Rescue Remedy for Breakfast, Lunch and Tea anyone?

Well it has been a long time, almost 6 months to be exact, since I have been on here and in that time a lot has changed.  So in keeping with the changing world I'm finding myself in I thought I would also change the habit of not blogging and use this to track how our lives are transforming.

Liam has taken a job on the West Coast of the South Island, as Area Manager of the West Coast for KiwiRail, and we are on the move down to Hokitika for the next few years.  He's found us a place to rent for now (http://raywhite.co.nz/Residential_Property/West_Coast/Westland/Hokitika/Lake_Kaniere_Road/HOK20381)  and after that we will explore the options.  The plan is to rent this place out (Toroa Rd) so that we can return, although finding tenants is proving a lengthier task than planned.  Twice now we have had people say they will take it and then pull out.  My head is telling me, along with Liam, that it will all work out and the move down will be good for us ........ my heart however is telling a completely different story.

As I sit here writing, boxes are being packed and the kids are out for a walk with a friend. Thank goodness for good friends and support I say however it is also one of the things, along with no tentants yet, that is making this shift so hard and why I'm finding I'm on the verge of tears more often than not!  There are so many wonderful women here (and their fellas of course) that have shared, taught and cared with me.  It makes me feel torn and wondering if I'll ever have that again or be in such a great community again.  Maybe too it is a little of where we are shifting back too.... this isn't a move to somewhere new and exciting that I've never lived.  This move feels like a tug back to where I've come from and not necessarily where I want to return.

The real challenge for me will be to lift out of my wallow and find the new and exciting within the known. I will be embarking on homeschooling (or more likely un-schooling) down south so that in itself will be an exciting pathway.  The coast is beautiful, one of the reasons we got married there, and I do love it in many ways so I'll be looking to rekindle that old flame in the days to come.  Watch this space ya'll and I'll promise to try my hardest to keep you posted...and be positive about it too.  ;)

Arohanui  Y
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The Beauty of Youth

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I remember as a child hearing the quote “all that glitters is not gold” and thinking ‘that’s me’.  Pretty on the outside and horrible inside.  I know now that the quote was not talking about my internal health however as a child I never separated internal physical health from internal emotional or mental health.  Now it seems that it is quite a relevant quote to sum up the state of health many of our children, and adults, have.  What may surprise many is that these childhood thoughts, and actions, can have long lasting implications and effect how we live, our health and our weight as adults. 

In the imagine conscious and media bombarded world we live in, many children are unhappy with how they look[i] or feel and while the information how to change things is easily accessible by adults, who may or may not pass it on, there is also a constant bombardment of fat and additive laden treats, undersized models, negative messages about the state of the world, over sized meal proportions and even sugary medicines.  As the generations go by we have more and more options about what is best for our children however it seems that the impact of these choices is thought about less and less.  Just how do we find that balance for our future generations so that we are doing our best to empower them to feel happy with whom they are and be healthy on the inside?  Children, who are still so vulnerable in many ways, are quick to mimic actions and form opinions (both about themselves and the world) based on what is happening around them and how people treat them.  For these reasons, non-evasive, subtle and positive methods need to be used, when working on problems, so that no stigma occurs and the child is able to ‘move on’ without feeling that an issue, which was just a normal part of growing up and learning, is a defining moment for them.

Research is beginning to give an insight into how important it is to establish and maintain good emotional, mental and physical health for children. An example of this is a New Zealand study which followed children born between April 1972 and March 1973 and found that those who spent a lot of time in front of the TV as a child were more likely to be overweight and have poor fitness as an adult.[ii] There is also recent research into the links between technology (computer, TV and other multimedia) and delays in language development.  Watching TV before the age of two can affect the ability of a child to concentrate and lead to obesity.[iii] Children aren’t adults even though they are very good at mimicking adult behaviours, and as such they shouldn’t be expected to live how we do. What happens in childhood creates the adults we are – for better or worse.

