ARTICLES
Members
Reaching Out ...
…
and Answering the Call
Meditations:
Soapbox of the President
Remembering
Aztlán
The
Communication Tango
What
on Earth can we do?
Letters
to Connections
Homeopathic
Help For Companion Animals
All
About Herbs: Demystifying Earth’s Gifts
Member
Profiles: Jean Vader Loose, RN, CMT Massage Therapist
Members Reaching Out ...
Jean Vader Loose, RN, CMT
GRAND JUNCTION: The Rossiter System, a unique stretching
program for pain relief of common injuries, aches and pains,
is coming to Grand Junction in July.
Richard Rossiter, creator of The Rossiter System, will
offer a free two-hour demonstration of his stretching
techniques from 7-9 pm on July 23 at Country Inns of America,
718 Horizon Drive, Grand Junction, CO. A four day workshop
will follow for those interested in learning more.
These two-person stretches can relieve the discomfort and
pain of such conditions as carpal tunnel syndrome, low back
pain, neck/shoulder pain, knee and elbow pain, and chronic
foot pain. They have been used for more than a decade to help
U.S. factory workers prevent injuries and stay healthy on the
job. The Rossiter System’s techniques are now being offered to
health-care professionals, allied health-care professionals
and the public.
The Rossiter workshops have been approved for Continuing
Education Units by the Dental Assistant National Board, six
state affiliates of the American Physical Therapy Association
(Ohio, Texas, New York, Arizona, Georgia and Illinois), the
National Athletic Trainers’ Association, and the National
Certification for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork board.
“What’s exciting about these techniques is that they can be
used by anyone, anywhere, at any time,” says Rossiter, a
former helicopter pilot who developed the techniques as a
result of his own personal challenges with chronic shoulder
pain. “If you’re bothered by any kind of chronic pain problem
- a bothersome low back, arms that tingle or fall asleep from
repetitive stress, achy knees or chronic foot pain - you owe
it to yourself to examine these stretches to take better care
of your body.”
For more information, call Jean Vader Loose, RN, CMT, at
(970) 434-8413.
Bring your pain!
Cindy Donohue, Massage Therapist
MONTROSE: Main Street Essentials is "lending its hands" to
Partners for International Massage Week, July 13-19, to raise
awareness of the benefits of massage.
Main Street Essentials, located at 700 E. Main, will donate
a portion of their proceeds for anyone who sets an appointment
and mentions Partners during the week of July 13-19. Senior
and Junior partners will also get a chance to enter a drawing
to win a free LaStone massage and facial.
Partners of Delta, Montrose and Ouray has worked with over
2,000 children with volunteers donating hundreds of thousands
of hours since 1987. The Lions Clubs International chose
Partners from 11,000 entries as the winner of the World Bank
of Ideas Contest declaring Partners as the best idea for
community service in the world.
Massage Therapists Kristi Harvey and Cindy Donohue along
with skin care specialist Connie Trosper recently came
together to offer a variety of rejuvenating treatments. Main
Street Essentials offers esthetician servicesincluding
facials, waxing, body treatments, lash and brow tinting and
LaStone facials. Massage treatments include reflexology,
Swedish massage, Deep Tissue massage, injury rehabilitation,
chronic pain treatment, Reiki, LaStone massages, Neuromuscular
Therapy, couples massages and tandem massages (in which two
therapists work on one client.)
"We are beginning our first summer in business and still
getting our name out to the community. However, it is our goal
to raise $500 for Partners this year and our hope that the
success of the event will position us to raise even more next
year." Donohue said. "Stress is linked to over 80% of all
diseases and massage is being seen more and more as a viable
preventative healthcare alternative for maintaining your
body’s overall health. This is a great opportunity for the
western slope community to make time for themselves while
supporting a worthy cause. It is also an incredible gift to
offer friends and loved ones because you’re not only sending
them to receive a wonderful and relaxing treatment, you’re
giving a donation in their name to an organization that has
played such an important role for so many families in our
Community."
