BONUS ARTICLE: Is it ever safe to store food in plastic?
Plus Hypno Humour!

1. Upcoming Workshops and Events: Soap, Mojo, Mamalicious, Toxic Trespass, A Series of Extraordinary Experiences

2. Specials for February, 2009: Valentine's 25% off Sale, Gift Baskets, PWYW Wednesdays, Sliding Scale Hypnotherapy, Winter Cycling Bonus, and more!

3. Testimonial of The Month: Tracey is a wealth of knowledge.

4. News: Anarres Shop, Hypno Space, Safe Indoor Incenses

5. Bonus Article: Is it ever safe to store food in plastic? Plus Hypno Humour

6. Be the Change You Want To See in the World Action Alerts: Petition to Ban Bottled Water in Ontario and Become a Winning Advocate

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1. Upcoming Workshops and Events

What: Organic Glycerine Soap Workshop for Kids & Caregivers
When: Saturday, February 7 from 1 to 4 pm
Where: Aangen Community Centre, 868 Dovercourt Road north of Bloor http://www.aangen.com/contact.asp Phone: 416.519.9800 E-mail: info@aangen.com
Cost: $25 plus $5 materials. Register at: http://www.aangen.com/workshops.asp

Love to use or give those beautiful clear glycerine soaps with flowers, or toy spiders, photos, or secret messages inside? The vast majority of melt and pour soaps have preservatives and sodium laurel sulphates in them, but Anarres serves up healthful-ness in light amber coloured vegetable glycerine soap made with organically grown oils. You'll learn how to melt, pour, set, cut and package 6 soaps hand made by you. We'll experiment with adding goodies like natural clays for colour, butters such as cocoa and shea for skin benefits and flowers, messages or ornaments for fun. Best of all it's safe, fun and makes 6 great gifts for Valentine's Day... but you'll want to keep one for yourself!

What: The Love Lab: DIY Natural Lube & Mojo Massage Oils
When: Monday, February 9 from 6 to 8 pm
Where: Aangen Community Centre, 868 Dovercourt Road north of Bloor http://www.aangen.com/contact.asp Phone: 416.519.9800 E-mail: info@aangen.com
Cost: $25 plus $5 materials. Register at: http://www.aangen.com/workshops.asp

Come and get your customized Mojo Massage Oil and DIY with Tracey TieF, Certified Natural Health Practitioner. You'll learn about slippery, water-based, safe, tasty and healing ingredients, and make your own lube for the cost of half a tube! Get that petroleum off your crotch! PEG is NOT your friend! Neither is propylene glycol, glycerin, colouring, fragrances or any of those unreadable chemical ingredients that appear on the labels of commercial sexual lubricants, if they appear on the label at all. Aside from the harmful ingredients and punishing price tag, the lubes come in non refillable plastic, toxifying our planet a further 575 years after use! Make your own mojo to fit your mood. What a gift for you AND your beloved!

What: Mamalicious! Fun to Make, Safe Recipes for Mother and Baby Workshop
When: Monday, February 16 from 6 to 8 pm
Where: Aangen Community Centre, 868 Dovercourt Road north of Bloor http://www.aangen.com/contact.asp Phone: 416.519.9800 E-mail: info@aangen.com
Cost: $25 plus $5 materials. Register at: http://www.aangen.com/workshops.asp

This hands-on workshop will have you creating nourishing, delicious concoctions with natural ingredients that are safe for mother and baby! You'll be horrified to learn what ingredients are commonly found in baby oil, wipes, creams and soaps and learn how to find or make healthful alternatives. You'll go away with new-found knowledge and expertise, armed with recipes and sample goodies for the mamas and babes in your life.

What: Screening of Toxic Trespass and Discussion
When: Sunday, February 22, 1 to 2:30 pm (film is 80 minutes)
Where: West Side Stories Video, 1499 Dundas St W at Dufferin
Cost: Pay What You Can, $2 min suggested donation

In Toxic Trespass, intrepid filmmaker Barri Cohen launches an investigation into the effects of the chemical soup around us. She starts with her 10-year-old daughter, whose blood carries carcinogens like benzene and the long-banned DDT. Then, Cohen heads out to Windsor and Sarnia: Canadian toxic hotspots, with startling clusters of deadly diseases. The filmmaker journeys into toxic nightmares all too common in industrialized countries. She meets passionate activists working for positive change, along with doctors and scientists who see evidence of links between environmental pollution and health problems. And she learns how quickly barriers can go up sometimes, when authorities are questioned about the connection between toxins and serious health problems. This film is essential viewing for anyone concerned about the effects of pollutants on our – and our children's – very DNA.

