Aedes Venus Genetrix is a sanctuary blending the ancient with the modern for those with different or alternative beliefs, providing activities, assistance and community outreach covering topics, and offering various workshops, on ritual & ceremony, herbs, healing, education, arts, food, drink, mysticism, metaphysics, ancient/classical traditions, interpersonal relationships, tantra, intimacy, family , children and society, history, archeology, anthropology and pleasurable social activities.

Lo, when I wander anxiously through all the city in the dark, in the dark Venus is there to keep me safe, and lets no one cross my path to wound my body with his steel or seize my garments for his prize. Tibullus Liber Primus II, 25-28

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Natural Medicine and Ionic Detoxification

Family Herbalist: Clayton College of Natural Health
Certificate Course; Anatomy/Physiology Online course, www.alternativemedicine.com
Master Herbalist, Sage Mountain School; The Science and Art of Herbalism
Continued and Previous advanced training in Botanical Medicine.
Natural Medicine practice since 1995.
Naturopathic Practioner, 3 year internship – Dr. Deborahe Prock ND

Barefoot Approach to Natural Healing

Going back to nature to achieve good health with Herbs, Dietary, Homeopathic Remedies, Supplements, and detoxification; with emphasis on treatments complimentary to any traditional medical treatments you may be currently using.

Herbal Remedies

To help reduce the cost and assure the freshest herbal compounds, I make many of the tinctures, teas and formulas that you may need.
Educational information on each of the herbs are supplied with every formula, refills are available by mail.

Alternative Healing

Ionic Footbath Detoxification

Many people are finding success ridding their bodies of unwanted toxins. The Ionic Footbath allows detoxification through the skin. Through the detoxification we can view the toxins affecting the body and determine the health problems that occur as a result.
Initial consultations include a detailed written evaluation of the toxins viewed during the ionic footbath with suggestions for detoxification.

Detoxification can assist in the following areas:

Enhancing the Immune System
Assist in recovery time from injuries and surgery
Relieve pain and stiffness from arthritis
Improve sleep patterns
Remove Heavy Metals and environmental toxins
Improve Liver and Kidney Function

Jyll Reneé, Master Herbologist
jyllrenee@comcast.net

Three Locations:

Home Office
45 Cambridge court
Anderson, Indiana 46012

Holistic Healing Arts
8607 W. Smith
Yorktown, Indiana, 47396

Days Healthy Living
1110 S. Peru Street
Cicero, Indiana 46034

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Our staff has several Traditional and Non-Traditional Degrees, Licenses and Certifications which qualify us not only as investigators but also in many areas of additional support to our clients.

Our goal is not only to assist and help our clients but to take this field of interest from a pseudo-science to a respected field of study and research utilizing scientific methods and theory towards the eventual goal of factual proof.

All are welcome to join in an Investigation to research Paranormal, Parapsychological, Metaphysical, and Natural Manifestations and Phenomena locally. Share skills, experiences, research and experience all aspects and Phenomena of the Paranormal, Metaphysics and Natural realms. Our staff has several Traditional and Non-Traditional Degrees, Licenses and Certifications which qualify us not only as investigators but also in many areas of additional support to our clients.  Novice, skeptics, technical and experienced are all welcome to join us in organized research situations.

Off and onsite training will be offered to all researchers including a certification program. Novice, skeptics, technical and experienced are all welcome to join us in organized research situations. Participation is purely volunteer and is a great way to meet people of like-mind with an opportunity to do something worthwhile.

If you have a situation, problem or manifestation you would like investigated please do not hesitate to call.

HELP LINE(615) 509 6785
(If no answer, please leave message.)

All inquiries and research are private and confidential, and investigative services are free of charge to our clients.

Please Do NOT use HELP LINE to apply for membership.

