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www.onebodymind.net
Launched!
Clients in my private practice and students at the Institute for
Psycho Structural Balancing can now easily communicate with me
and access information about the Rubenfeld Synergy Method® and
Prepare for Surgery Counseling™ via my website at www.onebodymind.net.
The website provides information about bodymind integration theory,
principles for coming back to balance, health alerts, and healthy
products. Feel free to pass the site along to others in your community
who may find it useful. In this first issue of the Onebodymind
Newsletter, I cover the Theory Behind Bodymind Integration, feature
a Health Alert on Mercury Toxicity
from Amalgam Fillings, and share my favorite cleansing
and energizing Summer Breakfast.
See Upcoming Events for info on two
free seminars: one on Mercury Toxicity from Amalgam Fillings (July 27),
and one on Vedic Meditation and Expanding Consciousness (Aug 6).
Peace and light,
Camilla Griggers, PhD, CMT
Certified Rubenfeld Synergist®
Prepare for Surgery Counselor™
Faculty, Institute for Psycho Structural Balancing
Theory Behind Bodymind Integration
The new paradigm of the bodymind changes our understanding
of how we learn, how we heal, and how we change. Robert Cooper
Ph.D. in his bestseller Get Out of Your Own Way points out
that we have not one brain, but four brains–the brain in our
head, the brain in our gut (the enteric nervous system), the
brain in our heart, and the one in our spine. All brains together
make one collective brain. The integrated input from the collective
brain creates our highest intelligence and adaptability and
the path of our greatest evolutionary potential (155).
The parts of the collective brain that have
long been unappreciated and unrecognized
connect to the limbic-related areas of the
brain in our head that give rise to what
Cooper calls “emotional intelligence” (156).
I prefer to call it bodymind intelligence;
some people call it intuition. Whatever you
call it, its influence is vast. Cooper comments
that “as much as 95% of thought, emotion
and learning occur somewhere beyond the conscious
mind” (158). Access to this 95% is through
the body and emotions, not the rational,
neo-cortex where spoken and written language
are generated. That's why we all know people
who voraciously read self-help books, but
can't quite seem to make tangible lifestyle
changes in the areas they know need to change.
It's also the limit of traditional talk psychotherapy,
which can be excellent for intellectual insight
and awareness, but can access the unconscious
only through language which resides in the
neo-cortex, the newest part of the brain
in our head. Candace Pert, Ph.D. in Molecules
of Emotion points out that the unconscious
is the body. Therefore, we can best directly
access the unconscious, where the majority
of learning takes place, through the body
itself, and through the circuitry that connects
spine, gut and heart to the much older limbic
part of the brain. In my practice as a Certified
Rubenfeld Synergist, I use touch, talk and
movement simultaneously to involve 100% of
our native intelligence to produce the immediate
emotional, embodied feedback that medical
studies of cardiac patients show drive large
lifestyle changes that last (281). The Rubenfeld
Synergy Method® is a psychophysical re-educational
method that is in alignment with the latest
theories of how the bodymind works.
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more on bodymind integration>
Meditation and the Peace Movement
Vedic meditation has a long-standing affiliation
with modern peace movements. The man known
now as Guru Deva, legendary for spending 40
years alone meditating in a forest, came out
of his retreat for the non-violent independence
movement that ended British colonial rule in
India in 1947 without bloodshed, and that was
a model for Martin Luther King during the ‘60s
civil rights movement. Guru Deva's student,
the man now known as Maharishi, came to the
US to teach meditation and non-violent consciousness
during the Vietnam War. Maharishi's student,
Thom Knoles, who took up the study of meditation
at age 15 and became a conscientious objector
during Vietnam, helped organize over 60,000
meditators in Manila in the months leading
up to the People's Revolution that ended the
25-year military dictatorship of Ferdinand
Marcos in 1986. Thom Knoles has personally
taught over 11,000 people how to meditate world-wide.
After 30 years teaching meditation in Australia,
he has returned to the U.S., and gives a free
public seminar on meditation and its benefits
on the first Sunday of every month when he
is in the Los Angeles area at 5pm at Santa
Monica Power Yoga, Studio West, in
the meditation room.
