Gibson Wellness Notes

Try BEST for healthier skin? This article talks about exciting new research that validates a "gut-skin" reaction. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/07/21/simple-acne-treatment-works-by-helping-your-gut-brain-connection.aspx

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"Experimental studies show that psychological stress stagnates normal small intestinal transit time, encourages overgrowth of bacteria, and compromises the intestinal barrier.”

BEST helps you get at the causes of your psychological stress and removes the interference that is causing physiological stress, as described in this article. Schedule an appointment today and I will help you determine if your body is being effected by this type of stress and help you make a plan to eliminate that stress.

The Pattern Unlocks the Power...

2011-06-28T07:01:00.001-07:00

Recently, someone said they weren't interested in my services because they believed I was just going to tell them to do a lot of healthy stuff and they didn't think they could. I found this intriguing on so many levels, so I thought I’d take a moment to explore a few of the components of this belief in an effort to help others who may have the same barriers to improving their health and well being.

First, there is the assumption that you already know everything I’m going to suggest for you. Well, it’s true, if you’ve read my posts on the Six Essentials for Health or if you’ve been at a dinner party with me, you probably know that there are going to be some dietary and lifestyle changes recommended. So if you know what it takes to be healthier and happier, why aren’t you doing it? Where is that resistance to making healthy changes in your life coming from? Do you think it will be too hard? Have you tried and failed before? Are you just not ready to change because your current set of circumstances if providing some sort of payoff for you? If you answered “yes” to any of these, please call me today so we can arrange a 30 minute, free consultation. Let me explain how B.E.S.T. is different from just exercising your “will power.” When you find and eliminate the subconscious emotional patterns that create the resistance to making changes, you will heal and grow and change will happen effortlessly. How frustrating is it to know what you could do to feel better and to be happier, but feel powerless to do it? With Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique, the power is within you and the patterns we identify and reset unlock that power so that YOU can decide what changes would be the best for you. I’m your guide and your cheerleader and once you have chosen the path, I can help you get there quicker.

So what is holding you back from feeling happy, healthy and successful? Is it simply a belief that you don’t want to make changes even though you know that you probably should? I can’t guarantee that B.E.S.T. will be the “magic bullet” to your health and healing. I don’t think there is one. But I can guarantee that you will feel energized and motivated to do something different and that by making small, incremental changes with the support and guidance of B.E.S.T. philosophy and tools, you will be on your way to achieving your goals in the areas of health, relationships and finances.

Call me today to schedule your initial B.E.S.T. Session. 815-404-6982. Summer hours are limited, so please call today.

Why do I call it "Landscape Your Life!"???

2011-06-10T13:09:00.001-07:00

Several months ago, I got an inspiration to pull out all the bushes in the front of my house. I had been whining and complaining about them and trying to cajole and bribe various friends and acquaintances into getting them out for me. I had purchased hedge trimmers and failed miserably at making them look nicer. And for many months, I just felt like a victim of these ugly bushes that were the first thing I saw when I drove up to my house. I didn’t think there was anything I could do. Everyone had told me, “bushes are hard to get out.” “You’ll need to tie a truck to them and then that might not even work.” I had developed a BELIEF that it would be costly to remove these bushes, so I felt trapped and powerless to do anything about them.

Then, one day, after attending a few seminars where I was learning about personal power and how my thoughts could affect my reality, I had a burst of inspiration. I wanted the bushes gone and I was going to find a way, it didn’t matter to me any more what it cost or what I would need to do. I turned to the tool of our times – the internet – and Googled “removing bushes”. I got a ton of You Tube videos of people tying chains to bushes and pulling them out with their pickup trucks. As I watched the videos, the voices in the background were telling - lots of “oh there it goes” and “ooph” in the background. I could tell that people with this issue were just as overwhelmed as I was and felt like the extreme measures they were taking to correct the problem were necessary. But, I didn’t have a pickup truck or a heavy chain and even if I did, I’m not sure I could maneuver one into the space where the bushes were. I kept looking.

I eventually found a discussion and tutorial on About.com for removing bushes. Instead of heavy chains and 4X4’s, the tutorial explained how I could dig around the base of the bushes, breaking down the various roots that were holding it in place and that eventually, I’d come to the “tap root” and I would be able to break it and the bush would be freed. Wow! For the first time, removing the bushes looked possible! Not necessarily easy, but more possible than driving a large truck onto my lawn and pulling it out and less expensive than hiring someone. So, I resolved to go out to those bushes with my shovel and just try the digging method for 30 minutes. I was optimistic that if I could just get one of the 5 bushes removed that day, I would be satisfied and I could take as long as I needed to remove the rest. And, if I wasn’t able to accomplish the task, I would hire someone or start hanging out with a tougher crowd and get someone to lend me their truck!

Ok, now I’d love to say that I just went out there and dug up those bushes all by myself. I didn’t. I had to get help from my family. I had to follow the directions I was given and I had to adopt some new beliefs about bushes and their permanence in the landscape. I had to have the right tools - a couple of big shovels and a pair of loppers - because I wasn’t going to get this done with gardening shears or plastic beach shovels. I also couldn’t just go out there and expect to start at the “tap root”. First, I had to cut back the branches on top and then I had to dig out some dirt and then I could start breaking up some of the smaller roots that were holding the bush in place. At times I had to pull and tug and twist and other times, I just had to rest and build up my momentum. And all along the way, I had to have a good attitude and I had to admit that I needed some help. I had to be willing to rest and I had to be willing to believe that I was making progress, even during the times when it didn’t look like anything had changed. Also, once I started, I had to be willing to accept the “mess” that was being made. Remember, I had given myself 30 minutes and I had to start by removing the tops of the bushes, so if I didn’t succeed, it was going to look even more horrifying until I could get more help. I was committed and I persevered, determined to not let my perfectionism or fear of failure stop me from making a positive change and taking a massive step toward solving my own problem.

I am happy to report that after 30 minutes, I did indeed have one bush removed! In fact, as it turned out, with the help of my family, I was able to remove ALL FIVE BUSHES in less than two hours! Amazing! I had been obsessing and feeling victimized by this situation for two years! And it only took TWO HOURS to solve the problem.

During the process, I had all kinds of insights in to how this job and landscaping in general has so many parallels to our personal growth and healing. Since then, I have been developing a framework from this experience and the result is an entire series of sessions, tools, events and support to help my clients do to their lives, what I did to the front of my house!

· Design a Vision

· Assemble Your Tools and Support

· DO THE WORK

· Nurture and Fertilize

· Enjoy Your Garden and Prune as Needed

If you are interested in applying these principles to your own life, join me for the Landscape Your Life! Retreat on June 25^th. Details below! (P.S. – I haven’t gotten around to updating the website, so if you act fast, you can still register at the Early Bird price!)

Landscape Your Life! Workshop Saturday, June 25, 2001 9am-6pm

Cultivate the fertile ground that is your Spirit, Body and Mind! This is your opportunity to take time for yourself. Through group exercises, group meditations and individual BEST clearing, you will prepare the "soil" for new awareness and new experiences in your life.

What is included?

Group processes designed to "weed your garden"
Exercises to vision your life and "prepare a fertile soil"
B.E.S.T. balancing to "cultivate your vision"
6 weeks of email follow up "weeding and fertilizing and celebrating what grows."
Follow up group call - "celebrate the harvest" and plan for future crops.

Location: Cherne Family Chiropractic, 1115 Algonquin Rd, Algonquin, IL 60102

Includes: 8 Hour Workshop in a small group setting, 6 weeks of email followup support, 1 followup phone conference support.

All the B.E.S.T.

Carla Gibson

Gibson Wellness Center

121 N Main St. Crystal Lake, IL 60014

815-404-6982

www.gibsonwellnesscenter.com

Strong emotions and feelings are the cement of memory. Boring is not memorable. Excitement is. -Dr. M.T. Morter, Jr.

What clients are saying about Gibson Wellness Center and B.E.S.T.

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See what folks are saying about BEST and Gibson Wellness Center!

"Carla is wonderful! Whether it is working on something that has been bothering me or working on things from my past that I subconsciously tucked away to deal with at another time, I always feel great after leaving a BEST session with Carla.
I have found the BEST system to be a great way to alleviate my stress, reduce my anxiety and just have an overall better sense of well being. I have also learned to approach situations differently and even think differently based on the direct results of the BEST system."
_Pamela B. - West Chicago, IL _

“For some reason it really gets me thinking and reasoning things out. A lot of my stress comes from things I have no control over, other than how I react to them. It helped me
to adjust that reaction.” – Eva S.

“The whole experience has been so interesting! I have been just enjoying the ride. What I started to notice was how the muscles in my back were relaxed, and absolutely no
headache - a brand new feeling. I had the best night sleep, and still felt good the next morning.” Joanne B.

“I feel wonderful after our last treatment. That negative experience we cleared is something I try never to think about because when I did it would actually give me a physical fear
response, shaking even sometimes. It is really something I never EVER talk about and try to not think about. Since that last B.E.S.T. treatment it has popped to my mind daily
and ....nothing....in fact I feel like it is something that happened but does not/will not effect me now.” – Pearl N.

Don't delay! The summer schedule is filling up! Call and schedule a "Spring Cleaning Package" today!

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Our senses are designed to help us survive-not to see truth or give us an authentic view of the world. - Dr. Jonathan Tall, LSU Psychology Professor

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So often we make all of our decisions based on our five senses. And after years of living, our nervous systems have created an elaborate matrix of reactions to the five senses to keep us from becoming extinct. So many of our experiences are caused by stress or be invalid information delivered by our five senses. B.E.S.T. works to change the patterns that may be misinforming your nervous system so that you can develop a more truthful and authentic world view and live your authentic life.

Spring Cleaning Package from Gibson Wellness Center!

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Spring Cleaning Special!

Schedule 4 sessions between today and June 21st and receive all four sessions for $180!

Just like the dust and grime of a long winter can build up in your house, gunk builds up in your subconscious. This gunk prevents us from experiencing positive emotions like LOVE, JOY and HAPPINESS.

Get that Spring Cleaning Fresh feeling in your BODY! Call today to schedule your Spring Cleaning Package!

Go to http://www.gibsonwellnesscenter.com/ClassesResources.html#SpringSpecial and use the Paypal link to purchase today!

This offer expires on June 21, 2011.

What is involved in a B.E.S.T. Session?

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What is involved in a B.E.S.T. Session?
During a B.E.S.T. Session, I will spend time discussing your goals and current awareness-es in the areas of emotional, physical and financial well-being. I will check range of motion as a baseline so you may see what areas of your physical body are being effected by your thoughts and emotions. You remain fully clothed during the entire session and you will be asked to lie in a face up or face down position on a massage table. You should wear comfortable clothing and let me know if you are uncomfortable in a reclining position. You may be asked to remove your shoes.

We begin in the face up position and with your permission, I will rotate your legs and check your leg length. I will make you aware of any leg-spasticity or unevenness in your legs as a baseline for your session. I will also do a baseline muscle test with each of your arms. These baseline evaluations help us identify where you have segmentation in your energy field. Where segmentation occurs, energy cannot flow freely and access your body.

I will use your feet and innate to innate communication to be directed to the B.E.S.T. category that is in priority for you. The category may relate to your emotions, your physical body or a past experience. I will identify the category and/or ask you to think of an awareness that might be troubling you. You do not have to speak about your awareness. This is one of the greatest benefits of B.E.S.T. Using innate to innate communication I can find and remove the interference without the need to voice where a physical discomfort may lie or what experience may be causing recurring negative thoughts. You are able to maintain your privacy AND begin immediately forming a new thought and pattern surrounding your awareness without getting caught up in the old "story" or PATTERN that is creating the interference.

