Truth

Going back to school for something you forgot you love is a warm and fuzzy experience.

Then, when the epiphany strikes you of what you really want to do with your life, it's a simultaneous of a zonk on the head and a big kick in the ass.

It should make you want to dance around...
It should make you want to cry...
It should bring all these ideas rushing at you...

And I'm so thankful that this happened to me. Now I know why I've had every experience, every person in my life, every teeny thing.

Has this ever happened to you?

I won't divulge information, but know that I'm working hard and all will reveal itself in due time.
And yay!

Love me,
The globetrotting gamine

Spirit Earth Holistics

You have to check this brand out!

http://spiritearthholistics.ca/

There are so many wonderful things they produce: hair care, body care, muscle balm, natural deodorant, soaps, bath salts...

all eco-friendly, no parabens, fair trade, First Nations authentically hand crafted!

I really can't wait for my birthday shopping spree...

I found about them at the Shinnecock Pow Wow and hope you love them!



Love love love,
globetrotting gamine

shinnecock powwow!

i finally got to go to a pow wow...

this was definitely one of the biggest highlights of my summer.

i have always, always wanted to go to a pow wow 

and it was totally different than i imagined it to be.

i so wanted to talk to the people more, 

and visit with a shaman or medicine woman.

but it was so much fun

and i was so thankful to experience it with my hubby!

hope your labor day weekend was a blast!

love me,

globetrotting gamine

when i grow up...

if you know me, 

you know that i'm the girl

who would love to wander the rainforests,

jungles, forests and fields

learning about everything healing from shamans,

medicine people, and healers.

this is the way i've always been, 

which is ironic since i was scared into 

going through chemo

which i would never do again, ever.

note: if i could go back in time, 

i would never have done it.

but we keep moving forward...

i'm still the girl who would love to meet healers, 

so i picked this book up in the library, 

and am posting some interesting tidbits from it

here, in my blog...because if you're like me

you like this stuff, too.

page 6--

"Many of the human body's powerful reactions are a direct response to plant alkaloids, a class of chemical compounds most common in tropical plants.

Alkaloids, which are characterized by a molecular structure that must include a nitrogen atom and at least two carbon atoms, have had a major impact on every culture- if not every person- on the planet. They provide everything from  the kick in our morning coffee (caffeine) to the addictive compounds in our most dangerous drugs (cocaine, heroin and nicotine), the toxic principles in some of the deadliest poisons (strychnine and batrachotoxin), the analgesic effects in our most potent painkillers (codeine and morphine), and the mental pyrotechnics in someof the most powerful hallucinogens (mescaline and psilocybin.)....

Quinine, an alkaloid from the bark of the cinchona tree and one of the bitterest substances known, was first discovered thousands of years ago by South American Indians in what is now Peru and Ecuador. Since then it has been widely used throughout the tropics and much of the temperate world to cure malaria, a disease caused by a parasite, transmitted by mosquitoes, that destroys the red blood cells. Although thought of by many as a jungle disease, the illness does not discriminate based on geographyl malaria has been and still is a world ranging disease....

Yet a single plant alkaloid reveleaed to us by South American Indiands has helps eradicate malaria in the temperate zone and reduce the prevalence of the disease. "

Gotta love this stuff...

anyone ever study this stuff, or go on such adventures? 

i would love to hear from you!

love me,

the globetrotting gamine

do you know that feeling...

where, as a writer...it haunts you in the middle of the night what you want to write about but then, upon waking...

nothing.
nada.
ZILCH.

i really hate this feeling, and it should promote me to get up in the middle of the night and start writing.

since summer began, i have gone back to exploring, celebrating, and back to the daily grind of trying to get my career as a school counselor rolling again. i wish it was easier to get everything done that i want to (especially in the crafts department!) but it's not.

things on my mind and now out there in the blog-u-verse:

• job job job. gimme gimme. want one to escape the boredom!
• love summer.
• social media is exhausting.
• so many books to read, so little time
• WANNA GO EVERYWHERE!
• ah, me.

