Healing is in your hands - Empower yourself through holistic healing

Friends, it's been a beautiful journey. Our podcast is coming to an end, as Kim and Erik each go on to pursue new and exciting projects. In this final episode, our producer Andrea Muraskin joins us to look back at some of our favorite episodes and guests that made us laugh and cry, and some that frankly blew our minds! You'll also get updates on some of our guests' new work and reflections on what we've learned about ourselves in the past 2+ years. 

A huge thanks to all of our guests, to our sponsors the Wu Healing Center and Ralphie's Retreat, and to Craig Norton for production help and providing the wonderful music. And thank you so much for listening. 

Check out the new album from HannaH's Field, Crystal Vision. Every CD purchase comes with a crystal grid! 

Follow Angela Mendes on Instagram @upanji for details about her upcoming book, A Queda do Raiozinho.

Download Kelvin Young's new E-Book, Finding Freedom From Behind Bars: A Journey Of Self-Discovery & Healing 

Order George Herrick's new book, Stone Warrior: Confronting Life's Challenges with Stone Art and Meditation.

In these tough times, please consider supporting the following small businesses and not-for-profit organizations that were featured on our show: Cinder and Salt, Bare Life, Everyone Outside, Kelli Joy, Nourishing Necessities, Soulshine Salt Cavern (yes, they're open!), Intuitive Pet Care and Training, LLC, Eat the Sunlight and Hands on Drumming.

Keep in touch with Kim at www.brandfearless.com, where you can find links to all her social platforms. Keep an ear out for her new podcast, Spiral Up, launching in 2021! 

Follow Erik at chiforhealing.com where you can find online Qi Gong classes and wellness workshops, teas, tinctures and more. 

Production of Healing is in Your Hands is by Andrea Muraskin with musical interludes by Craig Norton.

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In Chinese medicine there's a concept called wei qi - a kind of energetic barrier that protects us from pathogens. In this episode, Erik introduces a variety of tools and techniques that you can use at home to help boost your wei qi and prevent infection as the weather gets colder. Included in the discussion are guasha (skin scraping), fire cupping, moxabustion, herbs and vitamins. You'll also learn how to make your own immunity tincture. This recording was excerpted from a lecture given at Collaborative Natural Health Partners in Manchester, CT in October 2019.  Stay tuned at the end for a meditative moment focused on immunity. 

You can become a supporter on Anchor for as little as $0.99 a month or at our Healing is in Your Hands Patreon!  Patreon subscribers get access to additional content.

Production of Healing is in Your Hands is by Andrea Muraskin with musical interludes by Craig Norton.

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Our guest Linda Lentini is the Director of Healing From Within at Toivo,  a Hartford-based program that focuses on making holistic healing and stress management techniques available to everyone. She is trained in Breath Body Mind, Aromatherapy, and is a certified Louise Hay trainer. In this episode, Linda, Erik and Kim discuss Linda's work inside inpatient psychiatric units, and the ways she's adapted her work to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. We also cover stress management, Louise Hay training, and more. Stick with us to the end for a special meditative moment led by Linda, focused on the breath. 

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Linda Lentini can be reached at:

Toivo website

http://toivocenter.org/about-us/team/

Louise Hay’s website as a certified “You Can Heal Your Life” facilitator.

https://healyourlifeworkshops.com/teacher/linda-lentini

Breath Body Mind

https://www.breath-body-mind.com/bio/linda-lentini

Youtube video of Linda sharing a speech at a 2013 rally for human rights in psychiatry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzeBZ7g7cOk&feature=youtu.be

Human Rights Rally in response to proposed unconstitutional laws which lead to forced drugging, human rights violations, and more people entering the broken psychiatric medical model for "treatment."  This was a day to challenge our communities to not perpetuate the statue quo, celebrate our uniqueness and interconnection in the human family, and promote communities of acceptance which encourage, allow, and facilitate individualized movement towards lives rich in texture and meaning.

