AWeber - FOHAC Staycation #336a

Published: Wed, 01/13/16

Fair Oaks Health News

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January 13, 2016

Staycation

Hi ,

This last New Year’s weekend and Christmas weekend are the longest time off I have had in a couple years. While Christmas was very busy with family, New Years was a 3 ½ day opportunity to get caught up on all kinds of chores and projects. Instead, something else very different happened.

About a month ago as I was cruising through Costco and my eyes fell upon a couple of puzzles. I am talking about that old family favorite - the flat picture puzzle. The pictures were very colorful and detailed and the level of complexity looked pretty good, with each puzzle having 1000 pieces. I haven’t worked on a puzzle in at least 25 years. I thought I would pick them up and have them out for family to work on during free periods during the holidays.

Well that did not happen. Between cooking and having both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day being a major meal production, there was no free time. But Friday morning New Year’s day was another story. I decided, what the heck, let’s give this puzzle a try. Well here we are Monday morning and the puzzle is about two thirds done. I did nothing but work on the puzzle for three days straight, 12+ hours a day. I had about six dozen other projects demanding my attention, and I ignored them all to work on a puzzle.

The experience was very interesting. I became nothing but a pair of eyes and the occasional hand movement. My world reduced down to colors and shapes. Generally my mind is pretty quiet as I have trained it to be able to focus on subtle kinesthetic and energetic changes in patient’s bodies so I can do my work. But doing this puzzle my mind was really super quiet. Typically during my workday I pull out of my focus every 15 minutes to take the next patient into my treatment area, but with the puzzle I would focus for a couple hours at a time without any interruptions.

I had to take the occasional bathroom break and also feed Ellen and myself. But beyond that I was just a scanning machine looking for matching colors and shapes. Even more interesting was how easily I would simply ignore all the other work calling to me. My brain went on vacation and just refused to do anything other than work on the puzzle. I was on a staycation. I hadn’t planned to be on a staycation, but some part of me decided I was on one anyway.

The thing is that after 3 days of intense focus I should have been exhausted, but the exact opposite happened. I have been on many one week vacations where everyday was a busy series of outings and things to do. At the end I find I am no more rested than when I work. I often feel I need a vacation to recover from my vacation. But after spending time on this puzzle, I felt as refreshed and energized as though I had had a really good relaxing vacation.

What is this all saying? With this experience I would have to reassess what it means to take a vacation. I used to think that vacation meant doing something different for a time. I see a deeper aspect now. Vacation carries a deep release of all the things we believe we “need” to do. It is about abandoning yourself in a pleasurable activity or feeling and saying, “The heck with everything I normally give my life energies to. I am doing what I want to do right now.” Vacation for me seems to be a vacation from my accepted responsibilities.

It is good to get away now and then.

Happy New Year

David

Ellen Update:

On Thursday Ellen was able to successfully perform muscle testing on a client using her stroke hand. She has not been able to do this for the last 11 months and as muscle testing was the basis of her coaching business, she has been unable to function as the Heartflow Life Coach for the office. Well it looks like she is back, so line up for your Heartflow appointments to get that uniquely insightful guidance Ellen is able to draw from your own inner intelligence through the body-mind connection of muscle testing.

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Boogy Buster and Good Thyme are Back!

After being unavailable from the manufacturer for the last 6 months, our two natural products for clearing out the sinuses and killing holiday sinus bugs are available once again.

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What is this contraption at the office? It is the amber light treatment for rebuilding collagen in the skin.

Facial Rejuvenation - Try it for free during the month of January!

On the Wire

Skin cells turned into pancreatic cells

UC San Francisco has developed a way to turn ordinary skin cells into the type of pancreas cells that produce insulin - the substance that type 1 diabetics are missing. Once transplanted into the body these cells are able to function like a normal pancreas, reversing the diabetes. So far this has only been done on mice, but it is only a matter of time before human trials will be started.

Pancreas

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"I was a keen observer and listener. I picked up on clues. I figured things out logically, and I enjoyed puzzles. I loved the clear, focused feeling that came when I concentrated on solving a problem and everything else faded out."

~ Sonya Sotomayor

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Stress blocks weight loss

When you are stressed your body produces a hormone called betatrophin which blocks your ability to break down stored fat. Betatrophin block the enzyme adipose triglyceride lipase. So stressing about being fat actually keeps you fat. It is better to focus on positive goals like specific things you will be able to do that you want to do once you lose the weight you want. Make the process as pleasurable as possible.

Fat

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"Our whole life is solving puzzles"

~ Erno Rubik
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Not enough sun exposure triggers leukemia

You know all those pictures of sad looking bald kids with leukemia on fund raising posters - well it seems that the majority of the cause of leukemia is lack of sunlight. Protective parents keeping their kids out of the sun means the kids don't form enough vitamin D to keep leukemia at bay. This applies to us adults as well. While excess sun exposure can lead to non-invasive skin cancer, not enough sun is behind far worse cancers like leukemia and multiple myeloma. So get your sunshine, but in the right amounts. Don't burn and expose yourself when the UVB rays are predominate, at high noon. UVA rays are the bad guys while UVB are the good guys that promote vitamin D production in the skin.

Leukemia

"My wife thinks she is better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet "

- Bill Gates

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About Dr. DeLapp

Dr. DeLapp has been a philosopher, non-force Chiropractor, medical intuitive, and health innovator for over 30 years. He began experimenting with medical intuition in 1972 while studying physics at UC Davis. In addition to physics he designed and completed an individual major in the philosophy and psychology of education. Shortly after he choose to pursue a career in the only truly health oriented profession available at that time, Chiropractic. He graduated with honors in 1981 with his doctorate and opened a private practice.
Since that time he has continued his research into the effects of consciousness and learning on health.
He developed the Biomagnetic Retraining system for correcting movement abnormalities.
Since 1991 he has focused on developing a powerful system for uncovering and assisting the mind-body connection in health and personal growth. The in-depth coaching, guided by the subconscious direction from the body, is called Heartflow and the simpler mind-body retraining for health and unfoldment he has named Gracework. Both are available at Fair Oaks Health.

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