NATIONAL PARANORMAL RESEARCH; NASHVILLE
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We are a NON-PROFIT team of Paranormal Investigators whose primary goal is to document, and hopefully someday scientifically prove the existence of ghosts. We strive to educate the public, and help those who live with hauntings helping with their fears and experiences. We use both simple and high-tech electronic equipment to document and substantiate our experiences.  We investigate Historical public places, commercial properties, and private residences, and although we are based in Burns, Tennessee, we enjoy traveling to investigate haunted sites around the country. We are a serious group of professionally-minded adults who believe that skepticism is healthy, and that all reasonable explanations should be ruled out prior to declaring an experience to be paranormal in nature. 

If you think you might have a haunting and like us to Investigate it or have any questions about the paranormal.   Please feel free to contact us through Volunteer State Paranormal Research  or email us at  Vsparanormal@aol.com. All information given to us by the client is kept confindentional and treated in a professional matter. Any evidence collected during a private investigation will be shared with the client and they will receive a full written report. 

Many thanks 

Mike Sears 

Director of  Volunteer State Paranormal Research 

ABOUT OUR TEAM MEMBERS 

DIRECTOR: MIKE SEARS 

Mike has had experiences of the paranormal most of his life Starting around at a very young age of 5  when he saw his first spritit/ghost and later in life Mike had a life changing paranormal experience in 1994 that got him more interested in to finding answers to the other side.( you can hear about this story on our posting of Mike on Haunt the Hunters paranormal radio show, the show was recorded and you can replay it if you like to listen to it ) In 2006 Mike joined a Paranormal investigating team in Middle Tennessee with his wife Monique  to learn the various ways of investigating and to be able to help others understand what they are experiencing and to help further his knowledge and understanding of the unknown of life after death. 

Mike has been Investigating for just  over 3 years with various Paranormal teams in the Middle Tennessee area and has investigated through out the state of Tennessee,Kentucky and parts of Alabama. Some well known haunted places like Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville,Kentucky,Sloss Furnace, in Birmingham,Alabama, Octagon Hall,Franklin,KY and Many other areas of Middle Tennessee.  Mike was Nominated this year  2009 By the International Paranormal Acknowledgement Awards  for National Male Paranormal Investigator and best in Spirit Photography. 

Mike Served in the Us Air Force in the Security Police and is a Veteran of Desert Shield and Storm. Mike Moved to Middle Tennessee in 2005 with his wife Monique and their 2 children from Florida . 

Also Mike is a WWII living historian(reenactor)  and teaches history at public events across the Southeast and Volunteers as a Docent at a local Museum in Dickson,TN so he can learn more about the State of Tennessee and the local history. 

Lead Investigator 

Monique Sears 

Monique became interested in the paranormal as a teenager, and even more so, in her twenties when her mother passed away. 

Monique joined a paranormal team in 2006 to learn about investigating and the paranormal. She has worked with other teams in the Middle Tennessee area as well to learn various ways of investigating. She strives to inform, help people, and collect true evidence of life after death. She has investigated in KY, TN, and AL, in both private and public locations. 

Visit our website:  Volunteer State Paranormal Research

THE MAHARISHI AYURVEDA STORY

Our Goal

Our goal is to help every individual enjoy total health. The ideal of total health goes back much farther than 1985, when we incorporated in the U.S. as Maharishi Ayurveda Products International.

The original science of health is as old as the human race. It’s called ayurveda, which is Sanskrit for “science of life.” The written records of this complete system of natural health care are about 5,000 years old. From age to age, sages and physicians have rediscovered this timeless health wisdom.

In 1980, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of the Transcendental Meditation program, began working with three of India’s top ayurvedic experts, Dr. V.M. Dwivedi, Dr. B.D. Triguna and Dr. Balaraj Maharishi. They revived the ancient knowledge of health and called it Maharishi Ayurveda. They formed a medical council that created our authentic herbal formulas according to the ayurvedic texts. They also established an international network of doctors, clinics and schools that are dedicated to eliminating disease and offering perfect health to the people of every nation.

We invite you to join our quest for total health for yourself, your family and your world.

