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from Kim Trott, chef extraordinaire for Carp Ridge Learning Centre & EcoWellness Centre
Here’s a holiday treat with organic ingredients and Sucanat (whole cane sugar, a bit healthier & less processed than white sugar):
- 3/4 cup organic butter or Earth Balance spread
- 3/4 cup Sucanat
- 3/4 cup organic molasses
- 1 organic egg
- 2 cups organic spelt flour
- 2 cups organic whole wheat flour or choice of flour
- 2 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 pinch sea salt
Preheat oven 350.
Mix dry ingredients in large bowl.
Mix wet ingredients in medium bowl and slowly add to the dry mix.
Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
Use whole wheat or choice flour to powder the surface and roll out dough to 1/4″ thickness (you can make a little thicker cookie if you wish).
Cut with cookie-cutters or knife and bake 10 to 15 minutes. . . or until firm to touch.
Frost with no-nut butter, or a nut butter of your choice (or a glaze of honey) and decorate with assorted healthy sprinkles such as: coconut, raisins, dried cranberries and other dried fruit, nuts, cereals, granola etc.
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‘For the Birds’ Cookie Treats (for our little feathered friends and their furry ‘buddies’)
- Use old bread cut with cookie cutters into shapes.
- Use old cookies or whatever is left over, stale crackers etc., and poke a small hole and tie ribbon, twine, string, etc. to make an ‘ornament’.
- Spread with nut butter, honey, or syrup so they’re sticky on both sides and dip into a pail of bird seed. Hang in trees for the birds and other forest animals. . . be sure to use eco-friendly string or something you’ll be able to pick up after as pets and other animals may eat it!
Have a Berry Merry Christmas from the Learning Centre!
by Jay Young, Principal of Carp Ridge Forest School Programs
A new year of the Learning Centre’s Homeschoolers Wilderness Program starts the week of January 9th, 2012.
We currently have spots open for Tuesdays and Thursdays. The same rates and duration of programming apply as our Fall session ($35/day, or $420/session for 12 weeks). Families can sign up through sending in the registration form below or contact us at 613-839-1179, or email info@carpridgelearningcentre.ca
Parents can also inquire about Forest Preschool and Kindergarten programming — we often have spots opening up regularly throughout the year. Our staff, Chad, Sara and Heather are pretty amazing with the children~ come and take a tour!
REGISTRATION FORM download (pdf format)
About the Forest School Programs: Carp Ridge Learning Centre offers outdoor-based nature education programs for children using a holistic approach to skill-based activities and learning.
While working in small groups, we connect participants to nature exploring the local wildlife, forest land and trails at Carp Ridge EcoWellness Centre. Focusing on outdoor awareness & safety, leadership development, and physical & emotional well being, our facilitators also engage the group in sustainable practices.
Forest preschool, and kindergarten are closed as of Fri, Dec. 23rd, resuming Mon, Jan. 9th, 2012.
Our Families & Friends in Nature Sunday Walks start on January 8th in the new year. They are hosted by Martha Webber, a well-known local naturalist and champion of the Carp Ridge Forest. Check our website for more.
AND ~ OMG, THE TENTS ARE FINALLY HERE!
It’s been a bit of an ordeal getting to this point, but we’re now in the middle of erecting two woodstove-heated, insulated tents to be used as rustic classrooms for Learning Centre and EcoWellness Centre programs! One went up last week, and we hope to have the stoves installed by the beginning of the January 2012 Forest School programming. Stay tuned for more!
And don’t forget, you can rent out the Learning Centre for group weekend retreats and meetings. The building has many amenities and offers a relaxing setting for people wanting to meet in a place surrounded by nature. Contact us at 613-839-1179, or email info@carpridgelearningcentre.ca for info.
from Lise Lillian
I just want to let everyone know that we had a wonderful closure Life in Transition Heart Circle on December 3rd, which was hosted by one of our participants at her home. We have come full circle, initiated our symbolic power sticks and passed through the final initiation gate in the Northwest.
This was a time of reflection, going inside to access the silence within, and emptying out on all levels to allow for rest and rejuvenation. Of course it is also a time of gratitude and sharing as we celebrate together with friends and family and bring the year to it’s end. As the days become shorter, we enter what I like to refer to as the ‘space between breaths’, traveling around the cusp of the circle of the year’s cycles, through Winter Solstice and into the New Year before we start to see the return of the sun and lengthening of the days.
