High Mesa Happenings & Heartstrings

Year 2009: Barbara Reflects

As I reflect back over this past year I am amazed and grateful for the unfolding and growth here at High Mesa Healing Center. Seems the more I delegate and step back the more things just open up to be of service to the community. It is rather like being a parent and allowing you kids to grow up. Well, I am allowing HMHC to take her place of service and enjoying observing the process.

In September, Shiva's Mountain Meadow Massage School opened here in the yurt. The other classes and workshops continue to meet: Tai Chi, Pilates, Yoga, Attitudinal Healing Circle, Science of Mind, Open Circle, Peace Village, Sweat Lodges and other various groups. The leaders of these groups bring such richness to the Center and the community. Thanks to all of you, too: Linda, Jim, Vanessa, Nancy, Barbara, Pierre, Shiva, Sonnie, Memo, Kaylah, Susan, Willy and Kathy. There are two who work very closely with me mostly behind the scenes and they are the heart of HMHC. Nadette and Kate are keeping us all in balance and harmony. What a team we all are, thanks for being a part of this ongoing adventure. 

All is in place at High Mesa for another great year in 2010, so stay tuned for more action and excitement.

Barbara

December 16, 2009

 

Written by Barbara Mader,

RN, CHTP, Reiki Master and Founder of HMHC

Ukrainian Story Drawn in Sand

I found neat that this artist uses anew art medium to speak of history and a painful time for her folks. As showing in the clip, many people were deeply touched.

“May all beings and creatures be free of suffering and diseases.”

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Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing
Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist who just won Ukraine's version of "America's Got Talent." She uses a giant light box, dramatic music, imagination and "sand painting" skills to interpret Germany's invasion and occupation of Ukraine during WWII.

 

Posted by Nadette

Qigong / Tai Chi Holiday Workshop

      Qi

 Saturday, December 19, 2009

8:30am-12:00 Noon

HMHC Yurt

 

    This workshop is designed to cleanse, generate, and cultivate your Chi (vitality), allowing you to decrease your overall stress levels, stabilize your emotions, and increase your enjoyment of the Holiday Season. We will practice a morning meditation, a morning Qigong self massage, and learn the Five Element Tai Chi practice to strengthen our vitality for the new year. The cost of this morning retreat will be $45 and light snacks will be provided. We will meet in the Yurt at the HMHC. Please wear comfortable, layered clothing  and some soft-sole shoes. To register or address any questions , please contact VILLAGE WELLNESS at 575.258.2258.

 All registrations must be received by Friday 12/18 at 5PM.

by Jim Blackburn of Village Wellness

 

 

 

Balance

 

  The Winter T’ai Chi Class will begin January 9, 2010.

   Please check HMHC Calendar

 

Posted by Nadette

United Nations Climate Change Summit

in Copenhagen, Denmark

December 7-18

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Odyssey Networks is following the Climate Change Summit from Copenhagen.

The organization is “the nation’s largest coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith groups dedicated to achieving interfaith understanding”…read more>

HMHC is “ dedicated to personal & planetary wholeness. To that end we have created a space where individuals can be safe to pursue their spiritual evolution..” HMHC recognizes interfaith in the larger scope of all faith, not solely those embraced by Odyssey Networks.

Thoughts and ideas expressed in the videos offer, in my humble opinion,  opportunities to reflect in many ways of worships, prayers and meditation.

HMHC invites readers to view the video below as an option to follow the unfolding of the world conference. To view more videos on the conference, click Faith at the Summit, where you also will find the opportunity to sign-up for Odyssey Updates.

Video introduction by Odyssey Networks:

“Peace is at the heart of our mission. Our rapidly changing climate is a growing threat to that mission as conflicts over dwindling resources spread across the globe. This is why we are focusing on the world's faith leaders at the most important summit meeting of our time…

The historic United Nations Climate Change Conference has opened at the Bella Center in Copenhagen. The world's faith leaders are in the Danish capital as well to advocate for decisive action on carbon emissions. Join Mark Dowd, producer/presenter of "Faith at the Summit," in a conversation with Reverend Dr. Joan Brown Campbell (Chautauqua Institution), Reverend Richard Cizik (New Evangelicals), and Venerable Bhikku Bodhi (Buddhist Global Relief) as they examine the spiritual crisis that underlies the crisis of climate change. Just click on the video to view. Remember...you can share this discussion with your friends and colleagues…”

 

 

 

Thank you for your time.