Using this information, you will be asked to hold your eyes in a certain position (you may be asked to close your eyes or one eye and to look up or down or in an oblique position) while thinking about a feeling and a number and breathing in a certain pattern (you may be asked to hold your breath, breath in a four-square breathing pattern or hold your breath out after exhaling). While you are holding your focus in the given manner and with your permission, I will use a light touch with my finger-tips at certain points on your head (at your temples, above your eyes or at your occipital ridge) to detect energetic pulses until they are synchronized. Once the pulses are synchronized, you will have "balanced" that category. Sometimes there are several combinations that need to be addressed for a category to be cleared.

Once a category is cleared, a new physical baseline will be established and I will continue to use innate to innate communication until your body indicates that no further balancing can be done during the session. You will walk in a contra-lateral pattern for 3-4 lengths of the room to "integrate" the balancing that has taken place. I will repeat the range of motion tests and discuss any new awarenesses or goals that may have surfaced during your session.

At the end of the session, I will discuss "homework" in the areas of the Six Essentials.

B.E.S.T. opens the door for healing to occur and for new thought patterns to be established. You will need to make changes and "walk through the door" to gain the maximum benefit from this modality. I will coach you along the way and help you reach the goals and dreams you have set for yourself.

What is B.E.S.T.?

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Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.) is a system of guided relaxation and energy balancing designed to guide you to new awareness-es in your potential for perfect health, happiness and success. With the guidance of a trained practitioner, you are guided in unlocking conscious, sub-conscious and emotional patterns that are blocking your ability to access source energy and attract the circumstances that will allow you to manifest the life of your dreams. Once old patterns are changed energetically, you are provided with resources for making changes in the Six Essentials for Health to allow a new pattern to be established and maintained.

Landscape Your Life! Workshop

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Don’t miss this transformative experience and the great EARLY BIRD Discount! http://gibsonwellnesscenter.com/ClassesResources.html

Landscape Your Life! Workshop Saturday, June 25, 2001 9am-6pm

Investment: $250

Includes: 8 Hour Workshop in a small group setting, 6 weeks of email follow-up support, 1 follow-up phone conference support.

Early Bird Discount Sign up by my BIRTHDAY, May 27th and receive a $100 discount!!! Just $150 for this amazing experience!

What does the latest research say about B.E.S.T.?

2011-05-18T05:01:00.001-07:00

The latest research says this about B.E.S.T.

From the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT): Chronic, non-responsive patients treated with B. E. S. T. technique for five weeks showed significant improvements in vigor. There was a significant reduction in fatigue and pain and major decrease in depression. Patient satisfaction was very high. Click Here to read this study! ***Please read

An Explanation of B.E.S.T. from the technique's inventor, Dr. M.T. Morter, Jr.

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Meet Carla Gibson of Gibson Wellness Center

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Carla Gibson of Gibson Wellness Center is an Elite Master B.E.S.T. Practitioner and Ordained Minister and member of the Global Information Network .

Carla has been practicing Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique since March 2007 and has trained for more than 100 hours with Dr. M.T. Morter, Jr. the Founder of Morter Health Systems and the creator of B.E.S.T. She attends three seminars per year to stay up to date with the technique and to learn more deeply the science and philosophy behind the technique.

Prior to learning BEST, Carla studied prepared childbirth methods as well as other energetic techniques like Emotional Freedom Technique and Reiki. Carla has a strong foundation in nutrition, traditional diets, and natural parenting and draws upon her vast knowledge of the available resources to provide advice and information to her clients.

Carla Gibson Holistic Health C.V.

4/2011 MHS Homecoming and Technique Update Training

11/2010 Elite Master training with Morter Health Systems

11/2010 Awarded Elite Master Practitioner Status by Morter Health Systems

9/2010 Elite Diplomate training with Morter Health Systems

7/2010 Professional B.E.S.T. Training with Morter Health Systems

11/2009 Elite Master training with Morter Health Systems

9/2009 Elite Diplomate training with Morter Health Systems

9/2007 – Elite Diplomate training with Morter Health Systems

Enjoy Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique and CLEAR A PATH to Infinite Possibilities!

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Our wellness practice is dedicated to providing you a gentle, relaxing experience to aid you on your path to expressing your unlimited potential and perfect design.

B.E.S.T. (Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique) is a gentle, energy balancing technique that will remove the interference that is keeping you from achieving all you desire in the areas of health, relationships and success. Gibson Wellness Center guides you to the appropriate resources and supports you as you manifest your ideal self.

Visit our website www.gibsonwellnesscenter.com and learn about our upcoming workshops and how to enjoy a Private B.E.S.T. Session

Landscape Your Life! Workshop Saturday, June 25, 2001 9am-6pm

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Landscape Your Life! Workshop Saturday, June 25, 2001 9am-6pm

Investment: $250

Includes: 8 Hour Workshop in a small group setting, 6 weeks of email follow-up support, 1 follow-up phone conference support.

Early Bird Discount Sign up by my BIRTHDAY, May 27th and receive a $100 discount!!! Just $150 for this amazing experience!

Visit http://gibsonwellnesscenter.com/ClassesResources.html and sign up online today!

Everything psychological is simultaneously biological - Psychology, Meyers, 2007

2011-05-07T21:56:00.001-07:00

Updated Package Pricing at Gibson Wellness Center

All the B.E.S.T.,

Carla Gibson

Day 8 - I am Grateful for Water

Meditation: Focus on rhythmic breathing and bring to mind all the processes that water facilitates in your body. Don't worry if you don't know what they are. Your body will know. Focus on being thankful and grateful for each process and see your body performing each process perfectly.

If you know the Empower March do it now with the affirmation - I hydrate my body effortlessly.

Action Steps
Today: Set a timer or alarm to go off every 90 minutes today. When you are alerted, stop what you are doing and drink an 8-16oz glass of water. Focus only on the act of drinking. Notice the sensations you feel. If the water is too cold or too warm, make a note of it and adjust the temperature for the next glass. Feel thankful and grateful that you have easy access to clean, fresh water.

Tomorrow: Find the book below and enjoy reading about this amazing "essential".

Your Body's Many Cries for Water

by F. Batmanghelidj by Global Health Solutions, Inc.

Paperback

List Price: $14.95

Our Price: $8.79

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Twelve Days of Wellness - 2010 - Day 9

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The simple act of being able to move our bodies can be taken for granted. Today, enjoy moving your body in some way. If your motion is restricted, work on both the physical and energetic levels to remove the restriction. B.E.S.T. provides relaxation and re-timing to assist you in moving peacefully and easily through life.

All the B.E.S.T.,

Carla Gibson

Day 9 - I am Grateful for the Ability to Move My Body

Meditation: Start with 30 seconds of rhythmic breathing. In for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold out for 4. Then, begin to wiggle your toes. Move up to rotating your feet at your ankles. Do the same with you fingers and wrist. Spend 5 minutes moving your body, sitting or standing, in any way that feels good for you.

In each moment my body is free to move. My muscles coordinate thousands of processes in each minute that allow me to achieve the slightest movement. Even when parts of my body are healing and need rest, I am in awe at the parts of my body that function perfectly and provide me with a deep physical experience.

If you know the Empower March do it now with the affirmation - I am thankful and grateful for my body. And the feeling of Perfection.

Action Steps
Today: No matter the weather, go for a walk. Even if you need to walk in your living room, treat your body to 20 minutes of slow paced walking. This type of walking provides balance to your systems - hormonal, autonomic and immune.

Tomorrow: Schedule a B.E.S.T. Session to balance your systems and ensure you are prepared to begin some type of regular exercise program in the new year. Your body needs exercise to be healthy, but exercise cannot make your body healthy.

Gibson Wellness Center is committed to supporting people through their health and wellness journey through Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique. Visit our webpage to learn more about our services.

Twelve Days of Wellness - 2010 - Day 10

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Even when it seems there are no options, you always have a choice. Today, be mindful of the thoughts you are choosing and see how it feels when you consciously choose them.

All the B.E.S.T.,

Carla Gibson

Day 10 - I am Thankful for the Ability to Choose

Meditation: Start with 30 seconds of rhythmic breathing. In for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold out for 4. Then, choose a feeling you enjoy - Love, Happiness, Joy - be in that feeling for 5 minutes.

I am free to choose my thoughts and my feelings at any time throughout the day.

If you know the Empower March do it now with the affirmation above and the feeling of Happiness.

Action Steps
Today: Set an alarm or timer to alert you at the top of each hour. What are you thinking about? Is it a thought that brings a positive vibration? If it is not, take a few moments to see if you can shift the thought to a positive. If you cannot, agree with yourself to put that thought away for today and focus on a positive.

Tomorrow: Check your "box of thoughts" from yesterday. Are the problems, worries and/or ideas you were struggling with yesterday as powerful or tough as they were yesterday? Have some of them resolved themselves, even in this short time?

Next Week: Schedule a B.E.S.T. Session to help clear out negative thought patterns and update your thinking for present need.

"Think about what you think about when you think about it..." - Dr. M.T. Morter, Jr.

Gibson Wellness Center is committed to supporting people through their health and wellness journey through Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique. Visit our webpage to learn more about our services.

Twelve Days of Wellness - 2010 - Day 11

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Sleeping is important... but RESTING is "Essential."

All the B.E.S.T.,

Carla Gibson

Day 11 - I am Grateful for My Restful Sleep

Meditation: For 60 seconds, focus on rhythmic breathing. Release any fear, anxiety, worry, problem, that might come up during this breathing session.

If you know the Empower March do it now with the affirmation - No matter the hours, my sleep is deep and restful.

Action Steps
Today: Visit this article at "Organic Lifestyle" and commit to following one tip provided for the next 30 days http://www.organiclifestylemagazine.com/issue-11/pure-sleep.php

Tomorrow: Create a 15-20 minute bedtime routine and commit to following it for 30 days. This routine should prepare you for sleep. Your routine might include a hot bath or shower, a time of silent meditation, reading from an inspirational book, writing for 5 minutes in a gratitude journal, 5-10 minutes of rhythmic breathing and/or having a soothing tea. Once the routine is complete, you should go straight to sleep.

Next Week: Schedule a B.E.S.T. Session to ensure that your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are in balance and can provide you with maximum healing during your restful sleep.

Twelve Days of Wellness - 2010 - Day 12

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I am so thankful and grateful for YOU! Thank you for your support of my work and for allowing me to be a stop on your path the health and wellness.

May All the Blessings of the New Year flow to you and through you!

All the B.E.S.T.,

Carla Gibson

Day 12 - I am Grateful for YOU!
Meditation: For 60 seconds, focus on rhythmic breathing. Vision your complete and perfect New Year. Know that everything is working for you in this human experience.

If you know the Empower March do it now with the affirmation - 2011 is MY YEAR! and the feeling of Faithfulness.

Action Steps
Today: Cool up some "Hoppin' John" to ring in the new year: "A staple in the Southern diet for over 300 years, black-eyed peas have long been associated with good luck." Click Here for a recipe.

Tomorrow: Plan for your success in 2011 and register for the Quantum Goal Setting Workshop. Then get your list of 10-15 goals together and enjoy this powerful workshop on January 4th at 7PM. Register here!

Next Week: Schedule a B.E.S.T. Session to ensure that your body and mind are working in synchronicity to manifest your desires.

