By Madeline Ostrander
Dr. Temple Grandin says she knows the mind of a cow.
It’s not a fuzzy assertion—Grandin, an animal scientist at Colorado State University, is one of the hardest-nosed researchers you’ll ever meet. She is autistic and claims that she literally thinks like an animal—in pictures. She notices details that most people tune out—such as a hat dangling on a fence or a shiny reflection that could spook cattle…
…Grandin brought sweeping change to the meat industry 10 years ago, when McDonald’s and Wendy’s—under pressure from animal rights activists—hired her to improve how their beef suppliers treat animals. Now half of U.S. cattle end up in slaughterhouses designed by Grandin. Even PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk has blogged about her admiration for Grandin’s work. Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people of 2010. And the HBO movie about her early life won five Emmys last August… click here to read whole article
Having a Bars Session deletes the old files on your computer hard drive that no longer serve you, upgrade your operating system, give you a new hard drive and a load of new ram so everything operates at peak efficiency with a lot more ease. How does it get better than that…
“Kangaroo care has been widely studied. A trial in a Bogota hospital of 746 low birth weight babies randomly assigned to either kangaroo or conventional incubator care found that the kangaroo babies had shorter hospital stays, better growth of head circumference and fewer severe infections …
A conservative summary of the evidence to date is that kangaroo care is at least as good as conventional treatment — and perhaps better.”
Dr Mercola’s Comments…
Kangaroo care is a somewhat new name for a very old tradition, one that has been followed instinctively by women across the globe since the beginning of time. Namely, it refers to holding a newborn, including those born prematurely, close to its mother’s bare chest, like a kangaroo holds its joey in its pouch.
Although it’s been used for centuries, the modern-day method is credited to Dr. Edgar Rey, the chief of the pediatrics department at the Mother and Child Institute in Bogota, Colombia, who began using kangaroo care in the 1970s because of a shortage of incubators.
Since then, such skin-to-skin contact has proven to be incredibly beneficial for newborns, so much so that in hospitals where incubators are in short supply using kangaroo care has increased low birth weight babies’ survival rates from 10 percent to 50 percent, and larger babies’ survival rates from 70 percent to 90 percent.
The Benefits of Skin-to-Skin Contact for Newborns
Quite simply, skin-to-skin contact is probably one of the most important steps you can take to give your baby a healthy start right after birth. Just take a few minutes to watch the video below and you’ll see that skin-to-skin contact can actually make the difference between life and death.
When a mother holds her newborn against her bare skin:
* The baby’s temperature is regulated by the close contact — in fact, a woman’s breasts will change in temperature depending on whether the baby needs more or less warmth.
* The mother’s breathing and heartbeat helps the baby’s heart and respiratory rates to stabilize.
* The mother produces more milk and the baby breastfeeds earlier, gaining more weight.
* Emotional bonding is encouraged.
Babies who receive kangaroo care also show:
* Gains in sleep time
* Decreased crying
* More successful breastfeeding
* Improved oxygen saturation levels
* More regular breathing patterns
* More rapid weight gain
* Earlier hospital discharge
As the New York Times reported, in one trial of nearly 750 low birth weight babies, those who received kangaroo care had shorter hospital stays, better growth of head circumference and fewer severe infections than babies placed in incubators.
A separate study also revealed that when mothers initiated skin-to-skin contact with their newborns 15 to 20 minutes after birth, the infants slept longer and more peacefully, using positions that indicated less stress.
After the contact ended, the effects of the skin-to-skin contact seemed to continue even four hours later, as the babies displayed less stressful body movements after spending several hours in the nursery.
The researchers suggested that the most dangerous and stressful events that occur during the human life cycle take place during the transition from the womb to the real world, therefore mothers who made a point of giving their infants skin-to-skin contact would help their newborn adjust to their new unfamiliar surroundings.
Outside of the temperature and breathing regulation, as well as the emotional benefits, one of the best reasons to use kangaroo care is that it increases the likelihood of successful breastfeeding.
This is important as breastfeeding offers your child lifelong health benefits, not only cutting their risk of SIDS in half, but also providing added protection against:
* Heart disease
* Bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease
* Asthma, allergies, and respiratory infections
* Type 1 and type 2 diabetes
* Eczema
Moms who use kangaroo care have increased milk supply and their babies have an easier time nursing, so it’s a simple way to encourage a positive, successful breastfeeding experience.
If Your Hospital Doesn’t Suggest Kangaroo Care, Ask for It
Or rather, demand it.
As a new parent, be sure you make it clear that you want to spend as much time as possible engaging in skin-to-skin contact with your newborn, including, and especially, if your baby is born premature.
Whether you are giving birth in a hospital or at home, let your obstetrician or midwife, as well as the nursing staff, know that you want the baby placed on your chest immediately after delivery. And for those who are wondering, dads can take part in kangaroo care, too.