A separate English study of 6,500 participants found 10-year-olds with emotional problems, particularly low self esteem, tended to be fatter as adults and the effect was particularly true for girls.[iv]  Those with a lower self-esteem, who felt less in control of their lives, and who worried often were more likely to gain weight over the next 20 years.  It is becoming an ever increasing vicious circle of unhappy, underactive and overweight children turning into even more unhappy, overweight adults.  At some point it has to be dealt with and all research points to the childhood years as being an important pre-determiner to weight and happiness in adulthood.  The statistics further prove that the cycle will continue, unless we intervene, as the weight of our children internationally steadily increases; New Zealand statistics show that one in five children are overweight (20.9%),[v] USA rates of childhood obesity have more than doubled in the last 25 years, more than doubled in England in the last 10 years, and increased fourfold in Egypt over the last 18 years.[vi]

 So much focus is put on eating healthy food along with moderate exercise, and rightly so, however as the diet industry pumps out diet plan after diet plan, and increases its profits, populations continue to get larger, sicker and unhappier about their appearance.[vii] Could it be that food and exercise are not the complete answers to maintaining good health?  As we have read, studies show that being overweight as an adult may have more to do with your childhood than anything that you are doing as an adult so this is where we need to focus - childhood. It is not about feeding our kids and letting them out for a run about every now and again, it is about feeding our kids well and ensuring that their daily requirements of nutrients, vitamins, proteins and carbohydrates are meet to enable them to learn, think, play and enjoy life.  This should be a birthright – good nutrition, fresh air and a supportive environment to grow in.  Aside from the nutritional content of meals it is important for children to have moderate food intake; healthy meals and smaller proportions, with an option for more if they are still hungry; it is a very basic and also a very important step which parents can take. Whole foods should be centre stage in any child’s eating and the fewer ingredients in any one item the better. Healthy amounts of activity, at least one hour of physical activity a day for 5-18 year olds and three hours per day for under 5’s[viii], good nutrition and a good emotional state of wellbeing are vital in raising children who are ‘well’ and as a follow-on are ‘well’ adults.  Getting these things right could in fact make a dramatic difference not only to an individual child’s world but also to the larger population.  We need to ensure that our children have the best health – physical, mental and emotional.

On a recent Jonathan Ross programme I heard an interview with the celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver.  Ross was questioning him about the reasons behind him promoting healthy eating in schools and whether it was genuinely about children.  Part of Oliver’s reply was about the huge portions that children now get and he commented ‘how long can we continue to feed our kids crap each day and not call it child abuse.’ This really struck a chord with me as it is not just the issue of being fed unhealthy food (laden in fat, sugar and salt) as a child it is also all the emotional issues surrounding that and how it trickles sub-consciously into adulthood. Giving Food for rewards, removing food for punishments, overeating due to portion sizes given, not knowing what a good portion size is, being told to eat up everything, comments about weight from other kids and adults all create a warped reality around the role food and healthy eating should play. These are the very things which create the triggers for overeating and create a growing phenomenon of people searching more for quick fixes through fad diets, medication and surgery.  While this may bring the initial results desired it often also brings with it more problems[ix] while never actually addressing the key emotional issues which trigger the desire in the first place. An approach that is able to deal with all aspects of our lives is much more effective in the long run. 

Imagine if we were able to deal with emotional problems in a positive way and before they became entrenched.   In the 1930’s Edward Bach created a system of flower remedies which did just this.  Bach found 38 essences which dealt with all the negative emotional states of mind, moods or personalities that people encounter, in a gentle way, by flooding the body with positive energy.[x]  Bach Flower Remedies can be used in combination with any other therapy or treatment without side effects or interference; often they have been found to enhance the effect of other treatments. Furthermore these flower remedies were devised for the layman to use and while the correctly chosen remedies can have dramatic effects, any that are incorrectly used simply have no effect at all.  This is why Bach Flowers are a perfect fit, they are ideal for use within the home and with children. 

