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The
Dream is Catching On:
Free Clinic for Children's Health
by Michele Aitken
There is no greater gift than the
gift of love, especially love given unconditionally by a child. I have
had the wonderful opportunity over the last few years to watch time
and again the love of children heal themselves and others with whom
they come in contact. For years, I have had a dream of oneness, of
many people working together for healing and wholeness. This is still
my dream.
One of my favorite stories that my husband, Cary, tells is about my
older daughter Kayla. I was at work while Cary was at home with the
girls. Kayla had fallen down and scraped her knee. She came in crying
and pleaded with Cary to “fix it!” Being the dutiful father, Cary
cleaned the wound, put on an antibiotic cream and a band-aid. He gave
Kayla a kiss and said, “There you go”, very proud of his first aid
skills. But Kayla didn’t move. She sat with a pout on her face; her
arms crossed, and began to cry again.
It was obvious she was very frustrated, which caused my husband to
be frustrated. He asked what was wrong. Kayla asked,”You are not
done, are you?” Cary looked bewildered. “Honey, what else do you
need?” Now in complete frustration, Kayla put her hands on her hips
and said, “Well aren’t you going to do energy on it or
something?” Whenever there was a boo-boo, I always did polarity and
healing on the area to take out the pain and calm down the central
nervous system. Kayla didn’t know exactly what I did, but she did
know that it worked!
I love this story because I want all children to have this
education of whole healing. I want them and their families to know all
the options to creating wellness in the body.
Of course, there is more to holistic healing than energy work. Many
wonderful modalities can support the body in healing. My daughters
know they have two doctors. One is a holistic chiropractor along with
his therapists, and the other a loving and open-minded pediatrician.
Both teams want what is best for my children and their bodies. As a
parent, it is my responsibility to choose what my children need and
who best can serve them. As an advocate for this type of holistic
teamwork, I feel it is my responsibility to educate everyone with the
opportunity of whole health and wellness.
With the help of Jackie Kosednar and many wonderful healers in our
community, I am helping to put together a free children’s clinic for
holistic health. We have been running this program for several months,
and each time we are getting busier and having more success. It takes
everybody’s hard work and dedication to create such a venture. I am
grateful for the hard work and dedication of an entire team working
together to make this happen.
What happens at our sessions? We begin with an assessment of each
child and then hand pick the team of holistic practitioners that will
support these children with health and healing. We have a diverse
array of health challenges with these children, who range in age. Some
families have never done anything out of conventional medicine, while
others have supported holistic modalities for many years. No matter
which background, all children walk out feeling better and loved!
In October 2002, we decided to open the clinic up to expectant
mothers in addition to children. Holistic healing was a wonderful tool
for me when I was pregnant, and I’m happy we can offer this to many
moms-to-be.
As always, we need the support and dedication of all of you in our
community to continue to make this clinic a success. Being caregivers,
we all do some of our work for free or lowered costs for our clientele
who don’t have insurance or who are struggling financially. We are
grateful to Dr. Richard Newman for his generosity in letting us use
his clinic on the second Saturday of every month. Others are now
offering their clinics as well. Please come join us, and encourage
anyone you know who needs more holistic work to come and visit the
clinic.
The dream is catching on! Like
everything of goodness in life, this project is growing wings of its
own and becoming its own entity. I have great joy in my life for the
love of children. In working with them, I am healed by their open,
unconditional love and their desire for wellness of body, mind, and
soul.
If you would like more
information or care to support the clinic, please contact Michele at
563-2929 or 529-6921. You can also e-mail her at aitkenc@gci.net.
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Calling
All Angels
by Jackie Kosednar
Have you ever had a quest? It often
begins with a vision and compels you to attain an impossible (yet
possible) dream. The paradox is a sure sign that a quest is spiritual
in nature. Spiritual writers claim that everyone has a purpose or
contribution to make. I know my purpose is to fulfill my quest and the
vision that came with it. To do this, I need your help.
Children have always been a large part of my life and very special
to my heart. Fifteen years ago, I took on the quest to find a cure for
my twelve-year-old son’s cancer. Many of you who know me personally
or have read my book, One Miracle After Another, know that we
found the cure for his cancer. That’s how and why this magazine
began.
