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As the new year approaches, we’ll raise our glasses in a toast to health, wealth and prosperity. When we enjoy good health, all things are possible and we have the energy and vitality to create and manifest our goals and dreams. Continuing our 12 Days – 12 Gifts of Enlightement series, the countdown marches on as we’re moving on to Gift Number 7, which is: Give the Gift of Health and Vitality.

The awareness of a Body-Mind and Spirit cohesion, manifests the enlightened human in all forms – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. This connection has been taught in esoteric spirituality throughout the ages and now is recognized in the realms of science as quantum physics discerns that every cell carries energy and vibration and can be affected by conscious thought. In the new millennium, east and west philosophies are metaphorically shaking hands, agreeing to work together to blend contemporary scientific knowledge with ancient wisdom integrative practices from India, China and Egypt. Emerging from this partnership, is the return and renewal of holistic medicine, which focuses on pro-active patterns of creating and continuing to keep the body in a harmonic state of wellness, rather than having the body descend into a pattern of illness or dis-ease, in which attention is then turned to the body for repair.

As this transformation of awareness in the body occurs, a critical missing link has resurfaced — the importance of holistic nutrition to sustain and nourish the body from the cellular level onward to create harmony and vitality. Dr. Deanna M. Minich, a guest on the Explore Your Spirit show, is a nutritionist, researcher and counselor with a Ph.D. in medical sciences and human nutrition. Author of Chakra Foods for Optimum Health, her new book is : Quantum Supplements: A Total Health and Wellness Makeover with Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs.

Dr. Minich’s informational guide explains the concept of vibrational energy-healing in foods and reveals the life affirming properties of vitamins, minerals, herbs and botanicals including how they activate and balance the body’s natural energy centers and chakras. Of equal importance, she discusses contraindications, which explain how too much of a particular supplement can be harmful, which has been a much neglected area of study in the field of supplements. This go to guide will serve as a handy reference for years to come and makes a great gift for the holidays and new year. Imagine receiving a gift basket full of books on holistic health and healing, complete with a selection of organic foods and fresh fruits and vegetables, which verily abounds with good energy.

To create your gift basket of health, also add any of the works of Dr. Norm Shealy. Legendary neurosurgeon and holistic health leader, Dr. Norman Shealy was instrumental in creating The American Holistic Medical Association, which continues to emphasize the spiritual component of healing. Holding over ten patents for innovative discoveries and author of over 24 books, his latest is Life Beyond 100 – Secrets of the Fountain of Youth. Dr. Shealy discusses leading-edge therapies and breakthroughs in the science of longevity. By following commonsense habits, we can expect to achieve an average lifespan of one hundred years. The fountain of youth according to Dr. Shealy, includes a practice and awareness of mind and body techniques which contribute to active, vital healthy living. His interview on Life Beyond 100, can be heard here in the archives of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala show.

Another fine edition to add to the collection is from co-founder of the Chopra Center, Dr. David Simon. Dr. Simon is a mind-body physician and author of Free to Love, Free to Heal: Heal Your Body by Healing Your Emotions. He shares that negative emotions can be addressed and resolved, which can lead the body into healing. His book delves into why masking symptoms will never alleviate the root of the problem and discusses how to take responsibility for your illness but not take blame and why managed care is not working and what to do instead. For more information, listen to my interview with Dr. Simon here.

For the holistically connected metaphysician in your life, I highly recommend these books and studies as stimulating reading. Perhaps the best gift we have received in the 21st century is the revolutionary turn that the field of medicine is taking – as more and more physicians are speaking out about health and healing and sharing their revelations and new discoveries. A plethora of books are now available sharing the fascinating research ongoing with the body-mind-spirit connection. To find out about more leading edge research in this field, visit the Healthy Holistic Living archives of Explore Your Spirit and listen to a wide variety of interviews with the world’s leading doctors and researchers as they share their findings on this topic.