Emotions play a large and important role in our wellbeing, both physically and mentally, that we need to pay them close attention and deal with them when necessary.  “What happens in your mind affects what happens in your body and vice versa”.[xi] The following are some Flower remedies which may be helpful when dealing with children who are having negative emotions occur such as self esteem and/or weight issues, as well as many other problems.[xii]

Agrimony for the ability to confront issues and joyfulness.

Centaury for self determination and self realisation.

Cerato for inner certainty and intuition.

Cherry Plum for openness and composure.

Chestnut Bud for learning capacity and materialisation.

Clematis for creative idealism and connecting with the world.

Crab Apple for seeing things in perspective.

Gentian to help maintain faith; see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Gorse for hope.

Holly for inner harmony.

Hornbeam for inner vitality and freshness of mind.

Impatiens for patience and gentleness.

Larch for self confidence.

Mimulus for courage and confidence.

Pine for the ability to accept and forgive oneself.

Rock Water for adaptability and inner freedom.

Star of Bethlehem for awakening and reorientations – especially after grief or shock.

Sweet Chestnut for release which enables self belief.

Walnut for new beginnings and unaffectedness.

White Chestnut for tranquillity and discernment.

Wild Rose for devotion and inner motivation

Willow for personal responsibility and constructive thought.

Using Bach Flower Remedies for a child is very safe and often more effective than when used on adults.  Children don’t usually hold all the scepticism that adults do and so allow the positive energy of the flowers to work.   As Bach himself said “Health is our heritage, our right.  It is the complete and full union between soul, mind and body; and this is no difficult far-away ideal to attain, but one so easy and natural that many of us have overlooked it. Our souls use our minds and bodies as instruments, and when all three are working in unison the result is perfect health and perfect happiness.”[xiii]  The key is to always asking ‘why?’ the child is unhappy as a way of getting to the heart of the issue rather than just treating the obvious symptoms and/or emotions.  Image is an important factor during puberty and adolescence however it is not always how the child looks but how they want to look and how they perceive themselves to look.[xiv] Because emotional issues can lead to children and adults being overweight Bach Flower Remedies are well matched as they focus on the 38 negative emotions people can experience. 

Basic herbal remedies are also beneficial for children as a way of assisting in good health, rather than processed, sugar and additive laden children’s medicines or resorting to comfort foods, which may only further hinder their long term health.  Herbal medicine is made up of any plant or food which has healing properties and has been successfully used for centuries. Children respond very well to herbal medicine, and usually need and often only small doses over quite a short time. This small dose can be disguised in natural fruit juices; a mixture of herbal tea and juice is often the best way of giving herbal medicines to younger children. Some conditions can be dealt with easily at home whereas other may need the skills of a trained herbalist (such as Glue Ear); either way herbs are another excellent tool in maintaining good child health.  For example:  Chamomile used internally helps to relieve colic and provide a restful sleep. Externally the oil of chamomile can be used to massage your baby and combines well with borage oil for this purpose.  A gentle cream made up from calendula herb, is always soothing for nappy rash. While the oil of starflower is very soothing and moisturizing to the skin and it is the herb of choice for dry skin and eczema.  A tea made from chamomile, nettle and plantain herbs will support the system during such conditions. Echinacea is another important herb for the immune system improving our resistance to bacteria and infection[xv] and of course garlic is a powerful natural antibiotic which when combined with honey becomes a more palatable one.

