July 2007 - Through Your Body

Celebrating
life’s journey
Through
Your Body
For Chakaa Ken-V
Ken-Varley, experiences
determined what’s most important
A
s Chaka Ken-Varley recounts the
winding path her life has traveled,
it becomes clear that she has been a part
of some of the most well-known and
influential self-discovery movements of the
past 40 years. Massage, macrobiotics, EST,
Vipassana meditation,
yoga, rebirthing and
Pilates have all held
important places in her
personal and professional
BIRDS OF
A FEATHER development.
“My experiences
BY REBECCA
helped
me realize I have
HADLEY
different priorities,” she
says. “I have different ideas about what
makes a happy life.”
Sitting at the dining table of the central
Houston house she grew up in (her mother
still lives there), Chaka looks far younger
than her 64 years. A petite woman with a
larger-than-life presence, she glows with
vitality as she explains the secrets to her
seemingly eternal youth.
“I eat organically as often as possible,
don’t drink, don’t smoke and try to live a
generally healthy lifestyle,” she says. She
also walks regularly, performs the Five
Tibetan Rites, uses Univera nutraceuticals
and loves to dance.
Drawing from an abundant source of
Dedicated to our healthy, happy and prosperous world
through the full enlightenment of every human being.
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Buzz off!
HOW TO REACH CHAKA KEN-VARLEY
Phone: (512) 443-3470
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.loveistheway.org
energy, Chaka divides her time between
practicing massage, managing her real estate
investments, marketing Univera and making
monthly trips to Houston to help care for her
94-year-old mother. Her husband, Robert,
manages the Pilates Center of Austin.
Chaka’s journey off the beaten path
began more than 30 years ago when she
received her very first massage from Ray
Stubbs.
“He gave me an incredible massage,” she
says. “I felt inspired after it. I got off the table
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At the time, there were no massage
schools in Houston, so Chaka traveled to San
Francisco to spend a month attending the
Lomi School where she learned a variety of
massage techniques as well as undergoing a
personal transformation.
After returning to Houston, Chaka held
several jobs including massage therapist,
yoga instructor and handling store displays
for Ye Seekers Horizon. It was during
this time that Chaka met fellow massage
practitioner Alan Davidson. The two shared
the common bond of Lomi massage training
as well as an overall interest in natural health
See Chaka Ken-Varley on Page 4
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Core Genius
Best-selling author Jack
Canfield helps us explore
what he calls our Core Genius,
that one thing we love to
do - and do so well - that we
hardly feel like doing anything
else. When we hit upon our
Core Genius, the activity is
effortless and tons of fun, tied
to our passions and our true
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and
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Genius.
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Busting Loose from the Money Game
J
im and I were in New York to collect the Bronze Medal for Body-Mind-Spirit Book-of-the-Year (Body
Brilliance--Bronze Medal winner, who knew? We were also there to enjoy Book Expo ’07 (What a
rush! 300,000 folks and books, books, books, for three WHOLE days).
My friends Brooke and Lee turned me on to a life shattering (in the best way) book: Busting Loose
From the Money Game by Robert Scheinfeld. Brooke was carrying on about this fantastic book she
was reading. I picked up her copy of Busting Loose and I was hooked. We made the pilgrimage to the
Border’s on Columbus Circle to pick up my own copy before we blew town.
I could tell it was a new paradigm in consciousness—not just another Millionaire
Making Money book, but a radical shift in consciousness and human evolution. And
Robert used money and “getting into people’s wallets” as the entry point in freeing
people’s minds.
Robert synthesizes the latest thinking in quantum physics and human potential to
create a process that allows folks to “Bust Loose” from the limited thinking, feelings,
judgments, and beliefs we all have about reality; money included, or, should I say
BY ALAN
money especially.
DAVIDSON
Scheinfeld explains the reality we see/experience is really just a hologram. A reality
created by quantum energy shot through a prism of consciousness that appears as three dimensional
time and space. Robert goes onto explain that this reality is an “illusion” along with all the laws and
rules that govern it.
Robert’s simple process for shifting out of the Money Game/limiting reality is HIGHLY effective for
unplugging from any, and every, limiting thought.
I’ve personalized his process a bit to include some of Byron Katie’s The Work
and Genpo Roshi’s Big Mind. They all roll together to create a limiting belief
atomizer/neutralizer…and leaves me sitting/playing/creating in the filed of
pure potentiality. YUM!
Here’s a taste of his process:
Take any limiting belief…say, “Time is money.”
Step 1: State the absolute truth—I say, “I am pure consciousness.”
Step 2: Amplify the fear/limiting thought (focus on the emotional
state created by the train of negative thoughts)—“I don’t have
enough time. I’ll never get ahead with all the deadlines I have.
I’ll never make it big. I’ll never be FREE. Etc, etc, etc.” Feel the
feelings as much as possible.
Step 3: Recognize this pattern of thoughts, feelings, beliefs,
and judgments as a prison of MY own creation, of my own
consciousness.
Step 4: Reclaim my power by dissolving the pattern of
WHAT’S UP
See What’s Up on Page 7
The Master Cleanser
Despite warnings from nutritionists, fasting diet still popular
W
By Lola Ogunnaike
hen Teron Beal, a songwriter
and aspiring actor in
Manhattan, was looking to
drop weight quickly for a photo shoot,
he didn’t double up on gym visits, gulp
metabolic boosting pills or limit his diet
to leafy greens and lean protein. Instead,
he took a more drastic approach: he tried
the “master cleanse,” a fast that requires
subsisting for 10 or more days solely on
an elixir of fresh-squeezed lemon juice,
cayenne pepper, maple syrup and water.
“I had only three weeks and I needed
the difference to be noticeable,” said Beal,
adding that he lost nearly 10 pounds
during his 12-day fast in July. “The first
few days were horrible, but by the fifth
day I woke up and looked in the mirror
and saw two ab muscles that had eluded
me for years. I was grumpy no longer.”
While popular diets and fasts come
and go, master cleanse remains a
perennial favorite, a kind of folk regimen
that owes its popularity to word of
mouth and the Internet. Created in
the 1940’s by a nutrition guru, Stanley
Burroughs, to treat ulcers and other
internal ailments, the fast enjoyed a
vogue in the late ’70s after the publication
of his book, The Master Cleanser. Its
fans then were health-conscious types,
interested in purging their bodies of
impurities and toxins like pesticides and
food additives.
But in recent years master cleanse has
enjoyed yet another vogue among people
seeking to shed pounds in a short time.
Celebrities, of course, are in the
vanguard. On Oprah Winfrey’s
show, the singer and actress
Beyoncé Knowles announced that
she had lost 20 pounds on the fast
to prepare for her starring role in
the new film Dreamgirls.
Robin Quivers, Howard Stern’s
long-suffering sidekick, told People
magazine that she did the fast on
three separate occasions in 2004
and shrunk to 145 pounds from a
peak of 218.
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The Internet teems with testimonials to
the cleanse, also known as the lemonade
diet, claiming that it fights disease, clears
the mind as well as acne, and increases
energy. Bloggers chronicle their daily
fasting. Master cleanse video diaries
can be found on YouTube, and a cottage
industry has developed with various
companies peddling cleansing kits
including all ingredients for the beverage
except lemons.