When we sit in meditation and breathe a long slow breath out, we can notice the space between breaths that is subtle and seems like it can go on into infinity. It is like this as we move through this ending cycle of the year, before we begin the new cycle of next year. When we can embrace this empty moment as the creative void in the dark of the shortened days, we can give space for the new to enter. This emptiness is full of potential, but we must empty out and go through the rest phase before rebirth.
We humans have a tendency to want to continuously fill ourselves up and be in distraction with the busy-ness of the ‘Holiday Season’ — television, computers, shopping, eating, drinking, you name it. We are afraid of the dark and the quiet, so we must fill it in somehow. Try practicing quieting down and sensing the subtle energies of this time. Take time to be still and rest. Let go of anything that is not serving you right now. Empty your clutter, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Learn to love this beautiful time of year by simplifying and not doing anything that is not enjoyable or necessary. There certainly is enough to do with the celebrations. Open to gratitude.
I am very grateful for the journey that I have shared with all of those who participated in the Heart Circles. It has been very magical and enjoyable as we adventured through each season together and passed through each directional gate. We all loved the opportunity to co-create our experience together at the beautiful setting at Carp Ridge. I want to thank everyone there, especially Katherine for offering the Learning Centre for our process together. I wish everyone in our community a wonderful transition through to the new year. Happy dreams!
Love, Light and Laughter
Lise
As you probably know, YouTube is a treasure trove of information, music, tutorials, documentaries, etc about humanity and all the crazy and amazing things we get up to. YouTube is also helping to transform human culture globally.
Here are a few picks, one about a cool urban sustainability project and another mind-blowing film about what’s really going on in our world:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d39biIxeuss This is the epic story of about 20 families that uprooted from suburbia and made their homes for good in one of the most blighted neighborhoods in the US, Lykins, an inner city section of Kansas City, Missouri, to invest their lives into the youth and poor who live alongside them.
We’ve seen it all, yet together as Lykins Neighborhood we believe there is hope. And the game is changing, crime is dropping! 21% over the last 2 years and the adventure continues to unfold. Follow the story at TheUrbanFarmingGuys.com, featuring Aquaponics, Neighborhood Transformation, Permaculture, Urban Farming and lots of fun taking back the neighborhood. Come join the conversation on Facebook : http://tiny.ly/tlwN and the blog at http://TheUrbanFarmingGuys.com
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When the new movie ‘Thrive’ was first posted up on YouTube, in just four days over 36,000 people had watched it. (See it yourself at the movie’s trailer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HWQz_CEyWI). While the entire film is no longer on YouTube, it is available as a download at the link, http://thrivemovement.com/.
Thrive is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what’s going on in our world by ‘following the money upstream’ — uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, Thrive offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.
This movie explores our current global predicament, the role of a few families in the control of people and resources, the role of money as a key to control the economy and all people, plus possibilities for a more healthy future, which includes local currency and a form of Tesla energy (long invented but hushed up) that could liberate us from oil and coal dependence. The movie draws together many threads you may have come across, compacted into two hours of a nicely made film.
PS: If you like the Thrive movie and website, consider buying Thrive as a Christmas present, creating a home showing with a ‘tea & discussion’ after, or at least sending these links around friends family and co-workers. For those who are new to how money is created, consider also sending the link to Money as Debt, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC720Cl3N-0 and other related movies. It’s time everyone understood how money is created and how it controls so much.
from Lise Lillian
Lillian Sparkes, my granddaughter, had her hair cut at a fundraiser on December 8th to donate toward making a wig for a child with cancer. Her goal was to raise $1200, the cost of making one wig.
She had also set up a donation box at a salon in her home town of Napanee. Recently the salon, Divine Hair Studios, was broken into and the cash register money as well as money collected in Lillian’s donation box was stolen.
Lillian is such an amazing girl. Did I mention that she is only 5 years old? She is always so considerate of others, wanting to be helpful however she can, and doing wonderful things of all kinds.
This story made me sad. . . no actually it made me mad. I can’t believe that someone would steal money from a box with a little girl’s picture on it.