lol

so i'm back in the state where my mind buzzes around and around with thoughts and ideas like a ticker tape. sometimes, i swear it's a psychic thing i've got going on. i have no idea where said thoughts and ideas come from.

i've heard somewhere recently that writers have a more difficult time than non-writers getting their words out there in the way they want. this comforts me, because  i never feel adequate enough in describing much of anything when writing. and most of the time, there is no word flow, or just basic flow. 

more things on my bucket list:

• certification in nutrition, health and wellness. 
• yoga certification
• my next big project

i hope all of you out there in bloggie land are doing wonderfully, and that your summer (or whatever season) is treating you well!!

lots of love and light from me to you,

the globetrotting gamine

Fluoridation (eew)

"Fluoridation (p.116)

Fluoride, a compound that protects against tooth decay, was added to many municipal was added to many municipal water systems beginning in 1945. At present, an estimated 2/3 of the American people live in communities with fluoridated water. While fluoridation has reduced cavities, rates of other orders have increased, including damage to the bones, thyroid gland, and immune function. As a result, several European countries, icluding Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Germany and Belgium have discontinued treating water with fluoride. France and Norway never started it. In the U.S. Kansas, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Hawaii have recently rejected proposals for fluoridization, and in 1998 voters in Santa Cruz refused to allocate money for fluoridation following a mandatory law passed by the California legislature.

Fluoride, a compound of calcium and fluoride that occurs naturally, is used in Oriental medicine as a tranquilizer. Prozac, the modern anti-depressant drug, utilizes fluoride as an active ingredient. In food, fluorine naturally occurs in rice, rye, parsley, cabbage, sea vegetables, and bancha twig tea."

Alleged Attacks By Fluoride:

• damages bones
• linked to a lower IQ
• produces Alzheimer like symptoms
• it's a byproduct of the A-bomb 

wow.

that's why it sucks.

what do you think?

love me,

the globetrotting gamine

sitting vs. squatting

(notes taken from here)

A Clinical Study of Sitting versus Squatting In April, 2002, an Iranian radiologist, Dr. Saeed Rad, published a study which compared the effectiveness of sitting versus squatting for evacuation.²⁴    One of his conclusions relates to the cause of a type of hernia known as "rectocele," which is a bulge of the front wall of the rectum into the vagina.
Thirty subjects participated in the study – 21 male, 9 female – ranging in age from 11 to 75 years. Each patient received a barium enema so the internal mechanics of evacuation could be recorded on an X-Ray image. Each patient was studied in both the squatting and the sitting positions.
Using these images, Dr. Rad measured the angle where the end of the rectum joins the anal canal. At this junction point, the puborectalis muscle creates a kink to prevent incontinence. Dr. Rad found that when the subjects used sitting toilets the average angle of this bend was 92 degrees, forcing the subjects to strain. When they used squat toilets, the angle opened to an average of 132 degrees. At times it reached 180 degrees, making the pathway perfectly straight.
Using squat toilets, all the subjects reported "complete" evacuation. "Puborectalis relaxation occurred easily and straightening of the rectum and anal canal facilitated evacuation. The anal canal became wide open and no folding was noticed in the terminal rectum."
In the sitting position, "a remarkable folding was created in the terminal rectum predisposing it to rectocele formation, and puborectalis relaxation was incomplete." All the subjects reported that elimination felt "incomplete" in the sitting position.
Dr. Rad also measured the distance from the pelvic floor to the perineum. In the sitting position he found that the pelvic floor was pushed downwards to a significant degree. (A detailed discussion of the connection between sitting toilets and pelvic organ prolapse – including rectoceles – can be found in thegynecological disorders section.)
Dr. Rad concluded that the use of the squat toilet "is a more comfortable and efficient method of bowel evacuation" than the sitting toilet.

 
Different types of squat toilets


note:: i've never used squat toilets before and don't think i have the coordination to do so- but would do it if there was a shower nearby! lol

love me,
the globetrotting gamine