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Whole Health Matters
Late Autumn 2007 Edition
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Welcome
to my online e-newsletter.
My
vision is to help you create
a healthy, fit body; emotional harmony; and
passionate, abundant living. You have
subscribed in the past and may be wondering
why you haven't heard from me in a while. I
have relocated my regional office and have
been putting together some exciting new
programs and resources that will make your
journey to radiant health and a joyful,
abundant life much easier. These will be
announced in the next few weeks.
You will be receiving my e-newsletter on a
more regular basis with lots of effective
and useful tips for treating and preventing
health problems, and creating an abundant
life you love. I also publish a free
e-newsletter for Natural Weight Loss. You
can subscribe by
clicking here.
I've put together a Winter and Special Foods
e-cookbook and have included some of my
family's long time favorites. In
appreciation for your support of my work, I
am offering this e-cookbook free to
subscribers. If you prefer a print
version of these Whole Health recipes,
click
here. I love great food that makes me
feel vital, alive, and focused and I know
you do too. To receive your free copy,
subscribe by
clicking here.
The autumn and winter months are an
opportunity to spend more time in the
kitchen creating fabulous meals and sharing
the food and your wonderful spirit with
those you love.
All of your choices
Matter-what
you choose to eat, think, feel, and believe;
how you relate to others; your life's work;
and the rhythm of your life all impact your
well-being. If some aspect of your health or
life is not working as well as you would
like, you have many options.
Incorporating
therapeutic foods will benefit not only your
body, but also your mind, emotions, and
spirit. Perhaps you're more drawn to
spiritual work such as meditation or
attitudinal healing which will positively
impact every aspect of your health and life.
Or perhaps some coaching on work-life
balance can bring you back to equilibrium.
It doesn't
matter where you begin. Fall is
one of the best times to make new choices to
create a healthy, fit body, and a life you
love.
Problems are an invitation to change. There
are viable solutions to all the maladies
that you are facing, whether they are
health, relationship, money, or lifestyle
issues. You have far more control over your
health and your life than you realize. Your
body and your life are shaped by a variety
of factors, internal and external. This
e-newsletter offers solutions for the Whole
person. If you're looking for the
"quick-fix" or "magic bullet" approach, you
will never achieve lasting results.
The foundation of my philosophy is Holistic
and based on my 25 years professional
training and clinical experience in
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nutritional
Therapy, Holistic Health, Attitudinal
Healing, and Spiritual modalities.
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Your Health and the Seasons
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Have you noticed that you're more congested,
wheezy, allergic, or prone to skin or
digestive problems at this time of year? Or
perhaps you're more melancholy or sad for no
apparent reason.
Your physical health, mental outlook, and
emotional state flow with the cycles of
nature. You experience the cyclical changes
of nature even if you live in a climate with
less dramatic climactic changes. Responses
in your body and mind are occurring that
aren't related to the temperature.
In Autumn nature is contracting and moving
its energy inward. It's time to pull your
energy inward and slow the pace of the
active summer season. It is also a time of
harvest and storing energy. The excesses of
one season manifest as illness in the next.
If you continue to eat cooling summer foods
such as raw foods, juices, ice cream,
fruits, and others, excessive mucus will
build in your lungs and impair your immune
system.
How well you transition through the seasons
lets you know how balanced your health is.
Smooth seasonal transitions are crucial to
your wellness and tend to be times when many
experience more intensity in chronic health
conditions. Tension, stagnation, and illness
occur when you resist the natural flow and
the changes that go along with it.
By adapting to seasonal changes you can
maintain good health. Seasonal changes are
an opportune time to work on your "whole"
health-mind, body, emotions, spirit, and
life.
In this newsletter I'll discuss the five
important aspects for you to examine during
the autumn. These include:
1.
The foods you eat
2.
The activities and exercise you
engage in
3.
Your energy and how you use it
4.
Mental and emotional states that are
likely to surface
5.
Your spiritual health
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For the Body -- Oxygen Strengthens
Immunity
Exercise and activities that promote higher
oxygen levels in the blood will make you
feel more alert and positive during the
autumn and winter. Raising oxygen levels
also allows the brain to function better and
promotes a positive mental outlook. Try
yoga, tai chi or qigong. Brisk walking,
hiking, or riding a bike outdoors are
helpful. These all improve lung health and
help to eliminate some of the above
symptoms.