With a global pandemic, gun violence, sometimes violent clashes between protesters and police, wildfires in California, devastating storms in the Gulf Coast and more, there’s an elevated level of fear in our country and on our planet that can prevent us from focusing on love and moving forward in life with ease.

In this episode, Erik and Kim share their insights on coping with fear in our current climate. Several of our previous guests have been kind enough to share their thoughts as well.

You can pre-order the upcoming album Crystal Vision from our guest HannaH’s Field, featured in our meditative moment, at  https://hannahsfield.bandcamp.com. Crystal Vision is a tool to aid you in your positive upful experience on this Earthly plane. HannaH's Field felt guided to include a Crystal Grid with the music to help us all expand and accelerate the collective manifestation of a loving tomorrow. The album is out on September 18, 2020.

Remember you can become a supporter on Anchor (https://anchor.fm/healing-is-in-your-hands) for as little as $0.99 a month or at our Healing is in Your Hands Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/healingisinyourhands)!  Patreon subscribers get access to additional content.

Production of Healing is in Your Hands is by Andrea Muraskin with musical interludes by Craig Norton.

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Twitter  @HealingIsInYou1

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Kim and Erik are back with more hilarity and touching stories this week. Your cohosts ask and answer questions about their most influential teachers, troublesome personality traits, proudest accomplishments, and facts you might be shocked to know about them! Plus insights from the pandemic, and more.

And if you missed it, check out part 1, four episodes back in your feed (#35).

You can become a supporter on Anchor for as little as $0.99 a month or at our Healing is in Your Hands Patreon!  Patreon subscribers get access to additional content.

Production of Healing is in Your Hands is by Andrea Muraskin with musical interludes by Craig Norton.

Follow us on all our social platforms:

Facebook and Instagram @healingisinyourhands

Twitter  @HealingIsInYou1

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Grab your hot cocoa- this week Kim and Erik welcome Ali Lazowski! Ali is the founder and CEO of Bare Life, a crave-worthy and allergen-friendly food startup, inspired by her journey with chronic illness. Ali attended culinary school in Italy before starting college at Johns Hopkins University. Ali has always been passionate about food, but it was her simultaneous battles with cancer and Lyme disease that inspired Ali to truly explore her love of food and launch a business. She began by creating Bare Life's coconut hot cocoa mix - organic, Kosher, vegan, gluten-free, Paleo, and produced locally - and by writing Bare Life’s hot cocoa-centric recipes. She was also recently named one of the Hartford Business Journal’s and Connecticut Magazine’s Top 40 under 40.

Bare Life will be donating part of their profits for the month of June to the Loving Communities Fund & Schott Foundation for Public Education, Journey 4 Justice, Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools & Dignity in Schools Campaign in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and communities of color impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Connect with Bare Life: 

Bare Life website

Bare Life Pinterest **Crave-worthy allergen-friendly foods & recipes. Hot Cocoa - Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Vegan, Paleo, Kosher, Organic, Non-GMO, Corn Free & Soy Free.

Bare Life  Instagram

Bare Life Facebook

Bare Life Twitter

Bare Life YouTube

Shop Bare Life on Amazon:

Bare Life on Amazon

Hot Cocoa Stand Up Pouches on Amazon

Hot Cocoa Boxes on Amazon

Big news from one of our sponsors Ralphie’s Retreat! Mighty Milo the feline leukemia rescue cat has a book that is available now over at Amazon.

All the proceeds go to Ralphies Retreat.

We hope you take the time to check out the book and share it. The cost is only $10 and the story is about how Mighty Milo takes on the problem of a runaway virus that makes people sick. With a little good intention and some magical help, he changes things for the better in a hurry.

Purchase Mighty Milo on Amazon 

Remember you can become a supporter here on Anchor for as little as $0.99 a month or at our Healing is in Your Hands Patreon!  Patreon subscribers get access to additional content.

Production of Healing is in Your Hands is by Andrea Muraskin with musical interludes by Craig Norton.