For information on Partners or to volunteer, call Montrose
Partners at (970) 249-1116. To schedule an appointment, call
Main Street Essentials at (970) 252-0381.
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… and Answering the Call
Debby Loberger, Concept Therapy
I would like to share my view of protesters at the
Expo.
I view all sides as valid in any topic. It doesn't matter
what my concepts are; every side of anything is open to
discussion. As soon as anyone decides that one side is right,
then by law, the other side is wrong. When you make statements
that as a person I am wrong, then I probably won't come into
your event. You are challenging my beliefs.
There are many beliefs today. Dr. D.D. Palmer from the
1800's suggested that 80% of all dis-ease was due to
individual choice. Dr. Bruce Lipton from 200 is saying all
dis-ease is due to our perception. Why do people choose to
think dis-ease is from without? Because of choice. Jesus has
many statements in the Bible about this same topic. "What you
sow, so shall you reap." If we approach life from a more
tolerant aspect, we ourselves will benefit. Isn't that what we
would all like?All of life is an orderly manifestation of the
One Power. When a person judges something wrong, then they are
questioning the omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience of
this power. Looking at all things as lesson, we can choose
which side of an issue we would like to be on. We as humans
can reason either deductively or inductively from the picture
we see or from the facts that are available. Preferences are
from your concepts that you have been raised with. You may or
may not be Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, or any of the
many religions practiced today. With tolerance, this would be
a better world. I am not all of these, but there are good
things about each.
Politics and religion are two things that polite society
does not challenge person's ideas. You only create
anxiety.
The more we take one side of any issue, the more effect
there will be on our bodies. I choose to look at all sides. I
do believe there is a reason to have good and bad., light and
dark, health and dis-ease. Each person will choose according
to the idea that is strongest at this time. This doesn't mean
that a person cannot change their ideas. I am thankful for
differences in this world.
Please let all sides have their say. Please do not express
negativity to the point of challenging other peoples' beliefs.
Whole Life to me means letting all sides be right at some
time. All people's beliefs are very important to them. "Judge
not, lest ye be judged."
(We received the preceding as a response to Whole Life
Network president Larry Lemser’s June 2003 Meditations column.
Eds)
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Meditations: Soapbox of the President
By Larry Lemser
On the surface it seems simple enough. The Mission of The
Whole Life Network is to provide experiential, educational
opportunities for our community. So you simply contact a
teacher, set up some dates, and hold an event.
Whoa, slow down! First you get a committee to agree on the
teacher/personality that we wish to invite. (No small
accomplishment in itself) Second, which comes first, the
speaker?, the facility?, or the date?. If you can get the
speaker that you want, can the speaker's schedule fit the
availability of the Montrose Pavilion? Or do we have to move
to another facility? It's obvious that a lot of planning and
negotiation are necessary before you even begin to work on the
actual event.
Another issue is money. To obtain a nationally recognized
personality requires a substantial fee. On several recent
occasions, we have found that the local populace is unable or
unwilling to pay for expensive tickets that would cover the
fee of a top-notch speaker. Some say that The Whole Life
Network should not be concerned with making a profit. True to
a degree, but without money in the bank, no organization can
do the work of their mission. And a huge cash shortfall would
truly endanger the viability of our fifteen year old
network.
Thus, you can now judge the issues with which the Board of
Directors is confronted. This one situation points out the
constant need for volunteers to help with our mission. Do you
have some suggestions, or some time to donate? Give me a call
at 240-0234 and let's talk about it.
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Remembering Aztlán
Digging in the rich humus of pre-history
A Column of Poetry, Culture & Spirit By Art
Goodtimes
Okay, I have this thing about how we date things in our
culture.
The European calendar that we use (based on an earlier
Roman calendar) dates from the supposed birth of the Christian
messiah. That’s a scant 2000 years BP (Before the Present) -
barely the flick of an eyelash in the geological record.
