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Vision & Venture   -  Summer 2006

Gettysburg Holistic Health Center - Integrative Wellness Practices

YOGA           ROOTS & WINGS         THERAPUTIC MASSAGE        CHIROPRATIC         ACUPUNCTURE         TIMELESS

Let me begin this letter by humbly thanking all of you who have helped us to reach our 6 th year of serving our community here at the Center. The time has passed quickly, and we have had a difficult time keeping up with our Newsletter. Although we now have a web site you can go to for information, there is nothing like a letter from friends. We are grateful to all of you who continue to support our efforts in bringing wellness to our community through our services.

Much has happened since you last received a letter from us. Donna Acree, ND left us last year to move back to Arizona to have her baby with her new husband Echjing. Their daughter Sage was born on Thanksgiving Day. Mother and baby are fine. Donna and family have recently moved back to the East Coast to reside in the Frederick area. The possibility of Donna returning to work at our Center is not out of the question. We will keep you posted as to if and when she will return to our Center.

We welcome our newest practitioner, Dr. Leonard Mazza from New Jersey. Len is a self-employed chiropractor with 19 years of experience. He gave up his practice to move to our area. He and his wife Lorraine are relocating to the 100-fold community. Please see the enclosed page detailing what Len has to offer his patients here at our Center. Len practices in Suite E with Ted O’Brien.

Also joining our Center is Carol Sweetman, M.S.O.M. LAc who currently practices in the Frederick and Bethesda areas. Carol is a licensed acupuncturist who provides facial rejuvenation. Carol has a wealth of experience in practicing holistic healthcare using acupuncture and Chinese M\medicine. With Carol’s technique you will look younger and feel better with a Timeless Facial and Body Rejuvenation. This is an alternative approach to looking younger without surgery and injection. Carol uses a program of advanced electro-medicine and ancient healing therapies of Traditional medicine. Rejuvenation is a non-invasive way to keep the signs of aging in check. Carol practices at our Center one day a week and by appointment only. Please read Carol’s page of information that is also enclosed.

As you probably noticed our Byline has changed from “Practices In Natural Healing” to “Integrative Wellness Practices.” You are probably wondering, What that has to do with me! Well, my goal from the inception of our Center has been to offer every individual who comes to us services that treat the whole person. When I think of Holistic I think of the “whole person” as well as natural wellness. Well what about the East and West coming together? Could that happen? I think so! Well it does in other areas of our country and it has been working well. I feel strongly that if we could bring together Traditional Medicine and Natural Healing in our community we would be treating the “whole person” physically, emotionally, and spiritually. This could help eliminate a lot of anxiety for our patients. Our practitioners are ready and willing to embark in this new arena. We are welcoming practitioners of the traditional medical community to join us in this endeavor. I am happy to report there is interest. As we continue I will keep you informed through our newsletter, web site, and most of all through our practitioners when you visit us.

Sit back and have a cup of tea as you read the rest of our Center’s news.

Namaste,

Lynn Roby
Center Founder

If you have any suggestions or questions, you can email them to me or call me at (717) 338-9777  or stop by for a visit and a cup of tea.


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From Sacred Lotus Yoga Studio

Independently Owned Affiliated Kripalu Studio: Sacred Lotus has become an affiliated Kripalu Studio. What an honor to be a part of one of the most renowned Yoga and Holistic health centers in the world. I am spending about two weeks a year at Kripalu continuing to work on my next level of teacher certification. If all goes well, I will graduate with this certification in March. My studies at Kripalu continue to be challenging and exciting; but most of all, it is very beneficial and rewarding for my personal practice as well as in my teaching.

Kripalu has begun to offer discount group rates that we sometimes take advantage of. The group rates are offered several times a year so if you would like to be included in these group trips, please let me know.

Classes are going great! I am seeing more and more students of all ages (3 to 80+) coming to try this ancient healing and meditative practice. Kripalu yoga is for every BODY, and every AGE. As I watch my students with great pride grow in their practice, I see their obvious commitment and their efforts pay off. I teach only with gratitude and honor the Kripalu approach to living a rich and healthy life through practicing Yoga. Peace!

Change one thing today for your health: TAKE A DEEPER BREATH!

Yoga Quotes

Quote from Swami Kripalu

“Whenever Yoga is being practiced, Pranayama is being practiced, directly or indirectly, if an approach to Yoga rejects Pranayama, it ceases to be Yoga”.

Student Quotes:

“ I can’t imagine life without Yoga”! Jean Hobbs Kripalu Yoga student 4 years

“ Monday mornings are good when I start the day coming to Yoga”. Several Monday morning students.

Children’s Yoga “I really like Yoga and I like having the fish there. They give everyone a friendly greeting”. Megan R. Clark


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New From Roots and Wings Counseling

Did you know that emotions are an integral part of your overall health? Emotions can and do affect all of us holistically. Emotions are powerful and cascades of stress chemicals can result from overloading of stress, anxiety, fear and anger. These chemicals can be stored in our physical bodies as toxins. There is an effective antidote in mindful awareness. Through self-awareness, meditation, imagery and practice we can become more peaceful, less stressed and more fully realize our true nature. Using these techniques we can create healthy emotional, mental and behavioral patterns that become permanent over time and affect our well-being in a holistic sense. Many stress related illnesses can be eased through learning and practicing these techniques.

