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Toxin's in the Body are Inevitable and Harmful, Removal is Easier

Posted on Sep 10th, 2009 by SWAN : Share World Abundance Now SWAN
Toxins and chemicals are everywhere in our society. In the air we breath, the water we drink and the food we eat. Now more than ever it is becoming increasingly important to remove these toxins from our bodies. Toxins and chemicals have been linked to many of today's illnesses including cancer in all forms including lung cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer and leukemia. Autoimmune disease including fibromalgia , lupus and arthritis. Birth defects, pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, weakened immune systems and obesity. According to many authorities, 80% of all illness and disease are caused by toxins.

" Studies show that most of us have between 400 and 800 chemical residues stored in our cells. EPA studies reveal that 100% of people tested have dioxins, PCBs, dichlorobenzene, and xylene in their fat cells, and carcinogenic benzene (89%) and percholoethlylene (93%) in their exhaled breath. These are just small examples of an epidemic problem."

"Unable to be excreted from the body, chemicals find their way into our liver, and then migrate to fat cells in organs throughout the body where they are stored. When our bodies exceed the limit for toxins we can excrete, those too are stored. Chemicals and heavy metals make up our "total toxic burden". This bioaccumulation compromises our physiological and psychological health and leads to chronic disease."

"Toxins are at the root of most diseases, and once they are removed, health and well being return. An effective detoxification plan removes the source of disease symptoms, such as aspartame or radiation poisoning, detoxifies toxic residue from the body, and replaces specific nutrients to regain a state of wellness. Detoxing the body removes toxins from chemicals quickly and can actually remove most chemical toxins from your body tissues and body organs, from your water stores, and from fat stores within your bloodstream, along with assisting in the elimination of those toxins via the bowels and pores of the body."

The human body is designed to eliminate wastes and toxins (through blood, sweat, and organs like the liver and kidneys) but our input of chemicals, wastes, food and environmental toxins is too great (particularly in this modern age of preservatives and pollution). The body's natural processes simply cannot flush out all of the toxins we encounter and store.



All of these toxins and blockages build up to pounds and pounds of unnecessary and harmful weight. In an effort to keep poisons out of the bloodstream, the body stores toxins and chemicals in fat cells throughout the body. The good news is that the body stores toxins in fatty tissue to protect the body from more severe damage if they were stored elsewhere or were more freely circulating. The bad news is that fat stored toxins still create substantial damage and contribute to unhealthy conditions such as cellulite. Because storage in the fat is a protective device it is difficult to release the toxins from the fat cells.

 How do you unclog your polluted body so that you can create good health? There are five basic step to take.
• stop putting junk food into your body (Changing your Eating Habits)
• clean out the toxins in your body (Cleansing)
* drink at least 8 glasses of water a day (Flushing)
• neutralize the toxins in your body. (Detoxification)
                                                      • put good pure foods into your body (Rebuilding)

Here are several products that I have found that will help you release toxins from the body and move you on the way to a healthier lifestyle.   All of them are made from natural ingredients that support the body to work efficiently to remove toxin build up.  Taken together they will increase the toxin release benifits.

The Ultimate Body Applicator Cosmetic System (click)

Designed to remove those difficult toxins from the fat cells through a process that continues for 72 hours.  Results are progressive with continued use.

Expect "ultimate" results with this amazing 45-minute body wrap!  The Ultimate Body Applicator is a non-woven cloth wrap that has been infused with a powerful, botanically-based formula to deliver you maximum tightening, toning, and firming results when applied to the skin. It continuously hydrates for firmer, smoother, more youthful-looking skin and reduces the appearance of cellulite and skin slackening.  See results in 45 minutes.

Each box contains 4 Ultimate Body Applicator wraps that can be applied to the area of your choice, such as the abdomen, back, legs, or arms.  Wraps are easy to apply and come ready to use.

If it is your first time using an Ultimate Body Applicator, we recommend that you only leave the wrap on for 45 minutes to test your skin's sensitivity to the natural ingredients with detoxifying properties.  For best results, use Defining Gel twice a day in between your Applicator uses.
Customer Loyalty Price: $49.00 Retail: $89.00 for a package of 4

It's Regular Support for Colon Function

It Works! is now offering a life changing herbal supplement designed to aid in elimination and support colon function naturally. Using It's Regular insures daily removal of toxins and waste material and offers a gentle way to cleanse the colon. 60 Capsules. *  Customer Loyalty Price: $27.00 Retail: $36.00

It's Greens  

Not eating your fruits and vegetables like you should? Get what you are missing with It's Greens. It's Greens helps to alkaline your body, balance your immune system and detox your body. Each serving has the nutritional value of eight plus servings of fruits and vegetables. It's Greens is a pleasant tasting, orange-flavored powder mix. Simply add to water. Customer Loyalty Price: $33.00 Retail: $44.00 for two month supply.

I hope this is helpful in getting you back to perfect health.
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Wrap like the stars and lose inches in 45 minutes!

Posted on Feb 15th, 2009 by SWAN : Share World Abundance Now SWAN
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Do you have an area of your body that you would like to change? You are not alone because most people do. Our bodies are always changing and sometimes they change in ways that we aren't so happy with. We can all remember a time, no matter what size we are now, when we were thinner, leaner and our skin was smoother and tighter. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to return to that time? When we are healthy and feel good about our bodies the world seems to flow in a wonderful way.

What if there was a product that reduced the amount of excess fat and toxins stored in cells so that you lost inches in 45 minutes? Would you be interested in losing inches while your body became healthier? Would you be more interested if it was natural?

HOW ABOUT A PRODUCT WHERE YOU CAN LOSE INCHES IN 45 MINUTES, NATURALLY WHILE DETOXIFYING THE BODY?

Once in a while a product comes along that defies logic.  "How can anyone lose inches in 45 minutes" is a common question and "what do you mean I can do it without exercising?" Right! It is true that you will lose inches in 45 minutes and an keep them off for 2-6 months.

There is a product that is easy to use and affordable that does just that and it is called The Ultimate Body Applicator. The average person is losing between 1-3 inches in 45 minutes, and some are losing even more than that. Would that jump-start your weight loss program? It would make you feel better, wouldn't it?

This is not like like the body wraps you have seen on TV or in the back of magazine that only remove water, which returns right away. This is not removing water, it is removing toxins stored in the fat cells, emulsifying fat and tightening and toning the skin, so the cells actually shrink.  Used in conjunction with exercise and some of our other products the inch loss can be permanent.

The Ultimate Body Applicator, is a unique, targeted herbal body wrap that is first to market. You may not have heard about it in your area at all. Until a few months ago no one in Minnesota had ever heard of the Ultimate Body Applicator and now you are hearing whisperings of it from people who have tried it and had fabulous results. This product combined with several other products we carry are changing lives. People are returning to their smaller, healthier bodies, and loving it! Minnesota is losing inches!

The Ultimate Body Applicator was featured in the Emmy Gift Bags in 2007 and 2008. This year the Ultimate Body Applicator has been invited to the Academy Awards to prepare the stars for the big event. Why is this unique? Both of these events are by invitation only events. The Emmy's and the Academy Awards have to discover a product on their own and it has to meet a standard of quality. It is rare that a product is put in the gift bags more than one year, but the stars went crazy over the Ultimate Body Applicator and wanted it back! Hollywood loves it and so will you! The best thing about the Ultimate Body Applicator is that it is so easy that you can use it at home, there is no mess and it is affordable. You can only get it from an It Works distributor.