Never mind that most nutrition and
diet experts advise against multi-day
fasting.
“I cannot believe how this thing has
had a total revival,” said Joy Bauer, a
nutritionist and the author of The 90/10
Weight-Loss Plan. “People want a quick
fix and they want to be thin so badly that
they’re vulnerable and open to almost
anything.”
Bauer estimated that fasters who drink
six glasses of the lemony potion a day —
the low end of the recommended amount
— are consuming about 650 calories,
far less than the 1,600-plus calories the
average woman needs to maintain her
weight or the roughly 2,400 calories a
man requires.
“Of course you’re going to lose
weight,” she said. “You’re starving
yourself.” Seldom do the pounds stay off,
she added, and people have a tendency
to binge once they begin eating again.
Still, many are willing to disregard
the word of nutritionists, seduced by
the notion that the only things standing
See Master Cleanse on Page 4
Relax. Stay calm. Let go.
Jack Canfield’s tips for completely delegating your tasks
O
ne of the strategies I use and teach is complete delegation. It simply means that
you delegate a task once and completely, rather than delegating it each time it
needs to be done.
Most entrepreneurs spend less than 30 percent of their time focusing on their core
genius and unique abilities. In fact, by the time they’ve launched a business, it often
seems entrepreneurs are doing everything but the one thing they went into business
for in the first place. Many salespeople, for example, spend more time on account
administration than they do on the phone or in the field making sales, when they
could hire a part-time administrator (or share the cost with another salesperson) to do
this time-consuming detail work – in most cases, in a fraction of the time it would take
them and at a fraction of the cost.
Most female executives spend too much time running their household, when they
could easily and inexpensively delegate this task to a cleaning service or part-time
mother’s helper, freeing them to focus on their career or spend more quality time with
their family. Don’t let this be your fate.
Identify your core genius, then delegate completely to free up more time to focus on
what you love to do.
I believe that you can trade, barter, pay for and find volunteer help to do almost
everything you don’t want to do, leaving you to do what you are best at - and what
will ultimately make you the most money and bring you the most happiness.
Core
continued from Page 6
When you delegate the grunt work — the
things you hate doing or those tasks that
are so painful, you end up putting them off
— you get to concentrate on what you love
to do. You free up your time so that you can
be more productive. And you get to enjoy
life more. So why is delegating routine tasks
and unwanted projects so difficult for most
people?
Surprisingly, most people are afraid of
looking wasteful or being judged as being
above everyone else. They are afraid to
give up control or are reluctant to spend the
money to pay for help. Deep down, most
What’s Up
continued from Page 1
thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and judgments
back into the FIELD of consciousness.
Reclaim the power zapped by the beliefs
and allow it to course through me and
expand my consciousness.
Step 5: Rest in the FIELD of pure
potentiality.
This simple process has rekindled my
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people simply don’t want to let go.
Others (potentially you) have simply
fallen into the habit of doing everything
themselves.
“It’s too time consuming to explain it
to someone,” you say. “I can do it more
quickly and better myself anyway.” But can
you?
Jack Canfield, America’s Success Coach, is the
founder and co-creator of the billion-dollar book
brand Chicken Soup for the Soul and a leading
authority on Peak Performance. If you’re ready
to jump-start your life, make more money, and
have more fun and joy in all that you do, get
your FREE success tips from Jack Canfield now
at www.JackCanfield.com
morning sitting meditations and I use it all
day to short-circuit the limiting thoughts
that roll through my mind. I’m here to say,
most days I’m buzzing with energy. There’s
definitely something to this “Busting
Loose.”
So my little introduction doesn’t do
Robert’s process justice. Not to worry.
Robert Scheinfeld is our July Through
Your Body guest teleseminar leader (what
a coup). Mark your calendar for Monday
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FREE MONTHLY TELESEMINARS
One of the many benefits of joining the
Through Your Body Flock is the monthly
teleseminars. Here’s a sneak peek at some
upcoming events you won’t want to miss.
JULY
Robert Scheinfeld
Scheinfeld, the author of “Busting
Loose From the Money Game,” is our
featured guest instructor for July. Robert’s a
New York Times best selling author and has
taught his Busting Loose process to manythousands around the world. We’re thrilled
to have him.
AUGUST
Our guest teleseminar instructor in August
is Jan Stringer
Stringer, co-author of “Attracting
Perfect Customers: The Power of Strategic
Synchronicity.” Jan will teach us the fourstep “Strategic Attraction Plan” for attracting
an abundance of perfect customers, 100
percent of the time.
SEPTEMBER
In September, the guest lecturer is Byron
Katie author of “Loving What Is.” I joined
Katie,
Katie for her 10 day School for the Work in
October 2004. It was the single most valuable
thing I’ve done since my Lomi Training
with Robert Hall and Richard Heckler in
1994. Katie will teach us “The Work;” four
questions that can change your life.
OCTOBER
Our (tentative) guest teleseminar instructor
in October is Janet Atwood
Atwood, co-author of
The Passion Test. Janet will lead us through
“The Passion Test.” Are you one of the 20
percent of Americans who live their passions
every day? Or are you one of the 80 percent
that is divorced from their life’s passions?
Janet is a fun, lively, inspiring teacher totally
committed to helping everyone live their
passions.
July 16th. You won’t want to miss this
opportunity to work with Robert live. All
across the world people “Express-TheirAppreciation” with thousands of dollars to
learn how to Bust Loose From the Money
Game.
Thanks to your membership you can do
it from your very own telephone (and for
$29.95 a month—such a deal).
Check out Bob Scheinfeld’s book and see
if it works for you.
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Are we as smart as our cells?
THRIVE ON ATTENTION
A history of the masses would suggest that collectively we’re not
By Swami Beyondananda
N
ow if you used to hate it when your parents
compared you to someone else saying, “if soand-so can do it, why not you?” you’re probably not
going to like what I’m about to tell you – but here
goes: Our cells may be smarter than we are. At least
they’ve figured out how to live together in peace
and harmony.
According to cellular biologist Bruce Lipton, we
have a thriving 50-trillion cell community under our
skin where every participating cell is cared for. There
is universal health care and full employment – truly,
no cell is left behind. And the cells that do the most
important work for the body as a whole get “paid”
more.
Our organs seem to get along too. You hardly
ever hear about the liver cruising up the bile canal,
invading the pancreas and laying claim to the Islets
of Langerhans.
Meanwhile back in the jungle, we pursue manifest
destiny and survival of the fittest as our supposed
biological imperative, except for one small detail.
It doesn’t matter how fit the individual is – if the
species doesn’t fit, then out it goes into the recycling
pile. If you thought the Man Without a Country was
a sad story, wait until you see Man Without a Planet.
I hate to say it, but global warming may be nothing
more than the Earth running a fever in the hopes of
shaking a virulent parasite called homo ignoramus.
Don’t get me wrong – there have been some really
great people: Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Elvis (that’s
right, Elvis. I’ve been following his threefold path
for years: “Love me tender ... please surrender ...
return to sender.”)
There have been lots and lots of lots of really
wonderful individuals. Individually, you won’t meet
a nicer species.
But put a bunch of us together, and we’re hell on
wheels.