Organic snacks will be served, compliments of Multiple Organics, owned by Carrianne Leung. Contact: Carrianne Leung 647-435-5340. I'll be on hand with a member of Women's Healthy Environments Network to help lead our follow up discussion.

What: A Series of Extraordinary Experiences Session 1
When: Monday, February 23, 6 to 8 pm and possibly every Monday
Where: Anarres Natural Health Clinic, College & Ossington
Cost: by donation or invitation (Suggested Donation $30)
Contact: To RSVP, for address and other info 416.535.9620 or anarreshealth@gmail.com

Hyperemperia is the extension of our awareness through hypnosis. Hyperemperia can increase your vision, your hearing, your sense of smell, your intelligence, your sense of connectedness to other and to the Earth, your skills and effectiveness or even your understanding of your life's purpose and work ~ all without surgery or drugs!

In my Series of Extraordinary Experiences, I will be experimenting with hyperemperia scripts in a small group setting - up to six interested participants on an RSVP basis. As a group, we'll choose to witness creation, consult Akashic records, connect with our Higher Selves, become aware of The Matrix and program it, bring back the Spark we were born with, experience euphoria without drugs, talk privately with dead or lost loved ones, place ourselves at the centre of Creation, revise memories and even outcomes, talk with G-D ~ all with the knowledge that hypnosis cannot make you do or experience anything that you do not want or that is not for your highest good. Please join us on our journeys in this Series of Extraordinary Experiences.

Anarres in-Clinic Workshops are also offered by request, your space or mine:
BOOK A PARTY (5 friends!), CLASS OR WORKSHOP Call for more info: 416 535 9620

Anarres' workshops are relaxing and fun and take place at Anarres Natural Health Clinic, College & Ossington. Classes are limited to six participants so that everyone gets a semi private lesson experience. There's fruit, veggies and dip to snack on, and, as always,
a choice of cool crystal water or refreshing tea.
There are always goodies to take home,
as well as new found knowledge and skills.

2. Specials for February, 2009:

Valentines 25% off Sale:
Come into Anarres Natural Health Clinic to shop before
February 13, and get 25% off all single items.
Also on Sale:
Gift Baskets for feet, relaxation, mothers and babes, shower lovers or build your own: $30.
Custom perfumes: $10 for 10 ml, $20 for 30 ml.

Also check out partner eco errands gift baskets that include Anarres products!
A Healthy Gift Basket for your family, friends, biz partners or lover. http://www.ecoerrands.com/id60.html
Not only are these gift baskets healthy and have no excess packaging, they come with a 100% recycled pamphlet that tells everyone why the items are so special. Happy Valentine - $49.99
My Valentine - $69.99 *Gift Baskets delivered only in the Toronto Area!!
Gift Baskets delivered on Feb. 13th & 14th!!

Pay What You Want Wednesdays
In February, book an appointment from 9 am through 5 pm on a Wednesday and pay what you want (normally $60 an hour!)
CHOOSE FROM:
Full one and a half hour treatments: Aroma Facial, Aroma Bodywork, Customized (mix and match) Bodywork, Caregiver & baby/child Bodywork, Detox Treatment, Qi Stone Therapy (hot rocks are used to deeply massage the body, with layouts of hot and cold stones to relax and re-energize)

One Hour Treatments: Foot Spa (whirlpool and reflexology), Qi Drop Therapy (selected essential oils are dropped on the spine and shoulders combined with light massage to initiate healing), Customized Body and Energy Work, Chakra Workout (Meditation, Balancing and Oil Treatment)

Half Hour Treatments: Aroma Consultation, FAR Infra Red Sauna, Foot Whirlpool, Ion Cleansing Foot Detoxification, Neck and Shoulder Work, Polarity Therapy, Reflexology Session, Reiki Session, Chakra Balancing

Hypnotherapy for Healing ~ 30 minutes FREE and Sliding Scale:

Hypnotism is a state of attentive, receptive relaxation

in which we speak to our vast subconscious mind

without the interfering chatter of the conscious mind.

You design the session with me, build powerful suggestions,

remain conscious throughout the session and

learn to reinforce changes with exercises to do in daily life.

What is it worth to you to lose your cravings, give up unwanted habits with ease, improve your nutrition and build the body you want, overcome fears and barriers of every sort? Try one session ~ with a 30 minute consultation for FREE ~ and experience the effects unfold over the coming month, or book a 3, 6 or ten session change program at progressive discounts. I charge a unique sliding scale of $100 to $200 an hour in accordance with guild standards.
Feel free to forward this 30 minute free offer to your friends and colleagues.