All Year: Review these 12 Days and call on Gibson Wellness Center to guide and support you on the path to Perfect Wellness...Absolute Health!

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Twelve Days of Wellness - 2010 - Day 3

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During the last ten years, I have focused on investing in health and wellness for myself and my family. Compared to all my other investments, I can tell you that this one has provided the greatest ROI! Enjoy today's meditation and begin thinking about how you can invest in your most precious asset this year - YOU!

Day 3 - I Am Grateful for My Health

Your state of health is a measure of how you are doing in the Six Essentials - What you Eat and Drink, How you Exercise and Rest and Breathe and WHAT YOU THINK. How are you doing?

MeditationTake 30 seconds and focus on your breathing. Concentrate on breathing in for a count of four, holding for a count of four, breathing out for a count of four and holding out for a count of four. This is "rhythmic" or "4-square" breathing.

While practicing the breathing, read the following meditation:
My body responds to stresses perfectly. I know this, because I am alive and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have this physical experience. I am grateful for every signal I receive through my physical body. I honor each message and know that I have the power to control my physical health. I embrace my body and visualize each cell whole and healthy and energized. I give thanks for my body's perfect health.

If you know the Empower March, take a moment to do a set with the affirmation - "My body responds to stresses perfectly" and the feeling of Enjoyment.

Action StepsToday: Do a scan of your physical body. Identify one area that feels completely whole and healthy. Ask this area what food it would feel most nourished by in this moment. Let go of judgments about what your body might tell you. This part of your body may enjoy a fresh orange or a large salad. Or, it may feel like it would enjoy a sampling of your favorite holiday treat. Whatever this area of your body tells you, try to honor it today as a way of saying "Thank you" for the positive experience of health and wellness it is providing to you today.

Tomorrow: Scan your physical body for an area that is not providing you with an experience of perfect health in this moment. Send love and appreciation to this area for the message it is providing to you. Ask what you can do for this area today to help it feel whole and nourished. Again, do not be attached to judgment of yourself or this area if the message you receive does not seem in alignment with your ideas about "healthy". Spend 15minutes today honoring that request. Then thank your body for the message and commit to spending time each day this month, seeing and feeling that area whole and healthy.

January 3, 2011, 7PM - Click Here to learn more about B.E.S.T. and how a "Healing Journey" with Gibson Wellness Center can assist you in bringing all areas of your body to the level of wholeness and health you desire.

Twelve Days of Wellness - 2010 - Day 2

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I just realized my Twelve Days of Wellness messages aren't set to the tune this year. Oh well... hum along anyway and ENJOY!

Day 2 - I Am Thankful for My Gifts

What gifts have you been given? What gifts do you share with others?

Take 30 seconds and focus on your breathing. Concentrate on breathing in for a count of four, holding for a count of four, breathing out for a count of four and holding out for a count of four. This is "rhythmic" or "4-square" breathing.

While practicing the breathing, read the following meditation:
I am grateful each day when I recognize the amazing gifts that I have been given. I honor them and use them wisely. As you bring a gift to mind, spend some time noticing and indulging in the positive vibration that gift creates in you. Smile at each gift and say "Thank you."

If you know the Empower March, take a moment to do a set with the affirmation - "I am thankful for my gifts." and the feeling of LOVE.

Action StepsToday: Get a supply of index cards or make them from paper. Write a gift on each card. Include both the gifts you have been given and the gifts you share with others. Put the cards into envelopes addressed to yourself and tie them together with a ribbon. Or, put all the gifts into a box and wrap it. Put them under your tree. Hint: Everyone in your family can do this.

Dec. 25th: On Christmas morning, open this gift to yourself and share it with your family by reading your gifts aloud to them.

January 4, 2011, 7PM - Attend "Quantum Goal Setting Workshop" at Gibson Wellness Center and plan for how you will use your gifts in the new year! Click Here to learn more and to register for this life changing workshop.

Twelve Days of Wellness 2010 - Day 1

2010-12-18T17:36:00.000-08:00

Sharing the Twelve Days of Wellness with you has become an annual tradition.

This year, the focus is on GRATITUDE. I am truly grateful for your interest and support of my work and I look forward to supporting you during the coming year.

Over the next twelve days, treat yourself to a few minutes of reflection and meditation. Give yourself a true gift by performing the exercises and action steps in each email.

Enjoy this holiday season and please let me know how the Twelve Days of Wellness impacts you this year.

Day 1 - I Am Grateful for My Path

Wherever your path has taken you,
be grateful for the journey.

Day 1 - I Am Grateful for My Path

Wherever your path has taken you,
be grateful for the journey.

Meditation

Take 30 seconds and focus on your breathing. Concentrate on breathing in for a count of four, holding for a count of four, breathing out for a count of four and holding out for a count of four. This is "rhythmic" or "4-square" breathing.

While practicing the breathing, read the following meditation:
I am thankful and grateful for my path. Though I may not yet know where my path is taking me, I have faith that each step on the journey is bringing me to my highest and best good. On days when I am experiencing something I'd rather not, I focus on thanks and gratitude for the lessons being shown to me and the higher purpose being served. I am grateful and open to receiving support for my journey. I open my heart and embrace my path.

Action StepsToday: Journal for 15 minutes about your experiences on your path up until now.
Tomorrow: Make an appointment with yourself. Sit quietly and Dream about your future and where you would like your path to lead you next. It is important to put pictures and feelings behind your desires. Rather than thinking about the immediate needs you would like met, dream about how it will feel and look when those needs are met and your path is clear.

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A Little Comic Relief - Just STOP IT!

2010-06-19T16:11:00.000-07:00

This classic Bob Newhart skit reminds us that we are in control!

Have you been wondering what a private B.E.S.T. Session entails? Well, this skit won't really tell you, but it's funny! Carla Gibson, of Gibson Wellness Center is trained and certified at the Elite Diplomate Level in Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.). I like to think my professional skills are a bit more polished than Mr. Newhart's, but we all have our days!

This skit tickled my funny bone because it really gets to the heart of what we all want when we seek professional help for an emotional issue - an answer!

Bob gives her a clear answer, but the woman in the video is stuck in her story. The woman starts talking about what her mother used to say, what her horoscope says and how she just can't help herself because she's compelled to do the very things that are making her life miserable. Bob says "we don't go there." At Gibson Wellness Center, the main modality is B.E.S.T., so we "don't go there" either. During a B.E.S.T. Session you may be directed to call certain events to mind so you can have a conscious reference for your subconscious interference, but you never need to talk about those events unless you decide you need to... and even then, we may decide that the "story" you remember about the events is no longer serving you and it's time to let that story go and re-pattern a new and more useful feeling into that space.

So enjoy this blast from the past and if you are ready to just STOP IT! B.E.S.T. is ready to help.

What you EAT – Why what you THINK is even more important...

2010-06-18T17:29:00.000-07:00

We've discussed why it was so important to have a mineral reserve. Because your body requires an alkaline environment to function properly and produce energy, you need to keep a mineral reserve so that when your body has an overflow of acid, it can respond by providing alkalizing minerals to neutralize and carry that acid from the body. Having a reserve is important because you can produce acid through many other functions such as exercising and thinking worrisome or anxious thoughts.

How many times a day do you eat? Three, Six, Twelve? Now, how many THOUGHTS do you have each day?

Some estimates are 150,000 or more! How many of your thoughts are happy, serene and produce a calm relaxed feeling in your body?

Every thought you have is evaluated by your subconscious to determine if a threat is involved and if you need to be ready to fight or flee. If your subconscious mind determines there is a threat, it will activate your autonomic nervous system and put the sympathetic system in priority. When the sympathetic is in priority, your parasympathetic system is put to the absolute minimum. This means digestion may not be done completely – resulting in food being eliminated before the valuable alkalizing minerals can be extracted.

If you are eating a good diet and still experiencing symptoms, you may need to look to your thoughts. Are they draining your mineral reserve or keeping you from building one?

Today, start a thought diet! 75% calm relaxing thoughts 25% everything else! It’s a start. The goal is to become balanced enough that worries, fears and anxieties are not the norm and only come up when a real threat exists. Average, every day problem solving should not get to a level of creating a physiologic response in your body.

Schedule your private B.E.S.T. Session today and we’ll evaluate your saliva pH to see how much mental stress may be affecting your alkaline reserves. We’ll investigate your physiology and see if your subconscious is paying attention to your current thoughts or if it is being distracted and drained by old thought patters, worries and fears. Once you are balanced and your autonomic system is focused on current need, then you can build up your alkaline reserves with all of the bounty the Summer harvest provides.

What you Eat – 75% fruits and vegetables and 25% everything else...

2010-06-16T17:08:00.000-07:00

It’s like your mother always said, the key to health is eating your vegetables! Now, if the thought of your mother and nutrition advice in the same sentence makes you twitch, it’s a good sign you need some balancing with a private B.E.S.T. session!

Once you’re balanced, it will be easy to accept that your mother was right. Vegetables and fruits give us vitamins and minerals in a completely absorbable and storable form so that we can build up our mineral reserves.

Mineral reserves are necessary for good health because our bodies are alkaline by design but acid by function. In other words, we need to keep our cells alkalized, but many of the functions of our body creates acid that needs to be excreted.

Most of our regular functions create acids that are easily carried out of our body through sweat, exhaling or urinating. But heavier acids or an abundance of acid all at once means we need to have alkalizing minerals available to neutralize the acid so it can be carried out of our body without doing any damage.

You can help to build your alkaline reserves by choosing to eat more alkaline foods than acid ash foods (these are foods that leave behind an acid residue when digested). Focusing on eating more alkaline foods will mean that your body will have less to deal with on clean up duty.

Since it has been proven that most of our modern foods are depleted of available minerals, supplementing trace minerals via products like Trace Minerals , Alka-Boost or Alka-Green can be a good way to build up your reserves as well and help you feel more energetic. These products are currently in stock at Gibson Wellness Center.

When you lighten the acid load through a private B.E.S.T. Session to help change your thinking and begin to choose foods that are less of a burden on your digestion, health and energy will follow.

What you Eat - Menu Planning is Key

2010-06-14T15:02:00.000-07:00

In this world of endless choices, what we EAT can become a daily struggle. But, it doesn't need to be, if you remember that the primary goal of eating is to nourish your body. The body is best nourished with foods found naturally in nature. Almost anything else is either entertainment or stimulation for the body, not nourishment.

Think about an ice cream sundae versus a bowl of fresh strawberries. Now that it is summer, the strawberries can certainly be both. In many ways, the strawberries may provide just as much stimulation and entertainment as the ice cream sundae, but we might tend to choose the sundae based on our past experiences, what we believe about ourselves, how stressed we are when making the decision, etc. So, very often, instead of making a simple bowl of fruit for a snack or after dinner treat, we will drive somewhere and have lots of stimulating, and entertaining processed foods put together in a combination that is probably to heavy in sugar to do any nourishing, but may bring back memories or give us a feeling of contentment or worth, for a few minutes anyway.

One of the best ways to stay on the right course with what to EAT is to have a plan. All restaurants have a menu and the really good ones have menus where every day, someone puts their time and attention on preparing ingredients - from choosing what will be included to purchasing them for quality and freshness. In fact, the attention and detail that is put into creating a menu and assembling the ingredients may be the driving force behind what draws you to a certain eating establishment. The restaurateur's law of attraction is working to bring you in! Being drawn in to an exceptional dining experience is great fun, occasionally, but when a lack of focus and planning on your part means that you spend more of your time, money and alkaline reserves on foods that provide more stimulation than nourishment, you will eventually find a deficit in your health and probably your checkbook as well.