Did you know that during the 20th century, war
caused 260 million deaths? If someone caused just
one-tenth of one percent of that, it would be all
over the 6 p.m. news with details at 11 p.m. And if
any one of us did what we allow “all of us” to do,
we’d be put away forever. I guess they must have
modified the Ten Commandments while we weren’t
looking: “Thou shalt not kill, except in extremely
large groups.”
Steve Bhaerman, a.k.a., Swami
Beyondananda, is an internationally
known author, humorist, and
workshop leader. For the past 18
years, he has written and performed
as Swami Beyondananda, the
“Cosmic Comic.”Swami’s comedy has
been called“irreverently uplifting”and
has been described both as“comedy
disguised as wisdom”and“wisdom
disguised as comedy.”
Stay focused on your core genius
I
believe you have inside you a core
genius...some one thing that you
love to do, and do so well, that you
hardly feel like doing anything else. It’s
effortless for you and a whole lot of fun.
And if you could make money doing it,
you’d make it your lifetime’s work.
In most cases, your core genius is
directly tied to your passions and life
purpose.
Successful people believe this, too.
That’s why they put their core genius
first. They focus on it. And they delegate
everything else to other people on their
team. For me, my core genius lies in the
area of teaching, training, coaching and
motivating. I love to do it! I do it well,
and people report that they get great
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value from it.
Another core genius is
writing and compiling
books. Along with
my co-author Mark
Victor Hansen and
others, I have written,
By JACK CANFIELD
co-authored, compiled
and edited more than 100 books.
Compare that to the other people in
the world who go through life doing
everything, even those tasks they’re
bad at or that could be done cheaper,
better and faster by someone else. They
can’t find the time to focus on their core
genius because they fail to delegate even
the most menial of tasks.
See Core on Page 7
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The power of human touch is magical
B
eing Alan’s pet is not always
a day at the dog beach. How
many canines do you know that
are forced by their masters to write a
monthly column? Just one: Whisper the
underdog. I need this stress like a fish
needs a bicycle.
Actually, channeling all my wisdom,
energy and creativity into writing is not
all bad. And the perks that come with
the job make toiling over the keyboard
somewhat worthwhile. For example, I
get to observe Alan at work. Officially,
my mission is to gather enough material
for my column, but in reality I just take
advantage of my “working dog” status
to curl up in the corner of his massage
studio and catch forty winks. Yeah, being a writer is really tiring!
From my strategic corner position,
between bouts of sleeping, yawning,
stretching, scratching, and other forms
of slacking off, I watch Alan weave his
magic. Yes, the powers of a good massage are truly magical!
I am no historian, but I am pretty
sure the origins of a massage go way
back before Alan. Images of humans beTHROUGH YOUR BODY
ing massaged (not by Alan) were found
in cave paintings, Egyptian tombs, and
in various other ancient places. I am
willing to go out on
a hind limb and say
that the first massage
therapy was probably
right after the
WHISPER’S given
wheel was invented.
WIDSOM
The guys had such
BYY H.B.
sore muscles; they imMILLIGAN
mediately used their
new invention to ride to the nearest
massage parlor.
I could bark praises to the healing
and relaxing properties of a massage:
It relieves pain and tension, soothes
muscles, improves circulation, reduces
fatigue, enhances the body’s natural immunity, comforts our souls, and leaves
us feeling perkily bright-eyed and
bushy-tailed.
I know first-paw what I am writing
about here for I am privy to the massage’s beneficial effects in more ways
than one. Very often a client gives me a
pat on the head or the back. I pretend
not to care, but if truth were known (as
it should), I am deeply touched – literally and figuratively – by this unsolicited display of affection.
Some folks –my pals Michael and
Creighton, for example – take petting
to the highest level. From the moment
they walk in the door until they get
on the massage table, and then again
afterwards, I am getting a lion’s share of
pats, hugs and cuddles. (Don’t tell the
lion though.) At times like these I am
actually happy to be a dog, and Alan’s
dog at that!
And, of course, there is the master
himself. True, he works me like a dog
but he also rewards me with more than
just bare bones. He gives me a good
rub from head to paw; gentle scratches
between the ears, on the cheeks, under
the chin, over the nose, between the
eyes, over the head, all the way down to
my tail and legs. I feel all the stress and
tension magically tailing off.
No questions about it: the rubs, pats,
hugs and cuddles keep old Whisper fit
and healthy. All these job benefits sure
make me as happy as a lark.
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Master Cleanse
continued from Page 2
citrus-flavored drink and several days of
discomfort.
Kristina Wong, a performance artist in Los
Angeles, lasted on the fast for only five days,
but she also saw results. “I looked great,”
said Wong, who uploaded a video diary
of her fasting experience on YouTube in
September.
“No more stomach rolls. I was such a
skinny mini.”
The enduring popularity of the cleanse
may have as much to do with its instant
results as with the drink’s relatively
inoffensive taste (think lemon Gatorade
with a spicy kick) and simple recipe: 2
tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons
Grade-B maple syrup, 1/10 teaspoon
cayenne pepper and 8 ounces of spring or
purified water.
According to The Master Cleanser,
Burroughs’s book, the lemon acts as a
purifier and provides potassium, the
cayenne pepper adds B and C vitamins and
aids in circulation, and maple syrup, a sugar,
provides energy and minerals. Burroughs
suggested that fasters drink anywhere from
6 to 12 glasses of the stuff a day as well as a
mixture of water and sea salt in the morning
and an herbal laxative tea in the evening, to
help aid in waste removal.
Chaka Ken-Varley
continued from Page 8
practices. Throughout the years, Alan has
remained a constant in Chaka’s life.
“Years ago, my mother fell and fractured
her hip. I was exhausted from working and
taking care of her,” Chaka says. “I went to see
Alan, and he helped put me back together.”
After working several years as the coowner of the macrobiotic East West Center,
Chaka moved to La Jolla, Calif. Friends Robert
and Barbara Varley joined her there for the
final nine months of Barbara’s life. Chaka and
Robert became close while helping to ease
Barbara through her life-ending battle with
breast cancer. After she died, their friendship
blossomed into something much deeper.
“It took me completely by surprise,” she
says. “I can honestly say it’s just the juiciest
relationship I’ve ever been in. He’s my
prince.”
Chaka and Robert traveled the country
in a van, continuing the work of teaching A
Course in Miracles that he had begun with
Barbara. They lived first in Oregon and
eventually settled in Austin. Besides working
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THE MASTER CLEANSE RECIPE
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons Maple syrup
1/10th teaspoon Cayenne pepper
8 oz. spring water
Samuel Klein, the director of the Center for
Human Nutrition at the medical school of
Washington University in St. Louis, is leery
of master-cleanse-like regimens because
there is no data that prove they provide any
medical benefit and no evidence that fasting
helps rid the body of toxins, which happens
naturally, he said.
While fasting for a few days is not
dangerous, Klein said, “Fasting for too long
can deplete muscle tissue, including your
heart muscle, and it can reduce the size and
functioning of organs like the kidney and
liver.”
He is just one of many nutritionists
who caution that fasting can be
counterproductive. Some say it can even
slow down the metabolism, making it even
more difficult to lose weight in the future.
on their own business ventures, the pair
also participates in a long-running yearly
event called“Soak in the Love,” A Course in
Miracles retreat in Breitenbush Hot Springs,
Ore. The weekend gathering takes place in
May and is attended by more than 100 people.
