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Experience a Vision Quest Retreat in the Catskill Mountains

Come for a powerful weekend of ceremony, journeys, transformation, and rebirth with Shaman Janet StraightArrow. Give yourself the gift to pause and relax to go inside and discover your authentic voice, needs, choices, and inner wisdom. The quest begins at sign-up with regular emails to support each participant’s process in preparation for the three-day-weekend held on August 20-22 in Accord, New York. We awaken clarity, life purpose, and joy as we break through any illusions, fears, and ego. 

A Toltec Mitote Saturday raises our energy and prepares us for our time to vision on the land Sunday. This is a gentle yet powerful, life-changing weekend. StraightArrow has been holding Vision Quest retreats as a part of her purpose for 20 years. Profound healing, love, and movement occur. The dates were chosen on a full moon weekend to empower the process. 

“A retreat with Janet is coming home. Janet’s teachings emerge from a place of unconditional love. You come away with you and your life forever changed. Making a choice to work with Janet is giving yourself the most beautiful gift in the world” states a recent participant.

The retreat is located on sacred land with clean cabin accommodations or bring a personal tent. Hot showers and flush toilets are available. Sign-up early as the number of participants is limited.

For more information, visit BeTheMedicine.com/events/. For questions, call Janet at 973-647-2500 or email [email protected]. See ad, page 7.

In-Print, Community June 2021
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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