Perhaps the best gift we can give or receive is as the old adage states, “to stop and smell the roses”. Taking the time each day to adopt simple practices such as breathing deeply, creating ten minute mental breaks and gentle stretching can provide tremendous benefit to our well-being. After working for hours hunched over a computer screen, lean back and stretch! Stand up and slowly take a deep breath in and blow out. Stretch your arms over your head. Gently turn side to side and stretch your body slowly, feel each muscle as it is stretched, while breathing in a slow, relaxed manner. Be aware of your body, your neck, your shoulders, back, arms, and hands. Work your way gently down your body, stretching each part and while doing so, continue to breathe deeply and connect with your body, silently thanking it for all that it does for you.

This can also be done while sitting at your desk, sit back for a moment, relax your arms and stretch. A simple three minute break of stretching, combined with deep breathing and relaxing, can clear your thoughts and bring renewed energy to your body, making you feel better and create renewed clarity and focus to the project on hand.

Simple, yet highly effective, these gifts are easy and the rewards are long lasting. “Bona valetudo melior est quam maximae divitiae”. Translation: “Good health is worth more than the greatest wealth.”

Tune in tomorrow as we explore Enlightenment Gift Number Eight. If you’ve missed Gift’s One, Two, Three or Four, Five, or Six, click on the links here to visit the articles and click on the subscribe button on the top section of this page, where you’ll be notified via email each time a new article by yours truly appears.

Wishing you a new year filled with health and vitality,
Kala

More about Kala Ambrose:
Kala is an award winning author, intuitive and talk show host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show. Her thought-provoking interviews entice listeners to tune in around the globe! Described by her guests and listeners as discerning, empowering and inspiring, she speaks with world renowned authors, artists, teachers and researchers delving into metaphysical, holistic and paranormal topics. Kala’s  book, 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled delves into the mysteries of ancient Egyptian mystery schools and explains their wisdom teachings. Kala lectures on Esoteric Teachings,  Developing Business Intuition, Working with Auras, Chakras and Energy Fields, and Wise Woman Wisdom (also known as the Divine Feminine). Kala’s Guided Meditations CD’s include Spirit of Hawaii and Egyptian Mystery Temple and Tibetan Mountain Journey.  More info: www.ExploreYourSpirit.com

On Explore Your Spirit with Kala’s Bohemian Blog, we seek out innovative holistic practitioners who work with the Body, Mind and Spirit connection.  Join us as we meet up with bright souls who do what they love to assist each person back into balance on the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual level. On this path, we connected with Suzette Faith Foster, Energetic/Sound Holistic Practitioner and Wellness Consultant.

Kala: Hi Suzette, Thanks for joining us here on Kala’s Bohemian Blog. We’re featuring a special section on the Bohemian Blog entitled Holistic Healthy Living.  You work as an energetic sound holistic practitioner, certified reiki master, wellness consultant,and ordained minister. How long have you been in this line of work and how did it begin for you?

Suzette: I started exploring spirituality and energy work in 1998 and felt immediately drawn to it. It slowly progressed for 2-3 years before I realized that I had found my passion and life calling.  My goal is to share my message of hope and healing world wide.

Kala: You were thrown from your mountain bike and immediately paralyzed from the neck down, breaking your C2 neck vertebra into two separate pieces, which resulted in spinal cord edema. Most people with this injury die immediately and those that do survive are quadriplegics. Yet here you stand in good health and able to move freely. How did you recover from this debilitating accident?

Suzette: I fortunately had been immersed in the law of attraction, spiritual, and quantum physics teachings. I relate to everything through the eyes of energy. I knew the innate healing capacity of the mind, body, and spirit, and here on October 3, 2005 I had an opportunity to walk my talk.  I knew my body was pure energy, I knew my mind could connect to the consciousness of my body, and I knew I was connected to a higher power.

Einstein said “Intuition does not come to the unprepared mind”. When he discovered the theory of relativity, it came to him in a flash of intuition.  But only after he had studied and pondered the great mysteries of physics for years.  This preparation allowed him to observe things that would have gone unnoticed to the unprepared mind. I know my prior ‘spiritual preparation’ saved my life and gave me the belief and discipline to not limit Spirit working through me.  We are all on a journey of discovering ourselves in Oneness with a higher power/Infinite Intelligence. My story is here to inspire readers to redefine impossible, think bigger and reach higher for their dreams and journeys to wholeness.

