Volume 4 Issue 2 May 1999
Welcome to spring! Now that the sagebrush is blooming and your allergies are budding, along with your exaggerated thoughts about how you’ll look in a bikini In this issue I thought I’d give you some shape up tips along with some herbal help for allergies. So whip out your trunks, blow your nose and let’s take a look at what you can do…
Get Thin Quick!
Spring is here and with it comes the thought of baring more of your body. If this is a dreadful thought for you, don’t worry, there is herbal help on the way! If you are ready to slim down, follow my personal, tried and true "SRPING MELT DOWN" regime below.
Remember that each body is different—DO NOT try this program if:
- You are pregnant or nursing
- Have a heart condition or other serious illness
- Are on serious medications
If you are already on a program, but want to loose weight fast, you can stop your other herbs and replace them with this program for two to four weeks. Then return to your other program. However, since you will be lighter, your body may require less of the herbs you were taking beforehand. Adjust them as needed or come back to seem me for a check up to help you get you back on track.
Here’s the program:
Purchase NSP’s Nature’s Thermo Trim--This is a complete 30-day weight loss herbal program. If you only have 5-10 pounds to loose, you may only need this program for 7-14 days.
Thermo Trim Contains:
Fen-Chi—Nature’s safer alternative to the Rx Fen-fen
Garcinia combo—The fruit of the Garcinia proves to be an appetite suppressant, inhibits the conversion of excess carbohydrates to fat and increases the body’s stores of energy fuel.
Fat Grabbers—The fiber in this product grabs the dietary fat before your body has a chance to absorb it. It cleanses and strengthens the bowel and can be beneficial if you are trying to lower cholesterol.
SF (Skinny Formula)—Serves to depress the appetite, give energy, help balance the glands and cleanses the digestive and urinary tract. This is one of my favorites taken alone too. Contains a mixture of chickweed, dandelion, cascara sagrada, licorice root, safflowers, black walnut, parthenium, gotu kola, hawthorn, papaya, and fennel.
Collatrim—provides amino acids, which help burn fat and help rebuild muscle tissues. (Remember muscle burns fat.)
Drink ½ your body weight in ounces of water daily. As an example, if you are 130 pounds, you need 65 ounces of water minimum, daily. That’s a little more than 8 cups. Add an extra four cups of water to every one cup of coffee or soda you drink!
Do not eat anything three to four hours before bedtime. Digestion and metabolism slows as the day goes on. Eating too late will add pounds and interfere with a good night’s sleep. Follow this rule and you will be pleased with a "thinner" feeling when you wake up.
Each morning do any or all of the following:
And finally, if you REALLY want to loose weight fast, eliminate all bread products from your diet. The gluten in the bread you eat makes a pasty substance in the intestines, which can build up and inhibit proper digestion. If we don’t di-gest right we can’t live-jest right! Malabsorption can make you more hungry, more often. Try corn chips, soups, salads, baked potatoes, tacos, stews, chili, fish, vegetables, yogurt, eggs, fruit and nuts IN PLACE OF breads, cereals, cakes, pastries & pastas for a while.
Final step: Thank me for your loss, which is my gainJ
Allergies Bee Gone
I am seeing many more of you lately for ear conings/candling. Although ear candling is very effective for removing the excess debris, mucus and ear wax created by your body, you might want to try some herbs that can help fight off the allergies in the first place.
Here are some remedies that you can try to give you relief this season:
Tips on homeopathic remedies
More is not better.
Only take a small amount at a time, use small amounts more often.
Do not touch dropper to your mouth.
Do not eat or drink anything but water 15 minutes before or after taking homeopathic medicine.
Homeopathics sometimes work instantaneously. Utilize a few drops under tongue as needed (every few hours) to maintain the results after you get relief.
Now, The News…
Wanted: Your Written Testimonials
Your words are worth BUCKS! I am consistently delighted when you call me, and tell me how well you are doing on your herbal programs. The only problem is that I want to share this information with others too, so I need it in writing. Your achievements are like a good report card so, from now until the year 2000 (that’s six months!) I am offering $5.00 off any appointment with me, if you mail/fax/e-mail me a written, signed testimonial about your success with your programs.
Include the following to "qualify":
- Your full name, address and date
- The condition you were in when you started (symptoms, etc.)