“It’s a remarkable event,” Chaka says.
“It’s a chance for us to spend time loving
each other fully and unconditionally while
engaging in spiritual expression with one
another.”
Participants spend their time singing,
meditating, dancing, hiking, soaking in hot
pools and living the teachings of A Course
in Miracles. This evolving community
experience has provided Chaka with a dream
for the future in which senior citizens, like
her mother, have a communal environment in
which to live out their lives, instead of being
relegated to nursing homes or living alone.
“Caring for my mother and growing older
myself has made me realize the need we have
for viable elder community spaces,” she says.
“They could offer organic foods, play, crafts,
living the rest of our lives and supporting our
rebirth on the other side. We could make it a
heaven on earth.”
Despite his dark films, David Lynch’s life is shockingly peaceful
By Alex Williams
New York Times
I
f you were looking for a Tom Cruise to preach to a new
generation the gospel of Transcendental Meditation, a
hippie-era spiritual practice espousing inner harmony, David
Lynch would be one of the least likely candidates.
As the director who conjured the reptilian mutant baby of
Eraserhead and the dancing dwarf of Twin Peaks, Lynch has
built his career by imposing his nightmares on the rest of us.
The idea of the inscrutable David Lynch, Hollywood’s
leading surrealist and eccentric, reborn as the guru of bliss
seems a little odd even to Lynch himself.
Now 60, he remembers how he recoiled from the concept
when he heard about it in the late 1960s, when the movement
– founded by the Indian spiritual leader Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi – was experiencing its first wave of popularity among
young people in the West thanks to proselytizing by pop stars
like the Beatles and Donovan.
“The word ‘harmony’ would make me want to puke,”
recalled Lynch, speaking on a clear, chilly afternoon in the
glassed-in painting studio atop his Modernist concrete-walled
house in the Hollywood Hills.
That all changed in 1973, when the future filmmaker
discovered meditation, which he believes allowed him to
quiet – and exploit – his inner demons. He said that he has not
BUZZ OFF!
A respected fishing guide compares
the top DEET-free insect repellents
By Wendy Knight
New York Times
J
ust as some people prefer organic food,
many are also choosing to use insect
repellents made without DEET, a common
pesticide. Their concern? Studies have shown
that DEET can cause neurological problems,
especially in children, if used in high
concentrations for prolonged periods.
But when used as directed on product
labels, DEET is not harmful, even to
kids, according to experts at the Federal
Environmental Protection Agency and Duke
University Medical Center, although they do
not recommend using it on children under the
age of two.
For consumers who would rather avoid
it, there are more all-natural repellents than
ever before, made with ingredients like lemon
eucalyptus oil.
missed a day since.
And now, the low-key auteur is
emerging as the most visible, even
fiery, proponent of the resurgent
practice, which is being used
increasingly in schools and in the
workplace, as well as by a new
generation of stars, including
Heather Graham, Laura Dern and
the record executive Rick Rubin.
In July 2005, Lynch began the
David Lynch Foundation, which finances Transcendental
Meditation scholarships for students in middle schools and
high schools to study the practice.
Lynch is taking the message to the masses. His
autobiography-cum-self-help book, Catching the Big Fish:
Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, was recently
released.
“It’s weird,” said Lynch, in the flat folksy accent of
his native Missoula, Mont., speaking of his increasing
involvement. “I guess it’s as simple as this: I wish I had heard it
earlier.”
Transcendental Meditation is a trademarked mental
technique introduced by Maharishi in 1958 based on the
proposition that a practitioner, by repeating a private mantra
BURT’S BEES HERBAL INSECT
REPELLENT $7.50, www.burtsbees.
com. To keep mosquitoes at bay,
this spray had to be reapplied every
two and half hours, which didn’t
bother Philbrick. The eucalyptusheavy smell was “pleasant.” But this
repellent failed to stop deerflies
from biting despite diligent
reapplication.
BITE BLOCKER HERBAL SPRAY
$8.85, www.homs.com. The
geranium-scented product, billed
as waterproof and sweatproof,
wasn’t, Philbrick said. “If you sweat,
bugs will find that spot where the
product has dripped off.”The spray
worked well when applied every
three hours but it “couldn’t possibly
keep up” with the mosquitoes one
particularly bad night.
BUZZ AWAY EXTREME SPRAY
$8.99, www.quantumhealth.com.
The maker of this repellent claims
it offers eight-hour protection
from mosquitoes. Three was more
like it, Philbrick said. “Eight hours
should not be in their vocabulary,”
he added. Still it “really did keep
the bugs away.” He found the smell
inoffensive, but others didn’t like its
citronella and cedar wood odor.
DERMATONE HERBAL INSECT
REPELLENT $9.10, www.
dermatone.com. Philbrick and
a client applied this sweatproof
spray every two and a half hours
as directed while kayaking and
bird-watching and “could sit and
talk with nothing lighting on us.”
He rated this “one of the better
products” saying it was “easy to carry
around.”
ALL TERRAIN HERBAL ARMOR
SPRAY $7.99, www.allterrainco.
com. Philbrick reapplied the
product, right, every two hours as
directed and “deerflies, mosquitoes,
everything, stayed away.” Including,
it seems, people. The spray’s
pungent citronella odor was the
culprit. Still, Philbrick prized how its
small flat bottle conveniently fit into
his hip pocket.
NATRAPEL PLUS SPRAY $4.79,
www.tendercorp.com. Philbrick
felt that this air-compressed spray
needed too frequent reapplication
— every 90 minutes — to be useful
on a long hike. Plus, it was only “fairly
effective” at repelling mosquitoes
and black flies. Its peppermint-laced
scent was “the best” of those tested
and sure to appeal to the whole
family.
To see which ones worked best, Stephen
Philbrick, a licensed fishing guide and an
owner of Bald Mountain Camps in Oquossoc,
Me., fished and kayaked for a week,
THROUGH YOUR BODY
throughout two 20-minute sessions a day, can achieve a state
of ‘”restful alertness” -- and, theoretically, tap into a ‘’unified
field’’ of energy. The training process involves working with
personal instructors over five days at one of about 1,000
Transcendental Meditation centers worldwide, and it costs
about $2,500.
As an artist, Lynch said, it has allowed him to unleash his
imagination and be, in a word, weirder. He said that many
of his ideas – the “big fish” of his book’s title – come to him
during meditation. Among these big fish are sitcom-starring
rabbits and the Greek chorus of prostitutes in his fantastical
three-hour new film, Inland Empire, now showing in limited
release.
Lynch began meditating on the recommendation of his
sister, Martha. At the time, he was a year into a torturous fiveyear quest to complete his first feature film, Eraserhead, which
was released in 1977, and was separating from his first of three
wives, Peggy Lentz.
“There was a hollowness inside,” he recalled. “I thought,
something is drastically wrong.”
He dropped in on a Transcendental Meditation center. After
20 minutes, he felt a weight lifted.
“The side effect of growing that consciousness,” he
explained, “is, negative things start going away. Like fear. It’s
like the suffocating rubber clown suit begins to dissolve.”
frequently reapplying each product. Philbrick
noted that the botanical products didn’t create
“a protection zone around you” like the
repellent he usually wears — Deep Woods
OFF! — but they all worked, in varying
degrees.