My favorite tool for menu planning is Leanne Ely's Saving Dinner program. You can buy her book or subscribe to her service which will send you a menu each week complete with recipes and shopping lists. The menu's can be tailored to your family's needs (she offers vegetarian and gluten free options!). The meals are generally made from fresh whole foods and very few packaged/jarred ingredients are suggested.

Eventually, you can find your family's favorites and get into the habit of creating your own weekly menu plan. Right now, you can visit Leanne's site and enter to win a KITCHEN AID MIXER!

Just like any habit, committing to it for a set amount of time will help it become routine. If you are feeling overly stressed and rushed in your life, then perhaps it's time to re-balance and set some goals for yourself and your family. A private B.E.S.T. Session is a great first step in putting you on the path to making better choices about what you eat every day.

Design and Perfection

2010-06-05T19:30:00.001-07:00

Below is an excerpt from another question and answer that came up when B.E.S.T. was featured on the blog, Speaking from the Heart by Laurie Buchanan of Holessence .

A commenter pointed out that it doesn't seem to make sense that a our design could be "perfect" if it our bodies don't work perfectly all of the time. This conversation is so exciting to me because understand "innate wisdom" and "perfect design" is at the heart of understanding why B.E.S.T. does not diagnose or treat symptoms, but allows your body the ability to express it's innate ability to heal.

Since the commenter noted a background in working with computers, I used a computer analogy throughout to explain how the body is always acting perfectly, all the time, no matter how you feel about its actions.

How can something that can be “corrupted” also be “perfect”?
The sub-conscious is not perfect in the sense that it would never do anything sub-optimal in your body. Unfortunately, it doesn’t judge and it doesn’t care how your body feels, it’s just here to ensure it’s survival.
It’s actions in running the body are always perfect. In other words, if you are presented with any type of threat, the sub-conscious is not equipped to judge how big of a threat it is, it just executes the proper program to deal with that threat.

A computer program works the same way. I can be writing a wonderfully long and profound post and I accidentally hit the “cancel” button, instead of “submit” and loose the whole thing. The computer is doing exactly what it is designed to do when I hit “cancel”. It doesn’t stop to wonder if what I wrote should really be deleted or not (well, sometimes the programmer inserts that “are you sure” question, but again, the computer doesn’t decide if my work is worthy of keeping or not… and how many times have I consciously thought I was answering correctly only to hit yes when I meant to hit no and lost all my work anyway!?). Conversely (and thankfully!), it doesn’t stop to judge whether what I’ve written is worthy before it publishes the post when I hit “submit”. It just places my thoughts online as it was programmed to do.

So, the perfect design is not in whether the process is appropriate for current need or not, it is in the response that the body makes to a stimulus. And when the essentials are provided (like a computer needs electricity and functioning hard drive and an operating system and an internet connection to blog perfectly) and a stimulus is applied (someone calls up a site, inputs letters and numbers and presses submit), the body will act perfectly every time (printing whatever has been input to the comment box, even if it looks like this HK:OIH:INIOHn;ldsfhosnr.dfhosefas;dif – and no one can read it, causing the author and other readers discomfort because it’s not clear if the site has been hacked or if someone’s toddler was just commenting), until it runs out of resources and stops functioning all together (a certain number of megabytes have been published and there’s no more room or the power goes out for an extended period, or the server can no longer be maintained).

So the “glitch” is put there by our CONSCIOUS mind. And not to get too out there, but energetically, the glitch can be put there by the conscious thought of our parents, grandparents and anyone who we might share our energetic pattern with. So much has been done in the area of genetics and epigenetics to corroborate this, it’s amazing.

How do we create the interference? Judgment. We judge situations and people and ideas and experiences and assign them the label of good or bad. Sometimes in the action of judging a physiological response is encoded along with the thought and we end up with a S.E.M.O. Now I’m not sure I’m computer literate enough to equate S.E.M.O. with something in the running of the computer, but anyone working on the user end of a computer can probably think of SOMETHING! I know the engineering side will always say – that had to be a user error, because everything on this end is perfect, so whatever is wrong, it’s “garbage in and garbage out” – well, that’s how it is with your body too. If you are experiencing uncomfortable symptoms, it’s probably something you did.

So to take the computer analogy farther… what do you do when there is a “glitch” in the program… a “user error”? Do you shrug, toss the laptop in the trash and go get another one? (oh… so tempted sometimes!) Do you become a “victim” of this stupid computer that can’t do anything right?

Of course not… you begin to see that if you caused the error, then the power is yours and you can correct the error. You are not a victim to the computer manufacturer, you are a conscious co-creator and you can choose to debug the program!

So why does a “perfect” system allow this?
Well some people call it “free will” and others believe we are a Spiritual Being here to have an experience in a physical body because we want to learn something and so we come into our physical body with a clear conscious slate so we can learn what happens when we have certain thoughts and experiences. Instead of coming in as perfect beings who are never influenced by others, we come in open to the ideas, judgments, lessons and messages of all those we come into contact with and we CREATE our beliefs as we go along.

Before the age of 5 or so, we don’t really have the power of conscious thought yet, and so we rely on that primal system that our subconscious is always working with – "hmmm… that’s good! hmmmm…. that’s bad!" – though we can’t consciously understand those judgments yet.

For example, a toddler might think, “why would Mom get so upset about me drawing such a beautiful picture for her? It must not be OK to draw and be creative.” Because consciously she can’t make distinctions between drawing and creating on paper and drawing and creating on the dining room wall!

It makes it sound like, if you’re sick, it’s YOUR fault, not the fault of your body or your creator or anything else. Well, this is true. But, this also puts YOU in CONTROL of your health, because you can change your conscious thought to produce new patterns and images and vibrations and re-time the nervous system and allow your body to heal – ie. create the conditions that will let the body do what is needed for healing and survival because it is designed for that.

It sounds like I just told you that you don’t need modalities such as B.E.S.T., right?
Well, it’s true, you don’t. There are many accounts of people healing themselves of terminal and life threatening illness just by adopting different thoughts. One such example is Myrtle Filmore, co-Founder of Unity, who healed herself of life long frailty and terminal tuberculosis in the 1930′s by adopting a new belief that her body was perfect and healthy.

I truly believe you can do it on your own, but I also believe that we have created a world that moves faster and faster and the stresses come quicker and quicker and we like this feeling and we also like finding ways to connect with others on this experience of being human and so all of the healing modalities have been manifested to allow us greater connection and healing with each other – faster.

Now, one could also believe that because there are so many more layers of stress and dis-ease in this modern age, that we just couldn’t find enough time and space and energy to really focus and heal ourselves the way “they could back then.” And there may be some truth in that, but I like to think that we are powerful co-Creators and so we have created a way to have both… powerful deep healing, quicker, to allow us to move on to higher consciousness and the spiritual work that we keep coming back to this physical body to do, over and over.

I get so excited about this because I am passionate about the healing I’ve experienced by understanding these relationships between the conscious, the sub-conscious and the physical body. And it is my passion and pleasure to help others along their path how ever I can.

Hopefully these musings have been helpful, if it was a very long rambling way of saying –

You are in control!

Learning more about B.E.S.T.

2010-06-05T19:28:00.000-07:00

This week I was honored to be featured on Laurie Buchanan's blog, Speaking from the Heart. Laurie is a talented healer and owner of Holessence in Crystal Lake and I have been so blessed by her work since a chance meeting in 2003. Please take a moment to read her blog and consider availing yourself of one of her delightful healing services.

Several comments to the blog brought up some wonderful insights into B.E.S.T. and how it works, especially with regard to the autonomic nervous system.

I have excerpted some of the conversation below for your benefit.

A commenter pointed out that the nervous system can be controlled by the mind.
My response: The autonomic nervous system IS influenced by our thoughts and emotions. Just think about squeezing some fresh, tart lemon juice into your mouth and you will notice an influx of saliva! This is because your sub-conscious, that controls your autonomic system, has no idea if what you are consciously thinking is real or not! Your body was not made to be sick or to be well, it was made to survive.

So, the autonomic nervous system is in charge of that survival. If an overpowering acid is introduced to your body, it activates your alkalizing mineral stores to that area to neutralize that acid and escort it safely from your body.

If you are seeing something dangerous to your physical well-being (a car crash, a sharp drop off of a cliff) your body will start to prepare for a fight or a flee (raising shoulders to allow more oxygen for flight, increasing blood flow to your heart to give you the energy and strength to fight or run a long distance). In order to muster the resources for this survival mode, all of the parasympathetic functions (rest, relaxation, digestion) are put on hold or to the bare minimum needed to survive.

This is our body’s innate and perfect design! Everything that happens in our physical body is a perfect response to whatever stimulus is received.

The experience of dis-ease comes when we stay in sympathetic dominance longer than necessary. This can happen for several reasons. The most common is Sub-conscious Emotional Memory Override or S.E.M.O. This is where we have a sub-conscious memory of some emotion or experience and there is a threat somehow linked to it. Riding in a car with your sweetheart, feeling in love and excited about the future and then being rear-ended, might be an example.

Your sub-conscious has no idea that the feelings of love and excitement didn’t cause the need for a fight or flight response. So, it makes a little note to get ready the next time you are experiencing those emotions because it “knows” that fight or flee might come next. Over the many years and experiences we have, our sub-conscious makes layers upon layers of protection for us and before we know it, we are experiencing symptoms all the time because we’re out of the physical resources to address these constant threats.

Now, we are able to sustain the emergency mode for however long we need to in order to survive and get out of trouble as long as we have some essentials available of course. If a large vein or artery is severed and there’s no way to send the resources to the heart or extremities, then there’s not much our autonomic nervous system can do about that. However, if we are constantly having thoughts of worry, dread, upset, injustice, even though there is no immediate threat to our physicality, then our sub-conscious is constantly on alert and we can start to experience symptoms. If we are never giving the parasympathetic time to take over and do the important rest and repair work that is necessary to build a strong reserve and create a feeling of “wellness” in our bodies, then we will feel dis-ease.

So, when we work in B.E.S.T. we are changing the energetic pattern to help your autonomic system understand that an old threat or thought pattern should no longer be in priority, thereby freeing up resources to do whatever is in priority for your body.

The beauty of this system is that it is not necessary to use conscious thought to run it. We don’t have to think “digest that bit of beef and send the protein to this muscle” it happens automatically to our perfect design. We don’t have to remember to breathe, it happens automatically.

We do have 6 essentials that we must always provide for the system to work – What we eat and drink (we cannot manufacture a nutrient or a drink of water no matter how balanced we are – though I just saw a story about a yogi who apparently can, so that’s something to shoot for), how we exercise and rest (our bodies and minds need both movement and a reprieve from movement and conscious thought for optimal development) and what and how we breathe (keeping toxins out of our lungs is very helpful and breathing deeply and mindfully can keep us out of defense physiology and help alkalize the body) and what we think.

The most important of these is “what we think” because we have something like 150,000 thoughts a day! And our sub-conscious is monitoring them all for danger because it’s main job is to make sure we survive!
So if you feel like you’ve got both pedals on the floor! Don’t despair! It’s just a sign that you are out of balance. All of the healing modalities, especially those that calm and reset the autonomic nervous system, such as massage and Therapeutic Touch, are beneficial. And if you want to make those modalities even more effective, combining a modality like B.E.S.T. can help you understand the patterns causing the imbalance and consciously work toward creating new patterns so that you can enjoy a massage or a reflexology session on a deeper level than just getting out of a stress mode.