DANIELA SALES
Body & Mind LLC

Daniela Sales has been teaching and studying variety of holistic healing skills and arts for creative and holistic wellness since 2004. Through her work at Body&Mind LLC and The Avokado Studio she creates educational and practical classes and workshops to empower and motivate her clients to rediscover their innate wellbeing and to allow themselves to enjoy abundance of blessings Mother Nature has provided us with.

Daniela Sales teaches how to use herbs, oils, aromatherapy, and foods on daily basis to improve one’s holistic lifestyle. Along with that she also teaches various ways of incorporating energy healing techniques and meditation into one’s daily life.

As a coach and educator it is her most sincere goal to empower you to make wise health supporting choices in your daily life to support wellness on all levels of your being – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

Through personal consultations, practical classes and workshops, herbal and oil creations, Reiki, crystal balancing, and guided meditations Daniela provides guidance and support for healthful and creative holistic lifestyle.

The most popular class series has been the 12-Week Class on Creating Your Personal Detox Protocol. Through this class you are guided to create your own personal and very thorough whole body detox protocol along with all the herbal and food formulas needed to complete it. You are not only ready to put it to work after the class, but are also able to recreate it along with all the herbal formulas for many years to come.

Daniela Sales is Reiki Master Teacher and is trained in: Spiritual Energy Work, Meditation Facilitating, Crystal and Gemstone Healing, Herbalism and Regression Work. As a lifelong student she continues and furthers her studies and knowledge of Natural Health and Holistic Wellness at the Clayton College of Natural Health.

In the passion for empowering others to create their own wellness through a holistic lifestyle, Daniela has created the Avokado Studio of Arts for Creative Living and Body&Mind LLC store for holistic health and beauty at http://bodyandmmindstl.com.

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DANIELA SALES
Reiki Master Teacher and Wellness Coach
The Avokado Studio of Arts for Creative Living
Home of Body&Mind LLC natural products for holistic health and beauty
daniela@bodyandmindstl.com
Phone: 314 599 3649
http://bodyandmindstl.com

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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries millions of immigrants from around the world set sail for America and the hope of a better life. Germans, Italians, Irish and Russians headed for New York, Boston, Chicago and other large cities, while many Scandinavians settled in North Dakota and Minnesota on land that closely resembled their homesteads in Sweden and Norway.

August Swanson left his home in Sweden and headed to North Dakota in the mid-1890s, making his new home in Fargo. He met and married Selma Nelson and in 1915 their son Leland was born. Raised on the plains of North Dakota, Leland grew to appreciate nature and the beauty of wheat and barley fields waving in the summer breeze.

Leland and Verna Swanson just before Leland left for the South Pacific in World War II

An idyllic lifestyle in North Dakota in the 1930s was interrupted in the ‘40s. Like millions of other young American men, Leland answered his country’s call to serve in World War II. Just before he left for duty in the South Pacific, Leland married Verna Nelson and looked forward to the day he would return.

Leland made it through the war safely and was discharged from service in 1945. He returned to Fargo and took up life as a stockbroker, helping others invest in the new, booming future of America. Life couldn’t get much better. He and Verna started a family with sons Jay, born in 1948, and Leland, Jr. (Lee), born in 1951.

Golf was a passion for Leland Swanson. He enjoyed playing the game and, more importantly, he enjoyed the people he met on the course. But in the late 1950s Leland noticed it was becoming more difficult to play golf. Arthritis was setting in and Leland began looking for help. While local doctors were treating him, Leland wasn’t getting much relief and his focus turned to the study of health.

Leland began reading everything he could get his hands on that had anything to do with arthritis and health in general. He immersed himself in the writings of Paul Bragg and Adelle Davis, early pioneers in the natural health movement.

Paul Bragg is often called the “father of the health movement.” A dynamic crusader for worldwide health and fitness, Bragg created the first health foods and products; opened the first health food store and spa in America; pioneered health lectures across the country; introduced juice therapy in America and much more. He changed the lives of millions worldwide in all walks of life with his Bragg Health Crusades, books, radio and TV appearances.

