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Wild Divine
May Special |
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Share Your Thoughts and Ideas with Us.
Write to us and share your experiences with
The Wild Divine.
How has it affected your life?
Whatever you'd like to share, we'd like to hear!
We'll publish the best letters we receive each month and send
the author a complimentary Wild Divine T-shirt to show you
our appreciation!
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Healing Rhythms
Training Tip |
Subdue Your Inner Critic
Tip: The only way to counter self criticism
is through compassion
Try This: The next time you catch yourself engaging in self
criticism, stop yourself, take a step back, and ask yourself
why you are doing it. What's the situation, what's at stake
and why are you blaming yourself?
Think about if the same thing happened to a
friend and she came to you upset and blaming herself. What
would you tell her? This will allow you to gain some perspective
and start treating yourself with the same kindness and compassion
with which you would treat someone else you love and care
about.
Acknowledge, detach, and observe your inner
critic and change those judgments with love.
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Interesting Stuff
Black Tea and Stress Free...British
researchers have found that black tea serves as a stress reducer -
actually reducing people’s perception of stress. The comfort
beverage also decreases physical reactions to stress, such as an elevated
blood platelet count (a risk factor for heart attack).
Participants in the study drank 4 cups of black tea daily for 6 weeks.
Just 50 minutes after drinking the tea, their cortisol (Stress Hormone)
levels dropped an average of 47 percent! A control group who drank
a faux black tea beverage (containing the same amount of caffeine)
saw a drop in cortisol of only 27 percent.
Drink it up!
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May 2007, Issue
30 |
Welcome to the May Wild
Divine Newsletter
Happy Mother's
Day!
Everyone should celebrate Mother's
Day! 
Whether you are a mother, a mother soon to be, have a mother,
remembering one who passed away, a sister, a close friend,
etc. we can all acknowledge Mother's Day and celebrate those
we love and at the same time celebrate ourselves!
This month, our main story is entitled: Heart
Disease in Women. Written by Sharonne Hayes, M.D.
of the Mayo Clinic, it is an article about the importance
of being aware of heart disease and how every woman can prevent
it by keeping a healthy heart.
Also this month, learn how to Get
Relaxed with Andrew Weil, M.D., teaching us how we
can learn to change our reactions to stress.
And, don't miss our most recent Healing
Rhythms Training 'Tip' on How to Subdue Your Inner Critic.
Check out our scrumptious recipe and our recommended May reading.
Finally, take advantage of our special! This
month's special is a Mother's Day FREE SPA GIFT
valued at $35.00 with purchase of Healing Rhythms PLUS
FREE SHIPPING. Use Code: MOMSDAY
when placing order. This offer is good through May 13, 2007.
-Your friends at The Wild Divine Project
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Story Main |
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care about our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, friends and therefore
want all women to learn as much as they can about the importance
of keeping a healthy heart.
Heart Disease in Women:
A Mayo Clinic specialist answers questions.
By Sharonne Hayes, M.D.
All women face the threat of heart disease.
But becoming aware, logging steps on a pedometer, eating healthy
and other measures can help protect you.
When it comes to the prevention, diagnosis and
treatment of cardiovascular disease, men have traditionally
garnered more attention than women have. You might think this
is because men are more susceptible to cardiovascular disease
than are women. But in reality, more women than men die of cardiovascular
disease each year. Women are six times as likely to die of heart
disease as of breast cancer. Heart disease kills more women
over 65 than all cancers combined.
Historically, coronary artery disease has been considered primarily
a man's disease. But recent statistics have shown that the rate
of heart disease has declined in men but not as much in women.
This may be due to a combination of biological and social differences.
Cardiologist Sharonne Hayes, M.D., director of
the Women's Heart Clinic at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and
member of the advisory board of WomenHeart: the National Coalition
for Women with Heart Disease, shares her insights about women
and heart disease.
 Isn't
heart disease just heart disease, whether it's in a man or a
woman?
Not necessarily. We have gaps in our knowledge about the prevention
and treatment of heart disease in women. For one thing, women
historically haven't been included in scientific research studies
to the extent men have.
For example, we now know that just because a woman's arteries
appear clear on an angiogram (a picture of the heart), it doesn't
mean she's not at risk of heart disease. A study by the National
Institutes of Health indicated as many as 3 million women previously
diagnosed with healthy arteries could actually have an increased
risk of heart attack after all.
