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 natural health care practices for the
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2010 & 2011 Past Spotlights

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a few Previous CHEO Member Spotlights!
 
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CHEO Spotlight: Monroe A. Trotter
 
CHEO Chattanooga Board, Health Fair Co-Chair

God's Answer 2 Cancer:
It's Time To Tell The Truth Ministry

 

P.O. Box 1180, Collegedale TN 37315, 423-236-4592, c:423-290-8680, timetelltruth@msn.com
 
 

www.GodsAnswer2Cancer.com

 
Q & A with Monroe:

·    What brought you to Alternative Health and the field/product you’re involved with? 
Experiencing the suffering and death of my dear father, uncle and brother to cancer and it’s treatments; and the icing on the cake was my diagnosis on
October 10th 2002 with cancer.

·    Tell us about yourself in 60 words or less! 
I spent twenty years in the
United States Naval Services, I’ve traveled in the Bermuda Triangle in a Submarine. A number of those years in the military were in the medical community as a Medical Corpsman.  Naval Medical Corpsman served on the battle fields of Viet Nam; some of them were known to split rib cages open and conduct cardiac massage on the actual heart in attempts to save Marines lives.  Duke University created the very first Physicians Assistants Degree Program (PA) in the nation, in response to Navy Corpsman.  I graduated from the Wildwood Hospital and Lifestyle Center in 1998;  I have acquired a working knowledge of disease management through Lifestyle changes.  I treated thousands of inmates with traditional allopathic medicine over a six year period, before being trained in Natural Remedies.

·    What is the one thing you would most like us to know about yourself? 
The fact that I am now the proud owner of the very first
Virtual Wellness Center. Imagination has now become reality.  Now it is possible to visit a (virtual / online) Wellness Center, fill out a consent & questionnaire and receive some of the most cutting edge Health Care (not Sick Care) advice, counsel and information in the world, right there in the confines of your own home. Don’t take my word, check it out for yourself.  Visit: www.GodsAnswer2Cancer.com

·    Are you married, have you ever been married, etc? Kids? Pets?
Yes!  I’m approaching my 32nd Anniversary with my dearest wife, Ella; I have two darling dear daughters, Lynette approaching her 28th birthday, she is a graduate of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Kimberly, 24, a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University.  I have two darling dear granddaughters by Lynette, Jailyn, almost 6 years old and Bria 3 years old.

·    Where do you see yourself in five years?
I’ll be opening The great Physician’s Wellness Center in Jacksonville Florida this fall; in five years,
I truly believe that I’ll be overseeing 15 to 20 Great Physician’s Wellness Centers throughout the South East portions of The United States of America.

·    How would you like to see this organization grow, change or expand? How would you like to see medical and alternative health in this country grow, change or etc.
I would like to see a great deal of value placed upon a “CHEO” Membership card.  I would like to see people lining up to join CHEO because of the outstanding benefits that they would be entitled to receive.  I would like to see all of us in CHEO operating as one organism, sharing and referring clients back and forth between each other.  I would like to see “alternative health” becoming our primary and not secondary approach to achieving wellness.  Allopathic Sick Care does not work.  The general public must be informed!  We can achieve this only by contrasting Health Care vs Sick Care.

·    What services do you offer?
Utilizing my
Virtual Wellness Center, I am offering my lifetime of experiences coupled with a million dollar library in the completion of “Road-Maps to Wellness" for all major conditions that we here in America have labeled as diseases.  These Road-Maps to Wellness are put onto CD and mailed to requestees.

·    Do you feel what you provide is holistic health care, alternative health care, complementary health care services or do you care what it’s labeled? 
Each of these labels have some negative connotations.  A much more relevant name would be Wholistic Health Care.  This denotes the Whole person; the term “holistic” has New Age Spiritual Aspects.

·    What do you think the publics’ perception about holistic health is?  
I think, I was about to approach the subject in the last question.  The general public must be educated to understand that they must play a part in facilitating their own wellness.  Our sick care system  places the burden of achieving wellness on the shoulders of the Doctors and the Pharmacist.  The public has been educated to think that all they have to do is to follow every “and, the, and but” that comes from the mouth of their doctor.

·    What is the one thing you want the public to understand about your services that you feel
they don’t? 
I am the only Wellness Coach in the world that offers my Wellness Coaching Services absolutely FREE!

·    Currently holistic health is:  Considered over the edge, misunderstood and the classic demon
as defined by traditional allopathic drug medication and disease management. This image must
be changed!
 


