Despite recently passed healthcare reform legislation, the state of America’s healthcare system is confounding, at best, to most people. With costs for insurance premiums and medical expenses rising above what most families can afford, perhaps the time has come to shift our focus to wellness and preventive care rather than the traditional after-the-fact emergency system.
I never knew too much about James Arthur Ray’s breakthrough project, The Secret. The bits I’d heard about it actually pissed me off and scared me, in equal parts, like all of those one-size-fits-all, self-help, get-rich-quick schemes. As irenic as their intentions may be, they are not much more than snake oil sales for the 21st century. Matters of Spirit (or even spirit) can not be simplified into a five-word catchphrase, a five-minute visualization, or a five-step process.
In this week’s adventure, we talk to healer Scott Schwenk who studies and practices an amazing breath work technique under the mentorship of David Elliott. An awfully gifted healer, Scott has been utilizing different modalities since he was a kid, ranging from holographic re-patterning to reiki, but he feels this breath work is his life’s calling.
This adventure focuses on food and nutrition as the foundation of good overall health as seen through the eyes of RN/Pilates instructor/nutritionist Tara Jeffery. It’s amazing what eating real food and getting the proper balance of nutrients can do for so many aspects of our lives. We have our own form of health care reform available at our nearest farmers’ market.