5
Master Cleanse
continued from Page 2
citrus-flavored drink and several days of
discomfort.
Kristina Wong, a performance artist in Los
Angeles, lasted on the fast for only five days,
but she also saw results. “I looked great,”
said Wong, who uploaded a video diary
of her fasting experience on YouTube in
September.
“No more stomach rolls. I was such a
skinny mini.”
The enduring popularity of the cleanse
may have as much to do with its instant
results as with the drink’s relatively
inoffensive taste (think lemon Gatorade
with a spicy kick) and simple recipe: 2
tablespoons lemon juice, 2 tablespoons
Grade-B maple syrup, 1/10 teaspoon
cayenne pepper and 8 ounces of spring or
purified water.
According to The Master Cleanser,
Burroughs’s book, the lemon acts as a
purifier and provides potassium, the
cayenne pepper adds B and C vitamins and
aids in circulation, and maple syrup, a sugar,
provides energy and minerals. Burroughs
suggested that fasters drink anywhere from
6 to 12 glasses of the stuff a day as well as a
mixture of water and sea salt in the morning
and an herbal laxative tea in the evening, to
help aid in waste removal.
Chaka Ken-Varley
continued from Page 8
practices. Throughout the years, Alan has
remained a constant in Chaka’s life.
“Years ago, my mother fell and fractured
her hip. I was exhausted from working and
taking care of her,” Chaka says. “I went to see
Alan, and he helped put me back together.”
After working several years as the coowner of the macrobiotic East West Center,
Chaka moved to La Jolla, Calif. Friends Robert
and Barbara Varley joined her there for the
final nine months of Barbara’s life. Chaka and
Robert became close while helping to ease
Barbara through her life-ending battle with
breast cancer. After she died, their friendship
blossomed into something much deeper.
“It took me completely by surprise,” she
says. “I can honestly say it’s just the juiciest
relationship I’ve ever been in. He’s my
prince.”
Chaka and Robert traveled the country
in a van, continuing the work of teaching A
Course in Miracles that he had begun with
Barbara. They lived first in Oregon and
eventually settled in Austin. Besides working
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THE MASTER CLEANSE RECIPE
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons Maple syrup
1/10th teaspoon Cayenne pepper
8 oz. spring water
Samuel Klein, the director of the Center for
Human Nutrition at the medical school of
Washington University in St. Louis, is leery
of master-cleanse-like regimens because
there is no data that prove they provide any
medical benefit and no evidence that fasting
helps rid the body of toxins, which happens
naturally, he said.
While fasting for a few days is not
dangerous, Klein said, “Fasting for too long
can deplete muscle tissue, including your
heart muscle, and it can reduce the size and
functioning of organs like the kidney and
liver.”
He is just one of many nutritionists
who caution that fasting can be
counterproductive. Some say it can even
slow down the metabolism, making it even
more difficult to lose weight in the future.
on their own business ventures, the pair
also participates in a long-running yearly
event called“Soak in the Love,” A Course in
Miracles retreat in Breitenbush Hot Springs,
Ore. The weekend gathering takes place in
May and is attended by more than 100 people.
“It’s a remarkable event,” Chaka says.
“It’s a chance for us to spend time loving
each other fully and unconditionally while
engaging in spiritual expression with one
another.”
Participants spend their time singing,
meditating, dancing, hiking, soaking in hot
pools and living the teachings of A Course
in Miracles. This evolving community
experience has provided Chaka with a dream
for the future in which senior citizens, like
her mother, have a communal environment in
which to live out their lives, instead of being
relegated to nursing homes or living alone.
“Caring for my mother and growing older
myself has made me realize the need we have
for viable elder community spaces,” she says.
“They could offer organic foods, play, crafts,
living the rest of our lives and supporting our
rebirth on the other side. We could make it a
heaven on earth.”
Despite his dark films, David Lynch’s life is shockingly peaceful
By Alex Williams
New York Times
I
f you were looking for a Tom Cruise to preach to a new
generation the gospel of Transcendental Meditation, a
hippie-era spiritual practice espousing inner harmony, David
Lynch would be one of the least likely candidates.
As the director who conjured the reptilian mutant baby of
Eraserhead and the dancing dwarf of Twin Peaks, Lynch has
built his career by imposing his nightmares on the rest of us.
The idea of the inscrutable David Lynch, Hollywood’s
leading surrealist and eccentric, reborn as the guru of bliss
seems a little odd even to Lynch himself.
Now 60, he remembers how he recoiled from the concept
when he heard about it in the late 1960s, when the movement
– founded by the Indian spiritual leader Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi – was experiencing its first wave of popularity among
young people in the West thanks to proselytizing by pop stars
like the Beatles and Donovan.
“The word ‘harmony’ would make me want to puke,”
recalled Lynch, speaking on a clear, chilly afternoon in the
glassed-in painting studio atop his Modernist concrete-walled
house in the Hollywood Hills.
That all changed in 1973, when the future filmmaker
discovered meditation, which he believes allowed him to
quiet – and exploit – his inner demons. He said that he has not
BUZZ OFF!
A respected fishing guide compares
the top DEET-free insect repellents
By Wendy Knight
New York Times
J
ust as some people prefer organic food,
many are also choosing to use insect
repellents made without DEET, a common
pesticide. Their concern? Studies have shown
that DEET can cause neurological problems,
especially in children, if used in high
concentrations for prolonged periods.
But when used as directed on product
labels, DEET is not harmful, even to
kids, according to experts at the Federal
Environmental Protection Agency and Duke
University Medical Center, although they do
not recommend using it on children under the
age of two.
For consumers who would rather avoid
it, there are more all-natural repellents than
ever before, made with ingredients like lemon
eucalyptus oil.
missed a day since.
And now, the low-key auteur is
emerging as the most visible, even
fiery, proponent of the resurgent
practice, which is being used
increasingly in schools and in the
workplace, as well as by a new
generation of stars, including
Heather Graham, Laura Dern and
the record executive Rick Rubin.
In July 2005, Lynch began the
David Lynch Foundation, which finances Transcendental
Meditation scholarships for students in middle schools and
high schools to study the practice.
Lynch is taking the message to the masses. His
autobiography-cum-self-help book, Catching the Big Fish:
Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, was recently
released.
“It’s weird,” said Lynch, in the flat folksy accent of
his native Missoula, Mont., speaking of his increasing
involvement. “I guess it’s as simple as this: I wish I had heard it
earlier.”
Transcendental Meditation is a trademarked mental
technique introduced by Maharishi in 1958 based on the
proposition that a practitioner, by repeating a private mantra
BURT’S BEES HERBAL INSECT
REPELLENT $7.50, www.burtsbees.
com. To keep mosquitoes at bay,
this spray had to be reapplied every
two and half hours, which didn’t
bother Philbrick. The eucalyptusheavy smell was “pleasant.” But this
repellent failed to stop deerflies
from biting despite diligent
reapplication.
BITE BLOCKER HERBAL SPRAY
$8.85, www.homs.com. The
geranium-scented product, billed
as waterproof and sweatproof,
wasn’t, Philbrick said. “If you sweat,
bugs will find that spot where the
product has dripped off.”The spray
worked well when applied every
three hours but it “couldn’t possibly
keep up” with the mosquitoes one
particularly bad night.
