looking where she was going, or all the time, le and right, by empty boats. if he did it on purpose, or what kind of entitled jerk could be  at’s the Taoist teaching, anyway. It rings true to me. so careless as to let this sort of thing happen. We could work But I’d like to o er another approach that may also be worth ourselves up into a froth of victimhood, injustice, and outrage. considering: Maybe none of the boats are empty. What if every But, then, what if we noticed that the boat was empty? Sure, boat is full of the Divine? Maybe all the boats that knock us, we might still make up a story about whoever failed to tie it up even the ones that bowl us o our feet, are full of Grace, full of properly, but one hopes we’d quickly realize how silly it is to be Good, full of Everything calling us into our own fullness. upset at the empty boat. It wasn’t out to get us. It didn’t run into Perhaps this Holy Love Boat is bumping us so we can us on purpose. It’s just a thing that has happened. practice being more patient than we knew it was possible to  is illustration is usually used to suggest that most of what be, more kind, or stronger, or more  erce and creative and we experience is the bumping of empty boats. Random stu compassionate. Maybe we’re being invited to take bold action, happens—most of it not about us. We make it mean all sorts of or being called to slow down, to take care of ourselves, relax things about us, about the world, other people, life, God…and and replenish. Maybe it’s been crashing into us for lifetimes— this can be amusing or upsetting or inspiring, depending on imploring us to try a di erent approach because what we’re the meaning we make. doing isn’t working anymore! But even the stu that really seems to be about me usually Of course it can be very challenging to receive life as if it’s all Divine Goodness, when it seems like the very opposite sometimes. Some of these boats look really mean and ugly. Some of these boats seem to perpetuate inequality, disenfranchisement, and horrible hurtful damage. So, I’m not being blithe, dismissing these boats as “for our own good.” I’m not dismissing them at all—this is a time of reckoning, not avoidance. AND there is such great power in recognizing our creative meaning-making authority, recognizing that we are constantly  lling empty boats with our own meaning. Right now, I’m doing it. And what I’m discovering is: As impossible as it seems to accept the collisions of the world as the Perfection of Spirit Unfolding, it’s so much harder and more heartbreaking to feel at odds with it all. As exhausted as I am by the prospect of taking responsibility for my interpretations and experiences of life, it’s even more depleting to see myself as not free to do so—to cave in to the idea that anything in the Universe could ever be against me. Seven billion of us are bumping into each other on the planet right now. Whether I understand it or not, I can choose to make it mean, “Yes, Dear Heart, I love you, too.” And so it is.

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ARIES 3/214/19 MARCH: You are the one to retrograde on the 9th. This three-week period might be a good lead the charge this month. Mars passes through thing this time, as you are drawn back to a happier time last your sign until the 9th. You are a Ram on  re, as your month. Like a time traveler, you can actually revisit a situation energy is applied to making some changes to the that you skimmed over during the last week of March. Sit still, world around you. Some Rams will use this month to increase this time. The 19th brings important advice from a higher their earnings, boosting your self-esteem. You have a strong authority. You are drawn into a karmic connection from the desire to express your truth. The 5th is very constructive. By the 24th on, into next month. 27th, you may  nd yourself  ghting for an ideal. Fortunately, CANCER 6/227/22 MARCH: Your energy builds there is someone to calm you at month’s end. APRIL: Should to the Full Moon of the 12th. Redecorate your home diplomacy fail during the 2nd week, you stand ready to  ght or retreat on a brief get-away. Your career becomes to defend what’s right, but  rst you must earn. There are very absorbing as you seek ways to boost income. many ways to “earn” this month. You will gain by supporting New and original improvements seem key. The New Moon traditional values. You will have earned self-esteem along on the 27th points to exactly which changes are needed. with  nancial gains the  rst 3 weeks. Asserting your power Your success is closely tied to your new image at month’s end. on the 5th brings credibility or fear (or both from others who APRIL: The last New Moon a ected your career ambitions and know you). Once the  ames burn down from that experience, reputation. The Crabs seem to attract gossip. Anyway, you have the  ame may burn in your heart for another. This feeling of a hard shell to