Even in the history of our species, which archaeologists
like to call Homo sapiens sapiens, the record goes back about
50,000 years. And taking into account our hominid ancestors,
proto-human history reaches back a hundred thousand years or
more. Given that scale, our messianic-based calendar seems
disfiguratively short-sighted.
Gary Snyder, my poet hero back in the Sixties when I was
cutting my counter-cultural teeth, liked to use 40,000 BP as a
benchmark of human culture. That stands up pretty well in the
archaeological record. It marks the dawn of human creativity,
perhaps best represented by the magical cave art of
Chauvet-Pond-d’Arc.
For years, I modified that insight of Snyder’s to reflect
the tracking scan of the Christian calendar - thus 1998 became
49,998 in my modified Snyderian version. And in correspondence
with Snyder, he agreed that employing 51 millennia to mark our
current world order seemed more appropriate than the mere 3
millennia of the Christian dating system.
And then I met Connie Barlow at Bioregional Congress VIII
in Kansas last year, and read her amazing book - The Ghosts of
Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, And Other
Ecological Anachronisms (Basic Books, 2001). In it, she posits
that it’s likely that the great megafaunal mass extinction of
12,000 BP was preceded by human intrusion onto the virgin
continents of North and South America.
Coupled with the great debate within archaeological circles
that has led some pre-Clovis scientists to challenge the
prevailing traditional date for continental human habitation
of 13,000 BP or so, I started thinking (as much by poetic
intuition as hard science) that 15,000 BP was an appropriate
date for the first of our kind to make it into the “New
World.”
At the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival this year, I had the
good fortune to introduce the world premiere of Locked Horns:
The Fate of Old Crow, a poignant documentary by Andrew Gregg
chronicling the life of Vintut Gwitchin First Nation elder
Stephen Frost and his Canadian community’s ancestral
dependence on the Porcupine caribou herd -- now threatened by
proposed oil development across the border in Alaska’s Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge. In the course of a talk by Old Crow
Tribal Chief Joe Linklater, I learned that nearby
archaeological digs have been carbon-dated to somewhere in the
vicinity of 12,000 BP
And then last month I was chatting with archaeologist Mark
Stiger of Western State College at a Colorado Historical Fund
Advisory Committee meeting in Denver. In addition to
discussing his own work on Folsom, Clovis and pre-Clovis sites
in the Southern Rockies (including the on-going research at
the Tenderfoot site near Gunnison), Mark referenced the Monte
Verde site in Chile, where artifacts dating back at least to
12,000 BP were also found.
I was feeling pretty confident in my own Turtle Island
Calendar scan of 15,000+ BP (in lieu of 2,000+ AD) as the more
appropriate span of human occupation on the land mass we call
(quite mistakenly) America.
However, in recognition of the way things are (rather than
how they really ought to be, if we’d taken on the highly
advanced calendric systems native to this land rather than
imposing our own rather myopic calendar), I’d been dating
things 15,003 - an arbitrary nod to the Christian calendar we
are familiar with, so as to make us better acquainted with the
unfamiliar archaeological scale of our species’ true
habitation of this place.
Of course, in the process of fact-checking for this column
(an old reporter habit), I found precious little consensus in
the scientific community about dates. Any dates. There were
heated disputes about Monte Verde and Old Crow (where one
scraper had initially been carbon-dated at 40,000 BP, only to
be discredited a few years later), and about dozens of other
sites in Brazil, Pennsylvania, and Florida.
Some claimed humans came by boat from Asia rather than by
the Beringia land bridge. Others tied Clovis culture to the
European Solutrean culture, noting the remarkable flaked point
similarities, and suggested a North Atlantic sea-journey of
colonization.
