ST 36 est le plus largement utilisé en raison de ses effets puissants et de son large éventail d’applications, notamment comme point de traitement privilégié pour renforcer le système immunitaire.
Stomach 36 présente divers bienfaits qui favorisent l’équilibre naturel :

* Revigore l’ensemble du méridien de l’estomac.

* Soulage la douleur et le gonflement.

* Harmonise l’estomac.

* Régule la rate.

* Soutient, régule et renforce le Qi (énergie).

* Il ravive le Yang tout en nourrissant le Yin

* Comme la Terre est la mère du Métal dans la théorie des cinq éléments,

GB41  Déplace le Qi LV – troubles menstruels/mammaires, point distal pour les maux de tête (latéraux ou migraines – classique mentionné pour l’occipital ou le vertex).
Utile pour les problèmes oculaires, les rougeurs, les gonflements et les problèmes de larmoiement, les larmes, le larmoiement excessif.
Point local pour les problèmes latéraux du pied – douleur, crampes.

LV3  En général, résout la stagnation et tonifie le Yin – équilibre toutes les pathologies du LV.
Stagnation du Qi du LV / Montée du Yang du LV – maux de tête, vertiges, aphtes.
Problèmes oculaires – vision trouble, yeux rouges, gonflés, douloureux.
Problèmes menstruels dus à une déficience en sang, en Yin, en Qi et/ou à une stagnation du Qi du LV – dysménorrhée, aménorrhée, syndrome prémenstruel, sensibilité des seins.
Problèmes génitaux – douleur/gonflement, hernie, impuissance, émissions semi-nues.
Stagnation dans le réchauffeur moyen – tension sous-costale, douleur thoracique/flanc, gonflements dans la région axillaire.
Problèmes digestifs dus à l’attaque du ST/SP par le LV – nausées, vomissements, constipation, diarrhée avec aliments non digérés.
Point apaisant – colère, irritabilité, insomnie, anxiété.
Avec LI 4, traitement des quatre portes – effet puissant sur la circulation du Qi et du sang dans le corps.
Système de guérison Tong Ren/Tam : point important pour faire descendre l’énergie dans le corps, généralement utilisé après des exercices de qi gong, des séances de guérison énergétique, etc. Aide à éviter la maladie du qi gong (ou feu courant) où l’énergie est bloquée dans la partie supérieure de la tête/du corps et provoque des problèmes tels que l’essoufflement, des troubles psychologiques, des maux de tête, etc.

TW5  Conditions extérieures initiales, tonifier pour le vent-froid, le froid-humidité et calmer pour le vent-chaleur, la fièvre.
Maux de tête dus au vent extérieur ainsi que migraines et maux de tête dans n’importe quelle zone, en particulier avec raideur ou douleur dans les parties postérieure et latérale du cou.
Troubles des membres supérieurs, y compris le coude, l’avant-bras, le poignet et la main.
Maladies du stade Shaoyang – alternance de fièvre et de frissons, etc.
Si le pouls droit est plus fort que le gauche (plus de Qi que de sang), disperser TH 5 et tonifier PC 6 et vice versa.

P6 Similaire au PC 3, mais davantage indiqué pour les symptômes cardiaques chroniques dus à une stagnation du Qi.
Ouvre et détend la poitrine, soulage l’oppression thoracique, l’asthme, l’angine de poitrine et les palpitations.
Insomnie et/ou autres troubles psychiques de nature excessive ou déficitaire, manie, nervosité, stress, mauvaise mémoire.
Nausées, mal de mer, mal des transports, vomissements, douleurs épigastriques, vertige
Syndrome du canal carpien.

SP6  Tonifie le Yin et le sang, tous les troubles de la rate.
Troubles digestifs, affaissement/prolapsus.
Problèmes gynécologiques, problèmes sexuels masculins, accouchement difficile (expulsion du fœtus).
Problèmes menstruels (irrégularité, aménorrhée, dysménorrhée).
Troubles hémorragiques, saignements utérins, sang froid dans les maladies cutanées chaudes.
Insomnie, palpitations et autres émotions liées à l’anxiété.
Vertiges, hypertension.