Medical Missionary Evangelist...I have dedicated the rest of my life to
conducting Cancer Seminars, Cancer Workshops and Cancer Divine Healing
Boot-Camps.  I am available to travel anywhere, anytime, to conduct seminars. 
Download my "God's Answer to My Cancer Program." God healed me
and He wants to heal you too. 
www.GodsAnswer2Cancer.com

     

  

May 2010 CHEO Spotlight:

Natalie Kurylo, DC
 
Gypsy Hands Healing Arts Center
701 North Central St., Knoxville TN 37917
865-522-5829 c: 865-712-4324

   
chirodiva@hotmail.com
 
Chiropractic care utilizing Bio Geometric integration. Gentle adjustments and tonal work which apply quantum physics to
the art of chiropractic. Safe And effective chiropractic care in
a holistic, intuitive environment.

CHEO Knoxville Treasurer

Q & A with Natalie:

What brought you to Alternative Health and the field/product you’re involved with? 
I worked in a health food store in Indianapolis in the mid-90s. One of my co-workers convinced me that I needed to go to a chiropractor for my health, even though I didn't have any problems or pains. On my first visit, the chiropractor explained that the Central Nervous System (CNS) coordinates all the functions of the body and that misalignments of the spine can negatively affect communication between the CNS and the body. Adjustments help to keep that communication pathway open for a higher level of function and optimum health. That made so much sense to me, I wondered why no one had told me that before! By the second or third visit, I had a clear sense, really a calling, that I was supposed to be a chiropractor. Along the path to becoming a chiropractor, I had heard of CranioSacral Therapy and was intrigued by that, as well.

Are you married, have you ever been married, etc? Kids? Pets?  I am married to Timo O'Donnell. We've been together since 2003 and married on 08/08/08. We don't plan to have kids, but we do enjoy our 4 cats and 2 seventy pound mutts! One is a coon hound mix and the other is a Chow mix.

Where are you from? How long in the Greater Chattanooga area? I'm originally from Poughkeepsie, NY and most of my immediate family still lives in that area. I've moved around a lot and have lived in North Carolina, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Indiana and South Carolina. My husband (who is from Pennsylvania) and I moved to Knoxville in 2007 with every intention of spending the rest of our lives here!

What do you like to do in your spare time? What do you do for fun? I keep pretty busy, but when I do have some spare time, I like to read, garden, walk our dogs and spend time with friends, especially my husband, Timo O'Donnell. Timo and I both enjoy travel and photography, so we try to plan trips to places where we can take cool photos. I also like to crochet and usually fit that in while I'm a passenger in the car or during meetings. You may have even seen me crochet during CHEO meetings - I promise I'm paying attention, even if my hands are busy!

So tell me about how you got started in your work? My first office was in Spartanburg, SC. I practiced there for 2 years while Timo finished school and we figured out where we wanted to live. We spent one full year talking about what sort of place we wanted to live in and visiting various cities. Eventually, Knoxville rose to the top. We moved here in 2007 and then I spent another 6 months or more figuring out where in Knoxville I should practice. I discovered Gypsy Hands Healing Arts Center through one of their ads in Metropulse. I opened my practice as an independent contractor there in 2008 and I've been loving it ever since! It's a phenomenal community of healers practicing deep tissue bodywork, Reiki and veterinary acupuncture. We even have Reiki training and bellydance classes.

How would you describe your studio to someone?  My adjusting room doesn't look like most chiropractic
offices - it's very colorful with huge windows, lots of plants and two adjusting tables. The room where I do CranioSacral Therapy is much more cocoon-like. There are no windows and I keep the lighting low to encourage clients to relax and even go to sleep during the session. I spend a lot of time with my clients and for the most part, even with my chiropractic clients, it's one-on-one time. I do have two adjusting tables, so there is a chance that two people who don't know each other will be getting adjusted at the same time, but mostly it's friends and family members who come in together to get adjusted. From the moment people walk in the door, they can usually tell there's something special about this healing arts center. The energy is so peaceful and calming that we have some clients who come in early or stay after their session to just relax with a cup of tea or maybe read one of the hundreds of books we have.