John Alroy’s “A Multispecies Overkill Simulation of the
End-Pleistocene Megafaunal Mass Extinction”, which appeared in
Science in June 2001, cites S.J. Fiedel in American
Antiquities (1999) for the statement: “The first solid
evidence of large human populations in the Americas is at
13,400 years before the present.” Figuring that solid evidence
was likely preceded by a century or more of actual
investigatory explorations and trial foraging, I arrived at my
benchmark calendrical attempt to revise an iteration of
several previous revisions (Gregorian, Julian,
Hammurabic).
I wrote Snyder earlier this spring and asked his take. He
allowed as 15,000 BP seemed reasonable as a starting point for
inhabitation on Turtle Island, just as Dr. Stiger had. “That's
an interesting idea,” he wrote from the University of
California at Davis campus where he teaches, “though I just
might not do it because I am in touch with so many
paleolithic-oriented friends in both East Asia and Europe who
appreciate a global-scale dating.”
Hard to argue there. Except that I still think we Americans
need a calendar for this continent, to put our habitation here
into true perspective. Beyond Columbus. Beyond First Nations.
Beyond the Megafaunal Mass Extinction. Back to our dim archaic
past.
And so, if you get a letter from me dated 15,003 don’t be
too surprised. That’s Turtle Island time, and counting.
© 2003 Art Goodtimes: One-time free use rights only --
all other rights remain the author’s.
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The Communication Tango
Nonviolent Communication: Connecting with Ourselves and
Others
By Kate Grace MacElveen Ph.D., with Will Hays, M.Ed.
Is there someone in your life you want to connect with, but
just can’t seem to: old friend, family member, partner,
co-worker? My brother and I have not spoken much in several
years. When I consider our relationship, and the years of pain
and distance I have known within my own family, I feel very
sad. Closeness, acceptance, and mutual support are so
important in my life, so vital: I need connection. I didn’t
know how to change my relationship with my brother. I believed
that our situation might never improve; and, I felt hopeless.
I also felt sad and afraid. If I cannot create a loving
connection with my own brother, how can I hope for peace in
the world?
Then I met Josette. Usually when meeting someone “new,” I
feel a subtle anxiety and tension, but with Josette it was
different. The moment we met, I felt easy and relaxed in my
belly, and as we talked, a connection developed between us
that felt fresh, alive and satisfying. I listened carefully
for clues that might explain this surprising and pleasant
phenomenon.
As we conversed, she mentioned that she studied Marshall
Rosenberg’s NonViolent Communication: A Language of
Compassion, and I discovered that this was the source of
Josette’s amazing ability to create such a heartfelt
connection.
As I realized that I too could learn these skills, my
despair turned to hope. I could create deep connections with
my children, partner, friends, co-workers, and with my
brother! And so my journey with NVC began. Since that pivotal
meeting with Josette, I have been amazed, inspired, and
delighted by the quality of relationships that NVC has helped
me to create.
NVC is based on the recognition that we all experience the
same feelings, and that these feelings are reflections of
needs we all share. NVC teaches that by honestly expressing
our feelings and needs and empathically receiving the feelings
and needs of another, we can form an essential connection.
Honest expression and empathic receiving can be a way through
the barriers that often separate us, to a shared
understanding.
NVC is a way of being, a way of interacting, a way of
communicating, and a way of connecting. It is a way of coming
to know what is alive in us and in others. It is a path that
can lead us to connect at a practical level, and, if we
choose, at the deepest level of being. NVC is simple, but I
would not say it is easy. This form of communicating is very
different from what I learned at home or in school. I have
come to realize that becoming aware of and expressing, moment
by moment, my feelings and needs, receiving the feelings and
needs of others, and developing strategies to meet these needs
is a practice. And, like so many practices, NVC is rigorous
and deeply rewarding.
NVC is in use at schools, workplaces, negotiating tables,
and dinner tables around the world.
