By focusing on the good in our country and in our fellowman THAT is how we will be happy, healthy, and rich beyond measure!
God bless you all as you ponder the wonderful things about our great Republic!
Dawn
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Stomach ache is GONE!
I just recieved this nice note on cute paper with the heading, "Rejoice in the Lord!" Phillipian 4:4 It was fascinating that this woman followed her intuition to help the negative energy that was released during her session to move out of her body--sooo cool!!!
Dear Dawn,
Thanks again for the great session on Monday. What a difference it has made. I feel so much better.
My stomach doesn't ache any more. Last night I felt a little quesy and felt I should put my hands over my diaphragm and intestines and move it down. This morning my stomach ache is gone.
WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU AND WHAT YOU DO!!!
Love,
XXX
Dear Dawn,
Thanks again for the great session on Monday. What a difference it has made. I feel so much better.
My stomach doesn't ache any more. Last night I felt a little quesy and felt I should put my hands over my diaphragm and intestines and move it down. This morning my stomach ache is gone.
WORDS CAN'T EXPRESS HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU AND WHAT YOU DO!!!
Love,
XXX
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Massage convention
"Where is it?" I wondered.
"Right here in Bismarck but it isn't much notice."
"When is it?" I asked.
"This week Thursday, Friday, and Saturday."
BIG gulp.
Well, it was meant to be as they had a table left in the vendor hall and my week ended by doing LOTS of half BodyTalk sessions on massage therapists.
The time flew on Thursday as my friend Roxy joined me and, although Friday afternoon was so slow that I took a little snooze on my table, I had a great time.
I sold enough VibesUp to cover my expenses and hopefully picked up a new client or two. I sent one to Elizabeth and I now have offers to trade sessions with a large number of massage therapists from the Bismarck-Mandan area. I may just do that too as one of them does accupuncture and another one does cranio-sacral therapy.
In Roxy's words, "This was a success as you planted many seeds and learned about running a booth in a vendor hall." The big test will be this Fall at the Great Radionics Expo in Rapid City which Jacob and I are making plans to attend. I am even on the schedule to share BodyTalk with the radioinics community. That will be sooo much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a great week and I urge everyone who has a BodyTalk success story to share it here!
God bless,
Dawn
Friday, April 12, 2013
Hoping to help veterans before long
This is absolutely fascinating. You may recall my hosting a free veterans day last November in my Bismarck office and nobody coming. Well, that was very discouraging so I thought, "Well, I guess God doesn't want me working with veterans right now."
This morning I received a call from a Vietnam veteran asking for money. I told him, in essence, "Silver and gold have I none," but I can really help these people with my professional services. Then, he gave me an address to write and share my offer, which I just did. Then I went to Facebook and saw that Dr. Veltheim, founder of BodyTalk, had just shared that many veterans are already being helped through alternative health care modalities.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
I share the article with the hopes that, if you know any veterans who are suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome, that you send them to this website. I plan on doing group phone sessions so that everyone can start healing at once. There is no charge for group tele-sessions for anyone who has served our country to protect my freedoms. It's my way of doing SOMETHING to help these people.
PLEASE help me get the word out.
God bless,
Dawn
By Robert Piper
I spoke with Dr. Kevin Berry, the vice president for military medical research at Samueli Institute, on how the military is using integrative medicine. He served in the military for 30 years.
Thanks for the service to our country.
It's been tremendous to be associated with the people I've been associated with. It's been about growth and seeing things that I would never have a chance to see. I think that's why after retiring I didn't want to get too far away from the military. I've been very fortunate to find the Samueli Institute.
I read on your site that over 50 percent of the military uses integrative medicine.
We've done surveys on that, and there are more than what we see in the general population. I think that may be under reported -- probably on the civilian side also. I don't think that people think of [it], particularly these young kids that are into muscle-building. They're in GNC and they're buying this and that; that's also a part of this story.
We did a leadership needs assessment -- I'm not at liberty to say which base or which service. So I'll use it in more general terms. We're suspicious to say that it wouldn't matter if it was Army or Navy, or this base or that base. But after 10 years of war, we are seeing that these leaders, the colonels, and the lieutenants are maintaining their physical health, their ability to run and all that jazz, but we are seeing deterioration of emotional strength. We're seeing the concerns they have with the tolls on their family, and with it we are seeing this dichotomy on one side there going to it in big numbers, but there's another component that thinks if you go to mind-body or medical massage you are skipping out on being hard.
