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Myth Busting, Common Sense Cleaning Tips & Tools to Keep You Healthy

Welcome back to Light Body Radio!

This week I have a guest with me!

This week I welcome back Stephanie May, BA, LMT, CPT, CRT joining me to discuss common-sense cleaning with natural products. We will dispel some myths that are being perpetuated in the media and give you some actionable tips you can start using today. Join us today to learn how you can keep your spaces clean and support your immune system without toxic chemical cleaners.

 

Here is the excerpt from Stephanie’s newsletter discussing essential oils for cleaning:

When it comes not just to cleaning, but to boosting immunity in general, I like to use the following essential oils or foods as topicals.

Melaleuca oil (aka Tea Tree Oil) is one of my all-time favorite oils to use for a plethora of reasons. To me it is God’s gift to man. It is a natural anti-fungal, antiseptic, stain remover, bug repellent, astringent, fabric refresher, etc. It can be used for so many things. It does need to be diluted as it is very potent, but when used as a spray, and/or in combination with other oils, it is just as effective.

Lemon (or other citrus) is also a natural disinfectant, hence why it is used in so many cleaners. Citric Acid is very effective. Likewise, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is great for boosting immunity and the colder winter seasons.

Lavender is also amazing. Not only is it great for relaxing (and therefore good for stress), it is also a very effective degreaser and cleaning agent. Additionally, lavender is a natural antiseptic and anti- inflammatory. Some of its other many uses are for burns, bug bites, in baths, and in humidifiers.

Ginger is also a very popular as a food and oil both. As a powder it can be used as a topical paste and as an oil in soaks or baths. It aids in digestion which helps boost your immunity because most of your immune system lies in your gut. Ginger is also beneficial for inflammation and detoxing the body and tissues which explains why you may be seeing it included in more and more supplements these days, especially joint supplements.

Turmeric, like its 4 friends mentioned previously, is a miracle worker. It has incredible healing properties by being a natural anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agent as well. Combined with ginger and omegas, it is great for healing injuries and likewise natural pain relief. I love putting it in my baths and making pastes with it also.

 

More Informed Resources:

EWG (Environmental Working Group) links:

https://www.ewg.org/healthyhomeguide/cleaners-and-air-fresheners/

https://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners/

For a brief explanation of how our immune system works go back and listen to the last episode https://drlaramay.com/lightbodyradio/longtermimmune

 

 

*Disclaimer: All of the aforementioned recommendations are not a substitution for medical treatment, nor intended to diagnose. The aforementioned recommendations are all intended for topical use and not for internal use or ingestion. Always read the label of any product you buy and consult with your medical professional before beginning or ending any regimen or treatment plan.*

How to Create Long Term Immune Support from COVID

Welcome back to Light Body Radio!

This week we are going to reframe our mindset around living in a COVID world.

After I talk about the new normal, I give you lots of juicy tools and resources to keep your immune system strong for the long haul.

Covered today:

• Superfoods

• Antioxidants

• Antiviral nutrients

• Antiinflammatory foods

• Regular exercise

• Getting your sweat on

• Mindset tools

• Energetic tools

Tune in and get all the juicy details.

Announcement!!! (drumroll!)

I am now on Patreon! yay!!!

What does this mean for you? Even MORE chances to have access to me and more of the juicy content I bring to you!

For only $5/mo you get bonus content with each podcast (that’s twice a month!). Also, I want to bring you members-only live Q&A sessions, live personalized readings and channeled messages, and anything else that will help support you on your healing journey.

Bonus content for this episode:

• Immunity Support e-guide to download, print, take with you shopping, whatever works best for you

• Galactic Heritage card message specific for this episode and the next 2 week time period.

Head over to https://www.patreon.com/drlaramay and sign-up today!

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Resources for today’s episode:

• For more about the benefits of Epsom salt baths, check out the following blog posts and podcasts…

https://drlaramay.com/blog/remedies

https://drlaramay.com/lightbodyradio/magimmunity

https://drlaramay.com/blog/2017/7/31/benefits-of-baths

• Johns Hopkins COVID map

• high-dose-iv-vitamin-c

• https://www.patreon.com/drlaramay

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Finding Coherence In Your Heart Space

This week’s guest is Marianne Schneider from Reiki Tahoe & 5th Element Healing.

This week I joining me to discuss the energy of the heart space and the benefits of finding the energy of coherence is Marianne Schneider.

