The FDA finally admits that mercury fillings may have a negative impact on health.
“Dental amalgams contain mercury, which may have neurotoxic effects on the nervous systems of developing children and fetuses,” the FDA said in a notice on its Web site.
Mercury has been linked to brain and kidney damage at certain levels. Amalgams contain half mercury and half a combination of other metals.
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For those who don’t know, I have been working on my CranioSacral Certification through the Upledger Institute. It is a very thorough process that involves a written essay exam, practical hands-on testing and an objective multiple choice exam. I became a certification applicant back in April of 2006. From April 2006 to April 2008 I worked on the written Essay portion of the exam.
Two years? Yup. I obviously didn’t work on it consistently for those two years. There would be times that I worked on a question for a day or two and then put it away for a week or a month. The written portion consists of twelve questions that combine one’s experience of Craniosacral Therapy (CST) with one’s knowledge of anatomy & physiology, and one’s knowledge of CST techniques theory and application. There have been people who have written 100+ pages for the essay portion.
My test totaled a mere 38 pages. I spoke to many who had been through the process, examiners and test graders. The advice I received from many of them was to keep it short and to the point. That’s exactly what I did and it payed off!
This past Monday I received the results of my written essay portion of the process:
99 out of 100! YAY!!
I’m very excited and proud of myself for this accomplishment. It is a pretty tough exam. Not to mention the fact that I am not a strong writer. English was not my strongest subject throughout my schooling. English composition did not come easy for me. Organizing and expressing myself clearly was a challenge. So, to write a 38 page essay was like facing my demons.
What got me through was my love and passion for this work and the tremendous amount of learning and refinement that came from writing this exam. In writing this essay I now feel very confident speaking about CranioSacral Therapy to a group of people, therapists and non-therapists alike. I have the ability to talk about the work both from an experiential perspective and from a very solid anatomical, physiological, technical, and theroetical aspect. I has made me a more confident therapist.
I am so excited about receiving such a great score and great comments from the grader. On my score sheet, the grader stated,
Entire exam was exceptional!
Excellent job! I wish you well on the remainder of the certification process.
I have called and left a message with the practical/objective tester in the area to set up an appointment for the final portion of the process. I am fortunate that there is one here in my city. She is a well known and highly respected instructor for the Institute. I feel fortunate that I have been a teaching assistant for several of her classes: CSTI, CSTII, and SERI. I am confident about the hands on portion of the exam and am very excited about being so close to being a Certified CranioSacral Therapist.
I have recently begun being a moderator for 2 bodywork threads over at BodyworkOnline.com. I am the co-moderator for:
Massage & Holistic Therapies (Techniques, modalities, etc.)
and
I’m pretty excited about this opportunity. I’ve never done anything like this before.
There are many posts about CranioSacral Therapy throughout the forums. I would love to see more CST therapists come on board to add their experience and perspective to the discussions.
Come on over and check it out! BodyworkOnline.com And if you join, please send me a private message to say ‘Hello’. My screen name is: cstbrian.
See you there!
Again, wise words today in my Note From The Universe
It’s fitting given the situation I am in the middle of right now. It really would be horribly inappropriate to discuss it here. But for those who know what’s going on you’ll get it. For those who don’t know what’s going on, you only need to know that the ‘pain’ is not mine and I am proud of myself for how I have handled being forced in the middle. I may discuss this issue at a later date when things have cooled off. There are many lessons to learn from what is happening. Right now the situation is too raw. But consider this:
All pain is self-inflicted, Brian.
Which, quite frankly, Brian, is fantastic news, since it means you needn’t feel any at all once you stop choosing to hurt.
Ouch…
The Universe
I receive daily “notes from the universe” provided by Tut.com
Today, I was cleaning up one of my e-mail inboxes and found this note that I had saved but haven’t read in a while. It was nice to read it again and serve as a gentle reminder of the power of our thoughts. Here is the note I received on Jan 3, 2008:
Don’t worry about your “negative” thoughts, Brian. They’re par for the course in the jungles of time and space. Change them when you can, but when they overrun you, let them run. Because no matter how persistent they are, you can always spend just 5 minutes a day, in a quiet place, doing your best to imagine your dreams as if they’ve already come true; seeing yourself happy, laughing, smiling from ear to ear. This will be enough, it’s always enough, even if while you’re imagining, the negative thoughts creep in. After 5 minutes, leave it alone.
You’re in time and space for one reason: to thrive. There’s no 50/50 about it.
