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Invitation: Writing Retreat in Thailand
Related to country: Thailand

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This is actually an invitation to those who are interested in writing and who need a nurturing space and a pleasurable time to do so. The facilitators are the same facilitators who taught me the feminine face of meditation :) Anyway, you don't have to be a pro, if you are interested in writing or if you just want to give it a shot, here goes:

WRITING RETREAT July 10 – 14, 200

International Women’s Partnership for Peace and Justice (IWP) announces a 5 day writing retreat for aspiring and seasoned writers. The retreat will provide a quiet, peaceful and supportive environment to create the time and space needed for contemplative and creative writing or journaling.

The retreat will be largely self-facilitated, and the majority of each day will be time for writing. Meals, optional daily meditation and yoga, and group check-ins will be communal. Participants may decide on creating more group time; the schedule will be flexible and emergent.



The retreat will be housed at the training and retreat center of IWP in a village in northern Thailand. Participants will be housed in double/triple accommodation in our earthen guesthouse. Participation is limited to 15 people.

There are no formal course fees given the self facilitated nature of the retreat. Fees for food, accommodation, and venue are on a sliding scale of 650-900 baht per day; thus for the 5 day retreat, the scale is 3250 baht – 4500 baht, based on your ability to pay.

Please contact Ginger at ginger@womenforpeaceandjustice.org for more information or to register for retreat.

(directly adapted from the web at www.womenforpeaceandjustice.org)

May 18, 2008 | 10:22 AM Comments  0 comments



IMPORTANCE OF SLEEPING AND WAKING UP EARLY
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IMPORTANCE OF SLEEPING AND WAKING UP EARLY


Reasons for sleeping and waking up early : Evening at 9 - 11pm: is the
time for eliminating unnecessary/ toxic chemicals (detoxification)
from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be
spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a
housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or
monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative
impact on health. Evening at 11pm - 1am: is the detoxification process
in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state. Early
morning 1 - 3am: detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done
in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3 - 5am: detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there
will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time.
Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract,
there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with
toxin removal process.

Morning 5 - 7am: detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.

Morning 7 - 9am: absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you
should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier,
before 6:30am, for those who are sick.

Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay
fit . Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their
habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10am
rather than no meal at all.

Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of
removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am
is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a
good sleep and don't sleep late.

The top five cancer-causing foods are:

1. Hot dogs - Because they are high in nitrates.

The Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than
12 hot dogs a month.

If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium
nitrate. 2. Processed meats and bacon

Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and
other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease.

The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer. 3. Doughnuts
Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with
white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high
temperatures.

Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to
raise your risk of cancer. 4. French fries Like dough nuts, French
fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high
temperatures.

They also contain cancer- causing acryl amides which occur during the
frying process.

They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams .

5. Chips, crackers, and cookies All are usually made with white flour
and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats
generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.

BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS 1. No Breakfast People who do not take breakfast
are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an
insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain
degeneration. 2. Overeating It causes hardening of the brain arteries,
leading to a decrease in mental power. 3. Smoking It causes multiple
brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease. 4. High Sugar
consumption Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins
and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain
development. 5. Air Pollution The brain is the largest oxygen consumer
in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to
the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency. 6. Sleep
Deprivation Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from
sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.

7. Head covered while sleeping Sleeping with the head covered
increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease
concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects. 8.
Working your brain during illness Working hard or studying with
sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well
as damage the brain. 9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts Thinking is
the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts
may cause brain shrinkage. 10. Talking Rarely Intellectual
conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.

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The main causes of liver damage are: 1. Sleeping too late and waking
up too late.

2. Not urinating in the morning.

3. Too much eating.

4. Skipping breakfast.

5. Consuming too much medication.

6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and
artificial sweetener.

7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking
oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like
olive oil.

Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.

8. Consuming overly done foods also add to the burden of liver.
Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should
be finished in one sitting, do not store. We should prevent this
without necessarily spending more. We just have to adopt a good daily
lifestyle and eating habits.

Maintaining good eating habits according to schedule / time and
condition are very important for our bodies to absorb the proper
nutrients and get rid of unnecessary chemicals.

*a message sent to my email which I think is worth sharing with everyone.

May 15, 2008 | 11:31 PM Comments  0 comments



Creeps on Zone Reality
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Last friday, or I think it was already Saturday 12:45 am, I watched CREEPS at Zone Reality.
I hardly get scared of horror films or shows but this one was different, or this particular episode. I forgot the exact location of the abandoned building. All I can remember is that it was built for severe cases of tuberculosis and was used in 1910 or something. Anyway, people who went there and tested their braveness and audacity were interviewed as part of the documentary. I can remember the faces of the interviewees. Anyway, a group of psychics, the ghost hunters, went inside the building and investigated the area. They were explaining the kind of energies the building has, the gadgets that they brought and so on. Their gadgets went on and off, and the psychics also at some point got scared. All the time that I was watching it, I could feel my body shiver and my hair stood on its end. It was surely giving me a creeps. But one thing that really made me scared, was the time when the psychic stopped at this particular room, not the 502 where a nurse hanged herself, but the room where the lead psychic was trying to explain the kind of energy. The camera man was directly opposite the door, while the lead psychic was talking I saw, a man behind him passed by. Actually, I just saw the arm, there was no head, only a shirtless torso. I wasnt sure if the psychics saw him because there were no reactions, only the lead psychic was saying that the area was pretty cold and someone seemed to mess up with him. I saw the headless torso, the left arm particularly, passed by twice coming from the same direction and going to the same direction. That scene totally freaked me out. It wasn't part of the dramatization, that I'm so sure.

I think the best way to heal the place is to send love and positive energies to that area. The patients there were abandoned, discriminated, and maltreated and they felt not just self-pity but hatred, and hatred is such a powerful energy that can manifest havoc or danger.