Thursday, April 30, 2009

Stay beautiful and reverse aging: Secrets from a man born 1901, still alive, looks half his age...

Click here to listen to the radio interview. April 28, 2009. In this call we cover the secrets of bigdaddy born 1901 in Victoria Brazil, looks half his age, and most importantly will reveal secrets to reversing the aging process and staying beautiful and radiant: eating for beauty. It has been an honor and privilege to work with BigDaddy.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

"Age Less Live More" the book by Bernando LaPallo born 1901 and still alive today!


Bernando LaPallo, born 1901 in Victoria Brazil, reveals his health secrets in this amazing new book. He also shares inspiring stories about his life and work. He eats raw food, healthy food, and "superfood."

To order his book, please visit http://www.agelesslivemorestore.com/
His life story is so inspirational, the Oprah show even expressed interest in featuring him in an upcoming show.

Monday, April 27, 2009

You are invited to Charlies Monthly Rawfood Potlucks in Phoenix/East Valley, Arizona















Are you curious about how to lose weight, stay beautiful, prevent or reverse dis-ease? Or maybe you are new to the area, and would like to network and connect to a raw food or healthy living community.

I first relocated to the Valley in 2001, and really delved into raw food around 2002-2003 after a botched up dental procedure kept causing health problems that traditional medical treatments failed to deal with. I have been attending these two raw food potlucks on and off since then. I have learned alot about eating healthy without depriving taste buds. Also I learned about superfoods, tasty foods that rejuvenate your body, such as blueberries, gogi berries, bee pollen, maca, cacao, etc. Also met many great people, and was invited to phenomenal healthy living/conscious eating events.

There are two main gatherings that have been held for years, in this article I will Cover Charlie's held on 2nd Saturday of the month:

Charlie's Rawahtukee RawSome! gatherings in Awhatukee, Phoenix area, off I-10 and Warner. This is held the 2nd Saturdays of every month. It starts around 7:00PM, and people come and go before and after that. It usually runs till 8:30 or 9PM. Occasionally there is a speaker or announcements are made around 7.

20-40 people usually attend. The event is casual, hippie-ish. and held in Charlie Mort's home. Charlie formerly ran the Rawsome! Cafe in Gentle Strength co-op in Ash/University in Tempe. It is requested that you bring a raw, vegan, organic food dish or some sort. If you are not prepared, come as you are. Or you can even bring a fresh organic blueberry or strawberry plate, etc.

For more information, you can contact 480.496.4577, and to double check the event is being held, etc.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Authentic Chinese Herbal Doctor at Chinese Cultural Center


Phoenix, AZ: Traditional Chinese Medicine dates back thousands of years, and offers a system of many effective treatments, including herbal remedies, to acupuncture, etc. The Ranch 99 cultural center at 44th Street/loop 202 in phoenix contains an amazing little Chinese herbal store to the left of the main Ranch 99 store as you face it.
You can basically walk in and wait to see the Doctor. Wait can average 10-15 minutes. I took my friend Bernando LaPallo to get treated there. He is over 107 years young and going strong. Unfortunately he suffered a very mild stroke because he was so stressed about his ailing wife.
The chinese medical doctor takes your pulses and prescribes a regimen of various exotic herbs, all of which are available at the store. The staff bags up the herbs for you, you buy them, and take them home. You boil the herbs in a huge pot and let them simmer as instructed, for over an hour. You do this daily for a week.
The first time I took these was in January 2009, because I was still detoxifying from a dental procedure. I had such a strong reaction to the herbal drink I was prescribed - i felt very nauseated, headachey. In fact I was so in pain it felt as if my eyeballs were hurting and would pop out of my skull. It was difficult for me even to move!
Fortunately this passed in about a week. My naturopath observed that that regimen helped me finally kick the last traces of a dental infection!
The next round of herbal remedies I tried in late March/early April 2009, and my detox reaction was subtle this time.
My dear centenarian friend Bernando fully supports herbal medicine, and that's why he had such faith in seeing this Chinese medical doctor.
Info:
Healthy Chinese Herbs Co., Inc.
668 N. 44th St. Suite 113
Phoenix, AZ 85008
Tel: 602.244.9885