Winter Cycling Bonus!

Ride your bicycle to Anarres for any treatment, and get a half hour bonus for FREE!
Why? Because you DESERVE it!
Let me know when you book your time so that I can extend your appointment.

Hypnotherapy CDs February Special: $45 Feeling Complete Worthiness

One of the safest and fastest ways to change your life for the better is by using hypnosis. Just listen to your chosen hypnosis CD when you go to sleep and when you are relaxing. Whether you are healing your past or manifesting your future, hypnosis can definitely help create the results you desire effortlessly. The ever expanding collection of Life Changing Hypnosis CDs includes: Experiencing Joy, Body Image, Weight loss, Stop Smoking, Life Purpose, Past Life Regression, Become a Money Magnet, Become a Client Magnet, HIV/AIDS and Strengthening the Immune System, ADD, The Art of Listening: Communication in the Household, Asthma, Bed Wetting, Study Habits, Angel Guide Communication, Confidence, Anti-Aging, Phobias.
Customized CDs are also available.
Imagine having your mind powered for exactly everything you want!
Retail only: CD or mp3 $60 Full money back guarantee

New ingredients at Wholesale In-Clinic prices:
* calamus essential oil $.67/ ml
* pumpkin seed carrier oil $4.65/100 ml
* flax seed oil $4.82/100 ml
* rice bran oil $.91/100 ml
* cassia essential oil $.35/ml
* cedarwoods: Chinese $.05/ml and thuja $.58/ml essential oils
* ginger grass essential oil $.13/ml
* French pink clay $5.48/100 ml
* bulk organic glycerine soap $1.09/100 g

Check it ALL out in the essential oil and DIY sections of the Anarres online catalogue. www.anarreshealth.ca/catalog

Not New, but Still Very Special!

KRAFT PAPER PACKING TAPE: Want to pack parcels without horrifying amounts of smelly killer plastic tape? Go old school with me! I searched and searched and found a local supplier of this elusive kraft paper packing tape and now I want to share my case with you! It's 60 pound kraft paper (that natural brown) with water activated gummed adhesive. It's fun! It works! It looks fantastic! I am wholesaling each eco-friendliest 2 inch wide by 600 foot long roll for $10 Wholesale! I adore this stuff. Try it!

Poya Ayurvedic Dosha Massage Oils:
Therapeutic grade essential oils blended with almond oil.
Boxes include explanation of doshas, common uses and directions. Originating from the India 5000 years ago, Ayurveda consists of three main elements Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, making up the human body. Known as doshas, each dosha governs an essential structure of the human body. Choose Vata, Pitta or Kapha Oil. ON SALE: 2 for $28, Set of 3 for $40

Poya Essential Oils 19 varieties with instructions and descriptions:
anise star, basil, cinnamon leaf, clary sage, clove bud, eucalyptus radiata, fir needle, grapefruit, lemon cold pressed, lemongrass, lime, cold pressed orange, patchouli dark, sweet peppermint, Japanese peppermint, petitgrain, rosemary French, tangerine, tea tree
~ 15 ml in opaque white conical glass bottle with gold cap ON SALE: 5 for $40, 10 for $70

Reed Diffusers: diffuse gently and safely without a flame! Just add oil and essential oil...
ON SALE: $2 package of 10 $3 with an amber glass Nirvana bottle, $10 kit with essential oil

Zeolite: This supplement is a compound volcanic mineral, and safely yet powerfully detoxifies the body by attaching to, and shedding, harmful heavy metals and unhealthy, abnormal cells. SALE: $40 for two

Books:
The Creamy Craft of Cosmetic Making with Essential Oils and their Friends and
The Baby Boomers Beauty Bible by Jan Benham, shows you everything you need to know to make your own healthful aromatherapy bath and body products from scratch.
Buy both ON SALE for $36

MENTION THAT YOU READ IT IN THE ANARRES NEWSLETTER AND RECEIVE:

A Chico Reusable shopping bag that fits in a pocket: Buy $50 worth of Gifts, Products, Gift Certificates or Services and get one FREE: It's useful! It's colourful! It's pretty! It's strong!

FREE 30 minute consultation for your first appointment when you tell me you saw it here.
That's a $30 value!

Referrals: Refer a friend for body or energy work and you will both get 10% off any Anarres service. PLEASE REMIND ME!!! I forget!!!

3. Testimonial of The Month: Tracey is a wealth of knowledge.

I met Tracey Tief in December 2007. I was walking by an annual bazaar in our neigborhbood and decided to drop in. There Tracey was selling all her wonderful and natural creams and deodorants.