A mindfulness based twelve week class will be offered that will help you tame your anger, anxiety and fear. The phenomenon of emotional hijacking can be stopped and you can transform your emotional life, putting you in the driver’s seat. For more information please contact Betsy Tresselt at ROOTS AND WINGS COUNSELING PRACTICE 338-9777 or 321-4816.

NAMASTE

Did you know 1 out of every 7 of us suffer from the disease of Alcoholism/Addiction.

1 . No one chooses to be addicted

2. Addiction is a disease-not a matter of will

3.Treatment works, and recovery happens every day

4. Recovery can reclaim lives and restore families

5.People who have the disease of addiction are individuals like you and me.

 

1. Do you or does someone you know drink too much or use mind-alternating substances?

2. Is your life out of control because of alcohol or other drugs?

3. Do you wish you didn’t do or say the things you do when you drink or use other drugs?

4. Do you forget what you do when you drink?

5. Does anyone tell you that you drink too much?

Alcohol and or other drugs affect the lives of many. If your life or someone you love’s life is being affected by alcohol or other drugs please call us we can help.

Lynn Roby, MS, LAC

Alcoholism/Addiction is a Disease not a Disgrace


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The Therapeutic Massage Associates At Gettysburg Holistic Health Center

Marti Thomas (717) 334-5140 x 1

Nancy Lyon (717) 334-5140 x 2

Marti and Nancy would like to extend our sincere thanks to all that come to us for massage. So without further ado, a big Thank You!

Our hours continue to be by appointment and those desiring an appointment should try to give us a week or two to get you on the schedule.

Nancy offers the following bodywork sessions:

Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Myofascial, Cranio Sacral, Lomi Lomi, Hot Stone Massage and Reiki. All are $30.00 ½ hour, $50.00 per hour, $70.00 per 1 ½ hour except Lomi Lomi which is $90.00 and takes about 1 ½ hour. Lomi Lomi is a sacred Hawaiian massage that has been done for centuries. It is awesome at assisting a person in releasing unwanted patterns in the body.

Marti offers the following bodywork sessions:

Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Reiki, Sports Massage and Samyama. All are $30.00 ½ hour, $50.00 per hour or $70.00 for 1 ½ hour.

Marti has done some classes teaching Samyama. Call her if you are interested or have questions, she will be planning another class in the near future.

Nancy would like to offer clients a break if you buy 10 massages get a free massage. This is a prepaid offer that will be available until January 1, 2007. Call Nancy for details.

Both Marti and Nancy were trained this past spring in the Raindrop Therapy modality. This is a healing treatment using essential oils that are dropped onto the spine and then rubbed in using specific techniques. The treatment takes about an hour and costs $70.00. It helps to:

Release tension and stress

Improve spinal and musculoskeletal alignment

Antiviral, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory—great for flu prevention

Fabulous for releasing allergies

Has been known to unravel scoliosis

Improves the immune system

Improve and balance structural and electrical alignment

Don’t forget, give someone a gift for a massage. We have gift certificates available!

Email: gettysburgmassage@yahoo.com


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Chiropractic: Who Needs It?

In order to answer this question, it is helpful to first review a little bit of history. Chiropractic was founded by D.D. Palmer in 1895. Palmer was the equivalent of a holistic health practitioner of his time. On the block where his offices were located, there worked a deaf janitor named Harvey Lillard. When Palmer examined him, he felt a bone or vertebra out of place that, he reasoned, could be causing pressure on the spinal cord. He restored the alignment of the vertebrae by applying a force with his hand, which he called an adjustment. Lillard immediately noticed he was able to hear as before, for the first time in 17 years. D.D. Palmer coined the term chiropractic from the Greek words, Chiro, meaning “hand,” and practic, meaning “practice or operation.”

Chiropractic’s main area of interest is a condition called Vertebral Subluxation, which is comprised of four parts: (1) a vertebrae that has lost its proper position relative to a vertebrae above or below, or both; (2) a partial occlusion of an opening where the nerve passes through; (3) pressure on a nerve; and (4) an interference to the nerve impulses from the brain to the body, and the body to the brain. The objective of chiropractic is to locate, analyze and correct vertebral subluxations.

Chiropractic believes that the body possesses a unique innate wisdom that strives to maintain itself in a state of good health. This intelligence strives to maintain normal heart rate, blood pressure, insulin production, etc; this same intelligence also directs our bodily functions in continuously adapting to an ever-changing environment.