Spiritual solace at Hare Krishna Temple, Chandler AZ


Chandler, Arizona. Sunday evenings starting at around 5:00-5:30PM devotees gather at this temple for chanting, rituals, and festivities. Around 8:00 PM is when Prasaddam is served. This is vegan food lovingly prepared by the staff who chant "Hare Krishna" over 108 times. The intent of this is to sublimate and transform the food into spiritual nourishment, Prasaddam.
I can say from personal experiences that this food is exceptionally delicious, and my heart swells with a sense of love and adoration from eating this Prasaddam. To me it truly tastes like divine nectar.
The public is welcome, those who respectfully wish to join the ceremonies, are encouraged to contact the building and inform them of your arrival and confirm the events, etc.
Friends and special people in my life have joined me for these events and we found them to be very nourishing. Mostly Hare Krishna devotees, many from India, attend. Kids are welcome and it is a family environment. Probably 50-100 show up.
Directions from Phoenix: I-10 east to Chandler Blvd exit (make a right onto the exit ramp) and then make a left onto Chandler Blvd. Make a first right onto Southgate, pass around a circle, continue straight and then make your first right onto Boston. The building will be on your right, address 100 S. Weber.
The address is 100 S. Weber Dr., Chandler, aZ. Tel: 480.330.4646, Fax: 480.705.4900. For more information you can also visit iskconphoenix.com

Monday, April 13, 2009

"VIP" Treatment at True Foods: Easter Resurrection


For Easter Sunday, I picked up "BigDaddy" my 107 year old friend and took him to Sunday service at Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF). 9:00AM meditation and then 10:00AM service. This is one of my favorite services in the Valley because I experience it so deeply and vibrantly, its as if the saints and sages are right there in the room with us; the devotion of the attendees is so palpable you can cut it with a butter knife. This is one of only 4 centers personally started by Paramahansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi. Yogananda was arguably the first to introduce yoga to the West. Kriya yoga, the specific branch of yoga he introduced, was intended to offer Westerners a specific series of practices to provide a direct experience of God.

Following the beautiful service, Bigdaddy offered to treat me to Sunday brunch. I was touched, and gratefully accepted. I drove us to True Foods, a newer, sheek, contemporary natural food eatery located at the Biltmore he never attended before. He was impressed by the clean contemporary decor, the professional efficient staff, and the healthy tasty selection. This restaurant is half owned by natural foods proponent Dr. Andrew Weil and the same restaurant chain that manages Bloom and Olive & Ivy.
I figured this restaurant visit would also inspire BigDaddy, who dreams of actually starting his own restaurant to realize fully his life's work integrating nutrition, healthy living, etc. after he completes several of the projects we are working on.

After ordering some healthy lemonade and pina colada-type drinks and Kale-avocado salad plus sashimi tuna salads, I discreetly gave one of Bernando's cards to the wait staff. She looked at his card, and could not believe his age - typical response.

After our delicious meal, the head chef personally came up to our table and introduced himself to Bernando. He also obliged Bernando's request to take a menu home for his personal inspiration.
When we requested the check we were both pleasantly surprised that they zeroed out the bill: their treat, compliments of their staff.

An Easter Blessing. We left a generous tip. Today I mailed them a complimentary book written by Bernando with a gracious thank you note.

On another note, Bernando and I also celebrated this Easter some more good news: his wife is now regaining her speech abilities. This was after several weeks of aphasia following brain surgery to remove a blood clot in her brain. This blood clot was caused by her fall, in which she hit the back of her head at a doctor's office when staff had placed her on a scale and then walked away.

Hope springs eternal. Give thanks for what you have and benefits shall come to you from unexpected sources.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Have you had an "out of body experience"? How to balance your brainwaves and change your life


"The Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences" by Stefan Kasian, Duke University. Reprinted from College Bound Magazine, 1995.

My summer of 1994 was the best summer of my life. During my three months as an intern to the Monroe Institute, I learned things that no professor or textbook either in college or high school could have taught me.

My experience at the Monroe Institute has completely changed the way I will think of my career in medicine, and more importantly, it has changed how I think of myself.

The Monroe Institute had its inception late one night, over 30 years ago, when Robert Monroe, a famous Broadcast Executive, awoke to find himself “floating” over his body.

Periodically he had been suffering from strange vibrations that felt like strange electrical shocks running through his body. They lasted only for a few minutes, but he was concerned enough to consult his doctor and a psychologist. Both told him that he was perfectly healthy both physically and mentally. While at first these floating experiences had frightened him, they eventually became as commonplace to him as a night’s sleep.