When I completed the quest to find the cure for cancer, I opened to
a larger vision and a new quest. The Healing Toby Network is the
vehicle through which this larger vision will come to be. Many of you
are destined to be a part of it and the larger purpose we all carry:
to create a new health care system that not only cures disease but
prevents a large portion of that disease. We know alternative/holistic
health is God’s answer to health care problems. The movement is
growing and spreading all over the world, with Europe leading in the
discovery and development of health technology.
Holistic Health is the new paradigm for the new century. I believe
it will very soon be an accepted and mandatory part of our own health
care system. Medical doctors will understand the healing arts and be
treatment planners rather than drug pushers. Our souls are organic; we
have to stop putting chemicals into our bodies and our children’s
bodies.
The world is involved in intense change now. Thought is changing
and evolving rapidly. We can all feel that. We stand on the brink of
war and ask which side will win. Do we wish to go back to our
primitive ways of war on each other, or are we ready to open to the
new paradigm of co-operation and peace on Earth? Can you hear the
Call?
Despite the potential of world war, I believe more and more people
are choosing to act from love and peace. God placed a quest inside
each of us to seek our spirituality. Millions of people all over the
world are answering the Call and seeking God. The quest for God,
spirituality, peace and love will lead us to the solutions we need to
create a future worth living. The new future is already happening.
Those of us around the world who pray for peace and to live and let
live, who walk and talk our spirituality, are uniting and forwarding
the quest for world peace. We are the angels; we work to walk in the
light; we are dedicated to what’s right, and we are the healers. We
are the forerunners of a new health care system that is gentle and
peaceful, and we are healing ourselves in the process of healing
others. Is there a healer inside of you? Many of us are not
professionals; still we work to educate our family, our friends, and
ourselves. We are bringing in that future. You can help. Now is the
time to stand up and be counted. We are making a difference.
Everyone who works for the Healing Toby Network -- from board
members and staff to web designers – is a healer. As a community of
healers, we have developed Children’s Healing Day – monthly free
holistic health care clinics for children and pregnant women. We ask
families to donate $20 if they are able. The children are seen by a
variety of health care professionals doing many different modalities
of healing, addressing each child’s unique problems and concerns.
Our goals are to prevent medical trauma and disease in children and
document the power of holistic/alternative health care for children.
For those with severe health problems, we work to support and
facilitate healing in conjunction with medical protocols. Through this
effort, we raise the quality of life and health for Alaskan Children.
Our children are our future, and so is holistic health care.
Children’s Healing Day is gaining power and growing rapidly. If
you feel the call, or have a healer in your soul – if children are
close to your heart, you can help us. We need more body workers,
chiropractors, naturopathic doctors and medical holistic doctors to
volunteer at least four hours of work once a month. This is an
excellent opportunity to learn more about children’s health care. If
you are already experienced in children’s health care, we need
educators and educational materials put together. We also need
volunteers to assist in the production, marketing and recordkeeping.
If you cannot donate your work or time or assist us financially,
you can pray with us and for us. Alone or in your prayer groups and
gatherings, you can pray for the success of the Healing Toby Network,
and for the healing of all children everywhere. You can buy a copy of One
Miracle After Another and give it to a sick friend or donate it
back to the network so we can give it to families with ill children.
One-half of the proceeds from this book go to support the Network.
Thank you for helping us make a difference, for raising the quality of
life for Alaskan children and for demonstrating the power of
alternative and holistic health care.
Please call Lori Montgomery at 243-1420 or 243-9533 to get on the
Body Worker schedule, to volunteer, or to attend our next board
meeting.
Jackie
Kosednar is a psycho-spiritual therapist, personal growth trainer, and
the publisher of Alaska Wellness Magazine. She is also the
author of the book "One Miracle After Another." www.healingtoby.com.
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Honoring
the Power of Family
by Jackie Kosednar
The
divine idea and pattern of 'family' is one of the most
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Families have been getting a bad rap
for awhile now. Too many people complain about the dysfunctional
family they grew up in or continue to live in. But the truth is that
it's tough to raise a strong family in any age. Maybe it is time we
stop complaining and see how we can help instead. Wouldn’t it be
great to have Parenting 101 and human relationship classes as part of
the standard curriculum in high school?