What services do you offer? I offer chiropractic care and CranioSacral Therapy (CST). I see everyone from newborns to the elderly - we all need a nervous system free of interference, regardless of our state of health! I think chiropractic care and CST blend together really well. They are both focused on removing interference from the body and allowing the body to return to its natural state of health and well-being. CST addresses tissue restriction anywhere in the body, from the dural membrane over the brain and spinal cord to fascia over the muscles, or even tissue in a specific organ. It can even address restriction around the Cranial Nerves. I've worked with newborns suffering from colic and octogenarians with joint problems, but I also see clients who come in because my services help reduce their anxiety or because they have really cool spiritual experiences during their sessions. I've had clients send me poetry that they wrote after a session and others report visions of art that they later create.

What is the one thing you want the public to understand about your services that you feel they don’t? Most people think they don't need to go to a chiropractor unless they are in pain, but that's like waiting till you have a cavity to go to the dentist. Chiropractic and CranioSacral Therapy are things that you can do for yourself to maintain good health and prevent health issues from becoming a problem. My clients who come in "just to check it out" are amazed at the sense of well-being they can attain on all levels - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. It's really pretty incredible how good we can feel and what we can do when we lower our stress level and allow inspiration to come to us!
 

Natalie Kurylo, DC * Gypsy Hands Healing Arts Center * 701 North Central Street * Knoxville, TN 37917 * 865.522.5829 * www.GypsyHands.com
 

     

April 2010 CHEO Spotlight:
Tami Freedman, CHEO Web, Newsletter,
and CHEO Chattanooga President 2007, 2009

 

Education on Vaccines & Autism
and Vibrant Health on a Dime!

423-591-3354  TamiFreedman@aol.com
 
http://HerbalRepair.tripod.com
http://TamiHealth.tripod.com
http://AutismFliers.tripod.com
http://TraceMinerals.tripod.com

Autism IS Treatable with Bio-Medical Treatments,  Green our Vaccines (safer ingredients); 40 Vaccines by 2 years is crashing baby’s systems (autism, adhd, etc). How to get EXEMPTIONS to avoid vaccines (email me!) , Trace Minerals amazing for health, and Herbal Repair, for massive health challenges is one of the most powerful therapies anywhere!


What brought you to Alternative Health and the field/product you’re involved with?  
In 1983, I had a softball injury that required surgery and they put me on a very strong antibiotic. From that point forward, I suffered with brain fog, low energy and was ultimately diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue. In 1988, I was diagnosed with systemic Yeast Syndrome (candida albicans). In 2002, holistic health began the long path of returning me to health.


Tell us about yourself in 60 words or less:
I care. Care about people. Care about animals. Care about our planet.

 
Where are you from? How long in the Greater Chattanooga area?  With parents in the Air Force, I was born in West Point, New York. Lived in over 6 places by age 6. Lived in Hawaii for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. Then when my father retired from the AF, being Adventists, we settled in Collegedale TN so my sister could attend college.


If you had three wishes, what would they be in order of importance?
1) Sanity at the top of world government and leadership.
2) Kindness to animals and all living things.
3) Years of my life back that I lost to chronic fatigue, and my dog Bubby (and other loved ones) returned to me..


Are you married, have you ever been married, etc? Kids? Pets?
Chronic fatigue took quite a bit of my adult life, leaving me without energy and not feeling I should commit to marriage. I have 2 wonderful nieces and 7 wonderful grand-nieces and nephew who I adore. I had a dog/son Bubby for over 16 years. And in the neighborhood where I live, the tough economy has caused people to dump cats, and given that I feed any hungry anything that shows up... I now feed over 15 cats, all named and loved!


Where do you see yourself in five years?

Tending my pet babies, working, living in the country on a farm or larger acreage, happy.


How would you like to see CHEO grow, change or expand? How would you like to see medical and alternative health in this country grow, change or etc.  I'd like to see a national network of CHEO type organizations who link together and work together for the common good. I'd like to see medical doctors wake up and expand their practices to include holistic modalities, and I'd like to see holistic health get smarter and do better at educating the public, media, doctors and make inroads at a govt. level toward better health for the public.


Do you feel what you provide is holistic health care, alternative health care, complementary health care services or do you care what it’s labeled? 
Labels - that's fun!  When I started with CHEO in 2006, a practitioner said that people kept asking her about Complementary Health - did that mean it was free. So I leaned toward calling what this Alternative Health. Recently, I've concluded that since we SHOULD be mainstream, I prefer to call our vast umbrella Holistic Health.