BUZZ AWAY EXTREME SPRAY
$8.99, www.quantumhealth.com.
The maker of this repellent claims
it offers eight-hour protection
from mosquitoes. Three was more
like it, Philbrick said. “Eight hours
should not be in their vocabulary,”
he added. Still it “really did keep
the bugs away.” He found the smell
inoffensive, but others didn’t like its
citronella and cedar wood odor.
DERMATONE HERBAL INSECT
REPELLENT $9.10, www.
dermatone.com. Philbrick and
a client applied this sweatproof
spray every two and a half hours
as directed while kayaking and
bird-watching and “could sit and
talk with nothing lighting on us.”
He rated this “one of the better
products” saying it was “easy to carry
around.”
ALL TERRAIN HERBAL ARMOR
SPRAY $7.99, www.allterrainco.
com. Philbrick reapplied the
product, right, every two hours as
directed and “deerflies, mosquitoes,
everything, stayed away.” Including,
it seems, people. The spray’s
pungent citronella odor was the
culprit. Still, Philbrick prized how its
small flat bottle conveniently fit into
his hip pocket.
NATRAPEL PLUS SPRAY $4.79,
www.tendercorp.com. Philbrick
felt that this air-compressed spray
needed too frequent reapplication
— every 90 minutes — to be useful
on a long hike. Plus, it was only “fairly
effective” at repelling mosquitoes
and black flies. Its peppermint-laced
scent was “the best” of those tested
and sure to appeal to the whole
family.
To see which ones worked best, Stephen
Philbrick, a licensed fishing guide and an
owner of Bald Mountain Camps in Oquossoc,
Me., fished and kayaked for a week,
THROUGH YOUR BODY
throughout two 20-minute sessions a day, can achieve a state
of ‘”restful alertness” -- and, theoretically, tap into a ‘’unified
field’’ of energy. The training process involves working with
personal instructors over five days at one of about 1,000
Transcendental Meditation centers worldwide, and it costs
about $2,500.
As an artist, Lynch said, it has allowed him to unleash his
imagination and be, in a word, weirder. He said that many
of his ideas – the “big fish” of his book’s title – come to him
during meditation. Among these big fish are sitcom-starring
rabbits and the Greek chorus of prostitutes in his fantastical
three-hour new film, Inland Empire, now showing in limited
release.
Lynch began meditating on the recommendation of his
sister, Martha. At the time, he was a year into a torturous fiveyear quest to complete his first feature film, Eraserhead, which
was released in 1977, and was separating from his first of three
wives, Peggy Lentz.
“There was a hollowness inside,” he recalled. “I thought,
something is drastically wrong.”
He dropped in on a Transcendental Meditation center. After
20 minutes, he felt a weight lifted.
“The side effect of growing that consciousness,” he
explained, “is, negative things start going away. Like fear. It’s
like the suffocating rubber clown suit begins to dissolve.”
frequently reapplying each product. Philbrick
noted that the botanical products didn’t create
“a protection zone around you” like the
repellent he usually wears — Deep Woods
OFF! — but they all worked, in varying
degrees.
5
Are we as smart as our cells?
THRIVE ON ATTENTION
A history of the masses would suggest that collectively we’re not
By Swami Beyondananda
N
ow if you used to hate it when your parents
compared you to someone else saying, “if soand-so can do it, why not you?” you’re probably not
going to like what I’m about to tell you – but here
goes: Our cells may be smarter than we are. At least
they’ve figured out how to live together in peace
and harmony.
According to cellular biologist Bruce Lipton, we
have a thriving 50-trillion cell community under our
skin where every participating cell is cared for. There
is universal health care and full employment – truly,
no cell is left behind. And the cells that do the most
important work for the body as a whole get “paid”
more.
Our organs seem to get along too. You hardly
ever hear about the liver cruising up the bile canal,
invading the pancreas and laying claim to the Islets
of Langerhans.
Meanwhile back in the jungle, we pursue manifest
destiny and survival of the fittest as our supposed
biological imperative, except for one small detail.
It doesn’t matter how fit the individual is – if the
species doesn’t fit, then out it goes into the recycling
pile. If you thought the Man Without a Country was
a sad story, wait until you see Man Without a Planet.
I hate to say it, but global warming may be nothing
more than the Earth running a fever in the hopes of
shaking a virulent parasite called homo ignoramus.
Don’t get me wrong – there have been some really
great people: Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Elvis (that’s
right, Elvis. I’ve been following his threefold path
for years: “Love me tender ... please surrender ...
return to sender.”)
There have been lots and lots of lots of really
wonderful individuals. Individually, you won’t meet
a nicer species.
But put a bunch of us together, and we’re hell on
wheels.
Did you know that during the 20th century, war
caused 260 million deaths? If someone caused just
one-tenth of one percent of that, it would be all
over the 6 p.m. news with details at 11 p.m. And if
any one of us did what we allow “all of us” to do,
we’d be put away forever. I guess they must have
modified the Ten Commandments while we weren’t
looking: “Thou shalt not kill, except in extremely
large groups.”
Steve Bhaerman, a.k.a., Swami
Beyondananda, is an internationally
known author, humorist, and
workshop leader. For the past 18
years, he has written and performed
as Swami Beyondananda, the
“Cosmic Comic.”Swami’s comedy has
been called“irreverently uplifting”and
has been described both as“comedy
disguised as wisdom”and“wisdom
disguised as comedy.”
Stay focused on your core genius
I
believe you have inside you a core
genius...some one thing that you
love to do, and do so well, that you
hardly feel like doing anything else. It’s
effortless for you and a whole lot of fun.
And if you could make money doing it,
you’d make it your lifetime’s work.
In most cases, your core genius is
directly tied to your passions and life
purpose.
Successful people believe this, too.
That’s why they put their core genius
first. They focus on it. And they delegate
everything else to other people on their
team. For me, my core genius lies in the
area of teaching, training, coaching and
motivating. I love to do it! I do it well,
and people report that they get great
6
value from it.
Another core genius is
writing and compiling
books. Along with
my co-author Mark
Victor Hansen and
others, I have written,
By JACK CANFIELD
co-authored, compiled
and edited more than 100 books.
Compare that to the other people in
the world who go through life doing
everything, even those tasks they’re
bad at or that could be done cheaper,
better and faster by someone else. They
can’t find the time to focus on their core
genius because they fail to delegate even
the most menial of tasks.
See Core on Page 7
THROUGH YOUR BODY
The power of human touch is magical
B
eing Alan’s pet is not always
a day at the dog beach. How
many canines do you know that
are forced by their masters to write a
monthly column? Just one: Whisper the
underdog. I need this stress like a fish
needs a bicycle.
Actually, channeling all my wisdom,
energy and creativity into writing is not
all bad. And the perks that come with
the job make toiling over the keyboard
somewhat worthwhile. For example, I
get to observe Alan at work. Officially,
my mission is to gather enough material
for my column, but in reality I just take
advantage of my “working dog” status
to curl up in the corner of his massage
studio and catch forty winks. Yeah, being a writer is really tiring!
From my strategic corner position,
between bouts of sleeping, yawning,
stretching, scratching, and other forms
of slacking off, I watch Alan weave his
magic. Yes, the powers of a good massage are truly magical!