If you go over to Special Forces, in their contract world they put together a human performance and resilience contract. They haven't awarded it yet, but they are looking to put hard cash on the barrel head. To bring in a whole group of people that would be working with Special Forces and their family members to build resiliency, to include mind-body, nutrition, to help people work on the work/life balance.
You mentioned Special Forces. Are the Navy Seals using integrative medicine, as well?
Yeah, all the services. Special Forces have been doing that for probably a lot longer; I don't think they think of it as unusual any more. I think they've just included as just [a] thing that they do. Martial arts and tai chi are not that much different; it's a physical discipline that gets you back into the moment. There's pretty good evidence that sharp shooters will lower their heart rate and control their heart rate variability as they're contemplating a shot. I think that's probably true of Olympic shooters.
Can you talk about some the research that's been going on with PTSD?
Yeah, we talk about the right of boom and the left of boom. The boom can be any type of traumatic event; we think we need to be working on both sides. So the pre-exposure work that we've done, that looks to teach soldiers some mindfulness. One of them is called War-Ops Warrior Optimization. It's a proprietary for-profit firm that one of the army generals wanted for his units that were going out to Afghanistan and Iraq back in 2009. They asked us to evaluate if it makes any difference, and it was just four hours of mind-body activities. The trends are pretty strong that this makes a difference.
We were just talking here in the last day or two that the Marine Special Forces MARSOC is looking like they are going to purchase this training. They are going to take it a step further and try to reinforce it through leadership and leaders to remind people of it while they're deployed. It looks like we are proposing an evaluation of that. Another example of that would be looking at the Benson-Henry approach for a group of people who have been identified with PTSD.
Another approach is acupuncture for headaches. We have a study going on at Walter Reed and at Fort Belvoir in the Wounded Warrior community with those that are diagnosed with PTSD and chronic headaches. We're still collecting data on that one. That's just to give you an idea of what we're doing.
That brings up the question that all Special Forces, Olympic athletes, mixed martial artists in the UFC [...] use the breathing component to curb the stress response. Can you talk about breathing and the stress response?
That's one of the common things we see in many of these type of programs. Whether it's yoga nidra when you're working with a causality who's physically impaired and maybe recent from surgery. Becoming mindful, using breathing, and getting the mind to focus on breathing. Getting the chest expansion to trigger the parasympathetic nervous system, which can balance the overactive sympathetic system. That's just one example, simple, straightforward meditation, starts with breathing. Special Forces units might use tai chi for an example.
Well, thank you very much, it was great interviewing you.
Follow Robert Piper on Twitter: www.twitter.com/rgpiper
This morning I received a call from a Vietnam veteran asking for money. I told him, in essence, "Silver and gold have I none," but I can really help these people with my professional services. Then, he gave me an address to write and share my offer, which I just did. Then I went to Facebook and saw that Dr. Veltheim, founder of BodyTalk, had just shared that many veterans are already being helped through alternative health care modalities.
HOW COOL IS THAT?
I share the article with the hopes that, if you know any veterans who are suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome, that you send them to this website. I plan on doing group phone sessions so that everyone can start healing at once. There is no charge for group tele-sessions for anyone who has served our country to protect my freedoms. It's my way of doing SOMETHING to help these people.
PLEASE help me get the word out.
God bless,
Dawn
By Robert Piper
The future of health care in America and the world at large is integrative medicine. Things like mind-body practices, meditation, yoga, acupuncture, nutrition, and other complementary practices are here to stay.
The Samueli Institute is one of several organizations looking to make integrative medicine available to society as a whole; they are tirelessly working to bring it to the men and women who serve in the U.S. military.I spoke with Dr. Kevin Berry, the vice president for military medical research at Samueli Institute, on how the military is using integrative medicine. He served in the military for 30 years.
Thanks for the service to our country.
It's been tremendous to be associated with the people I've been associated with. It's been about growth and seeing things that I would never have a chance to see. I think that's why after retiring I didn't want to get too far away from the military. I've been very fortunate to find the Samueli Institute.