The "GRATITUDE BOARD" - Exercise for manifesting passionately!

2010-06-02T00:10:00.000-07:00

Since the acclaimed film, "The Secret", many enlightened folks have taken solace in knowing that by focusing on what you want, instead of what you don't want, you will eventually attract what you want into your experience.

However, it's important to recognize that in every "want" there may be a corresponding vibration of "don't want" or "what I have isn't good enough." Usually this vibration is sub-conscious. But since the Universe works on "vibration" and not conscious thought, it bears keeping in mind that your whole being needs to be in alignment with your desire for it to manifest in a positive and joyful way, if at all.

Many may have noticed that if you get into the vibration of wanting a new car by way of deciding there is something lacking in your current vehicle, then more and more things will start to be lacking in your current vehicle. Of course, you are expressing your true power of attraction. Because though your conscious thought is of a shiny new car, your vibration is on the faults and blemishes of the current one. And ironically (or not) sometimes the faults and blemishes of the current one become so unbearable or downright destructive, that you suddenly have no choice but to get a new car, even if it your current means or passions aren't exactly in line with the corresponding car payment.

It recently occurred to me to fine tune the Vision Board process to make it a more complete system for getting in alignment with your true passions and purpose and manifesting your desires more positively.

Step 1: Create a "Gratitude Board"
Step 2: Take the "Passion Test"
Step 3: Align Your Life With Your Passions

Below are an explanation of the steps. I encourage you to begin this process immediately, and if you have a family, get them involved in their own boards. Please post your feedback to this process. I'd love to hear how it works for you. Plus - If you can show me you have followed this 60 day process, I will treat you to a private BEST Session AT HALF PRICE!

Step 1: The Gratitude Board
One concept that is often remembered in "The Secret" is that of the Vision Board. But in fact, this concept was not invented there, it has been used by salespeople and life coaches for motivation for quite some time. The basics are simple - create a board with visual pictures of things you'd like to see manifested in your life. These can be possessions or relationships or experiences like vacations or adventures as well as changes you'd like to see in your physical body. It is important to be specific and to put clear pictures on your vision board because the mind thinks in feelings and pictures and if your mind sees a particular picture it will eventually associate a feeling with it and you will eventually manifest that which you are visioning.

But what if your point of vibration while putting together the Vision Board isn't positive? What if while looking at the new house, you're thinking about how your current house is too small and rundown? What if you are feeling as if no one would ever love you that much or that you'll never have a body that looks like THAT. This vibration will be activated every time you look at the Vision Board and you may find you are pushing away what you have faster than you can manifest what you want. For most of us, this is not a comfortable experience and if we haven't gone about our Vision Boards in a vibration of passion and excitement, we might miss out on some great opportunities.

So instead of beginning with a board full of all the thing you want, start with a board full of all the things you HAVE - right now. Especially the things that you may be looking at replacing in the near future.

CREATE A GRATITUDE BOARD
So if a new house is on your list, put pictures of your current house, especially the features you enjoy most, a certain room or view, on your board. If you desire a new relationship, put pictures of cherished friends and family on your board. If you are hoping for a new job, find pictures that represent what you like about your current job, or if you don't have a current job, put words or pictures that represent your current skill set. Along with the things you may want to replace, include reminders of things you are really grateful for as well.

Once your Gratitude Board has been created, put it where you can see it each morning upon waking and each night before bed. For thirty days, spend 5-15 minutes (building up to 30 over the thirty days) looking at your board and feeling gratitude and thanksgiving for all that is on there. Get in to what it really feels like to be grateful. Remember how you feel when you are with someone on your board or a quality that drew you to them in the first place. If your car is really in bad shape, focus on the gratitude you have every morning when it starts and gets you to work on time. And if that doesn't always happen, be grateful it doesn't start instead of stalling on the freeway and, worst case, be grateful that you can call a serviceman when it does stall. No matter what it is, find a point of gratitude and thankfulness that really gets you "buzzing" and feeling good about what you have.

If you find you are having trouble really getting into the feelings of Gratitude and Thankfulness, this is a sign that you have some interference or some old messages about not being worthy - worthy of owning nice things or of good relationships. Again, this is all subconscious interference and may even been inherited. A private BEST Session is the quickest way to remove those blocks and get into alignment with all that you are creating.

You can take it a step further and make it a point to do something positive for each thing or person on your list each day of the month. So if your car is on your board, make a point to give it a good cleaning inside and out. If it is a person, make a special call to them and let them know you are grateful for their presence in your life. If it is a certain skill you possess, use that skill to help in some way, perhaps anonymously, to someone or some organization in need. These don't need to be large, overwhelming gestures, just a little nod to the Universe, a thank you for making whatever it is available to you.

At the end of the thirty days, you will be ready to go on to Step 2: Take the "Passion Test" . If you can, get the book when you begin this process and read through it. But don't start making your list until after you've done your thirty days of gratitude.

Step 2: Take the "Passion Test"
On day thirty, you are ready to start making your list for the Passion Test! But first, look at the things on your Gratitude Board. Are there things that you now feel at peace with? Are you finding more enjoyment in your house or in the thought of holding on to that paid off clunker for another year or two? Either way, you've probably added a few things in your life to be grateful for by now because your focus and vibration has been Gratitude instead of "want" and "lack".

I strongly encourage you to read The "Passion Test"by Chris and Janet Attwood so that you thouroughly understand the process. Even better, seek out a Certified Passion Test Facilitator to take you through the exercise.

Basically, you will make a list of everything you are passionate about. In other words, if time and money were no object, what would you be, do or have? Then you will go through and compare each item to the other items on the list, asking - "If I could have one or the other, but not both, what would I choose?" You will do this until you have the top 5 to 7 things identified. These are your passions!

Next, look at your other list, the one you made when you decided to start this process. How do the things that you wanted in your life, fit with these passions? Sometimes, they will have made the Passion Test list. Other times, they will just be things that will come along as a result of reaching a goal. And other times, they are things that really wouldn't be all that important if you were engaged in living out your true passions and desires. Sometimes the "wants" we have in the moment are merely shadows of the frustrations we feel because we have learned to ignore those deep passions and desires.

Once we let those deeply hidden passions out and commit to living them, the other "stuff" will either come or we will find we are peaceful and happy anyway.

Step 3: Align Your Life With Your Passions
Look at someone who seems busier than you and ask yourself "how do they do all that?" Then ask them. The answer you will probably receive is that they love what they are doing and so it doesn't seem like much. Then look at your passion list and compare it to your daily living. Are you living to your true passions? Or somewhere along the way, did you start following other people's ideas of what it means to be successful and happy? Maybe quite by accident, you got into a vibration of "want" without gratitude and desire, and so you made a decision that requires you to do something other than your passions to stay afloat... or so it seems.

The main point of the Passion Test is that if you are doing what you are truly passionate about, the resources to sustain that passion will find you.

If you are living your passions....
Yes! Perhaps you're just one step away from that new house or that perfect mate. But in the meantime, you've been reminded of why you chose the path you are on and how that path nourishes more than your physical and material body... it nourishes your soul. Re-commit to your passionate life and your path. Find some support and resources to help you feel clear on a conscious and sub-conscious level about what you are doing. A private BEST Session can help you clear away the "gunk" that may have clogged your wheels momentarily. Schedule one today and get back on track.

If you are NOT currently living your passions....
What's stopping you? Of course in linear thought, time and money can be obstacles to living a passionate life. But when you tap in to the Universe and quantum time, you can quickly re-align your life to follow your passions. Many times, the only thing limiting you is your BELIEF. It may be a belief about how much money you need in the bank before... or what type of house you need to live in if... or who you need to know when...

But what if there was another belief? Another thought? What if you could change one thing in your life TODAY, that would put you on the road to your passionate life? (and maybe that new car, without sacrificing your current comfort?).
Use your Passion Test list and begin to vision your future. What does it look like when you are living passionately?

Create a second Vision Board that is populated with your true passions.

Put the new Vision Board next to the Gratitude Board and spend the next thirty days getting into a feeling of Gratitude and Thanksgiving both for the life you are creating AND the life you have created thus far.

After 30 days, give me a call! If you can show me you have followed this 60 day process, I will treat you to a private BEST Session AT HALF PRICE!

Spring Sniffles?

2010-03-26T10:53:00.001-07:00

How frustrating! The sun is shining, the weather is warming, and you may be dealing with congestion and other cleansing symptoms.

What? "Cleansing symptoms" what does that mean?

We usually refer to symptoms that make us uncomfortable as "being sick." But it's not true! Your body is not "sick" it's working perfectly!

Something you are doing is causing your body to create more mucus in order to rid your body of acidic toxins.

Perhaps you've recommitted to that exercise program - and now you're having symptoms because you've either created more acid in your body than you have available alkalizing minerals to excrete OR perhaps you've encountered some other toxins or ingested some additional acid producing foods and now your body is playing catch up.

Perhaps you're thoughts are contributing to the acid load - "By now I should have..." "Will I ever have enough of..." etc. Remember, thoughts and feelings have the power to create physiologic changes in your body! Sub-conscious patterns you may not be aware of may also be contributing to what is going on in your physical body.

What to do? Alkalize and cleanse!
Use healing, mineral rich foods (vegetables!) to build up your alkaline reserve and help your body eliminate the toxin efficiently.

Lighten the load by cutting back on acid producing activity - take a relaxing walk instead of a strenuous workout - it is still health producing!

Balance your energy field! - Schedule your private BEST session and let's balance your nervous system to help you achieve your long and short term health goals!

Spring New Year

2010-03-18T22:09:00.001-07:00

Did you know that the "New Year" used to begin on March 1st? And in some countries and cultures it is still celebrated in the Spring instead of in January?

During the winter months, our bodies and spirits are under much stress from the limited exercise and nutrients we can achieve in the northern hemisphere. So why do we try to make large changes at the time we are most stressed?

I believe that choosing March 1st as your "New Year" for making resolutions is much wiser and you will be much happier with the outcome.

So, start today and set a new goal for this Spring New Year!

Urge to Cleanse? - A sure sign of SPRING!

2010-03-09T20:42:00.000-08:00

Spring is a great time for cleansing to be sure!

Before you embark on a deep cleanse, keep a few things in mind - if you're toxic and you start pushing that stuff out, you WILL eventually feel better, but if you need to keep other commitments while you're doing it, you are going to feel awful and it may be counterproductive. Books like "Eat, Pray, Love" can be so inspiring, but remember, she had no children and she lived by herself with no schedule or commitments during the time she undertook those deep changes.

If you aren't pregnant or nursing and you have an immediate health challenge AND have the support to care for yourself while doing some of the more intense cleanses that are out there, then I am all for them. I believe that we don't always fully understand what our bodies need to go through to cleanse and heal and then we believe that "we're not good enough", "we're not doing it right" "we don't have enough will power" , etc.

It's not true!

We could all do 92 days of power cleansing if we were told we had 3 months to live. We could do it if that was our sole focus and full time job. Most of us are using our energy for other things. When we get into a better energy balance, then we can use some of that freed up energy for self care and healing.

If you are considering a cleanse (like juice fasting or any type of fast), you can tell if you can handle it by going for one day with just water. If you can do this without discomfort or headache, then you are ready and you can start a cleanse. If you cannot, DON'T DESPAIR! you just need to try a different approach.