I purchased a deodorant and have been using her deodorant ever since. I loved that it was chemical free and good for me.

I also love her body creams soaps and shampoos. I love that Tracey customizes all my orders according to my health concerns, likes and dislikes of essential oils and creams and, of course, allergies.

Tracey is a wealth of knowledge and is always willing to share information.

Thank you, Tracey.

~ Debbie Cohen, Toronto Certified Reflexologist, 416-993-2561

If you like what I do, tell me. If you write a testimonial, and I use it, I'll compensate you for the effort by giving you 30 minutes of services free.

If you didn't like something I made or did, tell me. I'll fix it by making you a new one, giving you the service you really wanted, or refunding you.

4. News: Anarres Shop, Hypno Space, Safe Indoor Incenses

Anarres Shop at www.anarreshealth.ca
Kris Coward revamped my site and created the online store I've always dreamed of, and I have added nearly 200 products there from perfumes through to the DIY supplies I wholesale!

Let me know what you think, warts and all! Not coincidentally, Kris has a PHD in math and is looking for a job, so please pass on any leads you may have... kris@melon.org

New Hypnotherapy Space
Enjoy your hypnotherapy session with me in a peaceful upstairs room at Anarres Clinic. Come and check it out!

Handmade Anarres Incenses:
Keep your Indoor Air Safe and Maybe Even Scintillating

Made by hand in my clinic, Anarres sandalwood paste sticks and cones are infused for 24 hours in 100% essential oils, dried, and packaged in compost-able eucalyptus cellulose. Try these burn-for-an-hour incenses and you won't go back to synthetic kinds! Made with only pure essential oils, not fragrances, chemicals or DPG. Ingredients: (bamboo stick), wood powder, natural bond, and essential oils *Certified Organically Grown

Pomander: This handmade incense is grounding and clarifying. Orange sweetens the air as it uplifts, clove leaf warms and grounds us, and ginger* is both warming and uplifting.
Fir Needle: This handmade incense relieves mental fatigue, pain and tension. Fir needle Abies siberica fills the air with its fresh, woody, earthy, sweet scent, opening the sinuses, the mind and communication.
Bulgarian Lavender: This handmade entrancing floral incense eases stress and anxiety. Lavandula angustifolia balances the emotions, opens the airways, repels insects and promotes restful sleep.
Fluid Focus: This handmade incense is grounding and clarifying. Grapefruit uplifts and un-clutters the mind, palmarosa soothes and nourishes the nervous system, while frankincense unites mind and body for meditation.
Clearance: This handmade incense purifies and protects people and magical things. Copal infused oil gently cleanses negative energy, eucalyptus radiata* dispells illness and conflict, while lime is personally purifying and protecting.
Money: This handmade incense inspires prosperity and abundance. Cinnamon bark strengthens money energy, basil draws business and good luck, while wintergreen manifests abundance painlessly.
Power: This handmade incense is affirming and empowering. Lemon stimulates physical and protective energies, clove strengthens consciousness and courage, while cedar instills self-control.
Psychic: This handmade incense is energizing and ecstatic. Cinnamon bark and ginger generate bio-electric power, clary sage induces euphoria and release, while ginger stimulates magickal and sexual energies.
Spirit: This handmade incense grounds, then expands awareness. Sandalwood infused in walnut oil promotes religious union, frankincense frereana unites mind and body for meditation and prayer, while myrrh awakens spiritual realities beyond the everyday.

The incense packs of 10, in sticks or cones, cost $3 to $6 and are available at Anarres Clinic, The Hermits Lamp, Karma Coop and Good Catch.

5. Bonus Article: Q: Is it ever safe to store food in plastic?

Q: Is it ever safe to store food in plastic?

by Beth Terry

A: It may be that no plastics are safe. We just don't have enough information about what's in them to know for sure. And manufacturers don't readily give out this "proprietary" information. We do know this: Most plastics can leach chemicals if subjected to heat, light, or rough treatment.

Unfortunately, there is no definitive answer to this question.

It may be possible that no plastics are safe. The problem is that we just don't have enough information about what's in them to know for sure. The recycling number tells us the type of plastic but not what other chemicals might have been added to affect its strength, color, texture, or even resistance to bacteria. And manufacturers don't readily give out this "proprietary" information.

We do know this: Most plastics can leach chemicals if subjected to heat, light, or rough treatment, so it's unwise to put plastic in the microwave or dishwasher or to store hot foods in it. In my home, I try to stick to stainless steel and glass containers and bottles. I will admit to using one square Tupperware sandwich container now and then, but I'm hoping someone will come up with a plastic-free replacement soon!