LI4
Renforce le wei qi, améliore l’immunité.
Régule les glandes sudoripares, en cas de transpiration excessive, tonifie LI 4 puis disperse KD 7 et vice versa.
Tout problème au niveau du visage – organes sensoriels, bouche, dents, mâchoire, maux de dents, allergies, rhinite, rhume des foins, acné, problèmes oculaires, etc.
Pour les maux de dents, utilisez à la fois LI 4 et ST 44 – LI pour la mâchoire inférieure et ST pour la mâchoire supérieure.
Maux de tête, en particulier frontaux et/ou sinusaux (zone yangming).
Douleurs chroniques
Influence la circulation du Qi et du sang – Utilisez les quatre portes, LI 4 et LV 3 pour faire circuler fortement le Qi et le sang dans le corps, éliminer la stagnation et soulager la douleur.
Favorise le travail ou pour le placenta retenu

LU7  Vent extérieur – courbatures, frissons/fièvre, écoulement nasal, gorge irritée, éternuements.
Vent intérieur – paralysie de Bell, contractions musculaires, spasmes, trismus.
En tant que point maître du CV, associé au KD 6 du Yin Qiao Mai, il traite les problèmes génito-urinaires et gynécologiques ainsi que les maux de gorge dus à une insuffisance du Yin.
Point de commande de la tête et de la nuque postérieure – utile pour toutes les affections touchant ces zones.
Douleur au pouce – le point de connexion Luo s’étend sur l’éminence thénar.

BL60  Point principal pour les douleurs le long de la colonne vertébrale (UB 40 peut être davantage utilisé pour les douleurs au milieu de la colonne vertébrale).
Point principal pour les douleurs chroniques dans le bas du dos et/ou les problèmes de douleur et/ou d’engourdissement dans les membres inférieurs.
Point principal pour les maux de tête et autres excès affectant la tête.

K3  Asthme dû à une déficience de l’energie REINS – difficulté à inspirer.
Tonifie le Yin du Reins (maux de gorge chroniques, chaleur vide), du Foie (vertiges, acouphènes, maux de tête) et/ou du Coeur (anxiété, insomnie, rêves excessifs).
Tonifie le Yang du Reins (impuissance, éjaculation précoce, émission séminale, faiblesse du bas du dos/des genoux, mictions fréquentes).
Douleurs lombaires, généralement de nature chronique.
Point local pour les douleurs au talon et/ou à la cheville.

GV 20  Vertige

Alzheimer’s Disease Project by Dr. Wayne London

Executive Summary

The purpose of the Alzheimer’s Disease Project is to put forth the idea that physical characteristics of place – geography and geology – are relevant in Alzheimer’s disease, and to stimulate research in this area.

This webpage is in four sections:

• The first section contains the Abstract of the Paper: “Death Rates due to Alzheimer’s Disease: Some Regional and Geologic Correlates”.

• The second section contains the Full Paper. The main points of the paper are

• Geologic factors – some types of seismic activity and the presence of felsic (continental crust) minerals – might be environmental influences that affect the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
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• Physical characteristics of place – geography and geology – appear relevant to understanding AD, and they require further systematic study.

• The third section extends the initial findings of the paper to county-by-county data in four states: Tennessee (2nd highest death rate due to AD in the US) and neighboring South Carolina (4th highest), Washington (highest) and New York (lowest).

• The county-by-county data in these four states basically support the hypothesis of the paper.
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• Indeed, the data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) of county-by-county death rates due to Alzheimer’s disease show that people living, for example, in the regions of west-central Washington or East Tennessee have death rates from Alzheimer’s disease that are: (a) double the national average and (b) at least 5-8 times higher than people living in the New York City-Long Island region. 
• The state-by-state and county-by-county data indicate at least three examples of death rates due to Alzheimer’s disease increasing step-wise as one goes from coastal areas of mafic oceanic crust to mountainous areas of felsic continental crust:
• • The Middle Atlantic/southern New England Region of DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA – versus the Northern New England Region of VT, NH, ME (state-by-state data).
  • Tennessee (county-by-county data): West TN versus Middle TN versus East TN. 
  • New York State (county-by-county data): the New York City/Long Island Region versus the Hudson Valley/Catskill Mountain Regions versus the Adirondack Mountain Region.

• The fourth section briefly examines life expectancy and death rates due to AD, heart disease, cancer, stroke and Parkinson’s disease (another major neurological degenerative disease) in the 11 states having the highest death rate due to AD and in New York (the lowest state) as compared to the US.

• The conclusion is that in these states, the presumed geologic factors are having a significant effect on death rates due to AD, but not a significant effect on life expectancy or death rates due to heart disease, cancer, stroke or Parkinson’s disease.