- The changes you have experienced since starting your program (even the little things count!)
- Mention what therapies (which herbs, supplements, reflexology, oils, etc.) have seemed to help you the most or list your entire program if you wish
Bring it with you to your next appointment for $5.00 discount. Fax it to me at 720-891-2723 or E-mail it to me at testimony@healingfeats.com or just send it in the mail to my address listed in this newsletter. I will make a note in your chart and you will receive $5.00 off your next appointment. If you have another testimonial to top your first, you can submit it, and you will receive a gift certificate for $5.00 off to give to anyone of your choice to apply to any of my services.
Note for the legal minded: By sending me these testimonials, you agree to allow me to use them with your full first name and the first initial of your last name for use in my books, web site and/or spa waiting room testimonial notebook.
Healing Feats List of Services & Fees Through 1999:
Iridology consultation—first appointment $60.00 Includes hand-outs, herbal handbook, 2 hour consult, iris photographed
Follow up Iridology consultation—30 minutes FREE Follow up, muscle testing, re-arranging program if necessary
Holistic Health Consultation Follow-ups thereafter $30.00 may include: emotional muscle testing, diet analysis, herbal program changes, homeopathy, general nutritional counseling & continuation of guidance toward healing goals
Reflexology—one hour $40.00 Foot and hand reflexology
Reflexology—1/2 hour $25.00 Feet only reflexology
Aromatherapy (with reflexology treatment) $5.00 Pure essential oils applied
Ear Coning 30-45 minutes $25.00
Colonic Irrigations--Not Yet Available
Mind Machine Sessions (adjunct to other therapy/consultation) 5-55 minutes $6.00 For relaxation/energizing/accelerated learning/creativity stimulation
Biofeedback (with reflexology treatment)—per request FREE
Don’t
Be An Idiot, Buy This Book
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Reflexology is ready for on-line purchasing through the internet and now located at your favorite bookstore. I know you have been anxious to get a signed copy :-) , so I will be sending you a postcard to announce when and where I will have my book signings. Look for your notification in your mailbox.
- Bookstore Owners: This title is availalable through Ingram 888-744-7931, Baker & Taylor or Macmillian Pearson.
- Health Food Store Owners & Health Professionals: To order wholesale for your store or office, Contact Nutri-Books 1-800-279-2048 and ask them to carry it, if they don't have it already, thanks!
Click on
the book to
order a copy through Amazon now :-)
You Really Need This Book, Too
In the meantime, I have written The
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Herbal Remedies and have sent to the publisher to
begin the process. This book will be longer than the Reflexology book (about 400 pages total), with less photos, but it is packed with
my favorite herbal remedies for about 100 ailments. 
Update: October 1999:
My second book, this one here, has just been released! Please order your copy now, and I'll sign it when I see you!
Click on the book to order through Amazon!
You can use this book as your personal guide to which herbs to take for specific ailments, in between your appointments with me! Besides just the ailments, I also cover herbs you can take during pregnancy and nursing, herbs for the elderly, pets, and herbs that interact with some medications. I even give you a recipe for an herbal first aid kit, herbal soap making, a little history of herb usage, and to top it off, what to look for when working with an herbalist. (But of course you already know that, right?) I am grateful and honored to have Louise Tenney, M.H. Author of dozens of herb books be my Technical Editor for this project!
I will be working on new books at the end of the summer, and I’ll keep you informed. In the plan are: Vegetarianism for the Executive & Business Traveler , A Holistic Nutritional Approach to Childhood Vaccinations and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Iridology!
Upcoming Classes
IRIDOLOGY/HERBS/MUSCLE TESTING CLASS
Sign up now to reserve your space for this summer’s Iridology, Herbal Remedies and Muscle Testing Certification course.
- Where: Boise area
- When: July 29-31
- Cost: $175.00
Instructor: Mary Frazee, Colorado health food store owner, herbalist, certified iridologist with over 20 years experience is a NSP District Manager and will be coming to Idaho to teach you.
For all Certificants, I will sponsor monthly follow-up meetings where you can come to refine your skills, get further questions answered, share successes, and get updated on new information from the field.
