Winter 2012

Issue 36

Pre- and Perinatal Experiences for Health and Healing

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Elevate Your Harvest: How To Build Raised Garden Beds And Get The Most From Your Garden

By Lisa DeNardoI am a big fan of using raised beds for gardening. My family has built and used them in...

Family Life Issue 36

The Power Of Color

By Carol Lawrence|Stacy TotenHumankind is moving out of the mind and more into a feeling, sensing and knowing experience. Children are very...

Family Life Issue 36

Painting Wet On Wet: Waldorf Watercolors For Children

By Sarah Baldwin, MSEdWet-on-wet watercolor painting is a technique taught in Waldorf schools and enjoyed by many homeschoolers. Watercolors are painted on...

Family Life Issue 36

Does An Oracle Have All The Answers?

By Simon Paul HarrisonA number of years ago I had the pleasure of teaching a class of 9- and 10-year-olds in my...

New Edge Science Issue 36

Why Consciousness Is Not The Brain

By Larry Dossey, MDPhysicist Freeman Dyson believes the cosmos is suffused with consciousness, from the grandest level to the most minute dimensions....

Parenting Issue 36

Attention-Seeking Is A Big Fat Lie

By Karyn Van Der ZwetYou don't have to spend much time around parents, teachers, or experts to hear the phrase, "They're just seeking...

Pregnancy & Birth Issue 36

Mind The Gap

By Kelly WinderCPD is the most common reason for performing a caesarean. But how common is it, really?In the 18th and...

Pregnancy & Birth Issue 36

Six Signs You Should Dump Your Prenatal Caregiver

By Cynthia Overgard, MBA, HBCENo doubt about it: Deep breathing, visualization and relaxation tools are powerful when it comes to having a positive...

Chiropractic Issue 36 Issue 69

Shifting The Paradigm

By Jeanne Ohm, DCSince the founding of the germ theory of disease, scientists have offered a holistic perspective. At long last, their...

Wellness Lifestyle Issue 36

Peeling The Wellness Onion

By Chris Webb, MSAs holistic practitioners, we are wellness investigators who must use who, what, where, when, why and how to help...

A Message from our Editor Issue 36

A Message From Our Editor, Issue #36 - Compassion

By Jeanne Ohm, DCCompassion When I was much younger, I read a story in Hyemeyohsts Storm's Seven Arrows, a book that introduced...

The Outer Womb Issue 36

The Gut Microbes And Poop

By Jennifer Tow, IBCLCWhat Number Two can tell you about the number one person in your life.There's a topic I spend an...

Nutrition Issue 36

Greens For The Kids

By Lisa DeNardoOur house lately has been going through quite a shift. My husband was just ending a fast, after which...

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Jeanne Ohm, DC
CONSCIOUS PATH | Healing Our Cultural Disconnect
FEATURE | Pre- and Perinatal Experiences for Health and Healing
PREGNANCY | Mind the Gap
BIRTH | Six Signs You Should Dump Your Prenatal Caregiver
INFORMED CHOICE | The Vaccine Safety Double Standard
THE OUTER WOMB | The Gut, Microbes and Poop
HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE | Shifting the Paradigm
NUTRITION | Nourishing the Terrain
GRATITUDE | Rejecting a Pre-Packaged Life
GREENER PERSPECTIVES | Elevate Your Harvest
PARENTING | Attention-Seeking Is a Big Fat Lie
TOUCH THE FUTURE | Does an Oracle Have All the Answers?
FAMILY LIVING | Painting Wet on Wet
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT | The Power of Color
COMMUNITY | “We just need to build more.” Ethiopia’s Beleaguered Orphanages
MIND–BODY–SPIRIT | Spiritual Stewardship and Planetary Health
NEW EDGE SCIENCE | Why Consciousness Is Not the Brain
WELLNESS LIFESTYLE | Peeling the Wellness Onion
A MOMENT OF TRUTH | You Say You Want a Resolution

Letter from the Editor

Jeanne Ohm, D.C.

Editorials

Healing Our Cultural Disconnect

Lisa Reagan

- Cultural Creatives: www.culturalcreatives.org
- Group Works: www.groupworksdeck.org
- Group Works Card Deck: www.groupworksdeck.org/deck
- Group Works Card Deck Activity Page: www.groupworksdeck.org/activities
- The Art of Community: www.artofcmty.com

Pre- and Perinatal Experiences for Health and Healing

Kate White MA, LMT and Myrna Martin MN, RCC, RCST

Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health: www.birthpsychology.com
Martin, Myrna: www.myrnamartin.net
Pre and Perinatal Insights with Myrna Martin, Part 1 of 4: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R26UdcFqZ4g
Pre and Perinatal Insights with Myrna Martin, Part 2 of 4: www.youtube.com/watch?v=71tw2cJuk7o
White, Kate: www.belvederearts.com

Mind the Gap

Kelly Winder

“9 Reasons Why You Should Choose Independent Birth Education,” www.bellybelly.com.au/pregnancy/independent-birth-education
“Caesarean Myths Exploded,” www.bellybelly.com.au/birth/caesarean-myths-exploded
CAPPA, Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association: www.icappa.net
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services: www.motherfriendly.org
Easier Childbirth with Fetal Positioning: www.spinningbabies.com
Flamm, B.L. and J.R. Goings, “Vaginal Birth after Caesarean Section: Is Suspected Fetal Macrosomia (large for dates baby) a Contra-indication.”
Impey, L. and C. O’Herlihy, “First Delivery after Caesarean Delivery for Strictly Defined Cephalopelvic Disproportion,” Obstet Gynecol 92 (1998):799-803.
Ina May Gaskin on the Human Impact of Hi-Tech Birth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVYjcr4wrg
International Cesarean Awareness Network: www.ican-online.org
International Childbirth Education Association: www.icea.org
Jongen, VHWM, et al., “Vaginal Delivery after Previous Caesarean Section for Failure of the Second Stage of Labour,” BJOG 105 (1998):1079-81.
Maternity Coalition: www.maternitycoalition.org.au
Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA): www.mana.org
Optimal Fetal Positioning – Helping Your Baby Find a Good Position for Birth: www.bellybelly.com.au/pregnancy/optimal-fetal-positioning
Phelan, et al., “Vaginal Birth after Cesarean,” AMJOG 157 (1987):1510-5.
The Unnecesarean: www.theunnecesarean.com
VBAC.com: www.vbac.com
WeBirth Cesarean Statistics for Your Local Hospital: www.ourrealvillage.com/cesareanlocal