Staying calm—I trusted even ‘this’ was in divine order. My beliefs created a field of ‘no resistance’, ‘allowing’ the healing energy in. Most people with this injury die at the scene because they stop breathing.  When I stopped breathing, using only my mind, I thought, “I refuse to accept this limitation, God is my Source!” And a lightening bolt-like energy went through me. I repeated that affirmation, another bolt of energy coursed through me, then I regained my breath. In the emergency room I announced several times, “This is temporary, see me dancing.”  I knew the healing I was after was an inside job, thus spent a lot of time meditating, visualizing dancing and wholeness and being in gratitude that it had already occurred. After surgery reconnected my C2, they told me I’d be in the ICU for 7-10 days, I told them I’d be out in 2 days; I was out in 2 days. They told me I’d be in the hospital a minimum of 3 weeks, I said I’d be out in a week; I was out in a week.

With a lot of prayers and support from friends and my Mom, I continued healing at ‘break-neck speed’. As I got stronger, I relearned everything that we take for granted; others had to shower me and dry my hair.  Today I am fully mobile, doing yoga, biking (just not the obstacles anymore!) and hiking.

Photo caption: Back for her first ride with friends from the Raleigh Ski and Outing club , nine months post injury.

Kala: You describe blockages of energy as obstructions which may include chronic or severe physical pain, a life threatening illness, a complicated disease, ‘accidental’ injuries, emotional issues or financial challenges, which can manifest as emotional and/or physical issues or symptoms.  Explain the holistic techniques that you use to remove the energy blocks and how this works to repair the body…

Suzette: I facilitate my clients back to wholeness through a combination of life coaching, energy healing and sound healing.  Life coaching allows my clients to see their problems from the perspective of, we are spirits having a human experience to expand our soul. As they understand that their repressed feelings, anger, resentment, etc are soul wounds here to heal and are causing the energy blocks associated with their illness or injury, they are more apt to deal with those emotions–the root cause of their illness; as they do, the symptoms go away. Medication and surgery suppresses the emotions; holistic healing expresses them allowing for non-invasive, health enhancing avenues to wellness. They heal the symptoms and expand their soul.

I offer hands on energy healing and sacred sound healing, both very powerful in dissolving energy blocks allowing life force to flow and symptoms go away

Kala: How important is it do you think to connect Body Mind and Spirit in all activities? Were you always connected with Spirit or did it occur later in life for you?

Suzette: I tended to always be a positive person, though when I was 40, 11 years ago, that I felt guided to explore spirituality, it felt so life affirming, that it easily became my life calling. Interestingly enough, my astrological birth charts shows the second half of my life in huge spiritual service.

I feel the more we embrace spirituality in all areas of our lives, the more ‘free’ we are. Being totally tapped into to this wonderful wisdom doesn’t mean ‘stuff’ doesn’t happen to you. It means you now have the tools to handle it with grace and move through it as easily as possible.

This perspective allows you to react from a position of awareness and less from fear or judgment. It allows you to learn to feel good no matter how others are showing up around you. You understand that you attracted that experience to grow from, to be a teacher to others with or just for fun.

Kala: Do you work with spirit guides, are you being guided as you work with each person? Would you describe your work similar to a medical intuitive who works with a physician or as a practitioner who is also intuitive?

Suzette: I allow myself to be the channel for the highest and best of non-physical doctors, ascended masters, Archangels and other energies to work through me for my client’s highest good. My ‘team’ differs depending on what my clients need. I am a Master Healing Facilitator that is intuitively guided. Even though I am a Reiki master, I no longer use any specific technique. I have learned to just allow the flow of healing energy through me. My intentions and my discipline to raise my own consciousness (healing my baggage, meditation, gratitude, exercise, and pure diet), allows me to attract purer healing energies for my clients.

My toning during the sacred sound sessions is definitely enhanced and magnified by ascended masters of sound toning through me.