I like to call it "Cleansing by Addition." Instead of removing everything and trying to push everything out, you start by ADDING the good stuff. Because, here's the thing, if you are going to do a "clean sweep" you will feel eventually feel great, but what is your plan for after the fast? Will you permanently change what your are going to put in the system the future. I've seen that 'clean sweep' organizing show a few times and I wonder if they ever do a follow up? Do they go back in a year and see if the people are still as organized? If they are anything like me, the spaces are just as bad, if not worse, than before the sweep. Why? Because I'm a great cleaner if I need to be, but it takes small, incremental changes to STAY organized. Ask your organized friends, whether they know it or not, they have small routines and steps for everything they do and that is why they stay organized. The same is true for making long-lasting, beneficial health changes.

If you don't think you can keep up a diet plan for 92 days, you probably won't achieve much by doing it for 7, so start by building in some new healthy habits and once those are established, you will be ready to make your "clean sweep" last for a lifetime.

To start by add one serving of cooked veggies to each meal. (If you are already eating several servings of veggies throughout the day, then you can start by adding one serving of raw veggies to each meal.) Commit to this for 7 days.

The next 7 days, either add another serving of cooked veggies to each meal, or add a raw serving or change one meal to completely veggies. Do this for 7 days.

In the next 7 days, you can add on one more serving of veggies or take another meal to all veggies.

As you can see, after just a few weeks, you should be up to eating a much higher percentage of veggies to everything else and this by itself should make a huge difference in your energy level, elimination and overall health.

A note about fruits - It may be tempting to add more fruit to your diet too, but be cautious... Fruits are cleansing, Veggies are healing. So if you start to change over to way more fruit than you are used to, you may get uncomfortable cleansing symptoms. If you do, you will know you are going too fast and you need to get back into balance. If you are doing great after three weeks of veggies, add in fruit servings too, but use good food combining rules - no fruit within 20 minutes of eating anything else and preferably at least 2 hours after eating a heavy protein.

Speaking of balance - cleansing and balancing your energy field before you undergo any change in your eating habits can be very beneficial to making whatever program you choose work better. Many of us eat from emotional triggers, so getting our nervous system in balance can help us reduce cravings and also ensure that our bodies are functioning for present need. If your body is functioning in an old "Fight or Flight" pattern, you are going to feel terrible because your body will be telling you that you need to eat to prepare for battle and won't get the message that you'd like to eat for resting and repairing.

Supplementing while making this transition can be a big help. Digestive enzymes will help you get all the available nutrients from your extra fresh foods and probiotics will help crowd out the "bad bacteria" and colonize your gut with good bacteria that will thrive on the improved diet.

If you are craving some type of deep cleanse, the above plan will probably be sustainable and health inducing. Combined with a package of private B.E.S.T. Sessions to support your changes, you will be on your way to a healthier cleaner you!

Don't miss the free class at my home office this Sunday at 4PM where I will go more in depth about the balancing part. There are still spaces available if you are interested in learning more.

New Year's Intentions!

2010-01-01T10:31:00.000-08:00

I have many! One is to blog more and share information with my "followers". So be sure to click that button that says "Follow" so you don't miss any updates.

The new "Menu of Services" has been posted to our website at www.gibsonwellnesscenter.com Check it out and decide what type of wellness journey you'd like to embark on in 2010. I can't wait to help you!

Coming Soon

*Book Study Packages*
We are so fortunate to live in an age where knowledge is spread so widely. However, it can be overwhelming to put practices recommended in a book into practice. with a combination of accountability and B.E.S.T. balancing, we'll help you put some of the best resources to use for your health and healing.

*Group Awakening Classes*
Join us for monthly group meetings where we'll explore the power of leveraging to balance our energies and clarify our path.

*Wii Fit Challenge!*
Do you own a Wii Fit? Do you get bored? What if you could compete with a group of like minded people for fun and inspiring prizes? The instant feedback of the technology is amazing. See what you can accomplish when you ad in the energy of a supportive group!

*Daily Wellness Habit Postings*
I'll undertake a new habit each week and post my experience - the good, the bad and the ugly - along with insights into my own process and how I use the tools I have to achieve my goals.

When I look back on the past decade I am truly amazed and grateful for the healing I have received. I am so fortunate to look be able to look back and say definitively that I am HEALTHIER TODAY than I was 10 years ago. All I can say is

"Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!"

If you'd like to work towards "growing healthier" as you add years to your birthday, then "plug in" and take advantage of all we have to offer.

Exercise for the day:
Create a time capsule!
Find a small box and decorate it with "Time Capsule 2010" and "Do Not Open Until 2020"

Fill the box with the following items:
A list of 10 things you'd like to accomplish before 2020.
A list of 10 things you have accomplished in the last year and in the last 10 years.
A list of your physical statistics - height, weight, measurements
Pictures - of yourself, your family, things that are important to you today.
Small items that represent something you are interested in today or something about our culture or area at this place in time.
A print out of a news story that was interesting to you from the last few months.
Make a small collage of headlines from magazines you may have from the past few months.

Seal your time capsule and put it somewhere you will see it in 2020, maybe with your Christmas decorations?

In addition, you can make a "Vision Board" of the things you'd like to achieve in the next ten years and hang it where you will see it every day.

Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, Amazing, Wonderful, Growth-filled New Year!

Day Twelve: The Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-23T08:30:00.000-08:00

Day Twelve: The Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

On the twelfth day of wellness my health coach said to ME...

"LIVE WITH INTENTION!"

"make all treatments more effective."

"always check your pH"
"take time for yourself"
"this is Active Healing"
"practice Forgiveness"

"PLEASE GO TO BED!"

"drink RO water"
"practice rhythmic breathing."
"Eat fruits and veggies!"

and "The most important essential is
WHAT YOU THINK!"

Are you humming these in the shower yet? If not, go back and re-read them. Pick one thing to try and START IT NOW!

Living with intention means not waiting until you are in crisis to do something good for yourself and your health. It means CHOOSING WELLNESS and choosing your life path each and every day.

If you are ready to Live With Intention, see our SERVICES page and sign up for a series of B.E.S.T. Sessions that match your needs.

If you would enjoy sharing healing with your family members, register for Family B.E.S.T. There is nothing like being able to balance and care for your family members when they are in a healing crisis.

If you're still not sure what this B.E.S.T. stuff is all about, join us on January 17th for An Evening with B.E.S.T. and we'll explain it further and demonstrate this powerful healing modality.

Day Eleven: The Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-22T08:00:00.000-08:00

On the eleventh day of wellness my health coach said to ME... "make all treatments more effective."

"always check your pH"
"take time for yourself"
"remove the interference"
"practice Forgiveness"

"PLEASE GO TO BED!"

"drink RO water""practice rhythmic breathing." "Eat fruits and veggies!"

and "The most important essential is WHAT YOU THINK!"

Welcome to Day Eleven!

"make all treatments more effective."

We are so lucky to be living in a time where not only are there amazing technological advances in every type of medical treatment, there are also a host of alternative modalities practiced by caring people who can help you not just live, but live WELL.

Often I am asked if what I do is better than XYZ modality. It is a tough question to answer, because any modailty is going to have its benefits for you if you are open to it. If you believe you are worthy of "perfect health, happiness and success" you will achieve it!

With B.E.S.T. we can help you to remvoe the sub-concious interference that is making other modalities like accupuncture, chiropractic or even western medicine necessary.

Not only will you be able to move to a new level with these modalities, but you will be able to go to a new level in your emotional and spritual life as well.

Plan to attend my FREE program "An Evening With B.E.S.T." We'll discuss how the choices you make are effecting your physiology and demonstrate how the nervous system can be addressing needs that are no longer present and thereby depleting your energy for current healing.

Visit my website now http://www.gibsonwellnesscenter.com/

for the details of this class and the upcoming classes we have in store. Plus, check out our new wellness coaching packages and start planning your journey for 2010.

Day Ten: Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-21T06:00:00.000-08:00

On the tenth day of wellness my health coach said to ME... "practice balance daily"

"always check your pH"

" remove the interference"

"take time for yourself"

"practice Forgiveness"

"PLEASE GO TO BED!"

"drink RO water""practice rhythmic breathing." "Eat fruits and veggies!"

and "The most important essential is
WHAT YOU THINK!"

Welcome to Day TEN!

On the tenth day of wellness my health coach said to ME... "practice balance daily"

Have you learned the eMPower March and BEST Release?

Give yourself a special gift today... a special DVD presentation

of these self-balancing exercises!

Purchase it HERE ONLY for 50% off

Normally $27.oo, get yours TODAY, for just $13.50!

The eMPower March and B.E.S.T. Release are powerful ways to get involved in your own health and to stay balanced despite new situations or stresses that may arise. This exercise can be used to improve your function in all areas of the Six Essentials for health and to help you establish new habits in the areas we've addressed in this blog over the last 10 days.

You can also learn the eMPower March during my FREE Wellness Class on January 17th! Sign up TODAY for An Evening with B.E.S.T.

If you're not available on the 17th, please consider getting a group together to experience this powerful presentation. I am available to provide presentations of 30, 60 or 90 minutes free of charge to groups of at least 10. Classes for smaller groups or for a longer period of time can be arranged for a nominal fee.

Contact me today for all the details!

Day Nine: Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-20T08:00:00.000-08:00

On the ninth day of wellness my health coach said to ME... "always check your pH"

"remove the interference"

"take time for yourself"

"practice Forgiveness"

"PLEASE GO TO BED!"

"drink RO water"
"practice rhythmic breathing."
"Eat fruits and veggies!"

and "The most important essential is

WHAT YOU THINK!"

Welcome to Day Nine!

On the ninth day of wellness my health coach said to ME... "always check your pH"

Email me TODAY and I will send you a FREE pH test kit worth $20.

Then, schedule your B.E.S.T. Session at 25% off and we'll help you understand the information and support you as you monitor your "potential for Health" in the new year.

Testing your pH can help you understand how your body is handling the physical and emotional stresses you are encountering. Knowing these numbers does not diagnose or treat anything, but can help you evaluate the function of your body in your current situation.

"drink RO water"
Do you have a hard time remembering to drink water throughout the day? The best way to build a new habit is to prepare your environment. For remembering to drink water, this means you would find two or three containers that can hold the amount of water you think you may need to drink each day. Fill them up the night before and set an intention to drink each one by certain times of the day. Perhaps you'd want to consume your first 32 ounces before Noon. Your second 32 ounces before your evening meal and then have another 20 ounces ready to go for your evening workout.

Day Eight: Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-19T09:55:00.000-08:00

On the eighth day of wellness my health coach said to ME... "remove the interference"

"take time for yourself"

"practice Forgiveness"

"PLEASE GO TO BED!"

"drink RO water"

"practice rhythmic breathing."

"Eat fruits and veggies!"

and "The most important essential is
WHAT YOU THINK!"

Welcome to Day Eight!

Gibson Wellness Center's

Twelve Days of Wellness

On the eighth day of wellness my health coach said to ME... "remove the interference"

Interference is the "gunk" that we've built up over the years to protect us. It is the beliefs and attitudes we have adopted so that we can get along in the world. For the most part, these beliefs and attitudes serve us well. But, if you are experiencing dis-ease, then you need to make a change.

"RADICAL HEALING REQUIRES RADICAL CHANGE" - Michelle Longo O'Donnell

Making changes to your conscious thinking can be easy if you are ready for a change. But what about the sub-conscious beliefs that you don't even know you have?

Start with something simple.
Can you bring to mind a belief that surfaces often that you don't even question?

Why do you believe it?

Does it serve you?

Who would you be if you chose a different belief?

With B.E.S.T., you can re-order and re-balance subconscious beliefs that may not be appropriate for your current situation.