What are 5 things you think the public needs to know about holistic health but doesn’t?
1) That Integrative Doctors can provide the best of both worlds!
2) That the government, CDC, FDA, etc lies and there is massive fraud at the very top of much of traditional medicine in this country.
3) That they should look at their body as their ONE life - and take better care of it.
4) That putting a little money out of their pocket for ongoing holistic services is so worth it!
4b) That they're taking their perfectly healthy infants in to doctors, born perfect, and getting them
      vaccinated with toxins that lead to massive increases in the levels of children with ADHD, Allergies, Asthma,
      Autism, Cancer, Diabetes, SIDS....
4c) That AUTISM IS TREATABLE!! (nutrition, detoxification, chelation, energy medicine is invaluable and is
       returning these kids back to the normal range!)
4d) That vaccines are optional. Every state allows medical exemptions
(tough to get). 49 have ReligiousExemptions
      (including TN & GA, click to download). And 18 provide for Philosophical Exemptions (just say no).
5a) That "HOLISTIC" and "GREEN" are interrelated and need to work together! The toxins making people sick
      are the same ones making the planet sick - and those poisoning people are the same ones poisoning earth.
5) How very incredible almost every Holistic Health modality and practitioner is!

 
Fill in the blank.  5 years ago holistic health was: Not that prevalent. 15 years ago, I believed the spin that chiropractors were quacks. Thought of massage parlors when I heard massage, hadn't heard of Reiki or Reflexology... and didn't consider my diet to be anything but a weight issue - nothing to do with my health.
 
Currently holistic health is:  Getting more mainstream. Quite impressed with the huge healthy supermarkets, and the amount of knowledge that's becoming mainstream.

In 10 years holistic health will be:  I believe that unfettered, holistic health would force the doctors to move away from the germ theory and toward ENERGY MEDICINE and completely mainstream. (no more alternative).


What is the most remarkable thing you’ve seen in holistic health?  Inspirational story:  I've seen so many incredible things.  Terry Jeanne, local acupuncturist, getting my mom out of pain. Rev. Lois Slater, an 82-year-young Knoxville healer, healing my mom's painfully broken bone over night via a phone call. (Lois has been healing since she was 3 years old, a natural healer, she doesn't charge money, her phone is 865-453-8556).

And then there's Trace Minerals and Herbal Repair... 

LIQUID TRACE MINERALS FOR EVERYTHING from ARTHRITIS to natural FLEA-ZAPPER to...
  

 
…about six years ago, I hurt my right knee playing racquetball. For six months my injured knee hurt going down stairs. Being in CHEO, someone told me any injury area needs extra nutrients to heal. They said to buy liquid trace minerals, and apply them externally. Put a quarter size amount of liquid in your palm and massage in every day for two weeks. I did and WOW!!!!!  Within two weeks the hurt knee felt stronger than the other knee and I’ve done stairs for years now without pain.  After a bike accident in 2010, my left knee swelled up to twice its size and hurt so bad I couldn't sleep. Trace Minerals 6 times in two days and my knee was strong, didn't hurt and felt great!!!

Buy these at most local health food stores:
 (and while you can also follow the instructions and add
  to water, its even more amazing applied externally!)


 

ConcenTrac Liquid Trace Minerals 

8 oz.   approx. $25 at any health food store

(better for folks with heart or blood pressure issues
since it's very low sodium)


                                       Utah Sea Minerals 
                                                  16 oz.  approx. $10
  
        
                                                        (I apply this to myself,
                                                                         and my animals!)

In 2008, my dog Bubby, 15˝ years old, struggled. I couldn’t get nutrients into him, so I slathered liquid Trace Minerals all over his body. It helped AND it eliminated his FLEAS!! This summer, I put Utah Sea Minerals on my new dog, Scooby (every two weeks on his neck/down spine). It Works, No Fleas!!  Plus Borax powder on carpet, after 15 minutes, vacuum, to kill flea eggs, stopping all flea problems.

This spring, a friend told me about his bad knee. I sent him to buy Utah Sea Minerals. A week later he hugged me and said: “My knees thank you!!!”  Two months later he showed me how his arthritic hands were now almost normal.
(People living near the ocean have very little arthritis).

This year I’ve finally gotten smart. A few months ago I started DAILY (after my shower) “slathering” liquid trace minerals externally over my heart, thyroid, kidneys, liver, gut, pancreas… I seem to be losing weight (less hungry). My kidneys appreciate it - I’m losing the edema around my ankles. My joints all seem to work better.  