You can purchase this fabulous product that is changing lives and the way people look by following this link: www.wizebeautysolutions.com

If you would like to be able to purchase the products at wholesale (about $12.50 per wrap) go to the web site and scroll down to the purple box on the left where it says "Order Products" to learn about our Customer Loyalty program.

If you have questions, email me and I will get right back to you.
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The importance of Detoxifying the Body

Posted on Jul 28th, 2008 by SWAN : Share World Abundance Now SWAN
Cleanse, Nourish, Replenish, and Revitalize Your Body...

Toxins and chemicals are everywhere in our society. In the air we breath, the water we drink and the food we eat. It is becoming increasingly important to remove these toxins from our bodies. Toxins and chemicals have been linked to many of today's illnesses including cancer in all forms including lung cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer and leukemia. Autoimmune disease including fibromalgia , lupus and arthritis. Birth defects, pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, weakened immune systems and obesity. According to many authorities, 80% of all illness and disease are caused by toxins.

Our foods which are sprayed with pesticides, our water contains chlorine and fluoride, the air we breathe is polluted, our cleaning supplies, soaps, shampoos, hair dyes, and detergents are loaded with chemicals and many have sodium laurel sulfate which is known to cause cancer. Our mercury fillings, vaccinations that are given to us by the doctors, our household adhesives, paints and other home products like plastic used in the microwave, tobacco, drugs and more-all contribute to more toxins in our bodies that lead to disease, allergies, mental incapacitation with side effects like swelling, rashes, insomnia, headaches, fatigue and pain.

“ Studies show that most of us have between 400 and 800 chemical residues stored in our cells. EPA studies reveal that 100% of people tested have dioxins, PCBs, dichlorobenzene, and xylene in their fat cells, and carcinogenic benzene (89%) and percholoethlylene (93%) in their exhaled breath. These are just small examples of an epidemic problem.”

“Unable to be excreted from the body, chemicals find their way into our liver, and then migrate to fat cells in organs throughout the body where they are stored. When our bodies exceed the limit for toxins we can excrete, those too are stored. Chemicals and heavy metals make up our "total toxic burden". This bioaccumulation compromises our physiological and psychological health and leads to chronic disease.”

Toxic build-up is the overriding cause of stagnant lymph. Over the years, toxins from the environment, processed foods and foods with lots of chemical additives accumulate in our bodies. While the liver, kidneys, sweat glands and lymph system work hard to rid your body of toxins, these in-house detox systems can’t always keep up the pace. An overload of toxins means they get deposited and trapped in other places, particularly in and around fat cells, including those in the subcutaneous skin layer. This entrapment causes premature hardening of the once elastic septa, causing them to bear down on the fat cells below. Like the overstuffed chair, tight structural support leads to bulging from below.
When the waste removal system starts to fail, waste products start building up, and the connective tissue becomes saturated with liquid, which then thickens and hardens – forming hard pockets that puff up to produce the "orange peel" or "cottage cheese" effect. As a result, your fat cells grow to become thousands of times their normal size, becoming undesirably bloated with toxins - and often looking cottage cheesy and discolored.
    

To return to fully nourishing your skin cells, you have to begin by removing the blockage, and then allow the lymph to freely flow again. This is done by detoxifying your cells. If you think about it, you would never drive a car for 30 years without changing the oil or the air filter. Our bodies need cleansing too. And the more we do it, the better we feel. I recommend detoxing your system two to three times a year, especially as you age. Detoxing gives your body systems, like the lymph, liver and kidneys, time to catch up and clean up. 

The Ultimate Body Applicator incites a process called lymphatic drainage which enables your bloated fat cells to shrink and your toxins to be released back into your capillaries and then exit your system. The wrap's all natural  ingredients penetrates deep into the sub-dermal layers of your skin to eliminate the toxins stored in your fat cells. Your body is designed to use fat cells as damage control to protect your body from the impurities you encounter everyday in the food you eat, the air you breathe, and the poisons you come in contact with.

Detoxifying helps to diminish cellulite because it targets the root of the problem-engorged fat cells that are full of toxins and stretched out skin. You see, fat cells store toxins like heavy metals, pesticides, and chemicals in them. Your body is designed to get rid of toxins via the liver and kidneys. However, today our exposure, absorption, and inhalation of pollution and toxins is more than our bodies can handle. Therefore, toxins are stored in the organs, tissue and fat cells waiting to be encouraged to leave the body via the blood stream and lymphatic system. This encouragement comes via proper nutrients and chelators ( chelators "pull" toxins out). Without proper nutrients, heavy metals are taken in the place of minerals. This then, makes you store even more toxins...it's a vicious cycle. When the fat cells are detoxified they shrink back down and firm, tone, smooth skin is left behind.

The product that I believe is one of the best ways to induce detoxification of the fat cells is a body wrap that is formulated out of natural, herbal ingredients proven to

    * Stimulates Lipolysis ( the breakdown of fat stored in fat cells which allows free fatty acids to be excreted into the blood stream and then circulate out of the body).
    * Activate sanguineous microcirculation (passage of blood in the smallest veins, namely arterioles, capillaries, and venules which aides in the removal of toxins, inch loss, and lypolysis).
    * Increase Lymphatic Drainage (movement of lymph which carries toxins and cellular waste from fat cells out of the body).
    * Reduce inflammation.
    * Increases elasticity.

Amazingly, this happens in 45 minutes to an hour. So you see you can get rid of cellulite fast by detoxifying your fat cells.

Drink A lot of Water!
Drinking lots of water will help flush toxins out your body. Since cellulite is a mixture of fat, water, and toxic wastes that the body has failed to eliminate, drinking plenty of water can help diminish cellulite.

Dry Brush your Skin everyday to keep the lymph system moving and the toxins flowing out into your elimination system. Find out more here: {http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/healingtechniques/Dry_Brushing_Technique.htm}

The Ultimate Body Applicator is a targeted body wrap that you can use on specific areas of the body and you are losing fat, cellulite and toxins, not water, like many body wraps.

My choice of detoxifying bodywraps can be found here: {www.wizebeautysolutions.com}
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100 Year old Explosion in Tunguska Siberia Creates Wellness Now.

Posted on Mar 2nd, 2008 by SWAN : Share World Abundance Now SWAN
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... the peasants saw a body shining very brightly (too bright for the naked eye) with a bluish-white light.... The body was in the form of  'a pipe', i.e. cylindrical. The sky was cloudless, except that low down on the horizon, in the direction in which this glowing body was observed, a small dark cloud was noticed. It was hot and dry and when the shining body approached the ground (which was covered with forest at this point) it seemed to be pulverized, and in its place a loud crash, not like thunder, but as if from the fall of large stones or from gunfire was heard. All the buildings shook and at the same time a forked tongue of flames broke through the cloud.  Eyewitness account.

An Event in History That will impact the Health, Wellness and Fitness of Today.