I am no historian, but I am pretty
sure the origins of a massage go way
back before Alan. Images of humans beTHROUGH YOUR BODY
ing massaged (not by Alan) were found
in cave paintings, Egyptian tombs, and
in various other ancient places. I am
willing to go out on
a hind limb and say
that the first massage
therapy was probably
right after the
WHISPER’S given
wheel was invented.
WIDSOM
The guys had such
BYY H.B.
sore muscles; they imMILLIGAN
mediately used their
new invention to ride to the nearest
massage parlor.
I could bark praises to the healing
and relaxing properties of a massage:
It relieves pain and tension, soothes
muscles, improves circulation, reduces
fatigue, enhances the body’s natural immunity, comforts our souls, and leaves
us feeling perkily bright-eyed and
bushy-tailed.
I know first-paw what I am writing
about here for I am privy to the massage’s beneficial effects in more ways
than one. Very often a client gives me a
pat on the head or the back. I pretend
not to care, but if truth were known (as
it should), I am deeply touched – literally and figuratively – by this unsolicited display of affection.
Some folks –my pals Michael and
Creighton, for example – take petting
to the highest level. From the moment
they walk in the door until they get
on the massage table, and then again
afterwards, I am getting a lion’s share of
pats, hugs and cuddles. (Don’t tell the
lion though.) At times like these I am
actually happy to be a dog, and Alan’s
dog at that!
And, of course, there is the master
himself. True, he works me like a dog
but he also rewards me with more than
just bare bones. He gives me a good
rub from head to paw; gentle scratches
between the ears, on the cheeks, under
the chin, over the nose, between the
eyes, over the head, all the way down to
my tail and legs. I feel all the stress and
tension magically tailing off.
No questions about it: the rubs, pats,
hugs and cuddles keep old Whisper fit
and healthy. All these job benefits sure
make me as happy as a lark.
3
The Master Cleanser
Despite warnings from nutritionists, fasting diet still popular
W
By Lola Ogunnaike
hen Teron Beal, a songwriter
and aspiring actor in
Manhattan, was looking to
drop weight quickly for a photo shoot,
he didn’t double up on gym visits, gulp
metabolic boosting pills or limit his diet
to leafy greens and lean protein. Instead,
he took a more drastic approach: he tried
the “master cleanse,” a fast that requires
subsisting for 10 or more days solely on
an elixir of fresh-squeezed lemon juice,
cayenne pepper, maple syrup and water.
“I had only three weeks and I needed
the difference to be noticeable,” said Beal,
adding that he lost nearly 10 pounds
during his 12-day fast in July. “The first
few days were horrible, but by the fifth
day I woke up and looked in the mirror
and saw two ab muscles that had eluded
me for years. I was grumpy no longer.”
While popular diets and fasts come
and go, master cleanse remains a
perennial favorite, a kind of folk regimen
that owes its popularity to word of
mouth and the Internet. Created in
the 1940’s by a nutrition guru, Stanley
Burroughs, to treat ulcers and other
internal ailments, the fast enjoyed a
vogue in the late ’70s after the publication
of his book, The Master Cleanser. Its
fans then were health-conscious types,
interested in purging their bodies of
impurities and toxins like pesticides and
food additives.
But in recent years master cleanse has
enjoyed yet another vogue among people
seeking to shed pounds in a short time.
Celebrities, of course, are in the
vanguard. On Oprah Winfrey’s
show, the singer and actress
Beyoncé Knowles announced that
she had lost 20 pounds on the fast
to prepare for her starring role in
the new film Dreamgirls.
Robin Quivers, Howard Stern’s
long-suffering sidekick, told People
magazine that she did the fast on
three separate occasions in 2004
and shrunk to 145 pounds from a
peak of 218.
2
The Internet teems with testimonials to
the cleanse, also known as the lemonade
diet, claiming that it fights disease, clears
the mind as well as acne, and increases
energy. Bloggers chronicle their daily
fasting. Master cleanse video diaries
can be found on YouTube, and a cottage
industry has developed with various
companies peddling cleansing kits
including all ingredients for the beverage
except lemons.
Never mind that most nutrition and
diet experts advise against multi-day
fasting.
“I cannot believe how this thing has
had a total revival,” said Joy Bauer, a
nutritionist and the author of The 90/10
Weight-Loss Plan. “People want a quick
fix and they want to be thin so badly that
they’re vulnerable and open to almost
anything.”
Bauer estimated that fasters who drink
six glasses of the lemony potion a day —
the low end of the recommended amount
— are consuming about 650 calories,
far less than the 1,600-plus calories the
average woman needs to maintain her
weight or the roughly 2,400 calories a
man requires.
“Of course you’re going to lose
weight,” she said. “You’re starving
yourself.” Seldom do the pounds stay off,
she added, and people have a tendency
to binge once they begin eating again.
Still, many are willing to disregard
the word of nutritionists, seduced by
the notion that the only things standing
See Master Cleanse on Page 4
Relax. Stay calm. Let go.
Jack Canfield’s tips for completely delegating your tasks
O
ne of the strategies I use and teach is complete delegation. It simply means that
you delegate a task once and completely, rather than delegating it each time it
needs to be done.
Most entrepreneurs spend less than 30 percent of their time focusing on their core
genius and unique abilities. In fact, by the time they’ve launched a business, it often
seems entrepreneurs are doing everything but the one thing they went into business
for in the first place. Many salespeople, for example, spend more time on account
administration than they do on the phone or in the field making sales, when they
could hire a part-time administrator (or share the cost with another salesperson) to do
this time-consuming detail work – in most cases, in a fraction of the time it would take
them and at a fraction of the cost.
Most female executives spend too much time running their household, when they
could easily and inexpensively delegate this task to a cleaning service or part-time
mother’s helper, freeing them to focus on their career or spend more quality time with
their family. Don’t let this be your fate.
Identify your core genius, then delegate completely to free up more time to focus on
what you love to do.
I believe that you can trade, barter, pay for and find volunteer help to do almost
everything you don’t want to do, leaving you to do what you are best at - and what
will ultimately make you the most money and bring you the most happiness.
Core
continued from Page 6
When you delegate the grunt work — the
things you hate doing or those tasks that
are so painful, you end up putting them off
— you get to concentrate on what you love
to do. You free up your time so that you can
be more productive. And you get to enjoy
life more. So why is delegating routine tasks
and unwanted projects so difficult for most
people?
Surprisingly, most people are afraid of
looking wasteful or being judged as being
above everyone else. They are afraid to
give up control or are reluctant to spend the
money to pay for help. Deep down, most
What’s Up
continued from Page 1
thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and judgments
back into the FIELD of consciousness.
Reclaim the power zapped by the beliefs
and allow it to course through me and
expand my consciousness.
Step 5: Rest in the FIELD of pure
potentiality.
This simple process has rekindled my
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people simply don’t want to let go.
Others (potentially you) have simply
fallen into the habit of doing everything
themselves.
“It’s too time consuming to explain it
to someone,” you say. “I can do it more
quickly and better myself anyway.” But can
you?
Jack Canfield, America’s Success Coach, is the
founder and co-creator of the billion-dollar book
brand Chicken Soup for the Soul and a leading
authority on Peak Performance. If you’re ready
to jump-start your life, make more money, and
have more fun and joy in all that you do, get
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morning sitting meditations and I use it all
day to short-circuit the limiting thoughts
that roll through my mind. I’m here to say,
most days I’m buzzing with energy. There’s
definitely something to this “Busting
Loose.”
