In This Issue:

"I'm expecting my first baby, and Diana's prenatal massage worked great on my achy legs."
AL, Polk City

"After only 2 visits, Ria helped me cut my back pain by 70%"
JR, Des Moines

"Mikela's Holistic Health Counseling was just what I needed!"
BN, Ames

Thank you for our great clients!

Would you like to learn nice ways to help a friend, family member, or spouse take care of aches and pains of life?

Would you like them to learn to take care of you?

Ria Keinert, Physical Therapist and Director of HealthWise Resources will teach you how to take care of your partner.

Included: You and your partner will learn treatments for neck, back, feet, and more, five techniques in all, and a workbook to take home. Plus two bonus opportunities.

Anyone can do these techniques on a normal chair and table. You don't need a massage table.

Setting: The Montebello Bed & Breakfast Inn, past Reiman Gardens, near the corner of Oakwood and Elwood Drive. Turn right at end of the blacktop.

Cost is 30.00/ pair.

Registering for Head-2-Toe: The workshop is limited to the first eight pairs who pre-register and pay. You must pre-register. Call Ria by phone (515) 708-0798 or email her at ria@hwiseresources.com.

When: Sunday evening 6:00—8:00 pm, July 30 and again on October 8th. Starts 6 pm sharp.

What to Wear: Tank top/shorts or swimsuit under your clothing.

What to Bring: Your partner, an open mind, 2 towels, and a pillow.

Have you ever heard the saying "Contentment begins within", meaning that you are in control of your own happiness and people and circumstances are not necessarily the source of you glee? Do not be overwhelmed. While the statement suggests that you are responsible for how you feel, it does not imply that you should blame yourself if you don't feel good. Here are some ways to begin taking health and happiness into your own hands.

To feel good we must eat well, but to eat well, we must feel good enough to want to make healthy choices. Can you relate? How do you deal with the conundrum that the food-mood cycle creates? Start with taking a deep breath. We know what we should do to be healthy but have yet to implement good habits into our everyday lives. Instead, cravings for comfort become our habits and often unhealthy acts become routine.

For example, if you feel bad and eat junk, then you feel bad and feel like the junk you ate. It's okay. Start wherever you are and begin to realize that there is a direct link between what we eat and how we feel.

Consider the role of your digestive system, the motor of your body. Your body needs good fuel and elimination of waste. A compromised digestive system needs maintenance so every part can do its job. If contentment begins within, I suggest we nourish ourselves for optimal digestion. When the digestive system is running well, we have stable body weight, mental clarity, and we feel good.

As you begin to visualize health and happiness growing inside of you, consider taking steps to enhance your digestive system by consulting with a holistic health specialist.
To experience a life-changing health consultation, contact Mikela Feliz Licona at HealthWise.

Karen Craft and friend

Learn and practice methods to telepathically connect with your pets with friend of HealthWise and professional animal communicator Karen Craft. In general, our animal friends think we humans are too serious and we should lighten up, so this will be a fun workshop, inviting you to play with ideas that may be new.

Saturday, June 24, 2006 from 9:30 am—4:30 pm with one hour lunch break (Ames location given to you upon registration). Cost is $50, payable day of the class. To register call Karen Craft at (515) 233-2308 or email Karen@animalshaman.com.

by Sara Dawn

Reprinted by kind permission of the author. All rights reserved. www.SaraDawn.com

Where the eternal flame of Heaven lives,

It brings me the greatest Joy to call forth;

A thousand angels to watch over

Your greatest Dreams & Endeavors,

Infinite blessings to fall in a gentle kiss

Upon the light of your face,

Delicate points of light

To forever illumine your path,

Soft unspoken winds

Of the utmost Ancient Wisdom,

Omnipotent clouds of Grace

For your eternal renewal in Spirit,

The serenity of every sunrise

Since the dawn of creation,

All the fluid glossiness of water,

Strength of mountains,

Swiftness of wind

And clarity of crystal for your right-use-ness

Trickles and tickles of the greatest Joy

To be poured forth

Into the very core of your being,

And the spaciousness of your deeply rooted knowing

That You Are all

That is Beautiful Now,

And all of the Grander yet still growing,

For the laughter, love, and life

I feel in my heart

From what you have taught me,

Simply must be returned to you

A thousand fold

For all eternity!

by Diana Risse, RN, LMT

Question: My right hip and low back hurt a lot. Eleven years ago I injured them in a car accident where I broke my pelvis in 3 places. I feel off balance now, which caused me to fall on the stairs recently. I don't know if the stair and car accidents are related, but I need some help. What would be good bodywork for my problem? - DY, Ames

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