protect you as you scurry across beaches in bliss. love and peace is a gift at mid-month. The mental connection There is still a need to further yourself- seek a happy medium. begins the 21st. Activity is the norm and personal initiative is required, along TAURUS 4/205/20 MARCH: This is a month with good running shoes. Things get exciting around the 13th. of solitude or just deep introspection. Venus goes Watch for the unexpected. Easter comes like a “time out” from retrograde on the 4th. Your time is coming, just violence, and a chance to consider the “source”. New Moon of not this month for most Bulls. There is a perfect the 26th is best to be close to friends. Be their rock! opportunity for great self-realizations and understanding. The LEO 7/238/22 MARCH: You may feel 12th can be highly active and communicative to disrupt your dramatically a ected by mysteries beyond logic. hibernation. Your parents could be concerned, as they want Lions are stirred by their passions this time of year. to appear with rescue gear on the 15th. It’s ok to be a little You also want to help with causes. The 5th/6th is depressed. it’s just a means to make you think. APRIL: Buckle good to be united with others to express what many cannot up. Venus takes you far from the maddening crowd. It could by themselves. The Full Moon on the 12th brings a reminder be a time of restoring lost friendships and/or picking up with of responsibility to our personal well-being. Ideals are always a long-sought dream again. Friends can help ground those to be sought, but it starts with a strong, healthy self. The 17th dreams. The 8th has a small reminder to stay responsible with could indicate trying something. Finally, some peace and love your reputation at work. The 16th should be very satiating. Life pays a visit on the 25th. APRIL: You may wonder how you got can feel like your boat sprung a leak until things start to make to be in charge of things, but deep-down, you know you’re the sense again at month’s end, when you are considering the life best. You may become the calm eye of the hurricane around of a recluse. you for 20 days. Your spirit is always saddened by bad news, like on the 7th and 8th. After that, you will wear 3 “hats” (1) GEMINI 5/216/21 MARCH: Half the month is a social giant or perfect partner on the 13th, (2) On the 17th, focus on career or improving your image. You can you don the hat of a builder. (3) Your hat must be a mushroom, mold a new you by using your strength of character because you become the rock in a world gone mad. Shine light to bring desire or creative solutions to ba ing when you can. problems at work. It’s easy to catch someone you’ve been chasing when they stop and run back to you. The 18th is very VIRGO 8/239/22 MARCH: Good month to make romantic. Control issues could arise on the 23rd. To have a methodical progress. There is excitement with happy relationship, keep your partner happy. The  nal week another and intimate moments with words of love. requires e ort, but there is inspiration that drives you to  nish You have a deep interest in occult matters. Great a challenge. APRIL: Is it Springtime in America, or what? You chance to truly learn about your spirit-self. An experience may not feel all that “glorious” about things. Mercury goes on the 7th, and “talking to a wall” on the 12th will steer you

32 TRULY ALIVE | www.trulyalive.net into a hidden world of knowledge. Some Virgoans will stand festivities that day unless you want to lose a confrontation. in a stoplight, once too bright for their humble nature. Nice During this month and next, you may feel very withdrawn, but Job! APRIL: Sometimes, life just absorbs the hard-working that’s how the Universe forces you to look within. Find a way to Virgoans like a really big Venus Fly trap. Before that, your Sign make a better relationship. Prepare for an important position ruler, Mercury goes retrograde 3 times a year to make you of wisdom and good solutions for summer’s issues. stop and catch your breath. Just breathe deeply. Relax. Put your feet up. Or better yet, get a foot massage. Meditation CAPRICORN 12/221/19 MARCH: Try to  nish can take you away from the chaos. Deep explorations of life’s what you can before Saturn goes retrograde, next mysteries are part of your  nal 10 April days. Your mind is in month. Mostly, you have quietly, but optimistically, the clouds, but keep your feet in the garden. prepared for the good times ahead. So, this year is about seeking your spiritual self, exploring your subconscious LIBRA 9/2310/22 MARCH: You might as well fears and habits, and gathering things you need for a very gather up a few novels to get you through 40 productive 2018. Your plans are to get out of a dark hole, but days and 40 nights of Venus retrograde. There is you have kept faith by using your strongest tool; perseverance. high energy between you and your partner. (Let’s Men are more helpful than women, this