In energy kinesiology there are many things that can be done to help someone with physical issues. Of all the tools I have shown my sisters, the one they remember the most is Figure 8s. They are actually lazy figure 8s because they are done by moving your fingers in a side to side design rather than up and down. My sister Gail first realized they were beneficial when she fell down the steps into the garage and hit her hip on her car. We started doing figure 8s above the area where she hurt. The pain went away and she didn’t end up bruised. She became a believer that day.
Since then, she and my sister Pat, have suggested figure 8s to many people for everything from eye infections, sore throats, pain in fingers, children’s falls, etc. Many people have reported back with good results.
It’s a simple thing to do. It takes only a few minutes. I have no idea how they work other than moving energy, but we have seen how they can help.
After I fell flat on my face on concrete, I called my sisters to tell them what had happened. The first words both of them said to me were, “Did you do figure 8s?” And yes, I too did figure 8s – and felt the benefits.
Ladybugs landed on the sunny south side of the house yesterday afternoon.
Varied colors of red, orange and tan.
Some with spots, some without -
those without are evidently either old or young or male.
Some are bigger (female) than others.
Last year, many spent the winter in my sunny bedroom.
Tiny, cheerful companions.
I felt remorse as they died, their lifeless spotted orange shells
collecting on the wood floor,
and I removed them with the vacuum cleaner.
Wes Jackson at The Land Institute says this is part of
Becoming Native to this Place.
To put it much more simply
and much less eloquently than he,
we humans consciously aware of the processes of nature around us
also must realize that we affect those processes.
When a house goes up on the prairie and people move in -
even people who pay attention to the nativeness of the place -
we have an impact.
As it turns out,
we (the U.S. Department of Agriculture) had a major impact on the Asian Beetle -
hauling it, in the 1960’s-1990’s, from China, Japan, Korea, Russia -
to the U.S. to be used as a biological control over other insects chomping on pecans and apples.
That’s one story. Another is that they arrived via freighter from Japan to New Orleans,
“by accident.”
The deed is done.
The side-to-side-chewing, spotted ones
winter in my sunny bedroom now
out here on the prairie
where the buffalo no longer roam.
The Peace House is hosting its 22nd Peace Festival
Saturday, November 15
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hall of Mirrors, Oklahoma City Civic Center
201 N. Walker, Downtown
It’s a crafts show as well as a place to gather information about groups who contribute to the betterment of the human and environment condition. On sale will be books, calendars, Fair Trade goods, Guatemalan fabrics, Nicaraguan coffee, African carvings, woven baskets, handmade jewelry, greenhouse plants, and, from Turtle Rock Farm, photographs and cards with images from our beautiful prairie home.
This a great place to do some holiday shopping while supporting groups who foster social justice, human rights, peace and environmental justice.
Admission is free, as is street parking at meters.
We hope you come to the festival, where you can be among other socially conscious individuals and groups. And we hope you stop by our booth and have a chat.