Imagine being part of an historic event that would stump scientist for a hundred years.   On June 30, 1908 over Tunguska in Central Siberia, there was an explosion that released energy that has been compared to 10-20 million tons of TNT.  It devastated 850 square miles of uninhabited Siberian taiga and felled more than a million trees.  What remained was chard, flattened trees and ash. It was assumed by mainstream science that the Tunguska explosion was caused by a meteorite, yet is impossible to explain how the object could have exploded in mid air.  The exact nature of the body that exploded and its origin remain a mystery which has spurred countless theories and controversies, that continue today.

The miracle was that no one was killed in this devastating blast. The Evenke people  of this area, were nomadic and it is said that the shaman got an early warning. Two months earlier, rumors started that “the end of the world” was coming. Imagine the shaman of the time dressed in ceremonial clothes covered with attached pieces of iron, which they believed had magical powers.  Shiny mirrors represented the places in the universe that the shaman traveled for help from the deities. On his head is an iron crown with antlers.  His clothes have rows of rattles and bells to make noise and he beats a large skin-covered tambourine as he arouses everyone's attention.  His ceremony signaled the tribe that it was time to move, and they followed his direction, because he was trusted by the community.

The wild animals began to leave, as if obeying some inner sense and the pronouncement of the shamans. The birds flew from away, the swans left the lakes and the fish disappeared from the rivers. An immense expanse of taiga lost its fauna. Only those who did not believe the shamans' words remained in the danger zone. This story has been preserved in the ancestral memory of the local population and passed down through the years in an ancient epic poem called The Olonkho, which was written long before the event and serves as a prophecy to what was coming.

The natal chart of the Tunguska blast is striking when it is analyzed in detail. There is suggestion of a clear sign of some kind, or possibly a warning being given. It is noteworthy that the explosion didn’t kill a single human being, but was easily witnessed by a variety of methods including eyewitnesses to seismographs to barographs. This leads one to believe this event was of profound importance and perhaps falls into the same category as phenomena such as crop circles.  { http://www.halexandria.org/images/scan0085.gif } to view natal chart

It  would take scientist  20 years to get into the remote area of the explosion.  The first scientist to reach the area was Leonid  A. Kulik, in 1921, who spent ten years studying the area.  It was one of the Evenki people who eventually led Kulik to the impact site. Scientists have speculated for a long time that it was the result of an impact of an asteroid or comet, but the nature and composition of the Tunguska Cosmic Body remains a mystery. There has been speculation, on the other end of the continuum of UFO’s involvement or Nicholas Tesla’s ‘Death Ray”, causing the explosion. There was no radiation found in the area and no evidence to support those theories.  After nearly a century of study and research, scientists are still unclear about what occurred deep in the Siberian wilderness of Tunguska, Russia.   Different factions of the scientific community have been kept busy debating this issue.  In 2007 Italian researchers from the University of Bologna found evidence that a 164-foot-deep Lake Cheko is the site of a meteor impact that participated in the Tunguska Blast. It is believed that there is actually three craters.  With modern testing equipment they may just get to the bottom of this mystery.

Health and Fitness Benefits Discovered in the Aftermath.

What was found in the aftermath of the explosion is even more incredible. It is as though a phoenix has risen from the ashes. Today, one hundred years after the explosion the Tunguska Valley has become an oasis. Tests show dramatically enhanced nutritional values and plants and trees were growing at three to four times their natural rate and are enriched with copper, zinc and gold, which stimulate growth and conduct energy. Because of this the plants could grow during times of great cold and intense heat, they do not go dormant and are able to adapt to the fierce weather in Siberia. Soil studies can only partly explained this phenomenon and they indicate that intense heat appears to have concentrated soil nutrients to a greater richness than even volcanic soil.  

With over 1200 scientist, and studies on 500,000 people came up with 10 adaptogens from the Tunguska Region to use in a product they called StressX.  To be considered an adaptogen the product had to be totally nontoxic to human cells. It had to take abnormal unhealthy cells and help them return to a healthy state and it had to let the body adapt to stress or stressors as they called them. The Soviet government chartered its Academy of Sciences with a mission kept secret from the rest of the world, develop a product that would enhance the performance of the country’s elite citizens, top Olympic athletes, ballet dancers, cosmonauts, chess players and others that would enhance their physical and mental performance. As a result of their studies, Russian scientists identified a number of plants known as adaptogens which help the body adapt to stress and support peak performance and supports over twenty body systems. The plants are called adaptogens because they can adapt to and grow in both the extreme heat and cold.

In 2000, a company called CyberWize, in Sarasota Florida acquired StressX, worked for several years to improved on its formula and renamed it Tunguska Blast, after the region that gave it birth.  CyberWize a cutting edge company has captured the heightened life force from the plants grown in the Tunguska region to create a rare nutritional infusion that helps combat stress, improve mental and physical performance, boost energy, enhance the immune system and increase stamina.  This product that has been used by the Russian elite for years, is now available in the US and around the world because of the vision of CyberWize.

CyberWize begins the Tunguska Blast manufacturing process in Siberia where the product's 10 adaptogen herbs are harvested and blended. It co-extracts the herbs and other plants known to be the most phyto-nutrient supercharged. They go in by boat and  use a process called wild crafting, harvesting parts of the plants with machetes, and leave part to continue to grow. CyberWize President Mark McCool says, "The Russian company we work with has been doing this with the same herbs for years and worked out the bugs decades ago. Then we bring it to the United States, where we work with a GMP-certified (good manufacturing process) bottling plant. We make regular visits to the plant to test and ensure that our product is of consistently high quality.”  The results are a product that comes in a juice form and an extract.

As part of their vision CyberWize leadership decided the product would not only support people’s immune systems and overall health, it would also improve the lives of children.  Ten percent from the sale of each bottle of Tunguska Blast goes to support children around the world through World Vision. 

Dr. Nick Hall, Ph.D. Expert on Stress and the Mind Body Link and Fitness.

Nick Hall, Ph.D., medical scientist and professional speaker has  conducted groundbreaking studies linking the mind and body for over 20 years. This research has been published in over 150 periodicals and featured on CBS’ 60 Minutes, the BBC’s Nova series, and the Emmy Award-winning program Healing and the Mind, aired by PBS.  He is also a world class athlete, who uses Tunguska Blast.  Some examples of his endeavors are: in 1968, he became the first person to complete the grueling Baja 1,000 mile off-road race on a bicycle, while in 2006, he completed WaterTribe’s Ultimate Florida Challenge in a sea-kayak. This 1200 mile nautical race, which included a 40 mile portage, has been described by The London Times as, “the most dangerous small boat race in the world.” Dr. Hall reported he drank bottles of Tunguska Blast to support him on this grueling race.

Dr. Hall’s has discovered the benefits of the Tunguska Blast drink in supporting his athletic performance.  He reports that Tunguska Blast is the best product he has taken because it serves it’s purpose well to reduce stress and improve focus and brain function.  “Relentless anxiety and pressure can leave you feeling exhausted as your body struggles to remain on high alert.  Eleutherococcus senticosus and other ingredients in Tunguska Blast interfere with the stress response before it gets started  That's because they block the stress hormone, Cortisol, which sets everything else in motion.  Tunguska Blast can also increase energy through its support of the immune system.  When fighting bacteria and viruses, white cells produce chemicals that make you feel sluggish.  Rhaponticum carthamoides and other ingredients in Tunguska Blast can spare you the need to produce energy-depleting substances.  Of course, with less stress and improved immunity, you will sleep better.  Each day begins the way it should - with ample energy to enjoy good health and maximum productivity.”