Kala: You’ve studied sound healing with Jonathan Goldman and Tom Kenyon.  Sound healing is a particular interest of mine as I teach esoteric teachings from the ancient temples of Egypt and Greece where sound healing was used in conjunction with other modalities. Tell us how you use sound healing in your work…

Suzette: I use crystal bowls, and my voice in singing mantras and toning sounds. Ascended masters, Archangel Shamael, and The Hathors tone through me the frequencies that my clients need to be re-balanced. I become a channel for the right and perfect sounds to come through me.

Every cell and organ in our body has a vibration. Sound, resonance, brings the ‘out of tune’ vibrations back into balance. When that happens, the symptoms go away. Severe depression, cancer, pain…anything can be healed. Though, not every one is ready to be healed or their karma may have to experience illness for a higher purpose.  Please check my website’s testimonies to understand examples of people’s success.

Kala: How would you describe your personal spiritual path?  Do you feel that you are continuing the holistic work as it was presented in ancient healing temples or are you creating a new path?

Suzette: Interesting question. My intention every morning is to be of service for the highest good and be One with my destiny’s highest path. At some level, I must be ‘remembering’ the avenues used in ancient Egypt, though I don’t purposefully create that. In Source, there is no time or space, I am open to bringing forth from all dimensions of time and space, forward and backward.

Kala: How do you define whole health or holistic health?

Suzette: Whole health is embracing that our mind, body, and spirit are interconnected fields of energy, each one affecting the other, and each person affecting the greater whole.  Since we are mind, body, and spirit, let’s heal from that full perspective.  All sickness and disease is an expression of imbalances of these areas. We don’t catch cancer; we set up an environment for the cells to grow. As we honor how our diet, thoughts, programming, and the wounds our soul came here to heal, affect the physical body, we change that environment to one of wellness.

Kala: Besides sound healing, what other modalities do you use in a session?

Suzette: My mindset is seeing my clients whole and not limiting Spirit working through them or me. My sessions include life coaching, hands on energy healing as well as the sound healing which includes crystal bowls, drums, tuning forks and my voice.

Kala: Who is Suzette? If your friends and family were to describe you in five sentences, what would they say?

Suzette: Actual comments from friends and clients and participants: “Suzette is highly passionate about her truths and loves helping people.” “She says things in a way I really get, I could feel myself shift old emotional baggage while she was speaking. I don’t understand it, I just know it happened.” “You draw me and articulate the teachings of The Secret, and Echart Tolle in a more concrete, understandable and memorable fashion.”  “Suzette’s powerful message will resonate deep within your soul and is the answer you are seeking on how to live a life full of abundance.”  “You are an awesome person with a powerful connection to the universe that brings about tremendous healing results to those who are open and believe.”

Photo caption:  In the emergency room, Suzette said often, “See me dancing.”

Kala: What advice would you give to someone who wanted to connect more with their healing abilities and intuitive side?

Suzette: Know that these abilities are within everyone, available to be developed. Remember that your intentions, expectations, affirmations, and focusing on the end result of your desires starts to shift the universal energy fields to flow blessings and opportunities your way. Affirm” “Thank you Source, that I am being guided and blessed for my destiny path’s highest good. Show me the easiest and best way to connect with infinite wisdom and to be of divine service.”  I would encourage you to allow daily time for quieting your mind in meditation, a daily walk, or even shutting the car radio off to provide ‘connecting to Source’ time for gratitude and affirmations.

Raising your consciousness–a continual journey–will release blocks and allow more life force to flow through you for whatever purpose you seek. Specifically I encourage you to be gentle to yourself as you: clear your own ‘stuff’, meditate, receive energy healings to shift blocks from many life times, eat organic and as close to nature as possible (everything is a vibration, ideally, eliminating the denser, life draining vibrations of meat, dairy, fats, and preservatives etc from your diet. My website has a lot of Whole Health nutrition information on it.)

For healings, start healing your self, family, and friends. Surround yourself with a protection of White Light and affirm that you are connecting to only energies of the highest, purest consciousness. State, “Thank you that I am a clear channel for this person’s highest and best.” Then get out of your own way, know that you are worthy of this, and expect divine energy to flow through you. The more you practice, the better the results will be.