"This study, called the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation
(WISE), found among other things that the gold standard test
for assessing coronary artery disease — the coronary angiogram
— may not spot the more diffuse buildup of plaques that
often forms in the smaller coronary arteries of women's hearts."
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A Special Letter
from Wild Divine’s CEO, Kurt Smith.
XIV Mind & Life Conference with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala,
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Greetings,
I am happy to inform you that I was invited to be a special
advisor to the Mind & Life Institute and attend the week
long meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to discuss the
convergence of science and spirituality. Twelve luminary scientists
from a number of backgrounds met daily with the Dalai Lama for
a week to discuss his latest book "The Universe in a Single
Atom - The Convergence of Science and Spirituality".
I feel honored and privileged to have been a part of this meeting.
It
was informative and inspirational for myself and the work at
the Wild Divine Project. The Mind & Life Conferences with
the Dalai Lama have been taking place for twenty years and focus
on the convergence of science and spirituality. It was a distinct
pleasure for me to be able to participate in this year’s
conference in Dharamsala where the discussion focused on the
Dalai Lama’s latest book, ‘The Universe in a Single
Atom’.
As a special advisor to the Mind & Life Institute I was
able to participate with some of the greatest scientists and
contemplatives from around the world. The subjects varied from
quantum physics to the psychology of self and even the ethical
issues that come up when we begin to mix science and spirituality.
For five days we met for over 5 hours each day delving deeply
into some of the most pressing topics as we as humanity really
begin to understand the benefits of contemplative practices
from a scientific perspective. The quality of discussions and
the leadership provided by the Dalai Lama in the discussions
were exemplary and my mind, body and spirit were inspired by
a week immersed in such weighty and relevant discussions.
In the end I walked away with the further conviction that our
products are critically needed in the world today and we are
one of the few companies anywhere providing these important
products.
I hope as the user of our products, that you can sense the
relevance of our project and can feel that you too are a key
part of it.
After all, we are all interconnected.
With Love & Kindness,
Kurt Smith, CEO the Wild Divine Project
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Get Inspired |
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Become Relaxed with Andrew Weil, M.D. |
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and Relaxation: An Introduction.
Content courtesy of www.drweil.com
We can no more eliminate stress from our lives
than we can eliminate tension from our muscles. If muscle tension
dropped to zero, we would fall to the ground in a shapeless
heap. If all stress disappeared, we would not be alive.
Stress is inherent in our interactions with
the world around us and, unless it is overwhelming, it keeps
us growing and developing.
The word stress comes from the same Latin
word that gives us strict, which originally meant "narrow"
or "tight." Stress is the discomfort or distress caused
by forces that limit our freedom and movement. The suggestion
is that sources of discomfort are external. It is outside forces
acting on us that keep us from ease: a demanding boss, an unhappy
spouse, difficult children, the commute to work, mounting bills,
the threat of crime, political unrest, pollution, the risk of
cancer, and on and on.
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Recommended Reading
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Wild
Divine Recommendation -M.L. |
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PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert.
This book was recently on the NY Times Best Seller
Book list and it certainly is on the top of my list for this
month! A beautiful memoir from a very likable author. Gilbert
explores the art of pleasure in Italy, the art of devotion in
India and in Indonesia, and in humorous prose, the art of balancing
the two. I could not put this book down!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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Scrumptious 'Heart Healthy...Roasting Olives.
Olives: A Powerhouse Food
Compact fruits loaded with heart-healthy nutrients.
These heart-healthy single-seeded fruits are a
delectable and dynamic treat. A single olive includes monounsaturated
fat, phytonutrients, omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, calcium,
iron, and vitamins A, C, and E.
The recommended serving is 8 large black ones
or 10 stuffed green ones (at about 45 calories and 5 grams of
fat). To stretch your olive allowance, make a tapenade spread,
dice olives into sauces (puttanesca), or add to salads or tuna.
Rinse canned olives to reduce sodium.
For a real treat, consider roasting olives.
From the California Olive Industry comes this recipe: Spread
olives in a single layer in a baking dish, coat with olive oil
(of course!), sprinkle with lemon peel, then bake at 350°F
for 45 minutes. Serve as a side dish or over pasta. For more
delicious ideas on integrating olives into your daily diet,
go to www.calolive.org.
Enjoy!
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