After discovering how horrible some ingredients were that were found in supposedly "organic and natural" products, I  learned that many ingredients used can cause cancer and had other bad side effects. The skin is one of the primary eliminative organs, and if a person is putting toxic chemicals on the skin, then the skin has to do even more work to detoxify. In fact, many skincare ingredients can disrupt the endocrine system and other major systems in the body.

Gardening is a metaphor for the whole of life.  Soil work translates into soul work (notice there is one vowel difference between I and U).  Based on biodynamic principles, which works with plant preparations to heal the earth, this class will focus on how to open to nature intelligences in a co-creative partnership in designing, growing and harvesting the fruits of your garden.  Included is a wonderful visual presentation of community gardeners practicing these principles as well as hands-on charting and creating an energetically balanced garden for more vital-life (chi) food and using the BD preparations. As one learns to read the "Book of Nature", this co-creating partnership and healing of the land with BD homeopathic plant preparations becomes a "redemptive act" by healing the earth one garden at a time.

1. Colon health: our inner zoo (good bacteria and bad bacteria) 2. Candida overgrowth (personal story), and what to do about it. 3. Parasites 4. Impacted fecal matter 5. The roles of proper diet, herbs, essential oils 6. Step by step HOW TO do a herbal and coffee enema 7. The Gerson Technique (coffee enema) 8. Managing pain and detoxing symptoms while cleaning up our diet and colon.

How many women would you guess are mentioned in the scriptures? How many do you are mentioned by name? Would you be surprised to learn that there are almost 600 women mentioned in the scriptures! And that close to one-third of them are mentioned by name! In this class I will guide you through the scriptures to discover the women “hiding” within their pages. You will be surprised to discover that there are hundreds of women you’ve never even heard of before but whose stories possess powerful lessons applicable to our modern lives. The only reason people think there are not any women in the scriptures is because we just don’t talk about them!

Remember when you were little and the doctor would look at your fingernails and tongue to asses what was going on internally?   Whatever happened to doctors doing that?   And is that line on your neck ready just a result of age?   Is your dry skin really a result of the climate you live in?   What about age spots?  Are they inevitable?  

Green Smoothies: This class description will be edited. 1. How the digestive tract works, and why green smoothies is fast tracking nutrition 2. Greens: what they are and why they are important for our health and wellbeing 3. Fruit: what they are and why they are important for our health and well being 4. Variety and how to make green smoothies (demo and samples) handout: Green smoothie instructions and 101 Recipes

If we are constantly battling our children at home, how can we create an environment to build leaders? The most inspiring of all lessons taught in the home is that of a good parent/child relationship. There are no tricks to achieving children that govern themselves, while happily and willingly obeying the counsel of their parents. A working family government and atmosphere of acceptance and love turns the heart of a child to his/her parents. Don’t just parent your children; teach them the skills they need to govern themselves.   This class is for parents or grandparents of small children or teens, either happy or "out of control."  

If you are new to Foot Zone Therapy or you would like to know more about how Foot Zone Therapy works, or how one becomes a Foot Zone Therapist, this class is for you. In this class you will learn: A brief history of Foot Zone Therapy. The signal system of the body as connected to the feet.  The health benefits of Foot Zone Therapy. Basic skills a Foot Zone Therapist needs to lift other people.  What it takes to be a certified Foot Zone Therapist.  Kristen will also teach you a simple, hands on energy foot work that you can share with your family and loved ones.

Jo will be teaching how to make many different herbal preparations.  You will learn how easy it is to make your own ointments, tinctures, extracts and more.  Buying herbal preparations adds up quickly.  Making your own is fun and quite inexpensive.  You know exactly what goes into your product so you avoid using harmful ingredients.  You will be shown step by step process of how to make several different preparations that can be used at home and put in a first aid kit.  

You unknowingly create arguments - and not because of what you think the argument is about.  Most of what you know about communication is wrong, but you'll get everything you ever need to know about good marital communication in just 4 steps & 4 techniques.  Too simple?  Surprise!  Marital communication doesn't have to be difficult - anyone can learn these essentials.  You'll receive a handout with the same diagram of 4 steps & 4 techniques just as they're presented in class - all reduced to under 100 words on one side of a sheet of paper (thus the class title).  Most LDS members are familiar with D&C 121:41-44.  Those verses teach the concepts in this presentation, but probably not how you've ever heard discussed before (same spirit/different approach).  These 90 minutes are packed with simple information to start using immediately.  Fasten your seatbelts - it's fast, but fun!