Rediscovering Out of Body experiences (OBEs)

Robert Monroe had decided to explore this world of OBEs (Out-of-Body-Experiences) as he coined the phrase, and with his own money founded a not-for-profit institute to investigate and research these altered states of consciousness.

I had first heard of The Monroe Institute from a friend, and later read about the Institute in a book called Superlearning: The Revolution, by Schroeder and Ostrander. Superlearning described the exciting discoveries that were revolutionizing how scientists were thinking about learning and memory.

Interested in improving my own skills because I wanted to maximize my academic performance in school, I had decided to contact them. Although the professionals at The Monroe Institute usually do not have the additional time to train a volunteer, the Institute was completing several research studies that could make very good use of my skills.

Scientific studies of Altered Consciousness

The Monroe Institute investigates changes in the body as the mind and brain enters into deep states of relaxation and beyond, into altered states of consciousness. In one major research project called PREP (Personal Resources Exploration Program), subjects climb into a sensory-isolation chamber. Wires are attached to the subjects’ fingers to measure temperature changes. All of this information was recorded on the computer.

My task was to hand-edit the data from nearly 1,000 PREP sessions. After having been edited, this data would then be loaded into a more powerful computer that would determine statistically the effects on the autonomic nervous system.During my three-month internship I gained an appreciation for the complexity of Hemi-Sync.

How "Hemi-Sync" actually entrains and balances your brainwaves

Hemi-Sync is a technology based on binaural beats. Binaural beats are created when the brain hears the “difference” between slightly different sounds. The brain then follows this sound, called Frequency Following Response (FFR). When a person listens to a Hemi-sync tape, it will gradually lead them into a different state of consciousness depending on the combination of binaural tones.

Hemi-Sync is not only sound tones, it is an entire process which employs relaxation, hypnotic suggestion, guided imagery, and last but not least, the placebo effect.

It Was Fun But Hard on the Physical Body: Reflections of the First-Ever TMI Intern [Reprinted]

Spring 1995, TMI Focus. For original link to article visit The Monroe Institute.

Foreword by staff:


During the summer of 1994, we were privileged to have Duke University pre-med student Stefan Kasian as a research assistant in the TMI laboratory. The decision to accept Stefan was made after careful deliberation, and the rewards were rich for all parties to the arrangement.


As Stefan continues his formal education, he is also running the Mind-Body Medicine Studies Group at Duke. The group recruits speakers in the forefront of complementary medicine with the purpose of educating and informing undergraduates of alternative approaches in health care.

by Stefan Kasian

It has always been one of my dreams to explore the nature of human consciousness and unleash its potential to benefit myself and others. I knew implicitly that in order for this to happen, the mind must be investigated using nontraditional and creative methods rather than the “if we can’t measure it, then it doesn’t exist” approach. Knowing of this intense interest, a good friend recommended that I contact The Monroe Institute®.

Monroe Insitute: Blazing New Frontiers of Inner Consciousness

The response to my inquiry was impressively professional, and the information packet was beautifully assembled. This seemed to be an organization free of dogma or limits and committed to blazing new frontiers. The ideas presented in the brochure sparked my imagination. However, absorption with high school academics and extracurricular interests led me to set the information aside. Years later, I again thought about contacting the Institute.


Now a student at Duke University, my studies included computer science, psychology, and pre-med. Experience in laboratory research and with computers were tangibles to offer TMI in exchange for a learning experience. Pre-med studies immersed me in hard sciences. There was a need to temper the sciences with the study of the human being as a multifaceted whole.

In September, I discussed exciting ongoing research with laboratory engineer Dave Wallis. He said that summer employment was not common or feasible because the lab was busy and could accommodate neither transportation nor housing. Regardless, I scheduled a visit in mid-October.

On the drive from Charlottesville, my sweetheart, Emilie, and I fell in love with the vivid fall color and then the beauty of the Institute buildings–secluded, warm, and quiet. I met with F. Holmes (Skip) Atwater, research director, who reviewed my qualifications and goals for summer work. Although uncertain of his needs, he asked me to keep in touch. In January, a letter arrived congratulating me on being accepted as the first intern ever to work at The Monroe Institute®. During the eight-week internship, my position would be computer and research assistant to ongoing projects.


An experienced researcher, Justine Owens, Ph.D., was hired as a consultant. Her task was to analyze the treasure trove of data collected over years of brainmapping and EEG experiments and prepare it for publication in major journals. My experience was ideal for completing the tasks at hand.