“Tunguska Blast is one more step I can take to get that extra edge in helping my body perform at the highest level. ”That’s why my training regimen includes a supplement comprised of adaptogens. It’s aptly named Tunguska Blast and is made by a company called CyberWize. I’m also using their Vital Shake, which is a terrific tasting mixture of nutritional essentials.” 

Dr. Hall reports that “the ingredients in Tunguska Blast are capable of attenuating the stress response and by extension, a host of other ailments brought on by adversity. The adaptogens in Tunguska Blast can block the stress response and since stress can impact just about every aspect of our health and well-being the plants impact the body and support it to rebalance.”   You can read more about this in Dr. Hall’s book “ I Know What to Do So Why Don’t I Do it?” and sometime later in the year Dr. Hall will be in Minnesota to speak about Health and Fitness and the Mind Body Connection.
Here is what some other athletes have said about Tunguska Blast:

“With all the travel required to play on the tour, Tunguska helps my body get the nutrients it needs, increases my energy, and helps my muscles recover more quickly”. Brittany Lincicome, LPGA Touring Professional

Holly Holm, New Mexico, Champion Professional Boxer, reports:
“Since I have been training with Tunguska Blast, I feel stronger. I notice that I have a lot more endurance while running and training for my fights. It also helps with my mental focus as I prepare for a fight. I also recover more quickly after working out and after the fights. I really like the taste, and it’s the first thing I drink after weighing in.”

Joe Mays 2001 Major League Baseball All-Star and current LA Dodger, says, "Tunguska Blast really locks me in mentally. On a recent trip to Hawaii I took the TBX extract prior to leaving, and when we landed I had no jet lag and felt great. During the baseball season, when we frequently shift from night games to day training." 

When Davey Hamilton,Indy Race Car Driver, ran into a wall six years ago at the Indy 500, he was going more than 200 mph. Doctors said it was a miracle he was still alive, even though they were sure they would have to amputate both his legs. Last week, after 23 operations and six years of courageous physical rehabilitation, Davey Hamilton finished in the Top 10 at the Indy 500. He credits Tunguska Blast not only with participating in his recovery, but with “giving me the focus I really needed.

Out of the Ashes Rises a Phoenix That Can Benefit us All.

Since introducing Tunguska Blast in April of 2006, CyberWize has received testimonial from around the United States from people who feel it has helped improve mental clarity, and sleep, improve memory, helped children focus and concentrate, decreased people’s stress, decreased strain from exercise and over exertion and many other concerns.

Nobody knows for sure what caused the Tunguska blast, in a desolate part of Siberia, and it remains one of the 20th century's biggest scientific mysteries, that is still debated today. The Tunguska blast has inspired movies and novels. Speculation will continue as to the origin of this event and with the help of modern equipment they just might come to a conclusion. The Tunguska explosion directs our attention to the powerful forces which have helped form the earth, and causes us to ask questions about the nature of much larger cosmic events. It makes me wonder if this was some kind of divine intervention that gave us the gift of these healing herbs. The Tunguska blast, initially thought to be a force of destruction, has actually created a lush Garden of Eden, which yields plants that have amazing healing properties and they are available to everyone in the product called Tunguska Blast.

To View movie follow this link:
 { http://www.askabouttheblast.com/askabouttheblast/flashPres.html }

To find out about Dr. Nick Hall’s future workshop in Minneapolis or to get more information about Tunguska Blast, contact Katelyn Mariah BFA, MA, LICSW at  hummingbird@usfamily.net Visit Dr. Hall’s web site at www.drnickhall.com.  Katelyn Mariah is has been a therapist for 22 years working with children and families as well as a visionary artist and writer.










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Share The Health

Posted on Jan 11th, 2008 by SWAN : Share World Abundance Now SWAN
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Once in a while you come across one of the products that you want to share with everyone. Tunguska Blast is one of those products. Tunguska Blast is a powerful dietary supplement originating from the miracle of 1908. This proprietary botanical formula provides nutrition as unique and significant as the event that made it possible. I know, I know, there are a lot of juice products on the market so why is this one any different?

Let me tell you...

Tunguska Blast the most powerful juice on the planet!

First, all of the nutritional juices on the market today are antioxodants. Tunguska Blast is not only an antioxodant but it is the only juice that has 10 of the 12 known adaptogens in it. An adaptogen herb increases the body's resistance to stresses such as trauma, anxiety and bodily fatigue. Adaptogen herbs (adaptogens) also lower cortisol levels, boost energy, increase stamina, strengthen the immune system, increase mental clarity and enhance physical performance.

From among thousands of herbs, roots, and fruits reborn from the ashes of the mysterious Tunguska Event, scientists identified the ten most concentrated with therapeutic properties and natural nutritional benefits.

The company formulated these rich botanicals unique to Tunguska as a core nutritional technology, co-extracting essential oils and blending them to magnify their potency. This proprietary blend of ten rare plants has been enhanced for optimum response and benefit, delivered with a sensational flavor.

The results:

* Boost your energy and stamina * Support your immune system * Increase your mental clarity * Enhance your physical performance * And much, much more!

Personally I am sleeping better, able to remain calm in situations that used to throw me off balance, I have more energy and more stamina. Personal trainings, world class athletes, chiropractors, doctors and people around the United States have discovered the benifits of this fabulous product. It has supported people with memory problems, depession, anxiety, stress, ADHD, sleep problems and many other health concerns.

TAKE THE THIRTY DAY CHALLENGE,:

Not only will you get a discount on Tunguska Blast but you will recieve enough product to test drive for 30 days and see what it can do for you.

If you would like to feel less stressed, more energized, experience better sleep and think more clearly drop me an email with your phone number  so I can call you and tell you more about THE THIRTY DAY CHALLENGE AND TUNGUSKA BLAST.

 

Find out more here: http://www.askabouttheblast.com/SWAN

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Why Network Marketing is the Best Kept Secret ?

Posted on Dec 17th, 2007 by SWAN : Share World Abundance Now SWAN
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"If I had to do it all over again, rather
 than build an old style type of business,
 I would have started building a
 network marketing business."
 Robert T. Kiyosaki

Network Marketing...isn't that one of those pyramid schemes?...No, those are illegal!

Network marketing is the most powerful marketing system in the world. It's the most efficient way ever created for moving a product from the manufacturer to the consumer. It has taken 50 years to perfect network marketing and now in the 21st century it is rapidly becoming the entrepreneurs' success vehicle of choice!  We are in what is called 'wave three" of network marketing where everything is done on the internet and you don't have to stock tons of product in your garage, like you used to. Network Marketing is a business model that supports financial freedom, community building and mentorship and also is trying to shake off bad mythology that plagues the industry. Network marketing is legal and it is not a pyramid scheme and is one of the best kept secrets in America.  It has to follow stricter regulations than any other industry. Corporate America, the true pyramid scheme, has created a lot of the mythology around network marketing as a smoke screen to keep people away from it.

Why is network marketing the best kept secret?  There are a number of reasons including, it is still  suspect to many people because before it was regulated there were scams in the industry.  Another reason as you will find out is that corporate America would rather it stay under the shroud because they fear they will lose ground if network marketing gains ground.  Many people are discovering it is a way to financial freedom like never before.