Two FREE introductions (Telluride, Thursday, July 17,
6-8pm, Wilkinson Library AND Paonia, Friday, July 18, 6-9 pm,
Lamborn School next to the Trading Post), and one workshop
will be offered in Paonia
Paonia Workshop
July 18th 6pm-9pm. Lamborn
School
July 19th & 20th 9am-4pm. Lamborn School
In this workshop, we will offer a full Introduction to
NonViolent Communication (NVC), the work of Marshall
Rosenberg. NVC focuses on the connection and the aliveness we
can share through the moment-to-moment dance of
communication.
Join us if you would like to improve your ability to relate
to yourself and others.
Who benefits from this work? Anyone who would enjoy more
satisfying relationships. All people who work with others and
would like to communicate effectively and compassionately,
especially: teachers, managers, supervisors, parents, couples,
singles, and teens.
This dance of communication is enhanced by creating and
sustaining empathic connection through focusing on common
human needs. In a dynamic, fun, and interactive environment
participants explore the processes that lead to conflict and
disconnection, and learn instead how to express assertively
and clearly, in a way that stimulates mutual respect and
understanding. They also learn how to deeply connect with the
essence of incoming difficult messages without being drawn
into reactive and/or defensive stances. For more information
on the NVC, look at the website www.cnvc.org . Limited to 60
people. Register early!
SUGGESTED CONTRIBUTION: $100-$150
(No one will be turned away for lack of funds.) This workshop
is offered by donation with the intention to nurture giving
and receiving from the heart. The suggested contributions
reflect the average amounts we would like to receive for
sustaining our activities. However, we will enjoy receiving
any amount that you are happy to give, knowing that together
we are building a world that works for everyone. Contributions
will be used to build a local library of NVC resources, pay
expenses, and support the facilitators in this work.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Kate Grace MacElveen, kgrace@rmi.net
970 375-1170 or Adrianna Heideman, heideman@wic.net 970
872-2172
TO REGISTER: Please mail name, address, phone #, and email
with deposit of $50 to (Contact us, if this poses a
limitation): ATA Resources, PO Box 494, Durango, CO 81302 You
are registered when your registration form with a deposit is
received.
Out of Towners: There are B&Bs, motels and perhaps some
folks willing to host a guest. Let us know what you need. In
Towners: Are you willing to host someone for Friday/Saturday
nights?
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What on Earth can we do?
By Kathy Gates, Women’s Spirit Retreat
Hello again,
This approach to what we can do may seem a little
different. But I think it's something we need to look at.
1. Start every morning by looking in the mirror and saying
I love you. What thoughts come to you, when you say
this.
2. Recognize the beautiful person that you are.
3.
Find a sense of connection with all the life around you.
4.
Take time to let go, be still and be quiet. Listen to your
inner voice.
When we take time to listen to our inner voice, that quiet
place inside us where we can find the truth of our own nature.
By feeling good about ourselves we can project that out into
our world. This can help in healing our planet. Take a walk in
nature, feel how well you belong there. Take some deep
breaths, if you notice any trash on the ground, please feel
free to pick it up. A gift from you to our Mother Earth. The
gift of giving is a way to give back what you have taken.
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Letters to Connections
Praises for Friday Night Forum
June 10, 2003
Dear Whole Life Network Connections and Readers:
The Whole Life Network Friday Night Forum is the place to
be if you are looking to provide yourself with a great
collection of wisdom.
Friday Night Forum was created to uplift, educate and
inspire.
I attended the forum featuring Dr. Judyth Boise from the
Seven Winds Institute - she touched the very core. Dr. Boise
can immediately shift your attention to an open and
appreciative mode of being. Her words transmit a depth of
feeling and realization that is best conveyed directly through
the human voice, directly from heart to heart.
The feeling I was left with was that we must take great
care, with ourselves, each other and the world. I encourage
everyone to attend. The new areas of learning are something
that we can all be encouraged by. As flowers need the Sun and
Rain, we humans need praise and encouragement.