‘Out of the blue’ thoughts are intuitive guidance. Honor it. Be courageous and trust it, the more you follow it, the more you develop it. Get into a meditative place and ask for your highest divine wisdom to give you a message. Write down what you hear in your mind without judging it.

Kala: Beyond your work here Suzette, what inspires you? How do you Explore Your Spirit?

Suzette: Ever since I was a kid, I enjoyed being ‘in service’. I love helping others and the feeling I get when they get their ‘groove’ back feeds my soul and inspires me to continue my own spiritual expansion.  My life and my work are truly melded together. Abraham-Hicks shares that contrasts helps us launch our desires, so much of my inspiration comes from seeing the need around us.  Even if I don’t physically act, I love the power of our prayerful intentions to help shift other’s challenges.

Dancing in my kitchen is something I can easily do that shifts me to higher vibrations. I love that feeling of freedom—dance like no one is watching.   As we go to higher vibrations we more easily hear the call of spirit. I am also inspired to be a good role model for my daughters, ages 21 and 22—show, not tell. They resist this information, so I’m leaning to not force it on them, just Be me.  That has been a big lesson for me. I explore my spirit, by regularly walking in nature, meditating twice a day, reading and watching spiritual books and DVD’s, continuing ed, and having discussions with friends. And we all grow as we help others. Besides private sessions I offer a twice monthly group class that is offered in-person or via tele-conference. The first half is law of attraction and spiritual teachings, through answering participants real life questions and concerns, the second half is clearing blocks in the way of our growth through sound healing. The fee is a Love Offering, let your heart decide what to pay. I invite you to sign up for my newsletter and receive two free class downloads.  www.suzettefoster.com

Thanks Kala for sharing ‘hope and healing’ through my work. I am intending greater blessings and shifting for all who are reading this.

Kala: Thanks Suzette, all the best to you.

– UPCOMING EVENT–

Suzette Foster will be speaking on Thursday, September 3rd 2009
at the Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship.
Her talk is entitled: Paralyzed for Life, Over My Dead Body!
Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship is located at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall
on 3313 Wade Avenue in Raleigh, NC.
Doors open at 6:45pm,  Lecture from 7:15pm to 9:30pm.
Cost is $10 per person, seniors and students are $8.

More about Suzette Faith Foster:

Suzette lives in Cary, North Carolina and is an Energetic/Sound Holistic Healer, certified Reiki Master and Wellness Consultant, ordained minister, life coach, writer, and public speaker. She is presently writing her first book and creating her first Sacred Sound CD, a healing session in your own home. As a mother of two college age daughters, she also enjoys yoga, biking, and hiking. Her great appreciation for Mother Earth and the environment has led her to work with the Humpback Whales and Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins. More info at: www.suzettefoster.com