And then I started getting even smarter!  I'd read in Ed Jones' Nutrition World that the average American woman adds 5 lbs of toxins to her body yearly with lotions, shampoos, makeups, etc. My ongoing goal is to add only healthy nutrients externally. When I realized my skin needed more moisture, I started applying Organic Walnut Oil (great for the liver), Cold-Pressed Sesame Oil (great for the kidneys), and other "cooking" oils instead of petroleum-based lotions. It's been amazing for my health.


HERBAL REPAIR...For Amazing Health and the CRISES in our Lives!  Herbal Repair...infusing massive levels of healing nutrients into the body quickly. Herbal Repair...any injury area, organ or body system needs extra nutrients to heal (mega-dosing). Herbal Repair...significant improvement in minutes not months.
  
My favorite "Herbal Repair" story...my niece Melissa Jones

My niece Melissa started working at Waffle House at age 15. She's an amazing waitress. She weighed under 100 lbs her teens and beyond. At 20 she got married, got pregnant, gained 100 lbs. She gave birth and didn't lose any weight. She tried dieting and didn't lose weight. She didn't eat much and didn't lose weight. Then she started having massive abdominal pain and couldn't get through her Waffle House shift. Three times she was forced to leave work, go to the E.R. and seek an answer to debilitating pain. Not knowing much about anatomy, she told the physicians that her kidneys hurt. They put dye in her and ran scans. Nothing.

After the fourth E.R. visit, they told her the next answer was to do exploratory surgery to see if a kidney stone perhaps was in the kidneys but at the lip of the tube, and might be blocking the tube causing pain. After this surgery, the surgical doctor called her primary doctor and told him she must be psychosomatic.

          Nothing was wrong with her.

When they started to treat her for mental illness, my mom (Melissa's grandmom) got involved. She knew Melissa wasn't crazy. Melissa is one of the hardest working gals around. Mom got Melissa's handwriting and took it to an Herbal Repair practitioner for assessment. The woman called Mom the next day and said, "No wonder she's in pain, her liver is filled with strep."  Plus any time the liver is clogged the person probably can't lose weight.

Two days later, my parents and I did a Herbal Repair footsoak on Melissa. Two days after that, Melissa reported that all pain was gone. Over the following 30 days, Melissa lost 30 pounds spontaneously without doing any change to her diet or routine. Over the next 5 months, Melissa lost an additional 50 pounds.

MELISSA & BLOOD PRESSURE (BP) -- Several years after this, Melissa was  experiencing high blood pressure. Doctors put her on 3 different BP medications. She went to a practitioner for an Herbal Repair session. The next day she took her BP meds and nearly passed out. Going to the doctor he told her that her blood pressure was normal and the meds she took had gotten her BP too low. The doctor removed from her all blood pressure meds. Melissa remains off them to this day --  after ONE Herbal Repair session.

And I have my own LYMES Disease story of healing with one Herbal Repair session... Please visit my website for more information on this amazing therapy:  http://HerbalRepair.tripod.com. And feel free to email me with any questions: TamiFreedman@aol.com.
 

     

March 2010 CHEO Spotlight:
Dale & Lauren Smithandrews
 

CHEO Knoxville Board of Directors
 

Mountain Harmony
Wellness Center
194 Carson Rd., Sweetwater TN 37874
423-442-4201
laurendale43@gmail.com 

www.MountainHarmonyWellness.com 

Categories: Animal Reiki, Holistic Health Counseling,
Emotional Clearing, Holistic Pain Management, Reiki
Healing/Reiki Classes & Workshops, Crystal Healing,
Energy Healing Classes & Workshops, Meditation /
Meditation Classes & Workshops, Sound & Music
Therapy or Classes & Workshops

Pranic Healing, Vibrational Healing, Stone Layouts, Solfeggio Tuning Fork Therapy, Reiki & Reiki Classes, Music
& Sound Therapy, Crystal Healing, Emotional Healing, Holistic Coaching, Energy Bodywork, Meditation Classes,
Energy Healing Classes & Holistic Animal Care are offered at Mountain Harmony Wellness. As Certified Holistic
Coach, Dale empowers clients to release and heal past traumas. Reiki & Reiki Classes, Emotional Healing, Pain
Management, Holistic Realignment Technique, Energy Bodywork, Energy Healing Classes, Meditation Classes
& Holistic Animal Care are offered.


Dale and Lauren Smithandrews founded Mountain Harmony Wellness near Madisonville, Tennessee following their 2005 move from Ohio.  They see clients and offer a variety of classes, recently expanding classes to Maryville at All Is Well Healing Center and Athens at Apple Tree Health Foods.