US Death Rates due to Alzheimer’s Disease: Some Regional and Geologic Correlates

Wayne P. London MD, Alexander P. Gutterman MA, Susanna Hope Glendenning, Paul Eagle, Deborah M. O’Brien from the Brattleboro Research Institute, 139 Main St., Suite 706A, Brattleboro, VT 05301 

Key words:  Alzheimer’s disease, death rates, regional, geography, geology, seismic.

Abstract

State-by-state death rates due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in the US show regional patterns that are not readily explainable by social, cultural or racial factors but appear to correlate with geologic features.

The relevant geological factors that correlate with high death rates due to AD are (1) zones of seismic activity either from intraplate dynamics or active plate margins; higher death rates appear to correlate with subduction as opposed to strike-slip plate margins. (2) geographic zones with abundant felsic rocks containing minerals such as quartz and feldspar, some of which have conductive and piezoelectric properties.

The range in the state-by-state and the regional death rates is more than 3-fold, which is higher than most known risk factors for AD.

These preliminary findings are discussed in the context of the hypothesis of chromosomal missegregation in AD, and they have implications for understanding and preventing AD.

FULL PAPER

[Note:  Google Chrome users may need to use Internet Explorer or Firefox to view the maps below.]

Some County-by-County Analyses of Death Rates due to Alzheimer’s Disease

Quote from our paper above:

“A more systematic study of death rates due to AD and geology also requires data of death rates within states that can be compared with more local geology, for example, by county or geographic area. A prime candidate for this more focused analysis is the state of Tennessee that has the 2nd highest death rate due to AD and is divided into three geographic and geologic regions – East (Blue Ridge Mountains and Tennessee Valley), Middle (the Cumberland Plateau) and West (Gulf Coastal Plain).”

Tennessee Study

Tennessee has the 2nd highest death rate due to AD in the US. It is seismically active with both the New Madrid Seismic zone in the northwest and the East Tennessee Seismic Zone in East Tennessee. Felsic minerals are found in the Blue Ridge Mountains of East Tennessee.

Consistent with the hypothesis of our paper, death rates due to AD in Tennessee correlate with geographic region and geology.  As shown in the following map:

• The counties with the highest third of death rates (in red) cluster in East Tennessee – the Blue Ridge Mountain and Tennessee Valley area. Indeed, all 15 counties having the highest death rates in the state cluster either in East TN or in the eastern part of Middle TN.
• The counties with the lowest third of death rates (in yellow) cluster in West Tennessee Gulf Coastal Plain area and extend into the western part of Middle Tennessee to the Nashville Basin. Indeed, 11 of the 15 counties having the lowest death rates in the state cluster either in West TN or in the western part of Middle TN.
• The counties with the middle third of death rates (in blue) tend to cluster in eastern part of Middle Tennessee in the area of the Cumberland Plateau.

The corresponding geology of Tennessee is shown in the next maps:

For key to geologic features, click here.

Thus, the higher death rates due to AD in Tennessee correlate with the felsic rocks in mountains and valleys of East Tennessee and with the East Tennessee Seismic Zone (shown on the map below).

It would appear that the intense seismic activity of the New Madrid Seismic Zone in northwest Tennessee is not affecting the relatively low death rate due to AD in west TN. This is presumably due to the lack of felsic rocks and the resulting piezoelectric effect that would transduce the seismic pressure into an electromagnetic field.

In this regard, this area of northwest TN of intense seismic activity but no felsic rocks mirrors the same two geologic features of Hawaii that has the second lowest death rate due to AD in the US.

Map source: http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/seismic/images/SE_epi.gif

Hamilton County, TN, (whose main city is Chattanooga) is located on the East Tennessee Seismic Zone.

Hamilton County (TN) Alzheimer’s disease death rate

Excerpts from the 2010 report by the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies

Hamilton County (TN) Alzheimer’s disease death rate

Excerpts from the report by the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies, Dec. 2008

Health in Chattanooga Marked by Disparities

Chattanooga Times, Dec. 14, 2008

South Carolina Study

South Carolina has the 4th highest death rate due to AD in the US. It is seismically active due to the South Carolina Seismic Zone in the southeast central coastal area and it has felsic rocks in the Blue Ridge Mountain area in the northwest part of the state.

Although perhaps as not as clear-cut as Tennessee, the county-by-county death rates due to AD in South Carolina appear to correlate with the above two geologic features.

The county-by-county death rates due to AD in South Carolina are shown in the following map. Again, the counties with the highest third of death rates in the state are in red; those with the middle third of death rates in blue and those with the lowest third of death rates in yellow.

