Healing Images

My personal story of lead and mercury detoxing

2012-02-22T15:35:00.001-06:00

I got asked today about how I got my high tissue levels of lead and mercury, and I get asked this often enough that I realized I must put this here on my blog:

Let me start by explaining that the whole reason I went looking for answers was because I was becoming sooooo tired at night that it was all I could do to brush my teeth at night before allowing myself to collapse into bed. Everyone was telling me … “oh, that’s just getting older” or “oh, that’s menopause” … but I didn't believe it was supposed to be like this.

So I went searching. At first I was put on the path of gluten-free, and although that helped a little, I moved on to further questing. Then I got tested for food allergens and learned about my issues with walnuts and pecans and soy. I try not to ever eat soy, but raw walnuts and pecans I was eating almost every morning!

Then I had a hint of toxicity in a hair sample that is inexpensive to do, but not real accurate. That lead us to do a chelation IV though, which then showed that my body was literally “off the charts” lead and mercury toxic. It was Dr Yu that found this. He told me he had never seen levels so high. He also told me that this explains my tiredness … that mercury OR lead is bad enough … but mercury AND lead together is … well … exhausting to my body!

So I went searching … NOW for the source of this stuff, although Dr Yu told me that it was likely from long ago. My husband and I just wanted to be sure that I wasn’t getting any NEW input of these things, and sure enough we found no traces of anything anywhere in my current day.

What I have determined since then, is that the mercury MAY have come from my amalgams. I have since replaced all my fillings with another material. This probably has not helped my most resent evaluation of my mercury levels, but I figure it can only get better now from here, right? :)

I never ate MUCH of the tuna or the salmon, because I too knew that they were often loaded. I did take supplements like spirulina and chlorella, the “seaweeds” I like to think of them … but I believe that these things only help one to ELIMINATE these toxins and not ADD to them, but could I be wrong about this? I don’t know.

As for the lead in my tissues, that has remained a mystery, although I HAVE come to learn that it probably didn’t help that when I was a teenager in Pennsylvania, my bedroom was in the basement of a home that had radon gas, most likely lead/copper pipes, and at school, I also played in the dark-room a lot with no protection on my hands as I lifted the film from developer to toner, etc. Who knows WHAT I took in when I worked in a steel mill one summer!? But as Dr Yu has helped me to understand, what’s important is what I do from here.

Twice a week I take an oral chelating agent (that of course is not “approved” of here in the states). And I try to remain alkaline as long as possible after a night of “fasting,” eating raw foods as much as possible after waking, and staying completely away from all grains. This has been my food intake approach to detoxing. Only occasionally do I try complete raw juicing or fasting, because I seem to require protein not to mention the “chewing” I crave after trying to stick to those raw, live liquids longer than about half way through my day. I find that I do best when I am strict for awhile and then I relax for a bit.

The latest thing I had been doing to add to my detoxing regimen since around Thanksgiving, is to sweat as often as possible in my infrared sauna, (one of the BEST ways to detox heavy metals by the way)! It’s fun and easy too … although not everyone can afford one of these awesome contraptions. Yet a small one was just the thing I wanted for my very best Christmas present ever! (although I have my eye on a Vitamix for the NEXT holiday season! HAHAHA)

Let me know if anyone out there has any other questions about this … for as you might guess, I am very passionate about this!!!

Always,

Sandy

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Three mistakes I made in Ireland

2011-08-16T17:24:00.000-05:00

Dia Dhuit (is how you say “hello” in Irish Gaelic)!

I returned home from my incredible trip to Ireland. And having never been there before, it’s not surprising that I made three mistakes any “normal-thinking” American might make:

1) I had some incredibly good, fresh, & healthy food while there. But somehow I also ended up eating lots of TREATS to which I normally would have “just said NO!” My theory, of course, was: “I’m on vacation!!!” And at times I even ended up with a stomach ache!

I’m not the ONLY one who makes THIS mistake … am I?

2) On our last day there, my husband and I rented a car so that we could explore the incredible coastline like you see in this photo.

