ANXIETY - Learn to Overcome Anxiousness through EFT

WATCH THIS VIDEO AND LEARN HOW TO OVERCOME ANXIETY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IWu3rSEddZI

EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE (EFT)  - tapping - works!  I especially like to have people use this method of emotional wellness while using essential oils.  Especially the oils of Geranium, Bergamot, Frankincense, Rose and Chamomile.

Replace negative feelings in the body and mind by practicing along with this video.  Included below are some of the phrases that are helpful (a sampling) to reprogram thought processes and feelings that "steal your life" with anxiety.

"Even though I'm feeling so anxious, I love and accept myself! 
Even though I feel this anxiety I know that I have the power to overcome these feelings - and I love and accept myself. 
Even though my stomach, hands, throat are shaking and feeling butterflies and fearful, this anxiety in my body can be released.
It feels out of control.  It feels like I don't have control over my body.
It doesn't feel safe here.
I love and accept my self and I am open to releasing these emotions.
Even though I feel that these feelings of anxiety are overpowering, I am open to releasing these emotions. 
I am safe without these feelings.  I love and accept myself.
I recognize that I have feelings of being out of control.
I know what it feels like to feel calm.
TUNE INTO A PROBLEM THAT IS CAUSING YOUR LACK OF EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING.
I'm allowing my body to feel calm, releasing the stress in my body. 
I am infusing my body with love, joy and peace .... regardless of the stress in my body at this time. 
I have control of my body. 
My stomach is feeling calmer and more relaxed.  It is safe to let go of this anxiousness.
Infusing my body with love, peace, capability.
I have control of my body.
My stomach is feeling more calm and more relaxed.
My whole body feels calmer and more relaxed.
TAKE A BIG BREATH IN!  LET IT GO!  BREATHE DEEPLY AGAIN!  LET IT GO!
Even though I have this remaining anxiety in my body (finances, relationships, social acceptance, ability to perform ... whatever the anxiety is from) I deeply and completely love and accept myself.
I have this anxiety forever.  It doesn't feel safe for me to let it go.
Even though I have this remaining anxiety - I deeply and completely love and accept myself and how I feel about this.
I have control over myself - and my thoughts - and my feelings.
I release this remaining anxiety.
Even though it doesn't feel safe to let this go - I choose to acknowledge that it is there.
I spend so much time to ignore it and trying to pretend it isn't there
I choose to acknowledge that it is there.  I love and accept myself.
I love and accept myself.  I love myself enough to let it go.
My whole body feels calmer, more relaxed, and I can breathe more calmly.
Take a big breathe in and enjoy what it feels like to feel calm.

INFLAMMATION - Happy New Year 2014

Happy New Year Holistic Health Friends!

It is a new beginning for me as I am mostly recovered from an automobile accident that has caused me to be low-functioning during the past months.  The 2013 Fall class schedule had to be cancelled and taken off the blog.  I have gained another appreciation for the amazing healing powers of the body - when it is given the ingredients of health that it needs!  I have spent a lot of time reducing the effects of inflammation and pain in my body - desiring to be back to my normal functioning.  For that reason I decided to write today about INFLAMMATION.

INFLAMMATION is the underlying cause of most diseases and discomforts

in the Western world that we live in.

Inflammation is a necessary and important biological process that allows us to survive. It is the body's response to fighting infection and repairing damaged tissues— and is part of the natural healing process. If we didn't have inflammation, we couldn't heal from infection or injury.

When a foreign bacterium or virus enters the body, the inflammatory process kicks in to eliminate it.  If an ankle is sprained, the inflammatory system activates to begin repairing damaged tissues.

The five classic signs and symptoms of inflammation are:

1. Redness
2. Pain
3. Warmth
4. Swelling
5. Loss of function

   

Prolonged inflammation can have damaging and long-term effects. Many people are experiencing ongoing, low-level inflammation without even knowing it—and this is a crucial factor behind chronic disease.  "Silent" inflammation is the evil twin of oxidation, and where you find one, you nearly always find the other.  Silent inflammation doesn't cause you any pain—it lives "under the radar," quietly lingering for years and even decades, where it silently injures your heart, brain and immune system.  Left unchecked, systemic inflammation can lead to anything from asthma to rheumatoid arthritis to Alzheimer's disease. In fact, the number of diseases linked to chronic inflammation is staggering:

·    Heart disease, atherosclerosis and stroke

·    Diabetes

·    Alzheimer's disease

·    Parkinson's disease

·    MS or Multiple Sclerosis

·    Rheumatoid arthritis

·    Ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and colon cancer

·    Allergies

This is a small list of inflammatory conditions, but gives an idea of its impact. Americans have the highest levels of silent inflammation in the world, with over 75 percent of people afflicted.

         

 

 

Some of the largest contributors to chronic inflammation are smoking; a diet high in sugar, fried foods and transfats; inadequate exercise; stress; and vitamin D deficiency. 

Rather than taking a statin drug to reduce inflammation, it is better to focus on a healthy diet to reduce the inflammation in the body.  GREEN is the magic color!
                   

 

Some Effects of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (Statins):

·    Aspirin can cause your stomach to bleed (acts on both COX-1 and COX-2)

·    Tylenol (acetaminophen) can damage your liver

·    Vioxx and Celebrex (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, or NSAIDS) can cause heart problems (act strongly on COX-2 only)

 

Diet it the First Choice in Reducing Inflammation

The REAL problem that is causing the damage is chronically elevated blood sugar. The sugar molecule causes far more damage to cells and the internal body's environment than any other molecule.

Nutrients that Help Reduce Inflammation  (internal) are:

• Astaxanthin (orange/red colored sea plants/foods - like Krill, wild Salmon, etc)
• Green Foods - vegetables
• Minerals - Clays - DE (diatomaceous earth)

Herbs that Help Reduce Inflammation (internal) are:

• Turmeric (400-600 mg daily - give it two months to fully do its work in the body)
• Boswellia
• Ginger
• Bromelain (from pineapple)
• Cat's Claw
• Devil's Claw
• and even Alfalfa (due to its high mineral content and green pH)

 

Essential Oils that Help Reduce Inflammation (topical) are:

• Chamomile
• Helichrysum
• Birch
• Ginger
• Clove
• Fennel
• Thyme
• Bergamot

Here's to a wonderful and healthy year ahead - creating a healthy internal environment for pain-free and disease-free living! 
CLASSES FOR 2014 ARE IN THE PLANNING AND WILL BE POSTED SOON