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By: Dr. Brenda M. Leite B.Sc.N.M., R.N.P., D.N.M.

Sunleite's January Newsletter

Here we are again facing the east direction of the sacred circle (medicine wheel) anticipating new beginnings, new resolutions at the beginning of the year 2010. The idea of resolutions at the start of the New Year is a healthy concept. We all tend to become a little apathetic as the year wanes. The reduced sunlight, colder, harsher weather makes us want to hibernate. Of course, this is a genetic pattern our bodies have learned over time. To conserve energy and ensure we have enough fat stores (and stores in the larder!) to get through the winter. Lack of vitamin D production contributes to the slowing down of systems as well.  It may not just be the overindulgence at Christmas time that has allowed a few extra pounds to plump up our body mass.

So the idea of the eastern gate of the medicine wheel allows us to enter into a state of renewal, the knowledge that there will be more daylight today and the earth will start to warm. (Hard to believe when it’s been minus 20 for weeks in Ontario!). Anyways, it is starting the process. The healthiest place to be is connected to our Mother Earth so she will also start to invigorate us if we are ready to receive and are accepting our connection to the earth. Your chi or energy flow doesn’t stop at your feet. It continues down into the core of the earth, sometimes referred to as the womb of Gaia/Mother Earth. The days that nothing seems to go right, you are dropping or knocking things over, you forget something important, you feel irritated, I can guarantee on those days you are not grounded. You are not connected to the earth. So stop for a minute, close your eyes and imagine a brilliant blue wave of colour coming in through your head/crown chakra and travelling down your body to your feet and beyond to the core of the earth. Then receive the return energy from the earth in a brilliant red wave, again passing through the body in reverse, back to the God or Creator energy above your crown chakra. One wave down and up is usually enough to get you back on track. But do a few waves just because it will feel good! Start your day this way while you are in the shower so you don’t forget you have the tools within to turn your day around.

I always find it interesting that the memberships in health clubs skyrockets and diminishes within a few weeks of the initial flux of interest. Why do we sabotage ourselves in this way? If you have never stuck to attending a health club, then don’t do it. Find another way to exercise that you enjoy. Find a walking mate locally - do the home gym approach, if you can discipline yourself. Join yoga, or taichi or whatever you feel is akin to your spirit. Make the decision to change those habits in your lifestyle that make you unwell in any capacity, whether emotional, physical or spiritual. Get rid of your baggage and move forward.

 I rarely see apathy in our clinic. When people are unwell and no one else is helping them, and they commit money and time to their initial assessment and beyond, they are ready to truly help themselves and not fall into the pattern of fear and disease. It is so inspiring to see this attitude and gratitude on a daily basis.

Fear really still runs our political systems and our planet. We saw it with the H1N1 scare and we see it with the new body scanners for airport security. (Europe is starting to slow down and is considering personal privacy rights as to whether they will jump on the bandwagon. Europe is more advanced with regard to health care, as well. In Germany, for example, naturopathic medicine and homeopathy are well balanced with allopathic medicine and are just as respected. Truly, integrative medicine which is what we aspire to in Port Perry.) This fear approach is relevant to me as a health care provider because if your body and mind are not balanced and healthy, the planet won’t be balanced and healthy because of our energetic connection to all. What you think, you become.  (Buddha). What you think, you create. (Brenda Leite!) And your energetic vibration whether low, moderate or high, affects the planetary energies.

I heard a recent example, quite dramatic, with regards to how what you think affects the outcome of any situation. A client was in a single car accident, as a result of black ice, and his car rolled over a number of times before stopping in a destroyed state. No one would have survived being in the rear passenger seats, which gives you an idea of how serious an accident this was. When asked how he managed to walk away from this trauma without a scratch, he replied that he knew he was unable to control the outcome so he closed his eyes and asked his guides/angels to assist him! He did not go into the fear of potentially losing his life but stayed centered and focused on the higher loving energies. This is an extreme example of what you think, you create. Extraordinary, yet very simple. I am asking you to apply this philosophy to your everyday life when you are faced with hopefully less traumatic but still challenging situations. For example, when someone is trying to pull you into an argument see it for what it is and pull back and ask the higher energies to take command of the situation with love and you will be amazed at the outcome. Apply it to your physical state. Send a clear message of acceptance and love to yourself instead of criticism and self-loathing. The positive possibilities are endless with this basic philosophy of focused attention to unconditional love.

This is the ultimate motivation to correct your personal imbalances. Create positive energy in your body which will then vibrate healthy, balanced energy in your community and beyond. Forget the fear motivation and incorporate the positive change motivation. This is about loving yourself to take the brave step out of the patterns that hold you in a lower vibration, and the love will extend expeditiously to the world. It really isn’t very hard but is it very powerful. The clean up shouldn’t be limited to your physical self. Your home and workplace environment may need clean up as well in terms of environmental impact such as cleaning supplies used, recycling etc. And, of course, you know which clinic is best equipped to help you with the personal work and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Consider this…

With care and compassion, Brenda M. Leite, Doctor of Natural Medicine and staff!