In a non-judgmental format, this class will include information about why this addiction is so strong, brain functions of addiction, why "good" people get caught up in it, how to identify underlying emotional issues, how to release the need to self-medicate, how to perform EFT, and how to use EFT systematically to treat the addiction. I've created a two-disc DVD set of EFT therapy sessions called "Tap for 28 Days-Overcoming Pornography Addiction." and a companion DVD "Healing for the Spouse of the Porn/Net Addict", if appropriate for the class, we will discuss and use info from that DVD.

Food storage is important in todays uncertain economy and getting the most nutrition for your money and efforts is something worth knowing.  Find out what blood type has to do with food, especially plant protein foods.  Why purchase and store foods that are disagreeable to your digestive system?  Learn how to combine certain grains, seeds and legumes  that can be soaked and cooked to produce a very tasty, complete protein meal that can be flavored for a hot breakfast or savory meal for lunch or dinner.   Samples of cooked Plant Protein Pilaf will be offered to guests that want to taste the finished product.  there are several ways to use this combined food and all of them taste good.    

1. Vitamix/Blendtek demo- either nut milk or a soup 2. Knife Demo with Excalibur Dehydrator demo: Easy breads/crackers 3. Processor Demo: Pate's/cheeses/dips Class will be able to watch how to use each kitchen tool safely, and how to use foods in a different way. I will be usuing sunflower seeds for the milk and pate's in case of people with nut allergies. Meals Demo'd are subject to change: As of 1/3/12 ideas for demo are- Seed Milk/soup Pizza Crackers Easy pate/sushi wrap Zuchini spaghetti with marinara sauce- spirooli demo A dessert: key lime pie? chocolate chip cookies? gogi bars? Mushroom Casserole (Need to test with sunflower seeds) Neatloaf? (has nuts... testing recipe with sunflower seeds)

One of the consequences of The Fall is the loss of incarnated, spiritual awareness as our senses and thoughts draw our attention out into the material world and away from our divine nature.  In this class you will learn how to re-incarnate your body with spiritual awareness and experience the pure and expansive nature of your soul and the presence and nature of God.  This form of meditation can supplement and enrich those who already have a meditation practice or be used as a beginning practice.  If you have tried and not been successful with mindfulness or mantra meditation, this might be the method for you.  Being able to access and maintain higher states of spiritual awareness through Resurrection Meditation reduces stress, empowers physical healing, and quickens spiritual growth.

Heirloom Seeds:  Starting and Saving Seeds      In the cycle of gardening, saving seeds is crucial to a garden's rhythm that only strengthens and enhances the food value of each succeeding plant generation.  Learn a new view of agriculture and gardening to reconnect with the earth and the cosmos, and the vital life-forces one can create using plant homeopathy to enliven seeds before planting and harvesting.  Come learn to sprout wheat in trays for wheatgrass and to grow trays of sunflower sprouts for live foods, how to start seeds, seed gathering and take home some heirloom seeds! Also, we will discuss building a redworm "condominimun" from kitchen compost for rich worm castings to enrich the soil.

A discussion of the mouth as the "gateway to the body" and the link between oral health and overall wellness.  The misconception of our teeth as merely tools rather than living, functioning parts of our bodies, the consequences of ignoring oral health, and the benefits to excellent oral health.  The vital role nutrition plays in dental wellness (as well as overall wellness).  The role of acid and sugar in tooth decay, and the use of probiotics to create optimal conditions for healthy teeth.  Discussion of the meridian tooth chart, thermography, the link between dental inflammation and breast cancer, the link between periodontal disease and other inflammatory diseases (such as arthritis, IBS, Chrone's disease, etc), mercury's role in disrupting health, the link between mercury, autism, and Alzheimer's, toxicity due to re-infection of root canals, cavitations and how to prevent them, and more.

Carolyn has studied and taught energy healing for 16 years and has seen a pressing need to extract and use only the purest, most centered practices in her work. Listen and learn as she answers the most commonly asked questions associated with these topics. If you are drawn to energy healing work, yet have some reservations, this is definitely the class for you! 

What does "Health in the Navel" have to do with food allergies, inflammation and mounting auto-immune disease around the globe? Recent science links a vast array of increasingly common diseases with Leaky Gut Syndrome.  Learn what gut-linked illness is and how to use whole foods and the Bible’s wisdom to reverse it. This power-packed session tells one woman’s journey back to vibrant health from fibromyalgia, an auto-immune disease affecting over 8 million Americans today. Take home practical tools for reducing your intake of sugar, dairy products and meat, EVEN when your family includes teenagers, small children or a resistant spouse!