What about taking care of us? It’s not being selfish to make a conscious effort to take care of us. For, if we don’t recharge our batteries from time to time, how do we expect to recharge anyone else’s batteries?

We really have no idea how powerful we are. We tend to see ourselves as just this one person in an enormous world. We can make a difference. We can be the change that we want to see. But it starts with taking care of us.

When you feel that you need to recharge your batteries, what do you do? What are some solutions or things that you can incorporate into your life?

Do you feel that you don’t have time for exercise, meditation, Yoga, energy sessions, a massage, facial or a relaxing bath a walk in nature. One of the simplest things that you can do is to take deep breaths whenever you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed. Whenever you notice that your breathing becomes shallow or rapid, take a deep breath. As you breathe in, slow down each breath in and out. Feel your body relaxing as you mentally say to yourself, “I am more relaxed, and I feel peace and calm.” It only takes a few minutes and sometimes just a few seconds to feel refreshed as you take in a breath of fresh air and rejuvenate.

Our outlook on life, our emotions and thoughts play an important part in helping to recharge our batteries. People with positive attitudes tend to live longer, have better immune systems and are happier. Instead of looking at the problems or challenges in your life, look for the solutions. Looking for the solution gives the situation a positive spin instead of focusing on the negative and perpetuating more negativity.

Allow yourself to enjoy each day, each moment, for that period of time will be gone forever. Allow yourself to play and not to take yourself or anyone else too seriously. Realize that you cannot change anyone but yourself. But, you can change how you react to someone else that pushes your buttons. Then sit back and notice how that makes a difference. There may be situations in which you have no control over what happens and realize that you cannot affect the outcome no matter what you do. Recognize that life is not stagnant and is subject to change in every moment, creating challenges along the way. With change, comes transformation and progress.

Take time to recharge your batteries…you deserve it!

Sue Heldenbrand is a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, Reiki, Quantum Touch Practitioner, Integrated Energy Therapist and Trauma Release Practitioner. She has been in practice since 1998 using these energy-based modalities to facilitate balancing mind, body and spirit for all ages and states of health. Sue facilitates workshops, classes and is available to speak to your group. For more information on how Sue can help facilitate your healing journey, you can contact her at 337 232-4799 or email Sue @ energyworker2003@yahoo.com Please visit Sue’s website: www.SynergisticCenter.com for holistic related articles, resources, free newsletter, Prayer Circle and much more.

When life seems to be going in many directions at once, think about conscious intentional relaxation. It is simply bringing your awareness and your intention to allow your mind, body and spirit to relax. It only takes a few seconds or minutes, but how often do we take the time to do this?

As you concentrate on your breathe and not your mind, this feeling of relaxation takes you deeper inside yourself. The relaxation response helps you feel supported inside so that you can remain centered in the highest vibrations of love, peace and oneness. This is the only way you can experience what you truly want in your life.

The combination of our awareness of our breathing and being conscious about our intention to relax can have significant effects on the mind,the body and one’s moods. This helps you become more physically relaxed and mentally centered. This is something simple and quick that can help you feel relaxed, alert, and more ready for anything.

By setting our intention to relax, we also warm our heart; uplift our spirit, which gives us the space to remain confident.

Our intentions play a very important role in our lives. Become aware of your intentions throughout your day and consciously set your intention to relax. This is especially important when life seems to be overwhelming or we are surrounded by chaos. These are the times when it most important to make a habit of setting your intentions to relax. This will have a cumulative effect, the more you intentionally relax your mind,body and spirit. Your body, mind, and spirit will react to this conditioned response and become more relaxed and able to cope with the ups and downs of life.

Go to the safe space within your heart that is filled with love, joy and abundance NOW and intentionally RELAX.

Author’s Bio
Sue has always been a proponent of using natural methods whenever possible. So, when the opportunity became available to use natural therapeutic therapies to help individuals achieve a return to wholeness, she pursued this path and became certified as a Healing Touch Practitioner. Sue became involved with Healing Touch in 1998 and received her certification as a Healing Touch practitioner in 2002. She is also a Certified Integrated Energy Therapy Practitioner, a Reiki Practitioner, and a Quantum Touch Practitioner. She also uses energy-based therapies for trauma release work with success. When working with Volunteers of America, Sue was able to provide sessions for disaster relief workers as well as members of the National Guard while they were dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in La. Sue has worked with traditional medical facilities, oncology clinics and hospice organizations and has assisted clients in operating and recovery rooms providing energy based modalities.
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What better place then in the natural setting of your own backyard, which can provide the beauty and tranquility to soothe your soul.

Throughout history, gardens have been useful in the healing process. Hospitals and medical care facilities are realizing the importance of a patient’s surroundings and the healing effect that it has with how fast a patient recovers.