Post and Comment by Nadette

Global Prayer Project

Susan A. and Jane Y-B.,  Friends of HMHC who often sent thoughts and wishes for Planetary Wellness, are inviting HMHC readers to become part of the  Global Prayer Project, a project created  by James Redfield and Salle Merrill Redfield. You will recognized the last name as the author’s of the Celestine Prophecy series.

James R. and Salle M-R. write: “Click to watch our Global Prayer video and help us spread the word . . . Let's see how large we can grow, and how much difference we can make!”

Thank you Susan and Jane for spreading the word!

 

Please take a moment to watch the video below, then consider to join the bi-monthly prayer gatherings. Click Global Prayer Project to connect. (If the click directs you to the Homepage, scroll down and click the Global Prayer Project box.)

 

 

Post and Comment by Nadette

Tree of Life by Linda Grau Powell

Tree of Life

Ancestor buried deeply in time

Over time, loses view outward

Or gains view inward

The tree adds concentric rings

Of loving

Of knowing

Of living

Sapling genesis

Twigs that sprout

Test of nurture

Trial of nature

Trunk becoming

Founding strength

Age evolution

Expansion passage

Energy of the essence

Toward the sun

Reaching leaves

Feel the light

Gain the wisdom

See the perfection

Using genetic memory

Soul remembrance

Of timeless, eternal

Time without ending

Ending time

 

Linda Grau Powell

October 5, 2009

Thank you Linda for sharing. My heart jumps when a poem of yours comes into the HMHC email box. When my heart jumps it makes me smile. That smile becomes a million smiles, as you know.

Post and Comment by Nadette

Gift Shopping: Do Something Different this Year

The season when gift buying could turn into a major stress collapse, has well arrived. Barbara Mader, RN, CHTP, Reiki Master and Founder of HMHC, has practiced alternative gift giving for a while now, and more recently when her birthday came around. However she is not the only one at HMHC who is practicing mindful gift sharing.

Who better than a long time friend of HMHC would express such practice?

Susan A. , long time friend of HMHC, has sent this essay to inspire or continue to inspire us in thinking beyond the traditional gift box:

The Gift of Giving

When it came time to celebrate a couple of friends' birthdays at High 
Mesa Healing Center, the subject of gifts came up, of course. Usually 
this group gets together for birthdays at a local restaurant where we 
enjoy a meal and then open cards and presents - little things like 
candles or earrings. For Willy's and Zoe's birthdays we did something 
different. Both women decided they would rather the group donate to 
their favorite charities. Cards are precious but I know personally I 
have great difficulty throwing these away, so consequently I have 
boxes of sentimental greetings that I've collected and stored over the 
years.
When I was told the wish was to not receive these cards or little 
gifts, but that we would donate whatever we could to the Food Bank and 
the Humane Society, I was impressed and pleased. We gathered at 
Barbara's home out on the deck and all shared a salad potluck lunch. 
Everyone brought something different and all the dishes were 
delicious. We had a carrot salad, shrimp salad, mozzarella and tomato 
bowl, cole slaw, chicken salad with crackers, home-grown tomatoes, and 
other wonderful salads. After we finished our lunch we sang Happy 
Birthday and enjoyed home-made carrot cake. The donations were 
collected in beautifully-wrapped little boxes with slits on the top. 
Willy and Zoe took their donations and a last piece of birthday cake 
and that's all. We all agreed this is how we will celebrate our 
birthdays from now on. The gift of Giving is the best gift of all!

8/7/09

Thank you Susan for taking the time to write to all of us HMHC readers, and happy gift giving this Holiday Season!

Post and Comment by Nadette

Busting Junk Mail

I thought my mailbox wouldn’t burst but it is: with catalogs and more catalogs, charities and more donations requests, magazines and more subscriptions. Most of them wandering into my clueless box. Darn, I thought I escaped mail tsunami last time I moved. Well, I can’t afford and don’t want to move again. So, I researched and found this below:

 

How Do I Get Rid of It?