     Many people are attracted to network marketing because it fits the current marketing trends. It is clear to see that the 'Baby Boomers" (those born between 1946 and 1964) are a huge segment of the population and they are in control of the trends. Seventy-six million strong in the United States, and over a billion worldwide, the boomers have dictated what's hot for many years, from baby food to fast food to minivans to SUVs.  Now they are searching for products that will help them look and feel younger, make traveling easier and ways to secure their financial future and enjoy more time freedom.  Network marketing fills the bill.

    I call Corporate America a true pyramid scheme because someone at the top gets all the financial benefit while those below give up their own dreams to work for a fraction of what they are worth so they can eek out a meager living. You can't really take issue with the compensation structure, which sometimes looks visually like a pyramid, because almost every large sales organization in the world has that same structure. Salespeople get commission, and sales managers get overrides or bonuses on top of that, and sales directors on top of that, and VPs on top of that. In network marketing you come into a line of other business owners and if you do what it takes to create a successful business you can by pass those at the top with your income. No one is stuck at the bottom.

    It never ceases to amaze me the extreme polar views on the topic of network marketing and MLM. Some people are passionate about it in the extreme, proud to call themselves professional network marketers. There are even top celebrity authors like Robert Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, and Robert Kiyosaki doing it and advocating it. Billionaire Warren Buffet even bought a network marketing company because it was such a good investment.  Like he really needs another good investment!  Yet, in many circles, you might as well declare yourself a leper as admit to being in network marketing. I know for myself when I first told people I was involved in a network marketing company things got pretty quiet. I tried to get my brothers and sister together for dinner and my older brother said “ You are not going to try to sell us something are you?” He has a PHD in theology, but I would never assume that he would call everyone to a dinner party so he could talk theology.  Just because I had started a new business he assumed I was going to cram it down his throat. The other strange thing is I am sure he buys prescription drugs and vitamins from companies he knows nothing about and yet he trust them more than his own sister to sell him something that is good for him.  Go figure!

     Certainly, there are illegal pyramid, or "Ponzi", schemes. This is where the money is all being made off of signing up other people, with little or no real product ever being delivered. The pyramid schemes of the 80’s that involved investing money to get to the top were outlawed in the 80’s.  But in spite of whatever perceptions people may have, the fact is that Amway, Meleleuca, PrePaid Legal, USANA, Mary Kay and Avon and many others have sold millions of dollars of products to happy customers, many of whom are not also reps. So, there may be a perception problem here, but if so, the perception is out of line with the reality. People take offense at the fact that you have to pay to participate in it but that is also a standard franchising model. The franchise fee of most traditional franchises dwarf the sign-up cost of any MLM or network marketing program by comparison.

     It has been interesting to watch friends who were very close to me don their garlic necklaces and put up an energetic hand in my face when they see me coming, as though I have contracted the plague because I joined a network marketing company. What I want to share with them is a platform that will help their entire life expand. An opportunity that can bring health and financial freedom and I hear things like “ I don’t want to hear anything more about this,” or “ what have you gotten yourself into”, “Oh, that is just some get rich scheme”, and similar remarks. What I have ‘gotten myself into’ is an opportunity to break free of the old paradigm of poverty consciousness and create a life and lifestyle that will allow me to do what I truly came to do. Many of the same people, who are closing their minds to the idea of network marketing also professed to higher dreams of having an impact on the world. The truth is that without financial freedom you can barely impact yourself. It cost money to eat organic, buy nutritional supplements, have body work done and meet your basic needs. There is no room in the budget to do something to impact the world on a larger scale, except maybe through prayer, and I don’t think that is what people are saying when they say they want to impact the world.

    It actually saddens me that network marketing still lives in the shadows of earlier models that did have intrinsic problems.  The new third wave network marketing business, which are around today are the future.  The hardest part for me is to know that I have products that are changing people’s health and people who could benefit from them are  turning the other way because of the mythology that still haunts network marketing.   It also saddens me to see people struggling financially, working very hard to make very little money, and I have found a system where everyone can excel, and have what ever level of income they desire,  but they won’t even entertain the idea because they think it is a pyramid scheme.  The interesting thing is people who know me know I won’t get involved in something that was out of integrity and yet the mythology is stronger than what they know to be true.

    Every time we consciously do something to improve ourselves, a ripple effect occurs in the universe. We are not the only ones affected by our actions. As Wallace Wattles said, "... all men and women are attracted to an individual who can give them more of the means of life." When we talk about network marketing we must also mention the inner potential and absolute power of maximizing time, money and energy to nurture our self-improvement endeavors that can create a difference for others and that's the spiritual network of self, family, and friends.  Network marketing it the perfect platform for expanding consciousness because your issues are brought to light in the process.  When you are afraid to talk with people, lack trust in yourself or the product or lack confidence people show up to reflect those deficits back to you.  If someone is rejecting your business opportunity or product, look to yourself to see where your own resistance is.  You will notice that when you shift a particular issue it will stop showing up around you. 

Here are 12 reasons to consider a network marketing business:

    1) There is no ceiling on your income potential, only the ceiling that you create for yourself. There is huge income potential and your income can become as large as you like it to be, depending on the work you are willing to put in to it. This can’t be said for the 9 to 5 job where there is no leverage, and no matter how hard you work, how many hours you put in  there is a glass ceiling on your income level. And if you stop working the money stops coming in.

    2) You are creating a stream of residual income that will keep coming in after you quit working, while you are on vacation and even when you sleep.  There is work involved, on the front end to build a good foundation but than you have the leverage of the combined efforts of your downline which makes your income exponentially growing.

    3) You get to work form the comfort of your own home. There’s nothing like working at home especially if it is bad weather or you are not feeling that well. You don’t have to drive 20 miles through rush hour traffic to get to the job. Now imagine waking up in the morning,  taking a nice deep breath and realizing that you don’t have to go out in that at all.  That is a reason for gratitude!

    4) Most network marketing companies have superior products and often the products become free when your income becomes balanced with the cost of the products. With nutritional supplements this means having the opportunity to become much healthier with cutting edge products for a fraction of the normal cost at the most.  When you are on auto-ship your supplements become a tax deduction because they are part of doing business.   You don’t have to stock a garage full of product, it is all don’t on the internet and you don’t have to invest your savings to get involved.

    5) Network marketing is a business about people where you create partnerships, teams and friendships just by doing the business.  You’ll find that potential clients and business partners soon become friends and basically an extended family! Your downline becomes your community as you work together for the benefit of all.  The more you support each other the more your business grows.  This is particularly true in companies that have a binary compensation plan.

    6) Business and personal growth training is part of the package. In many companies you’ll get some of the best training in the world because they want you to be successful. This training will include sales training, communication skills, personal growth as well as very important persuasion skills which will help you in all areas of your life.

    7) Network marketing is a fabulous platform for changing your consciousness about money and your concept of self. You’ll have to step outside of yourself over and over, push yourself to new limits, and actually reap the rewards for it! It will help you shift any feelings of unworthiness, release difficulties with rejection and as you build more wealth, all your ideas about what to do with it.