Learn deep diaphragmatic Breathing and
practice it daily. When you fully oxygenate
your body with deep breathing,you will
strengthen lung health, immunity, increase
energy, and have more control over your
moods, emotions, and your effectiveness in
life.
You can use breathing to influence the
involuntary (sympathetic nervous system)
that regulates blood pressure, heart rate,
circulation, digestion and many other bodily
functions.
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Your Mind and Emotions Can Weaken
Health
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This is a season of letting go, and many
have much resistance to releasing habits and
choices that no longer serve their highest
good. Often the tendency is to focus on what
you are losing.
Why not keep your attention on what you have
to gain. Get excited about the new positives
you are bringing into your life as a result
of releasing the old. Exercise your
imagination in positive ways. "Holding on"
is often reflected in the bowels, and
constipation is your body's way of letting
you know you are holding on to things
mentally or in your life that need to be
released. Releasing emotional attachments is
vital to lung and large intestinal health.
Grief and sorrow are the emotions associated
with these organs. These emotions congest
the lungs. When they are identified,
expressed and transformed, repression is
cleared. Appropriate diet and professional
Attitudinal Healing Therapy can assist in
clearing grief. Click here for information.
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For the Spirit
-- The Higher Path to Health
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There is within you an inherent nature that
is instinctive and has all the answers you
are seeking. Your awareness of that aspect
intensifies it. So, why not turn down the
volume of your mind for 5-15 minutes a day.
Sit quietly and allow that intuitive part of
you to emerge. Focus on your breathing and
ignore any thoughts that come.
Quieting the mind allows a certain kind of
knowledge to come to you which cannot be
accessed through your typical ways of
thinking. This receptive state may be
foreign to your active, thinking,
problem-solving way of being. However, with
consistency of this practice, problems take
care of themselves, stress dissolves,
productivity and performance improve, and
opportunities for a richly rewarding life
and abundant health will present themselves
to you.
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Lifestyle Tips for Greater Health
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Cultivate friendships with people who are
positive, enthusiastic, caring, and
trustworthy. Be that kind of friend to
others. Learn and practice the art of
communicating effectively and lovingly in
ways that are a win for everyone. Let go of
anything that is not feeding you in a
positive way. This may mean toxic thoughts,
beliefs, people, or external clutter in the
home, and workplace. Doing so will help you
harmonize with the autumn season and improve
your health.
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GIFT CERTIFICATES Available
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Are you struggling with what to give your loved
ones during the Holiday season? Why not give the
gift that supports radiant health, peace of
mind, and joyful living-a Whole Health Resources
gift certificate. They can be in any amount of
for a specific service such as Holistic Health
and Life Counseling/Coaching; Natural Weight
Loss Counseling/Coaching; and, if your friends
are in Pittsburgh, Shiatsu Massage Therapy. 50%
of my clients are long distance and sessions are
done by phone and email. Follow this link for
details, description of service, and ordering
information.
As my way of thanking you for your purchase,
I'll give you a free gift with every gift card
purchase.
Follow this link for
details, or cut and paste this link
to your browser:
http://www.wholehealthresources.com/services/giftcertificates.html |
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Letter from a Friend
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"After only a few weeks of following your
recommendations I feel 100% better. I am no
longer short-tempered or miserable and my
emotions are more even. My muscles aren't as
tense, my sleep is better, and I am not waking
up tired as I used to. I no longer need to take
a nap and my energy has improved significantly.
I lost 5-10 pounds and am eating more than I
used to."
Georgeanne Y.
Pittsburgh
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About Deborah Barr
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Deborah Barr, 25-year Holistic Health
Counselor/Coach, speaker, and author, works
with clients who want to reverse health and
weight issues; achieve emotional harmony,
radiant health, passion, peaceful living,
work-life balance, and a life they love. In
1985 she founded Whole Health Resources,
the premier Holistic Health Center in
Pittsburgh. WHR's mission is to promote the
healing and development of body, mind and
spirit, and to teach an understanding of the
relationship between diet, attitudes,
lifestyle and wellness. She offers free help
through her 2 e-zines, Natural Weight
Loss, and Whole Health Matters,
and free articles at
www.wholehealthresources.com.
Deborah is a sought after speaker and writer sharing her Holistic
message to audiences of regional and national scope. You may reach her by calling
412-361-8600 or emailing her at
deborah@wholehealthresources.com.
Whole Health Resources
Kenmawr Bldg., Suite 201C
401 Shady Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
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