She has put an awful lot of effort into her personal fundraising event and I wanted to find a way to support her efforts and help her to see that they are not in vain. Her mother and I have therefore created a web page of her very own to collect donations in her name.
If you are able to contribute any amount to help Lillian with her fundraising efforts for the Canadian Cancer Society, please feel free to make your donation on her personal web page at the following link:
http://convio.cancer.ca/site/TR?px=4234698&fr_id=9750&pg=personal
Thank you for your support!
An Introduction to Lynn Fraser by Katherine Willow ND
Lynn is one of the most gentle and humble people I have met. She helps children with schoolwork and sells Nikken health products on the side. Lucky are the students who are tutored by her!
I have invited Lynn to present some of the products she offers for sale without ever applying any pressure. This month I asked her to showcase full-spectrum lights as they are a significant help in my own life and a good support in this season. It is one of the first things I do in the morning: turn on my full-spectrum light and then do my exercises to music in front of it. It is a fun way to start the day, especially in the dark winter. So take a look at the accompanying inspirational information and consider a light for yourself or as a gift to others.
An important note: we don’t make money on these sales and are hosting this article because we believe in Nikken products — and the integrity of Lynn!
Q & A about indoor full-spectrum lighting and Nikken Kenko Light
by Lynn Fraser
What is full-spectrum light, and why is it important?
In nature, the sun produces energy across the entire spectrum of light wavelengths. Living organisms depend on full-spectrum light to survive and remain healthy. In contrast, artificial light from fluorescent or incandescent bulbs emits light waves only in an incomplete and unbalanced portion of this spectrum.
We spend up to 90% of our time indoors, and there is some scientific evidence suggesting that insufficient natural light can negatively affect mood, brain activity and ability, and the normal sleeping and waking cycle. A simple solution for this is to reproduce the benefits of sunlight in our environment.
What does the Kenko Light do?
The Nikken Kenko Light can offer the advantages of natural sunlight without the drawbacks. Its illumination — which is fully adjustable for brightness — features a broad range of wavelengths similar to sunlight. Using a Kenko Light is like bringing natural daylight into your indoor environment. It can help support natural sleep and waking cycles, better mood, daytime alertness and concentration.
But unlike the sun, Kenko Light does not emit UV radiation. Ultraviolet rays and too much sunlight lead to skin aging, premature wrinkling and are the leading cause of skin cancer. Because it is UV-free, Kenko Light does not present this risk.
Can I use the Kenko Light at any time? How much exposure is recommended?
Based on some scientific studies, full-spectrum illumination is helpful at almost any time. In the morning, full-spectrum light is believed to help in supporting regular day/night sleep patterns and learning ability in adolescents. Other studies indicate that exposure to this light in the evening helps support the natural sleep-wake cycle in older adults.
Some full-spectrum light fixtures on the market include ultraviolet wavelength emissions. As ultraviolet radiation is harmful in extended exposure, those lights can be used safely for only short periods — too short to receive the full benefits of full-spectrum light.
The Kenko Light can be used at any time, for as long as desired. It can take the place of conventional lighting as a room or desk lamp. There is no minimum or maximum time period.
Why does Kenko Light produce a high level of light in the blue area of the spectrum?
The studies that correlated full-spectrum light with support of the natural sleep cycle, suggested that wavelengths in the blue range of the visible spectrum contributed to this effect. Kenko Light technology slightly increases the amount of blue light, but the overall distribution of light waves remains balanced and generally matches the wavelength profile of natural sunlight.
What about Seasonal Affective Disorder — is the Kenko Light recommended for treating that?
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) has been identified as a depressive condition caused by a deficiency of sunlight. The symptoms of SAD have been found to increase during winter but changes in mood or alertness related to lack of sunlight can occur at any time of year.
Some professionals recommend full-spectrum lighting as a means of dealing with SAD. However, in keeping with the company’s established guidelines Nikken does not represent Kenko Light as a treatment for SAD or any other disorder.
Why is the LED technology in the Kenko Light better than older systems — fluorescent and incandescent bulbs?
There are several features of LEDs that make them superior for lighting. One is that ordinary lighting operates at frequencies that create a flickering effect. It is not always noticed but this flicker can cause eyestrain and a feeling of fatigue. The LED array in Kenko Light produces a constant stream of steady, soothing illumination.