Dale and Lauren had been complementary health practitioners with their own practices since the mid-1990’s.  Following their marriage in 2004, they combined their practices and continued treating clients and teaching Reiki classes. 

Dale and Lauren are both Reiki Master Teachers.  Dale is also a Holistic Life Coach helping clients uncover and release issues and triggers that hold them back in life. He is certified by the Holistic Healing Institute

Lauren is also a certified SomaEnergetics Sound Therapy practitioner using the Solfeggio Tuning Forks; a certified Vibrational Healer using sound, light, color and crystals, and doing Past Life Regressions; and, a Pranic Healer using light and color energies in the healing process.

The Ohio ice storm of 2004 just before Christmas left them without power and water for 7 days and had them wondering why they were in Ohio when neither of them liked cold weather.  But how to decide where to move?  Out came the pendulums and a map of the United States and by a process of elimination the area north of Madisonville was the result.   

Coming from a huge metaphysical community, they weren’t sure what to expect in a rural, conservative, Bible Belt area, but they soon eased into an unexpectedly large healing and metaphysical community in their new Tennessee home and found that that complementary healing practices were not unfamiliar.  Many complementary healing techniques have been used for generations and a number of churches have a hands-on healing tradition similar to energy healing practices. 

Mountain Harmony Wellness began offering Reiki Level 1 and 2 classes through flyers posted in Madisonville and the students came.  The range of classes has expanded to include Reiki Level 3, the Master Teacher Level, Energize Yourself! which teaches about the meridians, Meditation Your Way about ways to meditate in addition to emptying your mind, Honor Your Boundaries about honoring yourself first while still respecting others and  Let Go of Anger about being gentle with yourself and others by learning to let go of the real causes of anger, and other classes.

Lauren and Dale’s philosophy has always been to keep their fees low so everyone who wants to can afford the classes they teach.  They also offer scholarships and will barter. Especially in these times, they understand that a “small” amount of money may be a budget item, not just pocket change and they don’t want anyone not to be able to attend a class.  Dale and Lauren will teach classes wherever the students are if they can gather at least 4 participants. 

In 2008, Lauren and Dale installed a seven circle Classic Labyrinth on their property.  It is open to the public during daylight hours.  Individuals and groups are welcome to come to walk, dance or meditate their way into the center and back out again.  This year they plan to build a meditation pergola next to the labyrinth.

To learn more about Lauren and Dale Smithandrews, their modalities and Mountain Harmony Wellness visit their website at www.mountainharmonywellness.com, email them at laurendale43@gmail.com or call 423-442-4201.
 

     

                                    SAMPLE
MOUNTAIN HARMONY WELLNESS  CLASS SCHEDULE

Please go to www.mountainharmonywellness.com for class or meeting descriptions and location, or call us at 423-442-4201. All events are at Mountain Harmony Wellness in Madisonville unless otherwise indicated. Register at 423-442-4201. Check website for schedule changes.

Athens classes held at Apple Tree Health Foods on Congress Pkwy.
Maryville classes held at All Is Well Healing Center.
Mountain Harmony Wellness, 194 Carson Rd., Madisonville

MAY 2010
Sat. May 1st Energize Yourself ! 9:30 – 2:30 $40 Energy Meridians
Sun. May 2nd Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge
Sat. May 8th Reiki 1 & 2 9:30 – 4:30 $45 for Level 1 & $45 for Level 2 Maryville
Sat. May 15th Reiki 1 & 2 9:30 – 4:30 $45 for Level 1 & $45 for Level 2
Sun. May 16t Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge

JUNE  2010

Sat. Jun. 5th Meditation Your Way 9:30 – 12:30 $30 several ways taught & practiced
Sun. Jun. 6th Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge
Sat. Jun. 12th Reiki 1 & 2 9:30 – 4:30 $45 for Level 1 & $45 for Level 2 Athens
Sat. Jun. 19th Reiki 1 & 2 9:30 – 4:30 $45 for Level 1 & $45 for Level 2
Sun. Jun. 20th Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge
Sat. Jun. 26th Reiki 3 9:30 – 2:30 $55, Master Level Class–Pre-requisites Levels
                                1 & 2 and minimum of 1 year of practice

JULY  2010
Sun. Jul. 4th Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge
Sat. Jul. 17th Reiki 1 & 2 9:30 – 4:30 $45 for Level 1 & $45 for Level 2
Sun. Jul. 18th Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge
Sat. Jul. 31st Honor Your Boundaries 9:30 –12:30 $30