Those of us who have worked for our mental health and personal
growth often find that when we clear the pain and trauma of childhood
from our psyche, we come to love our family of origin members
unconditionally. Forgiveness always benefits us. We may not like
certain behavior still, but the emotional charge is gone, the wounds
are healed. Without hate, we can notice that our families did nurture
us at least enough to survive and we can raise ourselves up the rest
of the way. When our own parents let us down, life brought other
caretakers into our lives as mentors and role models to help. It takes
life energy to harbor and maintain hate. That life energy could be
better put to use creating health!
If all would honor the idea of family – by loving our family
unconditionally and putting family first – life would be very good
indeed. It would be good for individuals as well as for our society at
large.
The idea of family takes many forms. There is our family of origin
– the one we grew up in – and there is our spiritual family.
Friendships form extended families that make our communities. In the
workplace, family patterns also develop. The divine idea and pattern
of 'family' is one of the most sacred things on this planet. It is the
nest we nurture in and the place we find our safety.
Family is the backbone of all societies. We are only as strong and
healthy as our family at large because that's where human beings are
produced. Societies that value and honor their children, grow, prosper
and have less crime. Throughout human history, societies and countries
that didn't honor their families and work to strengthen them often
perished. It seems our world has been on the brink of downfall for
awhile. Maybe if we all started thinking about producing the kind of
world that would make healthy children instead of healthy pocketbooks
we would begin to see a new trend.
To make us spiritually strong, we need to serve others. In spiritual
service the greatest work we can do is strengthen the family and the
idea of family. All parents are in spiritual service to their
children. We can work to make the world a great place for kids through
our products, businesses and churches. We can give money to educate
children and make them better human beings. We can leave a legacy for
future generations by nurturing all children and helping families.
Anyone can be a support person to his or her friend's families. In
this way, we honor God by honoring his main life creation, the family.
In spiritual service to children, the health community of Alaska
and the Healing Toby Network produced 'The Kid's Clinic,' a free
alternative health care clinic for children and pregnant women every
month in Anchorage, from fall through spring. One of the Network’s
goals is to strengthen Alaskan society by helping to strengthen and
heal our children. Volunteer health care providers and body workers
come together with this thought in mind. We realize that the physical
health of children is very important because these are the future
parents of future generations. To make a healthy world we have to make
our children healthier. There is tremendous satisfaction knowing that
we are helping these kids be disease free their whole lives by solving
many problems before they can onset. This kind of service blesses our
lives in countless ways.
What else can we do to make this world a better place?
 | Everyone can make a
contribution to God, the planet and society. Learn to give time,
voting power and money to help and strengthen the American family.
| Be a safe person. Never abuse a
child with word or deed, or look the other way when you know
someone else is.
| Give your children and other
family members your top priority.
| Family rituals and routine help
create security and stability for family members. As a family of 2
or 10, take time to create rituals and celebrate them.
| Use your political influences
to help families.
| Volunteer time, energy and
money to non-profit agencies created to increase the quality of
life for our children and the future.
| Be kind and caring to your
grandchildren, nieces and nephews, giving words of praise,
encouragement and love and seeing to their financial needs.
Nurture and love all your child relatives and the children of your
friends.
| Give to any family in need.
| Be tolerant and loving to fussy
children in public. All children need attention. You can help
parents by talking with them, and paying attention to and playing
with their children.
| If you know a single Mom or
Dad, help them clean their house. An extra hand is always helpful
to any family. |
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These are only a few ways to help the world, God and country by
honoring children and families. As this mission unfolds in your life,
more and more creative ways to serve open up to you and your life
becomes very rewarding and blessed.
Jackie Kosednar
is a psycho-spiritual therapist, personal growth trainer, and the
publisher of Alaska Wellness Magazine. She is also the author
of the book "One Miracle After Another." www.healingtoby.com.
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What's
So Great About The Holistic Kid's Clinic?
Twelve Kids
Explain...
I learned your body has batteries, electricity and switches. I
learned this from Dr. Newman. He put a battery on my jaw. I wasn’t
even, but when he put the battery on my jaw, I was even. It did not
hurt. It was fun. Another time, Michele did craniosacral on me. She
put her hands on my head. She felt the blood rushing up my spine and
in my head. She held it and then she rocked it back and forth a
little. It’s relaxing. I liked it.