Our heart space in the bridge between the spiritual and physical realms. It is the area of our body where we integrate the two realms for manifestation and understanding. Through the heart, we have the ability to improve the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of our health. Many of us have built walls around this area to protect ourselves from the challenging aspects of human life. Today we are going to encourage you to open up and let go, to grow, and allow the love to shine through. Tune in and get all the juicy details.

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About My Guest:

Marianne has been involved with the energetic world most of her life.  She became a certified Usui Reiki Practitioner in 2003 and received her Usui Master Teacher Reiki attunement in 2006 following 3 years of hands-on study.  Since then, she has added in Angelic Reiki Master Teacher, Crystal Reiki Master Teacher, Usui Holy Fire Karuna Reiki Master Teacher, Angelic Crystal Practitioner as well as Shamanic Training.

Blending Reiki with many other modalities Marianne has created a unique healing practice.   She opened her full-time practice in 2010 and has since combined Reiki Tahoe with Fifth Element Healing Center.

Knowing that there are many ways to help people, she has extended her education by becoming a BodyTalk Access Technician,  and Intuitive Reader of Tarot.  She has also implemented Raindrop Technique, Conscious Healing, Affirmations, the Law of Attraction as well as many other tools into her practice.

She believes in the changing energies and knows that no two sessions are alike.  Things are constantly shifting and changing including how the information comes through in each session.  It is magical how each session morphs into exactly what it needs to be each and every time.

 

To contact with Marianne:

http://www.reikitahoe.com/

(530)448-4220

http://www.reikitahoe.com/online-booking/

Located in Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe, CA. Servicing all of Lake Tahoe, Reno, and providing distance healing services. 

Find her on Yelp, Facebook, and Instagram.

How Magnesium Supports Your Immunity

This week I have Stephanie May, BA, LMT, CPT, CRT joining me to discuss the role of magnesium in supporting your immune system.

Magnesium has over 300 functions in the human body and is essential to healthy function. The best part is that you can reap the benefits just by taking a bath. Tune in and get all the juicy details.

 

After listening, you might also like this blog post I did about creating a relaxing and rejuvenating bath time. Check it out here.

I also have a great post on natural remedies during the cold season. This translates nicely to any viral illness, which COVID-19 is of course. Get those natural remedies here.

About My Guest:

Stephanie first became interested in fitness and bodywork after suffering from many health conditions and injuries herself. As an athlete, she did not get much relief from traditional physical therapy. This led her to pursue studies in massage therapy at the Center for Rehabilitative Education (C.O.R.E.) Massage Institute and immediately following graduation pursued a 10-month Structural Integration, Active Release, and Neuromuscular Therapy specialty. In addition to her foundational training, she continues to be an avid learner and holds a plethora of personal training, group fitness, massage, and bodywork certifications through AAAI/ISMA, ACE, NASM, Aaron Mattes and many more. Stephanie also holds a Bachelor's in Science from Western State Colorado University in Exercise and Sport Science. 

 

Most recently, after an inspiring 15-year journey and the passing of her beloved dog, Ajax, Stephanie has been diving into the world of energy healing and animal therapies. She is a certified Holy Fire Level 2 Reiki practitioner, is currently obtaining her canine massage certification, and is pursuing her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. She is excited to offer a culmination of her healing services including reiki, massage, cupping, stretching, yoga trapeze, home exercise, and injury prevention services, which include a consultation with a short coaching session.

 

To contact Stephanie:

https://www.vagaro.com/highleauhealth for booking services

www.mixdbodywork.com

(530) 562-5052

Located in Pacifica and Lake Tahoe, CA. Servicing all of Lake Tahoe and most of the San Francisco Bay area. 

Find her on Yelp, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter!

Navigating the New Normal of COVID-19

Welcome back to Light Body Radio!

This week I have a special treat! My good friend and colleague, Julie Ford, and I got together to bring you a special episode on “Navigating the New Normal”. As we all adjust to the dynamic that COVID-19 has brought upon us, we talk about how to find our grounded calm, acknowledge and move through grief and so much more! Join us this week for a lively conversation and take away some tools you can use today!

In today’s show, we offer you something to ponder, to practice and to play with.

To ponder:

“One day when you wake up, you will find that you have become a forest. You have grown roots and found strength in them that no one thought you had. You have become stronger and more beautiful, full of life giving qualities. You have learned to take all the negativity around you and turn it into oxygen for easy breathing. A host of wild creatures live inside you and you call them stories. A variety of beautiful birds rest inside your mind and you call them memories. You have become an incredible self sustaining thing of epic proportions. And you should be so proud of yourself, of how far you have come from the seeds of who you used to be.”