AUGUST  2010
Sun. Aug. 1st Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge
Sat. Aug. 14th Reiki 1 & 2 9:30 – 4:30 $45 for Level 1 & $45 for Level 2 Maryville
Sun. Aug. 15th Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge
Sat. Aug. 21st Reiki 1 & 2 9:30 – 4:30 $45 for Level 1 & $45 for Level 2

SEPTEMBER  2010
Sun. Sep. 5th Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge
Sat. Sep. 25TH Reiki 1 & 2 9:30 – 4:30 $45 for Level 1 & $45 for Level 2
Sun. Sep. 26th Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge

OCTOBER  2010
Sat. Oct. 2nd Energize Yourself ! 9:30 – 2:30 $40 Energy Meridians
Sun. Oct. 3rd Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge
Sat. Oct. 9th Reiki 1 & 2 9:30 – 4:30 $45 for Level 1 & $45 for Level 2 Athens
Sat. Oct. 16th Reiki 1 & 2 9:30 – 4:30 $45 for Level 1 & $45 for Level 2
Sun. Oct. 17th Energy Awareness Circle 4 -6:30 No Charge

 See website for additional Class Schedule.

February 2010 CHEO Spotlight:
Susan Gridley, Ph.D., EEMCP

Eden Energy Medicine Certified Practitioner

CHEO Board of Directors
 
sue.gridley@gmail.com 
 
423-762-3220
 
www.care4.org 
 
www.innersource.net/energy_medicine/pract_location 
 

Chakra Balancing
Counseling & Coaching / Life Coach
EFT / TFT / BodyTalk
Energy Medicine / Energy Medicine
     Classes & Workshops
Prepare for Surgery / Heal Faster
     Consultations, Classes & Workshops

Sue Gridley, PhD, EEMCP studied with Donna Eden and her faculty and became an Eden Energy Medicine (EM) Certified Practitioner. She's a Certified Instructor of Energy Medicine for Women, teaches classes / study groups on Energy Medicine. and provides individual sessions for EM, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and Life Guide Coaching. Coaching appointments may be by phone after initial evaluation. Sue is an experienced dowser, is Certified in NutriPuncture, and has studied Oriental Medical practices, and is also familiar with Quantum Techniques and LifeLine.

Q and A with Sue:
 


What brought you to Alternative Health and the field/product you’re involved with? 

Like many people in Alternative Health, I was brought to the field by a serious personal health challenge that left me disabled for some time.  When conventional medicine was unable to help, I realized that I needed to learn how to be my own healer and advocate.  I was luckier than most in that I had already been on the faculty of the University of South Florida Medical School for many years, and had been part of a teaching/training team in a teaching hospital for almost two decades, so I was educated.  Still, if I could not easily find people who could diagnose and treat me, it was clear that others were even more unprepared to face similar health challenges without support.
 

So tell me about how you got started in your work?   

I started as a clinical psychologist (Ph.D., UTK), working in the conventional medical arena, but always had an interest in the spiritual and metaphysical.  Though trained as a scientist/practitioner, my later study of comparative religions familiarized me with spiritual practices used to maintain and restore health.  My own health challenge led to retirement from the practice of psychology, eventually beginning work as a Life Guide Coach, and then on to certification as a Certified Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner.
 

What do you like to do in your spare time? What do you do for fun?

I love to travel, be it locally or internationally. I also love photography, reading, teaching, organic gardening, spending time with friends, and learning new healing skills. 


Are you married, have you ever been married, etc? Kids? Pets?

I’ve been married for 19 years, and all of our children have four feet.  One of our rescue cats was brought back from the edge of death by using Energy Medicine for animals.  Some day we hope to find another dog as well.  This Spring, we’ll start keeping a few hens for organic eggs. And we have many wild birds, bees and butterflies that are supported in our wildlife-friendly habitat.
 

What services do you offer?

Eden Energy Medicine uses 9 basic energy systems to balance and harmonize your body’s own innate healing abilities.  It integrates practices from many cultures, going back 5000 years.  Meridians and chakras are probably the energy systems best known to most people.  All the practices work with what other cultures respectively call chi, qi, or prana—words that all refer to our life energy.

I teach classes and study groups on Introductory Energy Medicine, Energy Medicine for Women, and the Energies of Love.  Classes or study groups may be arranged by contacting me at sue.gridley@gmail.com with the key words Energy Medicine in the subject line, or by visiting my website www.care4.org.

