Goodnews!
January 2002
Dear Readers,
Happy New Year everyone and welcome to our 2nd issue of Goodnews!
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Client stories
Each issue will feature one or two success stories, stories
you've shared with us about important changes you've
made in your lives. Your stories are a witness to your belief
in yourselves and your commitment to achieving your
goals. They demonstrate your willingness to change and
grow.
Sometimes those changes took place almost immediately.
Other times they occurred gradually over months and
years. Always they have inspired us. We thank you for
allowing us to support you on your journey. We create the
framework and make our balance procedures available to
you. But it is you, in the co-creative process, who do the
work. For this we celebrate you.
If you would like to have your story featured in an upcoming
issue, please let us know.
Techniques
We will introduce you to one or several balance procedures
you can do on your own to improve your overall health and
well-being. Techniques have been chosen because they are
simple to use, effective and timely.
Upcoming workshops
We will include workshops, which we will hold over the next
few months. These workshops are also posted on our
website.
Services
Only those we have experienced first-hand and which we
consider to be very worthwhile will be included.
YOUR STORIES
Daily Brain Gym® Movements Make a Difference
Mark (1) was one of the first clients I worked with when I started my
practice in 1996. I love telling his story since it demonstrates how one
person, thanks to discipline, believing in himself and family support, was
able to overcome considerable challenges and follow his dream.
Identified as an exceptional student, communication - language impaired,
Mark had received remedial help throughout his school years. His teachers
described him as
"co-operative and responsible, pleasant and polite". What they did not
know was the number of hours he spent on assignments, the stress he
experienced regarding his achievement and the fact that he almost never
smiled.
Regarding his oral language, Mark had difficulty following the flow of
verbal ideas and was unable to answer questions. Consequently, he was not
able to participate in lessons and share his ideas in class
discussions. For written work he was experiencing significant difficulty
in generating and organizing his ideas and understanding word meaning. By
grade 8 Mark was at least two years behind in math skills. Written
instructions in particular were difficult. He seemed to "shut down" when
taking tests and required extra time to complete them.
Mark’s mom brought him to see me right after Christmas in grade 8. Her
main concerns were the stress around test taking and that all Mark’s free
time was spent on homework. She knew he would be expected to work more
independently in high school and feared Mark would not be able to handle
the additional workload and increased stress levels.
Mark began coming for sessions on a weekly basis.
The progress Mark made in such a short time astounded us all. The
following letter written by his mom, summarizes those changes:
"Water (2) and a few simple exercises have given my son a chance to be all
that he can be.
Over the early primary years my son experienced many difficulties.
Handwriting was a real effort for him; following instructions took
tremendous focus and concentration. Assignments and simple tasks took him
forever to complete. Test sent him into a state of panic. Teachers would
often note or mention to us that my son was co-operative and pleasant and
tried his very best; however he often became frustrated and disappointed
when his marks didn’t reflect the amount of work he put into the
task. Eventually our son was identified as language impaired. Even though
he used the resources that were available to him, he still was feeling
poorly about himself in the area of his academics. This was now beginning
to effect his daily perception of himself. We tried private tutors as well
as enrolled him at St. Jude’s in Kitchener for weekend assistance. These
helped as well, however our son was still feeling overwhelmed and we knew
that entering secondary school would cause even more stress for our
son. It was taking most of his time now to complete assignments and the
workload would only become heavier. His self-esteem was low and he was
becoming an introvert. He tended to set high goals for himself and he had a
great desire to achieve them he just needed the tools!
It was then that I noticed an ad in the Guelph Mercury for Brain Gym® with
Joan Agosta. We took our son to Joan in January 1996 and completed ten
sessions with her. Before they were completed we noticed drastic
changes. His handwriting took half of the time that it normally would. He
held his head up high and actually smiled coming home from school. What a
feeling to see your son happy at school. We continued sending our son once
a month or before major exams over the next year or so. Test writing and
his "shut down" have been reduced.
Our son is now in grade twelve and still does his exercises prior to school
each morning. It he forgets for a few days, we can see and change his
attitude and his output. He agrees when we bring it to his attention,
his production is so much better when he stays on track.
I think our son explained Brain Gym® best: 'I don’t feel fuzzy anymore,
everything seems much clearer'.
Every opportunity I have I recommend Brain Gym® . . .I believe every child
should be given the opportunity to relearn or retrain the way of learning".