Remember my post about my young adult belief that "life sucks"?
At the time, perhaps that belief was serving me. I didn't question it, because as a "Gen X-er" that was the message that everyone my age was hearing and repeating. At a time when so many things were happening and changing in my life, it gave me a simple way to accept what was going on since I had not yet learned the skills and tools needed to process that experience differently.

Eventually, I chose a different belief. But, what if I didn't? What if I still chose that belief today? It would not serve me and I probably wouldn't be someone you or anyone else would want to be around. But I can tell you, I know that some of my "Gen-Xer" friends are still living in that old pattern and that old belief.

When you decide to let go of that old belief, CONSCIOUSLY AND SUBCONSCIOUSLY, you will free up valuable resources in your consciousness and in your physical body. Dis-ease will become unnecessary and you will find yourself able to achieve physical and emotional feats that were not possible before.

"take time for yourself"

Do you have your list? Is a B.E.S.T. Session on it? If not, consider that once you are balanced through B.E.S.T. you will be more able to enjoy those precious moments you will be liberating for yourself every day.

"practice Forgiveness"
The second step to forgiveness is to "forgive the other person." This is more complicated than it sounds. You will know you have truly forgiven the other person when the thought of them and the situation you experienced with them can bring up a POSITIVE thought and feeling instead of a negative one. Need help with this? Give me a call.

"PLEASE GO TO BED!"
How much sleep do you get every night? How much sleep do you need? This is a tricky question and individual to every person. Ideally, you would sleep when the creatures of the world sleep and wake a bit before them. Since we were designed as hunter-gatherers, this makes sense for our survival.

Try this: One evening this week, don't turn on any artificial light in your home. If you have a Christmas tree, turn that on only and pretend it is like the stars outside. Eat dinner and do things with your family that you can do with this amount of lighting. Perhaps light a candle during dinner to be sure everyone knows what they're eating. See how you feel about going to sleep. You might be surprised at how early you are ready for bed. And if you have children, you will be amazed by how much they enjoy this and how much more calm and peaceful they seem.

Don't forget to post your comments here to be entered in a drawing!

Are You a Scrooge?

2009-12-18T19:33:00.001-08:00

How iconic is Mr. Scrooge in today's society? I've heard this story for most of my life and I even performed in the musical version when I was in high school. But it wasn't until this year that I finally "got it" with regard to the message of this timeless tale.

For most of my life, I've thought that the story was imploring us all to be generous and giving, lest we end up like the old miser. I got a good deal on IMAX tickets and with great trepidation, took the kids to see Jim Carey's new version of the story. I hated his "Grinch" and was just sure he was going to mess up this classic as well.

I'm not sure if it was the product of all the great tools I've learned over the past few years or if it was the breathtaking and historically accurate scenery combined with the 3-D imagery, but this time I "got it"!

First, I have to say, I was very impressed with this film and proud of the producers for not straying from the original text. They didn't even add gags or too much weirdness to make it hip or cool, aside from one techno-montage that fit pretty well within the story.

So what is the message of this great classic? Let's start with the visit from Jacob Marley. Marley is bound in chains. He is obviously tortured and miserable. Scrooge asks him why and he tells him, "these are the chains I forged in life." Right there it is an amazing revelation that Marley takes responsibility for his suffering. He doesn't say "these are all the rotten things that happened to me and now I'm sunk." He full accepts that he could have done things differently, made different choices and had a different outcome. And how kind of him (or that undigested bit of beef) to visit his old friend and share his wisdom.

The ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge his boyhood - his life at boarding school, his loneliness when he was not called home for the holidays, his joy at his sister fern finally taking him home for Christmas and telling him their father had changed and was now kinder.

As the time goes on, Christmas Past shows him that though he had many positive role models after his early years, his pain from those earlier years lingered. After being apparently left to his own defenses as a young boy, he decided that money and business matters were more reliable companions than people and festivities. As the story goes on, it seems that he has never let go of that initial hurt and so he is more and more miserable and less and less able to give of himself or trust that giving of his treasures could produce joy. Even though we remember his unwillingness to GIVE, it should not be overlooked that he is equally unable to RECEIVE love or gifts. As we see, his sister was very dear to him and yet he cannot enjoy the company of her ever cheerful offspring.

Once Scrooge realizes that he only person he is hurting with his contempt is himself, he decides that he can let go of those old beliefs and forgive the past. Once he' decided to do this, giving and receiving become second nature! Of course, in the story, he only makes this decision after being scared into thinking he may be at the end of his life.

The IMAX Christmas Carol does a wonderful job of showing a light and excitable Scrooge when he takes the message of the Christmas ghosts to heart and decides to FORGIVE those old hurts and once again share love and humanity with his relatives and neighbors.

Where are you holding a grudge? What old hurts and grudges are you carrying around in your heart this Christmas season? What is holding you back from expressing your joy? Will you wait until you are faced with death or serious disease before you take steps to forgive and release the joy within you?

Forgiveness is not a purely moral issue. Though many are directed by their faith to forgive, the true gift of forgiveness is in the physical and emotional healing it will bring about in YOU.

Just as Scrooge dances about and looks years younger after his epiphany, you too can have a rebirth when you follow the Five Steps of Forgiveness and re-pattern both your conscious and your subconscious with a positive emotion and feeling associated with the persons or situations that are forging your chains.

Contact me at Gibson Wellness Center and ask about the special rate on the Forgiveness Journey in 2010.

Day Seven: Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-18T08:00:00.000-08:00

On the seventh day of wellness my health coach said to ME...

"take time for yourself"

"practice Forgiveness"

"PLEASE GO TO BED!"

"drink RO water"

"practice rhythmic breathing."

"Eat fruits and veggies!"

and "The most important essential is WHAT YOU THINK!"

Welcome to Gibson Wellness Center's

Twelve Days of Wellness

On the seventh day of wellness my health coach said to ME...

"take time for yourself"

EVERYDAY! Spend a few minutes doing something that is just for you. I could make a long list of things that would feel good for me, but they may not be right for you.

So, take ten minutes RIGHT NOW and make a list of what you would like to do if you had time. Dream big! Don't hold back. Don't put limits on your list by leaving off things that seem too expensive or too selfish. If time and money were no object, what are the things you would do each day to care for yourself?

Now, put your list on index cards and get out your day planner or online calendar and SCHEDULE a time each day for the next 28 days. It can be 10 minutes, it can be an hour. The important thing is that you honor the commitment you make to yourself, just as you would a doctor's appointment or a teacher's conference.

If you find it hard to be in the moment and focus on yourself, or if you find yourself making excuses for why you couldn't honor your commitment today, then you are in need of a B.E.S.T. Session.

Are you considering a session but thinking "I can't afford it."

Economic times are tough. I understand. But, I also know that any level of crisis is easier to handle when you are in total balance. I also know that the more we invest in our wellness, the less we will need to spend on illness.

"practice Forgiveness"

So, have you figured out the most important person in your life to forgive, yet?

No, not your mother! She's next in line though!

FORGIVE YOURSELF

The most important person you can forgive is yourself. And iin fact, this is the first step in forgiving anyone or any situation.

Once you have mastered self forgiveness, you can enhance your love for yourself and enjoy the great healing that forgiving others can bring.

Email Today! and I will send you a free "Forgiveness" card which will help you learn and practice the steps to forgiveness.

Does the idea of forgiving yourself cause you distress? Especially as the first step in forgiving someone who's actions may have caused you pain and suffering? Sign up for a special "Forgiveness Series" of B.E.S.T. Session and experience a quantum shift in your health and well-being.

What About Exercise??

2009-12-17T09:18:00.000-08:00

HOLD ON A MINUTE!

There are SIX Essentials and you forgot one!

EXERCISE!

You're right Miss Piggy. That one escaped me. But, it's only day five. I still have another day to address Exercise, right?

HMmPH...Well, I guess so... but it WASN'T on your original list of the Essentials.

Oh gee... you're right. I'm sorry.

Well, maybe that's because if you're not in the practice of making good choices in the other essentials, EXERCISE can actually contribute to poor health, rather than encourage it. Read The Exercise Myths on the Morter Blog.

Really? Well... OK... I'll keep reading... But if I don't get a chance to wear my leg warmers soon... I'm not going to be happy!

Oh sure... I understand. You can wear your leg warmers to your B.E.S.T. Session where I'll include a FREE pH testing kit ($20 value) when you mention this post when scheduling. By monitoring your pH, you'll be able to decide if an Exercise program is right for you.

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Day Six: Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-17T08:00:00.000-08:00

On the sixth day of wellness my health coach said to ME... "practice Forgiveness"

"PLEASE GO TO BED!"

"drink RO water"

"practice rhythmic breathing."

"Eat fruits and veggies!"

and "The most important essential is WHAT YOU THINK!"

Welcome to Day Six!

The Twelve Days of Wellness

"practice Forgiveness"

This is where I usually "lose" people. Trust me, it was a hard concept to accept for myself.

The first thing to understand about "forgiveness" is that is it NOT the same as condonement or excusing inappropriate behavior and it is not about letting the other person know that you forgive them.

The bottom line is that you are forgiving for your own health and wellness and it has nothing to do with the other person.

If you're not sure the forgiveness step is for you, call me TODAY for a free 30 minute consultation. I will show you how your thoughts about a particular person or situation is interfering with your body's ability to heal.

Tomorrow, we'll learn the most important person who needs to be forgiven for your optimal health and wellness.

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Day Five: Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-16T08:00:00.000-08:00

On the fifth day of wellness my health coach said to ME... "please GO TO BED!"

"drink RO water."

"practice rhythmic breathing."

"Eat fruits and veggies!"

and "The most important essential is WHAT YOU THINK!"

Of all the essentials, my clients find this one the hardest to follow. Maybe it's because we're all at the stage in our lives where time to ourselves is at a premium. But more likely, it's due to the artificial lighting and the fight or flight physiology we remain in to keep our bodies going, even when they aren't receiving the correct fuel or enough relax and repair time.

For today, just go to bed in peace and relaxation. Spend ten minutes thinking of only all that you accomplished today and all that you are grateful for. Over the next few days, we'll talk about how much sleep you need and when, but for today, just concentrate on really relaxing and welcoming sleep.

Many of my clients have reported vasts improvements in their sleep after just one B.E.S.T. Session! It's not too early to schedule your sessions for 2010.

"drink RO water."

Did you sip your way through some extra water today? Remember, other beverages don't count as water. Any substance other than water needs to be detoxed from your body and uses precious minerals to accomplish the task. So, if you're going to indulge in some holiday cheer, be sure you load up on the veggies and some extra water to help your body do the job.

"practice rhythmic breathing."

Do you realize that by just taking a few minutes to focus on this breathing pattern, you are instructing your physiology to go into relax and repair mode. Notice how your shoulders relax. Do you feel like taking some extra deep breaths? Can you feel the tension in your neck, jaw, shoulders and abdomen releasing? You are tellng your subconcious that there is no threat and that you can breathe normally. Did you your shoulders sink down a bit? You need to raise your shoulders to be able to take in maximum air for breathing in an emergency. Most of us walk around with our shoulders up, so our subconcious assumes at threat is immenent and puts all "unnecessary" functions (repairing cells, digesting food, etc) on hold until the threat is past. In this one minute, you are doing a tremendous favor for your body. You are giving it permission to heal.

"Eat fruits and veggies!"

Vegetables can be eaten with nearly every other food, and preferably first. As you get comfortable adding cooked vegetables to your meals, add a raw veggie appetizer. This gets the enzymes going and helps you digest the rest of your meal.