 
Let us know by email if you are interested in our Medicine Wheel workshops this year at Bimadisiwin and in the Metaphysical Energy work via a webcast or teleconferencing. Thank you to those whom have already responded.

Krow is coming again to channel Red from the council of elders at the clinic on January 27th, 28th and 29th. Spaces are full at this time so call to be on the waiting list or to be notified of her next visit. Her work is all love centred and always beneficial. Thank you to Krow for her commitment to this work and sharing it with our clients.

We are also participating in A Wellness Show at the Scugog Community Centre on February 20th. Proceeds from the show are going to a charity dedicated to children’s well-being and health in Guatemala. You can learn more about the show at www.therapeuticgrace.com. $2 off coupons are available at our clinic. I will be offering a meta-physical rebalancing seminar at 11:00 am and will conclude with a group healing. Hope to see you on the 20th.

Penny has yoga classes through the spring. Her work is also heart-centred and even if you are new or have yoga experience, she will be the right choice for you. We are grateful to Penny for having her as part of our healing group at Sunleite and as our local talented and very flexible!! yoga teacher. When I have days that I am being pushed a little hard at the clinic, Penny enlists her Kundalini yoga with me and gets me balanced and back on track. Kind of like a personal trainer but highly connected!

In gratitude, we must also acknowledge Jayne Manwaring who continues to provide exemplary care to our thermography clients and as my right hand person who can handle any task asked of her, we appreciate her care and expertise.

We continue to work with Jane Warner, our Doctor of Homeopathy and educating people about the extraordinary benefits of homeopathy. Thank you Jane for being a part of Sunleite.

Continuing with more gratitude, and so also want to thank Pam Beach and Brenda Stevenson for their continued sharing of healing gifts, from Bowen therapy and Reflexology and beyond!

Of course without our faithful and supportive clients and patients, we would not be able to provide our natural medicine health care.

Thank you for your continued support. Word of mouth is our best advertising and we appreciate the referrals. Our doctor-grade neutra-ceuticals also help us to keep our doors open. If it isn’t convenient to stop by the clinic to pick up your monthly supplements, we are happy to send to you. Call or email the clinic to order and we can ship the same day in most circumstances. The doctor grade supps are the highest quality, most bioavailable in the marketplace. We also appreciate testimonials to continue to provide examples of our healing work to those who have not attended as a patient. Thank you for taking the time to write a few lines.

We are still looking for a Registered Massage Therapist so spread the word please. We provide a great work environment.

And, finally, if you have experienced thermography, tell everyone you know how beneficial it is. And if you haven’t experienced it yet, what are you waiting for? No radiation, no compression. Payment plans are available. Take care of yourself!

previous newsletter:

Season’s Greetings from Sunleite Integrative Health Centre!

A reminder that we offer gift certificates for all of our services, including infra red sauna, foot bath, breast and full body thermography, initial assessments with Dr. Leite, Dr. Warner and Pam Beach, reflexology with Brenda Stevenson, and we continue to offer our EMF protectors (see our website if wanting more info: www.sunleitehealth.ca), plates and pendants. Call the clinic @ (905) 985-3303 or drop in to purchase!

Our Christmas holiday hours are: Closed on December 23rd through to and including 28th and December 31st and January 1st, 2010! 

We all appreciate some rest and relaxation during this time of the year. 

Worthwhile book to read: Suzanne Somers " Knockout". Get past the 60 supplements that she takes daily and read what the doctors have to say!

As mentioned in our previous newsletter, we are organizing webcasts to offer to our clients who wish to benefit from my energy work. (see our website for more info!). We are asking for a response from the readers of this letter whether this is something that would interest you. The cost would be minimal ($40), time would be one hour and I would clear general foundational blockages and then help restore energy balance within your field. There would be no personal information or specifics provided during these sessions however I feel there is still great benefit to move general unbalanced energy out and vibrant balanced energy in with a group scenario. I am excited at this option of making this available to those who live a distance from our clinic. I am also available to do personal long distance energy sessions (presently I work with clients in North America). Personal sessions, in or out of the clinic, remain at $250 per hour.) Regarding the webcasts, we may organize two monthly sessions at different times of the week to accommodate different schedules. Please provide your feedback if you are interested.

 I wrote the following article for two publications and wanted to share it with you as well. I personally had not realized the impact on our food supply with the drastically reduced bee population and wanted to spread the word.

 
To bee or not to bee chemical free!

(we know there is only one choice here! And please excuse the pun!)