The process is actually incredibly simple. Place the baby, wearing only a diaper and if you like a hat, on your bare chest. Then cover the baby with a blanket or gown, and enjoy the bonding time together.
And that’s all there is to it. A simple and instinctive practice that will give both you and baby a warm, secure start to your new life together.
What You Have Been Seeking, That You Always Knew Was Possible…
What if the way you always imagined, dreamed, knew that life could be was more real than you could ever have imagined, dreamed, knew life could be.
I dreamed this book for many, many years. Gary Douglas wrote it… Gratitude to you Gary for your vulnerability to be who you be. Jackie
“The years since had been filled with all that is considered right in life… those insane attempts to be like others that suffocate the being and mold us into the humiliated wrongness of never truly fitting but always trying so very hard to be normal…”
Gary Douglas, Founder of Access Consciousness.
Please click on the banner below to order your copy of The Place by Gary Douglas
…So what’s missing from the Law of Attraction? “Just think that you want something and it will appear” seems to be the essence of its message. But is that enough? Is it more than mere positive thinking 101 with a new age gloss on it? Does it really work? The legions of dissatisfied seekers on the Internet could suggest it isn’t.
Access Consciousness, a 20-year-old self-improvement modality the target of which is consciousness, has some different points of view and tools that can be used to make the Law of Attraction work even better-and explain why it doesn’t work when it’s not working.
In short, Access Consciousness has taken a more rigorous and pragmatic look at how things actually get generated in the world. Access founder Gary Douglas, who has developed additional tools to make creation of our desires more effective, has discovered some of what the Law of Attraction has missed…
Tues Nov 9th / Wed Nov 10th-£425 - Tues Nov 16th / Wed Nov 17th – £425
(half price if repeating) Kids under 15 are free, 16,17 & 18 are half price.
In addition to hands on processes, such as the Bars, Access Consciousness includes many verbal processes, tools, and clearings.
The target of all of these is to unlock you from your own personal version of The Matrix movie—your own personal movie that keeps you locked into the limitations which seem utterly real and inescapable.
The Access classes allow you to see how you have created and chosen these limitations so you are free to make new choices.
Awarenesses of your personal movie of limitations are made possible by these dynamic classes. As tools are presented and different ways of being in the world are presented and demonstrated, change you have longed for but never found possible before becomes quick, and easy.
All of this is made much easier by the Access clearing statement. The clearing statement is a series of phrases which is an energetic request to the universe to clear not only the manifestation of your limitations that is showing up here and now, but also to clear its origins and all of its various manifestations throughout all time, dimensions, and realities. The result is that clearing on a deeper level than you ever imagined possible becomes easy.
Integration after the classes is not required as it is for other classes, because the clearing statement makes the dissolving of limitations possible in a new way.
Foundation and Level One must be taken in order. Bars is the prerequisite for both. You can take Foundation without continuing on immediately to Level One if you choose, and taking the classes in a 4 or 5 day succession multiplies geometrically the results that are possible for you.
Anahata Health Clinic,
119-120, Edward St, Brighton, BN2 0JL.
Saturday Oct 23rd 10am – 6.30pm
£150 (£75 if repeating)
Children under 15 free – 16-18years 1/2 price
There are 32 bars of energy that run through and around your head. They store the electromagnetic component of all the thoughts, ideas, attitudes, decisions and beliefs that you have ever had about anything. There are Bars for Healing, Body, Control, Awareness, Creativity, Power, Aging, Sex and Money just to name a few. Each thought, idea, attitude, decision or belief that you have fixed in place solidifies the energy and limits your capacity to have that area of your life show up as great, easy and joyful as it really could be.
By gently touching these points on the head, the energy and barriers dissipate and the electromagnetic charge is released. Releasing stuck energy is like deleting old files off your computer. You have more space to create something new and wonderful with more up to date tools!
If you don’t have everything you would like in your life, is it because it doesn’t exist, or because you haven’t received it?
So is the problem with the item-whether it’s money, sex, relationship, career – or with your ability to receive?
The Bars is a relaxing, nurturing 1 day class that opens doors to receiving, which makes having what you truly desire possible, potentially for the first time in this lifetime, or many lifetimes.
You gift and receive two complete sessions in this class, as well as learning to provide this for others outside this class.
No previous training in science or healing is required. everyone who desires to can facilitate healing with the Bars. After this class you will be qualified to do the Bars on family, friends, as an addition to your current practice and for paying clients.
There are 32 bars of energy that run through and around your head. They store the electromagnetic component of all the thoughts, ideas, attitudes, decisions and beliefs that you have ever had about anything.
There are Bars for Healing, Body, Control, Creativity, Awareness, Power, Money, Sex, just to name a few.
Each thought, idea, attitude, decision or belief that you have fixed in place solidifies the energy and limits your capacity to have that area of your life show up as great, easy and joyful as it really could be.