Don't eat fruit within 30 minutes of eating any other foods, especially meats! Fruit digests quickly while meats take much longer. Save the fruits for an energizing between meal snack, and remember, don't over do it.

and "The most important essential is WHAT YOU THINK!"

Now that you are becoming accustomed to starting and ending your day in gratitude, it is time to add some forgiveness to your daily meditations.

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For today, each time you have a negative thought about someone or some situation, write the name down on a list. This will become your forgiveness list. For today, don't judge yourself or the people on your list. Just notice that thinking of that person or that situation causes you negative emotions or discomfort and realize that the discomfort will pass once you have learned how to forgive.

If you notice a particular aversion to this exercise, it's time for a B.E.S.T. Session! Call Today!

Day Four: The Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-15T08:00:00.000-08:00

On the fourth day of wellness my health coach said to ME... "drink RO water"

"practice rhythmic breathing."

"Eat fruits and veggies!"

and "The most important essential is WHAT YOU THINK!"

Welcome to Day Four!

The Twelve Days of Wellness

From Gibson Wellness Center

When it comes to choosing "what to drink", I have one word...

WATER

Preferably water that has been filtered through a reverse osmosis filter.

How much? As much as you want!

Yes, the common recommendation is that the number of ounces should be equal to half the number of pounds you weigh.

This is true if you are eating the Standard American Diet (SAD). But, as you start to add more fruits and vegetables to your diet and as you start to build enzymes to better digest your food, you will need less water.

Some days, you won't be able to process all the water you need and this may lead to discomfort.

In a effort to drink a certain amount of water, you may drink alot all at once. You really need to sip throughout the day and be sure not to drink water with your meals!

"practice rhythmic breathing."

Can you do 60 seconds before you fall asleep tonight? Good!

Do another 60 seconds before you get out of bed in the morning.

See "what you THINK" below for the rest of this important AM exercise.

"Eat fruits and veggies!"

OK, so you're pretty healthy and you eat mostly whole foods. Just how many fruits and veggies do you need to eat each day?

75%

If you are no where near this level today, remember, start slowly. Add an extra serving to a few of your meals and then start to cut back on "everything else."

and "The most important essential is WHAT YOU THINK!"

So, before you get out of bed in the morning, take just 60 seconds to do rhythmic breathing AND practice gratitude. Think of everything you can that you are grateful for... you woke up! You're sleeping indoors! Take it from there. If you start your day in gratitude, you will find you are more focused and you will go about your list of "things to do" more joyfully.

Day Three: Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-14T08:00:00.000-08:00

On the third day of wellness, my health coach said to ME... "practice rhythmic breathing."

"Eat fruits and veggies!"

and "The most important essential is WHAT YOU THINK!"

If you've done yoga or other meditation practices, "rhythmic" or "box" breathing may not be unfamiliar to you. But did you know that when you take just 30 seconds to focus on this breathing, you will actually be instructing your physiology and helping your body go into relax and repair mode.

TODAY practice rhythmic breathing before you go to sleep.

Instead of falling asleep to the television or by reading or worrying, focus on your breathing.

Simply breathe in to a count of four, hold your breath to a count of four, breathe out for a count of four and hold your breath out for a count of four.

As you do this, you'll feel your shoulders relax. From there, move your attention to other parts of your body that may be tense, and feel them relax as you breath rhythmically.

If it is uncomfortable to do the "box" to the count of four, try three or two. Find a balance that is comfortable and practice it for a week. After you've mastered the shorter count, try to add time to your holding in and out.

If you find it extremely difficult to do this exercise, you are most likely in "Sympathetic Dominance" and could benefit greatly from the Physical B.E.S.T. technique. During Physical B.E.S.T. I find tender points on your neck and leg and balance the energy between these points to restore the natural balance and flow. Many clients experience a relaxation and release of tense muscles as the energy is rebalanced. Once you are out of "fight or flight" it will be easier to guide your body into a "rest and repair" mode.

Did you eat your veggies?

One serving of cooked vegetables will help you start to heal and to provide your body with ALKALIZING MINERALS so that you can utilize vitamins and rid your body of toxins.

Try this recipe for Roasted Winter Vegetables in the crockpot.

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Today's "WHAT YOU THINK" tip:

Combine "rhythmic breathing" with some meditation today. Do your best to quiet all of your other thoughts and just focus on your breath.

Day Two: The Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-13T09:19:00.000-08:00

"On the second day of wellness my health coach said to ME..."Eat fruits and veggies!"

and

"The most important essential is WHAT YOU THINK!"

It sounds cliche, but your mother was right. Eating your veggies is good for you. However, if you don't enjoy fruits and vegetables it is NOT a character flaw.

If you fall in this category, it may be because when you were a kid, most of the fruits and vegetables you were served were overcooked or came from a can. These processes denatured the natural enzymes needed to digest these foods properly. Further, if you were coerced or belittled at the dinner table for not consuming these foods, your subconscious may still be locked in battle with your Mom.

Here is one step you can take right now to get more ALKALIZING fruits and vegetables into your life:

Start by adding ONE SERVING of COOKED VEGETABLES to your evening meal.

Do this for one week.

Don't add anything else and don't wait until January 1st to start.

WHY?

How many times have you undertaken a new eating plan the first week in January only to give up before January 30th? You probably started exercising at the same time and your new diet was probably heavy on the citrus fruits that are so abundant in January.

Fruits are cleansing and vegetables are healing. If you have toxins built up in your system, you will start to detox quickly with your new diet and your body will make you slow down so it can cope.

If you start TODAY and commit to adding just ONE SERVING of COOKED Vegetables to your evening meal, then next week, you'll be ready to add another and the week after that, you can add another serving to lunch. By January 1st, when you're ready to start that new eating plan, you'll have some new habits established and you'll be less likely to "detox" and have uncomfortable symptoms that derail your commitment.

How did you do yesterday with "WHAT YOU THINK?"

Now that you have moved your "I have to..." to "I AM" are you feeling powerful? Are you enjoying your day as you live each moment? Don't forget to post a comment about how the tip helped you. Everyone who leaves a comment or question will be entered in a drawing for some great prizes to help you along your healing path.

Today's "WHAT YOU THINK?" tip:

Build your "Attitude of Gratitude."
No matter what happens today, find three things to be thankful for. Repeat your gratitude instead of dwelling on the negative side of your situation.

If you find it particularly hard to detach from the stresses in your life, you should consider a B.E.S.T. Session. The stresses you are aware of are probably just the "tip of the iceberg." Once you rebalance and retime the nervous system and get it updated to reacting for present need, you will be amazed at how much easier it is to stay focused and tackle whatever comes.

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Twelve Days of Wellness 2009

2009-12-12T11:33:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the

TWELVE DAYS OF WELLNESS

at Gibson Wellness Center.

Check back every day from now until Dec 24th and get a health and wellness tip that will be invaluable in creating your ideal life in the coming year.

Each day, I will present a simple idea for you to ponder as you go about celebrating the holidays and welcoming the light and freshness of a new year.

You can qualify to win wonderful daily prizes by posting a comment and sharing how you implemented the day's information into your life.

Be sure to include an email address and I will draw one winner each day!

Now, read on (and hum along) for today's wellness tip!

"On the first day of wellness, my health coach said to ME

... "The most important essential is
WHAT YOU THINK!"

The Six Essentials are those areas in our life where we have a CHOICE. We can choose what to EAT and DRINK, how to REST, EXERCISE and BREATHE and WHAT TO THINK.

And the Essential that can have the most impact on your health and wellness right now is WHAT YOU THINK!"

If you don't believe yet that your thoughts have an impact on your physiology, stop right now and close your eyes. Think of a lemon.

A juicy, tangy, sour lemon.

There...did you feel it?

Your lips probably puckered and you probably have more saliva in your mouth than you did before. Just because you thought about a lemon, something your body has experienced before as needing a different response than other foods you eat, it began to prepare to neutralize the acid and to protect you from the overly sour taste.

Who knows just how many processes were put into motion just by THINKING about putting a lemon in your mouth.

This is true of EVERY THOUGHT YOU HAVE!

Positive or negative or neutral. Your subconscious is always at work, monitoring your thoughts, and preparing for your survival!

If you're on a healing path, you may have started by becoming more conscious about what you eat and drink. You may practice yoga or even meditation (where you try to refrain from thinking for a while) and you may have become more conscious of your body's need for rest and relaxation.

But how conscious are you on a moment to moment basis about WHAT YOU THINK?

MORTER QUOTE: Think about what you're thinking about when you think about it.

It will probably take you just a few hours of being consciously aware of your thoughts for you to realize that you could be more positive. You may even realize that with each thought, you are giving away your PERSONAL POWER. You may find that your thoughts have a pattern and it may occur to you that this pattern was learned long ago and may be the pattern similar to those of your parents, siblings and friends.

You can consciously change this pattern. Can you think of a pattern that you have changed? I can... when I was a young adult, my reaction to almost everything that happened to me was "life sucks... and then you die." Guess what... almost everything that happened to me during that time sucked. Now, I've consciously changed this pattern, but what about the sub-conscious pattern that was established at that time? Hopefully I've addressed that in my work with B.E.S.T. but you can be sure I am going to as my B.E.S.T. Practitioner to check that out during my next session!

Where do you start?

Start with changing three little words. There are three words that you probably don't even realize are controlling your life and giving away your PERSONAL POWER every single day, probably multiple times per day. You say these words automatically when someone asks you what you are doing today and you probably go to bed thinking them and wake up reciting them.... The three words are...

I HAVE TO...

I have to go to the store.

I have to clean out the car.

I have to pick up the dry cleaning.

I have to drop Jimmy off at school.

I have to wash the dog.
I have to do the dishes.

I have to eat lunch.

I have to watch TV.

I have to finish packing.

I have to tell my husband I love him.

I have to tuck the kids in to bed....

And on and on and on...

When you say "I have to..." you are giving up your PERSONAL POWER and affirming everything you do is not of your choosing. You are bound to do it by duty or convention and you don't have a choice about whether it is done or not. Therefore, your hours and days are just one drudgery after another and there is nothing to look forward to and you would rather be doing anything else than those things you "have to" do, including kissing your husband and attending your best friend's Christmas party.

Today's Tip: Change "I have to..." to "I AM..."

I AM going to the store.
I AM cleaning out the car.
I AM picking up the dry cleaning.
I AM dropping Jimmy off at school.
I AM washing the dog.

I AM doing the dishes.

If you're up for a super turbo change in your mood and your outlook, try "I GET TO..."
I GET TO eat lunch.
I GET TO watch TV.
I GET TO finish packing.
I GET TO tell my husband I love him.
I GET TO tuck the kids in to bed....

Start RIGHT NOW! Feel yourself move into the moment. Feel the power that comes from CHOOSING everything you do. Notice if there is something on your list that really is a duty or a drudgery... see if you don't find a way to delegate that task or a way to feel more powerful when you get it done and can move on to other things. Have fun with it! Find other ways to change "I have no power" to "I am powerful and masterful and I live my life with intention."

Don't forget to post a comment about how this tip from Day One: The Twelve Days of Wellness worked in your life. Questions welcomed!

Having trouble focusing on your thoughts? Do strong emotions come up when you try to go inward? Are you ready to start a spiritual or healing practice, but you can't quite get around to it? Try B.E.S.T.! (Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique) B.E.S.T. is a non-forceful, sensory-motor technique that will balance the nervous system and promote your body's innate ability to heal.

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