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on meditation>
Onebodymind
Summer Cleanse & Energize
Breakfast
This is my favorite cleansing summer breakfast routine. Try it for
fresh clean energy in the morning.
Start by drinking a cup of boiled fresh spring water that has been Granderized and
cooled to drinking temperature. The energized water cleanses and
hydrates the bowel to prepare for absorption. Meditate for 20 minutes.
After meditation, take a tablespoon of Liquid B Complex and
wait 10 minutes for absorption. Follow up with 1 capful of colloidal
minerals mixed with black cherry juice. After a few minutes,
prepare a protein shake with hemp protein powder, super green food,
almonds soaked overnight in spring water, an organic banana, a de-pitted
date, golden flax seeds, raw chocolate , a tablespoon
of Udo's Choice Oil Blend , and organic almond
milk . Keep the shake at room temperature to be gentle to
your spleen. Enjoy a great vibe all day!
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Certified Rubenfeld Synergist®
Prepare for Surgery Counselor™
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Mercury
Toxicity from Amalgam Fillings
Heavy metal toxicity from silver-mercury amalgam dental fillings
is so common that it is often overlooked (if your fillings aren't
white or gold, then you have silver amalgams that have mercury
in them.) The American Dental Association contends that amalgam
fillings are safe, and that the mercury in them is stable and does
not leach. Many medical researchers and practitioners disagree.
A highly rated BBC program interviewed numerous international experts
who concluded that mercury in dental fillings is unstable and relates
to a variety of health problems, including chronic fatigue and
Alzheimer's. Currently, the lead toxicologist of the World Health
Organization has openly stated that he believes mercury is unsuitable
for dental materials, and Canadians have opened a class action
lawsuit arguing that the Canadian government knew of the dangers
from amalgam fillings but failed to warn the public. Elemental
mercury is the 2 nd most deadly metal on the planet, and everyone
agrees that pregnant women should not be exposed to it in any way.
Clients I've worked with who have heavy metal toxicity often struggle
with fatigue and digestive problems on a physical plane, and fogginess,
confusion, frustration, and irritability on an emotional plane.
If you have amalgam fillings in your mouth and you're concerned,
see Upcoming Events for date, time
and place of a monthly public lecture on mercury amalgam toxicity,
fillings removal, and chelation hosted by Drs. James Rota and
Hans Gruenn in West LA. To read about other issues that may affect
your wellness, see Health Alerts.
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Free
Seminar on Mercury Amalgam Fillings
July 27
Mercury Toxicity with Drs. Gruenn and Rota in West LA - Thursday, July
27, 2006 - 7 to 9pm
Due to limited seating, reservations are required.
Telephone: 310-208-4297
www.drrota.com/free-seminar.html
Open to the Public - Dentists and Physicians
Welcome
As a service to the community, Drs. Gruenn and Rota discuss sources
of mercury toxicity, the physician-dentist team approach to recovery,
proper detox protocols, home detoxification methods, and an opportunity
to have your related health questions answered. I have attended this
seminar and it is excellent. They screen the BBC documentary on the issue,
and answer all questions about toxicity, removal, and chelation. Dr.
Rota is a holistic dentist and Dr. Gruenn is a holistic MD.
Free Talk on Introduction to Meditation
August 6
Intro To Meditation with Thom Knoles in Santa Monica - Sunday August 6,
5pm
Santa Monica Power Yoga meditation room, Studio West, 1410 2 nd Street
at Santa Monica Blvd
www.IntroToMeditation.com
Open to the Public
Thom Knoles returns from Australia to Santa Monica
to talk about the benefits of meditation, the quantum
physics of consciousness, and the 5,000 year old tradition
of Vedic meditation from a modern, cognitive science
perspective. These free talks are always engaging and
stimulating, as Thom fields questions from the audience
and shares some of his remarkable wisdom garnered from
graduate studies in cognitive science and the devoted
practice of Vedic meditation since age 15, when he
chose to follow his teacher Maharishi 's path of non-violence
and enlightened consciousness during the Vietnam War.
Come join the Santa Monica Power Yoga community in
the revered tradition of sitting with the teacher and
opening the doors of consciousness.
For more info about upcoming events, contact
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