Maintenance of good health depends upon the body’s natural ability to continually adapt to changes in its internal and external environment. Ensuring this capability is one of nature’s most remarkable communication networks: the nerve system. The brain sends mental impulses to each of the body’s more than 100 trillion cells, giving them direction on how to function properly. At the same time, each part of the body is reporting information back to the brain; theses mental impulses are transmitted to and from the brain by way of the nerves passing through the spine

Vertebra in the spine can and, on occasion, do become subluxated, which is interference to the body’s communication process. A subluxation causes messages being transmitted over nerves to become garbled or modified; the body’s response to the environment is then inadequate. Chiropractic makes its contribution to health by identifying, analyzing, and correcting subluxated vertebrae. The doctor of chiropractic removes this particular kind of interference to the body’s innate striving to maintain its own health.

Chiropractic’s concern, then, is with vertebral subluxation and its influence on health and health maintenance. Its aim is to ensure that the body’s natural health-assurance process is allowed to function without interference from vertebral subluxation.

If you have a spine, you are subject to vertebral subluxation. Some of the causes of vertebral subluxation include physical, chemical, and emotional stresses, and in particular, automobile accidents, lifting, and job stress. One of the most significant traumas to the spine is the birth process, which is why all children should be checked as well. We all experience these stresses over the course of our lives and therefore most people have vertebral subluxations. So who needs chiropractic? Everyone!

NOTE: Alliance Chiropractic Wellness Center is pleased to offer a FREE INITIAL EXAM for New Patients

To schedule an appointment, call Dr. Leonard Mazza at (717) 334-4481 2311 Fairfield Road, Suite E, Gettysburg, PA 17325


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Sticking it to Lower Back Pain!

Low back pain is one of the most common symptoms that cause people to visit their doctor. In fact, back pain is the second leading cause of visits to a physician in the United States. In addition to these conventional treatments, many patients in today's society also seek complementary therapies such as acupuncture and yoga to reduce their low back pain.

Acupuncture and yoga are two of the most time-tested treatments known to mankind. If the value of a treatment were based solely on how long it has been around, and how long people have thought that it was helpful, then acupuncture and yoga would probably be the most effective treatments known to humankind. Fortunately today, the value of these therapies is being scientifically proven in blinded, controlled studies as well.

The use of acupuncture to treat back pain has increased dramatically in the past few decades, based in a large extent to placebo-controlled studies that have validated it as a reliable method of pain relief. The results of a recent study published in the Clinical Journal of Pain (2001) provide further proof that acupuncture is a safe and effective procedure for low-back pain, and that it can maintain positive outcomes for periods of six months or longer without producing the negative side-effects that often accompany more traditional pain remedies. Acupuncture works specifically by reducing inflammation, increasing the release of endorphins and pain relieving neurotransmitters such as serotonin in the brain and balancing the energetic structure of the body.

Yoga is another very helpful therapy that is not only very inexpensive to perform but can produce a wide range of benefits for back pain sufferers. Yoga incorporates stretching and relaxation, which reduces tension in stress-carrying muscles. Yoga requires that an individual hold gentle poses for anywhere from 10 to 60 seconds. Within the pose, certain muscles flex, while others stretch, promoting relaxation and flexibility in muscles and joints.

For people with lower back pain, stretching is very important. For example, stretching the hamstring muscles (in the back of the thigh) helps expand the motion in the pelvis, decreasing stress across the lower back. In addition, stretching with yoga increases blood flow, allowing nutrients to flow in, toxins to flow out, and promotes the overall nourishment of the muscles and soft tissues in the lower back.

Many of the postures in yoga also gently strengthen the muscles in the back, as well as the abdominal muscles.   Back and abdominal muscles are essential components of the muscular network of the spine, helping the body maintain proper upright posture and movement. When these muscles are well conditioned, back pain can be greatly reduced or avoided.

Think of the spine as a tall building, and the musculature around the spine as the support structure of this building. The strength and flexibility of the muscles along the spine and in the legs is essential at maintaining the integrity and support of the spinal column. Without this support, the pressure on the spinal column increases which can lead to problems such as herniated and bulging disks, especially in the lower back.

If you suffer from back pain, I encourage you to consider all options, do research and ask questions. Consider natural, non-invasive alternative therapies in addition to conventional treatments, and be aware of the powerful healing potential of the human frame.

Ted O’Brien is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Medical Qigong Therapist at the Gettysburg Holistic Health Center and a consultant at the George Washington University’s Center for Integrative Medicine in Washington, DC.. You may learn more about Chinese Medicine at www.GettysburgHolisticHealthCenter.net or call Ted at (717) 586-7044.


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Timeless
Facial & Body Rejuvenation Program
 Using advanced electro-medicine and ancient healing therapies of Traditional Chinese medicine

Timeless-Facial & Body Rejuvenation Program helps to reduce wrinkles, fine lines and enhance the tone and texture of the skin. It is an excellent alternative approach to looking younger without surgery and injection. It is far less expensive, more natural, non-invasive and safer than plastic surgery. Studies show that among 300 cases treated with facial acupuncture, 90% had marked beneficial results with only one course of treatment.) This ancient approach is being utilized by many celebrities and has been featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show, “Good Morning America and PBS’s “Healthweek.”

Benefits

Additional Health Benefits

Contact Carol Sweetman. MSOM, L.Ac; 301-385-9006

Visit this web site for more information: www.TimetoHealNow.com

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