Consistent with the hypothesis of our paper:

• Many counties with higher death rates (in red and blue) cluster in the central and northwest part of the state; many counties with lower death rates (in yellow) cluster in the southeastern part of the state. These two clusters mirror the bedrock geology map of the state shown below.
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• In addition, a (red) cluster of counties with the highest death rates in the central part of the state and two counties with higher death rates in the coastal area – Berkeley and Charleston (in red) – are located in the South Carolina Seismic Zone. (See Figure 3 in the full paper, referred to at top.)

Thus, in both Tennessee (2nd highest state) and in South Carolina (4th highest state) the death rates due to AD in county-by-county data appear to correlate with (a) the presence of felsic minerals in the Blue Ridge Mountains and with (b) seismic activity – the East Tennessee and South Carolina Seismic Zones.

Washington State Study

The state of Washington has the highest death rate due to AD in the country – nearly twice the national average. It also has the most active seismic subduction zone in the country – the Juan de Fuca subduction zone – and the presence of felsic minerals.

The county-by-county death rates due to AD in Washington State are shown in the following map. Again, the counties with the highest third of death rates in the state are in red; those with the middle third of death rates in blue and those with the lowest third of death rates in yellow.

Of the 13 counties having the highest death rates due to AD (in red), all but one are located in a north-south tier in the western part of the state close to the seismic subduction zone and where the felsic minerals occur (brown and tan and light-pink in the bedrock geology map). In contrast, most of the 13 counties having the lowest death rates (in yellow) cluster in the eastern part of the state particularly the southeastern area where the mafic rock basalt occurs (reddish-brown in the bedrock geology map).

The county-by-county data in both Tennessee and South Carolina also show high death rates due to AD associated with seismic activity and felsic minerals.

Washington State Alzheimer’s Death Rate Per 100,000 People by County  Click Here for Printable Map

Parentheses Indicate County Rank of Alzheimer’s Death Rate from Highest (1st) to Lowest (39th)

Source: CDC Data

(geologic map source)

New York State Study

New York State has the lowest death rate due to AD of all the 51 states. It is also seismically inactive. This suggests correlating AD death rates within the state with the presence of felsic (continental crust) minerals or mafic (oceanic crust) minerals.

The county-by-county death rates due to AD in New York State are shown in the following map. Again, the counties with the highest third of death rates in the state are in red; those with the middle third of death rates in blue and those with the lowest third of death rates in yellow.

The four gross features of the geology of New York State are (1) the grand sweep of the western state’s classic Paleozoic section, (2) the gnarled ancient rocks of the northern mountains, (3) the north-south stripe of folded Appalachian strata across the easternmost state, and (4) the huge glacial sediment deposit of Long Island. The county-by-county death rates due to AD appear to correlate with some of the gross features of the state’s geology.

Consistent with the hypothesis of our paper:

• All the counties in the New York city metropolitan area have the lowest rates – the large cluster of 13 contiguous counties in yellow. This coastal cluster of low AD death rates correlates with the presence of mafic (oceanic crust) minerals and the lack of felsic (continental crust) minerals. In addition, is the gross feature of “the huge glacial sediment deposit of Long Island.”

• There is a large cluster of counties with high (in red) and intermediate (in blue) death rates in the eastern and northeastern part of state. This area corresponds to the Adirondack and Taconic mountains that contain felsic minerals. This cluster matches “the gnarled ancient rocks of the northern mountains,” and “the north-south stripe of folded Appalachian strata across the easternmost state.”

As shown in the diagram at the bottom, the county-by-county data when grouped by region suggest an increasing death rate due to AD from the coastal New York City/Long Island area (lowest)  into the Taconic and Adirondack mountain areas (highest).

The lowest death rates due to AD  – 9 or less –   are in the New York City/Long Island area. This very populous region has the lowest rates in New York State and probably in the nation – much lower than the national average of about 26. For comparison, rates in west-central Washington and East Tennessee are 5 – 10 times higher than in this New York City/Long Island region.

Moving away from the coast, the rates in the Hudson Valley region are slightly higher – 6 – 12, and even  higher in the Catskill region – 9 – 16.

Higher rates that approach or exceed the national average occur in several counties in the Capital-Saratoga region and in the areas of the Taconic and  Adirondack mountains.

For key to geologic features, click on a feature in the live map here. 

New York State Alzheimer’s Death Rate Per 100,000 People

in Selected Counties and Regions  Click Here for Printable Map

Parentheses Indicate County Rank of Alzheimer’s Death Rate

from Highest (1st) to Lowest (62nd).