    8) Travel is also a benefit of network marketing. Many top level network marketers enjoy traveling very often both for business and for pleasure. You may actually have business partners both upline and downline that live abroad in different states or countries. Often part of doing well with a good network marketing company is rewards by the company itself through travel.  Most network marketing companies have annual conventions in fabulous resort hotels and they offer distributors discounted rates.

    9) As a network marketer you are your own boss and you get your independence and freedom back.  Everyone wants to be independent both financially and emotionally, and in network marketing these two ideas go hand in hand.  Learning the skills that you’ll learn with Network Marketing will take you to new heights of awareness, and you’ll own a skill-set that could potentially put you in a position where you can virtually make money on demand for the rest of your life. Just imagine the effect that this will have on you emotionally.

    10) Owning a home based business comes with tax benefits that you don’t get otherwise. As a business owner you can write off many of your travel expenses, deductions for your home office, etc.. It’s important however to consult with a professional and learn exactly what rights that you have as the laws change very rapidly.

    11) Timing is perfect for your network marketing business to grow easily by applying internet marketing strategies. It's easier than ever before to find a group of people interested in what you offer. The internet has made it easy to order, ship and keep customers up to date without a lot of effort on your part.

    12 The health and fitness trend is in full force now because as boomers come of age, they are all concerned with health and living a full life in their retirement years. Getting involved in a networking company that sells supplements can be very lucrative.

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If you are serious about becoming financially free we need to talk.  Send me an email so I can support you to do it!
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Angels watching over me

Posted on Dec 15th, 2007 by SWAN : Share World Abundance Now SWAN
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I got another reminder not to underestimate how protected I am yesterday.  I have been sick for about a week so I haven't been as attentive.  In fact for a few days I just wanted to leave my body because I felt so bad.

Last night I had gone to the third floor of my house, which is where my bedroom is and I was watching the latest Spiritual Cinema Circle movie.  I noticed I was getting a sharp head ache in the back of my head and was a little disoriented, but thought it must be from my cold.  Suddenly I had the urge to go down to the second floor where I started to smell bacon cooking.  I haven't cooked bacon for a long time so that got my attention.  I followed the smell to the kitchen were I discovered that one of my burners was on.  There was no flame but it was stil on.  I had used it about ten hours earlier when I was making home made soup and apparently did not turn it off all of the way.

I opened up windows to get fresh air into the house and my head ache quickly went away.

Who knows what might have happened I hadn't discovered it and just went to bed.

Thank you guardian angels!
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There are no Limits!

Posted on Aug 20th, 2007 by SWAN : Share World Abundance Now SWAN
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This past month has been a flurry of activity and discovery for me. I was talking to a friend on the phone one day, expressing my frustration about having to work. It is not that I don't want to work, I want to play at what I love to do and get paid at the same time. The turning point in the conversation came when I said " I can't quit my job!". When I heard these words tumble from my mouth I got angry. That fact that I felt I was trapped in something that I couldn't get out of was what made me angry.

 I work part-time for a nonprofit agency, doing in-home family therapy and I rely on this job to pay my bills. Because of the state that the agency is in right now we were just told that we would only get a 1.5% raise in pay this year. Trust me, this is not a lot of money. As I looked into the future, if I stayed with this job, receiving a 1.5%-3% pay raise per year, I would probably never be able to retire and do what I came here to do. I know for a fact that I am not alone on this treadmill. The program of financial support that most of us are caught up in keeps us from ever reaching financial freedom. We are in essence working to support someone else dream at the expense of our own.

 When I heard the words " I can't quit my job!" come out of me it catapulted me into action this time. It was like the final key, in a series of locks that opened the door for me to see the world of financial prosperity in a new way. A couple weeks before this conversation I had become an Independent Business Owner in a network marketing company which has a fabulous line of health and wellness products, including Tunguska Blast which is changing peoples lives around the world. I was drawn to this company because of a teacher/friend who invited me to join and the fact that the level of consciousness of the people that were involved was a match for where I am in my own evolution. I was drawn to the idea of using this business to explore the laws of attraction in action. I had taken a leap of faith in joining at the level I joined and it was this leap of faith that said to the Universe " I am not fooling around any more!" and " I am serious about becoming a conscious co-creator of my life and experiencing financial freedom". I also like the fact that everyone involved in our organization are collaborating as a team to create health, wealth, wisdom and freedom for all of us. Working solo to make this happen sure hasn't work for me so far and a 1.5% raise is not going to get me there very quick either.

 Financial freedom is a foreign concept for many of us. In my parents generation people had just survived the Great Depression and it was important to keep working at the same job so they could support their family and retire with benefits. My father, like many in his generation, "worked hard for his money." Unfortunately over all the years he worked, he never looked happy to me. I am sure he had secret dreams that never got fulfilled and less than two years after he retired, he passed away. The dream of working to retire with benefits was lost to him too.

 I have secret dreams and I am committed to seeing them manifest! The only way that can happen is if I have money. How many of us were taught that money "is the root of all evil" or "money doesn't grow on trees"? The energy behind these statement and many others we have heard about money is that money is bad and it is hard to get. If you take that a step further, anyone who has money must also be suspect. Deep in our programing is a foundation for lack consciousness. It is no ones fault it started long ago and has been passed down from generation to generation and it is a program that is about to come apart because it is not supporting us in our evolution. How many of you have said, " I can't afford that", or " I don't have enough money to buy that"? Thoughts like that re-enforce lack and create more of it. Many of us have secret dreams of things we want to do, things we want to achieve and things we want to create and they have less of a chance of manifesting as long as we are working to support someone else's dream so we can pay the bills. I know many people who are working 2 or 3 jobs to pay their bills.

 Only six percent of the population in the US makes salaries that range in the six-figure digits and above, which means there is poverty consciousness is still very much alive in our world. The minimum wage in the US is $5.85 per hour, effective July 24th 2007. Many people are working for $10.00-$15.00 an hour but that is still just enough to make ends meet if they are lucky. Especially with annual inflation. Many " Baby Boomers" have little money saved for retirement and many of us have not stayed long enough at one job to get retirement benefits. That is not crime, but I know that we could each give up a bit of our relative poverty consciousness to adopt some 'millionaire' consciousness. Do you know that millionaires have a completely different way of thinking about money?

 Millionaire Consciousness would include:
 * taking responsibility for what you have and what you want to create
 *seeing obstacles as opportunities and not a sign of failure
 * expecting the best and taking action accordingly
 *having a positive attitude
 * creating wealth by serving others as well as yourself
 * taking bigger action than you think you can
 * doing what scares you
 * keeping anything or anyone that does not support you away
 * taking care of your life as if it already were a millionaire's life

 Thinking about being a millionaire is a bold move and it takes bold moves to shift consciousness. Millionaire consciousness is not just about money, though money is the outcome, it is about optimism, taking action, taking risks and holding the best vision for yourself. It is an inner process of feeling like a million "bucks". Money is a form of energy and one many of us didn't learn how to use very well. When I was growing up I had no idea how much money was coming into the house, I just knew there wasn't enough of it.  No one ever sat down with me and taught me how to use money. It wasn't taught in school or at home. I had to figure out what to do with money the hard way.