month. APRIL: A time hope your partner is not just a book.) Do all you can to stay when not much progress can be expected. A sabbatical is healthy. Keeping away from the doldrums around the 17th ideal for those Seagoats who can. Come back to work in late will work best for your health. Your natural beauty disguises August. Late Spring and through Summer are not good for your toughness. Jupiter brings good fortune to your battles. overt action. Try to relax, collect materials for an industrious Stay close to where the love is. APRIL: Life changes to a fall season. Before the year is over, your life will change for the di erent object of re ection as the month begins. Old health better. Until then, try to avoid the consequences of a world problems could recur during the  rst two weeks, then get gone mad. Your good logic and organizational skills can work better. It seems a health issue is related to your partnership or behind the scenes to bring dreams to others. social con icts. There is a chance to be withdrawn from that di culty. A return to happiness begins on the 15th. You may AQUARIUS 1/202/18 MARCH: Some people  nd it easy to relate to the opposite sex on, or near, the 16th. watch and act on the knowledge you share to The 28th has the  avor of love and friendship. If love has been help others. Some may wonder why you cause missing in some way, excitement returns with a soft sensuality trouble sometimes. I think you see it as a way to at month’s end. stir the cauldron and see what’s there. Some people don’t want their cauldron stirred. This month you are as wild and SCORPIO 10/2311/21 MARCH: Not-a-lot- unencumbered as a free-range chicken. (There’s always a to-deal-with this month - nice relief. There are fence somewhere) Your thoughts are better expressed at political issues of truth and justice, but you could month’s end. Travel is good on the 25th/26th. APRIL: High  nd leisurely, “places” much more appealing for the energy draws you into a nervous state that keeps you running  rst 3 weeks. Then it’s time to brush o the cheese/cracker and bouncing o walls. The 13th is a good day to partner up crumbs and get dressed for work. Watch out for ego-clashes with another high-energy person. This dynamic duo can be an on the 23rd. You may have to rethink a strong belief when unstoppable force to help others, or for some, it’s a good day confronted with new information at month’s end. It’s ok to to speak of marriage. Handle this other person gently. They change. No one will notice. APRIL: The Scorpions have two co- have been through a rough week before meeting you. You rulers. Mars and the dwarf planet Pluto. Though small, Pluto is can be the hopeful healer to their life. It’s all very positive and powerful in our lives. Nuclear bombs are small but also very karmically signi cant. Big constructive projects are coming. powerful. Your 2 planets work very well together to generate money and passion. The 5th is your best day to acquire PISCES 2/193/20 MARCH: A nebulous fog of these. On the 8th, you  nd limits to your radiant power. Just happiness surrounds you. You feel “lost” as if gazing shake it o because love is right around the corner on the into the eyes of a loved-one. There is good fortune, 16th. Pluto goes Retrograde on the 29th for 5 months. Your which comes to those lost at sea. The Full Moon of desires are high as the  nal week has intrigue and mystery. the 12th is socially bonding, but words can be in ammatory toward, or from, restrictive forces. Still, you have your other SAGITTARIUS 11/2212/21 MARCH: A side, which can turn from Dolphin to Piranha when needed! So, retrograde Jupiter kinda’ takes the punch out of the all these distracting energies haven’t hurt your ability to earn bowl for a while, but can light an inner happiness. well. You have an excess of  ghting spirit near months’ end. You’re able to work in a supportive role as you help APRIL: This month is relatively free of any interference to your battle ugly scourges to our way of life. Social needs arise as self-needs. One or more of those needs appear to be met after March begins. Ego vs. Truth is the energy of the 23rd/24th. Not the 15th. You seem to have gone searching to  nd a former safe for travel those days. Yes, you are the bearer of Truth (as time of secret love. A memory can be a fantasy, but a fantasy you see it) but stick to absolute truth to avoid thrown objects. is good enough for most Fish. You are drawn to gardening this Avoid aggression against stronger forces at month’s end. year. It’s very grounding, you know. It’s hard to make plans this APRIL: Your sign ruler, Jupiter, stays retrograde all month. This month because of all the changes. Make a Plan B just in case. can be a disconnect for most Archers. You are at a disadvantage You have a perfect sanctuary at home the  rst 2 weeks. on the 7th as a partner needs more action from you. Avoid

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