Mark continues to do his Brain Gym® movements on a daily basis. Since the
writing of this letter he graduated from high school with a 70% overall
average. He was accepted at Carlton University, Windsor University,
Fanshawe and Conestoga College. He is presently doing a law and security
program, carrying a 79% average and plans on getting his B.A. in
criminology. We are sure he will succeed!
Notes on the sessions:
We saw Mark on a weekly basis from mid-January to May 1996. He came for
two more sessions that year, three in 1997 and one in 1998. The early
sessions focused on structural corrections and included the Dennison
Laterality Repatterning (3) to be done at home on a daily
basis. Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques helped him to stay in a
resource state during test taking and allowed him to relax. By the fourth
session, Mark had experienced a major shift: his homework took less time,
he was able to understand directions more easily and he came home with an
86% on a major math test! His teacher noticed that he was smiling more,
that he seemed happier with himself and that he was better able to organize
his thoughts.
Mark had been feeling fatigued during the day in spite of getting enough
sleep. Further corrections focused on his subtle energy system, adding
supplements and changing Mark’s diet to make sure he was getting all the
nutrients he needed. It was also recommended that he stay away from
refined sugar as much as possible.
Another major breakthrough came while doing some emotional work. Mark’s
self-concept took a blow at both grades three and four. He lost his
much-loved teachers two years in a row. This is when he seriously began to
doubt himself and his ability to succeed. After doing the emotional
clearing, I asked Mark to write about his feelings regarding the loss of
his teachers. I pointed out that feelings are neither "good" nor "bad",
they just are. Emotions are the language of our body. This is how our
body communicates with us. Our emotions let us know what is important for
us, what has been trespassed upon. Once we acknowledge the feelings, we
can let go. It is the feelings that we deny which create imbalance, stress
and dis-ease.
In addition, we worked on Mark’s ability to know what was best for himself
and to formulate goals that were in his best interest. Changing his belief
that he has to be perfect to "I love to be alive . . .learning from all my
mistakes" was liberating.
Notes:
1. Name has been changed at request of the client
2. Water increases and balances electrical energy to
the neocortex, moving it away from survival reflexes in
the brain stem. It also increases oxygen amount and
flow to the brain resulting in better focus and more
energy.
3.
Dennison Laterality Repatterning is one of two
repatterning techniques taught in the Brain Gym®
Diploma course. This technique activates the
neurological networks across the corpus callosum
which separates the right and left hemispheres. This
results in the integration of both eyes, ears and
hemispheres and improves coordination of both sides
of the body.
For best results this repatterning technique should
be done twice daily for 10 week. This is usually the
time it takes to create new neurological networks in the
brain.
For further information see www.jagostabraingym.net
Click on Brian Gym®
TECHNIQUES
The Earth is moving through a time of monumental changes
in which energies are fluctuating at rates never experienced
by humanity before. Many of these changes are chaotic in
nature, and especially challenging to the emotional body.
Consequently, our emotions seem to be all over the place.
Whenever any system moves from one level of order to a
higher level, there is a period of chaos in which
perturbations are on the increase. This is now happening
on Earth at all levels-atomic, molecular, biological,
geological, social, economic, etc. are in states of flux or
change. The Hathors offer us a technique to help our
emotional body become more stable through this period of
tremendous transition. This technique is in four parts. We
offer the second below. For Part A, see Goodnews Oct. 2001. We will
continue the exercise in future newsletters.
Self-Mastery Exercise
Part B
The next step in this Self-Mastery Exercise is to draw the prana
into the pranic tube and then to circulate it through the physical body
(see Diagram)
Step 1: As you did before, draw the prana up from the Earth into your
pranic tube as you inhale. Hold the breath for just a moment and then
exhale with a sigh. Focus your attention on the pranic tube.
Step 2: Now inhale, drawing prana down from above the head into the pranic
tube. Hold the breath for a moment while you focus on the pranic
tube. Exhale and sign as you shift your awareness to your entire physical
body. The prana will them flow out from the pranic tube into your body by
the Law of Attention (i.e., "Energy follows awareness"). Work with this
until you sense a flow of energy from the pranic tube out into the physical
body.
Diagram: The movement of "Celestial energy" and "Earthly energy" into the
pranic tube and from there into the physical body.