Source: CDC Data

A brief summary of the county-by-county data in four states: Tennessee (2nd highest death rate due to AD in the US) and neighboring South Carolina (4th highest), Washington (highest) and New York (lowest):

• The county-by-county data in these four states basically support the hypothesis of the paper.
•   
• Indeed, the data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) of county-by-county death rates due to Alzheimer’s disease show that people living, for example, in the regions of west-central Washington or East Tennessee have death rates from Alzheimer’s disease that are: (a) double the national average and (b) at least 5-8 times higher than people living in the New York City-Long Island region.

A Comparison of Life Expectancy and Death Rates due to Heart Disease, Cancer, Stroke, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Diseases in the 11 states having the highest death rate due to AD and in New York (the lowest state) versus the US. (Parkinson’s disease is another major neurological degenerative disorder.)

Ratio of the State Rate to the US Rate: State/US

The data for Washington (highest death rate due to AD), Tennessee (2nd highest), South Carolina (4th) and New York (lowest) are displayed in the following graph.

The conclusion is that in these states, the presumed geologic factors are having a significant effect on death rates due to AD, but not a significant effect on life expectancy or death rates due to heart disease, cancer, stroke or Parkinson’s disease.

1  We are part of an intelligent creative system, we can choose to work with this intelligence that created us or choose to ignore it. We have  free will, how free are you really if you are not using the power of your intentions consciously?

2. Our environment responds to our thoughts and actions. We alter the environment and then the environment alters us. We are the result of choices made by our ancestors and other strangers until you become conscious that you have the ability to change some things, this is called maturity. When you are mature you pay attention. Pay attention to your thoughts and learn discernment.  Memories (good and bad) remain long after an event. We need more research on the memory of water and wave genetics.

3  Everyone has an inner teacher. There is help available in the invisible world, you have a guide/angel that has access to information that you do not consciously have access to. Cultivate a relationship with this “higher” part of you. Respect it, listen to it, trust it.

4.  Pay attention to your choices and actions.  Humans have choices, hundreds of choices everyday, go deeply into your choices. What was good for you as a child of 6 may no longer be helpful at age 26. What are your driving principles?

5.  Stay in present time, more your energy is in present time quicker you will be able to manifest your intentions.  It helps if you have a daily, weekly or monthly ritual of clearing away what is no longer helpful. It will increase your clarity and sensitivity.

6 There is a path to self empowerment.  Human beings are able to navigate different “types” of consciousness. There are 7 levels of consciousness to explore if you choose. In other words there are different realities depending on the perspective of consciousness, there is the world of chronos and the world of kairos. Which one is your master?  The rules are very different.  Further reading Power vs Force,  Sig Lonegren Spiritual Dowsing  and Terry Ross  The Healing Mind,  also The Magus of Strovolos

7 Ask questions, ask deep questions. What is science?  Why are we not taught how to heal one another? Why are we not taught about ghosts? death? reincarnation? Who decides what we learn in school? What stories did they leave out of the history books?  Our ancestors had a calendar based on 26,000 yrs – why?

8 Geobiology taught me to empower others so they can connect to their own intuition, to cultivate their own inner power.

from Dialogue 9 with Allan W. Anderson in San Diego, California, 22 February 1974

Human beings have barely begun to explore or understand the power of the thought realm. Dr .Norm Shealy and Caroline Myss have dedicated their careers to exploring the human biofield and the invisible forces in our environment. Thanks to their pioneering research and books I learned to embrace and enhance my intuitive skill. During the rough patches of this journey I always had a sane and compassionate soul to turn to for support. Thank you Dr. Myss.

This testimonial on a French website for eye yoga (The Bates method) reveals how our eyesight is linked to emotions, feeling safe and the ability to relax. “In 2017 I followed the eye yoga exercises and was able to put my eyeglasses in the drawer.  In 2019 I fell in love and rapidly my vision deteriorated. At first I thought “love makes us blind” but other physical problems ensued. The eyes were the first warning sign but I eventually ended up in the hospital emotionally and physically drained. It turns out my new boyfriend was psychologically imbalanced and very manipulative. I ended the relationship immediately.  Very quickly I recovered emotionally and physically and 1 month after the break up I was able to do without my glasses again.  I am sharing my experience so that others can realize how much our eyesight is a reflection of our inner state.”  https://www.sonia-djaoui-methode-bates.com/temoignages-reeducation-de-la-vision/

In yoga, vision is traditionally associated with the solar plexus chakra, this chakra is also associated with the ego. Our modern lifestyle puts excessive importance on both vision and ego. Improving vision is learning to keep all of our senses, desires, emotions and thoughts in balance. To create a relationship with our inner self so that we become aware when something is out of balance.

