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The Medicine Wheel

The Inka Tradition of the Andes Workshop Series

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]s your past dictating your future? Does fear keep you from reaching your dreams? Transform how your past, fears and beliefs control your life through the journey of the Medicine Wheel. Learn the Inka tradition of the Andes during this five-weekend series in order to dive deep  through shamanic journey and transformational ceremony, working with the luminous (energetic) body to transform that which no longer serves and clear the Hucha (heavy energy) accumulated through life. The weekend sessions, beginning on Friday, March 4, in Lebanon, allow participants to receive the gifts of Andean Rites of Passage and initiations into the medicine way of the Q’ero people.

Taught by healer Pat Miller, a practitioner of Peruvian Shamanism for nearly a decade and practitioner of the healing arts for much longer, the workshop series is $265 per weekend. Clients also have the opportunity to save $250 by paying in full upfront for a total of $1075. Others have described her as “A talented healer who is deeply concerned with the wellbeing of her clients. Her kind and gentle manner puts her clients immediately at ease, enabling them to ground and center themselves… I have been awed by her deep wisdom and compassion.”

For more information and to register, call Pat Miller at 908-281-9222, email [email protected] or visit SpiritFlightSacredJourney.com. Pre-registration with deposit is required.

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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