~Alyeska, age 9
It’s great!!! I came into the clinic feeling sick, tired and
tense, but when they had all worked on me and by the time they were
done, I felt all relaxed and full of energy. It was a great feeling! I
love this place!
P.S. The people are great fun and friendly!
~Alisha, age 14
I like all the doctors, especially Audrey and Ty. I would like to
thank everyone, like Lorrie.
~Veronica, age 9
I learned how to kiss a moose standing on one toe while swimming in
hair jell, plus eating cake with a fox.
~Jordan, age 11
Oh my goodness, what an improvement! When I got my back adjusted, I
felt like a feather. My posture has improved a great deal. I have also
learned a lot more about my body. I would recommend this place to
anyone. Thanks!
~Sarah-Joy, age 14
I like coming here because they make me feel comfortable and I love
the back massages. We come here about every month and made me more
flexible from popping bones.
~Christina, age 11
One thing I like to say is that they help me clear my asthma
symptoms. Thank you.
~Brenhon, age 10
It helps me with growing pains and injuries. The people are nice.
~Cyle, age 13
This is a great and wonderful place. It’s helped me with my
problem. I have been cleared for allergies and other things. I’m
very thankful for Kid’s Clinic.
~Emily, age 10
Before I started coming to the Kid’s Clinic, I spent a lot of
time sick from different flu and colds. Also, several years ago I
fractured my ankle and a couple years after I fell and hurt my knee. I
limped a lot because my ankle was so weak that I sprained it a lot.
Since coming to the clinic, I have been sick less and my leg has
gotten a lot stronger. After a couple months, I was able to run for
the first time in years.
~Leana, age 14
Since I started Kid’s Clinic, I’ve had less overall exhaustion.
I’ve been able to do more exercising. Most recently I went biking,
and made fairly good time on the trip. Usually after such an
excursion, I would be exhausted. The Kid’s Clinic allowed me to do
exercises such as this because I was no longer spending my energy
trying to recover from various pains such as vertebrae out of place
and overall tension.
~Cory, age 16
I think more kids should come to this clinic, because it really
helps us. Some kids are afraid of doctors so they don’t want to
come, but you should. I went into lots of treatments and learned what
is good and bad for me. So now I can stay healthy. The “Kid’s
Clinic” helped my body a lot!
~Kirin, age 10
What Do Parents Say?
There continues to be vast improvements in the overall health of my
10-month-old son, Jack. The kinesiologist determined that his formula
wasn’t agreeing with him. The cranial-sacral release performed by
the massage therapist always results in a calmer temperament. And the
energy work has eliminated his shakiness. (All problems existed from
birth until eliminated by the volunteers at the Kid’s Clinic.)
~L.W.
On our first visit, we found out our daughter is allergic to
sugars. She seemed to enjoy the visit and treatment did not scare her
at all. Everyone here is so nice and personable! We will be back!
~Anonymous
This is something, as a society, that we cannot afford to be
without. Our children need this kind of care, but parents need this
type of clinic so that we can become educated about it also.
~Paula
I like the wide array of alternative holistic services available to
help treat the young patients. It is done in a very loving and caring
environment. You can feel the positive energy flow when you enter the
clinic. You can see and feel a positive difference in the children
when they come out of the different appointments. My own kids do much
better, and we can see positive changes after their sessions.
~Randy
The way the different healing methods work together is wonderful.
They complement each other to heal all of the children at all levels.
Our children are more relaxed and less stressed. The healing has
really helped them.
~Rhea
How Can I Help?
The Kid’s Clinic depends on volunteers and donations from our
community. We are very much in need of volunteers to maintain the high
standard of quality holistic health care the Kid’s Clinic offers to
all children. We need volunteers – people just like you! – to help
with everything from fund raising and patient advocacy to phone
calling and computer work. Just a few hours of your time once a month
will make a huge difference – not only in the life of a child but in
yours as well. Please consider helping, and give us a call. If you are
a holistic healthcare professional and would like to help children, we
need you! Kid's Clinic is a terrific opportunity to hone your skill
and work with some great kids.
| To Donate and/or volunteer,
please call Beth Verrelli at 929-4077.
| To schedule an appointment,
call Lorrie Montgomery at 243-9533.
| Practitioners wishing to
volunteer, please contact Jackie Kosednar at 272-2469 or Michele
Aitken at 529-6921. |
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