– Nikita Gill, You Have Become a Forest

 

Practice -

1. Honor and mourn/acknowledge the loss of OLD Normal

2. Be open to the possibilities and ways to thrive in NEW Normal

3. Choose to take small, do-able steps toward creative solutions in NEW Normal.

The meditation that I led us through - at min 26:30 - 32:00. It's a beautiful 5 1/2 minutes. So CALMING AND GROUNDING!

Play with-

Step 3 - creative solutions- Make it FUN!

Have a dance party! Movement is GROUNDING!

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Tools of Life is written and produced by Julie Ford of Julz of Life where we've been supporting parents and teens as they navigate the challenging richness of raising the next generation. This stage of life is full of our own "remember when" and "oh boy, here we go" moments that we can choose to either DREAD or RELISH. No stage of parenting (or life…) should need to be endured. Let's enjoy every stage.

For more tools of life from Julz of Life, contact Julie Ford at julie@julzoflife.com or follow Julz of Life on Facebook and Instagram. The Tools of Life Podcast is available on 8+ channels including Anchor.FM, iTunes, and Spotify.

How to Use the Spring Equinox Energy to Spring Forward in Your Life

Our topic this week is Spring! Yay! What are the energetics of spring? how can we integrate the energy of spring into our lives?

 

Spring brings with it

•  The power to heal

• New Birth, transmutation

• New endeavors open up

• The spirits of nature awaken and become more tangible to us

• Change is stimulated, movement is stimulated

 

It might be a good idea to go back and listen to the Winter episode to reflect on how far you have come and to put Spring progress into more perspective.

 

get all the show notes at https://drlaramay.com/lightbodyradio/spring2020

Can You Be Intolerant to Dairy But Not Allergic? What's the Difference?

In this week’s episode I want to take you into the world of food intolerances & allergies by way of dairy.

In future episodes I can dive deeper into other foods, if you are interested, let me know what you want to know more about.

For today I take into a brief explanation of our wondrous immune systems. And from there we merge into the problem with conventional diary.

Finally, I give you alternative solutions, because you know me I don’t believe in living a deprived life!

make sure you come over to the notes page for all the extras https://drlaramay.com/lightbodyradio/foodallergies

How Functional Medicine Differs From Western Medicine? And, where does medical intuition fit in?

In celebration of the completion of my functional medicine training, I wanted to bring you an in-depth examination of the difference between functional medicine and allopathic medicine.

I also wanted to illustrate how medical intuition & energy medicine can be complementary to your healthcare approach.

Today I cover the 5 tenents of functional medicine…

• • Functional Medicine views us all as being different; genetically and biochemically unique. This personalized health care treats the individual, not the disease. It supports the normal healing mechanisms of the body, naturally, rather than attacking disease directly.

  • Functional Medicine is deeply science-based. The latest research shows us that what happens within us is connected in a complicated network or web of relationships. Understanding those relationships allows us to see deep into the functioning of the body.

  • Your body is intelligent and has the capacity for self-regulation, which expresses itself through a dynamic balance of all your body systems.

  • Your body has the ability to heal and prevent nearly all the diseases of aging.

  • Health is not just the absence of disease, but a state of immense vitality.

I also talked about the difference between healing and a cure.

And finally, I gave a brief intro to medical intuition.

Integrate Flow with Your Food

One aspect of life where we can create more flow is how and what we eat. How do we think about food and eating? How can we create a more calm, smoothe and flowing approach?

 

For me the answer is simplification, and what is more simple than clean eating? Are you considering moving to clean eating, but cannot find the motivation to start? It may be that clean eating sounds like an entire lifestyle shift, one that requires proper planning and proper initiation. You may be putting it off until you get a few days off from work or when that one big project is over. But here’s the problem with waiting until…”I have this”, or “This is done”…You will keep looking for reasons to put off change until you realize that you can just break down that change into smaller pieces and start integrating it slowly into your life. Right now. Today!

Want more? check out this blog post https://drlaramay.com/blog/newyearflowpart2

Make 2020 Your Year to Flow

Happy New Year! In today’s episode, I talk about the concept of flow.

I was inspired to bring you this audio version of my new year blog. Where I delve into the meaning of flow, the application of flow in our lives. Get your pen and paper ready to do a bit of journalling and tune into the reflective and hopefully inspiring episode.