By gently touching these points on the head, the energy and barriers dissipate and the electromagnetic charge is released. Releasing stuck energy is like deleting files off your computer. You have more space to create something new and wonderful with more up to date tools.
If you don’t have everything you would like in your life, is it because it doesn’t exist, or because you haven’t
So is the problem with the item – whether it’s money, sex, relationship, career – or with your ability to receive it?
This Bars class is a relaxing 1 day class that opens the doors to receiving, which makes having what you truly desire possible, potentially for the first time in a lifetime, or many lifetimes.
You get to gift and receive two complete sessions in this class, as well as learning to provide this for others outside this class.
No previous training in science or healing is required. Everyone who desires to can facilitate healing with the Bars. After this class you will be qualified to do the Bars on family and friends and even add it to your practice and receive paying clients.
There are 32 bars of energy that run through and around your head. They store the electromagnetic component of all the thoughts, ideas, attitudes, decisions and beliefs that you have ever had about anything.
There are Bars for Healing, Body, Control, Creativity, Awareness, Power, Money, Sex, just to name a few.
Each thought, idea, attitude, decision or belief that you have fixed in place solidifies the energy and limits your capacity to have that area of your life show up as great, easy and joyful as it really could be.
By gently touching these points on the head, the energy and barriers dissipate and the electromagnetic charge is released. Releasing stuck energy is like deleting files off your computer. You have more space to create something new and wonderful with more up to date tools.
If you don’t have everything you would like in your life, is it because it doesn’t exist, or because you haven’
So is the problem with the item – whether it’s money, sex, relationship, career – or with your ability to receive it?
This Bars class is a relaxing 1 day class that opens the doors to receiving, which makes having what you truly desire possible, potentially for the first time in a lifetime, or many lifetimes.
You get to gift and receive two complete sessions in this class, as well as learning to provide this for others outside this class.
No previous training in science or healing is required. Everyone who desires to can facilitate healing with the Bars. After this class you will be qualified to do the Bars on family and friends and even add it to your practice and receive paying clients.
There are 32 bars of energy that run through and around your head. They store the electromagnetic component of all the thoughts, ideas, attitudes, decisions and beliefs that you have ever had about anything.
There are Bars for Healing, Body, Control, Creativity, Awareness, Power, Money, Sex, just to name a few.
Each thought, idea, attitude, decision or belief that you have fixed in place solidifies the energy and limits your capacity to have that area of your life show up as great, easy and joyful as it really could be.
By gently touching these points on the head, the energy and barriers dissipate and the electromagnetic charge is released. Releasing stuck energy is like deleting files off your computer. You have more space to create something new and wonderful with more up to date tools.
If you don’t have everything you would like in your life, is it because it doesn’t exist, or because you haven’t
So is the problem with the item – whether it’s money, sex, relationship, career – or with your ability to receive it?
This Bars class is a relaxing 1 day class that opens the doors to receiving, which makes having what you truly desire possible, potentially for the first time in a lifetime, or many lifetimes.
You get to gift and receive two complete sessions in this class, as well as learning to provide this for others outside this class.
No previous training in science or healing is required. Everyone who desires to can facilitate healing with the Bars. After this class you will be qualified to do the Bars on family and friends and even add it to your practice and receive paying clients.
This was sent to my Facebook Page yesterday and it is too lovely to not share with as many people as possible.
If you read a recent front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, a line tugging in her mouth. A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help.
Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her. When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around as she was thanking them.
Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.
May you, and all those you love, be so blessed and fortunate to be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you. And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.
I pass this on to you, my friends, in the same spirit. Gina Rene
The Mind Used in Healing Became More Interesting Than Making the Drugs to Heal Disease
In 1999 David Hamilton resigned as a chemist of cardiovascular drugs when he noticed that there was a high placebo (fake drug) effect positively affecting patients. He could not let this knowledge go and became more interested in studying the power of the mind over the making of the drugs to treat patients.
He left the pharmaceutical industry and returned to Scotland as a motivational speaker.
David currently gives talks and runs workshops in the UK and around the world.
Listen to the following recent interview with David by Lilou Mace where he explains his findings.
In 1992, David gained a first class honours degree in chemistry from the University of Strathclyde, specialising in biological and medicinal chemistry. He gained a PhD in organic chemistry in 1995 from the same University.
From 1995 until 1998 he worked as a scientist in one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies near Manchester in the UK. From 1998-1999 he worked as a change agent for the same company.
In 2005, he self-published his first book, It’s the Thought That Counts, which was published by Hay House in 2006. In 2007, Hay House published his second book, Destiny vs Free Will, and his third book, How Your Mind Can heal Your Body, was published by Hay House on 27th November 2008. It’s the Thought that Counts was released by Hay House in the USA on 1st February 2009.
How Happy Was Your Meal?
