Caring Palms will reopen for business as usual Monday, November 28th at the regular hours. During this time, the phones will forward to Brian’s cell phone, so he will be able to take calls if there is an emergency. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday.

Also, Caring Palms will close an hour or two early on Halloween so that we can go get ready for the monsters.

Caring Palms currently has two treatment rooms for rent by some holistic arts practitioner. This could be massage, acupuncture, hypnosis, herbs, counseling, or others. The rent for each room is $400 per month. If you are a holistic arts practitioner, or you know anyone looking for space for their business at a reasonable rate, have them contact us. We are looking for others to come and be part of our healing arts center.

We Survived The Storm

While hurricane Matthew came through the area a couple of weeks ago, the Caring Palms studio came away with no damage. It was touch and go there for a while watching the storm move back and forth, watching the flooding cross Second Street and few blocks from here, and watching the winds whip things around. Although we did not cover our windows (as the landlord notified us that we should do at 3:00 on Wednesday), all the glass was intact.

We and others put a lot of energy into keeping the place safe, and we thank those that gave their energies and prayers to make it able for us to come back to work Monday after the storm. But the bottom line is that we are here and available to help you.

Gift Certificates are available for massage or Reiki sessions, or massage or Reiki classes. Buy gift certificates for friends and loved ones, or just for yourself. If you have four friends that can benefit from massage or Reiki (and everyone can), you can buy gift certificates for them, and get one free for yourself. If you are a regular client, you can buy four gift certificates for yourself and get five sessions (this is the best deal going). 

The Importance of Wellness

by Victoria Oakley

What is wellness? Is it something you believe you practice in your every day life? How do you know if you are a “healthy” person who lives a healthy lifestyle? One definition states that wellness is “The quality or state of being healthy in body and mind”. We could look up definition after definition of wellness and maybe come out with a slightly different variation with each source. Everyone is going to create their own idea of what being “well” is and to them what qualifies as living a healthy lifestyle. Here are a few staples that I include in my own definition of wellness.

Be good to your body! Care about the quality of food you eat. It is mind boggling how much we alter food today. Simple foods that you pick up off the shelf that you would only suspect to have 1 or 2 ingredients have a list of 15 items you can not even begin to pronounce. From the way we create the food to all of the pesticides used, you really have to be aware of where you food comes from (or what it even is). Try walking out of the grocery store with 80% of your purchases from the produce section, preferably organic and/or local. You will be amazed what those green vegetables and fresh food will do for your health!

The human body is an amazing combination of intricate processes. We are not meant to sit down all day! Our bodies have all of these amazing systems in place to support movement and development. Get up and move at least an hour a day. If you do not have an hour straight break, the time up. If you find yourself sitting at the computer for an hour, get up and go for a quick 10-minute walk. Do some arm circles and stretches, shoulder shrugs, anything to get your body moving. We all have different limits and we should all make it a point to find and pass our limits each day. Your heart wants to be challenged! Give it the exercise it is craving, reach those limits so you can make your next goal higher then the last!

Taking care of our bodies is another equally important piece of the puzzle of wellness. No matter if you are a sedentary person or the biggest gym goer out there, we need to recover from the tolling stress we put ourselves through. Yes, sitting at the computer all day is VERY tolling on your body! More so then exercise, in my opinion. Our joints and strong muscles get stiff and weak when they don’t move all day. On the other end of the spectrum those of you that exercise a lot are constantly challenging your muscles and building up that lactic acid, which is the reason we get sore. Massage is such a vital piece to recovery for the gym goer, the desk worker, and everyone in between!

The last point I will cover is to stay mentally well and happy. Easy, right? Not so much! We are so caught up in our busy hectic lives that we fall short in taking care of our own minds. Find something that instantly brings a smile to your face. It could be anything; the beach, your pet, exercising, the smell of flowers, sunrises, reading, meditating. Whatever it may be for you (assuming it is something safe and preferably beneficial to your health) get out there and do it! The power of a simple smile and laughter is so strong and so underestimated these days. Take some time to smile every day!