The honey producing industry has discovered that there is a serious depletion in the bee population this year. They have deemed it “colony collapse syndrome”. We also noticed there was a lack of bee activity in our garden at home. Since becoming aware of this crisis, my husband and I have watched numerous televised attempts at defining the cause of the decline. The print media also has been involved.  I personally was ignorant of the magnitude of this dilemma. There are farms in the United States that had to bring in bees from Australia to pollinate large tracts of crops or the yield would be insufficient to allow the farm to continue operating. Who really stops to think while you are grocery shopping that we need pollinators or we don’t have food! Some of the ideas put forward by “scientific experts” included an AIDS- like virus, virulent bacteria, pesticides, and general immune challenge. Whether it is a combination of the four options, it all comes down to a healthy immune system. So what causes a greatly impaired immune system? Prolific ingestion of chemicals/pesticides would achieve this end. We see this issue in our human population. I do not feel that this is the lone culprit.  In combination with the poisoning, we need to consider the issue of leaky gut, sometimes referred to as mal-absorption syndrome, in the human population and the depletion of bees.

 There was a successful pear agricultural area in China where they used considerable pesticides to produce their fruit, as most growers do worldwide. Eventually, the pear trees no longer had any bees to pollinate their flowers and production decreased to a critical point. To ensure the ongoing success, the orchard workers hand pollinated each and every flower and wrapped each pear to ensure a future crop. Of interest, in China, is also the concern that the hand pollinating is being carried out by the older population and as the youth are heading for the cities for a different kind of life, there soon will be no hand-pollinators to be found! The chemicals we use to produce our food contaminate all of us, all living creatures on the earth, so we shouldn’t be surprised when we see nature affected. I believe the bees have been affected just like ourselves when our systems are exposed to toxins, free radical activity is created within our bodies. The free radical activity weakens the immune system and sets up the condition we call leaky gut. We stop absorbing our nutrients properly and our cells then lack the nutritional support to maintain our energy, immune system and well-being. The leaky gut and chemical poisoning upsets our hormonal balance causing infertility; and deregulates our usually harmonious flora and fauna within our gastro-intestinal system.

With leaky gut in the human population, yeast (candida albicans) overgrows in the gut becoming fungal when disturbed by a variety of antagonists such as antibiotics, pesticides/chemicals (including tobacco exposure), hormones like xeno-estrogens and bacterial infections such as hidden dental issues. A sedentary lifestyle and stagnation in the bowel are usually contributing factors. Fortunately, we are more complex than the honey bee to problem solve but the issue is just as serious when we are seeing pandemic levels of cancer in our society today due to weakened immune systems.

To cast light on the horizon, what can we do to help ourselves? Begin by supporting the organic growers and becoming, if you have a yard or a window box, an organic gardener yourself. It doesn’t take a lot of effort to grow tomatoes or lettuce and herbs. Start a healthy symbiotic relationship with the honey bee by providing a chemical free plant for the bees that are pollinating. Without the bees, our food supply stops! Start a realistic exercise program with intent to make it a daily event. Walking is a great way to start. Rebounders are excellent for the lymph system and are inexpensive and take up little room. Get a foundational analysis from Sunleite if you haven’t already.  We would guide you through hormonal (saliva testing is preferred), live blood and toxic load analysis (hair and urine analysis may be utilized) to see your immune system baseline. Infra red thermography can assist in a non-radiative way to contribute to your body and/or breast baseline.

Through our guidance, you will detoxify your system and increase water consumption, reduce your stress quotient and learn to meditate, chelate out metals/chemicals, and begin on a nutritional program that will bring your body back into balance. In our world of toxins and stress, ongoing nutritional support is vital to maintaining your health and well-being. Our food supply does not contain the same amount of nutrients of 30 years ago. Remember with regard to all things, you get what you pay for so ensure your nutritional supplements are bioavailable. The supplements that we sell with a few minor exceptions are exclusive to doctors and are of the highest standard for that particular support. The youth of today are showing signs of disease that we saw in the previous generation when they were in their forties. We don’t want to mirror the fall of the honey bee. Get busy. Help yourself, your family, the planet and the bees!! Choose to be chemical free. 

 
What a great New Year’s resolution! Do a chemical audit of your home, car and office. Include your body care products. See where you can make changes that are healthier for your body and the environment.  Assess all the products you purchase to clean your home and clothes. (Scent free fabric softener sheets are still full of chemicals.) The “natural” label on food does not mean it is chemical free. For example, there is a private label peanut butter product on the market that claims to be natural with no added preservatives, salt, sugar, but the peanut crop is heavily sprayed with pesticides. It is marketed to families. Do not feed this product to your children!!

We have information in the clinic to guide you to safe alternatives to home and body products. 

Consider this…. And have a joyous and healthy 2010!

by: Dr. Brenda M. Leite 

B.Sc.N.M., R.N.P.,D.N.M.

Doctor of  Natural Medicine

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