Referred to as the “first lady of nutrition,” Adelle Davis was one of the country’s best-known nutritionists. She graduated from the  University of California at Berkeley and took postgraduate work at Columbia University and the University of California at Los Angeles before receiving her Master of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Southern California Medical School. She later worked as a consulting nutritionist with physicians at the Alameda County Health Clinic and the William E. Branch Clinic in Hollywood as well as seeing patients referred to her by numerous specialists.

After planning individual diets for more than 20,000 people suffering from almost every known disease, Adelle Davis gave up consulting work to devote her time to her family, lecturing and writing. She was the author of four best-selling books, Let’s Cook it Right, Let’s Have Healthy Children, Let’s Get Well and Let’s Eat Right to Keep Fit.

Leland read books, attended health lectures and loved to talk about health with anyone who would listen. He began taking nutritional supplements, beginning with vitamin E that he ordered from Sturdees, one of the first health supplement outlets in the country.

As his knowledge of nutrition expanded, Leland took more and varied nutritional supplements, seeking to focus on overall health. By 1968 he was ordering quite a variety and he began to think about ordering by bulk to keep up his supply of supplements. He also thought it would be great if he could share his newfound support system with others. He ordered 5,000 vitamin E capsules from a manufacturer in Ohio, purchased an advertisement in Capper’s Weekly Magazine and began selling supplements through the mail. It didn’t take long before Leland ordered other nutritional supplements for resale and put together a small catalog that he mailed to potential customers. Swanson Health Products was born.

Leland Swanson circa 1969 when Swanson Health Products opened its doors

When Leland decided to sell nutritional supplements and bring the potential for better health to the doorsteps of the nation, he also set ground rules for Swanson Health Products (SHP), declaring that “the satisfaction and goodwill of our valued customers is our most important asset.” He pledged to “provide the world’s finest dietary supplements at the lowest possible prices with honest, outstanding customer service.” Those founding principles form the rock upon which SHP still stands.

In 1969, when SHP began operations, Leland’s oldest son Jay was working fulltime at a bank in Fargo. Younger son Lee was still in school and helped his father as much as possible. Lee (now president of SHP) was actually the first employee of SHP. The two began offering a line of basic nutritional supplements in the 1970s and, as more people found out about the quality, pricing and service offered by SHP, the company began to grow. In 1975 Jay Swanson quit his job at the local bank and joined his father and brother to help with the expanding business. “We went from zero customers in 1969 to about 30,000 by 1979,” Lee later noted.

In 1980 SHP was operating with about 10 employees out of a storefront in downtown Fargo. In 1982 the company moved its mail order manufacturing and shipping operations to a 15,000 sq. ft. facility in Fargo’s Industrial Park.

But as the company was growing in 1982, tragedy struck. Leland Swanson died. His sons vowed to carry on the tradition that Leland had started and lived for, and headed toward Leland’s ultimate goal of “bringing wellness to the world.”

Lee Swanson, left, and his brother Jay, right, with Mark Naumann, a banker who helped Swanson Health Products in the early years

As SHP expanded, the company grew out of its warehouse facility and began renting extra space around the city of Fargo to accommodate the bulk of supplements being ordered by a society that had undergone a rebirth of health consciousness. In 1996 tragedy struck the company again when Jay Swanson died, leaving the heritage of commitment to a healthy America solely in the hands of Lee Swanson, Jr.

Now operating a company with over 200 employees, Lee announced in a general meeting of the SHP staff that the company would move on with an even greater commitment to quality products, low prices and customer service.

Under Lee’s direction, SHP has continued a rapid rate of growth. At the turn of the new millennium, SHP moved into a brand new 120,000 sq. ft. facility that allows the company to house its call center, customer care center, marketing, manufacturing, storage and shipping under one roof. The new building is currently undergoing an expansion process and more growth of the facility is planned in the immediate future. To handle the great influx of orders, manufacturing and mailing, SHP now employs 500 people.

The development of the SHP website, swansonvitamins.com in the 1990s opened another avenue of service to meet the needs of customers. The website offers products, product descriptions, and a wide variety of health-related information, all available at the fingertips of SHP customers.