Awaken and Shine
When we awaken to a new day, the Sun comes up in the East
to bring light to our way. We all rise like the Sun.
Illuminated and refreshed.
As the Sun moves, we move. Making our way to the noon time.
In the south where we understand our own growth, our won
trust. Our day and our light is strongest.
We continue to move like the light. Towards the west where
the Sun goes down, where the colors of the day are no more.
Our bodies become tired and ready for rest. This day never to
return.
Our eyes grow weary and we sleep in the north, when the
moon lights the darkness while we dream our dreams. The light
of God/Great Spirit is always with us.
Trust in this.
Peace and blessings to all.
Kathy Gates, Women’s Spirit Retreat
News from Wage Peace poet Judyth Hill
May 23, 2003
Dear Generous Friends of Peace & Lovers of Beauty!
I feel so blessed to have written Wage Peace! Now an
amazing artist, Mary Teichman, has made a hand-calligraphy
poster of the poem! To purchase the 17x22 full color poster,
(on nice glossy stock!) you may send a check for $15 + $4
(s/h) to: Mary Teichman 14 Hooker Ave. Northampton, MA 01060
Phone (413) 529-9212
www.bigpicturesmallworld.com/peaceometers/Peace.html
There is no additional postage to send multiple copies to
the same address.
Of course the story behind the poster, as you can imagine,
is part of the wild journey of Wage Peace: Mary did not know I
was the author and found me on the Internet, as so many of you
did (as WE did! Eds)...lucky for me!
As the last light of this day shines in my canyon,
I
send you all wishes for gales of laughter,
tears of joy,
great delicious gulps of happiness,
acres of peace in full,
verdant blossom...
xxx & blessings, as ever, Judyth
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Homeopathic Help For Companion Animals
Hazardous To Their Hearts
MVC Release
Concern over West Nile virus has catapulted the tiny
mosquito into the headlines. Apparently cats and dogs aren’t
at risk from this disease, but mosquitoes still pose a serious
health hazard to canines because they can transmit potentially
fatal heart worms.
If you grew up in Colorado (and many other areas) and owned
dogs all your life, you may be wondering what the fuss is
about: Rover lived to be 15 years old and no vet ever said
anything about heart worms. Apparently dogs that served in the
armed services in Korea, Japan and Vietnam transported these
unseen parasites to America., but for many years heart worms
were only a concern for folks and their dogs living in the
southern U.S. and other warm, wet climates. Over 30 years ago,
blood tests on dogs living in Grand Junction began to come up
positive for heart worms. As more dogs infested with the
parasites travel or relocate to the Delta-Montrose area, the
risk of exposure increases.
Heart worm disease is caused by a worm called Dirofilaria
immitis. As many as 30 species of mosquito can transmit heart
worms by first biting an infected dog, then incubating the
microfilariae for 10 - 30 days before spreading the parasite
to another canine. The larvae enter the dog’s bloodstream and
travel to the heart, where they mature in two or three months
and begin reproducing.
Dogs seldom show signs of heart worm infestation for at
least two years. Symptoms can include a chronic cough,
shortness of breath, weakness, nervousness, listlessness and
loss of stamina. Unfortunately, by the time these symptoms are
noticeable, the disease is advanced, affecting the lungs and
liver as well as the heart. A severely infested dog may faint
or even die after exercise or excitement.
Testing for heart worms requires only a tiny blood draw and
a 10-minute wait for results. The disease is treatable,
especially if diagnosed early, while only the microfilariae
are present, but it’s far preferable to protect your dog from
infestation. In this area we get enough cold weather to
eliminate mosquitoes during the winter, so many local folks
use a once-a-month chewable preventative called Interceptor
(most dogs love it!) from April or May to November. This
formula also eliminates hook worms and whip worms (useful for
dogs that head south). Canines that travel with their owners
may need year-round protection against heart worm disease.
