To your health

It is Expo time again and we are excited to welcome the New Year with Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha. This year’s Expo theme is “To Your Health” and it is with great joy to present Master Sha. A profound holistic doctor of the mind, body and spirit, he encompasses all aspects of health in his practice. He is a dynamic teacher, healer and spiritual guide, on an incredible life journey of service to others.

Today more than ever the message is streaming across the web, in publications and teachings, and it’s loud and clear — know who you are, return to the real you, be who you are. Easier said than done? And you may be wondering how these ideas relate to celebrating your health. Growing up with Louise Hay’s You Can Heal Yourself has taught me to see how our bodies respond to our thoughts and emotions over time. For example, stress is widely recognized as one of the culprits leading to a heart attack. Can the stress of a chronic emotionally broken heart show up as a heart attack? Going through the painstaking exercises leading to knowing who you are at your core, and learning to love all that you are, is rewarding beyond words. Living a well-balanced life that is unencumbered by perpetual negativity and filled with joyful experiences is worth striving for.

If you’re having difficulty beginning your journey to finding yourself, these wise words may help, from Neal Donald Walsh’s “Conversations with God, Book 1”:

You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a helper in time of need, a comforter in time of sorrow, a healer in time of injury, a teacher in times of confusion. You are the deepest wisdom and the highest truth, the greatest peace and the greatest love. You are all these things. And in moments of your life you have known yourself as these things.

Choose now to know yourself as all these things always.

Set the tone for 2010 by making your health a priority when you make your everyday choices. Begin by celebrating who you are and honoring the healthy self of your mind, body and spirit. Master Sha refers to the spirit as the soul and works to heal the soul in order to heal the body. His innovative methodologies have helped thousands of people release blockages and come to know themselves on a deeper level. Take advantage of this special opportunity to find out more about you at the Kaua‘i Wellness Expo. See you there!

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• Char Ravelo is the president of the Kaua‘i Health and Wellness Association and founder of Inspiration wellness journal and can be reached at char@inspirationjournal.com.