Follow us on all our social platforms:

Facebook and Instagram @healingisinyourhands

Twitter  @HealingIsInYou1

Snapchat at Feral20 and Earthwalker11

Kim and Erik welcome guests Lucy Meigs and Victoria Boccalatte of Everyone Outside. Everyone Outside is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Connecticut that provides opportunities for people of all ages to spend time outside learning about and appreciating their natural environment.

Their goal is to help people connect with the natural world on a personal level, in order to promote healthy living and environmental stewardship.

You can learn more about Everyone Outside by visiting them at

https://www.everyoneoutside.org/

EO Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/everyoneoutside/

EO Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/eonatureconnection/

Big news from one of our sponsors Ralphie’s Retreat! Mighty Milo the feline leukemia rescue cat has a book that is available now over at Amazon.

All the proceeds go to Ralphies Retreat.

We hope you take the time to check out the book and share it. The cost is only $10 and the story is about how Mighty Milo takes on the problem of a runaway virus that makes people sick. With a little good intention and some magical help, he changes things for the better in a hurry.

Purchase Might Milo on Amazon by clicking the link below.

https://tinyurl.com/ybyf4h6a

Remember you can become a supporter here on Anchor for as little as 99 cents a month or over at our Healing is in Your Hands Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/healingisinyourhands Patreon subscribers get access to additional content.

Production of Healing is in Your Hands is by Andrea Muraskin with musical interludes by Craig Norton.

Follow us on all our social platforms:

Facebook and Instagram @healingisinyourhands 

Twitter  @HealingIsInYou1,

and on Snapchat at Feral20 and Earthwalker11

This episode is a recording of a virtual meditation that Erik led along with master medicinal aromatherapist John Odlum.  You might remember John - he was our guest way back on the fourth episode of the show.  For years now, John and Erik have been holding live events that combine aromatherapy, qi gong, guided meditation and sound healing - typically around each solstice and equinox.  This spring, In light of the coronavirus pandemic,  they decided to take the event online. We're so pleased to bring this immersive experience to the podcast. You can watch a video recording of the meditation here. 

Erik and John are continuing to offer virtual qi gong essence meditations on some Sundays at 4pm EDT. The next one will take place April 19. Sign up here. 

Learn more about John Odlum at tru-elements.com or search for Tru Elements on Facebook. If you missed our initial episode with John go back and listen after this one - it's a barrel of laughs, and NSFW- unless of course you're working from home!

Support Healing is in Your Hands on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/healingisinyourhands

Production of Healing is in Your Hands is by Andrea Muraskin with musical interludes by Craig Norton. Follow us on all our social platforms: Facebook and Instagram @healingisinyourhands, Twitter  @HealingIsInYou1, and on Snapchat at Feral20 and Earthwalker11

Testing out some new tech from their respective homes, Kim and Erik take a break from holistic healing to discuss some of life's big questions: like Android or iOS, beach or mountains, books or TV, and mushrooms or elderberries?  Plus, some of the antics of their furry friends.  Enjoy this moment of levity and of course, lots of laughter. 

Our guest Kelli Joy is a massage therapist who integrates sound healing in sessions with her clients. She also works with aromatherapy, leads ecstatic dance events, practices chanting and is a student of Amma, the hugging saint. (Erik also shares a great Amma story in this episode!) Kelli is based in the Hartford, Connecticut area.

To book a massage, energy work or a personal sound healing session with Kelli, text 860-508-0213 or email [email protected]. For info on upcoming ecstatic dance events join the Facebook group Ecstatic Dance Hartford. To learn about the camp where Kelli received her gong training with master teacher Mitch Nur, visit https://www.9ways.org/event-schedule

Support Healing is in Your Hands on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/healingisinyourhands 

Production of Healing is in Your Hands is by Andrea Muraskin with musical interludes by Craig Norton.   Follow us on all our social platforms: Facebook and Instagram @healingisinyourhands, Twitter  @HealingIsInYou1, and on Snapchat at Feral20 and Earthwalker11