You are OF the Creator, BY the Creator, and now a Creator yourself, alive on a stage YOU designed for your own adventures. You were not an afterthought and you didn’t design it to just eek by. All of the elements are beholden to you; you summoned them, you dreamed them into place, and now they conspire endlessly in your favor. “On a dime” your life can improve for the better with the slightest effort on your part, no matter how insurmountable the odds, nor how futile your thoughts and deeds may seem. You are “the prodigal child.” In a heartbeat you’re welcomed back into the fold. In an instant you can be carried along by life’s current once you stop struggling against it. And for all of these reasons, and more, it’s therefore as if your positive thoughts are 10,000 times more powerful than your negative thoughts. 10,000 times more in alignment with the magnificent tidal wave of energy that you are. 10,000 times more likely to become the things you want than the things you don’t want, when you know these truths and you act on them.
Yeah, coolness.
The Universe
I have been reading Peter Levine’s book, Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma. One of our CranioSacral Therapy instructors mentions this book in several classes. So, I thought it was time to buy it and read it. It has been a fascinating, very educational book about how trauma, of any kind, can get stuck in the nervous system of the body.
This paragraph was at the end of a chapter I finished tho other day and the words resonated with me so much that I had to mark the page. I read this paragraph every time I pick up the book to continue reading. I think what sticks with me so much about this paragraph is that it sums up my belief as a CranioSacral Therapist and my belief about the body’s self healing abilities.
As a CranioSacral Therapist, my ‘job’ is to connect with my client on the table in a way that allows me to simply support what self healing he/she needs on that particular day. I do not do the work (or the healing)! The client’s body does all the work. I am simply there to help facilitate areas that may be stuck and not allowing full healing or resolution to occur.
This is an important distinction about CranioSacral Therapy from other therapies out there. A lot of therapies are done to or on a client; putting the healing responsibility on the therapist or doctor. CranioSacral Therapy works with the clients body to evaluate what that person’s body needs to truly resolve a trauma or release a restriction that is causing symptoms. The therapist has no responsibility other than evaluating and listening to what the client’s body needs and supporting the client through the process of release. In CranioSacral Therapy the client is the healer, not the therapist. It is very empowering to the client to regain control of his/her health.
So, here’s the paragraph that inspired me to write this post …
Because every injury exists within life and life is constantly renewing itself, within every injury is the seed of healing and renewal. At the moment our skin is cut or punctured by a foreign object, a magnificent and precise series of biochemical events is orchestrated through evolutionary wisdom. The body has been designed to renew itself through continuous self-correction. The same principles apply to the healing of the psyche, spirit, and soul.
It’s interesting to hear Dr. Weil mention buying non-organic foods.
11 Items You Don’t Have to Buy Organic (taken directly from DrWeil.com):
The best way to reap the health benefits of fruits and vegetables without exposing yourself to potentially harmful pesticides is to choose organic produce whenever possible, especially those varieties which are more likely to be contaminated. But if organic produce is cutting into your budget, it’s okay to buy non-organic varieties of the fruits and vegetables listed below, which tend to contain the least amount of pesticides. However, make it a habit to wash them thoroughly before eating or cooking, to remove dirt and bacteria.
- Asparagus
- Avocados
- Bananas
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Corn (sweet, frozen)
- Kiwi
- Mangos
- Onions
- Pineapples
- Peas (sweet, frozen)
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You have to check this out! This is a schedule of the vaccinations that all children should receive by 24 months, then 4-6 years old, then 11-18 years old.
25 doses are given before 24 months!
4 more doses arr given from 4-6 years old (with an additional 3 recommended for “high risk” children)
2 more doses between 11-18 years old (with another 4 recommended for “high risk” children)
The thing that blows my mind is the 25 doses before 24 months. That’s about one vaccination for every month of life this child has lived. Several of them are given at one time, so it’s not even spread out to be one per month. A child may get up to 6 vaccinations in one visit!
As I have stated in previous posts, I am still not sure where I stand on the vaccination debate. But what does concern me, and why I bring this up, is that these children’s nervous systems are in such important stages of development in the first few years of life. What is the possibility that bombarding the child’s immune/nervous systems with so many vaccines at such a critical time in life, could create some of the more common diagnoses we see today: autism, add, adhd, etc?
By the mid-1980s, there were seven vaccines: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, mumps, rubella and polio. Because six of these vaccines were combined into two shots (DTP and MMR), and one, the polio vaccine, was given by mouth, children still received five shots by the time they were 2 years old and not more than one shot at a single visit. (source)
How many more vaccines can we come up with to give our children before 2 years old? And how many more nervous system disorders will start to show up? With all the scientific research abilities we have, can’t we find a better way to do this so children have a smoother start to their lives?
When we try to control that which is out of our control, we become an incredibly
— Dr. John Upledger
anxiety prone society.
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