Another reason for the LED technology in the Kenko Light is its energy efficiency. The Kenko Light consumes less than 30% of the electrical power used to operate a single 40-watt incandescent bulb.
The Kenko Light is also more environmentally friendly in that its LED arrray does not contain hazardous contaminants such as the heavy metals that are present in fluorescent tubes, for example.
Who can benefit from full spectrum lighting?
In the workplace, full spectrum lighting can improve employee morale, increase productivity, reduce errors and help decrease absenteeism. In the school classrooms, full spectrum lighting can improve attention spans, improve retention, improve energy and improve mood.
Personal Observations
My students with ADHD like the light because it doesn’t “hum or flicker”. They don’t get as tired and they can accomplish more with greater accuracy. Students who have difficulty reading black print on white background and have notes copied on coloured paper, no longer need that accommodation. As their tutor, I do not get as tired and even have the energy to do other things after having taught four or five sessions. I don’t have to take an afternoon nap and I am not pinching myself to keep awake. I am able to thoroughly enjoy working with my students.
613-224-9450
KenkoLight Full Spectrum Desk Lamp $219
($187 for readers of Carp Ridge EcoWellness Centre newletter)
Sadie: After three months with us, Sadie has transitioned to another residence in the city with more support. It has been nothing less than a revolutionary learning experience for us to have had her here, and we continue to assist in her healing process with her new and expanded team of practitioners.
Using a naturopathic model for treating mental/emotional illness gives us hope for the future of this kind of holistic care, seeing such illnesses as conditions that can usually be overcome in time with proper healing surroundings and therapies. We will give occasional updates as Sadie’s journey unfolds and look forward to her visits here to continue her connection with us.
Mariah House: As you may know from last month’s post, our healing house guest Mariah passed away peacefully at home with her family. To honour her courage and pioneering spirit, we’ve decided to name the new healing house that will be built later next year after her: Mariah House.
In the opening ceremony we will tell her story as an example of what can happen in a holistic healing environment, even when it eventually concludes in death. . .
Pond Retreat Cabin: David Shackleton and his team of woofers is completing an adorable cabin overlooking our pond that will be used as a healing house extension for retreats where people can come for rest and reflection time, nourishing food, holistic therapies, a lovely spot in nature—and a community nearby if desired! We’ll keep you posted when it’s ready to use (see pics below).
by Sarah Tyrrell
So, I can’t quite recall exactly how or when or why it happened — that I came to be absolutely intent on becoming a beekeeper. But it happened.
I know this because, at some point over the past few years, the phrase ‘become a beekeeper’ somehow crept onto my ever-evolving list of Very Important Life Goals (The List, for short).
Sure, some wacky notions have come and gone from The List, and some still linger there longingly, hoping one day I really will ‘build a chicken coop,’ and ‘go sea-kayaking in Alaska’ (‘learn to kayak’ should probably have come first, I guess), but ‘become a beekeeper’ seemed different somehow. The phrase looked confidently back at me from its place on The List, knowing, it seemed, that its time would soon come to be triumphantly crossed off.
And then one day, I caught wind of a beekeeper, une apiariste in French, who was looking for an apprentice. Her name was Monique Leger, I was told, and she, along with friends Bob and Lynne, kept three hives on the grounds at the Carp Ridge EcoWellness Centre.
What followed this discovery was a whirlwind of emails and excitement, ultimately leading to me driving to Carp Ridge one sunny Saturday, tracking down the people in bee suits, and then breathlessly blurting (probably with the enthusiasm of a kid who’s just discovered candy), “Hi! Are you Monique? Bob? Lynne? The beekeepers? Are you looking for an apprentice? Can I be your apprentice?” And so it began!
On many sunny weekend mornings to follow, to my total delight, my apprenticeship unfolded. I learned how to put on a bee veil, the protective mesh face mask that keeps potentially ornery bees from stinging your face. I learned how to use a hive tool, a kind of tiny crowbar used to pry open the hives after the bees seal them shut with propylis, a natural glue-like substance they create and then spit out like mortar.
I learned to approach a hive from behind or from the side, so as not to alarm the bees whose job it is to guard the hive entrance. And I learned the all-important reason why beekeepers wear white: because otherwise, the bees might think you’re a bear, and well, that’s just not good.