Kala speaks with Dr. Norman Shealy, who holds 10 patents for innovative discoveries, has published over 300 articles and 24 books, the latest of which are LIFE BEYOND 100—SECRETS OF THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH and SOUL MEDICINE. In 2008 his book PONY WISDOM FOR THE SOUL and MEDICAL RENAISSANCE–THE SECRET CODE, a movie on the benefits of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, will be released. In his book, Life Beyond 100 – Secrets of the Fountain of Youth, Dr. Shealy discusses leading-edge therapies and breakthroughs in the science of longevity. By following commonsense habits, we can expect an average lifespan of one hundred years. Adding the life-enhancing effects of natural DHEA restoration, stress reduction, meditation, reduced caloric intake, and a range of mind/body techniques may, however, give us another forty years of active, healthy living. Therein lies the available “fountain of youth.” These are the conclusions of Dr. C. Norman Shealy after a long career in medicine and, in recent years, as one of the leading spokesmen of alternative medical treatments. The result of years of clinical practice and research, Youthful Aging also exposes the fallacies behind many of the claims of the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry. These two groups, says Shealy, rather than increasing people’s life expectancy, create the opposite effect, consigning hundreds of thousands of people to an often miserable and premature old age. As a counterpoint, this revealing book provides the most ambitious-yet medically grounded and practical-longevity program available. Listen to Kala’s interview with Dr. Normal Shealy on The Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show: http://exploreyourspirit.com/Media/shows3.shtml#SHEALY More About Dr. Norman Shealy: C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. is a neurosurgeon, trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, after medical school at Duke University. He has taught at Harvard, Western Reserve, U. of Wisconsin, U. of Minnesota, and Forest Institute of Professional Psychology. Currently he is President of Holos University Graduate Seminary (www.holosuniversity.org).In 1978, Dr. Shealy was instrumental in creating The American Holistic Medical Association, which continues to emphasize the spiritual component of healing. He was the founding president of AHMA for its first two years. In 1973, recognizing the need to incorporate spirituality into medical practice, he founded, with Reverend Henry Rucker, The Science of Mind Church of Chicago, which became the International Science of Mind Church for Spiritual Healing, and which created Holos University Graduate Seminary, offering masters and doctoral programs in Spiritual Healing and Energy Medicine. Dr. Shealy introduced the concepts of Dorsal Column Stimulation and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), both now used world-wide. This innovation has led to the establishment of international societies dedicated to furthering the field of neuromodulation. In 1971 he founded the first comprehensive, holistic clinic for management of pain and stress management. The Shealy Institute became the most successful and most cost-effective pain clinic in the U.S, with 85% success in over 30,000 patients. The Shealy protocols for management of depression, migraine, fibromyalgia and back pain are increasingly being integrated into hospitals and individual practices. Dr. Shealy has studied the physiological effects of over a dozen talented healers. He has demonstrated in over 116 patients that competent healers can change the computerized electroencephalogram, or brain map, from a distance and they can enhance DHEA and beta endorphin production. His current research emphasizes the potential for using electromagnetic approaches to rejuvenate the body’s production of DHEA and Calcitonin, as well as to reduce free radicals. His latest discovery is rejuvenation of DNA telomeres, which are critical for health and longevity. More info at: www.normshealy.com and www.holosuniversity.org.

Food, Inc., a new film coming out on June 12th explores the questions that many of us have had on our minds which is, How Safe is the Food that We Eat and Where Does it Come From? and What Do we really know about our local supermarkets, since everything is trucked in from somewhere else? In this age of thinking global and acting local,  an awareness has returned to shopping at the local Farmer’s Market for better quality and healthier fruits and vegetables, but is this enough?

Considering the fact that the great majority of food consumed comes in prepackaged forms of some kind, questions are now being brought to public focus including: What is being done to those foods to allow them to stay “fresh” for so long? Homeopathic doctors and other experts have been explaining for decades that many illnesses we experience, which are now on an epidemic level, are caused in part by the foods we eat. Diseases such as diabetes, auto-immune system illnesses, arthritis, asthma and many more are symptoms of food allergies and food intolerance. Combine that with the overwhelming substitution of natural products being replaced by high fructose corn syrup in more products than most consumers are aware of, along with questionable care practices regarding food and we’re at a critical point in the food chain.

The trailer of the Food Inc movie describes….

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Join the Lunchbox Brigade.  Sign the petition at the Food Inc Movie site which states: “”We believe that federally funded nutrition programs should provide all children with the healthy food they deserve. This includes low fat and safe dairy, fresh fruits and vegetables, and whole grains. Schools should be soda and junk-food-free zones and serve food that complements and furthers parents’ efforts to feed their children healthfully.”

Please urge Congress to make healthy food a reality at all schools across the country. By signing the petition, you pledge to make healthy food a priority and are asking your representatives to do the same. The petition will be hand-delivered to Congress this June.

Support healthy eating in schools by signing the Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization petition.

While no surprise to massage therapists, healers, mothers and nurses who work in pediatrics, the power of human touch has been studied by a team of researchers in Utah and has been found to provide a myriad of health benefits to all involved. The full results of the study will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Psychosymatic Medicine, however, an article written in USA Today reports on the study and the benefits found. The article can be read online here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-09-28-touch-healing_N.htm