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We transform lives with every adjustment, serving to unleash a lifetime of optimum potential in all humanity.
If impatience were a germ we would describe it as a pandemic in our modern society. Our fast-paced world has changed so much that we expect everything to change at Broadband speed. We have become so used to fast food, fast Internet, fast cars and busy schedules that we don't even blink when we are told we can have a quick fix for our health. After all, we have a lot to do and we don't have time to muck around!
But really, does it make sense? We are a natural ecosystem, and like any other natural ecosystem, our bodies take time to heal. You wouldn't chop a chunk out of a tree and expect it to recover tomorrow. You wouldn't fertilise a plant that has had no nutrients and expect it to have made a full recovery that afternoon. So why do you think your body is any different?
It takes time for your body to heal. If we are looking at a injured muscle, the first thing you need to do is remove the reason it got that way. How is it going to heal properly if it keeps getting reinjured by the same misalignment, restriction, subluxation or stressor that caused it in the first place? Then your body needs to go through an inflammation phase, then lay down the new healthy tissues, then rearrange and build up those tissues so that the muscle is strong and coordinated. No pill or surgery can do this kind of healing, only your body can.
So be patient with your body. When you start a new health regime, be it a new diet, exercise, positive thinking or even chiropractic care, don't expect miracles over night. Quick fixes don't contribute to real, long-lasting health and in fact often can make matters worse. Give your body time and you will amazed at the wonders it can do.
Time is you most precious commodity and it is non renewable
"Time is free, but it is priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back." Harvey MacKay.
How to Boil a Frog is a comedic documentary about Overshoot: too many people using up too little planet much too fast. Yes, we’ve taken the kind of material that makes people jump off bridges, put it in a blender, and churned out a Smoothie o’ Fun that gives you the Big Picture of what the hell is going on with our so-called civilization, and tells you what you and I can do about it that will not only actually make a difference (no light bulbs!) but also make our lives better right now!
Think Tank Cinema screens thought provoking movies and documentaries covering current social and environmental issues. Think Tank Cinema is back and better than ever EVERY third Monday from October thru April, 7pm @ the Arts Station. Healthy, fair trade snacks and beverages as well as organic popcorn are available. This is the 5th season of this by donation film series.
This gives you an idea of how important it is for us to think positively and talk in a positive manner. Everything is made of energy, this energy responds to the outside environment. Ask Dr. Mike about epigenetics and cell structure. Learn more by attending
Dr. Mike Rumpel's Power Hour Workshop on the Mind/Body Connection.
Explore the advantages of Meditation.
Meditation is also completely FREE! It requires no special equipment, and is not complicated to learn. It can be practiced anywhere, at any given moment, and it is not time consuming (15-20 min. per day is good). Best of all, meditation has NO negative side effects. Bottom line, there is nothing but positive to be gained from it! With such a huge list of benefits, the question you should ask yourself is, “why am I not meditating yet?”
If you need a point to start from, you should try guided meditation courses. They are inexpensive and can provide you with a good foundation from which to begin meditating.
Make sure you meditate, there are quite simply too many positives to just ignore it Physiological benefits:
1- It lowers oxygen consumption.
2- It decreases respiratory rate.
3- It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate.
4- Increases exercise tolerance.
5- Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation.
6- Good for people with high blood pressure.
7- Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.
8- Decreases muscle tension
9- Helps in chronic diseases like allergies, arthritis etc.
10- Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms.
11- Helps in post-operative healing.
12- Enhances the immune system.
13- Reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress
14- Enhances energy, strength and vigour.
15- Helps with weight loss
16- Reduction of free radicals, less tissue damage
17- Higher skin resistance
18- Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.
19- Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing.
20- Decreases the aging process.