At the end of the day it is your life and whatever you decide is important for your well being, you should make those things your top priority in life. Take a minute to figure out what you feel is important to focus on and what makes you happy, and make a point to accomplish those things. It sounds silly to think we all don’t already do that. This is just a simple reminder not to forget about ourselves,

December 3, 2016, 2:00pm - 4:30pm (Saturday)
Past Life/Future Life Regression Group Session

Please join us at Caring Palms for a Group Past Life Regression event facilitated by Laura Bogen, Certified Hypnotherapist and QHHT (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique) Practitioner. Using a simple, but effective visualization technique, the first part will include experiencing one of your past lives that is most appropriate for you to see at this particular time in your life. Did you witness to the ancient pyramids being built? Were you the chief of an ancient native tribe? Perhaps a knight in medieval times? The possibilities are endless.

Then stay a bit longer for the second part, where you will be able to explore a distant future life. You may witness unforeseen technology, interesting concepts, and even otherworldly events. After all, the future is what you make of it.

Lastly, you will be guided through a beautiful meditation to connect with your Higher Self, where you will receive a message pertinent to your life today and become more acquainted with yourself on a deeper level.

All you have to do is show up! (We recommend that you bring a pillow to sit on, as space is limited.)
$25 per person.

Call Caring Palms to reserve your spot. Check out Laura's website HERE.

Steering The Storm

by Brian Dean

Now, I know I have written on some pretty bizarre concepts while trying to stay somewhat inside the acceptable realm of possibility, but this article may stretch that. For years now, we have seen our share of storms from the real bad ones like Katrina and Matthew to ones not so bad like Lisa and Danielle (you probably don’t remember them either). With each bad storm, groups of energy workers have been pushing their energies to try to minimize what the storms do. And believe it or not, since everything is energy, people pooling their energies can make a difference.

The problem is not that we are small in comparison to a hurricane, but we believe we are small in comparison to a hurricane. It makes us feel powerless when we are so much stronger than we could ever believe. When we think of a single person using their energy to push at a powerful storm, it is like an ant against an elephant. And while that is true, the trick is that this ant needs to believe that they are an elephant, in fact a bigger, stronger elephant than the one they are fighting.

It is all in the visualization and the energy you create from it. For instance, if I visualize a map of the area the storm is in (and approaching) on the floor, I am able to walk around it. I am big compared to this image below me on the floor. Therefore, when I summon my energies to move this storm, they are much more powerful than if I think about little old me and this huge hurricane. Then if I take these energies and see them shoving the storm in a different direction, then there is a good chance that this storm will move. But I have to believe that I am strong enough, and that this is possible.

What I did with Matthew was to see myself thigh deep in the water several miles off the coast of Daytona. I did this in a meditative/trance state. I placed blocks in the water to deflect the storm to the east when it reached that area. I then told everyone I know on Facebook what I did, and asked them to add energy to these blocks to make them strong. Many of them did so, and then passed this plan to many others, who in turn repeated the process.

When the hurricane reached Daytona, it surprised meteorologists when it did a quick jog to the east before continuing on northward. That jog was what spared St. Augustine and Jacksonville. If it had not made that sudden turn, the eye wall would have gone up the coast destroying much of the beaches area including Caring Palms.

I truly believe that it was all the energy workers that came together, and the spirits backing them up that kept this area from being destroyed. There was still damage, but it was minimal compared to what could have happened.

I have yet to believe that we can completely stop a storm as we are fighting nature, but I do believe we can change it to minimize damage. Some day, maybe enough people will believe and pool their energies so that we can fully manage storms. When that time comes, we will truly be in control. Until then, we must create belief that we can do something, and not give in to fear. 

Now, believe this or not. After all, truth is stranger than fiction. But if you are interested, I journaled a similar occurrence that happened 14 years ago. In this case a hurricane was turned from Tampa into a smaller area, but not knowing how storms turned caused a problem. If you want to read it, go here.