 Using these techniques alongside Life Coaching is yet another beneficial way of developing good child health. Reframing is a one of Life Coaching’s tools and an important one to use with maintaining a healthy weigh along with a positive self esteem.  Life Coaches assist people in finding their own way forward in life, to create a clearer picture of what is happening, and what is not happening, which can help empower the person to achieve goals.  Too often people focus on the issues that they don’t like only to have this issue expand, sometimes literally, or more negative results occur. This is the Law of Attraction, a universal law that dictates “like energy attracts like energy”[xvi] and just as you can attract more negative energy you can also attract more positive energy through reframing.  When we reframe the situation and focus on how great it is to be becoming healthier, stronger or more confident rather than all the things that we are now ‘denied’ we will attract positive results to enter our lives. With children the art of storytelling can easily incorporate reframing to create a more positive world view and way of looking at situations.  It doesn’t really matter if the events in life are traumatic or not to others it is how the individual perceives them which determine how it will impact in their lives.  It is important not to dismiss what has happened however it is just as important not to allow a child to dwell on issues to the point that they become what their lives are about.  By assisting children to see the positive aspects of events and having a belief that they are able to cope with issues, with support, and achieve goals and dreams they have set for themselves amazing things happen; children rise to these beliefs.[xvii] Such is the power of good role modelling and creating positive, supportive environments.

 Any issue in life should be looked at holistically if you really want the best results to occur and this is particularly important when dealing with children.   Children are ever changing and growing so care needs to be taken not to place too much focus on any one thing.  In doing this children can see issues as things to be dealt with and left rather than them turning into life defining events.  When the focus is on health (physical, emotional and mental) rather than weight, we often get surprising results, as we are dwelling on what we want rather than what we don’t want.  Positivity is maintained.  An approach to weight loss which incorporates an emotional focus, eating for health and setting clearly defined goals is the key to easily maintaining a healthy weight.  The importance of maintaining good health for our children, holistically maintaining good health that is, which includes regular exercise, good nutritional and good emotional and mental health cannot be over stated.

Bibliography

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[i] Children’s Society study reported in The Telegraph 5 December 2011

[ii] C.E Landhuis, R. Poulton, D. Welch, R. J. Hancox. Obesity, 2008 16:1457-1459.  

[iii] Get Up and Grow report for healthy eating and exercise in early childhood, devised by Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital

[iv] BMC Medicine journal 1970 British Birth Cohort Study as reported in BBC online Friday, 11 September 2009 03:07 UK

[v] New Zealand Ministry of Health 2006/2007 New Zealand Health Survey.

[vi] Ebbeling et al 2002.

[vii] Sally E. Smith "The great diet deception". USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education). FindArticles.com. 04 Dec, 2011.

[viii] NHS  Choices website http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/819.aspx?CategoryID=52&SubCategoryID=142

[ix] Quick weight loss schemes are among the most common consumer frauds and diet programmes have the highest customer dissatisfaction of any service industry. Council of Size & Weight Discrimination (1996)

[x] Judy Horward. Growing up with Bach Flowers. The C.W Daniel Company Ltd. 1994

[xi] Linda Warton.  Be well naturally. Tandem Press. 1993

[xii] http://thebachdoctor.com/blog/lose-weight-with-bach-flower-remedies/

[xiii] Edward Bach 1932

[xiv] Case studies from consultations by Yossarian Fay

[xv] Herbalism for Babies and Children; publication by Napiers Clinics and Dispensaries

[xvi] http://www.goodvibecoach.com/the-good-vibe-attraction.html

[xvii] Case studies from consultations by Yossarian Fay

New Year's Resolutions' time again

As we await the coming of a new year I found this article about resolutions and thought it was worth sharing.

5 tips to being healthy, wealthy and loving in 2012

By Brenda Rawlings, FuseworksDecember 31, 2011, 3:12 pm

 

 

As people commit to New Year's resolutions to eat less, spend less, exercise more, what about a resolution that could change your life, give you better health and happiness? This resolution could be the best gift you ever give your children and is reported to be the best savings or retirements plan ever invented. It might even result in great sex!

No it's not a drug! It's not a diet or exercise plan. It doesn't involve large sums of money but it does require you to put in a little bit of practice every day, as you might at the gym. But the results could well change your life and those around you for the better.

In 2012, make your relationship with your partner your number one priority. Two easy keys are to really listen to them and two, make sure that every day you tell them something you appreciate about them and what it adds to your life. This exercise could take as little as 10 minutes a day but the results could transform the way you talk to each other.