As natural therapies are beginning to emerge in the health care industry, we are seeing a resurgence of using nature to heal.
The possibilities are endless in how you can create your own healing garden which allows you to feel the serenity that your soul desires.

You can tailor this special space to your own needs with splashes of color and accents that allow for a meditative garden or Zen garden, a butterfly garden or an herb garden.

To enjoy the symphony of sounds from our fine feathered friends, use plantings, bird baths and feeders to attract wild birds to your backyard. Nectar and host plants are needed to attract butterflies to your garden.

Experiment with day lilies, lantana or hibiscus plants. Hang wind chimes to enjoy their gentle tones or add water elements or a winding brick path leading up to an inviting hammock. Whimsical planters or unique urns can be strategically placed as focal points.

Your healing garden can serve a double purpose as it provides beauty and the plants can be used to help heal the body on a physical level.

Some herbs can be used as culinary as well as medicinal, such as peppermint, rosemary, thyme, sage or parsley. Plants such as lavender are conducive to relaxation. Cool colors such as hues of blue, violets and shades of green provide healing.

Aromatic plants such as Angelica could be planted to engage more of the senses.

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Author’s Bio
Sue became involved with Healing Touch in 1998 and received her certification as a Healing Touch practitioner in 2002. She is also a Certified Integrated Energy Therapy Practitioner, a Reiki Practitioner, and a Quantum Touch Practitioner. She uses energy-based therapies for trauma release work with success for people suffering with PTSD or for anyone who has had a traumatic experience in their lives. She has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations, as well as presenting at state conferences. Sue has written articles on energy work for alternative and complementary newsletters and online publications.

She has developed material and has been a trainer for education classes for child care, stress management seminars and subtle body energy workshops. She has been able to integrate energy based therapies into local hospital’s operating and recovery rooms as well as providing these therapies to newborn babies at a local hospital. As a volunteer at health fairs and cancer survivor retreats offering energy based therapies, Sue has gained experience in dealing with a variety of health challenges.

Sue teaches Care for Self and Subtle Body Energy classes at a local career College and has helped conduct workshops with local hospitals and hospice for caregivers. She is in private practice in Louisiana. She is available for distant healing sessions.
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For example: Monday, you may select “a-attitude”.  On Mondays be aware of your attitude.  Is it positive or negative? How does it affect yourself and family?  Is your attitude something you want to change?  Tuesday you may select “r-read”.  Take a few minutes to read a new book, inspirational readings, etc. Wednesday you may select “f-family time”. 

Make a special point of having everyone sit together and eat dinner or do something special on that night: play a game, take a walk together, etc.  As a family, talk about the personal benefits, challenges and how these exercises affect others.

A.  Attitude, affirmations, awareness, accept yourself, appreciate, allow, action

B.  breathe, believe, best you can be, begin

C.  calm, creativity, compassion, commit, confidence, communication, change

D.  discipline, diet, dance, dream journal

E.  exercise, enjoy, energy work, encourage, embrace experience something new

F. faith, fun, forgiveness, family time, focus, friendship, flexibility

G.  gratitude, gardening, goal setting, goodness

H.  health, hobby, humor, happy thoughts, hugs

I.  interests, imagery, intention, integrity

J.  joy, journaling

K. knowledge, kindness to self, others

L. laughter, love, learn something new, listen, Let Go, live in the moment

M.  Meditation, minerals, massage, mindfulness, music, “ME-TIME”

N.  naps, nutrition, nutrients, nature, nurture

O.  oxygen, organic, open minded, organize

P.  prayer, peaceful thoughts, positive, play, patience

Q. quiet time, quality decisions

R. rest, relaxation, read, respect, right thoughts, responsibility for actions

S.  sleep, spa night, solitude, supplements, support, self-image

T. time management, trust, truth, transformation

U.  utilize resources, understand

V.  visualization, vitamins, variety

W.  wellness, willingness to try new things, words, walk

X.   extra of what makes you feel good

Y.   you, your word, young at heart (be a child again)

Z.    zzz’s, zest for life

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Sue Heldenbrand BS, CHTP, CIET

Lafayette, La.

energyworker2003@yahoo.com

Sue became involved with Healing Touch in 1998 and received her certification as a Healing Touch practitioner in 2002.  She is also a Certified Integrated Energy Therapy Practitioner, a Reiki Practitioner, Trauma Release and a Quantum Touch Practitioner.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Personnel Management from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.  She has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations, as well as presenting at state conferences.  Sue has written articles on energy work for alternative and complementary newsletters. She has developed material and has been a trainer for education classes for child care providers in several cities in Louisiana since 2003.   She has been able to integrate energy- based therapies into local hospital’s operating and recovery rooms as well as providing these therapies to newborn babies at a local hospital.  As a volunteer at health fairs and cancer survivor retreats offering energy based therapies, Sue has gained experience in dealing with a variety of health challenges.  Sue is also an Instructor at Blue Cliff College and has helped conduct workshops with local hospitals and hospice for caregivers.

