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Heart-Healing Retreat

People coming together in a harmonious natural setting for an inspired training that sets their spirit soaring is the best description for a RAYKI School retreat. On October 18-19, experience the glories of a southern autumn at the Lionsgate Heart-Healing Retreat held at the Sanctuary Lodge near Asheville, North Carolina. The weekend includes guided meditation, group sharing, mandala paintings, divine self-portraits and more. Most importantly, participants will experience the release of the chaotic energy, or the “dis-ease area.”

Founder Makiko Fliss, PhD, understands that in order to truly love another person, you have to love yourself first and designs the training to help participants unlock the secret to healing the heart.

Fliss explains, “We come together to ‘fix’ our broken hearts, but soon realize that our hearts are not broken. We simply need more space to expand so that we can love ourselves even deeper with an ever-expanding flow of consciousness.”

For more information about upcoming retreats or sessions with Makiko Fliss, text 609-495-4229, email [email protected] or visit RAYKIschool.com.

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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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