Under Monique’s forever cool, calm and collected guidance, I learned to remove a frame from the hive without wearing gloves! It was the coolest sensation, really, because I could feel the frame subtly vibrating from the beating of the bees’ wings. (You can’t feel that through gloves!)
Monique showed me that male bees, or drones, don’t have stingers, and that I could easily pick them up (very gently) by their wings and hold them in my bare hands — talk about a cool party trick! I learned how to look for the queen bee and to identify her by her size — far larger than all the other bees.
Lynne explained to me the mystical workings of the waggle dance, a complex dance bees perform, which looks like a series of figure eights, and is the primary way scout bees returning to the hive inform their hivemates about the size of pollen sources they find, and the distance to them.
I am proud to report that I even got my first sting this past summer, and without any adverse reaction, which is always a perk!
Possibly my favourite lesson of all, though, was learning to use the smoker. This magical little device looks kind of like an old-fashioned oil can that you fill with wood chips or dead grass, which you then light on fire. (Cool, right?! I know. It gets better!) Then you squeeze a little accordion-like part of it, smoke billows out of its spout, and you sort of puff this smoke all over and in and around the hives.
Contrary to what I had thought, the smoke doesn’t ‘make the bees sleepy’, but rather, it makes them think there’s a forest fire nearby. Their instincts kick in, and they prepare for an emergency relocation by gorging themselves on the honey stored in the hive, instead of stinging the beekeepers who are now poking around in their business. Brilliant!
I should note that smoking doesn’t hurt bees, and once the smoke subsides a bit (hopefully by the time the beekeepers are done investigating), the bees resume their normal activities. Still, it’s pretty neat to see them react so quickly and methodically to the smoke — definitely impressive compared to most human fire drills I’ve seen!
At harvest time, Monique, Bob and Lynne invited me and the other apprentices over for a honey-extracting party. Bob taught me to use the uncapping tool, or ‘hot knife,’ to remove the wax layer from the frames full of honey, then he fired up the centrifuge to extract all that golden goodness from the honeycomb.
In the fall, as the flowers began to fade and pollen sources became fewer, the bees began to slow down, the honey harvest was completed, and the hives prepared themselves for winter.
Now the hives are more or less quiet, as the bees settle in for a long season of munching on their honey store and waiting for spring!
Without a doubt, my beekeeping apprenticeship has been a major highlight of my yea r– I’ve met some wonderful people, eaten a ton of fresh, delicious honey, and felt a special sense of accomplishment by crossing another life dream off my bucket list.
As winter prepares to blanket home and hive with snow, I wonder what will be next to get crossed off The List. Maybe ‘take up cross-country skiing’? ‘Build an actual igloo’?
Who knows. . .
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(In addition to beekeeping, Sarah works as an Admin at Carp Ridge EcoWellness Centre. You can reach her at sarah.tyrrell@ecowellness.com. You can also find more ‘Carp Ridge Bee Diaries’ in our Article Archive)
Katherine Willow’s monthly diary, cont’d from home page
It’s still dark outside this December morning with a blustery wind and a slight creaking coming from our new metal roof that’s being installed (the old one has given up the ghost and is leaking).
Felix is not up yet. He has massively broken his arm after trying to fly from a high place and is in a cast with pins in the bone. It doesn’t slow him down at all and I try not to think about him breaking the other arm. He takes his bone-building supplements with gusto and didn’t need any pain remedies after the operation, only Arnica—which we also gave him right after the break. It helped him stop crying and fall asleep on the way to the hospital where he cheered everyone up with his natural kindness and exuberance.
The doctor tells me the pins will be pulled out without anesthetic and will hurt—but “only for a few seconds”. I wonder how to prepare him for that without adding fear. . . will let you know how it went next month.
In the middle of the turbulence of life, I am more and more aware of being driven by adrenaline, ego, survival anxiety, tension and stress, with only small moments of truly peaceful, relaxed thinking and feeling—even while I pursue (that word is a clue, grin) healing for myself and others. In fact, I am thoroughly addicted to this revved-up way of being and have been since a child.
Not that this is a new revelation or unique to me! We live in a world governed by our primitive needs and the emotions of fear, greed and anger—no matter how civilized we think we are. The new piece for me is that I have less and less judgement about it, gradually replacing intolerance of myself and others with a breathing into and letting go.