Literature Searches and Editing Brainwave Data

The summer’s work was challenging and varied: at times easy and gratifying, at others tedious and frustrating. It entailed weekly treks to the University of Virginia Health Sciences Library to perform computer searches for published literature on such topics as “meditation” and “EEG” for use as references when The Monroe Institute® published its findings. Relevant articles were reproduced in hard copy and entered into a professional Reference Manager computer program. I organized the storage and filing system for those references. Ultimately, an individual could choose a topic, such as “consciousness,” on the computer, and get a print-out of all articles on file that mention that term.


In addition, Skip and I pulled together the results of the BF (binaural frequency) tape series and prepared the data based on similar studies. Using Biolex EEG Brainmapping Software, I printed out EEG profiles, produced graphs of the BF series sound waves, and edited brain-wave data for pieces that did not fit the scale (artifacts caused by an eye blink or sudden movement, for example). The PREP (Personal Resource Exploration Program) database, begun in 1989, contained physiological data on nearly a thousand subjects. These recordings of skin temperature, skin resistance, and voltage changes during the personalized sessions are what Robert Monroe refers to as “the smoke and not the fire.”


We formatted the five years of data for statistical analysis with computer programs at the University of Virginia and at Stanford, with the help of Dr. Stephen LaBerge. There was a deep feeling of satisfaction when the hundreds of pages of PREP data were on the computer. Then we submitted a sample to Justine and found out that her computer program could not read the data. All of it had to be reformatted by hand all over again! Very quickly I learned that bravery and calm temperament are required when one works with harmless-looking computers.

In late July, it was my pleasure to attend the Institute’s annual Professional Seminar. Accomplished professionals from all walks of life convened with one purpose: to share the value and benefits of the Hemi-Sync® technology. I met with and interacted with many of the professionals who’ve helped to nurture and sustain The Monroe Institute.


A Gateway to Higher Levels of Consciousness

In appreciation of my service, I was given an opportunity to attend a Gateway Voyage® program. Alongside extraordinary beings from the far reaches of Earth, I explored and developed altered states of consciousness. I immersed myself daily in the Hemi-Sync tones and was transported into the farther reaches of my consciousness. A week of special and deeply personal experiences caused me to reconsider who and what I really am, along the lines of Bob Monroe’s Gateway Affirmation: I am more than my physical body. . . . My transformation was subtle but powerful. The Voyage was the gift of a lifetime.

Reading books that I borrowed, discussions with staff, observing ongoing experiments–such experiences were “like icing on the cake.” Most of my work was menial and unglamorous, but it had to be done, if not by me, then by Skip or another TMI staff member. Everyone at TMI shares in the work responsibilities with the underlying goal of keeping the Institute and its mission alive and well. I gained important insights into the realities of research and inquiry. Ideas may take minutes to conceive, but the experiment may take days to set up and run, while the collection and analysis of data requires months and months to complete. At best, the analysis of data is tedious and time-consuming. The world of Robert Monroe and the way of Hemi-Sync® is no different from any “real-world” endeavor. Success demands hard work and discipline.

Overall I am extremely grateful for my summer at TMI. As a pre-medical student at the crossroads of significant life decisions, this summer interlude was priceless for providing information and experiences that will shape my career in medicine. Now that I’ve seen how I truly am more than my physical body, my career goal is to make a mark on the world by integrating this dimension into the mainstream of medicine.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Announcing the "Myspace" for Holistic Practitioners and Clients: Holistic Seek

Scottsdale, Arizona: I am pleased to announce the "grand opening" of www.HolisticSeek.com, coming soon.

Holistic seek is hosted by my dear friends Marisol Paredes and Bonnie Gomes. I have known Marisol since 2005, and she is an active practitioner of holistic modalities, including yoga, bodywork, and massage.

She trained at Southwest Institute for
Healing Arts (SWIHA) in Tempe, AZ. Marisol and Bonnie met at a yoga event there and have been collaborating ever since to prepare for the launch.

Marisol and Bonnie will be co-hosting this website. I have been asked to participate as a practitioner and contributor of blog articles to flesh out the content.

This site is a networking site for practitioners of holistic therapies or modalities: naturopaths, massage therapists, acupuncturists, energy workers, etc.

This site is also for people seeking a holistic lifestyle, including people seeking holistic modalities and treatments.

Come check it out!