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Two things every new mother and mother-to-be should know about:

Pre-Natal Breastfeeding Class
For expectant women and their families, to learn about getting breastfeeding off to a good start, and to introduce the benefits and beauty of the breastfeeding relationship.
Held at the Nan Tolbert Nurturing Center in Oak View
Monday, May 12, 7 - 9 p.m.
$25 per person/$40 couple*(*sliding scale available to those who meet financial requirements)
Facilitated by Renee Mandala, MA CD(DONA) CLC
RSVP 646-5685

The Ojai Breastfeeding Helpline
Staffed by lactation professionals, telephone counseling, information and referral are available FREE to our community.
Ojai Breastfeeding Helpline 805.646.5685

Posted by Heather McKenzie at 01:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Mid-Valley Chiropractic, office of Dr. Dave Clemens, has a private room to rent. Their professional office is located at 11400 N. Ventura Avenue, in Ojai above Sakura Ojai Sushi Restaurant. The private light-filled office space is approximately 200 sq. ft. and shares the waiting room and restroom. Rent is $350/month, utilities are included, no deposit required, month to month. There is ample off-street parking. The person renting this space will have 24/7 access to the office. Mid-Valley Chiropractic already has an in-house massage therapist and would like to diversify their offerings by adding an acupuncturist, psychologist, therapist, esthetician, hypno-therapist, yoga instructor....

Renting this space will give you built-in exposure because their patients are always interested in what else is going on in the office.

Contact info: Ask for Monika. Phone 649-9994.

Posted by Heather McKenzie at 03:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

In my experience, it only takes two or three days to change my dietary habits. I'm not talking about making major transitions like going vegetarian, I'm talking about cutting out some of the bad little habits that make their way back into my lifestyle.

Continue reading "Post-Holiday Mini-Cleanse" »

Posted by Heather McKenzie at 01:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A new, antibiotic-resistant strain of Staph bacteria has made its presence known in the US. Once mostly found in hospitals, the strain is now spreading through casual contact in communities. It is extremely difficult to control with Western medicine, although strides are being made. This Staph infection is particularly dangerous to susceptible populations, the sick, the elderly and the very young.

The question is: Do "alternative" healing modalities have something to add to the conversation? What can we, as Healers, offer in the way of prevention and/or cure?

Continue reading "Antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus" »

Posted by Heather McKenzie at 03:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Excitotoxin: a substance added to foods and beverages that literally stimulates neurons to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees. Con be found in such ingredients as monosodium glutamate (MSG), aspartame (Nutrasweet®), cysteine, hydrolyzed protein and aspartic acid.

An enlightening and frightening book by Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.

If you're into the “health food” movement, you probably try to avoid MSG. But you may not know that the other excitotoxins are equally as dangerous and damaging or that they are more dangerous and damaging in combination.

Continue reading "Excitotoxins" »

Posted by Wyn Matthews at 08:11 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This article / interview is from The News Target, by Mike Adams.
It can be found here: http://www.newstarget.com/021763.html
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With consumer demand for organic products continuing to grow, more large corporations are entering the organic market. To maximize profits, some of these companies don't follow organic standards but still label products as organic. For example, Horizon Organic and Aurora Organic, sold by Wal-Mart and other retailers, continue to produce “organic“ milk under factory-farm conditions that few reasonable people would consider truly organic.

Continue reading "Organic Milk (and more) That Isn't" »

Posted by Wyn Matthews at 06:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

A client called me a few weeks ago looking for advice about what I call a Cleanse-In-
A-Box. These “Intestinal Cleanse” formulas are found all over the internet, on late night TV, at “health food stores” and increasingly at the local drug store. They promise great rewards through little effort. I have huge concerns about the efficacy and safety of these products.

Continue reading "Cleanse-in-a-Box" »

Posted by Heather McKenzie at 11:49 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Saturday, October 27 1:30 - 4 pm, at the Mothers Guild in Ventura. $30couple/$20 person.
RSVP 667-2115 or 640-1417

Learn the skills you'll need to get breastfeeding off to a great start. Perfect for both parents -Dad's make the difference!. You'll learn how and when breast milk is made, how much your baby needs, the basics of latch and positioning, typical nursing patterns, when to get help, and recommendations for supplies and equipment.

Taught by Renee Mandala, M.A.,Certified Lactation Counselor, UCLA-trained Lactation Educator, DONA-certified doula,who runs a private practice in Ventura specializing in breastfeeding, birth & postpartum support.

Next class: Saturday, November 17 or December 15th.

Posted by Heather McKenzie at 10:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Even though this experiment has been going on for about 100 years, you may not have heard it. It doesn’t have an official name. It is certainly the longest and largest study ever conducted on the connection between diet, chemicals and health.

The subjects in this study don’t even realize that they are the unwitting participants in a ongoing experiment on the effects of specific foods and chemicals on living organisms.

Continue reading "The 100 Year Health Experiment" »

Posted by Wyn Matthews at 07:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

by Capt Paul Watson
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

The meat industry is one of the most destructive ecological industries on the planet. The raising and slaughtering of pigs, cows, sheep, turkeys and chickens not only utilizes vast areas of land and vast quantities of water, but it is a greater contributor to greenhouse gas emissions than the automobile industry.

The seafood industry is literally plundering the ocean of life and some fifty percent of fish caught from the oceans is fed to cows, pigs, sheep, chickens etc in the form of fish meal. It also takes about fifty fish caught from the sea to raise one farm raised salmon.

Continue reading "A Very Inconvenient Truth" »

Posted by Wyn Matthews at 06:52 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)