I read on your site that over 50 percent of the military uses integrative medicine.
We've done surveys on that, and there are more than what we see in the general population. I think that may be under reported -- probably on the civilian side also. I don't think that people think of [it], particularly these young kids that are into muscle-building. They're in GNC and they're buying this and that; that's also a part of this story.
We did a leadership needs assessment -- I'm not at liberty to say which base or which service. So I'll use it in more general terms. We're suspicious to say that it wouldn't matter if it was Army or Navy, or this base or that base. But after 10 years of war, we are seeing that these leaders, the colonels, and the lieutenants are maintaining their physical health, their ability to run and all that jazz, but we are seeing deterioration of emotional strength. We're seeing the concerns they have with the tolls on their family, and with it we are seeing this dichotomy on one side there going to it in big numbers, but there's another component that thinks if you go to mind-body or medical massage you are skipping out on being hard.
If you go over to Special Forces, in their contract world they put together a human performance and resilience contract. They haven't awarded it yet, but they are looking to put hard cash on the barrel head. To bring in a whole group of people that would be working with Special Forces and their family members to build resiliency, to include mind-body, nutrition, to help people work on the work/life balance.
You mentioned Special Forces. Are the Navy Seals using integrative medicine, as well?
Yeah, all the services. Special Forces have been doing that for probably a lot longer; I don't think they think of it as unusual any more. I think they've just included as just [a] thing that they do. Martial arts and tai chi are not that much different; it's a physical discipline that gets you back into the moment. There's pretty good evidence that sharp shooters will lower their heart rate and control their heart rate variability as they're contemplating a shot. I think that's probably true of Olympic shooters.
Can you talk about some the research that's been going on with PTSD?
Yeah, we talk about the right of boom and the left of boom. The boom can be any type of traumatic event; we think we need to be working on both sides. So the pre-exposure work that we've done, that looks to teach soldiers some mindfulness. One of them is called War-Ops Warrior Optimization. It's a proprietary for-profit firm that one of the army generals wanted for his units that were going out to Afghanistan and Iraq back in 2009. They asked us to evaluate if it makes any difference, and it was just four hours of mind-body activities. The trends are pretty strong that this makes a difference.
We were just talking here in the last day or two that the Marine Special Forces MARSOC is looking like they are going to purchase this training. They are going to take it a step further and try to reinforce it through leadership and leaders to remind people of it while they're deployed. It looks like we are proposing an evaluation of that. Another example of that would be looking at the Benson-Henry approach for a group of people who have been identified with PTSD.
Another approach is acupuncture for headaches. We have a study going on at Walter Reed and at Fort Belvoir in the Wounded Warrior community with those that are diagnosed with PTSD and chronic headaches. We're still collecting data on that one. That's just to give you an idea of what we're doing.
That brings up the question that all Special Forces, Olympic athletes, mixed martial artists in the UFC [...] use the breathing component to curb the stress response. Can you talk about breathing and the stress response?
That's one of the common things we see in many of these type of programs. Whether it's yoga nidra when you're working with a causality who's physically impaired and maybe recent from surgery. Becoming mindful, using breathing, and getting the mind to focus on breathing. Getting the chest expansion to trigger the parasympathetic nervous system, which can balance the overactive sympathetic system. That's just one example, simple, straightforward meditation, starts with breathing. Special Forces units might use tai chi for an example.
Well, thank you very much, it was great interviewing you.
Follow Robert Piper on Twitter: www.twitter.com/rgpiper
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
A year long headache removed
I just received this email today from a dear client whom I have worked with for about 3 years. I was so happy to read her good report!!!
A matrix is an energy pattern that gets established in the body when someone in authority uses their power over someone to scare them into doing something. The longer the matrix has been in the body, the more extreme the pain and misery will be.
In this case the client's first grade teacher was an immensely cruel person which caused fear to begin growing in the skull. Why that location? Who can say except that perhaps the client leaned on that part of her head while listening to the teacher as that is a location where I rest my hand on my head when I am listening intently.
In Deb's own words, I share this good report!