Training in an advanced Healing Touch technique for PTSD (“amygdala connection”) proved helpful for recovery personnel dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes as they dealt with anxiety, confusion, sleeping disturbances, undiagnosed pain and other symptoms of acute stress disorder. Trauma Release is helpful for health providers to reduce secondary stress effects of working with traumatized clients or in trauma settings like hospitals, first response settings, disasters, battle zones, etc.

Sue’s private clientele includes World War II and Iraqi war veterans, abuse victims and other individuals reporting symptoms of stress from life-threatening illnesses, chronic pain, accidents, and the death of loved ones. As a volunteer working with cancer survivors and hospital personnel, Sue has assisted individuals dealing with the trauma of their illness.

Sue has a private practice in Lafayette, Louisiana.

http://www.SynergisticCenter.com

Invisible energies shape the way you feel, the way you think and the way you live.  You can use these energies for your health and well-being.  The first practitioner of energy medicine is you.  We all have the power to assist in healing through a simple science of energy. The ability to heal oneself or others is considered a natural potential.  Anyone who has a pure intent to help can develop this innate ability with knowledge and practice.

Dramatic shifts in medicine are happening all around us now.  There is growing interest in learning more about alternative and complementary therapies.  We are ultimately responsible for our own health.  Previously, western medicine has looked at our physical bodies from a symptom relieving solution such as drugs or surgery.  If this approach was effective, we wouldn’t be spending billions of dollars on prescriptions each year and still have the chronic diseases and illnesses that we have today.  So, if we want to make changes in our lives, it is evident that we need to move in a new direction.  There is an old saying, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got”.

By using light touch, energy therapies help individuals to restore wholeness by balancing the energy field that surrounds the body.  In ancient times, mystics or clairvoyants were able to perceive these emanations known as the aura.  With new technology such as Kirlian photography, we are now able to capture these energy fields on film.

In an energy healing session the person is the focus and not the illness or symptoms.  Trained healers are taught to identify energy imbalances.  Western medicine commonly uses equipment such as lasers and x-rays to emit energy locally to a part of the body.  Someone that is trained in energy medicine is able to assess imbalances and to emit energy to release this blocked energy or congestion, thus improving their health.  This can be accomplished whether the person is physically with the therapist or not.

Our bodies can be compared to a river that is flowing naturally, unimpeded.  But if something obstructs that flow of water such as a beaver’s dam, the water may still be able to flow, but not as efficiently.  Once the congested or blocked area is released, the river is able to return to its normal state and begins flowing efficiently again.  This is essentially what an energy therapist does in a session, helping your body to return to its natural state of harmony.

Our bodies are always working to get back to a healthy balanced state.  A healing session begins a healing process that may continue for hours, days, weeks or even months after the session is over. The person usually experiences a sense of relaxation, an inner peace and a greater sense of well- being. Once you have started that healing process, changes will begin to take place.  The changes may be subtle, but a healing has occurred whether you are aware of it or not.  When your body is in a total relaxation state, it is in a better position to heal.

Sue Heldenbrand BS, CHTP, CIET

Lafayette, La.

energyworker2003@yahoo.com

Sue became involved with Healing Touch in 1998 and received her certification as a Healing Touch practitioner in 2002.  She is also a Certified Integrated Energy Therapy Practitioner, a Reiki Practitioner, Trauma Release and a Quantum Touch Practitioner.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Personnel Management from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.  She has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations, as well as presenting at state conferences.  Sue has written articles on energy work for alternative and complementary newsletters. She has developed material and has been a trainer for education classes for child care providers. She has been able to integrate energy- based therapies into local hospital’s operating and recovery rooms as well as providing these therapies to newborn babies at a local hospital.  As a volunteer at health fairs and cancer survivor retreats offering energy based therapies, Sue has gained experience in dealing with a variety of health challenges.

Training in an advanced Healing Touch technique for PTSD (“amygdala connection”) proved helpful for recovery personnel dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes as they dealt with anxiety, confusion, sleeping disturbances, undiagnosed pain and other symptoms of acute stress disorder. Trauma Release is helpful for health providers to reduce secondary stress effects of working with traumatized clients or in trauma settings like hospitals, first response settings, disasters, battle zones, etc.

Sue’s private clientele includes World War II and Iraqi war veterans, abuse victims and other individuals reporting symptoms of stress from life-threatening illnesses, chronic pain, accidents, and the death of loved ones. As a volunteer working with cancer survivors and hospital personnel, Sue has assisted individuals dealing with the trauma of their illness.

Sue has a private practice in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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