If you’re concerned about giving your canine a drug
powerful enough to kill heart worms, protecting your pet from
the mosquitoes themselves is an alternative. If possible, you
can avoid letting your dog out during the evening when the
risk is greatest, and use a natural, DEET-free repellant. If
you are not comfortable with the products on the market,
Morningstar’s veterinary technician Jennifer Omer has
concocted an herbal preparation for dogs only, designed to
repel mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and flies, appropriately named
BUG OFF!
Finally, do cats get heart worms? They can, but the
incidence is so low in this area that the use of preventative
is not recommended at this time.
(Morningstar Veterinary Clinic , 717 N. Cascade Ave.,
Montrose. Call 249-8022 or email morningstar@montrose.net Dr.
Bettye Hooley and Dr. Diane Clark)
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All About Herbs: Demystifying Earth’s Gifts
Natural Remedies for Common Ailments
By Alan Joel
Summer is here and it’s time for vacation. Here are some
natural remedies that you might to bring with you on vacation
that will give you simple solutions to common ailments. Most
are available at your health food store or at Prosperity
Abounds, www.prosperity-abounds.com
*Alpha Sun Algae and CoQ10: Too much shopping? Too
little energy? Two Alpha Suns and two CoEnzyme Q10s will perk
you up!
*Acidophilus: Feel a cold or flu coming on? Take 6-10 at
once, then 2 every 2 hours to stop the cold or flu before it
starts.
*Enzymes: Take 2 with and between meals to help with
overeating, stomach upset, sleepiness after meals or general
cleansing.
*Ume Plum Tar: Quickly gets rid of stomach viruses, flus
and other ailments. Restores natural ph balance in the
digestive tract. Be sure and use tar formula, not pills.
*Chamomile: Homeopathic remedy that helps release tension
and normalize sleep patterns during times of stress. Take 30c
strength.
*Arnica: Homeopathic remedy that eases all forms of muscle
strain quickly. Take 30c strength.
*Rescue Remedy: Flower essence that helps with any kind of
trauma or stress - mental, physical or spiritual.
*Olive Oil: Drink one teaspoon to cure many kinds of
stomach upset or constipation. Massage into sore joints to
relieve pain and into scar tissue to minimize scars.
*Glycothymelene: An old Edgar Cayce remedy that clears
blocked sinuses (snort it) or eases sore throats (gargle with
it). Hundreds of other uses, too.
[Alan Joel may be contacted at (970) 323-9631 or by
email at ravenwindstar@earthlink.net]
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Member Profiles:
Jean Vader Loose, RN, CMT Massage Therapist
Whole Life Network Release
Whole Life Network member Jean Loose RN, a massage and
healing touch practitioner, has been busy with the sponsorship
of a special session for physical therapists,
orthopedic/sports medicine physicians, body workers, yoga
instructors and other who deal with people with pain and
worker's comp. injuries.
The class will teach the Rossiter System which eases,
relieves and prevents pain because it directly tackles the
causes of pain. Tightness, pain, throbbing, aching and limited
movement in muscles and joints occur because surrounding
connective tissue has shortened and tightened from overuse and
repetition. The Rossiter System's stretching techniques loosen
entire areas of connective tissue, restore mobility and
circulation. The result - effective pain relief and free
movement.
Assuming a minimum of 20 people register for this class,
Richard Rossiter has agreed to come to Grand Junction to
present this class.
Jean has agreed to take registrations and make the
arrangements for the class. There is no doubt the class will
fill quickly. Mr. Rossiter has a web site, Rossiter.com, that
will provide more detail about his system. Jean says that in
the short time that she has been using some of his stretches
she has seen exciting results.
This workshop will be held July 24-27 in Grand Junction.
Cost of the class which includes supplies will be $495. Send
your registrations to Jean Loose, 532 Fruitwood Dr., Grand
Junction, CO. 81504 or call for more information (970)
434-8413.
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