Many people find their relationship with their long term partner a source of stress and anxiety. We get locked into unhealthy negative patterns where we see the person that we live with as the problem. Deep down, we want to be close to them, to have their eyes light up in delight when we enter a room. But instead we find ourselves nagging and criticising, or closing up and withdrawing.

Make a New Year Resolution to improve your relationship with these 5 tips. (and remember you can do it on your own, without your partner, and it will still make a difference!)

 

 

1. Listen to your partner when they talk about what is happening for them. Really listen to them in a way that shows them you care for them and are curious about who they are. Instead of waiting to reply or interrupt, listen, make it about them. When one person gets angry or withdraws often it is how they manage their anxiety when they feel alone or as though they can't do anything right. So talk to your partner about your fears and hurts. When you talk, make it about you, not them. When you listen, make it about them, not you.

2. Use willpower. You might feel you are playing a game with one person always shouting and the other withdrawing or clamming up. It only takes one of you to do something different to change the negative pattern. Catch yourself when you start to want to nag and criticise, take a deep breath and pause. Look for something to appreciate and say it! If you are the one who withdraws, gather up your courage and say something, tell your partner what's going on for you. Practice every day saying something you appreciate about your partner and what they add to your life.

3. Change your thinking. We often think that it is our partner who is the problem in our relationship. If they would change, then everything would be okay. The reality is we usually choose people that we are not entirely compatible with to be in a relationship with. We need to learn how to love and appreciate each other's qualities and differences, not make them like us. This is a critical part of a mature relationship. After you have moved from romantic love it's quite normal to move to conflict and difficulty. Practice these steps and you could move back to a more happy state.

4. Don't give up. All relationships require work, just like a healthy body or mind. You've lasted this long with each other, look at them with those eyes that first attracted you. Remember to be curious again and eliminate the negativity.

5. Make your relationship your number one New Year's resolution. Plan a fun trip together or decide to spend an hour or two one evening a week, just the two of you. Maybe get a kick start with a few hours of counselling with a specialist relationship counsellor or do a couples workshop together.

Begin the New Year with a smile, a hug and an appreciation of your partner. Look at your partner as someone you want to get to know better, with curiosity and interest, and a deep knowing that they are different to you and that is why you chose them.

 

Practice these tips and 2012 could become a standout year, oh and keep you healthy and wealthy!
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Schooling?

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Before I came across the Steiner School near us I had always considered homeschooling.  Being a qualified teacher I had many occasions to see the down side of schools and as a consequence homeschooling became more and more an option for our kids.

The problem for me is weather I personally would be doing our children a service or dis-service!  Even though we love the school we have chosen as it comes as close a possible to how I would educate them I still think of homeschooling.  Here is an interesting piece from good old Wikipedia (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschooling for whole article).

Numerous studies have found that home schooled students on average outperform their peers on standardized tests.^[23] Homeschooling Achievement, a study conducted by National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI), a homeschooling advocacy group, supported the academic integrity of homeschooling. Among the home schooled students who took the tests, the average home schooled student outperformed his public school peers by 30 to 37 percentile points across all subjects. The study also indicates that public school performance gaps between minorities and genders were virtually non-existent among the home schooled students who took the tests.^[24]

In the 1970s Raymond S. and Dorothy N. Moore conducted four federally funded analyses of more than 8,000 early childhood studies, from which they published their original findings in Better Late Than Early, 1975. This was followed by School Can Wait, a repackaging of these same findings designed specifically for educational professionals.^[25] Their analysis concluded that, "where possible, children should be withheld from formal schooling until at least ages eight to ten."

Their reason was that children, "are not mature enough for formal school programs until their senses, coordination, neurological development and cognition are ready." They concluded that the outcome of forcing children into formal schooling is a sequence of "1) uncertainty as the child leaves the family nest early for a less secure environment, 2) puzzlement at the new pressures and restrictions of the classroom, 3) frustration because unready learning tools – senses, cognition, brain hemispheres, coordination – cannot handle the regimentation of formal lessons and the pressures they bring, 4) hyperactivity growing out of nerves and jitter, from frustration, 5) failure which quite naturally flows from the four experiences above, and 6) delinquency which is failure's twin and apparently for the same reason."^[26] According to the Moores, "early formal schooling is burning out our children.

