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'Life
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Kia ora! %$firstname$%, Welcome to the first edition of ‘Wholistic’ – Quarterly Insights into the world of Holistic Health. Cripes almighty .. Welcome to 2008!! At the beginning of each year, I’m happy…. but then groan a bit about having to put that extra energy in to motivate myself to have an even better year than the one before. I quite enjoyed 2007 and didn’t want it to end. Then after a day or so I find it boring not putting the energy in. I think it’s ultimately harder to not be enthused about the future, at first it appears easier, but that’s simply to trick you. So I decided to lift the chin up, plump the cheeks up with a smile and get funky with 2008. I’ve been wonderfully exhausted since! On boxing day this year my visa in the United Kingdom will be coming to an end. That used to scare me, but being scared was exhausting. So I now happily throw it to the wind and shall enjoy seeing just where that takes me! Yes, I think that is my New Years Resolution: having faith in that wind. Release, relax, surrender, take it easy, have fun and let go .. it is a year to be enjoyed!
What are you going to do this year? A friend of mine who is sadly
near blind to a bat (a very nice guy though) has stated that he
is trying for 20/20 vision by the end of the year. He is doing
daily eye exercises and reading up about nutrition and herbs ..
and whatever anyone else says about regaining eyesight naturally.
Please feel free to email me any of your resolutions, I’d
love to hear them! To give you some ideas this quarter we bring to you insights into the world of cleaning out your colon …. yes, you did hear me. Also included is a nutritional treasure from my holiday in Morocco, the new Olive oil, a June Greek Health Retreat Week I’m involved in and a wee story from my time at the laundromat. So please, please enjoy the energy of a fresh New Year.. remember 2008 is THE year to be enjoyed! I’ll see you again around Easter time – I’m off to Switzerland now actually to research healthy chocolate or rather, skiing I mean! So do enjoy …
(Can you make this your best year yet?? It is entirely up to you!!)
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'Colonics' Welcome
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3. A Short Story - At the Laundromat
| Just before New Years I found myself in the local Laundromat. As it had been closed for the Xmas break the whole village was in there doing their washing. Whilst waiting for a dryer to become free two women were having a discussion about their health problems. I listened in……
One was saying that she had been wrongly diagnosed with Lung
Cancer, had been placed on an intensive course of antibiotics
and drugs, had surgery and three big scars to show for it
too. Her four children and husband were also suffering badly.
She said she continued to feel so bad and felt odd about accepting
her fate. When she pushed for a second opinion her Doctor
felt disrespected and dismissed her. This woman continued
to say “not once have I been given one single
vitamin or any nutrition.” They continued on about what they had seen on the ‘Good Morning’ TV show about a new virus that a Doctor said “if you haven’t had it yet, mark my words you will have it by the New Year.” The other woman replied that she basically did not have an immune system. She is also continuously on steroids. As it is a virus she was frightened as antibiotics could do nothing for her.
As these women began to talk of their fears they were getting
increasingly panicky, feeding each others hysteria and when
they said .....
- I couldn’t listen anymore!
Before I knew it I was writing out prescriptions for them
there in the Laundromat! (I was explaining that I was a final
year student in Natural Medicine but they didn’t care).
I also recommended to them the book I had with me: “Left
for Dead” by Dick Quinn as they were desperate
for answers and I think it is the very best introduction for
someone wishing for a wider view point. Soon a husband arrived who was also interested. A keen gardener he had a Herb book at home and was interested in tackling insomnia. These meetings had a strong impact on me. I think everyone has periods when they doubt themselves, sometimes I wonder why I'm doing all this. When leaving the Laundromat this day I felt so pleased and proud to be part of a new generation educating those about their health. It has given me great energy to continue down the road I have already started and to finish up my studies by August.
It also reaffirmed that it is now time for everybody to stand
up and take responsibility for your own
health. Get interested in it! It is good fun!! Ask
for an alternative point of view - how would it have
been treated in days gone by without the pharmaceutical industry?
It is your right to choose your treatment! I'll
leave you with another quote from Dick Quinn's book (Left
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4. Coming Soon..........
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Greek ‘Health Week' Retreat (‘Peligoni
Club’ Zakynthos, Greece) NEWS FLASH: ‘Winter Wednesdays’ has arrived at the Sweaty Betty Store ( Kings Rd, Chelsea) FREE yoga classes 6:30 – 7:30pm. Bring your yoga mat and call the store to reserve a place www.sweatybetty.com (sorry women only!) Introducing ….. ‘Natural Networking’ - A new first of its’ kind monthly meeting for Natural Health Practitioners to network together to inspire, suggest and support each other through ideas, introductions, courses and insights. The third Tuesday of each month 6pm – 7:3opm @ ‘The Natural Kitchen’ - Londonwww.thenaturalkitchen.com Jan 15, Feb 12, Mar 11 ‘Psychic
Surgery’ ALTERNATIVES (Piccadilly,
London) Monday 4 February 7pm |
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It
has been hailed as the new Olive oil – exclusively grown
in South West Morocco in scorching 45+ degree dry desert heat,
comes the exceptional Argan Tree (Argania
spinosa).
Argan
grows to 8-10 metres high, and live to 150-200 years old. They
are gorgeous trees - thorny, with gnarled trunks. They are pure
magic, they stand alone in the intense desert heat where nothing
else could possibly grow. Intriguingly the goats that climb their
branches play a major role in the Argan Oil production - for the
pulp of argan fruits is incredibly difficult to crush, but which
is broken down via their stomach acid and then the undigested
seeds are shed in the goats faeces!! I
discovered this oil when arriving at a clients house in London
to give them a massage, I had fortgotten my massage oil. Whilst
the client was busy I sneaked into the kitchen to search for some
olive oil as a substitute. There lay the most intriguing bottle
with an amber oil contained inside. It smelled amazing. Upon grabbing
it and carrying it up the stairs the butler saw me and scolded
me for taking such a precious and expensive oil from Morocco.
It was very difficult to buy the oil outside Morocco, but since 2001-2002 argan oil suddenly became a fashionable food and superfood . It is now often available in specialist shops. The oil contains 80% unsaturated fatty acids, is rich in essential fatty acids. Argan oil is used for dipping bread, on couscous, salads and similar uses. A dip for bread known as amlou is made from argan oil, almonds and peanuts, sweetened by honey or sugar. Personally it is as a skin nutrient that Argan oil really grabs me. The unroasted oil is traditionally used as a treatment for skin diseases, and has recently found favour with European cosmetics manufacturers. There has been research into argan oil's viability in the treatment of psoriasis with promising results. When
you next find yourself in Marrkech: marrakech
go to visit a recently opened place : Earth cafe in marrakech
, it's a nice cafe located in a riad - traditional house - in
the old medina, very calm and with a beautifull typical decoration.
it's runned by an master chef that work in sydney-australia &
los angeles - USA, the menu is excellent and drinks also. They
are the unique restaurant-cafe in the town offereing menu made
with natural ingredients. |
Huia is a Holistic Health Practitioner with a varied (and ever growing!) background of skills with which to draw from. Her passions include personal development, indigenous peoples healing methods, patting dogs, travel, the great outdoors, jogging, laughing, reading, writing, sunsets and spending quality time with friends and loved ones.
She helps educate people to enable them to revitalise and be all they can possibly be. Huia is committed to continually learning to utilise the gifts from nature and the wisdom of the body’s own innate healing systems to bring vitality and health.
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