 Several months ago I created a dream process called " Mesa Dreaming" that is a powerful way of clearing unconscious blocks and beliefs. I am currently using the process to clear out anything that is blocking me from experiencing, expressing and embodying Millionaire Consciousness. The more clearing I do the more I am creating a life of financial abundance. The following dream is a result of this process:

 June 28th-07
 I was in my car, with the door open and my computer was outside of the car. I used a remote control to turn it off because I couldn't reach it. I was in my e-mail program at the time. As I deleted the last e-mail I watched as all of the megapixals broke down, like they were melting, and I knew a virus had just taken over my computer.  I was really upset because that meant that all of my memory was gone. Someone told me an 800 number I could call and they would send all of my memory back because it was all stored some place. I was able to get it all back without losing everything.

 This is a powerful dream metaphor for how our mind is programmed. I was curious to read about the meaning of 'computer virus" so I did a search and this is what I found:

 A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. ( our childhood programing) The original may modify the copies or the copies may modify themselves, as occurs in a metamorphic virus. (Our beliefs are passed down from generation to generation) Some viruses are programmed to damage the computer by damaging programs, deleting files or reformatting the hard disk. (Social programming damages our original blueprint). Others are not designed to do any damage, but simply replicate themselves and perhaps make their presence know by presenting text, video, or audio messages.( those useless thoughts that spin around in our heads and the pictures and messages they create) Even these benign viruses can create problems for the computer user. They typically take up computer memory used by legitimate programs. As a result, they often cause erratic behavior and can result in system crashes!!( no kidding!)

 There are many viruses operating in the general Internet today, and new ones are created and discovered every day. Poverty and lack are like viruses and we can transcend them and become virus proof and in the process maybe even become millionaires. I love the part in the dream about being able to call an 800 number and have all of your original memory returned to you! Its always there and can't be erased. That 800 number is our original blueprint, it is our higher self where the memory creating a prosperous life is stored. People are stepping forward to help us remember by reminding us how to use the laws of attraction and change our thoughts.

 The deeper I go into this dream process the more I am starting to think like a millionaire in my waking consciousness! A few weeks ago I wouldn't have been able to write this article. I would have had a voice in my head saying " Who do you think your are to want to be a millionaire!" It wouldn't be bad being a millionaire, not because I want to have money to buy all kinds of material things but because it would allow me the time and resources to help others in ways that I can't right now. This would include creating a nonprofit foundation to support children and women around the world who are challenged. Money would also give me time and resources to open up to my creative expression completely so I can fully express my creativity. Money would support me to do my mission. If I stick with my job and continue to get 1.5% raises every year, I will have to come back some other time and do my mission. Wouldn't it be fun to have money to buy things when you want them, to travel and enjoy life without wondering where you would get the money to do it? Money is just another source of energy and if all of our energy systems are clear we can be millionaires in all kinds of ways.

 In an effort to support everyone around us to manifest there dreams, The Cyberwize Cultural Creatives Group of Minnesota is hosting the premiere of Pass it On, the movie that takes the concepts of The Secret to the next level.  See article four for details about how to attend this advanced screening. I have seen the movie and it will inspire the visionary in you. Yes, there is a visionary in each of us waiting to awaken, no exception. For my readers who don't live in Minnesota, I encourage you to see this movie when it comes to your area.

 As we move from the age of Piscean energy to the Aquarian age, we can already feel great shifts and changes happening. Many of the fundamental traditions are splintering and disintegrating from within, as institutionalized power structures age and fall. Thank God! The distribution of wealth in the world is one of them. The old ways are not working and we are being driven to find what is real and authentic. Why should the distribution of wealth be so lopsided? The soul of the new consumer demands authenticity and truth. As we search for new solutions we will become more aware of our own divinity, authority and power. People are stepping forward to share with us new ways to navigate our health, wealth and freedom as we evolve in this new age. The movie "The Secret" has been so well received for this very reason. People want a change, we are tired of being slaves to money, the system, etc.
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Making Space for Magic

Posted on Jun 9th, 2007 by SWAN : Share World Abundance Now SWAN
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"The Universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."  Eden Phillpots

We forget the magic we witnessed as children when we become adults. It seems to have
disappeared and though we have forgotten it, it hasn't forgotten us. Life goes on magically around us whether we notice it or not.  That magic and enchantment of childhood is always there.  The circus is a magical place and a way to remember life's magic and my daughter, Carrie and I entered that magical world on our trip to Mexico at the end of May.

We stayed on Isla Mujeres, an island off of Cancun for 8 days and in Tulum for 2 days. I am always struck by the simplicity of Mexico and how "real" it is. In my experience, things are pretty loose in Mexico, time is fluid and so is money. From the news stories, to the way they live, little is controlled or contrived, except for what they create for the American tourist. Tourist attractions are not real.  When I travel I like to find the places that are not over run by tourists because this is a way to get a true experience of a different culture. The absolute best way to experience a different culture is to learn the language and Spanish is a language I want to learn because of my love of Mexico and South America. At this point Spanish is a struggle for me, but I still manage to navigate.

The Circus Magico Modelo was an opportunity to experience a slice of Isla Mujeres and a
taste of magic.  We discovered the circus tent in the distance as we drove around the island on a golf cart, which is the popular mode of transportation for visitors to the island.  After visiting a couple of tourist attractions we explored La Gloria, the neighborhood where the Mexican's who live on the island have their homes.  While we were driving along the lagoon I spotted a big tent in the distance and our curiosity drove us to the large blue and white striped tent that could be seen for over a mile.  There we found a traditional Mexican circus springing out of the sand at the edge of the lagoon. Of course we wanted to go! The following morning I asked a taxi driver, who spoke "a little"English, about the "Circo"( pronounced Seerko) and he said it started at 8 PM and told us it had been there for a month and there
was only a week left.  One of the clowns in the circus was his brother.

It rained off and on all day but we were determined to go anyway. At 7:30 we walked out of our casa just as a taxi was driving by so we didn't even have to contend with the rain, which by then had temporarily stopped. Carrie laughed at me through out the trip at my attempts to speak Spanish, and even though I butchered a lot of words we managed to communicate and get where we were going. We got into the Taxi and I said " La Gloria, por favor" because I didn't know how to say, "we are going to the Circus in La Gloria, could you drive us there?."  He drove about a mile, stopped at the corner and with a sweep of his hands said, "La Gloria!"  I said " Circo" and he said, " Oh, Circo!" and drove us a few more blocks to the circus.

It was 7:45 and it didn't look much like a circus was going to happen so Carrie and I walked a couple of blocks to a playground where a group of young Mexican boys were shooting hoops.  When they saw us sit down on a bench at the other end of the playground they switched to the hoop closest to us and started showing us their best basketball skills.  By the looks of it, Gringos were not a commodity in the neighborhood.  Each time someone shot and missed we all laughed and when someone shot and made it we all cheered. I would throw up my arms and say "woohoo" and one of the boys would copy me.  When they made a basket, all the children shouted "Sopa" which means, soup in Spanish.  We didn't know why they were shouting 'soup' for a basket but we joined in each time a basket was made.  Soon Carrie had joined them and it was so cute to watch these little boys flirt with my darling daughter and  try to impress her with their shooting skills. When they discovered she was really playing the game all of them got more serious and there was a lot of blocking, checking and trying to out shoot each other. While I sat on the bench watching two children joined me on the bench. A girl named Amarosa and a little boy about 3 years old sat next to me and played with the rings and bracelets on my hand while the little girl looked up at mean and said " muy bonito".