As SHP grows it has a greater opportunity to give back to the community that nurtured it. SHP and its employees support Fargo and its residents through donations of time and money to numerous ventures like United Blood Services, Holiday Clearing Bureau, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Roger Maris Cancer Center, Fargo Senior Commission Meals on Wheels, Special Olympics, Family Planning/Cass County Health, United Way, and much more.

Lee Swanson, President of Swanson Health Products

“We take our responsibilities of corporate citizenship very seriously,” said Lee Swanson. “Fargo has been very good to us. This is our hometown and it is our duty to support the community in any way we can.”

Of course the main focus of SHP is taking care of its customers. “We treat people like we like to be treated,” Lee said. “One of our major concerns from the very beginning was that our customers would feel like we were treating them like real people, not just numbers or dollar signs. We believe that our customers are our most important assets. That’s why we try to deal with our customers on a personal, one-to-one basis, not through pre-recorded messages.”

“I like the way L.L. Bean Company describes a customer,” Lee said. “They say ‘a customer is the most important person ever in this company—in person or by mail. A customer is not dependent on us, we are dependent on him. A customer is not an interruption of our work, he is the purpose of it. We are not doing a favor by serving him, he is doing us a favor by giving us the opportunity to do so. A customer is not someone to argue or match wits with. Nobody ever won an argument with a customer. A customer is a person who brings us his wants. It is our job to handle them profitably to him, and to ourselves’.”

“Besides treating our customers well,” Lee said, “we are in the unique position of being able to offer products direct to customers without going through a middle-man. Because of that fact, we are able to save customers 50% to 70% on their nutritional supplement expenditures. And those savings are on some of the highest quality products in the world. We feature the top brand ingredients, like Pycnogenol® pine bark extract, CitriMax® Garcinia cambogia, LipoSan ULTRA® chitosan, Tonalin® CLA, ChromeMate™ chromium, Phase 2® white kidney bean extract, VitaBlue™ wild blueberry, Albion® chelated minerals, FloraGLO® lutein, Lyc-O-Mato® lycopene, and many more. We bend over backwards to bring these fine ingredients to our customers at the best prices possible.”

SHP goes another step beyond its competitors by offering powerful guarantees. All products are backed by a 100% Satisfaction, Money-Back Guarantee and Double the Difference Lowest Price Guarantee. If you are not satisfied with your purchase for any reason, simply return the unused portion for a full refund of the purchase price. If you find a product priced lower in any competitor’s catalog, let us know and we’ll refund you two times the price difference.

As SHP moves closer to its 40th anniversary, Lee Swanson speaks to the company’s success. “At Swanson Health Products, we treat every customer like we would treat a good friend or neighbor, and I think most people appreciate that. When you shop with Swanson, you can expect fast, friendly, personal service every time. Unlike most other companies, when you call Swanson, you get to talk to a real person, not a machine. That means if you have questions, you get answers. If you have a problem with your order, you get the personal attention you need to solve it promptly. It’s hard to put a dollar value on service like that, but I think it makes a huge difference. When all is said and done, our affordable prices are probably the main reason most of our customers first start shopping with Swanson, but our outstanding customer service is the main reason they keep coming back. It’s like my dad said back at the beginning, ‘the satisfaction and goodwill of our valued customers is our most important asset’.”   ]]> http://www.luminearth.com/2010/01/04/swanson-health-products/feed/ 0 http://www.luminearth.com/2010/01/04/john-ayo-n-d/ http://www.luminearth.com/2010/01/04/john-ayo-n-d/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:46:03 +0000 Becki Baumgartner http://www.luminearth.com/?p=235 John has spent over 30 years researching mind/body/spirit topics. He worked in sales for IBM for 20 years, where the stress of “Corporate America” caused him to examine his priorities in life. He began having health issues around 1999 that could not be addressed by the traditional medical model of “fixing symptoms”. This led him on an amazing journey back to health…and to his true passion.