Teachers who attempt to cope with these youngsters also are burning out."^[26] Aside from academic performance, they think early formal schooling also destroys "positive sociability", encourages peer dependence, and discourages self worth, optimism, respect for parents, and trust in peers. They believe this situation is particularly acute for boys because of their delay in maturity. The Moores cited a Smithsonian Report on the development of genius, indicating a requirement for "1) much time spent with warm, responsive parents and other adults, 2) very little time spent with peers, and 3) a great deal of free exploration under parental guidance."^[26] Their analysis suggested that children need "more of home and less of formal school" "more free exploration with... parents, and fewer limits of classroom and books," and "more old fashioned chores – children working with parents – and less attention to rivalry sports and amusements."^[26]

John Taylor later found, using the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale, "while half of the conventionally schooled children scored at or below the 50th percentile (in self-concept), only 10.3% of the home-schooling children did so."^[27] He further stated that "the self-concept of home-schooling children is significantly higher (and very much so statistically) than that of children attending the conventional school. This has implications in the areas of academic achievement and socialization, to mention only two. These areas have been found to parallel self-concept. Regarding socialization, Taylor's results would mean that very few home-schooling children are socially deprived. He states that critics who speak out against homeschooling on the basis of social deprivation are actually addressing an area which favors homeschoolers.^[27]

In 2003, the National Home Education Research Institute conducted a survey of 7,300 U.S. adults who had been home schooled (5,000 for more than seven years). Their findings included:

• Home school graduates are active and involved in their communities. 71% participate in an ongoing community service activity, like coaching a sports team, volunteering at a school, or working with a church or neighborhood association, compared with 37% of U.S. adults of similar ages from a traditional education background.

• Home school graduates are more involved in civic affairs and vote in much higher percentages than their peers. 76% of those surveyed between the ages of 18 and 24 voted within the last five years, compared with only 29% of the corresponding U.S. populace. The numbers are even greater in older age groups, with voting levels not falling below 95%, compared with a high of 53% for the corresponding U.S. populace.

• 58.9% report that they are "very happy" with life, compared with 27.6% for the general U.S. population. 73.2% find life "exciting", compared with 47.3%.^[28]

23. HSLDA | Academic Statistics on Homeschooling

24. HSLDA | Homeschooling Achievement

25. Better Late Than Early, Raymond S. Moore, Dorothy N. Moore, Seventh Printing, 1993, addendum

26. Raymond S. Moore, Dorothy Moore. When Education Becomes Abuse: A Different Look at the Mental Health of Children

27. Self-Concept in home-schooling children, John Wesley Taylor V, Ph.D., Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI

28. HSLDA | Homeschooling Grows Up

Entwined already

We arrived at our first Steiner playgroup not knowing anything about the philosophy and not knowing that it would be the first step towards an ever increasing relationship. A relationship that has seen us enrolled both our children into kindergarten, me to do relieving teaching, attend staff meetings and now embark on Steiner Teacher training.


As a trained teacher you would think that I would know at least a little about the educationalist and philosopher Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) somehow though it this knowledge had passed me by.


In researching Steiner recently after an enlightening discussion with a friend, I came across a sceptic’s website, which was surprising unbiased (maybe just my bias showing here), that had the following interesting statement “Children should not be burdened with either spirituality or materialism. They should be loved and be taught to love. They should be allowed to grow in an atmosphere of cooperation. They shouldn't be typecast according to an ancient theory of temperaments. We should develop their emotions as well as their intellects. They should be introduced to the best we have to offer in nature, art, and science in such a way that they do not have to connect everything either to their souls or to their future jobs. They may not find this in most public schools but they almost certainly won't find it in a Waldorf school."