I also do individual Energy Medicine sessions in northwest Georgia (about 30 minutes from Chattanooga) by referral or on approval after meeting or talking with a client.


Do you feel what you provide is holistic health care, alternative health care, complementary health care services or do you care what it’s labeled?

What I provide is all of those in that it supports natural healing.  Energy Medicine does not take the place of conventional medicine, but it can be an integral part of a person’s overall health practice.  Energy Healing is the oldest, safest form of healing on Earth.
 

What advice do you have for people looking to get into your field of practice?

Do your research about what options are available to you in this burgeoning field. Find a course of study that fits you. Take a class or study group with me. My search brought me to Eden Energy Medicine (www.innersource.net). Realize that you will need to devote time and money to successfully complete an organized, accredited course of study. Then follow your bliss.


What is the most remarkable thing you’ve seen in your business?  Inspirational story:

When I was in the second year of the certification program for Eden Energy Medicine, I met a friend at the beach after a week of classes.  While demonstrating a session on her, I found that Kidney meridian was out of harmony.  When I told her, she said she wasn’t going to mention it, but she had recently been found to have nodules on her kidney and was to have a biopsy the next week.  We only had one session, but I unblocked the energy flow in Kidney meridian and balanced her other energies, and when she went back for the biopsy, the new diagnostic test showed no evidence of nodules.  She needed no further treatment.  That was one of the first times I confirmed what I do by finding a previously diagnosed medical condition, using EM to help it, and then having a conventional medical test verify that the problem was resolved.
 

What is the one thing you want the public to understand about your services
that you feel they don’t?

Everyone can learn to use energy to create balance and harmony.  A qualified practitioner can not
only work ON you, but work WITH you to teach you how to do simple routines that will keep your energies flowing.


        
 ....if you ask an impertinent question, you are on the way to a pertinent answer.
                    
 -- Jacob Bronowski
 

January 2010 CHEO Spotlight

  Paula Tate  Juice Plus
8301 Clearwater Court
Knoxville TN 37923
 
865 -909-2345, 865 -776-0227
paula@knoxvillejp.com

www.knoxvillejuiceplus.com
 
Categories:
  • Antioxidant Superfoods
  • Business Opportunities
  • Childrens Health, Holistic
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  • Counseling / Women’s Health, Maternity
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  • Homeopathy / Homeopathic Medicine
  • Nutrition, Supplements, Vitamins
  • Regenerative Whole Foods

Paula Tate comes from a long line of educators, which may be the reason why she decided to pursue a landscaping degree at UT! Fortunately for our community, after spending several years in Germany and taking a teaching position there, (she went for three months and stayed for two years) she decided “not to fight the genetics,” came home and was convinced that education was, in fact, her calling.

Paula’s mom, LouL, founded Tate’s School of Discovery some 40 years ago, and her dad is a lifetime educator, having been principal at both Cedar Bluff Middle and Ball Camp Elementary schools.

When Paula returned to the states, she began a 15-year teaching career in Knox County. She was nominated as a Walt Disney Teacher of the Year while she was at Gibbs Elementary School. Like her parents, Paula took a great interest in the role that a child’s well-being played in their ability to learn. Her passion led her to research programs that incorporated health and wellness into learning. She discovered, and became certified in, the L.E.A.N Start Program, founded by Dr. William Sears, “America’s Pediatrician.” L.E.A.N is an acronym which stands for lifestyle, exercise, attitude and nutrition.

As well as being certified to train adults she has begun to educate children using “Nutrition Detectives”.  It is an interactive, practical and exciting nutritional education program designed specifically for elementary school children.  The “Nutrition Detectives” classes, sponsored by Juice Plus, are the brain child of Dr. David Katz. Dr. Katz is best known as the founder of The Yale Prevention Research Center at the Yale School of Medicine, and as the medical columnist for O Magazine.

Beginning in January, classes will be available to the wider community.  Paula is teaming up with Paula Pavelka, RN to offer the L.E.A.N. Start Program to other groups. Certified in the program, the “two Paula’s” will be available to meet with parent groups, church groups, physicians or even corporate groups to teach them what a great impact a well-balanced and healthy lifestyle can have on the learning of even the youngest of children.
 

For more information about the L.E.A.N. Start Program visit www.preventioncounts.com for class information and scheduling and to find more information on Juice Plus visit Paula’s Web site at www.knoxvillejuiceplus.com and to learn how to get it FREE for children 4 - college age, email paula@knoxvillejp.com or you can call at (865) 909-2345.

 

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