21- Higher levels of DHEAS (Dehydroepiandrosterone)
22- prevented, slowed or controlled pain of chronic diseases
23- Makes you sweat less
24- Cure headaches & migraines
25- Greater Orderliness of Brain Functioning
26- Reduced Need for Medical Care
27- Less energy wasted
28- More inclined to sports, activities
29- Significant relief from asthma
30- improved performance in athletic events
31- Normalizes to your ideal weight
32- harmonizes our endocrine system
33- relaxes our nervous system
34- produce lasting beneficial changes in brain electrical activity
35- Cure infertility (the stresses of infertility can interfere with the release of hormones that regulate ovulation). Psychological benefits:
36- Builds self-confidence.
37- Increases serotonin level, influences mood and behaviour.
38- Resolve phobias & fears
39- Helps control own thoughts
40- Helps with focus & concentration
41- Increase creativity
42- Increased brain wave coherence.
43- Improved learning ability and memory.
44- Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
45- Increased emotional stability.
46- improved relationships
47- Mind ages at slower rate
48- Easier to remove bad habits
49- Develops intuition
50- Increased Productivity
51- Improved relations at home & at work
52- Able to see the larger picture in a given situation
53- Helps ignore petty issues
54- Increased ability to solve complex problems
55- Purifies your character
56- Develop will power
57- greater communication between the two brain hemispheres
58- react more quickly and more effectively to a stressful event.
59- increases one’s perceptual ability and motor performance
60- higher intelligence growth rate
61- Increased job satisfaction
62- increase in the capacity for intimate contact with loved ones
63- decrease in potential mental illness
64- Better, more sociable behaviour
65- Less aggressiveness
66- Helps in quitting smoking, alcohol addiction
67- Reduces need and dependency on drugs, pills & pharmaceuticals
68- Need less sleep to recover from sleep deprivation
69- Require less time to fall asleep, helps cure insomnia
70- Increases sense of responsibility
71- Reduces road rage
72- Decrease in restless thinking
73- Decreased tendency to worry
74- Increases listening skills and empathy
75- Helps make more accurate judgements
76- Greater tolerance
77- Gives composure to act in considered & constructive ways
78- Grows a stable, more balanced personality
79- Develops emotional maturity Spiritual benefits:
80- Helps keep things in perspective
81- Provides peace of mind, happiness
82- Helps you discover your purpose
83- Increased self-actualization.
84- Increased compassion
85- Growing wisdom
86- Deeper understanding of yourself and others
87- Brings body, mind, spirit in harmony
88- Deeper Level of spiritual relaxation
89- Increased acceptance of oneself
90- helps learn forgiveness
91- Changes attitude toward life
92- Creates a deeper relationship with your God
93- Attain enlightenment
94- greater inner-directedness
95- Helps living in the present moment
96- Creates a widening, deepening capacity for love
97- Discovery of the power and consciousness beyond the ego
98- Experience an inner sense of “Assurance or Knowingness”
99- Experience a sense of “Oneness”
100- Increases the synchronicity in your life
Festival of Lanterns, Fire and Fireworks. Celebrating 20years at the Arts Station. We went to the Arts Station to try our hand at making lanterns for the November 20th parade of light! All fingers and toes... but fun was had by everyone.
There we were, deep in the creative spirit. No one had done this before, but the creative process is a wonderful thing. A problem leads to a design of magic. Surrounded by inspiration, we pressed on.
Glue, tissue and bamboo were flying around the table. Oz Parsons, Art Station Adminstrator, kept stressing the lack of time as there were only 2 more sessions to complete a lantern. The pressure was on! Little Ruby, 4 years old, wanted to make an owl. Kaya of 9, suggested that would be too complicated. To which Ruby replied, "Well, then I'll make a baby owl!" Kids are brilliant!
We continuted to race the clock. But even with that in mind, Sunday is detail day. The parade will be spectacular, there were a lot of talented people there and the creations are amazing! It was so enchanting to see the light added to these masterpieces. Amazing work!
Thanks to Lesley Graham for all her hard work in organising this project. We look forward to seeing the parade light the streets on Nov. 20th.
Nov. 20th was a chilly one, but there was a great a great turn out and the lanterns looked amazing. Check out the fire throwers in action!