• To reduce junk mail, you need to reduce access to your name and address so that it won't be traded, rented, or sold to companies who send you unwanted mail.
• If you do nothing else, follow steps one and two to keep additional junk mail from entering your mailbox. Then you can focus on reducing your current flow of unwanted mail.
• If you are short on time or prefer the convenience of having someone else contact the companies for you, you may want to see if Greendimes, a junk mail reduction service is for you. They'll take your and other family members' names off major direct mail lists, reduce unsolicited credit and insurance offers and unsubscribe you from unwanted catalogs. Go to www.greendimes.com for more information.

Step 1. Prevent junk mail before it starts.

• Remove your name from mailing lists of companies who send you catalogs, sweepstakes entries, and coupons by sending letters or postcards to the companies listed below. Include the following information in the letters or postcards:

Your name
Your address, including city, state, and zip code

This message:
"I am instructing you NOT to LEND, SELL, or TRADE my name to any other organization for its mailing lists.
I want to reduce the amount of paper and resources being spent to generate unwanted mail."

Sign your name and date the card.

• Send separate cards for each person who receives unwanted
  mail at your address, and for any variation of your name that you
  find on your unwanted mail, for example:

Linda Ann Brown
Linda Brown
L. A. Brown
L. Brown

• Contact the companies listed below and ask that they remove your name and address from their mailing lists:

The Polk Company
26955 Northwestern Highway #100
Southfield, MI 48033-4713
No online resource, request must be in writing.

The DMA
Mail Preference Service
P.O. Box 643
Carmel , NY 10512
www.dmaconsumers.org/
This service will cost $1

Haines & Co. Criss-Cross Directory
Attn: Director of Data Processing
8050 Freedom Avenue., NW
North Canton, OH 44720

ADVO Inc.

Consumer Assistance
PO Box 249
Windsor, CT 06095
www.advo.com/consumersupport.html

Harte Hanks Direct Marketing

Attn: Resident List
6701 Bay Meadow Drive, Suite D
Glenburne, MD 21060
Email: contactus@harte-hanks.com

Carol Wright Gifts

Customer Service
100 Nixon Lane
Edison, NJ 08837-3804
Email: CWSupport@carolwrightgifts.com

Donnelley Marketing

Database Operations
416 South Bell
Ames, IA 50010
No online resource, request must be in writing.

Call the companies listed below and ask that they remove your name from their mailing list.

Call these Toll-Free numbers:

Pennysaver Circulation
800-422-4116
2830 Orbiter St. Brea, CA 92821
(Removal from Pennysaver publication mailing )

Experian Consumer Services
800-407-1088
901 West Bond St.
Lincoln, NE 68521
(Removal from coupon, product sample, and catalog mailings)

Polk Company Consumer Response/Name Deletion
800-873-7655
26955 Northwestern Highway #100
Southfield, MI 48033-4713
(Removal from catalog and service coupon mailings)

1-888-5-OPT-OUT
(1-888-567-8688)

The National Opt-Out Center will remove your name from major credit bureaus including Equifax, Experion, Trans Union, and Novus. It is suggested that the Center be contacted every two years to keep your name from being sold for credit and insurance offers. If you call this number, you don't need to individually call the four major credit agencies. This telephone number connects you to an automated system where you will be asked to leave personal information, including your Social Security number. These agencies already have your Social Security number. It is the most unique piece of information to match you with the many name variations that are sold within the lists and with which junk mail is addressed to you.

• When making donations, ordering items through the mail, or subscribing to a publication, include a note that instructs the organization or company to not lend, sell, or trade your name to other mailing lists.

Step 2. Reduce your current flow of junk mail.

• Remove your name from any mailing lists as soon as you receive an unwanted piece of direct mail. Most catalogs include an 800 number. If so, request that your name be removed from their mailing list (it will take a few months for your name to exit their mailing system). If you receive unsolicited flyers, newspapers, or advertising circulars, call the subscription department, or the company's information number and ask them to remove your name from their list.
• Some junk mail is marked "address correction requested" or "return postage guaranteed." If your mail has this wording, return it unopened to the sender by writing "Refused-return to sender" on the envelope.

Step 3. Recycle the junk mail you do receive.

• Some unwanted mail will undoubtedly get through, so please recycle it!