About 8:30 I walked back to the circus to find out when and if there would be a circus tonight. I said "Que hora es la Circo?" to the two boys selling tickets.  They told me in Spanish but I wasn't sure what they were saying.  That is the problem if you try to speak Spanish and don't know very much.  People assume you know how the language and speak to you as if you do. I asked if they spoke English and they both shook their heads "no" but pointed to an older gentleman who was approaching us.  He told me the circus started at "about" 9 PM and the tickets were 10 pesos, the equivalent to $1, per person. He told me he would wait by the gate for my daughter and I to return.

At 8:45 Carrie finished her basketball game and we walked to the Big Top where people had
started to gather in the dark.  I climbed the three metal steps to the ticket window, which
was carved out of the side of a semi- truck, that probably carried all the circus equipment, to purchase two tickets.  I was told it was 20 pesos per person instead of 10 and of course the elderly gentlemen was not around to say different. The young man who was helping was playing a joke on people so as I handed the ticket seller my money a big furry black rubber spider dropped down on my hand and I jumped back and we all laughed.  At the entrance to the circus I saw the man I had spoken to earlier, all decked out in his satin circus dress attire looking quite distinguished as he gathered people's tickets.

We entered the big top which was dark and dimly lit by bulbs hanging from bare wires, nothing like the high tech circus' we have in the United States. I was grateful in a way. Chairs made of red molded plastic, advertising Coke a Cola, formed a ring 5 deep around the main stage.  I use the term main stage loosely as there was only one stage.  Carrie and I sat in boxed seats right in the front row.  A boxed seat consisted of two red molded plastic chairs enclosed by a white wrought iron fence with a star in the center.  Carrie and I were the only
non-mexicans in an audience of a couple of hundred people. Soon we had children all around us.  A darling little brown skinned girl with big brown eyes and long brown hair sat next to me and said " Circo!".   I looked at her and smiled and she said " Muy bonito" to me while a girl behind her played with my bracelets as the circus began. I think we were quite a
novelty for the children.

This was no Barnum and Bailey Circus or Cirque du Soleil but for 2 dollars each we got quite a show. Children walked through the crowd selling popcorn, Jell-O and soda pop so we bought a bag of popcorn to share. The Circus started at 9:20 as it poured outside, dropping rain on the crowd through the holes and cracks in the canvas of the big top.  In the misty darkness of the tent I found myself wondering what would happen if the lights shorted out from the water,which dripped in, or lightning struck the tent, or a big gust of wind dislodged the metal poles precariously holding up the roof, but those thoughts were chased away by the action beginning on the main stage.

This was a circus complete with clowns, jugglers and satin clothing, sequence and glitter. We were awe struck by the young man in a black satin tuxedo who ate flames from burning torches, before drinking gasoline from a coke bottle and sending flames from his mouth so high they almost touched the top of the tent. Action unfolded one after another.  A man and woman, beautifully dressed in shiny satin and sparkles came out holding hands.  She climbed to a platform and was spun around as her partner threw 8 knives at her, missing her every time.  As if this wasn't enough, he put on two blindfolds and and did it again, shocking the crowd as each knife stuck into the boards beside her.  Afterward they held hands and bowed to the crowd and asked for a volunteer from the audience.  The man from the audience stood on the platform and as he was strapped in he waved good bye to his wife and new baby.  Knives flew through the air once again and each one stuck into the board next to him and he was able to return to his family unscathed.

There was an intermission with more Jell-O, popcorn and soda and the circus continued.  I
was told that it would last about an hour and a half, "depending on what we do" and it
lasted for two hours, longer than promised.  Later I learned that the circus was in town
for a month and each night they did a different routine.  I don't know if that is true of all circus' because I only went once a year when I was a kid.

The circus ended with a clown act that took place at a makeshift restaurant. One of the
patrons was a clown bum dressed in a black satin suit with a face painted like Emit Kelly.  He came on stage dragging a big stuffed dog by it's leash as though it was real. This dog had seen better days and appeared as if had been dragged through the sand many times. A real dog in the audience looked on in wonderment.  This long skit which was all in Spanish went on for a long time. We knew it was a comedy routine because the audience laughed a lot.

In the end, all the popcorn, Candied Apples and Jell-O were gone and the crowd filtered
out of the Big Top into the dark night, satisfied.  I can say this was the best circus experience I have ever had, even though there were no lions, tigers or bears! Carrie and I walked out with the crowd and into the La Gloria neighborhood, along the ocean road with visions of flame throwers and clowns speaking Spanish, dancing in our heads as guard dogs barked and growled in the dark, under the full moon. Magic was in our space.

If you ever find yourself in a foreign land and spot The Big Top in front of you, don't hesitate to enter, for you will enter the place where magic begins.
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Health, Wealth and Wisdom Solutions

Posted on May 12th, 2007 by SWAN : Share World Abundance Now SWAN
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I have discovered a line of natural health and wellness products, which will appeal to you if you are interest in health and wellness, that I want to share with you. These are products that will support your mind, body and spirit during the stress producing times we are living in. Due to the stress, negativity and fear around us many people are experiencing low energy, fatigue, body aches and pains. Our bodies need foods and nutrients that will keep us light and buoyant and help us maintain our positive movement forward in and easy and graceful way.

I want to tell you about one of the many products available.

TUNGUSKA BLAST:

Tunguska Blast is the signature product that is causing a stir around the world. A cataclysmic event in 1908 felled more than 200 million trees over 850 square miles in Tunguska, Russia. Rather than making a desert of the area, the event created a kind of Garden of Eden, an oasis of fertility resulting in "miracle harvests" of the plants grown there. Tunguska Blast is a powerful dietary supplement originating from the miracle of 1908. This proprietary botanical formula provides nutrition as unique and significant as the event that made it possible. The product, Tunguska Blast will boost your energy and stamina, support your immune system, increase your mental clarity, enhance your physical performance, support weight loss and improve your skin . When we are under stress the DNA and our cells actually shrink and can't take in anymore
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To find Tunguska Blast and other products go to {http://www.cyberwize.com/4423749} and look in Health and Wellness Solutions under Healthwize.  Buy Tunguska Blast and find out for yourself how amazing it is. If you have questions after visiting my web site please e-mail me.


The mission of Cyberwize, the company that sells this product is to provide the best possible natural nutritional products at the best prices while also providing the best opportunity to better the health and wealth of its members. Ten percent of the profits from the sale of Tunguska Blast goes to World Vision an organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.

Business Opportunity:

I am excited to be a part of this cutting edge company and I am looking for people to partner with me. Are you interested in becoming a part of a dynamic company that is building a new platform for network marketing that not only supports health, weath and wisdom but is coupled with the values of Cultural Creatives? People around the world are starting this business and earning residual income. I have looked for products that I could stand behind and a company with intergrity and consciousness for a long time and this is the opportunity I have been waiting for. I am part of a team that is developing in Minnesota and New Mexico( you can live anywhere to join us) that is very exciting. We are the CyberWizeCulturalCreativeGroup, and we are shifting the way network marketing has operated in the past and the company is taking notice. If you are into health and wellness and want to be a part of a team that supports our collective wealth by becoming an independent business owner with this dynamic,progressive company, email me for details or sign up at my website {http://www.cyberwize.com/4423749}
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