Conscious Choice: Shadow Meditation

March 2006 | Choice Feedback

Shadow Meditation

Great idea: Whole Brain Advice. I love it. Keep writing. It takes time and many years for human consciousness to shift. And it is done day by day, one person at a time, but eventually the balance on this earth will shift! When? Each one does it for himself/herself and the ripples change the whole earth.

— Paul, Internet

LOVE THAT ARTICLE and particularly the visualization that Nancy gave to re-align oneself with your highest attributes and to embrace your darker side with forgiveness and the golden beam of your true self … great image. I plan to use this imagery with my clients. Wonderful integration of the bright and dark side.

— Alice Nixon, LCSW, Northbrook

UNBELIEVABLE. I just loved your article (about embracing your shadow in the Feb. issue.) Thank you so much for making psychological development accessible to the masses, and not just to people who can afford psychotherapy. I loved the reminder to embrace my darkness.

— Myra, Internet

Heart Doctor

THANKS FOR the great article (about non-invasive cardiology in the Feb. issue of Conscious Choice ). You did a wonderful job capturing the soul of what I am trying to accomplish, and reflected my integrative approach perfectly.

Your story obviously resonated with your readers as our phone has been ringing off the hook. Some people have made appointments to see me. Others have questions (some a bit unusual, but even those are interesting to me as they help me to understand what people are thinking about). My office manager, Julie, needs a rest from the phone!

— Dr. Stephen Devries

Editor’s note: We also have received several enthusiastic calls about our story on Dr. Stephen Devries, a preventative cardiologist who is the medical director of the Healthy Heart Center in Deerfield and Director of the Integrative Heart Disease Prevention Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He will present the findings of new research that highlights the impact of plant-based treatments, vitamins, and mind-body approaches to keep your heart strong at 7 p.m. March 1 at Walsh Homeopathics, 2116 1/2 Central Street Evanston. Stop by to register or call 847-864-1600.

Converting Currency with Vedic Math

I CAN’T SAY math was exactly my strong suit when I was in school and so I read your article (in the Jan. issue about Vedic Math) with particular interest and excitement. Thank you for bringing more awareness to this Vedic method. The little ending footnote about being able to convert currency had me intrigued, especially as I am planning a trip to India and will need to be able to do the same thing with ease. This is an invaluable skill to have.

I wish the article elaborated on your method for doing this — are you able to share it? And what books did you use to derive your easy currency conversion method — was it from The Power of Vedic Math?

— Helen, Internet

John Myers, the Vedic Math story writer responds:

Well, the end was a bit of a joke. I don’t have a fast Vedic method for converting rupees to dollars. It’s just that while traveling one is constantly converting. However, the best method for conversion is to remember that there are about 50 rupees (usually rates are between 42 and 48 rupees to the dollar) to a dollar and that 10 rupees equals around 25 cents. You can, armed with these simple figures, quickly estimate prices in denominations of 10s; 100 rupees = about $2.50 and 1000 = about $25 respectively.

Wheatgrass Seed

HI. I’M WRITING to all of you in hopes that one of you may know of a great supplier of top grade wheatgrass seeds in the Chicagoland area. I’m days aware from purchasing a juicer and want to make sure I have access to all the necessary ingredients. Shipping costs for seeds is rather steep, so I’d like to purchase locally.

— Traci V., Internet

Editor’s note: How this for synchronicity? The wonder of wheatgrass is the subject of this month’s Body & Mind Health column by Darlene E. Paris.

To find out where consumers can get the best organic seeds, Paris talked to Production Manager Anna Kwasniewska at Chicago’s Indoor Gardening in Chicago. Those are the folks who supply wheatgrass trays to local health food stores. She said the best high quality seed is the red hard winter wheat. You can purchase the organic seed at Sherwyn’s Health Food, 645 W. Diversey Pkwy.

Wheatgrass is good for detoxing and is replete with minerals and vitamins and can be a great boost to your health for its chlorophyll value. Consuming wheatgrass, which is bitter and can best described as drinking grass, is an acquired taste.

However, if you decide you can’t stand ingesting the juice, you can always take a bath in it. Kwasniewska says that she regularly juices up a tray of wheatgrass to throw in the bathtub for her 9-year-old daughter, who finds the green bath relaxing. This may be a much more healthy alternative for people who like indulging in green suds for St. Patrick’s Day.

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