Here are the plastics you definitely want to steer clear of:

No. 3. Polyvinyl Chloride ( PVC) is softened with phthalates, which can leach into food and damage the liver, kidneys, lungs and reproductive system. In the kitchen, it's sometimes found in squeeze bottles, cling wraps, and children's dishes.

No. 6. Polystyrene (PS) is found in Styrofoam and clear plastic take-out containers. According to the EPA, styrene is a suspected carcinogen and suspected toxin to the gastrointestinal, kidney, and respiratory systems.

No. 7. Polycarbonate contains Bisphenol-A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor found in hard plastic water bottles, baby bottles, cups, and pitchers like those used in many food processors and blenders. It also lines the inside of nearly all metal food & beverage cans and has been found in other types of plastics, including some used for children's dishes.

Here are two examples the many plastics we just don't know enough about…

No. 1. Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) is used for disposable water bottles and other clear, throw-away containers. It's manufactured using a catalyst called antimony, a chemical found to leach into the bottles' contents over time. The jury is out as to whether this leaching causes harm.

No. 5. Polypropylene (PP) has been considered to be one of the safest plastics. It's found in yogurt tubs and many dishes and containers used for food storage. In late 2008, researchers in Alberta, Canada found several chemicals leaching from #5 plastic into food. The health effects are not yet known.

I am a daily reader of Beth Terry's inspiring Blog ~ Fake Plastic Fish. Beth Terry writes about finding alternatives to plastic and tracks her own plastic consumption and plastic waste at www.fakeplasticfish.com. Why Fake Plastic Fish? "Because if we don't solve our plastic problem, they could be the only kind of fish we have left."

Funny Hypnotic Suggestions for me by Chris Malec, R.M.T.

I started it by sending her this one because she made a joke about it last week:

I give my hypnotherapist everything I own, and I feel free and mysteriously un-emcumbered.

Chris wrote back:
1. I let my children live, and I feel O.K.

2. I set fire to my 3 inch thick insurance file, and I feel liberated.

3. I excavate my daughter's bedroom with a backhoe, and I feel cleansed.

4. I gut the interior of every stationary motor vehicle on my street and turn them into greenhouses, and I feel productive.

5. I establish a dictatorship in which depictions of lavender fields by aroma therapists are punishable by dismemberment, and I feel empowered.

6. I energetically prosecute executives of Dow Chemical for war crimes, and I feel pleased.

7. I banish all creepy men to a desert island where they will be forced to cannibalize one another, and I feel complete.

8. I round up all the freaks who put raisins in coleslaw and pelt them vigorously with walnuts, and I feel peaceful.

9. I hurl my electric bike down a steep gangplank into the lake, and I feel refreshed.

10. I hunt down the !@#$%^ who doored me last spring and lash him to a wind turbine, and I feel fulfilled.

I am still laughing. The reference to raisins in the cole slaw is because she has brought me coleslaw the previous week...

Humourous Suggestions by: Christine Malec RMT • info@spiralmassagetherapy.ca • 416.651.7462

6. Be the Change You Want To See in the World Action Alerts: Ban Bottled Water in Ontario! Become a Winning Advocate!

Take Action - Ontario Bottled Water Ban!

Right now a number of organizations including the Polaris Institute, CUPE Ontario and the Council of Canadians, are promoting a petition urging the province of Ontario to:

· Ban the provision and sale of bottled water in all provincial public space

· Improve access to tap water in all provincially owned and operated spaces

· Ensure clean, safe drinking water for all residents of Ontario
Sign the Petition Now!

Take action now by signing the petition – visit http://www.insidethebottle.org/petition-ban-bottled-water-and-turn-tap-o...

Thanks,
The Inside the Bottle Team
www.insidethebottle.org

Winning Campaigns© Training

The Thunderhead Alliance is partnering with the Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation and the Toronto Cyclists Union to bring Thunderhead's signature Winning Campaigns© Training to Toronto on March 27-29th to be held at the Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 400. The Thunderhead Alliance for Biking and Walking is a U.S. based coalition of bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations. TCAT is a member and we have found their expertise and resources invaluable.
The "Winning Campaigns Training" uses custom, intense curriculum focused on the seven key skills of effective campaigners, in the context of organization building. Thunderhead Trainings are intended for any potential campaign leader in your organization who would benefit from gaining the tools to craft and manage powerful advocacy campaigns. Through the generosity of Thunderhead Alliance and Planet Bike, the Toronto training registration fees are offered at a reduced rate. Space is limited so register early to avoid disappointment!

For details and to register click here.