Many Hands's blog

Filed by Mark Sherry by email to paris@manyhands.com:

HEALTH PRACTITIONERS!
Please join the Holistic Health Alliance of the Pioneer Valley (HHA)on Thursday, June 21, at 6:15 for a potluck and meet & greet in the Frances Crowe Community Room of
The Media Education Center 60 Masonic Street, Northampton.

Featured Presenter: Mark Sherry, "The Laughter Pharmacist" (M.A., M.Ed), will lead a short "laughter session" that is sure to relieve some stress and leave you smiling. Come get your dose of laughter—"the best
drug in the world!"

Potluck begins at 6:15
Presentation is at 7:00

"The Journey Within: Guides & Challenges on the Spiritual Path" will be the theme of a summer series of Sunday talks by Rev. Ed Townley centered on images and archetypes from the Tarot, to be offered at Unity of Greater Hartford, 919 Ellington Road (Route 30) in South Windsor. The series will run from June 3 to August 5, Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Many Rivers Community Acupuncture, an affordable acupuncture clinic with a sliding scale of $15 - $35 per treatment, will host a Free Acupuncture Day on Saturday, June 23 from 10 am to 2 pm. Free acupuncture treatments will be provided for all new patients. Call (860) 683-0011 to schedule your free appointment. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Many Rivers will also be collecting donations to support Foodshare at the Free Acupuncture Day and during the week of June 23 - 29. Foodshare’s mission is to end hunger as a part of the overall community effort to alleviate poverty in greater Hartford. Every $30 we raise for Foodshare will provide enough food for one of our hungry neighbors for an entire month.

Many Rivers is part of the community acupuncture movement, which is working to make health care affordable and accessible. Acupuncture can be effective for all kinds of pain, including back pain, shoulder pain, hip pain, knee pain, carpal tunnel, and heel pain. Acupuncture can also help with anxiety, depression, insomnia, digestive problems, allergies, gynecological issues and many other conditions.

The clinic is located at 44 Bloomfield Avenue in Windsor center. For more information, contact Carrie Sawtell, L.Ac. at (860) 683-0011 or go to http://www.manyriversacupuncture.com.

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Carrie Sawtell, L.Ac.
Many Rivers Community Acupuncture, LLC
www.manyriversacupuncture.com
(860) 683-0011

This week's Valley Advocate (www.valleyadvocate.com) features one of the Many Hands family: Art of Change Tarot's Carolyn Cushing. (www.artofchangetarot.com)

ASEA is a new product whose proponents say contains trillions of stable, perfectly balanced Redox Signaling Molecules suspended in a pristine saline solution. According to Megan Moore, of The Center for Functional Nutrition in Amherst, "These are the same molecules that exist in the cells of the human body and are vital for the health of our cells."

An informational meeting about ASEA will include a premier showing of a new film called, ASEA: THE GENESIS, about the product.

Goldthread Apothecary's fifth season of providing community-supported medicine shares to the community is underway. Fresh-from-the-field shares contain herbs and remedies for a host of commonly encountered conditions such as colds, flus, sore throats, coughs, digestive issues, sleep improvement, skin conditions, children’s health, and more. Seasonal pickups include herb walks and educational sessions at the farm or local pickup at their shop in Florence.

In addition to handcrafted medicines, tea blends, honeys, elixirs and culinary spices, the share includes members-only sales and promotions and a discount on Goldthread's classes and workshops on botanical medicine.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. While the importance of physical exercise is widely understood, numerous studies have shown that there is a strong link between a healthy brain and one’s overall health and wellness. Keeping your brain healthy with the above simple behaviors can help you boost positivity and decrease everyday stress. (Brain Resource via AP Images)

Many Hands: When you are channeling, how does an answer come to you? Do you see something, hear something--or is it altogether different?
Jan Morris: Mostly, the information comes to me as thoughts. So, it is somewhat like hearing. Once in a while, I will get a vision in my head where I will see the client in a particular job or having a particular experience. I also feel emotions related to the client and I express those in the reading.

Many Hands: Do you ever get input when you aren't expecting it?
Jan Morris: No, I am rarely contacted by Spirit Guides when I'm not expecting, at least I'm not aware of it, except with my own Spirit Guides.

Many Hands: What's the most shocking thing that's happened to you doing this work?
Jan Morris: I am actually shocked every time I get confirmation of accuracy from my clients. It's such a leap of faith process for me and I'm always humbled by the experience.

Many Hands: Do you think your abilities could be learned, or is this something you're born with?
Jan Morris: This ability can definitely be learned. We can all tap into the Spirit realm. However, some are born with it and others come by it due to a difficult childhood or some traumatic experience in adulthood that caused them to focus in this way. It helps to have such a propensity for it.

Many Hands: Jan, what does it feel like when you are in that state of receiving?
Jan Morris: It feels like a subtle tingling in the arms just before they "go to sleep" or like a mild tingling of love softly swirling around and through the torso, head and arms.

Many Hands: Jan, your website, www.janniejoy.com, shares a series of interesting, short thoughts. I like very much, for instance, "May I feel the gentle pull of the river – not try to push it, shape it, harness it or stop it." I hope people find their way to you much as you found your way to channeling. And I see you also have a website for your creative work at http://www.redbubble.com/people/janniejoy .

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Jan Morris - Channeler, (413) 695-6835, janniejoy@comcast.net
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Sakred Rhythm Collective's Dance, Drum, Chant and Sing

Drummers, Dancers, and other percussion inspired musicians we invite you to come on out and create this space together.
Come out & bring your energy to the scene. It's all about what we create together as a rhythmic community in Northampton.

First Churches of Northampton - Center St entrance

Sat 7/28
Sat 9/22
Sat 11/24

Doors open at 8:30
$5.00 donation
Alcohol Free Space
Please bring a cup or mug-we aim for a minimal footprint

Facebook page for Sakred Rhythm for more information.

Friday, May 18
Psychosynthesis Training,
Free Informational Evenings
Psychosynthesis is a holistic and spiritually oriented psychology. These evenings will be experiential as well as informational. Please call the center to register. Held at the Center on May 18, 6:30-8:00PM and July 8, 4:30-:600PM. www.synthesiscenter.org, 413.256.0772

May 19 - Saturday
Sakred Rhythm Collective's Dance, Drum, Chant and Sing
Drummers, Dancers, and other percussion inspired musicians we invite you to come on out and create this space together.
Come out & bring your energy to the scene. It's all about what we create together as a rhythmic community in Northampton.
First Churches of Northampton - Center St entrance
Sat 5/19 - Sat 7/28 - Sat 9/22 - Sat 11/24
Doors open at 8:30
$5.00 donation
Alcohol Free Space
Please bring a cup or mug-we aim for a minimal footprint
Facebook page for Sakred Rhythm for more information.

Saturday, May 19 - Sunday, May 20
Visceral Massage for Physical & Emotional Healing (Chi Nei Tsang)
Instructor: Sharon Esdale
May 19 & 20, 1:00-5:00 pm,
2 sessions, $130 (8 CEs)
To register call (413) 775-1661.
Introduces Taoist medicine through the practical use of Chi-Kung, breath awareness and visceral massage for physical and emotional healing, disease prevention and longevity. Learn manual techniques for improving digestion, assimilation and alleviating constipation as well as chi-Kung and self-help practices for detoxifying and unwinding the core.