Six Signs You Should Dump Your Prenatal Caregiver

Cynthia Overgard, MBA, HBCE

CAPPA, Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association: www.cappa.net
Doulas of North America, DONA: www.dona.org
HypnoBirthing of Connecticut: www.hypnobirthingct.com
Midwives Alliance of North America, MANA: www.mana.org
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives: www.nacpm.org
North American Registry of Midwives: www.narm.org
WeBirth Cesarean Statistics for Your Local Hospital: www.ourrealvillage.com/cesareanlocal
Cynthia’s Podcast : https://www.buzzsprout.com/745532

The Vaccine Safety Double Standard

Rev. Lisa K. Sykes, M.Div

Center for Personal Rights: www.centerforpersonalrights.org
Eli Lilly and Company, Thimerosal Material Safety Data Sheet: www.vaccine-tlc.org/docs/Thimerosal%20Material%20Safety%20Data%20Sheet.pdf
Families for Conscious Living’s Bookstore
Geier, D.A., Jordan, S.K., M.R. Geier, “The Relative Toxicity of Compounds Used as Preservatives in Vaccines and Biologics,” Med Sci Monit 16 (2010):SR21-7.
Geier, D.A., Sykes, L.K., and M.R. Geier, “A Review of Thimerosal (Merthiolate) and its Ethylmercury Breakdown Product: Specific Historical Considerations Regarding Safety and Effectiveness,” J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 10 (2007):575-96.
Geier, M.R., and D.A. Geier, “Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease in the United States,” J Am Phys Surg 8 (2003):6-11.
Health Care Without Harm: www.noharm.org
Ida-Eto, M., Oyabu, A., Ohkawara, T., Tashiro, Y., Narita, N., and M. Narita, “Prenatal Exposure to Organomercury, Thimerosal, Persistently Impairs the Serotonergic and Dopaminergic Systems in the Rat Brain: Implications for Association with Developmental Disorders,” Brain Dev May 31 (2012). [Epub ahead of print].
National Vaccine Information Center: www.nvic.org
National Vaccine Information Center, Informed Consent: www.nvic.org/informed-consent.aspx
“Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders–Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 14 sites, United States, 2008,” Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network Surveillance Year 2008, Principal Investigators; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Surveill Summ 61 (2012):1-19, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22456193
Safeminds: www.safeminds.org
SCIRUS: For Scientific Information Only: Prenatal exposure to organomercury: www.tinyurl.com/d2lfxrv
The Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs, CoMeD: www.mercury-freedrugs.org
The Refusers: www.therefusers.com
The Vaccine Ingredient Calculator: www.vaccine-tlc.org
ThinkTwice Global Vaccine Institute: www.thinktwice.com
U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Mercury in Drugs and Biologic Products Listing: www.tinyurl.com/fdamercury
U.S. Department of Labor, Hazard Communication: www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/index.html

The Gut, Microbes, and Poop

Jennifer Tow, IBCLC

“New Science Shows that Infants are Born with Gut Bacteria– How do you make it Healthy?” www.renegadehealth.com/blog/2012/05/04/new-science-shows-infants-are-born-with-gut-bacteria

Shifting the Paradigm

Jeanne Ohm, D.C.

DiMartino, Eric, D.C.: www.dimartinochiropractic.com
Dorland. Anderson, Douglas, Ed. Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 30th Edition. Saunders/Elsevier: 2003.
Healing Cancer: www.healingcancer.info
Jeanne Ohm, D.C. on Chiropractic and Family Wellness: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2msxFCCRnY
Jeanne Ohm, D.C., Executive Editor and Publisher: www.pathwaystofamilywellness.org/item/jeanne-ohm-dc.html
New Healthy Ideas: www.newhealthyideas.wordpress.com
The International Wellness Directory: www.mnweldir.org
The NIH Common Fund, Human Microbiome Project: www.commonfund.nih.gov/hmp
Vaccination Liberation: www.vaclib.org

Nourishing the Terrain

Jeanne Ohm, D.C.

Carr, Kris: www.kriscarr.com
Farmmageddon: www.farmageddonmovie.com
Food, Inc.: www.takepart.com/foodinc
Ohm, Justin, D.C.: www.ohmchiropractic.com
“Pine Keeps You Fine,” www.susunweed.com/Article_Pine-Keeps-You-Fine.htm
Saving Our Kids Healing Our Planet: www.sokhop.com
The International Wellness Directory: www.mnweldir.org
Weed, Susun: www.susunweed.com
“White Pine of Peace,” www.susunweed.com/Article_White_Pine.htm

Rejecting a Pre-Packaged Life

Sandra Dodd

A Life of Having, Being and Doing Enough: www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307591395
“Rejecting a Pre-Packaged Life,” www.sandradodd.com/joy
Suzanne Arms, Finding Hope and Joy While Birthing the Future: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Zspl5qgH4