When you first begin the process it may be a very subtle sensation and some
areas of your body will be more sensitized to the flow of prana than
others. But eventually you will have the distinct physical sensation of
the prana moving out into the physical body. As your awareness becomes
more subtle, you may notice the prana moving into the subtle bodies as
well. Let it interpenetrate and extend outward from your actual physical
body. This allows you to truly increase the Ka,(2) to intensity the pranic
body.
Notes:
1. From The Hathor Material, Messages from an
Ascended Civilization by Tom Kenyon and Virginia
Essene, S.E.E. Publishing Company, Sanata Clara,
California, 1996.
2. Ka is your subtle energy body.
| More for combating flu symptoms and allergic responses |
Many people experience flu-like symptoms at this time of
the year. We would like to share with you a technique called
the Spleen/Thymus Tap which we have found very effective. It can be
even more effective than the Thymus Tap, which we introduced, in our last
newsletter.
Clinical applications for this technique include:
stimulating the immune system to effectively
eliminate colds and flues
We recommend doing this technique for one minute on each side at the
first sign of a cold or flu. Repeat every hour until you are no longer
experiencing discomfort. For less serious cases, do at least three times
per day. We usually do not take any
medication. However, if you are on medication, the Spleen/Thymus
Tap will help you feel better much faster.
Here is how to do the spleen/thymus tap:
To locate the spleen point, place one arm, straightened out at your side
and with your other hand, reach around
in front of your body and find the sensitive spot on your ribs just above
your elbow. This is the spleen point. Relaxing your first arm, tap
on the spleen point. With your other hand, use the tips of your fingers to
tap on your thymus (located behind the sternum). Continue tapping for one
minute.
Adding toning will increase the effectiveness of the
correction. Tone Esa Mea
Deo. If you can't tone out-loud, then tone silently. If you are
reluctant to tone, then just say the words. If you do not want
to tone for whatever reason, just do the tapping.
Note: The thymus is a gland located high in the chest
behind the sternum. This gland is one of the central controls
of the body's immunity system. It is part of the body's
defense system which manufactures antibodies and
lymphocytes.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
For further information on any of our workshops,
please visit our website
http://www.jagostabraingym.net or contact us at (519)
822 4491.
Brain Gym® Diploma Course: February 23/24 and March 2/3, 2002
There is still time to sign up for this wonderful course. It is
especially useful for parents, teachers and practitioners.
Growing Older, Getting Better:
Reversing the Aging Process
This workshop invites us to examine our
attitudes about aging. It gives us a better
understanding of the relationship between
stress and age-related symptoms. It helps
us to build empowering beliefs about
growing older and offers practical tools to
reverse the aging process.
Date: Monday, March 11, 2002
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Contact: Joan Agosta
Phone: (519) 822-4491
Fee: $25.00
Prosperity: Attracting abundance in
our everyday lives
The natural world operates on the
principle of abundance. How can we align
ourselves to enhance our abundance at all
levels: spiritual, emotional, relationship,
financial?
This workshop looks at what is stopping
us. We will examine our beliefs, attitudes
and self-talk around money and having
abundance. Using the Brain Gym®
program, we will do a balance for
abundance to program ourselves to
achieve financial success.
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2002
Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM
Contact: Joan Agosta
Phone: (519) 822-4491
Fee: $40.00
THOUGHTS
Worth Sharing
The following story comes from "Letter of the Day" which appeared in the
Guelph Mercury, February 1, 2000. The author of the letter, Madeline
Bakker, wrote regarding neighborhood response to the opening of a group
home for young men needing shelter in the community. The general attitude
was "not in our neighborhood". She invites us to reflect on our own
attitude toward troubled youth through this story.
"In the Babemba tribe of South Africa, when a person acts irresponsibly or
unjustly, he is placed in the center of the village, alone and unfettered".
"All work ceases and every man, woman and child in the village
gathers in a large circle around the accused individual".
"Then each person in the tribe, regardless of age, begins to talk
out loud to the accused, one at a time, about all the good things the
person in the center of the circle has done in his lifetime. Every
incident, every experience that can be recalled with any detail and
accuracy, is recounted".
"All his positive attributes, good deeds, strengths and kindnesses
are recited carefully and at length. No one is permitted to fabricate,
exaggerate or be facetious about his accomplishments or the positive
aspects of his personality".
"At the end, the tribal circle is broken, a joyous celebration
takes lace, and the person symbolically and literally is welcomed back into
the tribe".
-The author of this piece is unknown.
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