So my little introduction doesn’t do
Robert’s process justice. Not to worry.
Robert Scheinfeld is our July Through
Your Body guest teleseminar leader (what
a coup). Mark your calendar for Monday
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One of the many benefits of joining the
Through Your Body Flock is the monthly
teleseminars. Here’s a sneak peek at some
upcoming events you won’t want to miss.
JULY
Robert Scheinfeld
Scheinfeld, the author of “Busting
Loose From the Money Game,” is our
featured guest instructor for July. Robert’s a
New York Times best selling author and has
taught his Busting Loose process to manythousands around the world. We’re thrilled
to have him.
AUGUST
Our guest teleseminar instructor in August
is Jan Stringer
Stringer, co-author of “Attracting
Perfect Customers: The Power of Strategic
Synchronicity.” Jan will teach us the fourstep “Strategic Attraction Plan” for attracting
an abundance of perfect customers, 100
percent of the time.
SEPTEMBER
In September, the guest lecturer is Byron
Katie author of “Loving What Is.” I joined
Katie,
Katie for her 10 day School for the Work in
October 2004. It was the single most valuable
thing I’ve done since my Lomi Training
with Robert Hall and Richard Heckler in
1994. Katie will teach us “The Work;” four
questions that can change your life.
OCTOBER
Our (tentative) guest teleseminar instructor
in October is Janet Atwood
Atwood, co-author of
The Passion Test. Janet will lead us through
“The Passion Test.” Are you one of the 20
percent of Americans who live their passions
every day? Or are you one of the 80 percent
that is divorced from their life’s passions?
Janet is a fun, lively, inspiring teacher totally
committed to helping everyone live their
passions.
July 16th. You won’t want to miss this
opportunity to work with Robert live. All
across the world people “Express-TheirAppreciation” with thousands of dollars to
learn how to Bust Loose From the Money
Game.
Thanks to your membership you can do
it from your very own telephone (and for
$29.95 a month—such a deal).
Check out Bob Scheinfeld’s book and see
if it works for you.
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Celebrating
life’s journey
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For Chakaa Ken-V
Ken-Varley, experiences
determined what’s most important
A
s Chaka Ken-Varley recounts the
winding path her life has traveled,
it becomes clear that she has been a part
of some of the most well-known and
influential self-discovery movements of the
past 40 years. Massage, macrobiotics, EST,
Vipassana meditation,
yoga, rebirthing and
Pilates have all held
important places in her
personal and professional
BIRDS OF
A FEATHER development.
“My experiences
BY REBECCA
helped
me realize I have
HADLEY
different priorities,” she
says. “I have different ideas about what
makes a happy life.”
Sitting at the dining table of the central
Houston house she grew up in (her mother
still lives there), Chaka looks far younger
than her 64 years. A petite woman with a
larger-than-life presence, she glows with
vitality as she explains the secrets to her
seemingly eternal youth.
“I eat organically as often as possible,
don’t drink, don’t smoke and try to live a
generally healthy lifestyle,” she says. She
also walks regularly, performs the Five
Tibetan Rites, uses Univera nutraceuticals
and loves to dance.
Drawing from an abundant source of
Dedicated to our healthy, happy and prosperous world
through the full enlightenment of every human being.
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Buzz off!
HOW TO REACH CHAKA KEN-VARLEY
Phone: (512) 443-3470
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.loveistheway.org
energy, Chaka divides her time between
practicing massage, managing her real estate
investments, marketing Univera and making
monthly trips to Houston to help care for her
94-year-old mother. Her husband, Robert,
manages the Pilates Center of Austin.
Chaka’s journey off the beaten path
began more than 30 years ago when she
received her very first massage from Ray
Stubbs.
“He gave me an incredible massage,” she
says. “I felt inspired after it. I got off the table
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At the time, there were no massage
schools in Houston, so Chaka traveled to San
Francisco to spend a month attending the
Lomi School where she learned a variety of
massage techniques as well as undergoing a
personal transformation.
After returning to Houston, Chaka held
several jobs including massage therapist,
yoga instructor and handling store displays
for Ye Seekers Horizon. It was during
this time that Chaka met fellow massage
practitioner Alan Davidson. The two shared
the common bond of Lomi massage training
as well as an overall interest in natural health
See Chaka Ken-Varley on Page 4
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Core Genius
Best-selling author Jack
Canfield helps us explore
what he calls our Core Genius,
that one thing we love to
do - and do so well - that we
hardly feel like doing anything
else. When we hit upon our
Core Genius, the activity is
effortless and tons of fun, tied
to our passions and our true
life purpose. Learn
how to find
and
nurture
your Core
Genius.
Read more on
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Busting Loose from the Money Game
J
im and I were in New York to collect the Bronze Medal for Body-Mind-Spirit Book-of-the-Year (Body
Brilliance--Bronze Medal winner, who knew? We were also there to enjoy Book Expo ’07 (What a
rush! 300,000 folks and books, books, books, for three WHOLE days).
My friends Brooke and Lee turned me on to a life shattering (in the best way) book: Busting Loose
From the Money Game by Robert Scheinfeld. Brooke was carrying on about this fantastic book she
was reading. I picked up her copy of Busting Loose and I was hooked. We made the pilgrimage to the
Border’s on Columbus Circle to pick up my own copy before we blew town.
I could tell it was a new paradigm in consciousness—not just another Millionaire
Making Money book, but a radical shift in consciousness and human evolution. And
Robert used money and “getting into people’s wallets” as the entry point in freeing
people’s minds.
Robert synthesizes the latest thinking in quantum physics and human potential to
create a process that allows folks to “Bust Loose” from the limited thinking, feelings,
judgments, and beliefs we all have about reality; money included, or, should I say
BY ALAN
money especially.
DAVIDSON
Scheinfeld explains the reality we see/experience is really just a hologram. A reality
created by quantum energy shot through a prism of consciousness that appears as three dimensional
time and space. Robert goes onto explain that this reality is an “illusion” along with all the laws and
rules that govern it.
Robert’s simple process for shifting out of the Money Game/limiting reality is HIGHLY effective for
unplugging from any, and every, limiting thought.
I’ve personalized his process a bit to include some of Byron Katie’s The Work
and Genpo Roshi’s Big Mind. They all roll together to create a limiting belief
atomizer/neutralizer…and leaves me sitting/playing/creating in the filed of
pure potentiality. YUM!
Here’s a taste of his process:
Take any limiting belief…say, “Time is money.”
Step 1: State the absolute truth—I say, “I am pure consciousness.”
Step 2: Amplify the fear/limiting thought (focus on the emotional
state created by the train of negative thoughts)—“I don’t have
enough time. I’ll never get ahead with all the deadlines I have.
I’ll never make it big. I’ll never be FREE. Etc, etc, etc.” Feel the
feelings as much as possible.
Step 3: Recognize this pattern of thoughts, feelings, beliefs,
and judgments as a prison of MY own creation, of my own
consciousness.
Step 4: Reclaim my power by dissolving the pattern of
WHAT’S UP
See What’s Up on Page 7