Step 4. Additional Tips for Reducing Junk Mail:

• Post Office Change-of-Address Cards
  The Post Office rents the information from Change-of-address cards to private businesses. This is how national list brokers, credit bureaus, and others may get your name in the first place. As an alternative solution, send out your own postcards announcing your new address to those whose mail you want to receive. You can also ask the Post Office to hold your mail for pick up until everyone knows your address.
• Warranty Cards
  It isn't necessary to complete warranty cards to be covered by warranty. The only reason to return a warranty card is to find out about product recalls. If you want to return the card for that reason, only provide your name, address, and product serial number.
• Stop Junk Mail Association
  This organization lobbies on behalf of postal privacy rights.
  For more information, call them at 800-827-5549

Why Do I Get So Much Junk Mail?

• When you subscribe to a publication, place a credit card order, order items through the mail or the Internet, join an organization, donate to a charity, or enter a sweepstakes chances are your name is being added to a mailing list of some kind. In addition, there are companies who are in the business of selling your name to other companies who believe you may purchase their products or services.

(Courtesy of Zero Waste, City of Palo Alto, CA)

Sounds like a lot of work. Then  again, the time I spend  removing and shredding name and address labels I tear out from catalogs, envelops and so forth, might as well be spent in going through ALL of the steps above.

Not before I solicit an army of my guardian angels for I sure will need all the patience I can muster!

Post and Comments by Nadette

How to Relax this Season

Holidays, Holiday Season! A time that can bring joy and warm, fuzzy feelings; maybe also some stress. Here are 9 Holiday Relaxation tips from the Chopra Center:

1. Do one thing at a time

2. Commit less

3. Communicate consciously

4. Maintain a restful sleep routine

5. Learn to meditate

6. Eat warm Vata- pacifying food

7. Don’t skip lunch to do holiday shopping

8. Exhale your stress

9. Nurture your senses with aromatherapy and essential oils

In a nut shell, this season, just enjoy the moment, take it easy, be kind, party less, slow down, eat your soup, spend less, take a deep breath, and pamper yourself.

Easier said than done, at times. We deserve it, though.

                                   

Posted by Nadette

Health 4 the Holidays by Village Wellness

Health 4 the Holidays - 12 Days of Fitness Program

Sponsored by Village Wellness®

It’s true, there is a lot of competition for your time and energy during the holiday season but it is possible to actually improve your health at the time of year when most people get distracted and veer off track. Give yourself the gift of Health 4 the Holidays by joining the 12 Days of Fitness program. You’ll be glad you did when you greet the New Year feeling great with healthy, new habits!

Here’s how it works. On each of the 12 Days of Fitness, Dec. 12 thru 23, you will receive an e-mail message from your Health Elf who will assign a personal, or environmental, health-related task to perform that day. Each task will be simple and relatively easy to achieve. You will be asked to perform each day’s task along with the task from the previous day(s) since healthy habits are accumulated over time. It will be easy to keep track of your successes by recording each day’s tasks performed on your personal 12 Days of Fitness Task Calendar. This is an “on your honor” program so remember, Santa will be watching!!

Successful completion of the 12 Days of Fitness is achieved when you have performed the indicated health tasks on at least 10 of the 12 consecutive days and have returned your completed 12 Days of Fitness Task Calendar by January 5, 2010. Upon successful completion you will receive not only the benefits of improved health and fitness but also an official Health 4 the Holidays/12 Days of Fitness reward gift.

This program is for everyone regardless of age or fitness level! It is easy, fun and since the entire program will be distributed through e-mail you don’t even have to be in town to participate. Get your family and friends into the spirit and register them for the fun too!

Registration fee is $30.00/person. The fee drops to $25.00 per additional family member from the same household. Each participant must be registered in order to be eligible to earn a reward gift.

 

If you have questions contact wellnesspartner@yahoo.com,  otherwise just complete the registration form below and return it with your check made payable to Vanessa Blackburn at Village Wellness, PO Box 1891, Ruidoso, NM  88355:

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Yes, I want the gift of Health 4 the Holidays!  Sign me up!

Name:                                                                      E-mail Address:

Home

Address:                                                                  Phone:

 

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      Forms must be postmarked no later then Monday, December 7th.