John grew up in Houston, and graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M in civil engineering, where he went on to receive his MBA. This problem solving background has played a huge part in John’s passion for natural health, where he continues to spend many hours researching the cause of health issues.

This quest led John to pursue a Doctorate in Naturopathy (ND), which he completed in 2006. Naturopathy is a field of holistic or natural health that seeks to understand the cause of imbalances in the body that lead to symptoms, and educate people on the principles and lifestyle changes they can make to correct these imbalances.

His mission is to make a positive and meaningful difference in people’s lives by sharing the information that he has researched on natural health solutions. He attracts clients who are interested in taking responsibility for their health, and learning about ways to balance mind, body and spirit.

He and his wife Michelle live in Plano with their boy/girl twins.

John uses a variety of energy/biofeedback devices in his practice to help balance the energetic fields of his clients. He also works with several professional lines of supplements to help provide the nutrition that our bodies need to thrive.

Juice Plus
Young Living Essential Oils

Dr. Mercola, the New York Times best-selling author, has helped countless people to reach their health and weight loss goals. An osteopathic physician, board certified in family medicine, Dr. Mercola is passionate about empowering people to take control of their health using solely natural means.

Dr. Mercola’s natural health Web site, www.Mercola.com, has been the most visited natural health site on the Internet, with over 12 million page views every month. More than 1 million people subscribe to Dr. Mercola’s free e-mail newsletter, which has been in circulation since 1998.

Both national and local media have featured Dr. Mercola’s health and nutrition advice, including ABC News with Peter Jennings, The Today Show, CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox News.

After graduating from both the University of Illinois and the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Mercola served as the chairman of the department of family medicine at St. Alexius Hospital in Hoffman Estates, IL. In 1985, he founded The Optimal Wellness Center in Schaumburg, IL, which quickly became well-known for its whole-body approach to medicine.

Dr. Mercola’s best-selling books have taken the country by storm, offering simple and natural solutions to the chronic ills facing so many people. Most of all, Dr. Mercola’s philosophy centers on using food, exercise, stress management, and lifestyle approaches to tap into your body’s inherent ability to heal.

Through his decades of experience, he has been able to successfully help people recover from chronic illnesses — typically without using drugs or surgery. Today, Dr. Mercola continues to share his health knowledge with the world through his Web site and his all-new clinic, The Natural Health Center. Ultimately, he hopes to transform the disease-centered conventional medical paradigm in the United States, into one of healing, transformation, and personal empowerment.

On a personal level, Dr. Mercola has been an active runner since 1968, and completed the Chicago Marathon in just over three hours. He has also been a computer hobbyist since 1985, with an interest in the Internet that dates back to the early 1990s. It is now through this venue that Dr. Mercola is able to speak to the world, exposing the many problems with modern health care, and conferring with the top experts in the world on how to fix them.

At the most basic level, whether you are a patient at The Natural Health Center, or a member of the Mercola.com community, Dr. Mercola wants you to know how to become healthy, and he has dedicated his life to making that happen.

Leo is a practicing Native American Spiritualist; he incorporates Shamanistic type practices, Journeying Drumming Group Leader, Reiki Master, Integrated Energy Therapy (IET) Master Instructor and also practices several other types of Alternative Healing Techniques. 

He practices out of Glasgow, KY and leads instruction through the GLASGOW REIKI MEETUP GROUP.

The Glasgow Reiki Meetup Group is a local group of healers and those who want to learn more about Reiki and other Energy healing modalities.

Together the group experiences various Energy Healing methods. This Meet-up group is also for those interested in Spiritualism, Meditation, Native American Spirituality, Shamanistic type work, and Drumming circles.  The group offers monthly gatherings and occasional classes, including drumming circles, Shamanistic drumming / Journeying, potlucks, and gatherings to raise the vibration of the Planet.

The group was originally created to bring together like minded individuals who are on a spiritual path. The steps for inner growth can be a challenging and sometimes daunting task. Our own fears and misunderstandings can often derail our progress before it even begins.

Visit Glasgow Reiki Meetup Group at: http://reiki.meetup.com/534/

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