Although I’d been traveling for days on “the wrong side of the road” via many other modes of transportation, this was the first time I was placed into a front seat that put “the wrong side of the road” right in my face! Now add to that: THIS picture -- narrow roads with s-curves that were taking us closer and closer to the sea, all at a “normal” speed of 80 Kilometers per hour, (which isn’t even dangerously fast), on a typical, misty, Irish rainy day!

So what exactly was my mistake, you might ask? Well, I just couldn’t stop “expressing” my fears to my husband (the driver), which tended to make him even more nervous as this “new” driver of the “wrong side of the road” scenario!

Even though I would never have guessed I am capable of such ‘anxieties,’ am I the ONLY one who would react like this given the same set of circumstances?? ?

3) No matter what your answers … it’s my last mistake that is most likely the one we ALL make … AND … we make it constantly: I kept forgetting the important truth that I always saw whatever it is that I believed!

My whole trip to Ireland was a beautiful reminder of just how powerful is the mind! I saw firsthand that they don’t have the same bodyweight issues that we have in America, even when they consume more alcohol and sweets than we do; and NEVER are they bothered by driving on the “wrong” side of the road! (HAHA)

But guess what? The real blessing I got from this trip is that I can now USE my mind to lower my stress levels and go on another “vacation” any time that I wish by simply tapping into this wonderful ability of the subconscious mind to believe that I am there again through the power of imagery (as long as I don’t conjure up the image of that nerve-wracking coastal drive, of course)!

The mind is INCREDIBLY powerful, and we could/should use it SO MUCH more than we do!!

Instead of letting our fears push us around, the DEEPEST parts of the subconscious mind can be used any time we wish to boost our immune system, speed healing, reduce pain, lower depression, and sooooo much more!!!

Hasn’t the mind always intrigued you, with how much it can change from individual to individual and how much it can change … well … everything … on the outside too!?

Discover more about how to REACH deeper states of mind! Learn how to direct the power of the mind to your choosing, through tools like guided imagery, journaling, and other simple, but scientifically-based, integrative practices that can be added to what you do every day.

Attend the next Healing Images™ weekend Guided Imagery Certification Symposium with me in the St. Louis area on October 14th thru 16th, and make it a wonderful time for your own next getaway!

You will learn about psychoneuroimmunology, neurogenesis, neurolinguistic programming, metaphorical language, CAM therapies, and even nutrition as it relates to the bodymind.

Save these dates on your calendar and make this a “working vacation” that you will remember for a lifetime!

Partial scholarships are available to help you with tuition through a nonprofit’s “Healing Images Across America” Project, designed to further the education of these holistic therapies that are not mainstream simply because they are NOT profit driven. In other words … our timing couldn’t be better!

Register for the symposium online through www.HealingImages.com, where a scholarship is already waiting for you, or call me directly at 972-322-7782 to find out more about how this might be a great investment for furthering your life and livelihood!

Oh … I forgot to mention: returning alumni get to attend (now and always) for JUST COST!!!!

Let me know your questions or requests for details, and know that I would CERTAINLY love to hear whether or not YOU ever made any similar mistakes during any of YOUR travels!

Let me know what goes on within YOUR mind! [big smile]

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2011-02-04T15:32:00.002-06:00

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Epigenetics Offers You a New Story for Your Life!

2011-01-26T13:01:00.005-06:00

Science has not given us this much "hope" and "control" for our future in a long time!

Take a quick moment to click on this podcast and enjoy a basic five-minute explanation of epigenetics in words that anyone can understand. But be sure to take an extra moment to add your comments below. Tell others what YOU think about the possibilities that this may offer us all!

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Podcast: Is Guided Imagery Controversial?

2011-01-22T11:21:00.005-06:00

If guided imagery is so great ... why is it sometimes controversial? Listen to the podcast to hear a bit more on this topic by clicking on the title of this post. Or download it yourself here.

Let other professionals know: Have YOU run into situations where clients have been hesitant to USE holistic or integrative techniques? How have YOU handled that?

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Podcast: Why would a person add guided imagery to their health care journey?

2011-01-22T11:06:00.007-06:00

Click on this post's title for the podcast. Then, colleagues, let's discuss this type of health care addition below.

If you as a professional healer within the traditional health care system REALLY wants to help your clients become involved with their healing journey (vs. passively accept whatever is being dictated to them), then here is just a quick point to help you explain why!

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