Day: August 6, 2011

Healing on Main Street…or why I stopped worrying and embraced Seagulls.
By Ramani Rangan – Yoga therapy that works.

Healing is easier then you think, well it depends when you notice something needs healing.  First, check your mind at the gates on first waking up. I found out that I can speak to my mind and it listens.  I have a list…we all have a list – What to do, what to not do, etc! etc! etc! Thoughts are like bullets that you can load or not load. Most of us feel we don’t have a choice.  See a cowboy Western scene on Main Street, Gloucester, two dusty, unshaven hombres facing off. All the towns people have run off or hiding behind their shuttered windows and locked doors.  Only Seagulls are gathering on roofs to see the show.  Appropriate Music is playing in the background. But wait! There is a reporter with a box camera taking the perfect picture to show in the local news, I wonder who that maybe? Both men lower their hands to hover over the well oiled holsters.  Only the Seagulls blink.  But wait!…again. The man with the biggest spurs, and handlebar moustache puts his hand down, says something, he walks away. That was a healing moment – he saved his skin and can blink again. Each of us can start the healing of whatever it is by holstering our minds and walking away from harmful thoughts and avoid the self wounding that leads to most of our emotional, mental and yes, even physical problems. Healing starts in the Heart and the Mind and prevention in imagining a showdown on Main Street, Gloucester and blinking seagulls.  Life is absurd, we are part of life, so think absurd and live long and prosper.      
A Cape Ann resident for 10 years, Ramani has been teaches yoga as a form of healing and wellness for over thirty years. He uses creativity, art as a tool for healing and is a practitioner of intuitional therapy.   

Thanks to Good Morning Gloucester, Capt. Joe, Paul, and EJ and everyone else for all you have done for Gloucester!  We love your wide range of posts and photos and the artwork is always amazing!  We are so blessed to live here and you capture it and share it so beautifully!

Thanks to our Eco-tour Guide Silvie Lockerova for these great photos of our Dogtown version of Donna Ardizzoni’s “one hour at a time gang”!    This is a great opportunity to hike in woods and explore local historical landmarks while helping take care of a great natural resource which is a key to Gloucester’s future as a mecca for Destination Ecotourism.

Dogtown is known as a mysterious place with a unique history. Walking trails lead us through woods, moraines, vernal pools, marshes and reservoirs. Today’s Dogtown is a deserted settlement, which brings us back to the history of 1650, when the first residence moved in. Today we can find ruins of stone walls and cellars along the way. Beside the trails are large boulders, originated more than 10,000 years ago. Some boulders were carved by workers employed by Roger Babson during the time of the Great Depression. There are written simple inspirational mottos, representing a “book on the stone” in nature.
Cape Ann Healing Center offers hikes accompanied by Eco-Tour Guide Silvie Lockerova and Eco-Tour Dog Atlas. Walks are done by appointment, usual meeting on Mondays and Saturdays morning at a familiar and convenient place. Pick up is possible. 

The walk is designed to exercise, educate and raise awareness to protect our amazing green spaces and history.

Minimum 3 people, Price $25/ adult, children under 12 years $12. 

On our eco-tour we offer a 90% discount for those who would like to spend some extra time cleaning specific sites of Dogtown from trash.  Here, Annette Dion, Dr. Nicole and Atlas clean up at "Whale’s Jaw".  Did you know that the DPW supplies free yellow bags for this service at any time?

Call or text for appointment: Silvie Lockerova: 978 412 5400 or email: silvielocker@hotmail.com

Wear: hiking shoes, long pants, mosquito repellent and bring water, snacks, camera.  The hike is moderate, approx. 3 hrs long.

Please note, hiking is at your own risk!

Thanks for helping us share this great offering!

Yours in Service,

Dr. Nicole

From Gloucester Acupuncturist Eli Jacobe, Lic.Ac.;  www.AtlanticAcupuncture.com

Tapping with your own fingers on acupuncture meridian points to relieve stressed emotions is a modern discovery in acu-pressure by psychologist Dr. Roger Callahan (www.RogerCallahan.com). The idea is to gently move stressed thought and emotional patterns out of the nervous system.  It’s like taking a plunger to a stuck sink or toilet.  Once you restore the flow, all the gunk drains away. It’s not amnesia.  You still know what happened, but the memories just don’t destroy you anymore. At first it sounds unbelievable.  But orphanages in Rwanda are teaching this skill to kids who lost their families in the tribal genocide.  It can make a difference even with a situation like that:

This spring  at The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Expo, I taught a set of tapping points that reduces anxiety, phobias, bad moods, post-traumatic emotions and other accumulated stress levels. This method actually gets those conditions out of  your brain; in contrast to other treatments that just talk about what’s wrong or that sedate the nervous system with medications the same way a dentist numbs a toothache (which is OK until the novocain wears off).

Watch and follow along on YouTube

This sequence can help 80% or more of the people who use it. (To get a chart that shows all the spots,   http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20668754/EFT%201%20page%20with%20contact%20info.pdf )  Even higher rates of relief come with personal assessment  to determine other point sequences needed for individual situations. Like twirling a combination lock, the order in which you clear the circuits can make a difference.  Telephone 978-525-2255.  For military veterans suffering from combat stress or PTSD, sessions are on a sliding scale that includes free.  Download Dr. Callahan’s 300 page book on overcoming trauma: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20668754/Stop%20The%20Nightmares%20of%20Trauma%20book.pdf

I can teach this to groups.  I invite veteran’s organizations and stress/trauma support groups to contact me.  Acupuncture (with the needles) is now used at Walter Reed Hospital and even by combat medics in the field.  I think it won’t be long before this method of acupuncture without needles is used there, too.

Healthy Cooking: FUN and EASY for You and Your Children. Celebrate Fitness! Teach your children healthy lifestyles for a healthier lifetime! Join Dietitian Susan Miller, R.D., L.D.N. and Registered Nurse Karen Pischke R.N., B.S.N. for an evening of nutritional education and cooking instruction. Healthy Food, Fun, Games and Prizes! Thursday, August 18th.   6– 8 pm. At the Manchester Community Health Center,  40 Beach St. Manchester MA. Advance Registration required for this workshop. To Register or for further information call Dreamtime Wellness at 978-283-4258 or log onto www.dreamtimewellness.com. A % of the proceeds will be donated to Cape Ann Food Pantry. $10 discount to anyone who registers and says ‘they saw it on GMG!’

Thanks very much!     Karen

Karen Pischke RN, BSN, CCRN Alumnus

Certified Hypnotherapist, Reiki Master Teacher, Tobacco Treatment Specialist

Dreamtime Wellness: Promoting Optimal Wellness for Body, Mind & Spirit