Dear Beverly,

Welcome to the first of many informative wellness newsletters you will receive from the at the change of each season. We encourage you to share these newsletters with your family and friends. Even better, invite others to subscribe to our free quarterly “Journey to Wellness” because each online issue will be filled with well researched information that will help everyone promote greater wellness. Each issue will be based on a particular theme. The theme of this 2006 Holiday issue is “Wellness.” Each issue will be filed in the website “Newsletter Archives.”

What Does the Mean by “Wellness?”

Wellness is a gift we can give ourselves by achieving a healthy balance between the spiritual, social, mental, emotional and physical aspects of ourselves. The value and healing power of this gift (Wellness) grows as we acquire greater knowledge of self.

SPIRITUAL: Come face to face with YOUR VERY OWN beliefs about God/The Universe. Meditate (or contemplate) daily on YOUR highest relationship with God/The Universe

SOCIAL: Come face to face with how you can better contribute to the health and happiness of the people around you: your family, friends, fellow workers, neighbors and community

MENTAL: Come face to face with how you can change the way you are perceiving life and “problems” so that they are much less stressful and problems become increasingly easy to solve

EMOTIONAL: Come face to face with how you can change fear to courage; anger and resentment to Forgiveness; worry to detachment and compassion; sadness to joy; sorrow to acceptance of things you are unable to change

PHYSICAL: Come face to face with the reality that you can give up the use of cancer and (other) Illness causing chemicals such as (1) foods treated with pesticides or toxic additives; (2) household cleaners and solvents with toxic chemicals; (3) Personal care, Cosmetic and Hair products containing known chemical toxins. You can replace these with organic, untreated, non-toxic foods and substances

The Mission of
is to assist our website visitors, newsletter readers, patients and retreat guests
identify and come face to face with solutions as we all Journey to Wellness together

For a brief tour of how is able and waiting to assist you on your Journey to Wellness,

• You can visit our self-help Wellness Library
• You can call to set up an appointment for our online or onsite Consultations and Wellcare Planning service
• You can visit Sedona, Arizona for onsite Western and/or Eastern (Integrative) Consultations and Treatments
• You can spend a vacation weekend in beautiful Sedona at one of our unique Wellness Retreats
• If you have ever been a part of any , you are invited to register as a Patient/Member and enter our Discussion Room where you are free to chat and learn with many other members who are on a Journey to Wellness.

Each Journey to Wellness Newsletter will include an informative article that is based the issue’s main theme. This issue’s article is

A Common Sense Approach to Wellness Through Understanding the Seasons

Wellness requires that we balance ourselves with the natural flow of the 4 seasons.

In summer, the sun warms and energizes every cell within its reach. Growth is irresistible partly because the days are so long. Splashes of color abound. Moods are often elevated so that creativity, work and productivity are more joyful. In Sedona, the beautiful Red Rocks gleam. From miles people can be seen busily climbing and cycling popular pathways. Equal numbers enjoy swimming and sliding down rivers, creeks and streams. Restaurant and coffee shop patios are filled with sunsplashed residents and visitors. Sedona is also the home of many succulent fruits and aloes that cool and cleanse the blood.

The invites you and yours to celebrate the Summer Solstice at our Basic Wellness Retreat in sunny Sedona June 23-25, 2006

In autumn comes the busy harvest of summer’s. So much to do in so little time because the days shorten. Thank goodness it is cooler because we must move more quickly. In Sedona the leaves of deciduous trees turn to burnt amber, replacing the glow of summer’s flowers. Visitors from all over the world are drawn to the moderate warmth, pleasant evenings and spectacular sunsets.

The invites you and yours to celebrate the Autumn Equinox at our Basic Wellness Retreat in the breathtaking autumn of Sedona September 22, 24, 2006

In the winter, most living things huddle to protect from the cold. Life becomes less physically active and more reflective. Growing fields take long deserved rests while people come together in special celebrations for all we may have accumulated throughout the year — family ties, friendships and our blessings of material resources. In Sedona, the sun often peaks through the cold and quickly warms the occasional snows that cover sleeping seeds. Ever present juniper trees busily create more berries that we can use to cleanse and nourish tired kidneys.

The invites you and yours to celebrate the Winter Solstice at our Basic Wellness Retreat in the warm winter of Sedona January 5-7, 2007

Spring is the time of awakening. As the sun’s warmth rises, mountain snows melt, seeds open their little “arms” and their baby plants begin to stand up from the ground. So it is with people. In the spring we shed the burdens of our inactive winter season — possible accumulations of excess fluids, fats and toxins. Spring is considered a time of “spring cleaning.” This applies to our homes as well as our internal bodies. In Sedona, fresh, crisp watercress lines the banks of rivers and creeks where we are welcome to gather it to make (internally “cleansing”) delicious and peppery spring salads.

The invites you and yours to celebrate the Spring Equinox at our next Basic Wellness Retreat in the beautiful spring of Sedona March 24- 26, 2006

Preview of the Spring (March) issue of Journey to Wellness: Women’s Health Challenges. Our next Retreat for women is scheduled for April 28-30, 2006. Begin planning to come NOW!