Why am I bringing this up?
It is the core of what I see as the central challenge of humanity, individually and collectively, at this time in our development: the transition from living by instincts to realizing that we are souls and learning to live by our inherent love, wisdom and collaboration—together with our instincts, without making them bad. It’s similar to the insight from GNM that diseases are really trying to help us and that understanding this enables us to recover more quickly.
I belong to that group of people who believe that we can make this change, in fact, that we are meant to do it and that the horrors of the world are growing pains of a species that can mature into something unbelievably beautiful. This destiny is already in our hearts and souls—and maybe that part of the brain that we don’t use yet—and can be nurtured in many ways. True healing moves us in this direction and feels like coming home.
The other part of my understanding is that this transition is powerfully contagious. As a few break through into the soul level on gentle breaths, their very vibrations incline others to take the same leap of evolution, trusting our deeper levels of being in everyday life. I think this is the strongest contribution one can make to humanity, this inner growth, much more than any outer activity, including healing centre development!
Sounds like a Christmas message to me.
May your Christmas, or whatever you might celebrate this season, be relaxing, rejuvenating, fun, nap-filled, healing, moving, loving, meditative, prayerful, honest, grateful and even healthy—what a thought!
And here’s to a New Year of gentle and deep change. . . each and all.
hugs, katherine
PS: Before our monthly 1-3pm Saturday Free Talks we’re beginning a monthly free clinic in the morning from 9am-noon (with $2 childcare) — and after the talk we’ll host a ‘movie night potluck’. Come over to the Centre on Sat, Jan. 14 for the movie, Thrive, from 3:30-7:30pm (see more about the movie in another post). January’s Free Talk will be “A Holistic Journey through Death & Dying”.
We’re also starting ND treatment mini-groups next year — they happen in a group of four and work really well. Call Colette in Reception to book: 613-839-1198. And remember, there’s a cleansing retreat coming up in March — consider booking with Cindy or an ND to start preparing for it NOW! It will help you feel better through this winter and next spring. . .
by Allison Brooks, natural health contributor
As the holidays creep up among us and our houses start to smell of sweet cinnamon and candy canes, families share their holiday stories. The stories are range in holiday spirits and traditions, but one is about the three wise men and how they brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. I know as a child growing up, I never thought twice about what frankincense and myrrh were, but now frankincense is making a debut in the medical realm.
Widely used aromatherapy plant, Frankincense, has been used for generations to clear the mind and open the soul. It has been used in ceremonial services or in the homes to help clear the mind of evil thoughts and promote a more relaxed environment. But now Frankincense is making a comeback by being used as an integrative therapy in arthritis and cancer treatment.
Cardiff University scientists have been researching Boswellia frerean, a species of frankincense, to study its effects on inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis. So far, they have demonstrated that the extract stops the production of inflammatory molecules which helps prevent the breakdown of cartilage. This is big news in the prevention of arthritis, or the future cure, but more studies are to be conducted.
This “stopping- agent” of the frankincense species is also being studied with cancer cells. Scientific studies are establishing the “reset” function frankincense has on the brain. Doctors have noted a frankincense aromatherapy treatment, actually separates the nucleus of the cancerous cell from the cytoplasm, making it unable to reproduce corrupt/cancerous DNA. This is a major development in cancer treatment since the frankincense does not negatively interact with healthy cells, unlike chemotherapy.
Though there is no 
concrete scientific evidence, many doctors recommend patients with an unfavorable cancer prognosis to adopt some form of complementary therapy. Not only do alternative therapies help relax the mind and body; they also promote immune system function, which is key during stressful times.
Many patients with aggressive cancer, like non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma or mesothelioma, face a difficult road ahead with treatments, and holistic complements to conventional treatments are a beneficial way to reduce the effects of symptoms and promote healing.
Who would have thought that over nine-thousand years ago a cleansing and curative plant would be the medical science of tomorrow?
References: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621121316.htm
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/veigapaula/could-frankincense-revolutionise-cancer-treatment
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Allie Brooks studies different forms of healing and has a degree in Biomedical Anthropology from the University of Mississippi. She and currently does field studies while finishing an ethnography of biomedicalization in Bolivian cultures. She can be reached at naturallie23@gmail.com