It is an interesting statement for me as in many ways it sums up my ideal concept of education and why I have often considered homeschooling.  The reality though is that every system – be it an educational one, a political one or anything in between – will have its faults and its merits.  Obviously some systems are more inherently faulty but for the most part I thing Steiner has got many things ‘right’ or at least the things I consider important ‘right’.  Emotional well being is such an essential ingredient for creating healthy individuals, more important I believe than academic study, who believe in themselves and are able to succeed it life – whatever they define success as – and this is a real strength in Steiner education.  Children are encouraged to be themselves, accepting and respecting themselves along with others who are being themselves.  There are studies that show children’s emotional wellbeing can have physical and mental effects that last long into adulthood and therefore, for me, a system which fosters acceptance and working out differences rather than running away problems has got to worth trying.


It is hard continue to maintain something of merit for a long period of time without having some guidelines to follow however once these guidelines have been set it is sometimes hard not to follow them by the letter and harder still to risk change when problems arise.  The typecasting according to an ancient theory of temperaments, that being choleric, melancholic, sanguine, and phlegmatic is a real possibility as is creating an indoctrinated community rather than an educational environment.  The key is to continue to question. This works in all areas of life in order to have meaning and also a check that we are where we want to be.  Why? Will be one of my foremost thoughts as I continue down this journey, trying to understand why things are taught, encouraged, allowed will hopefully enable me to be conscience of why we are part of the Steiner educational system and community.

Arohanui
Y
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Matrix Reimprinting

Matrix Reimprinting is a brand new Meridian Tapping Therapy that everybody is talking about. It is effective for the treatment of emotional or physical issues, it can also be used to manifest your goals and dreams. It evolved from the popular self-help technique EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique).

Like it’s predecessors, Matrix Reimprinting also uses the Traditional Chinese Medicine meridian system that has been used in acupuncture for thousands of years. EFT has a long and impressive history of resolving physical and emotional health issues. The way it works is that you bring to mind and verbalise, in a specific manner, an issue that you want to work with. See http://www.matrixreimprinting.com/website-feature-about-matrix.aspx for a more.

Now it is on the Kapiti Coast.  A morning workshop (9am -12.30) in being organised by Becoming Healthy Ltd on MR (Matrix Reimprinting) on Saturday 17th September. It will be held in the Paraparaumu library meeting room. The workshop is $15 for early payments or $20 for on the door payments.

Bookings can be made either with Debby Guddee by e-mail. info@matrix-reimprinting.co.nz or by phone 0800 021 293. 

Arohanui
Y
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Natural Burn Remedy

A young man sprinkling his lawn and bushes with pesticides wanted to check the contents of the barrel to see how much pesticide remained in it. He raised the cover and lit his lighter; the vapors inflamed and engulfed him. He jumped from his truck, screaming. His neighbor came out of her house with a dozen eggs, yelling: "bring me some eggs!" She broke them, separating the whites from the yolks. The neighbor woman helped her to apply the whites on the young man's face. When the ambulance arrived and when the EMTs saw the young man, they asked who had done this. Everyone pointed to the lady in charge. They congratulated her and said: "You have saved his face." By the end of the summer, the young man brought the lady a bouquet of roses to thank her. His face was like a baby's skin.

 

Keep in mind this treatment of burns which is included in teaching beginner firefighters this method. First aid consists to spraying cold water on the affected area until the heat is reduced and stops burning the layers of skin. Then, spread egg whites on the affected are.

One woman burned a large part of her hand with boiling water. In spite of the pain, she ran cold faucet water on her hand, separated 2 egg white from the yolks, beat them slightly and dipped her hand in the solution. The whites then dried and formed a protective layer.

She later learned that the egg white is a natural collagen and continued during at least one hour to apply layer upon layer of beaten egg white. By afternoon she no longer felt any pain and the next day there was hardly a trace of the burn. 10 days later, no trace was left at all and her skin had regained its normal color. The burned area was totally regenerated thanks to the collagen in the egg whites, a placenta full of vitamins.

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