A matrix is an energy pattern that gets established in the body when someone in authority uses their power over someone to scare them into doing something. The longer the matrix has been in the body, the more extreme the pain and misery will be.
In this case the client's first grade teacher was an immensely cruel person which caused fear to begin growing in the skull. Why that location? Who can say except that perhaps the client leaned on that part of her head while listening to the teacher as that is a location where I rest my hand on my head when I am listening intently.
In Deb's own words, I share this good report!
I have been treated by Dawn for a chronic condition for about three years.
Within the last year, I noticed a spot on my head that was constantly sore, and
it began to weekly (sometimes for days at a time) produce headaches that
encompassed the entire right side of my head, neck and face. Aspirin, etc., did
not relieve the pain, just dulled it sometimes.
My husband was encouraging me
to get a C-T Scan because he was worried that it could be a tumor. About two
weeks ago, the head pain came up during a “distance” session with Dawn.
She
found that it was a matrix that had been there for about 50 years; that at one
time, it served a purpose; but it was no longer serving that purpose, whatever
it may have been.
During that session, she “cut” the tentacles of the matrix,
and energetically removed the matrix from my head. When the session was finished, Dawn advised me to place a heating pad over the spot on my head for 10-20 minutes
on that day, and to do so several more times during the next month.
My head did
feel better, so as soon as our distance session was over, I placed a heating pad
on my head and sat down to relax. Less than ten minutes into my “relaxation”, I
started cramping, became sick to my stomach and nauseated; when I stood, I felt
as if I might faint and/or vomit. I made it to the bathroom and “expelled” the
pain.
The next day, I contacted Dawn and she excitedly told me that what I had
described was a “great release”. Since that time, I have anxiously waited to
see if the sore spot on my head and the pain would return, but it has not. I am
so grateful that this layer has been removed and we can move forward for
further, and total healing.
Thank you Dawn.
Friday, March 8, 2013
More confident
Recently a client came in whom I have known for over 20 years. It was great seeing her much more confident than she used to be. I asked J. how she sees feels she has changed in the 3 years since we began working together. Her list was incredible.
J. started out by saying that she is much more confident than she used to be. She said, "My coping skills are much greater!"
When I asked her if this means that she deals with less pain on a daily basis, without any hesitation she said, "Absolutely." I have seen this over and over! When a client gets rid of limiting beliefs, their confidence grows and their stress levels decrease which translates into less physical pain.
My friend went on and said, "I'm much kinder to myself than before I did BodyTalk." She was able to give examples from many different parts of her life including that now detailed paperwork is not so threatening to her. In other words, when J. kept telling herself that she couldn't do detailed work, she made it a reality and this, in turn, made her treat herself poorly. Now that she has less stress, she can think more clearly so she can do better work and she feels better about herself. How cool is that?
Putting all of this together, J. finds that she has much less anxiety than before she began working with me. It makes sense, when a person feels more capable to deal with life, it is less threatening and anxiety diminishes.
If you would like to have more confidence; less anxiety; and end up being kinder to yourself, drop me a note at: linkstohealing@gmail.com. In the meantime, feel free to read other testimonials posted on this blog to your right!
Keep smiling,
Dawn
J. started out by saying that she is much more confident than she used to be. She said, "My coping skills are much greater!"
When I asked her if this means that she deals with less pain on a daily basis, without any hesitation she said, "Absolutely." I have seen this over and over! When a client gets rid of limiting beliefs, their confidence grows and their stress levels decrease which translates into less physical pain.
My friend went on and said, "I'm much kinder to myself than before I did BodyTalk." She was able to give examples from many different parts of her life including that now detailed paperwork is not so threatening to her. In other words, when J. kept telling herself that she couldn't do detailed work, she made it a reality and this, in turn, made her treat herself poorly. Now that she has less stress, she can think more clearly so she can do better work and she feels better about herself. How cool is that?
Putting all of this together, J. finds that she has much less anxiety than before she began working with me. It makes sense, when a person feels more capable to deal with life, it is less threatening and anxiety diminishes.
If you would like to have more confidence; less anxiety; and end up being kinder to yourself, drop me a note at: linkstohealing@gmail.com. In the meantime, feel free to read other testimonials posted on this blog to your right!
Keep smiling,
Dawn
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