Have eye problems?  Make sure you find a doctor or therapist that understands all the bioenergetic, psychological and emotional factors involved. 

Health is contagious. Healthy people do not put up with pollution or toxicity in their environments. They do not put up with government corruption and ineptitude. They do not put up with corporate greed that destroys the natural systems necessary to maintain biodiversity and basic human health. Making health the number one priority in your community is the only priority.

Barbara Hand Clow masterfully describes the different planetary cycles that influence our psyche in her book “Astrology and the Rising of Kundalini.” This book allowed me to be forewarned about the surge in energy I was about to experience in my psyche/body. This is the book to buy your friends turning 40-45.

We don’t have to go through energetic upheavals unconsciously and feel like a victim. If we are forewarned we can accommodate new energies and plan some quiet time accordingly. Around age 40 it is time to start clearing the energy field of old energy on a regular basis with acupuncture, dream analysis, yoga, BodyTalk, tuning forks, etc.  At 50 I went for certification in Hatha Yoga at Ecole Satyam in Montreal. There is an abundance of information about kundalini in the yoga community. I was amazed at how quickly my body transformed with regular practice.  If you have never tried yoga be curious.  If you have different yoga options in your community try all of them.  Ask questions.  Surround yourself with grounded healthy curious people. We can only create a conscious society one person at a time and no one else can clean and prepare your biofield for you.

Les énergies telluriques auxquelles Nostradamus se référè; de nos jours nous les nommons <le stress géopathique>. C’est une véritable menace pour la vitalité humaine.  Si vous avez des problèmes de santé, je vous suggère fortement de faire venir un géobiologue pour vérifier votre maison et votre lieu de travail.

En effet la terre comme le corps humain a ses propres méridiens et points d’acupuncture.  Les zones de géopathologie sont générés par les intersections de lignes Hartmann mais également par des courants d’eau souterrains, des failles, des concentrations de minéraux, des cavernes souterraines ou de l’ensemble de ces conditions.

Ces énergies telluriques sont naturelles et ont leur fonction dans la nature, les abeilles et les fourmis sont attires par ces zones. Mais lorsque l’humain est expose pour une période importante a de telles radiations ; par exemple durant son sommeil ou le travail, des problèmes graves de santé surviennent.  De jeunes parents devront faire vérifier la chambre de l’enfant par un geobiologue.

Pour plus d’info en francais voila un tres bon site  www.conscienceverte.fr

I am currently reading Richard Gordon’s Quantum Touch: The Power to Heal. He mentions one of my favorite books, Jean Liedloff’s The Continuum Concept and I will share what he writes, “she discussed how children of the stone age Yequana Indians, living in a “primitive” community in the Brazilian jungle, were held constantly when they were young. As the children grew up, they exhibited no violent behavior. In her two and one half years with this tribe, she realized that children willingly obeyed their elders, and that toddlers played peacefully together without arguing or fighting. Consider that in our “modern” society, it is still a common practice for babies to be separated from their mothers at birth due to medical interventions in maternity wards. These isolated babies hear nothing but the crying of other newborns. Away from the arms of their mothers, they cry themselves to sleep.”

Gordon continues, ” The question I am raising is this: What is touch, and what makes it so important? If touch were merely physical contact, a mechanical rocker and a moving piece of rabbit fur could provide a baby’s touch needs. But I do not believe that the value of touch is merely physical. I believe that it is much more than just the mechanics of being stroked. In my opinion, the true value of touch is the life-force energy and the love – in that touch.”  I would say the frequency and intention of that touch.   What is your experience with healing touch?

If you are curious about the darkside of the lack of touch on children and their behavior as adults, I recommend Dr. Bruce Perry’s book The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog.  Of course, the TV and newspaper headlines remind us everyday of the consequences of lack of touch.

If you are having a hard time finding your tribe as a CC parent here are some suggestions – find the closest organic food store and ask about parenting groups

– reach out to chiropractors, yoga centers, acupuncturists, homeopathic doctors, BodyTalk practitioners

– become a Dr Bach Flower Essence practitioner. The Level 1 is available online  http://www.bachcentre.com/found/dlp.htm. It’s a great investment and you will learn so much about yourself and human nature and you will immediately become part of a global network dedicated to reducing human suffering.