Moonlight therapy

If you don't already know, there's a new form of therapy that's bringing a little bit of light to town.
Light therapy- or the use of light's wavelengths, LEDs or flourescent lamps- has long since been used to treat illnesses and ailments such as depression and seasonal affective disorder.
But 20 miles south of Tucson, Arizona, near Kitt Peak, researchers are harnessing the power of moonlight for healing purposes.
About five years ago, Dr. Richard Chapin was searching for different ways to help aid in the healing of a friend who suffered with pancreatic cancer.
While researching holistic healing methods, Chapin stumbled upon light application, a discovery which has lead to the creation of an 60-foot tall, $2 million structure that absorbs and projects moonlight, known as the Interstellar Light Application.
Lined with mirrors, the structure absorbs celestial light while the moon is in it's various phases and projects it back out, a structure filled with holes of various sizes, so that the light is concentrated as it pours over them.
"It collects more light than any telescope on earth, and this type of light can be projected at the size of a pinpoint laser or spread out to a 10 to 15 foot area," Chapin told me in a past interview for a story I was working on for the Arizona Daily Wildcat. The popularity of the moonbeam collector is growing enormously, yielding stories of individuals who have been alieviated from arthritic pain to those who have lost 100 pounds and transformed their lives for the positive.
Ground-breaking and the first of it's kind, the collector is open to individuals via appointments, which can be made at (520) 730-0427, or by calling McFadden-Gavender, an advertising company working with the project.
Trust me- it's something you need to see to believe.


--an example of a form of light therapy.

'love'

Hey guys,

I just read a really great book that I think you should know about.
It's called "The Hidden Messages in Water," and it is all about how water can be used as an absorbant to reflect messages and effect overall health.
Within the book, researcher and author Masaru Emoto wrote messages on the outsides of water bottles and then used a high-tech camera to photograph the crystals within the water after exposure to different messages.
The results were astounding.
Messages that were positive, such as 'thank you' or 'love' or 'gratitude' produced crystals that were absolutely perfect in shape.
On the other hands, messages such as 'you fool' or 'i hate you' produced crystals that were distorted, as if someone had smashed them with a sledgehammer.
According to this research, water messages can have similar effects as self-hypnosis in helping the body and mind to achieve, and produce, the most positive results for whatever ailment one might have. For example, to counter low self esteem, messages such as 'you are beautiful' or 'love thyself' can be extremely powerful.
Based on this research, I decided to try a little experiment of my own. For the next few weeks, I will be drinking bottles of water with positive messages on them. My family and I have been going through some hard times with the sickness of my grandfather, so I think an appropriate message for me is 'trust' or 'love' knowing that it will all eventually work out.
Surprisingly, the individuals behind the "hidden messages in water" are hosting a school in Tucson, Arizona, on the properties of water. Although the three-day school would be a great opportunity and I would love to attend, tuition is $3000!

Massage your aura

We get massages to relax and let go, but did you know that massage can actually be healing?
Reiki, (pronounced ray-kee), a form of massage that focuses on energy centers of the body, can work effectively in helping the body to heal itself and ward off infections.
My mother, who I spent all of last weekend with, is a massage therapist who works with reiki and told me stories of the different ways in which it works.
"Reiki was a Japanese method that used to be passed on from person to person," she said. "It's not physical touch, but it works with energy centers on the body and corrects imbalances."
Intrigued, I recieved a reiki massage.
Just as with any other form of massage, participants lay on a massage bed and try to relax. One of the differences between reiki and traditional massage is that you can be fully clothed to recieve a reiki massage. The major difference between traditional massage and reiki, however, is that Reiki does not involve touch.
The reiki practitioner (mine's name was Yumi) simply moves her hands 3 to 6 inches over the body, so that you can feel the warmth from their hands, but not actual contact. The action works to smooth out the energy surrounding the body, which is sometimes referred to as an aura.
The effect was very calming. I was skeptical at first but the massage proved to be soothing, and at the end I felt as though I had just received a facial or a traditional massage and was delightfully stress-free.
During the massage Yumi asked me if I could feel where her hands were as they passed over my body, and I was almost always correct in my guesses.
According to the International Center for Reiki Training, reiki heals by charging the energy fields on the body with positive energy. In doing so, it helps to cause negative energy to break away from the body by raising the vibratory level of these energy fields, which are often where negative thoughts and feelings are attached.
Reiki practitioners operate under the belief that there is a 'universal life force,' or 'ki' attached to each person and that this life force can be accessed and healed by trained practitioners.
Positive energy has long-since been attributed to health, therefore, after recieving a reiki massage and boosting your levels of positive energy, your body is better prepared to ward off infections or illnesses. Reiki practitioners are practicly everywhere. Are they in your town?