NEXT TLI BASIC HERBALISM CLASS
- Where: Boise
- When: August 6&7
- Cost: $175.00
Instructor: Frankie Avalon Wolfe
Sign up for this class with enclosed sign-up sheet. Enclose your check or credit card information made out to: Tree of Light Institute
This is a good class to anchor in the Iridology/herb/muscle testing class above. Get introduced to 50 herbs, taste test them and learn their properties.
Attention Talkative Boiseans
Are you a good speaker? If so, Toastmasters needs you. Could you stand to refine your speaking skills? If so, you need Toastmasters! So, join me the third Tuesday of every month at Boise Cascade Timber Talkers Toastmasters Meeting from 7:00AM to 8:00AM for an eye opening way to start your day. The club is geared toward personal growth through improved communication skills. Meet new folks and have a little fun. Be my free guest and check it out!
For more information, contact Toastmaster Jackie at Jackie_Zimmerman@bc.com
Healing Feats Spa Status
Slowly but surely the spa is coming together and its entrance is now sporting a redwood deck thanks to my beloved partner. I’m searching for the right tile and carpet combination for the floors, but soon you will be seeing me at this designated healing office.
Practitioners: please keep in mind that I would love to talk to you about practicing at the spa when it is ready to "launch". I will have a designated room or two for you and I welcome massage therapists, those who administer salt rubs, facials, herb wraps, colonic hydrotherapy specialists, and possibly nail technicians who utilize natural products only.
NEW WEB DOMAIN
Please take note of my new designated domain name for my web site and e-mail. My new web site and email is: www.healingfeats.com
Special Mentions
Kudos to Valarie Schupbach of Littleton, Colorado who’s heart led her to design and implement a back pack/school supply program for the surviving children of the Columbine High School tragedy. She managed to engage commercial organizations such as Wal-Mart, Jansport and many other private organizations in donating thousands of backpacks and cases of school supplies and backpacks to help the children make a fresh start. Her family and friends put thousands together and distributed them to not only Columbine children, but to children suffering similar tragedy in other states as well.
Thank you to Isabelle Hutton, RN, Academy of Natural Healing for your thorough Technical editing of my first book on reflexology. I appreciate all your input and hard work!
Essential Oils—Not All Created Equally
Grade A oils are undiluted oils and are very powerful as medicines. They are absorbed right into the body when applied. They can raise your body frequency, help fight off colds, stimulate thinking, release trauma and emotional blockages, help you loose weight, ease pain and stimulate healing.
I have had an independent testing lab test Nature’s Sunshine oils and another brand I was using. The NSP brand came out pure. The other oils, (whose label and advertising claimed to be 100% pure) came out almost 100% toxic synthetic materials! The chemicals contained in these oils can cause unpleasant side effects and even depression if used over a long period.
Moral of the story: I suggest that you stick to NSP’s oils or have a lab test a brand that you believe to be pure. Do your research first though, the testing procedures are extensive and very expensive. You should investigate thoroughly before you use any other than NSP’s. The more I try to be open minded to utilizing other products, the more I am grateful for NSP’s integrity, and the more disappointed and saddened I am in the greed in the holistic health field!
BACK TO SCHOOL
To continue to be the best I can be to help you achieve your health goals, as always, I continue my holistic health education. I am currently working on qualifying for my National Certification in Reflexology, the highest certification available in the U.S.
I am also seeking a 2-year Master Herbalist Certification program to deepen my knowledge of growing and making herbal preparation so that I am better able to instruct those of you interested in herbology from the ground up. Albeit I still plan to utilize herbs primarily in capsules as nutrition and medicine, I thought I’d try and "green" my thumbs. Maybe this is why they say it ain’t easy bein’ green.
I have just returned from the 3rd International Applied Iridology Congress in California where scientists, iridologists, ophthalmologists, optometrists, medical doctors, surgeons, researchers, herbalists, oh yes and me, gathered to learn about the applications of iridology and research. An Italian surgeon has found that your parents unresolved traumas are genetically passed to you and can be detected in your iris! French doctor and scientist invented a light machine that heals your body reflexly through the eye! Wow! Although I am not abandoning the practical iridology, be sure that I will continue my learning of these practices to bring their teachings to you too.
So stick with me and we’ll live a long life together. Wishing you health and wealth always!
In good health,
Frankie
- © 1999Frankie Avalon Wolfe
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